21 months old today

Giselle is exactly 21 months old today and we brought her to Botanical Garden to meet up with Ethan and family. She had fun watching the swans and tortise. However, weather was quite hot.

She is getting very stubborn nowadays. Maybe today she had too much bread at the garden today and refuse to eat her favorite ABC pasta that I have cooked for her. She just chewed a few mouths and spit the food out each time I fed her.

She slept for 3 hours in the afternoon as I guessed she must be feeling very tired from morning activities.

She did take her porridge dinner and after that, we brought her to harbourfront for some shopping.

Sometimes I feel that she is just testing our patience. She was standing at a pillar today at the shopping centre and refused she come to me when I asked her to. She just walked a few steps and walked back to the pillar crying for me. Meaning, she wanted me to walk to her instead. Every passerby looked at this ''poor girl'' crying and looking everywhere for her mummy.

Kept Falling....

The last 5 days had been a busy and tiring week for me. I have been working full day this while week. But the good news is that Giselle has gotten used to the routine at Delcare and no longer cry during the day.

During the last 2 days, her teacher said that she was so at ease that she became naughty and started to take other children waterbottle to play with them. She didn't actually wanted to put it back even she got scolded by her teachers. Just today, I was told that she was punished by sitting on a chair at a corner. They called it ''thinking chair''. She cried and screamed and kicked when she was being forced to do so.

Giselle fell and hit her head at home during the last 2 days:

Wed incident - I was wiping her and after that I went to the window grille to hang the poo towel. SHe was lying on the sofa when i left her. The next thing I heard was that she fell on the floor with a loud bang. I think she must have flipped and fell like a baby.

Then came Thu, she was sititing at her blue ikea chair playing with the animal figurines on her table. Then I walked past her to talk to Adrian outside the study room. 2 min later, I heard a loud bang again and I quickly turned my head. Saw her lying down on the floor and the chair toppled over.

I think she must have stood up and fell backwards.

Today she came down with runny nose and I was busy wiping her mucus. I had already suspected that she may come down with runny nose as she was sneezing quite frequently these 2 days.

Being a Parrot

Giselle is very jealous whenever I carried other babies. Yesterday I brought her to attend my friends gathering at Teresa's Bayshore condo. She enjoyed it but at the same time jealous most of the time. She loves the playground, kept sliding down and climb up.

These 2 days, she surprised us by saying ''Reached home'' when her daddy's car reached our carpark downstair. She always followed /copied us when we said ''shiok'', ''Aiyo'', ''Haiz'' etc. Guess we have to be very careful with our words liao.

At times, Adrian will punish her by locking her up. I could sense that she felt very scared and she will scream, do something to express her fear and anger. I was very heartpain also.

Today she did something playful. Adrian and I were concentrating on watching DVD and she suddenly came over to disturb us by kissing her daddy face and kept calling him..

She ate quite a big bowl of her lunch and dinner that I have cooked for her. Nothing beats a kid to finish the food that mummy cook for her :)

She is very playful and fun to play with but can be very naughty at times also. However, when interacting with other babies and toddlers, she is just as timid as mouse. These few days, she will wake up around 9am and sleeps at about 10pm.

School Holiday

These 2 days are Delcare school holiday and I took leave to take care of Giselle. Had been worried about Giselle's frequent tantrums recently and did speak with her teachers. Whenever she feels insecure, she will scratch us.

Had realised that it is due to the change of routine that made her feel insecure as now I have to put her full day at Delcare. In addition, there are a few new classmates joining her from infant section. Will give her some time to settle down.

These 2 days has been quite enjoyable as I managed to cook more food for her like Green bean soup as snack. She could finish them all! :)

I noticed that when she had enough sleep, she will open her eyes with a big wide smile or laugh in the morning... really love to see such expressions from her.

Some cute actions from her when she was 20months old

20months 15 days

Today I need to work full day, so I put Giselle at Delcare for full day. Was quite worried about her so I wrote a full list of things for her teachers to watch out for.

She was fine in school today except she was very playful during dinner. The teacher had a hardtime feeding her today.

Don't know what happen to her today, she threw 3 very terrible tantrums after i picked her today. At funan shopping centre, funan carpark and our block downstairs.

Everybody at Funan was looking at us and her when she was crying and screaming away... I just do not know what she wanted. it took about a long 15 mins before you could quiet down at the foold court.

Then came the 2nd time at funan carpark when she want to play with staircase and we refused to let her play as it was time to go home. She screamed and cried in the car all the way home.

See Doctor - 20 months 14 days

Had brought her to see Dr Ngiam on 26 Mar 07 to make sure her cough is ok as she cough till she vomitted her food and milk on Sun and at school in Mon.

Dr Ngiam said she was down with mild bronchitis and the best treatment is to use nebulizer. But he and I were very sure Giselle will resist. So he suggested to do it the oral way. That is use antibiotics and cough mixture for her. He said it will take about 2 weeks to clear.

Giselle was terrifed as she stepped into the clinic. Dr Ngiam knew she was afraid. then over the whole of this week, i didn't work full day but just half day so that I could pick her up to rest at home.

Her teachers told me she kept looking at the door when it about time for me to come. Suppose to bring her back today in the afternoon. So I made her nap at Delcare while I accompany her in school

20 months 7 days

We let her attend Delcare on Mon when I was down with runny nose. But I brought her straight to see Dr Ngiam after school to make sure she is ok to recover on her own as she was coughing quite badly with lots of phlegm.

he said I can let her recover on her own but he gave some cough mixture since she having difficulty due to the cough.

Her fever has been up and down for a few days and nose have been very runny like tap water. Her fever usually will go highest in the middle of the night like 39.2 degreeC. And I have to wait up to sponge every now and then even though I am sick..

I was officially down with flu on Mon, Tue with high fever and bad bodyache. It's s stressful period for everyone. Giselle didn't attend school on Mon and Tue.

On Wed, i had to ask Jaime to come over to take care of her in the morning while I go to work. Initially Giselle said she don't want Jaime to be around. But soon after, Giselle likes her so much that she dance and played together.

Giselle resumed school today. Teacher said she didn't really cry much but was very tired and slept during her nap.

Today I went EYS to buy Hou Ning Powder to reduce her phlegm and cough. For the past 2 days, she can cough until she vomit.

After giving her the powder, can she some improvement quite a bit as she didn't cough at all during her nap

20 Months 2 days

She was down with flu again when I picked her yesterday. Slight fever and runny nose. But I didn't feed her any medication and wanted her to recover on her own. As she is still active, I only fed her with Sambucol.

She could speak alot of words today: "Daddy clothes'', "Daddy wocks (socks)", she could count 1-5 without difficulty.

Though she is sick, she is still very active and playful. Her eyes are quite runny and reddish today, mostly likely due to runny nose, so I let her rest as much as possible.

We went to Vivo city today and she saw someone giving out balloons. We got one for her but she refused to hold it until some time later. This morning we also brought her to downstairs to play ball with her. She was so happy running and chasing after her beach ball. Though she is sick, I managed to fed her dinner though she refused to take her lunch.

Exactly 20 months

She is exactly 20months today! When she said ''Bye-bye'' to me at school in the morning, she did not cry at all. Teacher said she was quite good today in school. She finished all her meals, appetite quite good. Teacher said she could adapt to brown rice very fast and sometimes even want double servings. I am so happy to hear that :)

One things is she doesn't really like to take afternoon snacks. She did not cry when she see me coming to pick her today. Joshua is her good friend and she even gave him a kiss when it's time for her to go home.

On the way home, she was making lotsa of noise, screaming to get what she wanted. Really very naughty.

Ms Trixh last day... 19months 26 days

Giselle has been getting out of hand recently. She throws things around, scratches me, pull my hair when she is angry at me. i really had a hard time tidying up the house.

Today is also Ms Trixh last day at the school. She will be joining her hubby in Canada for 2 years. She said she will miss Giselle very much.

Giselle said bye to everyone in the class and the boys in the class gave Giselle a kiss each.... really very sweet of them.

Yesterday she saw a few boys playing soccer downstairs and she could tell me ''Play ball, kick! Kick!''.

Then today she surprised me by saying ''bye bye'' very accurately. Nowadays, she like to mimic the last sound we says. When we says ''Money'', she will say ''ney''

Last Day for her BusyBuddies class

Today is Giselle last day at the Busybuddies class. She enjoyed the songs and dance very much. Today is also her daddy's birthday.

She slept for 3 hours for the afternoon nap. Then at night, 3 of us when to Vivo City for the Japanese food at Sushi Tei. We bought her a corn cup from Macdonald while we enjoyed our dinner.

Bus Journey, 19 months 20days

Ms Priya was feeding Giselle with water when I went to pick her. Teacher said Giselle just bit the straw and refuse to suck water. So they have to open her bottle cover and ask her to drink directly.

Initially Giselle cried when she saw me but Ms Priya asked her to give me a happy face. We took a bus home after that and the bus driver seems to like Giselle very much as she waved and gave him a friend kiss to say goodbye.

Earthquake!!!

I was pleasantly surprised that Giselle was able to recite 1,2,3,4,5 though it wasn't very clear.

Teacher told me she is a fast learner, better than her classmates. But I must say she is also very naughty. When Mr Trixh was feeding her, she purposely put her leg on the chair.

This afternoon there's a earthquake in Indonesia and I can feel it at Shenton Way. Luckily nothing was felt in Delcare but the kids in Delcare wasn't given her bath just in case all the kids needs to be evacuated.

ANGRY!!! 19 months 16 days

I rushed home to take in the laundry when it was raining after Giselle bzbuddies class. Just at the same time, Giselle woke up crying and pestering me to carry her. But I just ignore her totally as I was very busying taking in the clothes.

Adrian then came home and carried her. Though she was very unhappy about me, she still lie on Adrian's shoulder and quieten down.

When I came into the room, I also didn't carry her as I want her to fall asleep on the bed. Then she began to throw her stuff toys and pillows. Then I also got angry and threw her stuff toys far away. She got angry and began to throw temper. Adrian then went out. Then I began to talk to her and hugged her. Finally she changed to happy mood and smiled.

Actually I didn't know she wanted my attention until Adrian told me so. I am really very surprised that at such young age, she can be so angry when I ignored her.

Punished.... 19 months 15 days

I brought Giselle to Delcare for the afternoon session. She cried when i told her that I needed to leave for work.

When i went to pick her after work, teacher told me she refused to take her afternoon nap and only slept from 3-4pm. As the afternoon snack weren't to her liking, she refused to eat them also.

When she threw tantrums, teacher would put her into the playpen and her temper actually became worse. She kicked and jumped in the playpen. Teacher told her that she could only come down if she stop all these actions.

Giselle also became jealous when Wang Lao Shi carried other kids in the music room.

Special Day... 19 months 13 days

Today is a really special day, started in the morning, Adrian and I was in the living hall when Giselle woke up, climbed down from our bed, ran to us and gave Adrian a big hug. It's amazing because she could finally wakes up without crying for attention...

Then came next at Delcare where she bid me farewell without crying. She went to hold Ms Trixh hand and just said ''ma-ma''. Then I overheard one of the teachers said last time everyday got to hear her ''ma-ma'' crying song. Hahaha.

We left her there full day as it was raining and I didn't want to risk her under the rain. Called up the school to give her dinner. When we went to pick her at 6.45pm, teacher said she was ok until she was asked to go to the TV room with other kids.

]Today teacher said she was naughty when she started to disturb others after she woke up from her nap.

19months 9 days

Giselle has a little runny nose since this morning and I quickly fed her with Sambucol. We followed Adrian to Toa Payoh central to meet his friend. Hence I brought Giselle to Macdonald to feed her macaroni lunch. Luckily she managed to finish most of it.

Brought her to Busybuddies class. Can see she enjoyed the class very much. However, she's afraid to take the swing this round. She kept cheering and clapping along with the songs.

After dinner tonight, we brought her to Tiong Bahru Market area for a walk and she was happily running around.

Nowadays, she started to call me ''Mummy'' instead of ''Har-me''....

Self feeding...19months 8 days

She didn't sleep the very 1st day that I let her take her afternoon nap at Delcare. But she slept on the 2nd day onward. Yesterday she slept for 1.5 hours and today for 1 hour. Adrian and I went to pick her at 4.0pm and she was happily eating her snack. She didn't cry a bit when she saw us.

I am very happy to see that she has really adapt to childcare and is very happy there. Her teacher told me Giselle self feeding skill is much better and accurate than her classmate, Amanda, who has been there longer than Giselle.

Hence I had let Giselle self feed again for dinner and I must say her skills has improve alot since the day I started her at Delcare. She has also learnt many songs like:

1) Twinkle Twinkle Little stars

2) I love you, you love me

3) 2 little dicky birds

4) I am a little teapot

5) Shimmering dinky do

6) Humpty Dumpty

Adrian and I had wanted tp bring her to Esplanade for a walk tonight but it was crowded and we thought of parking the car at Millenia walk. Giselle and us enjoyed this evening very much as she was running around happily... I just let to see her happy face :)

19 months 5 days - 3rd day of CNY

Giselle has been busy doing house visiting with us over the last 3 days... Her nap routine had all been messed up. She only nap about 45 min during the day and so I will try to make her sleep early at night to compensate back.

Her appetite has been quite good and she could finished her meals. I cooked her favourite macaroni today. Everytime when I sing twinkle twinkle little stars, she will sway from side to side. I had started to tie her hair to 2 pony tails and she looked really pretty and adorable.

Tomorrow she will be going to Delcare again and I am sure she will have ''blues'' after 4 days of break.