Conversation

Our conversation few days back...

In Daddy's car....was trying to teach him number, rote counting..

Mummy ~ what is your name?

Zethan ~ Z-tan

Mummy ~ well done, good job **applause dramatically**

Zethan ~ tan-ju, tan-ju (thank you, thank you)

Both the daddy and myself roar....whahahaaa

Progress

Procrastination is my middle name, I am very sure of that, admit and pronounced guilty! LOL

As mentioned previously, badly in need of an update of Zethan's progress but since the last is eons ago, it can be quite a challenge.

In all honesty, toddlers of their age progress and developed so rapidly that there will be lots missed out if updating is not done on a regular basis. To say the least, Zethan belong to the category of the 'slowest' in development as opposed to his peers. Having said that, children develop at different pace and there should be no comparison or minimum comparison. Easier said than done right, naturally we can't help but compared and can act hysterical over the slow development.

A classic example is speech development. Zethan is extremely slow in this department although I am relieved and proud to share that he caught up quite significantly over the last few months. His vocabulary expanded tremendously (at least I felt it is tremendous improvement). The list goes: -

School Bus - Sgool Bus (with a funny slang, love it)
Uncle - On goh
Auntie - Ah T
Robot - Ah Bah!!!
Floor - Four
Wet - Weet
Mickey Mouse - Mimi mouse
Mr Bean - Bee
Push - Push
Milk Milk - milk milk
Rubbish - Barbish
No touch - no touch
Mei Mei - Mei Mei
Di Di - Di Di
Blue - Boo
Red - reat
Juice - Juice (pronounced very accurately)
Daddy - Daddy
Mummy - Mummy
Grandma - Ma
Wait - wait
Poo - Poo
Apple - Apt ple
Yoghurt - Ah good
Bread - Bao

Zethan finally hit 13kg last weighed at home so it's a plus minus thingy. Height have yet to be established since he don't wished to be measured when we are at PD. He is much more cheery these days though still appear shy when people looked at him. All it take is abit of warm up and he will be all good.

He is accepting varieties of food much better than before perhaps attributed by better ability to chew. What is lacking badly is fruits intake as besides apple, he is rejecting most if not all other fruits.One observation which is yet to be confirmed, his body can't take oily food and rejected by throwing up subsequently.

Zethan is super addicted to TV. Once he woke, immediately requested for the TV to be on. Grandma become his TV menu by switching to his favourite cartoon shows at the respective timeslot. Not very encouraging but too late for intervene. He love to pack his toys in bags, lined toys in a row repeatedly (got me in a mad suspicsion of autism), particular in sorting of toys e.g. single unit of mega blocks must be sorted together, same color grouping, recently developed love for dog stuff toys over Mickey Mouse. He will insist on bringing his stuffed toy dog along when we are out, kissed him goodbye / goodnight including the stuffed dogs, hugged goodbye with him then stuffed dogs too.

Definitely a very fun and interesting stage Zethan is in currently and I am enjoying every bit of it to the extent feeling time spent with him is insufficient. Of course there are days when he drive me up the wall but that's what motherhood is all about especially that of toddler's behaviour. One moment all pleased and happy and the very next whiny, feisty. When we are out, he cling on to me like a koala bear, refuse to walk, rejected the daddy, refuse the stroller or if he ever goes into the stroller, he must make sure he is holding on to my hand or even one finger. Once back home, a total different situation, directly opposite. Rejected me big time, the daddy had to bath him, never be out of sight, put him to bed etc.

A long post indeed, once got started, everything start spilling without any full stops and commas apparently. Till the next post, hopefully not very long..

May 2011

I don't even know how to get myself started after missing in action for eons, 1.5 months to be precise. Let me try my very best to reorganise my thoughts, had better give all the excuses of not blogging a skip in this instance.

May is a very 'hectic' month with the numerous acitivities with the mummies, public holidays, the dramatic General Election (with close to 2 weeks worth of free shows), my very first major dental treatment in donkey years and the housing matters. Phews the list could go on and on but in a nutshell, that's about all.

We had so many gatherings this month with excuses that mummy Ophe will be leaving for the states end of the month (she is having some fun in the states at this moment as I typed, catching up with mummy Sue Lin). So it's almost like gathering every week so much so that the daddy at home raised his eyebrow. We did the various cuisine that Ophe will crave for after she leave for the states, Thai food, Jap food, BKT steamboat etc. We will miss you loads, Ang family!

Not gonna rave too much about the GE but what is notable is being my 1st time voting in 3X years, coupled with the peers' interest in politics, I grew some interest in keeping what with the whats is and whats not. We attended the very 1st rally by NSP at Choa Chu Kang stadium and was fascinated by the crowd despite the continuous rain for the whole evening. The whole area's traffic was almost paralysed, traffic jam everywhere, all carparks closed and so on. Well, all the hoohas and dramas had since settled down and forgottten as usual. So case closed.

Next on the list, my major dental treatment in donkey years. I have had very bad and serious phobia about going to the dentist and of course it is understandable for skipping any dental treatments for ages. No exaggeration here but it is a serious childhood phobia. But the pain is so unbearable that I am very firm in going for a wisdom tooth extraction / surgery. Can you imagine how bad the pain is for me to be so decisive despite the nagging phobia? Checked around for recommendation, surf the net for more information, ring a few clinics but earliest appointment is a day after. Such mixed feeling when I walked into the dental clinic at Mount Elizabeth, trying very hard not to resist the temptation to walk away. And so after the x-ray, consultation by the dentist, made the decision to do the surgery immediately lest I changed my mind again. Throughout the surgery, my eyes are shut real tight and even under local anaesthesia, could still feel the strong tugging at my nerve perhaps which spark off some tinge of pain still! It was all over in about 20 minutes or so, was shown the tooth (out nicely as a whole), rejected the invitation to keep the tooth, half mouth numb, payment and walked out of the clinic. So damn proud of myself for such a great achievement. Sound weird isn't it. Okay thats the saga of my dental treatment. Hopefully at this point, you will not be rolling on the floor, laughing away.

Housing. As mentioned in earlier post, we exercise the OTP for Bishan on May Day with a deposit of $4K and looked forward to the various appointments with HDB lined up for the next few months. Attended the 1st appointment for selling of CCKC which is really very early and nothing major for us as the sellers as the crucial documentation are with the buyers. Officially we should have sold our flat by 6 July 2011. Having said that, we are only due to be the official owners for Bishan in Sept if everything goes well. No major renovation necessary for Bishan except for the kitchen which might require a good 2 weeks. Anyhow as this post is being posted, we are experiencing some issues with our property agent and the buyers for selling of CCKC. Not going to be a spoilsport, don't wish to even go there so no elaboration. I have been on my toes trying to sneak in abit of time here and there to start the packing terror.

Shall dedicate the next post on the developments of Zethan which have been lacking badly ever since don't know when. I am so very glad to have started off this blog then and it is such a emotional experience reading back the blog, the emotions so overwhelming and real it seem just like yesterday! I will make it a point to maintain this blog, promise!