Scene 1
Me: Ma ma ma
ZX: Pa pa pa
Me: Pa pa pa
ZX: Ma ma ma
......
sometimes ZX also mentions his beloved "bear bear bear" and "chou chou chou" (the smelly pillow)
Scene 2
Me: Mama yang yang (i.e. short for sayang)
ZX: Papa yang yang
Me: Zheng Xi yang yang
ZX: Xi yang yang
Other times
~ Whenever ZX thank us with "xie xie" or "tank q" or "xie xie tank q" without being asked.
~ When he pouts his mouth to kiss us
~ Imitating us: words, actions or just laughing with us even if he doesn't know what's going on.
~ Mamabee is satisfied
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Crybaby
Nowadays, ZX will cry when he couldn't get his way or when we scolded him. Oh poor baby...
~ Mamabee just has to accept
~ Mamabee just has to accept
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Hair Cut
Brought ZX for a hair cut yesterday at the malay barber shop. Plopped him down on the chair with extra thick cushion, and he started to scrunch and cry "mama... papa...", that poor little boy is scared.
Luckily, I managed to distract him by giving him my Wall-E keychain to hold under the cover, and he stopped. I held onto his hand and stayed by him for a while. Amazingly, he sat quietly and let the malay guy to adjust his head about and cut. After a while, I walked away and he's fine by it too! ZX didn't even utter a sound, just sat there, sulked and observed what the uncle was doing to him. Hee, so very cute!
~ Mamabee is in need of a hair cut soon too...
Luckily, I managed to distract him by giving him my Wall-E keychain to hold under the cover, and he stopped. I held onto his hand and stayed by him for a while. Amazingly, he sat quietly and let the malay guy to adjust his head about and cut. After a while, I walked away and he's fine by it too! ZX didn't even utter a sound, just sat there, sulked and observed what the uncle was doing to him. Hee, so very cute!
~ Mamabee is in need of a hair cut soon too...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Bear Bear
There's the beary talk:
ZX started talking to his toy bear and showing him stuff, like car, fan, ball... you name it. And while at this exercise, he wants you to take the bear and interact with him like the bear's talking. Cute, but sometimes it gets too long and tiring. :P
Then there's the drawing sessions of bear, rabbit and cat:
I drew him a bear on his magnetic board for the first time last week, so now ZX will request for it.
He'd happily say "bear bear" whenever I drew him one, and he'll take the pencil and tried drawing with some strokes. I discovered his strokes are much more controlled now without the fast & drawing all over the board.
Yesterday I tried drawing a rabbit and a cat, and to my surprise, he know which is which. He laughed and told me "bit"/"ra bit" or "meow".
~ Mamabee enjoys teaching her baby stuff
ZX started talking to his toy bear and showing him stuff, like car, fan, ball... you name it. And while at this exercise, he wants you to take the bear and interact with him like the bear's talking. Cute, but sometimes it gets too long and tiring. :P
Then there's the drawing sessions of bear, rabbit and cat:
I drew him a bear on his magnetic board for the first time last week, so now ZX will request for it.
He'd happily say "bear bear" whenever I drew him one, and he'll take the pencil and tried drawing with some strokes. I discovered his strokes are much more controlled now without the fast & drawing all over the board.
Yesterday I tried drawing a rabbit and a cat, and to my surprise, he know which is which. He laughed and told me "bit"/"ra bit" or "meow".
~ Mamabee enjoys teaching her baby stuff
Friday, October 24, 2008
Mr. Instructor
Now the little boy instructs. Here are some scenarios.
1) Finger pointing to the place he wanted you to be, then said "zhuo4" (i.e. sit).
That's when he wanted you to:
~ Sit with him to watch BabyTV
~ Read for him
~ Lay down beside him while he's drinking milk. (Okay, this one with no voice command since his mouth is stuffed)
~ Sit down on the floor playing cars with him
2) He'll call "Lai2" or "Tam" (i.e. come) out to you or the cat to go to him.
3) And of course the usual "Bao4" (Carry!) for:
~ Every morning, carry him out to the kitchen to prepare his milk
~ Carry him to the window such that he can admire the "sampah chia" (dumpster truck) every morning, the cars and moon.
~ Mamabee is all warm and fuzzy
1) Finger pointing to the place he wanted you to be, then said "zhuo4" (i.e. sit).
That's when he wanted you to:
~ Sit with him to watch BabyTV
~ Read for him
~ Lay down beside him while he's drinking milk. (Okay, this one with no voice command since his mouth is stuffed)
~ Sit down on the floor playing cars with him
2) He'll call "Lai2" or "Tam" (i.e. come) out to you or the cat to go to him.
3) And of course the usual "Bao4" (Carry!) for:
~ Every morning, carry him out to the kitchen to prepare his milk
~ Carry him to the window such that he can admire the "sampah chia" (dumpster truck) every morning, the cars and moon.
~ Mamabee is all warm and fuzzy
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Chopped Liver
Felt like this every morning...
Nowadays, ZX wakes up and he'll call for his Papa straight away, even when I'm just sleeping beside him. He'll pick up his security beanie pillow and teddy, then off he went looking for his beloved Papa in the other room.
Sigh... can't help but feel sad.
Mamabee is is is........ chopped liver. :(
Nowadays, ZX wakes up and he'll call for his Papa straight away, even when I'm just sleeping beside him. He'll pick up his security beanie pillow and teddy, then off he went looking for his beloved Papa in the other room.
Sigh... can't help but feel sad.
Mamabee is is is........ chopped liver. :(
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Bye Bye
Now that he knows how to say bye bye, he rarely give us flying kisses any more.
Story for tonight, heard him bid bye bye many times near the shoe rack, and I was thinking who he's bidding bye bye to. And guess what? He's actually looking at his shadow and waved & said "Bye bye! bye bye!....." both H & I were so tickled. Ha ha!
~ Mamabee loves her boys very much!
Story for tonight, heard him bid bye bye many times near the shoe rack, and I was thinking who he's bidding bye bye to. And guess what? He's actually looking at his shadow and waved & said "Bye bye! bye bye!....." both H & I were so tickled. Ha ha!
~ Mamabee loves her boys very much!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Bah, Bah, Black Sheep
It's ZX's first song which he will sing with me, even it's not the complete song.
And he'll be playing with his little toy sheep while at it. So cute ;-)
Mama sings:
Bah, Bah, Black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir, Yes sir, three bags full
One for my master
One for my dame
One for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
ZX sings:
Bah, Bah, beh ...
.......... bool
.. sa.. sa...bak pool
One......... ter
One......... dam
One ......... bai
............... (actually the last line got lost :P)
~ Mamabee needs to watch what comes out of her mouth nowadays.
And he'll be playing with his little toy sheep while at it. So cute ;-)
Mama sings:
Bah, Bah, Black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir, Yes sir, three bags full
One for my master
One for my dame
One for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
ZX sings:
Bah, Bah, beh ...
.......... bool
.. sa.. sa...bak pool
One......... ter
One......... dam
One ......... bai
............... (actually the last line got lost :P)
~ Mamabee needs to watch what comes out of her mouth nowadays.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Whiney Crybaby
These days, ZX would:
1) Tests us when he knows the things he does are not allowed.
Last night, he stepped on the his toy phone and looked at us. Papa told him No a few times and then pointed at him and told him with a more authority "No!". Guess what he did? He started to cry and ran to the front door grill, looked out and still crying, hand banging on the door like he wants to let the whole world know what unjustice/unworldly stuff we've done to him... or may be calling out to his babysitter on the 17th floor?!?
The same thing happened for the second time a short while later, this time it's because we forbade him from stepping on the Lego box cover. :P
Hmmm... we were intrigued and amused at the same time.
2) Whine, even the fake whine to get our attention such that his needs are met.
3) Start to hold on to our hands while we bring him for walks. Very different from when he first started to walk... he'd just walked anywhere he liked and refused our hand holds.
~ Mamabee will think more after her lunch
1) Tests us when he knows the things he does are not allowed.
Last night, he stepped on the his toy phone and looked at us. Papa told him No a few times and then pointed at him and told him with a more authority "No!". Guess what he did? He started to cry and ran to the front door grill, looked out and still crying, hand banging on the door like he wants to let the whole world know what unjustice/unworldly stuff we've done to him... or may be calling out to his babysitter on the 17th floor?!?
The same thing happened for the second time a short while later, this time it's because we forbade him from stepping on the Lego box cover. :P
Hmmm... we were intrigued and amused at the same time.
2) Whine, even the fake whine to get our attention such that his needs are met.
3) Start to hold on to our hands while we bring him for walks. Very different from when he first started to walk... he'd just walked anywhere he liked and refused our hand holds.
~ Mamabee will think more after her lunch
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ooh... my dream might come true because my baby was carrying the polar bear and danced around with it to Ella's song as it was blaring from the CD player last night. :D
I guess it all boils down to all the dancing we've been doing with ZX since he's about 6 or 7 months. He would squeal with laughter when we carry him bouncing round & round, shimmy and shake.
Nowadays, he will start bouncing, shake his upper body, moving his hands or dance around (literally round & round until he lost balance/dizzy and fell) whenever he hears music. Strangely, he doesn't react to classical music or soft music without the boom boom beat.
~ Mamabee is tapping her feet
I guess it all boils down to all the dancing we've been doing with ZX since he's about 6 or 7 months. He would squeal with laughter when we carry him bouncing round & round, shimmy and shake.
Nowadays, he will start bouncing, shake his upper body, moving his hands or dance around (literally round & round until he lost balance/dizzy and fell) whenever he hears music. Strangely, he doesn't react to classical music or soft music without the boom boom beat.
~ Mamabee is tapping her feet
One O'Clock Jump
Last week, I was showing ZX how to jump. And so he learns. Initially, he'd just lower himself and got up without lifting feet off the ground.
Now at least one of his feet will go slightly off the floor. And if you're sitting down, he'd come tapping on your knee, utter a sound while pointing to the floor asking you to jump with him.
Hop my little boy, Hop!
~ Mamabee is dreaming her boy will lindy when he grows up...
Now at least one of his feet will go slightly off the floor. And if you're sitting down, he'd come tapping on your knee, utter a sound while pointing to the floor asking you to jump with him.
Hop my little boy, Hop!
~ Mamabee is dreaming her boy will lindy when he grows up...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Vroom Vroom!
"Chia!" ZX will exclaim pointing to the car zooming along the road down below. Then he'd go "woo wooo" in the up & down sing-song voice which sounded like the vehicle engine and motion. Sometimes he would also say "tik tak tik tak" while doing the clenching his hand and open it up again, this was what my eldest sister taught him a month ago about the car signal.
I wonder if he's relating the sound to the car signal or to the car itself... hmmm.
~ MamaBee loves to hear "tik tak tik tak" :D
I wonder if he's relating the sound to the car signal or to the car itself... hmmm.
~ MamaBee loves to hear "tik tak tik tak" :D
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Revelation
I’m resisting writing about the unhappy times and not so glam stuff because I want to look good and also not be reminded by it in black and white… on the other hand, this is a place where I can rant and sometimes realize things when I do spill the beans.
These days, H and I are having difficult times with ZX. From our views, he’s becoming more stubborn, bad tempered and whiny. If things aren’t going his way, he’d whine then cry and throw his tantrums… doesn’t want you to go near to console him and keep on crying… Very often, our patience is really tried. At the point when we lose it (normally not at the same incident), I’d beat his bum or simply ignore him. H is worse, he’d scold very loudly and beat his buttocks hard. Well, what we did only provoke more of his crying. I know this but at that very moment, it can be hard to control our emotions. Ah what an excuse!!
As I look back and try to see things from ZX’s point of view, I can see that he wants to be independent and not be controlled. He’d convey his needs with his baby talk, pointing and body language which sometimes not easy to be interpreted by adults, that add to his frustrations.
So last night and this morning, I went along with him, holding back and just let him be until he’s ready. Guess what… it’s so much easier and without much whining, screams and struggles. He also slept better last night with no nightmares.
It’s really not easy being a parent, much more so being a first-time parent. Teaching and learning is going both ways here, between the parents and the child.
~ MamaBee is guilty as charged.
These days, H and I are having difficult times with ZX. From our views, he’s becoming more stubborn, bad tempered and whiny. If things aren’t going his way, he’d whine then cry and throw his tantrums… doesn’t want you to go near to console him and keep on crying… Very often, our patience is really tried. At the point when we lose it (normally not at the same incident), I’d beat his bum or simply ignore him. H is worse, he’d scold very loudly and beat his buttocks hard. Well, what we did only provoke more of his crying. I know this but at that very moment, it can be hard to control our emotions. Ah what an excuse!!
As I look back and try to see things from ZX’s point of view, I can see that he wants to be independent and not be controlled. He’d convey his needs with his baby talk, pointing and body language which sometimes not easy to be interpreted by adults, that add to his frustrations.
So last night and this morning, I went along with him, holding back and just let him be until he’s ready. Guess what… it’s so much easier and without much whining, screams and struggles. He also slept better last night with no nightmares.
It’s really not easy being a parent, much more so being a first-time parent. Teaching and learning is going both ways here, between the parents and the child.
~ MamaBee is guilty as charged.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Mama!
After months of ZX calling me Papa and wondering when he's going to change... Yesterday 23 June 2008, ZX finally calls me mama!!
When H. brought him home, ZX ran to me while calling out to me “mama”! Once, and that’s all it took for me to feel all warm inside… I carried him up and showered him with kisses. Kind of a blissful moment! Heh heh!
Later that night, he kept repeating “mama mama mama”, and we caught that in video. ;-P
~ Oh Boy! MamaBee is as excited as a puppy!
When H. brought him home, ZX ran to me while calling out to me “mama”! Once, and that’s all it took for me to feel all warm inside… I carried him up and showered him with kisses. Kind of a blissful moment! Heh heh!
Later that night, he kept repeating “mama mama mama”, and we caught that in video. ;-P
~ Oh Boy! MamaBee is as excited as a puppy!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A Lead in the making
Last night, these happened when I was putting ZX to sleep...
1. ZX was lying beside me and held his legs up high. I followed. Then he put his legs down, I did too. He giggled at that and started to put his legs up again. And so we continued to play and he laughed every time.
I'm amused that now he can lead you in his plays. It's fun!
2. Nose rubbing - ZX loves it when I rubbed my nose on his.
3. He also repeated a few times after me saying the mandarin words for sleeping "shui4 jiao4".
4. When I stopped patting his bum, he patted himself on his butt. For a while...Heh :P
I agree that he's in a really cute age now.
1. ZX was lying beside me and held his legs up high. I followed. Then he put his legs down, I did too. He giggled at that and started to put his legs up again. And so we continued to play and he laughed every time.
I'm amused that now he can lead you in his plays. It's fun!
2. Nose rubbing - ZX loves it when I rubbed my nose on his.
3. He also repeated a few times after me saying the mandarin words for sleeping "shui4 jiao4".
4. When I stopped patting his bum, he patted himself on his butt. For a while...Heh :P
I agree that he's in a really cute age now.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Two "I"s
Imitation
Be mindful that whatever you do or say, your children will observe and imitate... and they are fast learners!
Every morning when I'm getting ready for work, ZX will:
~ tiptoe to look into the mirror, then utter in his baby talk (sometimes screams) asking me to give him the comb when I'm combing my hair. Once he got it, he'll comb his hair.
~ Copies me applying talc, he'll do the kind of motions on his upper arms.
Imagination
Nowadays, ZX will play with his imagination. He opens his mouth and said "ah" asking for food.
And if you put the non-existent food in his mouth, he'll munch & munch with sound like he's enjoying the food. How cute!
I'm waiting to see more imaginations of his... :D
Be mindful that whatever you do or say, your children will observe and imitate... and they are fast learners!
Every morning when I'm getting ready for work, ZX will:
~ tiptoe to look into the mirror, then utter in his baby talk (sometimes screams) asking me to give him the comb when I'm combing my hair. Once he got it, he'll comb his hair.
~ Copies me applying talc, he'll do the kind of motions on his upper arms.
Imagination
Nowadays, ZX will play with his imagination. He opens his mouth and said "ah" asking for food.
And if you put the non-existent food in his mouth, he'll munch & munch with sound like he's enjoying the food. How cute!
I'm waiting to see more imaginations of his... :D
Thursday, June 5, 2008
One Two Three!
Another milestone!
Last weekend, when we said "One... two...", ZX would go "Thee" (yeah without the 'r')
And last night, he chanted with us "One... two... Th(r)ee"!!
Ah, my boy can learn so fast by mimicking!
I think I should try to take a video clip of that, but nowadays we can't really take photos/videos of him because he wants to look at the photos and play with the buttons. :P
Last weekend, when we said "One... two...", ZX would go "Thee" (yeah without the 'r')
And last night, he chanted with us "One... two... Th(r)ee"!!
Ah, my boy can learn so fast by mimicking!
I think I should try to take a video clip of that, but nowadays we can't really take photos/videos of him because he wants to look at the photos and play with the buttons. :P
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
This morning
"Zheng Xi" eventhough it didn't sound exactly right...
But for the first time, I heard my baby uttered his own name! Not once, but a few times...
Whee!
But for the first time, I heard my baby uttered his own name! Not once, but a few times...
Whee!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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