Donald's 2nd Year

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2007-08-01T17:14:00.000+08:00

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Love,

Mummy Bonita

A Beautiful Year...

2006-02-19T22:36:00.000+08:00

Donald turns 2 today.

It seems just like yesterday when Donald came out, 'wahing', all bloody, lying on the weighing pan, only peeping at us with one eye...

Last year, he was still very dependent, very baby-like. This year, we have seen him bloomed into a little boy, assertive on his opinions and wants; developing a love for construction machines, trains and airplanes; learning to identify and classify things; suddenly begin to speak a lot more and it's amazing what he says sometimes.

It is also very heartwarming, the things Donald does sometimes...

Once in a while, Donald would just grab my hand and Daddy's hand and put them together and smile ever so sweetly at both of us...

Once I was carrying him, he started to kiss me, not once, but many, many times, left cheek, right cheek, left, right, left, right...sooooo sweet...

Ever so often, he would stop whatever he is doing, and look at me and go 'ah mummy', or go to Daddy, push his nose between Daddy's book and Daddy's face, look into Daddy's eyes and say 'ah Daddy' with his sweet little voice. We both love that so very much...

Sometimes we are busy doing our own stuff, but happen to walk by the sofa where he is sitting, he would call out 'Sit..Sit' and pat at the space next to him. And when we sit next to him and slide into a sleeping position, he would put his hand under our head and try to push us back into a sitting position while repeating 'sit...sit...'

At night, when we go to bed together, after we off the lights, Donald would start 'ordering' the songs to be sang to lull him to sleep. 'Car..Car' and mummy would sing the car car song she made up, or 'boat..boat' and we will sing 'row row row your boat' and rock him from side to side. He would close his eyes and pretend to sleep, he would then open them and find Mummy staring at him, then he would laugh and giggle and close his eyes again...

And when he is finally tired and ready to doze off, he would say 'mummy...hug...hug...', and after Mummy put her arms around him to hug him to sleep, he would let out a 'sigh' of blessedness and slowly fall into a deep sleep.

Life with a child is just so much fun... especially if the child is as fun and sweet spirited as Donald. Daddy said, if every child is as fun as Donald, he does not mind having TEN! Ha Ha Ha!

Love,

Donald's Mummy

PS : Donald's 3rd year is at http://donaldchan3.blogspot.com Come visit us! Thank you for your support!

Donald is 2!

2006-02-19T17:16:00.000+08:00

We kept the train from his Bengawan Solo cake for use with this Breadtalk cake. A small one for a small family. :)

Lighting the candles.

When we sang 'Happy birthday to Donald', Donald pointed at his nose. :)

His Favorite Train

2006-02-19T16:16:00.000+08:00

Auntie Sherrie and Joshua gave Donald this train set. It was a fantastic gift because it is the exact same train set that Donald loved and wouldn't let go during the Chinese JG! Thank you Sherrie!

O-Ma giving Donald an Ang Pao for his birthday.

Gu Gu and Uncle Kikopee also gaved Donald an Ang Pao, plus a ladybug card.

The card is now in Gu Gu's ladybugs collection.

Milestones - 2nd Year

2006-02-19T08:53:00.000+08:00

24th Month
Weigh 13.05kg
Fully weaned from the breast. (01/02/06)

23rd Month
Can repeat words after us.
Can complete words to song.
Said Bye Bye,noodles,Jay Jay,Stop it!,please,slowly...
Said 弟弟，妹妹.

22nd Month
Said Rollie,Muck,Dizzy,Bob,Duck,Pain,C,Sweet,Milk,Boat,cheese......
(he is starting to talk alot more, hard to keep track!)
Said 猫，狗
Sing Bob the Builder Song (not exactly the same :) )
Give new name to nursing, call them 'Ni Ni'
Can use feet to push bikes along.
Allow me to brush his teeth.
Starts to Eat Cheese.

21st Month
Said 'Go' (wk37)
Sing 'La La La' (Wk37)
Slept thru the night - 6hrs (wk36)
Said 'Wiggle Wiggle' (wk36)
Said ' Cutie' (wk36)

20th Month
Started Rod of discipline (wk34)
Started night-wean process (wk34)
Said Mummy the english way (wk34)
Right upper and bottom molar (wk32)
Canines (wk32)
Said 'Donald' and 'Daddy' (wk32 - 25/09/05)
3rd overseas trip - London/Paris (wk31-33)

19th Month
duck walk (wk31 - 18/09/05)
12.1kg 83cm (wk30 - 11/09/05)

18th Month
Balance on beam and clap (wk25 - 11/08/05)
Upper left molar (wk 25)
Said CAR (wk 23 - 27/07/05)
Hand Sign for GOOD (wk 22 - 22/07/05)
Hand sign for MORE (wk 22 - 20/07/05)
Knock door with knuckles (wk 22)

17th Month
Walk down step unassisted (wk 22 - 18/07/05)
Said 妈妈(wk 21 - 15/07/05)
Voluntarily held Mummy hand and walk along (Wk 20 - 03/07/05)
11.6kg (wk 20 - 03/07/05)
Left bottom molar (wk 19)
Screw on bottle cap (wk 18)
Call Mummy distinctly (wk 18)
1st Fall, scrapped knees and bled (wk 18)

16th Month
2nd overseas trip - Israel (wk 17 - wk 18)
Walking Tip Toe (wk 16)
Step up stairs on his own (wk 16 - 05/06/05)
Weigh 11.77kg (wk 14 - 25/05/05)
1st forward roll by himself (wk 14 - 21/05/05)
1st time bled (wk13 - 20/05/05)
Run errands (wk 13 - 20/05/05)

15th Month
Hand sign for Incy Wincy Spider (wk 13 - 18/05/05)
Hand Sign for Aeroplane (wk 11 - 3/05/05)
Showed us where 'pain pain' (wk 11 - 30/04/05)
11.7kg, 79cm (wk 10 - 29/04/05)
1st Flu for 2nd year + ear infection (wk 10 - 29/04/05)
Upper 2nd right incisor (wk 10)

14th Month
Know how to KISS when asked to (wk 9)
Know how to do peek-a-boo (wk 8 - 13/04/05)
Know how to blow (wk 8 - 9/04/05)
Know how to do flying kiss (wk 8)
Self feed (wk 8 - 07/04/05)
Lower 2nd Right and Left Incisors emerged (wk 7 - 6/04/05)
Know how to sniff (wk 7 - 02/04/05)
WALKED!! (wk 5 - 25/03/05 exactly 13mth+1week)
1st time stood up (wk 5 - 19/03/05)

13th Month
Self initiated 1st steps (wk 5- 18/03/05)
Top 2nd left incisor emerges (wk4 - 13/03/05)
Descend from sofa legs first (wk3 - 10/03/05)
Climbed up sofa without assistance (wk3 - 10/03/05)
Walked 2 metres between Mummy and Daddy (wk3 - 08/03/05)
Acknowledge Nabil & Collette as God-parents (wk2 - 03/03/05)
Dedicated to the Lord (wk2 - 25/02/05)

Yellow Crocs

2006-02-18T16:11:00.000+08:00

Daddy insisted to take a picture of Donald wearing this tigger outfit, with his yellow crocs! We were out walking and many people, adults and children, looked and commented on Donald's outfit. :)

He is holding a model Audi A2, a birthday present from Uncle Anthony.

This colorful car was sent all the way from Cambridge UK by Donald's Lao Yee. :) It has light under its body and when you open the boot, it plays a funky beat and Donald would dance and shake to it.

Birthday Celebration @ JG

2006-02-17T00:19:00.000+08:00

We celebrated Donald's 2nd birthday in his English JG class today. We ordered a sponge cake with fresh strawberries from Bengawan Solo. Not so much for their cake, but for their design for Donald loves train. And it came along with a train candle. Very nice! Donald loved it!

Teacher Sam especially asked a teacher to come in and play the keyboard for us to sing the birthday song. It sounds much much nicer with music accompanyment!

Donald even cut the cake by himself!

Donald loved the train, insisted to play with it.

This is Jun Huei.

Donald insisted that the train should run on a track, so he went back to the cake to run it on the remaining track.

Nataly wants more...

This is Elizabeth, Qifang.

This is Diya, her mummy and I were RJC schoolmates.

Joshua is also expecting a younger sibling this fall.

Sam's JG

2006-02-17T00:09:00.000+08:00

Little Emilia, Wei Wei. Donald's both english and chinese classmate.

This is little Nataly. She went to drop off school for a while, didn't like it, so came back.

Dropping the fun pass into the mailbox.

Andrew. Also Donald's chinese and english classmate. He will be having a little sibling come sept/oct this year!

The result of rolling golfballs with different color in a container.

Donald was selected to see what is in the magic box because he was the birthday boy!

Chuga Chuga Chuga choo choo to bear town!

"Are we sitting down for bear time???"

"If we close our eyes for beartime... there will be a surprise for bear time..."

Hop little bunnies hop hop hop... hop little bunnies hop hop hop...

Donald absolutely LOVES swimming!

2006-02-14T23:50:00.000+08:00

Zoo

2006-02-13T17:12:00.000+08:00

No JG today, so we brought Donald to the zoo. We are going to see the small mammals, kodomo dragons etc today. Something new for Donald.

Donald can say the chinese words for tortoise. But it sounds alot like OK.

We wanted to let Donald have a pony ride.....

But he refused to mount the pony...

Donald insisted these are ducks.

Donald saw this family with 3 girls and an older boy, he kept following them around, seeing what they are seeing and mumbling together with them at the same time.

Bedtime Story

2006-02-12T17:08:00.000+08:00

Pussy Willow

2006-02-12T17:01:00.000+08:00

This is our pussy willow. Today is 15th day, tomorrow I will be discarding them, so here it is!

Mosquito Bite

2006-02-12T16:59:00.000+08:00

Donald had 3 mosquito bites during our trip to Pontian. One on the arm, one at the back of the neck, and one just on the side of his eye. It was initially ok, but it swelled up in the night and he woke up a few times from the pain.

Reverse Psychology

2006-02-11T16:58:00.000+08:00

Reverse Psychology works very well with this little boy. I said I will give the fruit to Daddy if he doesn't want anymore, he immediately grabbed my arm and refuse to let go!

Gu Gu's birthday

2006-02-11T16:54:00.000+08:00

Today is Gu Gu's birthday.

Today is Gu Gu's birthday, but Donald also received a present. A pair of nike shoes from Gu Gu!

Don't worry! He is not kicking the cat, he is showing the cat his new shoes! :)

Pontian Outing Day 2

2006-02-11T16:50:00.000+08:00

While Mummy and Donald were still snorting, Daddy followed Shen Shen and Lao Kim to the wet market in Pontian.

The night before, he kept asking for sweets. So we told him that those sweets belong to Da Pei, only he can give sweets, but he was asleep, so can only ask him tomorrow. He remembered and today, he kept bugging Da Pei to give him sweets.

Pontian Outing Day 1

2006-02-10T16:46:00.000+08:00

Our morning zonked boy! Today we are going to Pontian after JG!

We reached there in the evening and had a fantastic meal cooked by Shen Shen. Donald ate alot too!

Ah Hao had his box of toys. Donald found several airplanes and kept playing with them.

It was raining the whole day. Brrrrr...cold! So no shower for Donald. We 'dry' clean him using Cetaphil.

Donald loved playing with Ah Hao. He went around 'Gor Gor', calling him. He did not bother us at all, just kept looking for Ah Hao to play with him.

A Lovely Day

2006-02-09T16:24:00.000+08:00

His newest 'pet peeve', pouting his mouth to the maaaaxxxxxx.

Our fridge door.

Our room doors.

Trying to hide in the wardrobe.

His collection of tricycles. All gifts from Gu Gu.

3 Little Pigs

2006-02-08T16:10:00.000+08:00

He loves this story, be it english or chinese version. He has the chinese version book, as for English, Mummy cooks it up and tell it to him while he drinks his milk :) He loves the 'huff and puff' and he will answer 'no no no no' on behalf of the pigs when the wolf knocks on the pig's door.

Breakfast

2006-02-08T16:06:00.000+08:00

Cheese...

Hashbrown

Resuming Waterplay Class

2006-02-07T16:01:00.000+08:00

I have actually stopped the water babies class for a long while now. Then recently, Donald showed his dislike and fear of water over his head whenever i shampooed him. So i decided it is time to resume classes. We did not go back to the former school because it was too far away. We took lessons with Lisa Thrane, a Danish expat. Donald had so much fun for the first class! AND.... immediately, he is not fearful of washing his head anymore! So water play for children is good!

Dr Chin Clinic

2006-02-07T15:46:00.000+08:00

We gave this pix to Dr Chin long ago, and she put it up in her clinic. It is really nice!

Anecdote - Weaning

2006-02-06T16:01:00.000+08:00

On the 1st of Feb, Donald had his last nursing session after almost 2 years...

We both missed the closeness together....
He still likes to smell me and says hello and bye bye to 'ni ni'. As for me, i am the one who desired to wean him off before he turns 2, but sometimes, it breaks my heart to see him desiring to nurse again yet holding back, knowing that he is not allowed to. Many times, it made me want to give in and reinstate our nursing sessions...

But we know that it is time to move on....

I am hoping to give Donald a baby brother or sister soon. And when that happens, I plan to tandem nurse. I do hope Donald will remember how to nurse again when the time comes...

So.. wish me luck!

Love,

Mummy

Uncle Anthony's house

2006-02-05T16:01:00.000+08:00

We were invited to Uncle Anthony and Auntie Margaret's house for dinner.

Auntie was from Penang, her penang laksa was fantastic.

CHC Reunion

2006-02-05T15:59:00.000+08:00

We had a fantastic church reunion today. It was for the approx 800 members who started City Harvest Church together with Pst Kong in 1995. Prior to being known as City Harvest Church, the 800+ of us were known as Ekklesia Ministry.
Meeting up together like that had a huge impact. We sang praise and worship songs from pre-1995 church service and brought back such great memories and reminded us never to forget to return to our First Love - Jesus.
This group picture consists of the pioneer members who started with Pst Kong way back in 1986-1988.

These are those who joined in 1991.

And these are those who joined in 1992. Mummy belonged to this group. I was only Sec 4 then....

Carol & Sherrie Visit

2006-02-04T15:48:00.000+08:00

Carol and Sherrie came for a chit chat and dinner today. We bought the ex-chatterbox chef's chicken rice for dinner.

Sherrie made an Orea Cheescake, it was marvelicious!

Showing aunties where is his backside.

...armpit

...neck

...and teeth!

Dennis & Family Visits

2006-02-04T15:01:00.000+08:00

Uncle Dennis and his family came for a visit in the afternoon.

Donald loved playing with Zhenli and Zhenxiang. In fact this is the first time he addressed anyone as 'Gor Gor', i.e. elder brother.

Naked Boy

2006-02-03T15:43:00.000+08:00

Anecdote - Constipation

2006-02-01T16:58:00.000+08:00

On 26th Jan, I experienced something heart wrenching...

Donald tend to constipate, nothing serious, maybe some passing with a gap of 1-2 days.

This time, he had constipated for several days, passing only very small quantity of hard pellets. It was very obvious that not everything had cleared.

On the evening of 26th Jan, he constipated so badly, no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't come out. He stood on the sofa, crying out 'Mummy Mummy'. I went over to carry him, but he wouldn't let us bend his leg or body, he just kept his body so stiff and straight, like it hurt him a great deal to move.

We tried cycling his legs, tried squatting, nothing helped. After a long time, I asked him if he wanted 'ni ni' to comfort him, he nodded his head, but when we went to the room, he couldn't even lie on my lap to nurse. He stood there, infront of me, crying in pain, tears rolling down his cheeks, and I was helpless... I cried too, hugging him and knowing not what to do...

Then Oma said, why not bring him to the clinic downstairs to insert an enema or two, THEN i remembered, I have a packet of enema in my medicine drawer! We quickly took it out, I carried him and inserted 1 10ml tube, which made Donald cry out even louder...

After a while, no effect. We decided to insert the other 10ml, within allowed dosage for children of course. And finally after a while, it came to pass... It was not watery as expected after an enema, but long and thick and hard. No wonder he couldn't bend his body!

After it had passed, Donald went limped, like he had gone through something so traumatic that left his body with no strength. He just laid his face on my shoulder, as I was carrying him and comforting him, and whimpered.. we asked him if he wanted water? want to shower? allow us to change his diaper? he just tiredly shook his head a little, whilst in a daze...

Thankfully, after his shower, he was his old self again! In fact, even 'lighter'! Because he seemed to be 'flying' from room to room, running happily here and there.

Now we keep reminding him to drink water and pass motion every day, reminding him of the pain he went through. So far....so good.

www.pabha.com

2006-01-31T16:54:00.000+08:00

We went to Pabhakara's house for visiting. He is a local artist.

This is Siew Hooi, she makes pottery and makes little unique pendants too. You can visit their website at www.pabha.com to see more of their designs, artwork, greeting cards etc. Do support Singapore's own artists!!

Cecilia's house

2006-01-30T16:48:00.000+08:00

We went to visit Auntie and Cecilia. They have a very nice backyard where they reared rabbits and fish.

Good morning Dog Year!

2006-01-29T16:47:00.000+08:00

Donald only slept for 4 hours the previous night, but look how happy he was on New Year's 1st day!

Gong Xi Gong Xi with Oma.

Visiting in Pontian

2006-01-29T16:44:00.000+08:00

At Datuk's house.

Shen Shen made all this by herself. 2 more dishes were later added to this feast.

Shen Shen

This is the bike by which Donald had his 1st major fall. We brought it along to pontian so that he could ride on the rough path.

Dinner

2006-01-29T16:37:00.000+08:00

Reunion Night

2006-01-28T16:34:00.000+08:00

Chinese JG Celebration

2006-01-26T16:31:00.000+08:00

Jia En's birthday party

2006-01-22T16:24:00.000+08:00

1st Major Fall

2006-01-19T16:19:00.000+08:00

Today, Donald enters his 24th month. Next month, he will be turning 2 years old. And today, he had his 1st MAJOR fall..well, at least to us. :) Daddy's friend gave him a electric motorbike. Donald had been riding expertly on a smaller version motorbike in the market downstairs. He could maneuver very well, even on narrow pathways along the main road. This new bike was much bigger and faster. He was riding fine until he tried to do a U-turn, the bike flipped and he fell. The 1st time, he cried but it wasn't major, so he got up and rode again. 2nd time he fell the same way, this time, his neck was just at the edge of the curb! When we rushed to pick him up, his mouth was full of blood and we panicked! We thought he might had cut his gum or broke his teeth! Thank God he only cut the side of his mouth, resulting in an ulcer. We rushed him upstairs in a crying state, he wiped his mouth of blood on my shoulder, that explains the stain on my t-shirt. He asked for a glass of milk and gurgle and swished the milk around inside his mouth.... He only had a bruise near his right eye and a bruise on the right side of his lips and an ulcer. He still managed to be quite jovial after that.. Thank God!!

Scribble

2006-01-08T16:08:00.000+08:00

We loved to see him sit at our dining table, scribbling. It is so cute with his legs hanging in the air...

Qiuyan son's birthday party

2006-01-07T16:06:00.000+08:00

We went to Auntie Qiuyan's son's 1st birthday party. Anutie Qiuyan is Mummy's NYGH basketball captain.

Donald was fascinated with this Uno card 'spitter'.

Relatives from Muar

2006-01-05T16:04:00.000+08:00

Our relatives from Muar came down to Singapore.

Sayang MaMa's hurting knee.

Anecdote - 1st Day back in JG

2006-01-03T20:24:00.000+08:00

Today was the 1st day of school, even for Donald. I was full of anticipation because I knew, the moment he starts to talk, JG class would be so much fun! And it's true!

Today was Mandarin class, he was more spontaneous and was willing to repeat after teacher. So just in 1 lesson, he said 你好，汽车，密瓜，星星，谢谢，乳酪，果汁，停, all for the 1st time!

2nd Day of 2006

2006-01-02T16:00:00.000+08:00

Key Practice

2006-01-01T15:20:00.000+08:00

Chatting with Bob

2006-01-01T15:15:00.000+08:00

Anecdote - Finally!

2005-12-31T23:59:00.000+08:00

Donald was slow to open his mouth to speak. Other kids his age are already speaking in full sentences. We are not worried, just wondering when he will start speaking too... so waiting patiently for that day to come.

These few weeks, he started to say single words, so I was busy recording what he said. But today, I can officially stop that, because he is finally willing to repeat after us, imitate what we said!

Today, I was singing the Barney song 'I Love you... you love me..'. And sang until the last line, 'Won't you say you love me...' and unintentionally did not finish the last word 'too', I was soo surprised when he chipped in 'too' to finish the song!

He is really growing up sooo fast. Today is the last day of the year, tomorrow will be 2006. Donald will be turning 2 soon...so fast hor???

Year End @ Sentosa

2005-12-31T23:44:00.000+08:00

Today is the last day of the year, Daddy brought us to Tua Kong for noodles and then to Sentosa.

Gu Gu bought Donald a pair of croc shoes, really good for sand and water play. Easy to wash and dry fast.

I was singing the song ' i love you, you love me...', as i approach the 'great big hug and a kiss from me to you', Donald know I am going to kiss him, he get all laughing because he knows it will tickle! :)

At Home

2005-12-31T23:39:00.000+08:00

He was so tired that even after we woke him up, brought him from the bed to the sofa, he plopped down and slept again.

We bought him a kitchen set for xmas too. And he loved the jug and cup and kept pouring 'stuff' for us to drink. When we pretend that the drink is absolutely delicious, he would be so happy and smiling from ear to ear.

Bob Stuff

2005-12-31T23:35:00.000+08:00

We bought him some Bob the Builder stuff for xmas, but forgot to give it to him. So we just opened it up for him and he is fascinated. This is a hooded towel.

We also got him a polar fleece blanket.

Tantrums

2005-12-30T23:48:00.000+08:00

Ha! This is the age for tantrums. I have to keep reminding myself that, otherwise can really go crazy!

Chicken Little Day

2005-12-28T23:46:00.000+08:00

We went to watch Chicken Little at Tampines. Donald sat through the whole show! We then went to look for Auntie Roselind.

We then went Changi village for lunch. Donald played with mimosa on the way.

CGH Outing

2005-12-27T23:31:00.000+08:00

We followed Daddy to CGH for him to change his wound dressing.

In the car, Donald wanted 'ni ni', he would give me a very pitiful face and do the sign for 'please' and say 'please' to the extent that it melts your heart and have to give in to him. :)

We had breakfast at the polar cafe there.

Muar Trip

2005-12-26T21:39:00.000+08:00

A last minute decision and we are off to Muar.

We went to visit Oma's relatives. This is their house and Donald loved the puppies.

This is Lao Chek. Oma's father's younger brother. He is 80++

We went to Lao Chek's son's factory.

We found a nice provision shop and loved the display.

We were brought to this restaurant for a very sumptous dinner. So good that every dish was delicious. All prawns, sea cucumbers, abalone, scallop, fish, oysters... we loved every dish, better than any wedding dinner anytime!

This fish is sooo sweet. It is fried on one side and steamed on the other side.

Christmas Morning

2005-12-25T21:26:00.000+08:00

Christmas morning! Time to open the countless presents under the Xmas tree. Gu Gu bought so many presents for Donald... this is one of time, a nice classic red tricycle.

He also loved this set of contruction vehicles.

We bough Gu Gu a dress.

Carnival

2005-12-25T21:23:00.000+08:00

We made our way to the Carnival again.

Donald enjoyed the viking..laughing all the way... i think Gu Gu was a little scared! haha

Initially we thought he would be too small and scared to take this ride alone. But I decided to let him go ahead and try anyway...and he enjoyed it!!

I managed to persuade Gu Gu to take this ride Top Dancer with me... my goodness, it was so scary, both of us couldn't stop screaming and laughing at the same time!

We both suffered bruises at our hips and shoulder. Gu Gu's one was reeeeaallllyyy big.

Last $3, we let donald try this ride..alone.

You think he likes it?

Christmas Eve

2005-12-24T21:18:00.000+08:00

We had dinner at Oma's place before going for Christmas Service.

Donald was getting comfortable with one of the carers over there... soon we can both leave him there and attend service together....

There was a carnival organised by our church at Expo Hall 6. We went to take 1 ride.

Rasa Sentosa - Day 3

2005-12-24T21:16:00.000+08:00

We didn't build this, there were 4 nicely built up sand castles infront of sunset bay, Donald went and destroyed part of them!

Rasa Sentosa - Day 2

2005-12-23T21:13:00.000+08:00

Breakfast has definitely improved.

Donald winking.

Among all the xmas trees on display, Donald liked this the best, we too.

This is the back of the hotel, right outside our door.

We took the luge once, they refused to let Donald take the chair lift, so we refunded the whole ticket and went to Billabong shop. The luge was great fun, Donald enjoyed it so much. For the sake of taking the ride, he willingly wore the helmet for the longest time!

Uncle David, Billabong's boss.

The rain stopped, we went out for sand play. Donald loved it! I stack and he destroys... great combination!

They had stopped the shuttle service to town, so we aborted our plans of hanging out in town and went to Harbourfront instead.

Rasa Sentosa - Day 1

2005-12-22T00:10:00.000+08:00

We checked into Rasa Sentosa for 2 nights. To getaway for the hols and to celebrate our 6th year wedding anniversary. We were married here 5 yrs ago on 23 Dec 2000. Why 6 years then? We ROM exactly 1 year before that...that's why! :)

Donald was very self entertaining...

Changi Village

2005-12-18T22:59:00.000+08:00

Showing Donald his pants' pockets.

Bathtime

2005-12-18T00:02:00.000+08:00

Our Biker

2005-12-16T00:00:00.000+08:00

Bob's Roadshow

2005-12-10T22:22:00.000+08:00

We are going to the Bob the Builder roadshow at United Square today!

This is the first time we realise that he can 'pose' pretty well. He knew how to lean on the poster, how to look at the camera...

We bought him this trolley bag and some other stuff. He loved the bag sooo much!

Koala Bear Donald

2005-12-09T22:19:00.000+08:00

Pointing to his elbow when we ask him to identify his body parts.

Brush Teeth

2005-12-06T22:17:00.000+08:00

Brushing his teeth everyday is quite an ordeal. He would bite the toothbrush and I simply can't get to brush his front teeth long enough! But I guess he is getting the hang of it.

Self Feeding

2005-12-04T22:14:00.000+08:00

Renelle

2005-12-02T22:12:00.000+08:00

Daddy took this with his handphone. Renelle with Donald. 2-3 years apart but look very 'close' in age right?

Visit to Woodlands

2005-11-27T22:11:00.000+08:00

We went to woodlands for breakfast with grandma, Donald was still sleeping!

He finally woke up and immediately wanted to sit one of these rides.

See the way he holds his pen.

Piggy Back

2005-11-26T22:06:00.000+08:00

Zoo with O-ma

2005-11-25T22:02:00.000+08:00

We are going to the zoo today! With O-ma too.

The polar bear swam so close!

Showing Donald the hand sign for giraffe.

I think this is Donald's favorite spot in the zoo. This is where the pigmy hippo are.. but before reaching there, there are displays of multiude of fish. Donald would exclaim and dance in excitement.

Pen Holding

2005-11-24T21:58:00.000+08:00

Daddy taught Donald how to hold the pen properly, look at the way he does it! So nice.....\

Scoop!

2005-11-24T21:56:00.000+08:00

Uncle Anthony

2005-11-24T21:54:00.000+08:00

This is Uncle Anthony. One of the 2 securiy guards for our block. Donald likes to play with him.

YaKun Breakfast

2005-11-24T21:53:00.000+08:00

New tricycle

2005-11-22T21:40:00.000+08:00

Gu Gu bought Donald another tricycle. This is the 1st time we saw him successfully pushing himself along with his feet and maneuvering all directions by himself!

Donald loves to climb ladders. Just that he does not know how to come down by himself yet.

JoJo Circus

2005-11-19T23:54:00.000+08:00

He is watching Playhouse disney, JoJo's Circus. He enjoy the song so much that he sway and clapped along.

Dim Sum Lunch

2005-11-19T23:52:00.000+08:00

On the way out to lunch

English JG Party

2005-11-18T23:35:00.000+08:00

Today it is English JG class's turn to have a party!

Today he is very willing to have his arm drawn after practice from yesterday's chinese class.

This is teacher Cheryl

Tomorrow is Andrew's birthday, so they brought a cake to class to celebrate. There are toy cars on the cake and Donald is half off his chair, wanting to take one for himself!

Singing the monkey song

Because he was not well, we brought him to see chinese doctor after class.

CG Pot Luck

2005-11-17T23:23:00.000+08:00

Donald is all dressed up for a cell group gathering at Uncle Johnny's house.

This is my make shift version of a swing and Donald likes it!

Chinese JG Party

2005-11-17T23:12:00.000+08:00

Today is the last day for JG mandarin class. We had a party.

This is Alexis, Jia En

Jia En Mummy is pregnant with a little sister!

This is Xiang Rong, Andrew.

This is Xing Jing, Dillon.

Donald was sick for the first part of the week, so very 'manja' and grouchy.

Donald did not want any picture drawn on his arm. Mummy had to a 'live' sacrifice...

Now he is willing.

He had a very nice train drawn on his arm.

Every parent brought a type of food, so it was a great feast... even for the mummies!

Santa Claus came and gave out presents as well as the graduation certificate.

IMM

2005-11-15T22:10:00.000+08:00

We went to IMM to relax and let Donald play in the playground.

Parkway

2005-11-12T21:58:00.000+08:00

We went to Daddy's friend, Andrew's 2nd hand book shop at Marine Parade.

Donald is holding a bottle of children's vitamin c in his hands. He wants more, but he had a few already... so he is crying. Cute hor?

Aeroplane headgear

2005-11-10T21:54:00.000+08:00

Donald had something similar in chinese JG class today, and he liked it. So Daddy made one for him, color it with silver marker, so that Donald can wear it for class the next day. It is silver theme this week.

Donald sitting on his 'milk' chair.

Toddler-hood

2005-11-07T21:52:00.000+08:00

Mummy was trying out some dresses. Donald saw Mummy's heels, he wore them and started to walk around. This is 'toddlerhood'!

Smell Feet

2005-11-06T21:50:00.000+08:00

Donald trying to let Gu Gu smell his feet.

Bob the Builder

2005-11-04T21:47:00.000+08:00

Donald observing himself in the mirror.

Finally he used the potty... this is about the last time actually! :)

Haircut...finally!

2005-11-01T21:22:00.000+08:00

Donald fell asleep and we quickly too the chance to get his hair cut.

When he woke up, his hair was done! He went running to this familiar Rollie ride.

Tua Kong Again!

2005-11-01T21:20:00.000+08:00

We went to Tua Kong Noodles for breakfast again.

The difference was that this time we had 'help' in playing with donald. We shared table with this couple and they started to play with donald. Later, we realised that the guy here and Mummy was from the same hall in NUS.

A day at home

2005-10-31T21:17:00.000+08:00

Pontian Outing

2005-10-30T21:13:00.000+08:00

We brought Uncle Dennis and his family to Pontian to try the famous Pontian WanTon Noodle.

We went to Mummy's old house and went into the plantation at the back.

We all wore mosquito patches but it is useless against Malaysian mosquitoes! Donald had 2 on the arm, 1 on the neck and 2 on the face. It swelled up so big that he had a fever that night. Thank goodness it was not dengue. You can see him scratching!
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We had dinner at Pontian's town outdoor makeshift hawker centre. All of them loved this dish...sweet sour fish.

Potty Buying Day

2005-10-29T20:58:00.000+08:00

We are going to LuLu's house, owner of mummysmilk, to buy Donald his potty.

Having bread at Ya Kun

At LuLu's house.

We bought this toilet trainer from baby bjorn.

We also got this transparent potty.

After we went home, tried to get Donald to use it. Surprisingly, he knew how to use it, just that he refuses to take his diaper off! Defeat the purpose.... *sigh* maybe he is not ready yet. :)

JG Deepa Raya Celebration

2005-10-28T20:44:00.000+08:00

Today, we are celebrating Deepa Raya in school. So Donald wore chinese ethnic clothes to school.

We are in the library, waiting to borrow books from auntie Maggie.

Giving back Mummy the library card.

Saying 'thank you' to Auntie Maggie

Letting Teacher Cheryl check his hands for HFMD.

Checking his feet next.

Taking his funpass....

..and putting it into the mailbox.

That is Teacher Melissa in the background.

Tua Kong Noodles

2005-10-26T14:03:00.000+08:00

This is a SUPERB store, TUA KONG NOODLES. Peak hours, expect to wait up to 1.5 hrs. Off peak, at least 30min. Their noodles are really, really nice. We can go there and eat nearly everyday. Even Donald likes them.

Changi Village

2005-10-24T14:00:00.000+08:00

On the way out to dinner.

This is his 'winking/blinking' face.

Changi Village

Malacca Trip - Day 2

2005-10-23T13:59:00.000+08:00

We stayed in Century Makota for 1 night.

Donald sleeps like a log in my ergo carrier.

We drove back to johore and stopped by Jusco.

Donald was really a good boy. We told him that he is allowed one ride and after that, we must say bye bye and move off. He chose this ride. And afterwards, he really said bye bye to all the rides there and move off with us without fussing or tantrums. Even Dennis and May was surprised.

For our last stop, we had seafood dinner at a kelong near to the 2nd link.

He slept for a wink and then woke up to play again,

This pair of shoe is new, we just bought it for him in Makota Parade in Malacca. He liked it so much that he refused to let us take it off for him.

Malacca Trip - Day 1

2005-10-22T13:10:00.000+08:00

We took a overnight trip to Malacca with Daddy's friend Dennis and his family. We stopped by Sagil waterfall.

Dennis with wife May, and eldest daughter Wan Ting.

The little boy is Zhenxiang, Dennis's youngest son.

We went to visit Daddy's old friend, Ah Bi and his family in Gemencheh.

Lunch at KFC

JG Playclub

2005-10-21T12:58:00.000+08:00

After we came back from UK, we slotted him back for Julia Gabriel, because staying at home everyday was getting so boring for him. He has been promoted... now he is attending playclub for both mandarin and english, and it is a 2 hour class per session from Tuesday to Friday.

Starting a little squabble with classmate Nataly

This is teacher Cheryl.

This is Andrew, Donald's classmate from playnest until now.

Oma reading story

2005-10-21T12:54:00.000+08:00

Anecdote - Rod of Discipline

2005-10-21T01:13:00.000+08:00

I told myself I would like to NOT use the cane on my children because I did not enjoy it during my childhood days...

But Donald has reached an age where he tests our limits and no matter how much we talk to him, he does not listen.. The bible says "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." And after much consults with other parents and leaders from church, we introduced the 'rod' to Donald.

The difference is, you can only discipline when you have a strong and loving relationship with your child. It should not be done with our bare hands because hands are for loving, thus we use the cane or a wooden spoon. It also cannot be done in a fit of anger, turning into a caning spree many of us suffered in our childhood. We also made sure he understood why he was being caned and give him lots of love and assurance afterwards.

AND...it works!

For example, Donald loves to throw everything on the floor, especially food he does not like. We warned him repeatedly, on deaf ears. Thus I warned and later gave him 1 spank on his buttocks. He cried. I explained to him to put unwanted food in the bowl or on the table. He understood, nod his head. I gave him hugs and kisses and plenty of loves. He did it again, this time, 2 spanks on the buttocks and repeated the above. After 2 tries, he now returns unwanted food to me, or puts them on the table or bowl! SPLENDID!

Of course, sometimes, he tests me again.... well, discipline is a journey isn't it? :)

Anecdote - Night Weaning Wk 1

2005-10-21T00:54:00.000+08:00

After 20 months of unrestricted nursings, day and night, I have decided that I am feeling overly touched...thus on 12 Sept, I begun weaning off the night feeds and want to work towards him sleeping through the night and would like to record my thoughts here...

Now that Donald can understand more things, I told him that 'nan-nan' is sleeping at night, that he can nurse only when the sun comes out. I have tried this several months back, he could not comprehend and cried alot. Now, he actually understood and allowed rocking or drinking fresh milk as an alternative to nursing.

In the middle of the night, when he wants to nurse, I would remind him again and even pull open the curtain to let him see that outside is still dark. In the mornings, I would keep my promise and tell him that the sun is out, it is bright outside, therefore he can nurse.

He still wakes up in the middle of the night, up to 3 times. Usually one of the wakings, he would point to the kitchen, and I would bring him there and warm up some milk for him. Other times, he would fall back to sleep if I carry and rock him abit.

Sometimes I am tired and took a shortcut and allowed him to nurse so that we could both sleep.... and realised that it was a bad decision. Because he suddenly realised that he could have 'his way' if he cries more and I realised that if I do not sacrifice a few nights to persists through, if I take a shortcut, I would actually cause my plans to take a few steps back.

A good thing that has taken place from this plan is that Donald began to eat more during the day, which I am pleasantly surprised and pleased. That is also one of the motivation to move towards my goal.

Right now, after 1 week, I have not yet reach my goal because even though he has wean off night nursings, he still takes 1 milk feed. I plan to slowly substitute it with water in hope that he would find it NOT worthwhile waking up for water. And of course, he has not slept through the night yet, so still have to work hard!

加油妈咪!