Jeremiah is finally sleeping through the night now without asking for milk at night BUT he has developed another sleep disruption habit.
He seems to have a very punctual body clock which goes off at 5am which triggers him to wake up and look for me. If I do not attend to him, he will sit there and scream the whole house down. If I go over and coax him, he would want me to CARRY HIM AND SLEEP, as if I am nursing him!!
Last night, it irritated me terribly, he still refused to sleep on his own after carrying him for half an hour. So I just let him cry it out. And cry he did! He screamed, shouted, yelled, hollered at the break of dawn for half an hour. When he realised no one is coming to his aid afterall, he shut his mouth and laid down to sleep on his own. I was relieved the torture was only 30 mins but I am sure my neighbours were cursing me for waking them up at that unearthly hour.
I plan to do this again to help Jeremiah kick this bad habit, hope it does not take too long.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
March Events
It has been such an eventful March for us, many things happened and some have probably already slipped my mind ...
1. Jeremiah has finally started teething with 4 teeth at one go, there were a couple of nights in a row where he woke up every hour. It was the ultimate test of endurance for me. Fortunately my mum came over this month to lend me a hand and I could catch some sleep during the day when Sofia napped.
Despite all the night wakings, the boy was still his usual cheerful and energetic self. Jeremiah was also down with a chesty cough and cold for 2 weeks and after it was all gone and done, the finale came with a fever and skin rash. During this period, he broke his own record with a record 5-hour morning nap. We were so very worried if he was alright cos he has never took a nap this long! After the nap, we were all relieved to see him playing and eating again, phew!
2. Daddy has been travelling a lot again so my "single-mum" days are back again. Sofia misses Daddy a lot when he is away, she will always ask me "Where is Daddy?" and "Let's pick up Daddy from the office?". So when her hero is back she will be all over him, tailing him wherever he goes.
Daddy will try to come back with presents for her and here, she was trying to cover Daddy with her new clothes.
3. Sofia and Jeremiah loves to bang on the piano together. I don't know how my neighbours take it, they are probably very disturbed by the noise pollution we create day and night. Sofia loves to sing and dance too and the best part is Jeremiah loves to join in. He would stand, hold on to something and sway with the music, or sometimes, he would go "WAH BAH BAH BAH BAH! MAH MAH HOO!" , which makes everyone laugh!
4. We celebrated Daddy's birthday as well with Jeremiah in the picture now. When Sofia saw the cake delivered to our house, she was so excited over the birthday celebration that she kept singing the happy birthday song over and over again! Of course she could not wait too, kept asking me to take the cake out and cut it, arrrghhhh!!
5. I also came to know my good friend, R, is going back home for good mid-April. It came very sudden due to family reason and everyone has little time to react. We will spend some time catching up before the whole family moves, hope we will meet again soon.
1. Jeremiah has finally started teething with 4 teeth at one go, there were a couple of nights in a row where he woke up every hour. It was the ultimate test of endurance for me. Fortunately my mum came over this month to lend me a hand and I could catch some sleep during the day when Sofia napped.
Despite all the night wakings, the boy was still his usual cheerful and energetic self. Jeremiah was also down with a chesty cough and cold for 2 weeks and after it was all gone and done, the finale came with a fever and skin rash. During this period, he broke his own record with a record 5-hour morning nap. We were so very worried if he was alright cos he has never took a nap this long! After the nap, we were all relieved to see him playing and eating again, phew!
2. Daddy has been travelling a lot again so my "single-mum" days are back again. Sofia misses Daddy a lot when he is away, she will always ask me "Where is Daddy?" and "Let's pick up Daddy from the office?". So when her hero is back she will be all over him, tailing him wherever he goes.
Daddy will try to come back with presents for her and here, she was trying to cover Daddy with her new clothes.
3. Sofia and Jeremiah loves to bang on the piano together. I don't know how my neighbours take it, they are probably very disturbed by the noise pollution we create day and night. Sofia loves to sing and dance too and the best part is Jeremiah loves to join in. He would stand, hold on to something and sway with the music, or sometimes, he would go "WAH BAH BAH BAH BAH! MAH MAH HOO!" , which makes everyone laugh!
4. We celebrated Daddy's birthday as well with Jeremiah in the picture now. When Sofia saw the cake delivered to our house, she was so excited over the birthday celebration that she kept singing the happy birthday song over and over again! Of course she could not wait too, kept asking me to take the cake out and cut it, arrrghhhh!!
5. I also came to know my good friend, R, is going back home for good mid-April. It came very sudden due to family reason and everyone has little time to react. We will spend some time catching up before the whole family moves, hope we will meet again soon.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Big Business Settings
This is a new habit Sofia has recently acquired after catching Daddy reading on the toilet bowl while going about his big business. Not the best habit to acquired as the house will have another member hoarding the toilet bowl!
It happened one fine day when she told me she wanted to poo poo and she perched herself up on the toilet bowl. I sat down nearby waiting for her to finish so that I can wash her. Suddenly she squirmed down from the bowl.
Oh man, it is getting so hot here, luckily I can use the book to cool myself down ...
It happened one fine day when she told me she wanted to poo poo and she perched herself up on the toilet bowl. I sat down nearby waiting for her to finish so that I can wash her. Suddenly she squirmed down from the bowl.
So I yelled at her "HEY! Where do think you are going to POO?!"
"WAIT! Wait Mum! WAIT!" she replied with her hand and palm stretched out at me, like a policeman.
She then ran to the bookshelf, opened it and grabbed a book from Daddy's collection. With the book, she ran back to the toilet and sat on the throne again.
I was lost for words and my mind quickly flipped through the events that had happened yesterday, the day before. OH! Then I remembered her barging into the toilet the day before and caught Daddy reading on the toilet bowl. This is really a classic example of "monkey see, monkey do".
The book that she grabbed was way beyond her current reading ability except for recognizing the big ship on the cover. So she pretended to "read" it and put it to other good use.
Like holding it for comfort while waiting for poo to come ...
I think it is coming?
Oh man, it is getting so hot here, luckily I can use the book to cool myself down ...
I shall not elaborate the details after this photo as she successfully expelled the solid toxics from her body. But what happened today reminded Daddy and I to be very careful from now onwards as she is picking up all our habits, both good and bad. No wonder there is a saying that kids are the best mirror for their parents.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Girl Next Door
Jeremiah is a seasoned crawler now and all over the house he crawls, to explore, play and disturb whoever he finds.
He was exploring again his morning, from the living room, up the split level, up to the bedrooms upstairs, gave me a squeal when he saw me as he entered the master bedroom. The windows and blinds were up today and he made his way to the windows, reached for the grille and pulled himself up. There he stood, helping himself to the view outside, neighbours watering the plants, stray cats strolling by, cars passing by.
Unfortunately there is no baby girl of his age living opposite, otherwise I could possibly help him sing 阿牛's song:
对面的女孩看过来
看过来,看过来
这里的表演很精彩
请不要假装不理不睬
对面的女孩看过来
看过来,看过来
不要被我的样子吓坏
其实我很可爱
寂寞男孩的悲哀
说出来,谁明白
求求你抛个媚眼过来
哄哄我逗我乐开怀
(嘿嘿嘿,没人理我,嘿!)
我左看右看,上看下看
原来每个女孩都不简单
我想了又想,我猜了又猜
女孩们的心事还真奇怪
寂寞男孩的苍蝇拍
左拍拍,右拍拍
对面的女孩看过来
为什么还是没人来爱
无人问津哪,真无奈
对面的女孩看过来
看过来,看过来
寂寞男孩情豆初开
需要你给我一点爱
(嗨----嗨----!)
我左看右看,上看下看
原来每个女孩都不简单
我想了又想,我猜了又猜
女孩们的心事还真奇怪
我左看右看,上看下看
原来每个女孩都不简单
我想了又想,我猜了又猜
女孩们的心事还真奇怪
爱真奇怪!
唻唻唻......喔哎噢!
唻唻唻......噢----!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Bored
The work of a very bored yet energetic 3yo girl.
I wish she can vacuum and mop the floor, water the garden, clean the windows, wash the toilets, do the laundry, bath the cat ...
If she can do all this, I am pretty sure it will exhaust ALL her energy!!
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