toddler dramas
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Well, firstly……it helps that both her parents are creative architects although not only architects are creative (and some not at all!!!) but if at least one parent is creative, your child has a good chance of being creative. But fret not, because creativity can be TAUGHT!!!
Yes, bet you didn’t know that!
Of course, we didn’t [...]
Tee’s naughty antics
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Tee has of late been playing the Hubs and I off each other, but if she thinks she can get away with her tricks, she is sadly mistaken. I must admit though that the Hubs is a bigger sucker for his daughter than I am.
Today, I was nagging her to drink more water as she [...]
Tee having a Time Out
Sunday, December 14th, 2008As Tee gets older and older, she becomes smarter and smarter, more knowledgeable, more creative and more naughty!!! Thus her Time-Outs are also more frequent. I have realised that I cannot shout at this girl, it doesn’t work. I cannot smack her, it doesn’t work. I can only send her to the corner and remove [...]
Kids praying to God
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Dear God,
Please make my Mommy bring me here. EVERYDAY.
Amen.
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Tee’s boring playdate
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008A friend of mine needed some babysitting today so I welcomed her girl to come over to play with Tee.Tee was initially very excited asking every five minutes if she was on the way but things very soon changed when she arrived.
For the first hour of the morning, the little girl was whining and asking [...]
Why toddlers want to shine and stand out
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Today at Tee’s Mandarin School, her principal came out to tell me that Tee was cheekily creative. Apparently, they were all made to say in Mandarin that they wanted to go into a particular room for a particular reason (I can’t remember the details as my memory got lost in the gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous La [...]
How toddlers play
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Have you ever wondered? Have you observed? They are the most interesting species, I’m telling you!
This is Tee at a friend’s place during a playgroup and I caught them doing this. Just what in the world are they doing? Bowing for forgiveness?
They looked like they were in some kind of spiritual trance…….
But the noise that [...]
Our co-sleeping journey……
Saturday, October 18th, 2008Why is it that children like sleeping with their parents? I don’t remember ever sleeping with a parent (but hey, that could be due to severe failed memory loss). I certainly don’t wish to sleep with my parents now. *cringe*
It really is a dependency, isn’t it? I suppose it is much nicer sleeping with someone [...]
Astro Channel 313 TVB8 - who has this?
Friday, October 17th, 2008The reason I ask is because Tee is coming out this Sunday, October 19th, but I don’t have this channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tee playing dress up !!!
Friday, October 17th, 2008Just look at my little monkey. Of all the dozens of dress up outfits there were, she always chose the tomboyish ones. She is just naturally not so into princesses, mermaids and fairies. She much prefers Power Rangers, Sponge Bob and Ben 10. Who???? I have no idea……she gets it from her boy friends.
Tee as [...]
A battle of wills with my ‘almost’ four year old
Thursday, September 4th, 2008I keep calling her my ‘almost’ four year old because I am in denial. I don’t want a four year old. I want her to be three forever………………But.
I’ll have to face it sooner or later, as Tee races towards teen-hood and gives me the ride of my life. A bloody painful ride at that. God [...]
Children’s attachment to their fathers
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008The Hubs left yesterday for Bahrain. Tee woke up at 2am crying for her father.
“Why does Daddy have to go to Bahrain, Mommy?” *sob-sob*
“Because Daddy has to work.”
“But why does he have to go Bahrain. Why can’t he work here?” *sniffle*
“Because he has work to do in Bahrain.”
“But why, Mommy? *choke-snort, sob-sob* Why can’t Daddy [...]
Tee’s long story with constipation
Friday, August 29th, 2008I was going through my old posts (shit! I have been writing for two years!) and found Constipation in Toddlers when Tee was just 22 months old. My dear girl is now 47 months old, two years later, and nothing has changed. Her poo still comes out as little Cadbury chocolate balls and she still [...]
Taking patience to a whole new level
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Today, I allowed Tee to play truant because she faked had a runny nose and a wet cough. Relaxing day for me, I fantasised, since I didn’t have to fight traffic or get off my butt to do the school run. We were invited to go out to Kidzone but believe or not, my Little [...]
Where on Earth does she get this from?!?
Thursday, October 11th, 2007Heard on the way to school this morning…..
“Please can I have my music, Mummy?”
“No, you may not.”
“Please can I have my music?”
“No, you may not.”
“Please can I have my music?”
“Tee? Didn’t we make a deal that mornings are Mummy’s turn to listen to the radio and afternoons and nights are your turn for your music?”
“Please can I [...]
Hell hath no fury like a Mother scorned
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007Everyday after playschool, I pick Tee up and we go straight home for some quick grub, bath and nap. No questions. She has to be down by 2pm latest or we’d be partying to Lionel Ritchie’s all night long.
Today, for some obscure reason, she kicked up a big fuss about going straight home for lunch and insisted we [...]
Blog burn out hits mother of two
Sunday, October 7th, 2007Kuala Lumpur, Sunday - A mother of two checked herself into the psychiatric ward of Beach Hospital here today with complaints of midnight hallucinations. Below is a personal statement from Big Pumpkin (35) taken today at the Brickfields Police Station where she begged Chief Superintendant, Encik Peenus Haj to arrest her kids, Tee (3) and the Hubs (38) forever the [...]
October 31st is a Wednesday - Halloween party anyone?
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007We know of a few Halloween parties around but I’m not sure if Tee is old enough to appreciate a Halloween party yet. It may freak her eyeballs out. I’m sure she’d love the candy part just as much as she’d love tricking unsuspecting humans. But another party means Mommy has to work again in [...]
I need to design a child rack!
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Whenever we visit my mom every Friday, it’s Tee’s ticket to freedom. She gets all the candy in the world, is protected from disciplinary warnings and spits at the Thinking Corner. The girl has a SERIOUS field day.
Today was no different. Whilst at her Nana’s house, Tee never wants to do anything I ask her [...]
Toddlers are Deaf
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007Today, at Tee’s school, I was feeling overjoyed when I heard another Mother ask her 2.5 year old daughter,
“Hannah, would you like to go to the book room?”
Toddler walks in a circle.
“Hannah? Do you want to go to the book room today?”
Toddler continues walking in a circle.
Pause.
“Hannah…….do you want to go to the book room [...]
Arrival in Perth
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007My daughter is just not shy. This is Tee with her 9 year old cousin whom she has met once when she was 7 months old. They have had no contact since. Yet the moment she saw him,
This is what I mean when I say she is not shy. Look at how she sways her [...]
Trouble with toddlers taking medicine
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Tee has always been one of those rare weird kids who loves brocolli and spinach, and everything else green and leafy. She is also the strange child who drinks tomato juice, green tea and unsweetened ’leong char’. And she LOVES medicine. Yes. While all our counterparts fight with their kids about meds, Tee gave it to [...]
There is our World, and there is the Other World….
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007Which Tee is familiar with. *twilight zone orchestra in the background*
Everytime I put Tee down for bed, she will spend a good half hour whispering and playing by herself. Because she whispers, I don’t know what she is saying. It could be defined as the toddler language of pre-sleep. I don’t mind the whispers so [...]
Role Playing Games of an almost Three Year Old
Monday, August 13th, 2007For the last few months, Tee has increasingly spent her time playing pretend. And the roles she takes on is as far as her imagination takes her. I suspect that her drama class at school takes this practise further as she comes home talking to herself or to us about the most unimaginable things.
Last weekend, [...]
Toddler on Hunger strike
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007For the last 2 weeks, my daughter has decided to join the anorexic gang. :-(
She used to be a really good eater, sometimes even eating more than her own father, but of late, she eats less than a fistful, HER fistful, of food.
I’m at my wit’s end and am considering reverse psychology, and put her on [...]
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