I am 18 months old le!

mummy spent lots of time with me for the pass week...though I didn't had much outings but we did alot of things together... ... and she took lots of photos for me

Mummy has also been trying to let me understand that I have a little brother coming soon and hopes I will be a good brother...

So it's been a while since I last shared some photos...enjoy...

dozed off while mummy read story book to me

ZzZ...

in dreamland...

mummy is going to prepare me to drop my pacifier soon...
though I only use it for my afternoon nap and night time zzz

throwing tantrums on one fine night when

it's just mummy & I at home...

mummy didn't acede to my request ...

despite my teary pleas...

even when my mucus and tears were all over my face...
Mummy waited till I almost finished crying then hugged me and pat pat me...

still of course I didnt get what i wanted...
mummy don't believe in giving me what I want when I throw tantrums

and it is a phase we all toddlers go through... ...

Hee...my new bag! :D

i Loved it!

See I carry my new bag for my outings these day...
usually contains a toy, my biscuit, water bottle and

baby wipe plus my personal utensils.

thats me learning to brush my teeth...

i usually brush my teeth every morning

upon waking up and night before I go to bed...

my play cum learning time...

mummy letting me play with crayons...

we drew a leaf
and mummy showed me a real leaf

drew my musical bus...

see me holding on to the crayon...
scribbling

i try to run the bus against the low wall..

oops...caught!

act blur loh..

red apple!

yellow butterfly

blue box

dried yellow leaf!

enjoying an ice-cream shared with mummy!

still enjoying the ice cream stick

reluctant to throw the stick away

naughty me...climbing up to the pond

picking up pebbles and throwing them into the pond

in daddy's shoes

see! every baby need a converse too

walking well and steady

putting them back

like Ronald Macdonald?

My daddy's shoes!

i will be an NBA player next time!

See i love the ring so much

hee...caught in the act

trying to pick up my pebble

my outdoor time

Come! let's go Mummy!

Mummy faster!
i want to go kick ball ball!

before I go to bed...
playing with my shape sorter

I learn the different shapes and colors

and enhance my fine motor skills too

cycling!!
Of course I ride on as pillion lah

My Grandpa & Grandma brings me for weekly cycling sessions!!

bye mummy!!

I still want to cycle...
polishing on my gross motor skills

a night outing with Grandma, Daddy & Mummy

I want to play in the water fountain..

but I have got no spare clothes and it's night time...

Looking at the electronic Kite..

Admiring in the arms of my daddy!

i like!

sitting in the musical "cars"
actually i like the steering wheels only...

See so happy... :)

this jie jie...i dunno her...
she just come and hold my hand and jump...
mummy.....

fascinated by the lights ont the floor...

back at home...playing with my steering wheel
mummy tried to take my height

I am going to be Kor Kor in few months time.

Mummy really hopes the transition time for me to accept my little brother will be smooth sailing withut too much tough tantrums by me...well Mummy I will try to co-operate...as much as I can

i am 18 months le mah..big boy le!!

Mummy's thoughts: 原来用真心相待所换回来的不被谅解和虚假，是这么的痛。

原来不是人人都做得到。
什么不要放在心上，说而已。

原来在现实生活中， 不说，不理，不管， 即使是你不认同的， 只要表面上用微笑带过，
也许人人都会把你看得最好。即使对家人，至亲， 也是这样。更不用说是朋友了。

原来你做的再好也是没用的。他们是不会看在眼里的。 原来“外人”终究“外人”。
原来不是你把真心放进去，人家就会同样作或珍惜。
不是你觉得是好朋友，是一家人 就是。

很多时候是要懂得做戏或装不再乎。
不要这么认真以真心相待。

为什么 你就是学不会?

What do kids at Asher's age (between 1 to 3 years old) do at home?

Well, Baby Asher is fast turning 18 months...just 2 more weeks to go.
Sometimes I feel I am not keeping him occupied with sufficient fun & learning at this stage...

Do they just walk around, play their toys or watch TV and sit around??
If there are some interesting activities, please share with me!!

I try to let him play with paint and colorings during the alternate weekends and he gets his outdoor bath in the yard.
He probably plays with his cousins, running about when they come over during the weekends.

On a daily basis,

he plays on his Little Tikes slide...
he plays independently with his toys...he seemed to like the wooden melody mix especially which he can drum and cling clang...
Sometimes I try to play the building blocks with him, but he seemed not too keen as they are the soft textured ones..(maybe I should get some hard blocks)
he runs in and out of the living hall and yard, sometimes pushing his musical walker.
he usually remembers to feed water using a cup, to the soft toys namely, baby dog dog(a retriever dog), Tiga, Winnie the pooh, Eeyore & Bear bear & caterpillar upon seeing them...
he plays with the household stuffs like bowls and spoons, trying to cook and feed us sometimes
he tries to sweep the floor using the broom and dustpan...but often makes the floor more dirty...

he gets to go out on his morning and late afternoon stroll exploring the environment or even a visit to the playground in the CC, sometimes he even gets to go supermarket in the evening after dinner

he spends about 20 mins to 30 mins X 2 sessions a day, watching his DVDs like Baby Bright, Thomas The Train, Barney, Hi-five, Luli etc
at times, dancing along, depending on the music being played...
sometimes I try to watch longer movies like Finding Nemo or Ice-Age with him and tells him what is going on..in fact his one and only Thomas the Train is also a movie...and he knows what is going on...he goes "oh-oh..." when the bridge is going to fall...

we read storybooks together every morning when he wakes up and night before he goes to bed...he seemed to like it alot as he will find the book and bring it to me and ask to read... :D
we try to do some flashcards but it doesn't seem to appeal very much to him at times...

of recent, he started learning to brush his teeth every morning after waking up and night before he sleeps...and I am quite pleased at the results and enjoys the process. :)

recently I try to introduce some playing of the color markers to him by drawing on the drawing block, getting him to hold & scribble and asking him to pass me the different color markers, up to 5 currently. hopefully through this activity he can learn understanding what is 1 to 5 & counting 1 to 5, and the 5 colors black, red, yellow, blue and green. Suddenly felt I may have been missing out on the "maths" counting part as all I have done so far is "general knowledge" on environment, household, body parts, family, sharing love and respect, mannerisms & behaviour, language, shapes and sorting, alphabets & words-meanings...but not much on maths and counting...
OOPS!

this probably all he goes through in a day... ...well, other than his meal & snack times and nap & sleeping time...
is that good enough?


Maybe because I have been researching too much into kindergarten recently and chance upon how some parents focus on preparing their children for Primary 1 when they are just into N1. How they think to prepare the kids academically for P1 is very crucial and those preschool or kindergarten that does alot of learning through play isn't good etc...

Oh My....Asher is just barely 1.5 years old. Please do not forget.

Asher's Unplanned Outing Yesterday...

420pm:

"zou3, zou3!!", Asher uttered.(in Mandarin)

He was walking up and down the front yard, the living hall and so on... ...
My baby Asher seemed so bored. He requested to go walk walk...

So I took his bag, my bag and without a second thought, whizzed him into his car seat.
Baby Asher was delighted at the sight of our car and of course getting into the car.

At that point of time, Mummy Lindy me, still hadn't an idea where to bring my baby.
I thought of bringing him to GoGo Bambini, the indoor playground at Dempsey. However at five months pregnant and without Hubby around, it didnt seem a good idea, as I would have to climb about with him. Called Daddy, :D he is just 5 mins away from home...but he doesn't seem interested to go as he said, "But I am very tired, dear..." So I got to go on my own. Or maybe I should just bring Asher to Macdonalds? Hmm... ... Oh yah! There is Godma Sann! So I drove over to her residence's carpark. Ok, car is at home, so she should be too...called her...great! She is available....BUT TOO BAD, she is running a FLU. (worse, got a bad scratch on the car as I turned out of the car park lot...) :( Ok, being a rugged mummy who can't bear to see the bored look on Asher's face not going away....I decided to proceed as planned. GoGo Bambini!!Here we come!!

At GoGo Bambini, just like other indoor playground, you got to put on your socks...that's why I brought along Asher's. Infact i always keep a pair for him in his bag. BUT I forgot mine! Paid $3 for it anyway. Initially Asher was reluctant to put on the socks, after some coaxing, done! We explored the place cautiously as it was certainly crowded, despite being a weekday. The older children there are certainly rough.

AND YOU SIMPLY JUST CANNOT BELIEVE IT!
We met this group of 3 rough-playing children, 2 boys and 1 girl, probably 6 to 9 years old.(seemed like half Asian/half Ang Moh)
We came by the ball pit and I sat by looking after Asher "swimming" in the pool of balls. I was very cautious too as this 3 kids were climbing high up and attempting free falls into the ball pit wihout caring for the smaller children in the ball pit. And they kicked the balls so hard that many of the balls flew out of the ball pit, and laid everywhere outside...then the girl came up to me and said, "YOU! go fetch the balls back in." I was stunned and simply taken aback at her demanding attitude. I felt like walking up to her parents and tell them straight in the face, to take their kids in hand and educate them properly. Is that how they talk to people they don't even know?!! Well, maybe that's how they talk to their maid, family and even in school.
Simply NO manners!

Just like what I always tell people that when dogs misbehave, they cannot blame the dogs. It is the owners' fault for not disciplining, teaching or guiding the dogs properly about the right behaviour, or even giving them the attention they require.

The same goes for our children. I am glad so far, Asher's considerably fine. Everytime after playing something, somewhere...like a playground or those musical cars which you put in a dollar coin etc...when I say it is time to go, wave bye bye and we come back another day etc...Asher usually will be willing to wave goodbye and go off without throwing a tantrum. Not to mention, he is so far pretty generous in sharing his food, toys etc with people when i say he got to offer and share.

Since young, I have been teaching him to share his things by offering and show his love by greeting, hugging or kissing on the cheek.
And he has been doing it well...of course in return we offer him the same and lots of praise, encouragement and applause. And I try to respect Asher by respecting his choice...unless at times he shouldnt be having a choice or exceeded his choice.

Well, don't think they don't know when they are babies or toddlers. They definitely know!
Let's hope he will continue to be this way or even better.

Today I went to bed at 9PM!!

Recently Mummy has successfully changed my sleeping timing and habit to her preferred 9plus PM rather than the near midnight hours I usually sleep...

I will brush my teeth, say goodnight to all and then proceed to bedroom in preparation for bedtime.

Usually Mummy will read some storybooks to me, then she lets me play some of my toys on my own thereafter. So about half hour taken up.
Once I am ready, I will have my bedtime music plus milk and prepare to fall asleep..

Next morning, I will usually wake up at about 8am, sometimes 7plus AM and start fussing mummy to read my storybooks to me... hee hee... Mummy says sometimes I use the storybook to "hit" on her face to wake her up.... :D

Well, anyway mummy hopes with the adjustment of my sleeping hours, it will be easier for me to adapt to the timing when I starts attendning preschool..

Anyway, it is good too.
i think i love the new arrangement.
though so far i have been rather versatile.
I can sleep later than 9plus pm too..when we have outings etc.

Mummy wants me to be a versatile baby mah..erm, in fact she hopes all her babies will be versatile babies... :)

Went to a wedding dinner with mummy

14th Jun 2009 @ Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Mummy brought me to attend the wedding of her ex-colleague, officially now known as Mdm. Candie Tan. :P

In fact, throughout the entire night, I had been rather manageable except for the super fierce crying stunt while leaving the dinner....BECOS mummy had forgotten the time....it was 11plus pm le and I havent had my milk milk!!! So when we reach the car and mummy made milk milk for me, I finally settled down happily and while on the way home, fell asleep in the car.
I wa really very very upset... ... this made mummy remember NOT to forget the time when out again!!

I was shacked out by the time I reach home

During the start of the dinner

I am sat in between Godma Sann and Mummy Lindy
That's me enjoying the Spring Roll...

Well, self-entertaining on the floor

say cheese!

Hey dude, what are you looking at?!

I like .... or maybe it is Mummy who likes me in this jumper and shirt suit!

Actually I think I like too...cos' I look more handsome mah...

;p

Another Painting Session on 14th June 2009!

This is my third painting session...generally about twice a month?
mummy tries to let me play with crayons, paints, coloring, etc every weekly...
so i explore colors, my fingers, my feet and etc...
and after every painting session, I will end up with an outdoor bath in the front yard...

trying to shade myself from the bright sun..

creative boy at work...

see how i hold the brush...

looking bored...

aiyoh...so messy
paint even on my mouth

on my body and everywhere..

bath time!

naked baby!

What else can we do at home???

Mummy always think about this ... ...