18th month

1st March 2011 marked the date whereby Bb-G is fully one and a half years old. Time flies REAL FAST! Another six months to reach 2-year-old.
Some of the things she can do and speak now, would like to jot down here to remember…

1) Nowadays, whenever she asks for something (milk, bolster, pacifier, toys, etc..) I will teach her to ask from me (or from someone else) politely.
Eg., if she wants to drink milk, she will say : Mami, pissssssh nen nen, ang cute (mummy, please, I wan nen nen, thank you)

2) She helps me to throw rubbish in the dustbin in the kitchen, eg., her soiled diapers or something that she picks from the floor . I do not need to follow her, she knows where to go and where to throw.

3) If my handphone on the dining table rings, but I am sitting on the sofa, she will help me to take the handphone and pass it to me. She is tall enough to reach the edge of the table, so, if I know I may need her to take some light items from the dining table , I make sure I put near the edge of the table in advance.

4) When she has a handphone, she will put by her ears and talk like this “ ha-o… arrr….arrr….ha-o …aa..aaa….mmmm.. aa…mmmm” I always feel very funny when she talks on the phone.

5) When she does not want anything, she say “mai” and shake her head . I think she learned the word “mai” from Nanny’s place. (mai = don’t want in Hokkien). I never talk to her in Hokkien, but then suddenly she knew how to say “mai”

6) When her face or hands dirty, I shall pass her a wet handkerchief. She will wipe on her own, and says “ mak mak mak” (mak = wipe in Mandarin). Think she learns this from Nanny’s house too…

7) When she sees I wear dress, she will say “mei mei” (mei = pretty in Mandarin). Anyway, if she sees those lanterns, lightings and decoration in the shops or by the roadside, she will shout ‘mei mei” too

8) Everytime when Papa-M reaches home after work , she will run towards the wooden door and BANG!BANG!BANG! This is to show her affection to Papa-M, she welcomes him home. Papa-M also entertains Bb-G, before he enters into the house, he will BANG!BANG!BANG! the door too. Father-and-daughter’s loving way of communication in between a wooden door ^_^

9) When she knocked herself and fell down, she will beat the floor , or chair or table, or whatever that made her had the fall.

10) I just noticed this yesterday, she no longer lie down on a big pillow to drink her milk. She passed the pillow to me, then sat like an adult, finishing her milk.