(2007/11) November MTBs

Tinkabel, I never teach Claire to dig her nose.. She already knew how to do it! Sometimes, really wonder... When she learn all these from!
 


catherine,
good for J; so clever.
my gal still goon goon dun know where is where! ahahaa...

lazykat,
aiyoh, i make first but got time to do or not is another thing! heeheee... me equally lazy lah. once a day is good oredi for me coz i only have evening time with her!
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even at last sunday's LNT trial, my hb was also amazed by the number of flashcards the kiddos had to go thru during that 1hr time frame. he said he also see till 'hin hin' himself! ahahaa...

re: flashcard thread from missA
hv to go back the thread to find lor... i also forgot to add it to my fav link!! :p
 
err...Lazykat/tinkabel, hvnt tested yet..i forgotten to buy ah! ahhahaa...u can see i m not exactly EXCITED abt it...maybe cos its the 3rd time liao..wahahaa...not anxious anymore :p

think i give myself another day..tomorrow then i test
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lazykat, no no, cant be made in hkg. cos i was hving menses during the trip...LOL..
 
I have problems with bb Arielle digging nose as well! she'll dig her nose when she has nothing to do in her car seat.. sometimes fingernails abit long, was scratch herself also.. ai yo
I blame it on my hubby always trying to get her mucas out with his fingers. lol
 
MM, dun worry got ppl want to marry her! She is still very sweet even digging her nose!

So tired, just managed to put Claire to sleep just now...
 
k@ye,
wah so late ah? how come?
she woke up for milk izzit??

chloe also woke up coughing just now at about 10.30pm. let her have milk (she only manage to drink 60ml!) n back to bed
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re: nose digging
haha... i thk at this stage, it's norm for them to explore their body parts! C also start stuffing her index finger into her nostril for no apparent reason!!
weird part is that she likes to 'poke' my eye or pinch my lips but not her own - just dig her own nostril! hahaha...

and oh yes, she started to pull a few strains of her hair out of the sudden; esp when stranger talk to her and she pretend didnt hear them and do her own stuff! make me & daddy so malu like she no manners like dat... sigh...
 
Kitty, no wake up for milk... Claire usually will drink her milk before sleeping... but it has been a nightmare for me to put her to sleep these days...

Simply refused to sleep.. She will sing, roll around, scratches herself... Or climb over me! Best part just now is she stand and point to the flats outside the window & talk... As if like describing to me what's outside... I find the situation funny & frustrating...

So after my threats + whacking her butt, then she is willing to sleep but still wants to talk! FAINTS~!
 
Hi MM,
Kicia has no double eyelid. Kiros has double eyelid. Me wondering why kicia has none when both my hubby and I have double eyelid. She is always being mistaken as boy, and kiros as girl. till today, people strangers still see kiros as a gal.. really faint.

quick quick go do the test and find out. wish you whatever you are hoping for.
 
Wow!! seems like lots of mummies are pregnant. Congrats!! Those want to pregnant also bb dust to u.

Me very tired these few weeks, Isaac teething and can wake up a few times a few and then I will wake up to pee....Next day still need to go to work... I am really counting down.
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pig07:
How are things? bb easier to look after than no.1?
 
Pig, must check whether ur side or hubby side got relatives has single eyelids!!!

Btw, from ur blog... Seems like Kiros is not jealous of Kicia leh...
 
Poissons/MM: Matt imitates very fast. So now hv to be very careful abt teaching him stuff. Like we showed him how to stick out our tongues once. Then shit, now he keep sticking out his tongue and playing with it. No matter what we do now, this bad habit just doesnt go away. Cham...
 
Catherine: Good for Jovan! =) Its actually an advanced milestone cos toddlers typically can point correctly to the body part and name it around 20-24 months. Ethan's daddy loves to teach him the weirdest body parts. Apart from the usual - head, hair, eye, eyebrow, nose, nostril, ear, cheek, mouth, tongue, teeth, chin, neck, belly button, finger, fingernail, hand, toe, toenail and foot. He can also identify things like mole and armpit! haha...but for now he can only name the single syllable ones. =P

Flashcard database: This is the link that missA provided. http://www.brillbaby.com/

I'm lazy to make flashcards as they will be destroyed by Ethan very quickly so I just download the powerpoint and run the show for him. Some of the slidedecks come with sounds too so its good for tods to hear what the word sounds like. Now E bugs me to show him the flashcards on the computer and I'm trying to teach him to recognize letters and read by switching off the volume. haha. So evil right this mummy?

Cindy: I love the recent shots you have of Trishelle. She has such pretty features...looks more like you than Jeff la. haha.
 
Pig: U blog? Dun have yr blog addy lei.

MM: Tested already? Quick quick, everyone is so gan jiong for u.

Mischa still looks attractive even when she digs her nose, so E is still very keen
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Weishy: Hw's Hayley? Saw Andrew's FB comment saying H is not well. Hope she is ok nw.
 
Pig07,
when i saw kicia's pic, I thot she got boyish looks also leh :p

Michviv,
thanks for sharing the link, at least you still make the effort to use the PC to teach E, I didn't do anything..me lazy mum..hee.
 
Tinkabel, we all teach Claire all the wrong things! Like sticking out her tongue, shake butt, blinking eyes etcc..

Cactus, ya.. Pig has a blog and I got the link from Cindy's blog! Haha!

MM, quick quick go test and let us know!
 
michviv:hee cos hayley's curious when she saw me naked so i will tell her tats "ne ne" and pubic hair kaakkakakkak

cactusnah:better loooooo torture us for 4 days...my helper also got constipated from her....heart pain mah she say :p
me just lack of zzz at night.....hv to carry her upright......cant breath mah(muscus blocked airway)

now much much better looo she sneezes and all musus comes out kakakkaka :p

Pig:me too i aslo dun hv i think
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Michviv:can send me too?wanna save some $$$$ kakakkakak
[email protected] tks tks
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MM:u scared ar??????????:p
 
Weishy, i tell u hor... When Claire sees me naked, she will attempt to touch my pubic hair or my breasts... She even does that to my Mum too!

Oh, i think the Moringa FM is good leh.... Claire can poo very well.. Mabbe u wanna try it for Hayley.

Claire will dig out the mucus from her own nose!
 
hahhaa seems like almost EVERYONE is more excited than me! Asked hb to buy the test kit back later liao...let me hv a nice nice lunch first before i see the results la. I dunno but i hv this very strong feeling its a false alarm la. Cos both my preg i felt like Sh*t during the first few weeks. I will feel so bloated n all, nauseous etc...but now i feel ok le. so the chance of it is very very low...

hahaha suddenly i sound so disappointed hor? Leave to fate lo. if i really 'strike' i am happy
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weishy, ya bit scared ah...wahahhaa...u try la, 3rd time u tell me scared or not!

cactusnah, oh ya still hv Eagan hor... then i not so worried nobody wants her ....LOL
 
Weishy: All the slide decks are free for download at the website. Just go to downloads and choose which deck you want to download. I like the animal sets cos some of them include animal sounds as well! haha.

Poissons: I try to cut down now cos E likes the fast pace of the computer. Think when I use my ladybird flashcards, I don't flash fast enough. haha. But too much computer is not good for the eyes leh plus I don't want him to be a computer addict like his daddy. =P
 
zzz,
i think A is talking lah, just tat u cant make out wat he's babbling. J says "i" for eyes & "no" for nose. took us awhile to figure out wat he's talking abt.

poissons,
MissA gave us this link http://forum.brillkids.com/?referredby=12659
i haven registered yet. so u DIY ur cards? do u follow GD methods & do A4 size? me lousy mummy, never do flashcard for J
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k@ye/tinkabel,
sometimes J wans to dig his nose when we ask him where his nose is. then i'll quickly distract him & ask him other parts of his body.

MM,
agree with the other mummies, M is still so sweet even when she is digging her nose. nice cheongsam. so she was digging her nose on her way to CNY visitings? cute leh...
ya quickly go & test!

michviv,
wow E is so advanced, knows so many body parts.
 
Michviv,
Hubby and I also worried that G will inherit the short-sightedness from us. Actually we tried to play those educational disks for him to watch but he dun seem to like them so we stopped..how ah.
 
poissons: We tried letting Matt watch Dora, Thomas the train (this is super boring though!!!), bb einstein and sesame street. He only likes sesame street. The rest, he runs away before the episode is finished. He got very short attention span. Cham...
 
Talking abt flashcards, i think a fren of mine gave that as a birthday gift for Claire... Better dig it out and let Claire plays!

I almost fainted when i was picking up Claire's toys and she still have unopened toys!
 
michviv, kittybride:: thank you for compliments on trishelle!

kaye:: so clever of you to find pig's blog from mine! haha!!

TV::

Travis only watches Barney and he really Learns a lot from them. Esp those songs he likes, he will stand and try to do the actions too. hahaha...

MM:: UPDATE us!

been really busy lately. Travis is sick again, flu and cough this time. Gosh. Soo tired.
 
Tinkabel, Claire also short attention span! She will watch a while, then go disturb something else and watch again.

She loves POP music! And will sway her whole body to it!
 
K@ye,
Claire prob juz practising her vocab prior to sleep.. the other nite, ZY also chatter non-stop for at least 10min before she fell asleep. Me also the one teaching ZY blink yr eyes and pull yr ear.. haha

Cindy,
school hol juz begin n Travis sick liao eh
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I juz watched a hand me down Barney yesterday, except for familiar songs, half of the time she aint watching also.

Michviv,
i scared to use laptop cos she likes to bang on the keypads.. tho i agree that might capture her attention rather than traditional flashcards.. so may be gd to do a combi of both!

Tinkabel,
what is the dimension of GD's flashcards.. A4 like not long enuf according to the book leh.

MM,
QUICK update us!!
 
Poissons,
expose the kids to greenery, so outdoor play is gd for eye-sight! Or limit PC use for not more than 15min.. I saw a kid barely of school age already wearing specs, and I recall I hv to wear it in P4!
 
K@ye:actually its fine withme and we do bath together
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ya bought one tin to try out already....she used to drin this but mommy wanna save $$$$ tot wakado cheaper.....haiz......so back to square 1 now loooo...see how will update u too kakakakka


MM:me having 3 kids........no la too much to handle le.sure scare la
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cindy:hee hayley aslo like Barney now.....
 
lazykat: I go home and check the GD book. Can't remember. Supposed to be quite big. Let u know later.

Weishy: Me also enough with 2 kids. After this preg, will close factory already. So hoping so hard it's a girl... hahaha... If boy again, also no choice, will still close factory...
 
lazykat, weishy:: haha actually the songs hor, really repetitive. my hubby hear liao also say: eh i thought we just watched this disc? hahaha....
 
Tinkabel,
the book that I read says 6" by 22", so BIG?! So i think i gonna cheat a bit by reducing the size since they r no longer babies so i figure they can read smaller font size?
 
Lazykat: ya i remember very big one. Logic being it's easier for them to see mah. Lucky I din hv to make it cos manage to get them at a reasonable price in Shanghai. Else I think paste the red dots for Maths until my eyes go cuckoo... Hahaha...
 
E also has very short attention span. So i dun usually flash card for him. Prefer to let him see and feel the physical things. E knows his Eyes, nose, mouth, ear, hand, leg, stomach, neck, armpit, teeth, penis.

Ha, yesterday my MIL was asking my HB if he wants to wait for me to come home for dinner or go ahead for dinner first. E ran out from his room and said "No, mummy, wait." :)
 
cactusnah,
wow..that's so sweet of E! and he's so advance in his speech
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G only knows the mono syllabus and hand signs now..otherwise he will bring us to the place and point to the things he wants..haha.
 
Weishy, aiyo.. These type of $$ can't save.. I also LL... U lucky in HK, still easily accessible to get the FM.. Me hv to get them to ship over! HEhe, i sometimes also bath with Claire! Easy to handle!

Kat, Claire is not practising her vocab coz her eyes still big big!!! Aiya, the little touch book... almost destroyed by Claire... She is so rough in flipping them... When i attempted to read to her.. She will anyhow touch! Ended up, hubby & I gave up!

Claire also learn some exercise moves from my Mum... Very funny... She will try to bend down and sometimes stretch her hands and stuff!

Cindy, i really cant tahan Barney... Others i still can take it...Everytime, it will open with the BArney is a purple dinosaur... Then ends with I love you, you love me...
 
Cactus/poissons:
Ya E very advanced. Matt just points at stuff. He understands but still can't vocalise much. Now he bring his own soiled diapers to throw after change, bring pail back to toilet after my mum is done with hanging up the laundry and he just learnt how to use the finger toothbrush to brush his teeth.
 
Poissons: Dun worry. I can tell G is very observant and he can speak quite well (from what I heard at PDS) =) Our tods are now in a phase where they have a very short attention span so that's why they can't sit still for long.

But I read somewhere that for those tods that are allowed to watch too much of these shows, they may get less interactive in future as everything happens so fast on TV but not as fast in real life. Hence, they tend to prefer the TV/computer than form meaningful relationships (that's how those loner mentality develops). Becos of that, we limit Ethan's exposure to the TV and computer. Good also la cos if he inherits my TV addict genes, we'll die in future to pry him away from the TV...hahaha.

As for flashcards, I don't really use them so much though I have 1-2 sets. But I believe that if the baby sees it often enough, you increase the exposure of the child. But there many ways to do (eg: going for walks and discussing what you see etc.) Bottom line is you have to invest the time and the child has to have FUN in order for what you teach to be absorbed - how you spend it (eg: talking, playing, flashcards)depends on what the child likes to do best. For Ethan, it is reading story books. He can even complete the sentences for me in books now! =)
 
Catherine: Thanks for your kind words. =) Try introducing J to more body parts, I'm sure he will amaze you with his memory!

lazykat: haha...I let E touch 1 key on the keyboard to move the slides but he must say the word first, then can touch. hahaha.
 
Actually, method can vary so long both r hving a good time!

Michviv,
my gal will not guai guai do that for sure! Sure will want her hands everywhere on the keyboard.

K@ye,
the littletouch of course goes thru the same cruel treatment, then one fine day she press here and there and from then on, she will happily "press" and imitate the sounds. Persevere, dun wanna make it a white elephant!
 
Hi K@ye,
i think kiros is not jealous of kicia too. could be cos there are many of us at home. and he is being taken care of by all of us. we take turns to carry and play with him. So when one has to walk away to attend to kicia, he is perfectly fine. Plus he was barely 1 when kicia arrived so probably still 'gong gong'.

Hi Rachel C,
Kicia is slightly easier to take care now. but she developed a bad habit of crying whenever we feed her milk. As if being tortured.

Hi Poissons,
Ya.. she really has the boyish looks. and with no double eyelids its not helping at all. sigh, can only wait for her hair to grow.

Hi MM,
i have replied to your email regardng the hairband thingy. Thanks.

mummies,
my blog mah.. kirosandkicia.blogspot.com
the first entry was when kiros arrived. then second entry only when kicia arrived. me not the 'hardworking' type..hahaha..
 
pig07, thanks i got it
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ur blog is so cute
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its the effort la, sometimes its nice to pen down little things they did. once a while i will read my past entries with a smile :p

i hv been lazy with my blog postings too. I stopped my entry with my hkg trip day 1..wahahha...its been a month since my trip...

Mummies, dun ask me how's my test...HB came back without buying the test kit..hahaha...should be able to know by tonight.


ok now back to make my hairclips :p
 


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