20100623 mommy's thoughts

Three months since the last 'mommy's thoughts'.

First of all, terrible three is still here.

Thankfully, she (while still struggling, protesting, taking her own sweet time, complaining before and after every mouth, running around the house, turning her head left and right to avoid the spoon, etc) is still consuming rice.  And on certain days when she thinks mommy is the evil rice mother, she will say that she want porpor to feed (thank goodness my mother have more patience than me!). And she must eat in front of the TV.  When will I ever get her to eat at the dining table??? *sigh*

And TV?  Previously she is fighting with her papa everyday after we reach home cos she will want to watch her kiddy videos and he will want to watch his cable TV.  So now I bring 1 DVD to my parent's place everyday for her to watch, usually while having her dinner (see headache above).  Did I say I got 2 kids? The eldest is already in his 30s, if you get what I mean.

And thank goodness for for okto channel, which while still showing some not-so-suitable cartoons (SpongeBob, Mr Bean, etc), they have Fingertips too :P  And of course, all this are better than that never-ending Chinese show 'Your hand in mine'.  She still like watching her Wheel of Fortune though, her favourite since her bbsitted days.

Added new routine at porpor's place which is to bath her because everyone complained that her hair stinks.  I only found out later that sometimes even the auntie in childcare did not wash her hair on those hair washing designated days as she protested too much.

Kate's school taught them about feelings, and now she will occasionally ask me "mommy, are you happy?" or "mommy, can you smile?" especially when I am not smiling.  Or "I don't want you to be angry" when she knows that I am angry.

She figured out how to pout.  And do that very often nowadays, usually breaking into a wide grin just half a second later.

And when I told her that I am going somewhere (eg, meeting my friends), she will say in a bossy tone "I go with YOU!".

She finally made us understand via her words and gestures (she is still not good at verbalising things that are not often said) why she does not like to be carried by papa. Because he is taller and therefore her arms got tired easily when she hang her arm over his neck/shoulder.

She still plays with her PSP or handphone games in the car/public transport and sometimes try to bargain for more time outside the car.

Ever since a illness (which include throwing up) about 2 months ago, her milk intake had dropped from 8 oz to 5 oz. :(  Cannot secretly increase the dosage as she scoops her own milk powder.

Her favorite website is www.miffy.com and she will bargain with me ("mommy said stop then stop OK" repeating word by word what I told her) at the carpark on the way home if she wanted to play Miffy game that night.

She still loved to dance, including leapfrog dances (she will dance together with frogs while watching Word Caper).  She has such endless energy....

She still cries easily and get upset when her routine are changed.

We still rush through trying to get 'everything' done every night.

She still bargains with me on how many books to read almost every night (and usually I will give in since the time is better spent reading than bargaining).

She is still echoing and repeating phrases wholesale for those people that noticed.

Neonat said maybe she can be discharged in 6 months time if her speech improves and everything else is status quo (they have given up on her to be the same size as her peers :P)

added 20100625 : forget to add.  She redeveloped her fear for auto flush toilet after one (at KKH) was triggered when she was sitting on it.  So now she will refuse to sit on the public toilet bowl if she saw that it is one equipped with 'blink blink (sensor lights)'.