17 months

Mommy is teaching me Chinese at home.

She started off with usuing everyday things as teaching material, like the prints on my pillowcase and then buying lots of chinese reading materials and charts from Popular bookstore.

All in the effort to let me get used to this important 2nd language from young so that i would not dread it when i go to school.

Daddy is all for the idea! Daddy even wanted me to enrol for the Julia Gabriel lessons in Mandarin.

And im proud to start off my little dictionary of vocab in chinese!

Balloon : Qi Qiu ( i read as dee duioo )

Rainbow : Cai Hong (dai hooorng)

Aeroplane : Fei Ji (bey dee)

I also started using a cup and can finish off about 2 cm depth of water/juice in a cup without spilling all over! i could very well follow Mommy's instruction to put down whatever that is in my hand (biscuit eg) and then use both my hands to hold onto the cup.

I also graduated from PlayNest at Julia Gabriels and is moving onto PlayClub meant for babies 18mths and above! Now i can play with the big brother and sisters and hopefully learn lots from them by observation! (only the good things please!)

My little brother is due in Febuary and Mommy felt that she could not commit to send me to school twice a week on wednesday and fridays anymore for the new term (Jan 2010 - Mid March). Daddy and Mommy tried to look for alternatives for half day playgroups to keep me entertained while Mommy would engaged her new role of being a cow to DiDi next year.

However, it pains Daddy's heart to see the little children napping on the floor with thin mattresses on the floor, and even were even sleeping on pathetic yoga mats! The little tikes outdoor play toys have seen better days and were all in bad state because of the frequent exposure of rain and shine.

After much consideration (really long and serious considerations) Mommy decided to keep me at Julia Gabriels, attending once a week on weekends.

She would revert me back to twice a week after Little DiDi settles into our home and she would take this 2 hours time and accompany me to school so that we could have quality time together with all attention on me. My Mommy is awesome!

Daddy and Mommy took me on trips to the beach and zoo, spending many family bonding hours together before Mommy had to hibernate at home doing tortoise-moving activies as she waits for the birth of my little brother. We have decided on a name already, but i would still call Mommy's belly "stammack" , "ball" , "DiDi".

... and teething continues!

Ive my stage 1 and 2 teeth (8 of them) for the longest time. Finally, here is the 8 others! ( indicated in yellow )

Now ive 16 teeth!

Mommy is also more lenient with my food varieties, and let me have my share of a normal childhood without being paranoid.

I get to have diluted ribena, Yakult, koko crunch cereal, waffles, apple sauce and chocolate ice cream too!

ive yellow egg noodles and rice for my meals and loves having a try at whatever Daddy and Mommy is eating. Daddy is definately more relaxed with diet rules. I can drink lots and lots of coke from his cup till Mommy realises and says "Hey! Enough hor!"