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Emma at 26 Months

May 19, 2015 in Emma, Milestones | No comments

Emma-26months

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Spring Awakening QP Freebie from Blagovesta Gosheva
Acrylic alphas from A work in progress
Boxed words from Chantal

Weight

8.3 – 8.4 kilos

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

I think she has 19.  Hopefully I will be able to check in more detail soon…or perhaps when we take her for her first dental checkup soon.  Meanwhile, this is what I think she has: 9 bottom teeth (3 incisors, 2 canines, 4 molars) and  (maybe) 10 upper teeth (4 incisors, 2 canines and 4 molars).

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Motor Skills

  • Is attempting to walk up and down the stairs on her own, while holding on to the balustrade.  Scary!!
  • Can imitate action songs very well. e.g. If You’re Happy and You Know It.
  • Climbs on anything and everything.
  • Will carry her stool over to the sink and climb on it to wash hands.
  • She will try her best to wriggle out of her onesie jammies

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Communication and Social Skills

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  • My favorite part of her development this month was when she distinctly and clearly called in a sweet voice, “Mommy!!” It has been very consistent now and errr…quite hard for me to say no to.
  • She knows most of her animal sounds, but somehow according to Emma, the cow is quite a “scary” animal!

  • Every day she adds more and more words to her vocabulary.  I just know that I will soon lose track of what she can say.
    • Milk (pronounced correctly as “Merlk”)
    • Sit couch
    • Sit car
    • Car
    • Slides
    • “Deh-yee” (Daddy)
    • Mommy
    • Hannah (…and Hannah is SO SO SO delighted!)
    • Emma (yes she can say her name!)
    • Cat and “meow meow”
    • Dog and “woof woof”
    • Cow
    • Bear
    • Nose
    • Mouth
    • Ear
    • Eye
    • Hair
    • Feet
    • Foot
    • Stuck!
    • Rice
    • Spoon
    • “Wear this!” when she wants to tell me what she would like to wear
    • Sun
    • Star
    • Says “Wheeee!!!!” when going down the slide (and also when Daddy or Mommy is driving along winding roads)
    • Balloon
    • “Kitty” (Hello Kitty)
    • “Bar-yee” (Barney)
    • “Eh-fern” (Elephant), with trunk action and sound effects
    • Roars like a lion/tiger
    • Happy
    • Sad
    • Kite
    • House
    • Glasses (referring to my sunglassses)
    • Dance
    • Flash (not sure how she picked this up, but she said it when I accidentally left the flash on when I took her picture)
    • Shower
    • Hug
    • “Ah-puh” (Apple)
    • “Barsh-tif” (Brush teeth)
    • “Brera” (Umbrella)
    • “Mar” (More)
  • Loves the “I Love You” song from Barney and can hug and kiss at the correct point in the song.  On that note, she is now very into Barney and watches Barney almost every day.  She says “Watch Bar-yee!!”

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Food and Feeding

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Loves rice, especially chicken rice and barbecued pork rice.  She appears to be slightly allergic to grapes though…it’s odd, because I have fed her grapes before and she was fine.  I will try again in a few weeks’ time.

Emma at 25 Months

April 26, 2015 in Emma, Milestones | No comments

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So Grateful Add-on freebie from Sahlin Studio

Weight

8.2 – 8.3 kilos

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

Still 15 teeth (I think), maybe 17 or 19.  She won’t open up for me to check : 7 bottom teeth (3 incisors, 2 canines, 2 molars) and  (maybe) 8 upper teeth (4 incisors, 2 canines and 2 molars).

Motor Skills

  • Loves to climb up on chairs and can do so quite well now.
  • Will run in little small steps.
  • Attempting to jump, even to the extent of bending her knees in preparation of jumping.  She’s almost there!
  • Likes to pretend to slide down from the arm rest of the couch, and loves it when we prep her by saying “Ready, Set, Go!!”

Communication and Social Skills

  • Adding more words to her vocabulary:
    • Couch
    • Push
    • Egg
    • Hat
    • Fog (for “frog”)
    • Sit
    • Car
    • No!!
    • Oh No!!!!
    • Once or twice, she says “Mommy!” but it is still inconsistent
  • Can point to herself when we ask “Where’s Emma?”
  • Can point to Mommy, Daddy, Ethan and Hannah when we ask who’s who.

Food and Feeding

Loves homecooked rice and porridge.  She has already started rejecting some foods by shaking her head and saying “No no no!”

Emma at 2 Years

March 24, 2015 in Emma, Milestones | No comments

Emma-2years

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AquaLicious QP from Delicious Scraps

Weight

8.1-8.2 kilos

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

Still 15 teeth (I think), maybe 17 or 19.  She won’t open up for me to check : 7 bottom teeth (3 incisors, 2 canines, 2 molars) and  (maybe) 8 upper teeth (4 incisors, 2 canines and 2 molars).

Motor Skills

  • Loves dancing and prancing around.
  • Has an extremely firm grip and will not let go of whatever she is holding really tight.

Communication and Social Skills

  • Loves lying down on her siblings’ beds and “chillin'”.
  • Starting to say more words now such as:
    • “Go!”, when we prompt her with “Ready… Set….?”
    • “Book”, while pointing to, or holding one
    • “Poopoo”, while pointing to diaper (Okay okay…will start potty training soon!)
    • “Kou” when we give her things.  I think it means “Thank you”
    • “Stairs”
    • “No more”, with gestures
    • “Ball”
    • “uh-oh…fall down!”
    • “Nose”, more like “Nosh” while pointing to her nose.
    • “Mouth”
    • “Ears”
    • “Hair”
    • “Toes”
    • “Butt”
    • “Cow”
    • “Dog”
    • “Bear”
    • “Book”
    • “Bag”
    • “Bird”
    • “There!”

Food and Feeding

I’ve been cooking her some simple buttered rice with onions, garlic, chicken and vegetables lately, which she loves.  Loves steamed fish too.

Others

Happy 2nd Birthday Emma!

March 18, 2015 in Celebrations, Emma, Growing Up, Milestones | 1 comment

Last week my littlest one turned 2.  I can’t believe how fast 24 months had passed!  She is still very much my little baby but she’s quickly becoming very vocal and is able to assert her personality, that one.

We decided to just have a little family celebration at home, so I baked her an orange and pumpkin crazy cake with no butter, no milk and no eggs.  As for cake deco, it was a toss up between Elmo and Hi-5, cos she likes both, but I went with Elmo, because I also wanted to try creating Elmo’s fur with the grass tip I had.

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♥  Happy Birthday dearest Emma!!  ♥

 

Forward Facing Fun!

March 9, 2015 in Emma, Growing Up, Milestones | No comments

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I’d been so busy that I’d forgotten to announce that we are slowly transitioning Emma to a forward-facing seat.  While previously it was the norm that toddlers would be switched to forward-facing seat when they were about 15 months or so, recent studies have shown that it is advantageous and safer for the toddler if she remains in a rear-facing seat at least till 2 years old.

However, since Emma was only less than a month shy of her 2-year old milestone, we figured it would be good to start now.  In any case, she was getting rather heavy for the infant carrier because quite simply, she is not an infant anymore.  Well, actually, the real reason is because in her rear-facing seat, she kept doing this:

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That looks dangerous, right?  She might hurt her head or her mouth or her eyes when the car moves!

So her “maiden voyage” in a forward-facing car seat was when we made the trip to Ipoh for Chinese New Year recently.  I had removed the seat covers of the car seat, and washed them, and also washed the plastic parts.

Doesn’t she look comfy?

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Emma is now only forward-facing in one of the cars.  She is still sitting in the rear-facing seat in the car I drive every week day, because we found that because of the upright position of the forward-facing car seat, she finds it difficult to fall asleep!  However, she is learning to, and soon …. when I have the time, I will wash the OTHER car seat so we can fix front-facing seats in both cars for her.

Oh…and she’s also experiencing new sights with a forward-facing stroller experience now!  Wheeee!!!!

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Hannah’s Adventurezone Birthday

March 2, 2015 in Celebrations, Emma, Entertainment, Ethan, Hannah, Milestones, Parenting | No comments

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Hannah had a birthday celebration with her friends at AdventureZone yesterday, which is a day before her birthday proper.  AdventureZone always makes the kids eager, excited and brings out the energy and adrenalin in everyone.

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SOoooooo much easier to take pictures of the wee babes because the older ones were zipping past me so fast!!

Hannah conquered her fear of going down the blue slide and now confidently slides down it like a pro.

Next time, she says she’s gonna go down the “scary” red slide!

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The kids all enjoyed themselves and even continued playing at the slide area after they were done with their food and cake.

However, an unfortunate accident happened when we got home. 🙁

Hannah tripped and fell and knocked her head on the open grille door in our house.  She had an open wound on her forehead and after I cleaned her up and gave her a quick shower, we took her to the doctor.  Thankfully, the doctor said the wound was a shallow one, and she only used 3 steristrips to hold it close.  Then she covered the wound with a sheet of waterproof plaster.  We will be going back to the medical center to have it removed 4-5 days later.

Despite the unfortunate incident, our little big girl Hannah, ever so courageous, remained cheerful and happy.  She came back home and asked to open her presents!

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Happy Birthday dearest Hannah!

May your days be filled with happiness and rainbows now and forevermore!

Emma at 23 Months

February 16, 2015 in Emma, Milestones | No comments

Emma-23months

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Pretty Shabby QP from kimbroedelet graphics and designs

Weight

8 kilos!!

Height/Length

Not measured.

Teeth

Still 15 teeth (I think): 7 bottom teeth (3 incisors, 2 canines, 2 molars) and  (maybe) 8 upper teeth (4 incisors, 2 canines and 2 molars).

Motor Skills

  • Loves climbing on chairs!!! :O
  • Will usually stand up when put in a baby high chair!! :O
  • Walking and moving faster now, almost running.
  • Showing a keen interest in jumping and hopping.

Communication and Social Skills

  • Constantly saying “No” or “No no…”.
  • “Reads” books in her own language and her own way.
  • Gestures and says “No more” appropriately.
  • Almost saying “poo poo”
  • Loves giggling and playing with her siblings.

Food and Feeding

At home Emma is still eating yummy homecooked porridge, and I’ve noticed that she loves it when I add millet into the porridge.  It’s usually either chicken, pork or fish porridge with some vegetables for good measure.  She is definitely ready for rice too, so she may join us at the dining table soon. Yay!!

She loves her animal biscuits and the “rare and occasional” french fry.

Others

 

Ethan’s Amazing Race Birthday Party

February 13, 2015 in Celebrations, Emma, Ethan, Growing Up, Hannah, Milestones | No comments

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For Ethan’s 9th birthday this year, we decided to have a cozy celebration at home. Hannah suggested having an Amazing Race birthday party, and what is a race without sharing it with friends, eh?  So we said he could invite his best friend.  So I planned the “amazing race” for two teams: Ethan & Hannah in one team and Josha & Elisha in another.

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Unfortunately, Elisha was not well on that day, so we bended the rules a little and the two teams were then Ethan, Hannah and Josha in one team, and Peter and Emma in another. LOL!
The food our contestants ate to fuel up before the race was flagged off – homemade lum mee with all the yummy condiments:

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The First Fallen Tooth

February 9, 2015 in Growing Up, Hannah, Milestones | No comments

She had been waiting anxiously for this moment since her bottom two incisors started wiggling about 2 weeks ago.  And just yesterday while we were out shopping, the inevitable happened.  A milestone for my little snowflake Hannah.

Just 3 weeks shy of her 6th birthday, she excitedly announced that her tooth had fallen out.  I was queueing up to pay for our purchases when it happened, so Daddy gave her some tissues and napkins to clean up and wrap her tooth carefully.

See how tiny it is?

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When we got home, Hannah wrote a short note to the Tooth Fairy and at night she placed it under her pillow.

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She woke up excitedly today, and showed me the note the Tooth Fairy had left her.  She even took it to school to show her teacher!

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She showed Ethan the note too, and when Ethan saw it, he said, “It looks like Mommy’s writing!” 😛

 

Let’s Pray

January 30, 2015 in Christianity, Emma, Growing Up, Milestones, Parenting | No comments

Emma responds very well to instructions now.  She’s also beginning to imitate what people around her are doing, especially her siblings.

This is what she does every time we get ready for our bedtime prayers.  I’ll say, “Let’s pray” and Emma will assume this position.  Last night, she even said, “Pray!”

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