If you are eating or have just eaten, I might suggest you to skip this post. If you still insist on reading, 后果自负.  

Last night in the car on our way back, big boy urged me to drive faster as he was going to have bowel movement. Below was the conversation (translated from Hokkien) that took place in the car.

Big boy: Ma, when can we arrive home? I want to pang sai liao!

Me: Soon… soon.

At this point, girl decided to offer her thoughts.

Girl: Koko, just like me, this afternoon I lao sai after coming back from school! And so much too!

Big boy: Lao sai is different.  Lao sai the sai is soft and loose (hokkien: nua nua); pang sai the sai is firm and hard (hokkien: teng teng). *spoken in a matter-of-fact-ly tone* 

Girl: First time the stool is firm, then second time it’s soft… *also in a matter-of-fact-ly tone*

Big boy: bla..bla..bla..

Girl: bla..bla..bla..

Couldn’t recall the conversation after that because I was tyring hard to stifle my laugh! Hahahahaha

I don’t know about you but I find it very funny.

You must be thinkning what a weird person I am… -_-”

… since I last update. I know, my bad…

I don’t have time to craft a proper entry. Just hope to jot down whatever is on my mind. So here goes…

L has entered toddlerhood since 2 months ago. He walks quite steadily, occasionaly trips when run walking faster. On speech development, he’s been picking up a lot of words, especially the last syllable of any words. Although he didn’t get some of the pronunciation correctly, we understand what he meant because of his gesture/action when he says the word.
Just some examples:
-braa *while pointing to picture of zebra*
baa *while stretches out hands* = bao-bao 抱抱 carry
frog
min *points to vitamin C bottle*
papa, mama, che che, ko ko, ah ma (3rd sound for paternal granny, 4th sound for maternal granny), kung (grandpa, grand-uncle)… although he knows all these quite a while ago, it was difficult getting him to call me. It was as if he is holding a piece of gold nugget in him mouth, no matter how many times I asked or entice him with food he just won’t say the word. But one day (couple of weeks back) when I came back from work, he was standing at the grille door calling “Mama! Mama!” very excitedly. Just imagine my joy! Even after 2 kids, it’s still a very special moment to hear from my little tot.
-yee..aaaa *refers to papaya; he will continue with yee..aaa after we say pa..pa…
good *he says this whenever he tastes something he likes, and nodding his head at the same time
book *he loves to flip/read books*
teet-teet = pacifier
-mo *refers to elmo*
no = nose
nen-nen = milk
walk = go down and walk
go *haven’t figured out what he meant *

expression by gesture:
shaking head = don’t want
nodding = want, yes
whenever I say chao-chao(smelly), he will go “yeee……”*fanning hand in front of nose*
point and make noise = i want *whatever he is pointing*

He understood
no no = no/cannot
ear, eye, nose, give, keep, want or not? (in which he will nod/shake head), mum-mum or chiak (eat); baby cot, onh-onh (sleep), pom-pom (bathe) etc.

L loves food, good food for that matter. Once, my mother was cooking bak-kut-teh, he smelled the aroma and ran to the kitchen to tell granny he wants soup LOL.

As for brother, he has just completed his 3rd school assessment; got improvement in BeeEm but I need to send him for Chinese tuition. He has interest in Science as that’s the subject he scored highest. I’m majorly pissed by the cabinet’s decision in reversing the learning maths and science policy.

Sister, J, on the other hand, has got a concert coming up. Apparently this year her class will be singing instead of dancing. She has started JMC lessons, enjoying the class but I have to spend more time on practicing with her.

Both brother and sister are watching HSM over & over again, imitating the dance moves of “Bop to the Top”. I think my kids love to perform… I know big brother loves to perform for sure because he asked to take part in some action song dance where his team (representing school) got 1st runner-up.

Well that’s all for now. Will update photos in another post. I will password protect though… don’t worry, will give hint.

Didn’t get any feedbacks at all on which brand of portable electric cooker is good.

I’d really appreciate if you can share your experience on portable electric cooker.

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We went to a photo studio to take family photos shortly after lil’ man turned one.

I am still contemplating whether to post the family shot…   Who wants to see?

P/S: it’s going to be protected if I ever share it here…

I am thinking of buying a portable electric cooker but can’t decide what to get because there are so many different types (halogen, induction, induction ion etc. ) and brands in the market. I am still weighing the pros and cons of the different types, its electricity consumption and price tag. (actually the last two factors are very important to me )

Care to share your experience with me? What would you recommend and why?

Thanks in advance.

Just going to jot down some quick notes on L’s development.

He can make more sounds now, like papa, mama, keke (哥哥）, kaka (car), mum mum etc. He certainly knows what those words mean but he won’t utter it if you asked him to. Just like, if I ask him to call mama, he won’t say a word. He says it when he wants to.

He understands a lot of things/what we say. Pa said there was once he heard the school bus in the evening and said “keke”.  He is very good at pointing with his index finger, at anything he wants. If he sees his brother/sister eating, he will want a share too by pointing at whatever they are eating. 良仔：手指指是我的专长  

He knows the meaning of clap and will do if asked to.

Oh I can finally see his four upper front teeths! Yay! They’ve finally emerged from the gum.

He is showing a lot of interest in the foods we eat. This is so different from last time; after he started solid, he wasn’t very adventurous about foods. He would always turn away if we try to feed him something. Mother says he is scared of people poisoning him. Hah… now is total opposite! He wants to eat everything we eat. 妈说他现在贪吃喽！ 

He is not walking yet but can stand up by himself from squat position. He can crawl very well. And to my horror, climb the stairs like an expert even though nobody taught him. Once he climbed up to the middle of the stairs already before I found him; nearly gave me heart attack! Also, he always climb up from his high chair. Actually he fell from his high chair one week before his birthday. My bad. I was very worried the 24hours after the fall. But baby didn’t learn his lesson and continues to climb up from his high chair!!

One week after his birthday he fell from our bed. Haih! *feel guilty* Had his PD checked him when we went in for his MMR jab one week later. PD says everything is fine. 自此之后，常常提醒自己 从此以后不能让宝宝离开视线以外，很危险。

My boy is kind of  ’siuk poay’ (惜皮）. PD check his knee, elbow and wrist reflexes using the ‘hammer’ (is this the right term?) during the MMR jab appointment. He cried!! 哭到很苦的样子。

 
妈妈坏！宝宝哭了还酱好笑。