@ 15 Nov 2016 (14m)
- Begins to speak words, added "off (op)" n "t shirt (t terd)" into her list of spoken words.
- Screams n cries d roof down when she doesn't get her way, but thank God sometimes the distracting tactic works, at other times negotiating tactic also can, and at other times just ignoring her works too.
- Runs away or walks backwards to escape from d "crime" scene when she knows she did something she shouldn't do.
- Wants to help sweep d floor, or rather spreading the dust everywhere.
- Walks to the shoe rack n points to her shoes when she knows she is going out.
- Knows how to open & close stuff like zippers, small boxes, ruyi oil metal bottle, etc, put things in or take them out.
- Knows she has to keep her toys but doesn't wana do it.
- Keeps wanting to carry our bags.
- Signals for diaper change by bringing her changing mat or diaper to the usual changing spot.
- Wants to eat whatever we r eating.
@ 29 Nov 2016 (14m14d) : Had her 1st haircut! Was kinda expecting her to be restless and fidgeting about because this gal can never sit still. But she surprised us by sitting still throughout the whole session and didn't fuss at all.
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| 1st haircut! |
- Is running steadily and loves bursting into little sprints.
- Knows the action of washing her hair n hands, brushing her teeth, wiping her mouth n hands, combing her hair. Gosh, am so proud of her understanding!
- Can identify eyes n nose. sometimes say "nose (no)" n "eye" at the same time.
- Added "down (dow)", "throw (tow)", "don't want (dowan), "there (deh)" to her little vocab
- Knows how to clasp her hands together for "sawadee"
- Knows how to share her food n will offer to feed us a bite. but sometimes, d moment the food touches our lips, she will pull back her hand n give us a silly cheeky smile.
- Presses buttons on her toys to lift buttons.
- Knows how to flip switches. Sometimes she helps me switch off lights. sometimes she will switch off papa's laptop while he is working.
- Knows how to act shy.
- Always 播电话粥 with her toy phone. we have no idea what she is blabbering abt or who she is pretending to talk to. sometimes she will pass d phone to us to continue d conversation! sometimes she will mistaken a tv remote control or calculator for a phone too; so long gt numeric number pad looks like phone to her. hahhahahahha
@ 15 Jan 2017 (16m)
- Points to correct person(s) when asked where's papa, mama, yeye, nainai, gonggong, porpor, yiyi, yi jiong, korkor. besides calling papa n mama for d longest time alrdy, she can now call "yeye (yayyay)", nainai (nene) n "porpor (paopao)" too.
- Added "up", "no", "door (dor)", "don't want (douwan)", "ball (bor)" n "bye bye (bah bah)" to her little vocab. randomly blabbers "meiyou 没有", "baobei (宝贝)" n "go where (go weah)" too but doesn't know what it means.
- Won her 1st baby photo contest! she came in 1st for d Little Trivelians Baby Photo Contest 2017 Drypers Happy Tot award.
- Identifies toe, mouth, teeth, ear. sometimes say "toe" n "mouth (mao)" too.
- Attended her 1st Christmas Mass.
- Sometimes sing random tunes.
- Identifies some animals and some of her toys. eg, Hello Kitty, her soft toy dog Violet, dolphin, dog, pig, butterfly, cat/meow meow, cow, giraffe, monkey, ball, car, elephant, etc...
- Identifies some of her daily essentials/items n runs to point to them when mentioned. eg, when her meal is ready, I would tell her, "let me get your bowl...". she would run to find her bowl n point to me.
- Knows certain sequencing of "events" n what certain things r for. eg, i went to d storeroom to get d magiclean tissue wanting to lay d magiclean broom. she saw d tissue on my hands n ran to the kitchen n pointed to d broom.
- Runs to point to our phones when it beeps or rings.
- Likes to pull/drag us by our hands or shorts n sit us down on her playmat, but just watches tv or plays by herself.
- Knows how to clasp both hands together and move it up n down to "gong xi gong xi".
- Closes her hands into a fist and opens them repeatedly when she hears "twinkle twinkle little star".
- Pretends to cook and feed her soft toy dog Violet.
@ 15 Feb 2017 (17m)
- Can say her own name already! Although not v accurate n says "tehti", sometimes "taysi", or even "stati", she is slowly getting closer to the correct pronunciation. she earnestly tries to sound as close as possible when we get her to repeat!
- Can call "gonggong" and "yiyi".
- Can say n identify "bee", "clock (kok)", "shoe", "bowl (bow), "bear (beah)", "dog" n "bag".
- Points to a direction n tell us to "go".
- Opens n closes things while saying "open (ahpun)" n "close (clo)".
- Repeatedly pats on a chair, floor or anywhere n tell us to "sit down (tihdow)".
- comes to me when her portion of snacks run out, points at where I keep d rest, shows me her little snack container and says "more" repeatedly. Sometimes she will turn her hands around repeatedly n say "no more".
- Says "cook" when she sees me cook, when I tell her I wana cook, or when she pretends play cook.
- Stretches out her hands and say "抱抱 (baobao)" when she wants to b carried,sometimes says "up up up" instead. She really wants to be carried so much nowadays, that her legs will kiap u if u try to let her down!!! Makes me suspect if she was a koala her previous life...
- Starting to get a hang of using her spoon n fork to feed herself instead of her hands. Sometimes uses her spoon n tries to cut her food into smaller pcs while saying "cut (ka)".
- Tells us if something she touches is "cold (col)".
- Instead of saying "no no" sometimes, she will say "不要 (biao)" at least 3-4 times repeatedly v fast, thats y it sounds like "biao"...
- Able to stack blocks on top of one another, but sometimes can't stack/balance the blocks properly. best record is 4 blocks for now.
- Attempts her shape sorter puzzles and will fit d pieces in correctly when she has d mood, highest record 5 in a row. more often than not, she loses her patience at even the v first piece...
- Finally willing to help keep her toys. In fact, willing to help in anything and everything, so long as this little ms kaypoh can get and feels involved.
- Wants to try to climb up anywhere and everywhere she thinks she can reach. sometimes she will climb up to sit on d sofa to watch tv.
- Leads us to & from home (right to our doorstep!) & yeye n nainai hse.
- Points at things in d hse n name off who it belongs to.
- Knows how to act blur and pretends not to hear us sometimes!
- Removes her top unassisted.
@ 15 March 2017 (18m)
- Can say n identify "bib (bi)", "banana (nana)", "cup", "spoon (poon)", "cow (moo moo / cow)", "cat", "duck", "car (ka)", "bus (ba)", "hello kitty (kitty)", "horse (hor)", "box (bog), "bread (bet)", "bird (bet)" n "frog (fog)"
- Finally can say "teeth (t)" n "ear". body parts that she can say n identify r "hair (air)", "head", "hand", and "knee". other parts that she can point too but can't say yet r "tongue" n "shoulder".
- Points to Jenson piew kor n call "kor kor". calls "cheh cheh" when she sees a older looking gal on tv. when we tell her a gal younger than her is "mei mei", she will say "mei mei" too.
- Will say "bye bye (bah bah)" while waving goodbye when she is in mood.
- When she sees me combing my hair or when I comb hers, she will touch her hair n say "comb".
- Says "drop" when she sees something drop.
- Will excitedly point to her soup bowl and say "soup (shoop)" when she wants to drink some.
- Brings her finger up to her lips and say "sssh sssh" when she sees her papa or someone napping away .
- Requested a "抱抱" from papa while walking from d living room to the bedroom to turn in for d nite. a few steps later, she said "walk walk". we asked if she wants to come down n walk, she nodded her head very affirmatively. and after papa let her down, she ran into d room.
- Will scream n cry "pain pain" when she hurts herself.
- Always eagerly says "cheese (chee)" when i tell her that her food has cheese. so when i take her photos nowadays, i will tell her to say "cheese" to make her smile.
- Is still getting d hang of drinking from a cup or bowl. Although she can pretty much gauge d angle to tilt, but i still have to hold onto d cup/bowl for her as she tends to swing or shake d cup/bowl while bringing it down, swirling d liquids out sometimes though it is never filled more than 1/3.
- When she spills liquids out from her bowl/cup/bottle, she will say "wet wet" n proceeds to find a tissue or cloth to help wipe up
- Attempts to wear diaper for her soft toy dog Violet or bear. As she doesnt know how, she then requests me to do it. but after i do so, she will take the diaper out...
- When papa is disciplining her, she runs to mama for help if mama is within sight & vice versa.
- If she sees something she knows how to say, she will point at it & say the word repeatedly.
- Likes to open and close the fridge door and attempts to takes things out if we don't stop her in time.
