Potty Train - 4th Day (Part 2)

In continuation to the earlier blog this afternoon, here is the report of the second half of the day. :P

Jayden did it again!!! I am so happy..

Other than he wee wee during his nap time, he stayed dry for the whole day till now (we're going to bed soon)! Since he napped in the cradle, the floor was wet when he was taking a nap. All I did was just to mop the floor clean and dry during his sleep. :o)

After he woke up from his nap, he accidentally wee a slight bit while feeding him milk as he has forgotten that he was diaperless.. Once he found that out, he held his bladder immediately, continued drinking milk until he was done, sat on the potty and continued pee-ing. :P

Throughout the day, he has been diligently using his potty for all his needs.. including the last but not least.. poo poo time!!! I was a little concern earlier on as he had not done his "big biz" till evening.. I thought he didn't wanna do it on the potty..

Thank God I was wrong.. Just now, he took the potty and sat on it.. Then he said to me "poo poo". Phew... Finally!!! I was darn happy!!

In the end, he did it so well.. and a lot too!! When he was done, he said "daah" (which means done) and stood up, took a look at his stuffs and said "yay" followed by "yuck... lak lak" (lak-lak means dirty/spicy/bad stuff/something he doesn't like) I do not know where he got the word and idea from but that's his definition and.. it's his word! :P

I think the potty training is so far so good.. It's soooo much much much much better than my expectation though.. I am a happy and proud Mommy!! Hehehe.. :P

Potty Train - 4th Day (First Diaper-less Outing!!)

Since yesterday's achievement of doing his potty successfully, Jayden seems to gain more confidence in his potty job.

This morning, Jayden came to me and whispered "p.. p" which I thought he was being cheeky and wanna play with me.. Then, he continued to whisper "p.. p.." and a sudden message came to my mind that he might be saying "Pee Pee"!! Immediately I replied "Oh! Pee Pee! Pee Pee in the potty!" Then, Jayden quickly ran and grabbed the potty, let me pull his pants down, sat on the potty and.. PEE!! Yay!! :o) This is the second success - a continuation from yesterday evening..

After that, I received a call from a customer ordering some stocks. Since it was still early before Jayden's nap time, I decided to deliver the stocks to her. I was planning to have Jayden on his diaper as I thought that he might not be able to do it outdoor.

However, Jayden was so confident that he didn't wanna wear diaper during out outing just now.. It was quite a few hours outing.. And guess what, he did it!! He kept saying 'pee pee' when he needed to do it and yes, he did it in the public toilet!! Yay!!! :o)

Jayden, Mommy is sooooo impressed and soooo proud of you! Great job well done J!! :o)

Potty Train - 3rd Day

Today is the 3rd day I put JJ on pants without diapers. I have been trying to leave Jayden without diaper whenever possible (when we are at home and he is awake). For the previous two days, there have been accidental wee wee, on the pants on on the floor. I admit that he is smart enough to 'wee' on the floor instead of rug, bed, couch or whatever furniture! Thank God!! :o)

Today is the most surprising day out of these 3 days!! Just now, Jayden took out the potty.. Sat on it.. And then stood up, bent slightly.. And WEE!!! Then he said: Yay!!! After that, he sat on it again.. stood up.. bent slightly again.. and POO!!!! Wow.. Thank God the treasure all gone into the potty... :o)

Jayden, Mommy is soooo proud of you!!! :o)

Winter Solstice Season

Happy Winter Solstice!!!

We sort of celebrated the Winter Solstice Day yesterday. It is a Chinese culture of have some yummy "tong yuen" (glutinuous balls) with the family on the day.

Nevertheless, we had our 'tong yuen' back in in-laws' yesterday. MIL cooked some colorful plain tong yuen. I gave some to JJ but after having his first bite of 'tong yuen', he was running around trying to escape me for the second one. Oh I forgot to mention that when he was having his first bite, he gave a shiver!!! Muahaha.. I guess he really didn't like it.. LOLs..

Hubby wasn't a real fan for tong yuen at all. So he didn't have much. I love tong yuen but never the plain one in sweet dessert. All in all, we didn't have much.

Guess what? Hubby never liked tong yuen in his whole life till I introduced to him the tong yuen with fillings inside. Upon having his first bite on it, he changed his perception about tong yuen and fell head over heels with it! :o)

Today, I am making red bean paste with black sesame tong yuen (it's tong yuen with black sesame filling). This is my all time favorite tong yuen!! So I am gonna have a feast on these little lovelies.. Hehehe

Jayden had his first bite on the black sesame tong yuen just now and he loved it!! He kept running around trying to escape for the plain tong yuen, but he kept saying "more ball ball" for the black sesame tong yuen. This little baby has gotten good taste ain't he?!! :P

Table Dance

Early this morning, about an hour after Jayden woke up in the morning, he insisted me to turn on his favorite Baby Noah DVD.. As a person who does not encourage too much movie time for young toddler, I ended up giving in after his persistent attempts.

Half way through the show, Jayden started clearing half of the table for some reasons. Then, he climbed on top of the table which was highly discouraged by me again, but this time I would like to see what he has in mind. So I asked him why he wanna climb onto the table as it was pretty dangerous to do so.

Then, the music was played (I think he can memorize the whole show) and he started dancing each time the music came by (there will be music everytime a new animal is being introduced). Without a camera in hand, I quickly grab my phone and here are some low quality shots of Jayden's table dance.. :o)

Copy Cat

Earlier in the morning today, while we were watching Baby Einstein show, upon seeing the Mommy Kangaroo licking the Baby Kangaroo's face, Jayden gently leaned forward to me, showed me his tongue and started licking my face!!! Yucks!!! >.<"

It is soooo funny!!!! But really yucky!!! Yicks!!!

Puzzles Fun

Mommy falls in love with this puzzle at the first sight.. Without giving it a second thought, I bought this set of words puzzle for who else but my little son. :o)

It was quite disappointing when I gave this little present to him during his birthday because he didn't even wanna look at it.. Yea, I lost it to the forklifts and truck set gift from his fav GuGu (Aunty)..

But disappointment didn't last long! Soon enough, this puzzle set has taken precede and become his favorite after a few days time.. :o)

Now, you will find him spending most of his time with the puzzle set throughout the day.. Yup, he never gets bored of it which is soooo COOL!! Hehehe.. :o)

And guess what, even while I am blogging now, he is enjoying his puzzle time.. Hehehe.. :P

Playground Fun

Some recent pictures of the 2year old big boy having fun at the playground.. Playing can never be more fun than having neighboring kids around.. :o)

Shouting and communicating with other kids

Hanging on the bar.. :o)

Uh oh.. Climbing the high wall..

Smiling throughout the play

1... 2... 3... Slide!

Pool Fun @ Home

About few weeks ago, Mommy managed to find a 4ft round pool for Jayden. Jayden's first time playing in the pool was exhilarating and crazy! He went spinning, sleeping, rolling and splashing in the pool (of cuz the water was super shallow) with hell a lot of shouts and noises.. However, Mommy didn't get to take any pictures.. Forgetful Mommy! :o(

This is the second time we are playing in the pool, to be exact Jayden was in and Mommy was out of the pool playing with him.. For some reasons, Jayden wasn't as excited as the first time.. Perhaps due to a lot of kids noises from the playground that made him envious and wanted to go to the playground instead of playing in the pool..

Anyway, Mommy took some pictures this time.. :o)

Big boy in the pool!! :o)

Finding treasures from the pail

Going in..

Going out..

Big Smile :o)

Our Xmas Tree

Finally our Xmas tree is here.. Well, it was up about 10days ago, but lazy Mommy gave a lot of excuses to blog it here.. Hehe..

Da da da da.... Our 2010 Xmas Tree!! :o)

A little female penguin made by Jayden and Mommy

Our 2010 Xmas tree :o)

Daddy's longing for a white Christmas thus our beautiful White Christmas Tree!

JJ plans to choose his own Boxing Day!

Give me a 5!!! :o)

Being Creative and Imaginative

Jayden is showing a different game plan since he turns 2. Playing with his favorite toys forklifts and trucks is never be the same again.. He started lifting big and small things with his forklifts (yea, it is super forklifts) from things as big as a bolster and as small as a toothpick! :o)

He is able to categorize things of different colors together.. For example, when I ask him where is his red forklift, he will first find his red forklift and after that, he will search for other red stuffs that he has and says "more red".. and so on with other color such as blue, yellow and so on..

We received some Montessori toys for Jayden's birthday present and he seems to be playing them well too.. He is imaginative enough to connect the railways, running the train on the track, stack up the bricks (which I dunno why they are there for!), lifting the bricks up with his forklift, and let his trucks running over the bricks too!! Lately he also plays forklift fights with Daddy.. That's a rough boy play! Hehehe

Jayden poses with his forklifts around
Playing forklift fights with Daddy

He has also identified the North-South pole of the magnet.. Of course he hasn't understood the different terms of North and South, but he has definitely gotten the idea that one side will attach and the other expel. :o)

Experimenting the magnetic fields :o)

Attach and move the train and cargo

Moving on different surface..

Goatmilk

Today I start to introduce a little bit of goatmilk to Jayden... Result is.. He took a sip, then a second sip, then 'blehhh' he refused to drink at all!! Yea, we should all know by now that the result is negative..

Then, Mommy tried to take a sip.. second sip.. then something was crumbling in my tummy.. It feels like it is bloating up and getting ready to throw up!! Yucks!! I just hate the smell of goat.. Guess JJ inherited that from Mommy.. Sigh...

Will try again perhaps a week or two later..

Hand Stand

Last night around 1.30am, I was having a dream in my sleep. I am not sure if it's a dream of I was actually half sober. Anyway, let's put it this way.. a thought suddenly came to my mind when I was sleeping.. "Where is Jayden now.. Is he sleeping in the right position? Will be fall down from bed?" Just before my thought wandered further, I was waken up by Jayden's cries..

I bounced out from the bed and spotted Jayden's location immediate. The moment I saw his position, my feeling spontaneously switched from worry to funny.. Jayden was in a 'hand-stand' position!! One of his hand was touching the floor pushing himself up while the rest of his body leaning against the side of the bed.

After I carried him out of the danger, lying on the bed, I still couldn't help laughing silently.. :P

Dairy Products

Since Jayden turns 2, I have been introducing some mild dairy products to Jayden. Nonetheless, most of the food that I introduce to him lately are of those he had been having before but showing allergy reactions.

However, this time around, the allergy reactions seem to be much milder than previously. The food that I tried feeding him including food with traces of milk, soy, egg and nuts such as rice crackers, and food that has milk as part of the ingredients such as yogurt, Rocky biscuit sticks, white bread, cultured drink, milk chocolate, chocolate spread and cheese slices.

So far these are the food that are at the acceptable level for him. I will try to progressively introduce a wider range of food to him.. Hopefully by 3 he will be able to be 100% immune to dairy products. :o)

As for egg, I have not officially tested it on him. But during our few dine out lately, Jayden seems to be reacting to some of the food that we are eating (mainly at the hawker stalls that are frying noodles with eggs). I seriously think that's the reaction to the egg as they don't use any cow milk produce there. Maybe I will try to let him has traces of eggs again in about 3-6months time and observe his reactions..

Meanwhile, I have not been working on soy and nuts products. Guess I will try on soy products in probably about 3 months time, and nuts should be on a later stage as the paediatrician does not really encourage me to introduce nuts to Jayden till he is 5, possibly.

And the good news is.. our fridge is for the first time being stored with plenty of cow milk produces.. which plenty of them have been longing for by.. who else but Mimi.. :P

A sense of Complete

While Jayden and Hubby were sleeping like a log last night, I couldn't fall asleep!! :o(

I turned to my left I saw my most beloved man, I turned to my right I saw my most beloved little man.. A sense of gratitude swept across me.. Bliss..

Suddenly I feel how complete and wonderful my life is.. I am so blessed to be able to wake up and sleep with two greatest man being with me..

God has definitely been very loving and gracious to me.. :o)

Dinner @Xenri

After many many months disappearing from Xenri, finally we went back for the yummy Japanese buffet.. Nevertheless, Japanese food has always been Jayden's favorite of all. :o)

We took some pictures at Menara Hap Seng (the building where Xenri is located).. Posting them now.. :o)

Look at the same smiles.. :o)

Being with Mommy is "Sweet" :o)

Being with Daddy is "Cool" :o)

More words..

Lately Jayden has been picking up a lot of words orally.. Finally he has the interest to talk more, instead he does repeat after me many times.. I am pleased that most of the time when I asked him to repeat after me, he does!! (which he would never previously) Hehehe.. :o)

I guess very soon we will be able to have some simple conversation.. Looking forward to those moments.. :o)

Jungle Gym

Am posting some of the long due pix during our outing to Jungle Gym, BSC on November 17, 2010. We had a lot of fun. And you heard it right, it's "we" as in Jayden, Mommy and Daddy. Hehehe.. :P

Aiming.. Aiming... Shoot!!!

Side Angle Shooting.. Jayden was actually shooting the hanging monkey! Hehehe

More Bullets.. More Bullets..!! :P

More Balls.. :o)

This is really quite a challenge.. Look at the Daddy at the other end.. Yup, daddy was chickened out!!! Hahaha.. :P

The slide was really a smooth one.. really fast!!! Look at Mommy's mouth!! Mommy was frightened! LOLs

This is a good shot.. Look at the falling ball on my head.. LOLs.. :P

Jayden was posing to take a pix with Daddy.. Sweet!! :o)

This is the result in the end of our play time.. Muahahaha.. :P

Jayden's 2nd Birthday Cake

This year, Mommy decided to have a Humpty Dumpty cake for Jayden's 2nd birthday. It was a rather last minute decision as HD has become one of Jayden's fav since a few months ago... And Jayden has been calling Elmo as "momo" for a while and I think it's really cute.. So I think some Elmo's cuppies will be a fantastic combination.. Hehehe

Thanks Faith for making such adorable cakes.. The cakes have definitely carved a special memory for us..

Jayden's Happy 2 Shots

Attached are some of the pictures taken during Jayden's Happy 2 Birthday..

Jayden, may you grow up happily to be a happy, healthy and brilliant child!! :o) -Mommy-

The moment we announced food are served, all the younger kids went downstairs with their parents.. while the older kids took chance to drown themselves in the balloon pool.. :P

After singing birthday song and clapping hands, Jayden reached out for the knife getting ready to cut the cake.. His eyes were focusing on the cake actually.. :o)

Dang Dang Dang Dang... Here comes the cake cutting ceremony.. :P

Jayden received a new bike as a present from the Loong's family (Uncle Loong, Aunty Sallie, Tazmine and Thomas). As Aunty Sallie has gone to Singapore for a vacation, Uncle Loong purposely sent the bike over.. Thanks Uncle Loong for being such a thoughtful person.. :o)

(apparently not the other couple in the pix.. :P)

Jayden is 2!!!!

Jayden is 2!! Yay!!! My little baby is officially a toddler now.. Hehehe.. And terrible 2-some is seemingly more prominent now.. Uhh..

We threw a birthday party for Jayden last Sunday, a day earlier as it is a weekend. His official birthday is on 29th of Nov. Anyway, the party was also acting as an unofficial house warming for those who have not been to our new nest, since the party is held at our new premise.

The party was definitely a very interesting and happy occasion. However, it wasn't quite a good experience on the other hand. An overwhelming flow of guests arrived, quite a lot of unexpected arrivals actually. I feel honored that a lot of people are making the effort to come (giving face!) but also feeling rather disappointed because more than 20+ did not RSVP with us their attendance despite my repetitive re-confirmation with them.

Hence it caused quite a mess especially in food supply as some of the people who has RSVP and turned up late didn't get to eat anything!! I wouldn't mind of their (those who din RSVP) coming but I would really prefer and appreciate if they RSVP with us so we can prepare enough food for everyone, instead of wasting too much food like what happened last year.

We ended up having the chef (thank God he was here!!) to cook anything we could find from our fridge. And my eldest sister in law has to drive all the way out to buy some satay and drinks back to serve all the hungry guests.

If only Malaysian friends (sorry for Stereotyping) can be a little more thoughtful and responsible, perhaps understanding.. Anyway, it was quite a disgrace for us.. :o(

Ouch..

JJ successfully put mommy to bed earlier just now.. suddenly mommy woke up in the event of hard crying and found JJ lying on the floor.. JJ slept and fell down the high bed.. Ouch.. Mommy feels guilty for being the first to doze off now.. :o(

Life + Chocolate = Complete

I am too happy and feel soooooo gratitude.. that finally we have our very first bite of milk chocolate!! Wow.. it's been such a long long time...

Jayden and I took our very first bite of dairy milk chocolate yesterday.. And there was no sign of allergy on his mouth!! Yay!! Not sure if there would be any rashes/itch in the evening but at least we survived the first test! So we know we can have some, though not a lot, milk chocolate from now onwards..

In the evening, we went for Japanese buffet for dinner. And naughty Mommy took some ice cream.. Jayden took relatively little, barely two spoon while Mommy finished off a total of about 2 scoops. It was sooo yum and sinful!! :o)

But I found out Jayden had been having minor rashes on his neck early morning today. I think it must be due to the ice cream. But I am still very glad that we can have milk chocolate.. Hehehe.. It's great to find that Jayden is slowly growing out of his allergy, a bit in a time. :o)

1st Cinema Visit

After a long wait, we have our first cinema visit, well it's Jayden's first movie to be exact, and our first cinema visit after 2 years of waiting!!!

The very first show Jayden watched in a cinema was Harry Potter!! :o) Wow!! We have "potter" our life!! Hahaha..

Jayden had been watching attentively for the first hour, sitting without moving and seemed like he was enjoying the show. Guess something has finally spiking his butt that he started asking to leave.

Daddy sacrified his movie time by bringing him out for a brisk walk. I think they came back after 15-20minutes. But this time Jayden was not as peaceful as before, he had been asking to leave every now and then. We tried to trick and pacify him with popcorn, drinks and soft candy to engage him with movie. It lasted a fair while before he asked Daddy for a walk again.

They came back after I don't know how long, but this time is worst. Jayden totally refused to sit so he was standing (not on the chair!) and I tried to drop the bottle and got him to search for it. :P It successfully stole a bit of his time. And finally, I showed him those video clips of him that I recorded on my phone. And it kept him lasted till the show ended! Yay!!!!

Since he didn't shout or make loud noise in the cinema.. I would say our first movie outing is considered a SUCCESSFUL one!! :o)

It's awful and terrible.. What's going on?? :o(

Mommy hang in there!! Thanks Peggy for such encouraging words.. Thank God I read your comment before writing again else I will write something in a really nasty way! Hehe..

I barely can recognize my sweet little Jayden anymore.. Other than his signature laughs and smiles, sometimes hugs and kisses, and some of his 'in-good-mood' times..

For the passed one week, he has turned himself to a total unrecognizable monster!! He would indulge is attention seeking devices such as grabbing my arms, pulling my shirt, attacking my face, hitting me, doing all the forbidden things like turnover the trash basket, pouring drinks on the couch, refusing to take showers, unfolding all the folded clothes, and last but not least, refusing to obey and be a good boy anymore!!! :o(

Not just that, he is also very autonomous and we have to obey by doing everything his way such as no-TV for parents but his favorite movies all the time, we must get dressed and put on our shoes when he decided to go out for whatever reasons (walk, playground, drive, etc).

I feel so awful and terrible sometimes that I think to myself that I really need to discipline this little child. I have been very firmed with him and spanked him a few times (I feel guilty!!!) but I feel he becomes more resistant and monstrous because of this. Maybe he just couldn't accept the fact that I will whack him.. :o(

I have also tried reasoning to him but he just wouldn't give me a second and listen!! His best favorite quotes are "Go-Go", "No", "No-No", "No-No-No"!! Argh... I need help!! How to discipline this child of mine without much scolding, whacking or punishment?

Please return to me my sweet obedient little baby... :o(

T2 Yet???

These few days Jayden has been so mischievous and misbehaved that really got on my nerves.. :o(

He is rather cranky and emotional lately which is definitely a no-good to mommy.. Frustrated me runs out of ideas.. I have tried being strict with him, giving him lots of TLC, scolding him, but all attempts didn't work a single bit.

Plus lately he has been waking up 2-3 times a nite (Why? I don't know!!) and it's pretty exhausting for us too.. Perhaps this is what causing him to be cranky.. emotional and upset especially when I get frustrated and scolded him. Sigh...

Guess mommy is in really bad shape now.. Need to improve my spiritual quotient a lot!!!

Mr NO

Lately Jayden likes to say No... No No No No No.. whether his real answer is yes or no, he still says no..

Mommy was really crossed with him just now.. For some reasons, he kept on doing some mistakes, I know it is hard for him too as he doesn't wish he would have done those.. But the bad temper invaded Mommy as the mistakes come one afer another, even before I got the previous fixed..

Anyway.. after all the incidents, Mommy has finally cooled down and given this little Mr NO a hug and a kiss.. While walking hand in hand, Mommy said "Jayden has been a bad boy today!" and the lil monster said "NO".

Oh dear.. I am speechless.. :S

Mini House Warming with Besties

Last Sunday, we hosted a mini house warming exclusively for my besties (our family friends) namely Leong (Yvonne, Leon & Lucia) and Ong (Danielle, Kovsky, Maximus) families.

It was such a pleasure to be able to spend a fun-filled and enjoyable evening with them, not to mention our kids had so much fun with their playmates.. :o)

All the little ones turned their head towards the TV when a song suddenly broke the silence!! :P

All the little ones' hands were holding something.. :P

JJ was so excited with huge reaction when he saw an incident (I forgot what it is) in the movie.. :P