Lil Miss “Kakak”

Posted on January 31, 2007

Every sunday, my part-time Indonesian helper, Hosila, will come for half a day to do the household chores. Ashley is very fond of Hosila. Each time she hears the vacuum cleaner, she’d stop whatever she is doing and say,”kakak?”

As you can see from one of the pictures above, she tried to imitate Hosila with the broom and the dustpan. Similarly, she loves to take one or two pieces of her wet wipes and start wiping her play-table diligently. What can I say? That’s Lil Miss “Kakak” y’all!

about no. 2

Posted on January 30, 2007

I thought I’d written about no.2 but I guess it must be one of those pregnant-mom-brain-freeze moment for me when thinking about doing something felt as though I’d done it….DUH..

We are expecting a boy. A few days before it was confirmed, I was the unfortunate recipient of a couple of HUGE kicks from the inside. I never felt such huge kicks before when I was expecting Ashley. I then concluded to Hubs that we must be expecting a boy and true enough, during my 4th month visit to the obgyn, the doc confirmed that we are expecting a boy.

My pregnancy has been ok so far. It’s not any different from when I was expecting Ashley. I don’t get as much comments about how small my bump is anymore - probably because maybe some people at work  don’t even realize that I am expecting because I’d usually wear black tops and skirts and a coat at work….so my bump is camouflaged.

Ashley, on the other hand has been very loving to her baby doll. Everynight, before she goes to bed (or rather before we all go to bed), she’d carry her baby doll, walk and around and try to put it to sleep by saying,”Oi oi oi…Oi oi oi” and she’d be patting the baby doll’s bottom lightly. It is a very endearing sight. After that she’d pass the baby doll to me and she’d ask me to carry her baby. Sometimes, she’d ask Hubs or me to give her baby doll a goodnight kiss.

the mind of a lil tod…

Posted on January 29, 2007

Ashley managed to meet up with Baby Aaron this morning for a short while. When Baby Aaron left with his mommy and my mom, I was told by my dad (who was with Ashley the whole day today) was very quiet for the next 1/2 hour. She didn’t want to speak anyone and kept looking down - as though she was sad that Baby Aaron had to leave. I’m curious to know what was going on in Lil Missy’s head during that 1/2 hour. My poor baby felt left out - because she couldn’t go out to be with her baby cousin…*sigh*…Lil Missy has grown up tremendously fast - as least for us. I wonder how it’d be like when no. 2 comes along…

oh happy day…

Posted on January 28, 2007

I think (I hope) I found the trick on getting her to eat whatever I cook for her. Last friday, I forgot to go to the supermarket to do groceries shopping for Ashley for the weekend. Thankfully, MIL had already prepared a weekend’s stash of fish and veges for us so that we don’t have to buy any other food for Ashley as she assumed that we were going to cook porridge for her. This time, I cooked her porridge as usual - but I decided to try my luck and blended her porridge as opposed to feeding her unblended porridge. She walloped everything up in 5 minutes until my right arm ached as I never had the chance to rest it. MIL usually cooks Ashley’s porridge in a crockpot - so it’s more mushed up compared to my porridge if I don’t blend it. Oh well…this worked for the weekend. I’m happy. She’s happy. Everyone’s happy!

throwing tantrums

Posted on January 27, 2007

…while everyone was busy mingling around during the wedding reception, Ashley was busy playing with her new found friend on stage…

tantrums

It’s obvious that Ashley thinks that by throwing tantrums..she’d get what she wants….but that’s not the case with me…if she doesn’t get what she wants, she’d throw herself onto the floor and cry. I’d just leave her to it and do my own thing until she realizes that she ain’t getting any reaction from me…and then she’d change her tactic and come up to me and say, “marmmeeeee…carryyyyyyy” and she’d suck her thumb while I carry her. *sigh*….My dad once said,”It’s not our job as grandparents to discipline our grandchild. It’s yours. It’s our job to spoil her. Ohhhh boy…

languange development

Ashley has picked up lots of words and I’m unable to keep track…here are some of the common words/phrases she uses:

 - marmeeee??? carryyyy! (what a classic!)

- marmeee?????? open! peas? (please) tag-cue (thank you)

- when I asked her one day whether she wanted to change her t-shirt, she said, “no need!”

- take out (indicate to open the car seat buckle)

- very very very mUCHHHHHHH ( i love it when she says “muCHHHH” - she’d emphasize on the “cccHHHH”

- marmeee? touCHHHHH (when she wanted to touch something)

- marmeeee? tika (tickle) - this is when she’d point to her back and ask me to tickle her back. She doesn’t want Hubd to do it - only me. *SIGH*

 

stealing the lime light

Posted on January 25, 2007

(6 Jan 07) Lil Missy on center stage at the Grand Ballroom, Concord Hotel.

A few weeks ago, we attended a friend’s wedding reception at Concord Hotel. While the center of attention were on the wedding couple, lil missy snucked up to the stage and sat right in the middle of the stage!

Early to bed…

Of late, Ashley hasn’t been taking her afternoon naps. A couple of nights ago, while Ashley was engrossed with Barney on TV, I decided to catch up with work on my laptop. After she got bored of Barney, she came up to me and asked to be carried,”marmeeeeeeee carryyyyyy!” Ok..so I scooped her up and sat her on my lap. As usual she tried to fiddle around with my laptop and I forbade her to mess around with it and carried her so that she would face away from the laptop. After 1 minute, I noticed that she didn’t lift her head off my left shoulder. I gently asked her whether she wanted her milk  but she didn’t reply. So I decided to go to the kitchen anyway to make her milk. On the way to the kitchen, I stopped by the loo and decided to look into the mirror to check whether she was asleep. Lil missy was FAST asleep - even her right thumb was out of her mouth…..That was at 9o’clock. She slept throughout the night - without drinking her milk - without brushing her teeth. The next day, she fell asleep at 9ish again. I hope she keeps this up…

The trick - for now….

I’ve found a temporary solution for getting Ashley to sit in the car seat in the evenings when I pick her up. Before, I’d usually hang around at my MIL’s place for about an hour before I go back. By then Ashley would get tired and would want me to carry her while she winds down. The last couple of days, I’d call my MIL while I am on the way to pick Ashley up so that she can get her ready. When I arrive, I’d quickly scoop her into the car and drive off. Half way home, Ashley would usually doze off then. This little trick has been working for the last couple of days….so I am hoping that this’ll do for now.

in every dark cloud..

Posted on January 18, 2007

..there is a silver lining…..at least there was yesterday evening when I picked Ashley up after work. I was pleased to be informed by MIL that she took her afternoon nap yesterday. Getting into her car seat was less of a hassle although she did struggle a bit until we got her cousin Bridget to get into the back seat with her to accompany her for abit. Ashley’s totally taken by her cousin Bridget. She practically looks up to her as her big sister. Whatever Bridget does, Ashley will follow. MIL passed Ashley one of Bridget’s pre-school book and immediately relaxed and looked through the book and identified the pictures she is familiar with. Before I drove off, Bridget got down from the car and Ashley was surprisingly fuss-free then. *phew*…so let’s just say yesterday was a good day. Let’s see what happens today. *fingers crossed!*

In my bid to try to get Ashley to sleep earlier than usual, I brought her up to the bedroom at 9pm hoping that she would wind down and sleep by 10pm (as opposed to 11pm or 12am). Last night, she only slept at 11pm! *sigh* I am trying to get her into a routine of sleeping and waking up early..hoping that it would make a diffence during the day and evening. Kids with enough of sleep are less cranky and I recalled that when she had enough of sleep for the day, she hardly ever protest when getting into her car seat. Let’s see how this all goes….

I’m also on a quest to change my menu for Ashley during the weekends…..hoping to prove that it isn’t my cooking that she dislikes Wish me luck!

hair-pulling experiences…

Posted on January 17, 2007

Lately, I’ve been having a couple of hair-pulling experiences with Lil Missy….I guess she now know what buttons to press when she is around mommy dearest….

Car Seat Hair-Pulling Experience…

For the last couple of days, Ashley took naps before noon and she’d be awake from noon onwards until mommy dearest comes over to MIL’s house to pick her up. When she sees me, she’d start to wind down and insist on me carrying her. Once I scoot her up, she’d suck her right thumb, grab my hair with her left hand and start to sleep….and the nightmare begins…when she’s at this stage, she’d not want me to put her down…..trying to get her into the car seat is a nightmare…she’d wriggle and squirm and cry out,”Mar-meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee carryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! wah wah wah….Mar-meeeeeee” and she’d have both her arms outstretched towards me. *sigh*… we tried all kinds of tricks to get her into the car seat but we succeeded only ONCE! While trying to coax her into getting into her car seat fine evening, we saw a man walking two of his dogs. I immediately said,”Ashley? Look at the doggies.” She immediately stopped crying and looked at the dogs. Then I said,”Ok we better hurry and get into the car so that we can catch up with the doggies. Tell doggies to wait.” She immediately cooperated and said,”Wait doggie. Waitttt!” *phew*….

Last night was another nightmare…..she refused to get into her car seat and I then let her sit at the front seat. She didn’t want that either. She wanted me to carry her! I then resorted to carrying her while driving. I know this is so freakishly dangerous! I had to drive slowly and luckily the distance between my MIL’s house and my house was a stone’s throw away.

Meal-time hair-pulling experience…

When it comes to weekends, I’d cook for her and feed her. She’d not want whatever I specifically cook for her but I was told that at MIL’s house, she’d eat whenever MIL feeds her. She’d even open her mouth after she swallows her food. So last weekend, I decided to change the menu and cooked her pasta instead. She didn’t like it either. She’d close her mouth and look away! I am beginning to wonder whether it is my cooking that she dislikes…*sigh*…but she’d willingly eat whatever it is that we adults are eating…..I think I had better scout around for more creative recipes!

the holidays

Posted on January 4, 2007

p.s

sorry mama sarah, i had to delete the previous post with your comment in it and re-create the post again as the format of my previous post was screwed up… 

Christmas Day 2006 @ Sabah

Ashley was very happy to be at my parents’ house at KK because of the huge space.

She loved to walk in and out of the house - continuosly! and was very very busy pottering around the house doing her own thing…

going out….

and in…

She ransacked the shoe cabinet and even knew who the shoes belonged to!

She wore my shoes and walked around the house…she peeked inside the house and said,’hello?”

She walked down the extended patio to ‘kepo’ while grandpa was busy preparing for the big Xmas BBQ that night…

She rearranged the stools…

and whoops! caught in the act of ‘kepo-kepoing’

New Year Eve 2006 @ KL

We ushered the New Year by attending a BBQ party at Simon’s house - as we did last year. Last year however, Ashley spent most of her time in her baby carrier. This time, she managed walk around to explore and play.

Ashley gave me a couple of generous poses when prompted. I had to quickly snap pictures of her as she’d only pose for a couple of seconds and that’s it. She’d not pose a second longer to entertain me and my camera.

We bought Ashley a baby doll which comes with its own milk bottle. This is a picture of her feeding her baby. She even raised the baby’s hand to the bottle. I guess Ashley was mimicking how I used to raise her hand to the bottle so that she can hold her own bottle.

At the strike of midnight, we witnessed a beautiful display of fireworks in the sky. Ashley saw it and said,”fire?work.” and when it ended she said,”fire?work. no more. finish.” On the way home, she slept in my arms. When I placed her on the bed, she roused from her sleep and immediately said,”fire?work. no more. finish.”

Effects of the holidays…

I think the holidays have changed Ashley a bit…

1. She didn’t poo on a daily basis during the holidays.

2. She didn’t always drink/eat her milk/food at one go.

3. She was more ‘manja’ and refused to sit in her car seat. When I strap her up while she protests, she’d raise both her hands towards me and cry out,” mar-meeeeeeeeee!!!! carryyyyyyyyyyy! wah wah wah! mar-meeee! carrryyy!”

4. Each time she is unhaooy, she’d cry out for ‘mar-meeee!’ and the next second, she’d be jolly again!

5. She can throw tantrums like a wild cat! - with the coughing and choking effect with tears and saliva flowing onto the floor…

However despite all that, I am hopeful that once MIL takes care of her again after the holidays, the routine would make poo regularly again and that she’d drink/eat at one-go.

To my surprise, for the past 2 days, she didn’t protest when I placed her in her car seat in the morning before Hubs sends her off to MIL’s house. I had to physch her up when she woke up that she was going to see her mama (MIL) and yeh-yeh(FIL), Bridget and the birds (my nILs rears 2 birds). At least she happily kissed and hugged me and waved goodbye at me when Hubs drove out of the driveway.

 

19 months

Posted on January 2, 2007

 

 

(1 jan 07) check out how she is grabbing Hub’s shirt….she’s scared of the cow statue at Marche….

Our Lil Missy is 19 months old today. I can’t believe that she is 19 months old! She has grown tremendously over the last couple of months and it’s tough tracking her developments here…..so I will just jot down the gist.

Languange/Speech

She has grown incredibly in this area…

- when we pass her something, she’d say, ” thank you”

- when we give her something to eat/drink, she’d INSIST that she’d want to hold on to it…she’d say,”hold,”

- when we went shopping at Mothercare yesterday, she picked out some clothing and brought it over to Hubs and said,” nice! nice!”

- when she wants us to carry her…she’d cry out in her manja voice and say, “mar-meeee? carry!”

- she loves it when we lightly tickle her on her back. she’d turn her back towards us, lift her shirt and say, “tickle, back”

- she even knows how to tickle herself! she’d lift her arm and tickle her armpit and say,” ti-ka ti-ka (tickle - tickle) armpit!”

- we taught her how to kneel down, make the sign of the cross , put her palms together and say “amen”! after she says “amen”, she’d clap her hands.

- when she was around her cousin aaron, she’d say, “baby?! baby?! shhhhhH!” - to tell everyone to keep quiet so as not to wake the baby up

- when we were at the boarding hall at the KK airport, waiting to board the plane to KL, she saw many planes at the hangar and excitedly said, ” there! there!” while pointing at them…and when the planes took off, she said, ” no more! finish! bye! see you!”

Games

- When we are in the car, we’d play the shadow game expecially at nights. She’d spot the shadows on her hand or my hand and say, “there! there! shadow….” and sometimes if there are water droplets on the window, it’d create a spotted shadow effect on her arms and she’d exclaimed, “eeeee! shadow!”

Emotions

People say that when a mother is expecting her second child, her first child will be extra clingy to the mother. I dunno how far this is true but Ashley is naturally clingy to me. If she cries, she’d always cry out for “mar-meeeeee! wah wah wah ! mar-meeeeee!” (sigh)

When something doesn’t work out the way she wants it to be e.g. if her stool topples over, she’d start hitting the stool! (*slap head*) I dunno how to counter this. When this happened last night, she hit the stool several times and even kicked it!

Likes

Ashley loves to eat everything else besides her porridge. I gave her a bit of my ice cream yesterday and she INSISTED that she wanted to hold it and refused to offer it back to me. The moment I took it away from her so that I could eat it, she wailed like a mad woman! When she cries when she can’t get it her way, we do not give in to her so that she knows that that trick of hers will not work on us….however, it’s a totally different story when it comes to her grandparents…

She loves to eat cheese. Each time she finishes her share of cheese, she’d run to the fridge and point at the it and say, “cheese!”

She still loves to read books. I’d need to only point out what the pictures are on the book once and she’d know how to point them out the second time when I ask her where something was in the book.

Dislikes

She dislikes playing rough with kids. When her cousin Andrew pushed her, she cried and cried and ran to me and said,”mar-meeee! wah wah wah! mar-meeeee!”

We attended Shannon’s Family’s pot luck dinner when we were at KK. Both Shannon and Ashley were happily walking around the house hand-in-hand. It was more like Shannon bringing Ashley for a tour of the house. But when Ashley refused to follow Shannon and Shannon insisted that she follow her by tugging on her hand, Ashley started to cry (*sigh*)

Diet

She still drinks 8oz of milk 3 x a day. She eats what we eat or porridge for lunch and dinner and in between, she has her daily doze of fruits, cod liver oil and yoghurt and some snacks.

She know how to ask for water - she’d say “woh ter” - sounds really cute in real life.

She loves to eat my mom’s home-made biscuits. She’d ask for them by saying, “bee-curt (biscuit) “

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