Monday, 23 June 2008
I thought I would quickly blog about this lest I forget. Nat has a favourite pet phrase.
On Saturday, we were having a spring cleaning of our house, something I've been meaning to do for a while. Home is starting to look like a pig sty and our guest room was becoming a storeroom, where we chucked boxes and plastic bags of all shapes and sizes. I'm glad to share that after a whole day of packing, the house is a lot neater.
Anyway, when Nat came into the room in the middle of packing, she went "Wah ..." . Later, when she saw the mess of plastic bags that I lugged out of the storeroom and piled up in the living room to be thrown, she went "Wah ..." yet again!
Sigh, my little girl is picking up Singlish at such a young age. Haha ... must be my fault, it's one of my pet phrases as well.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Nat is a fearless little girl. When we bring her to the supermarket, she happily walks off on her own, the intrepid explorer and doesn't even look back to see if we are following behind. Most times, I'll let her explore on her own, until I find that she is getting into some mischief.
Over the weekend, we brought her to Botanic Gardens. There was an outdoor concert on at the amphitheatre known as Opera in the Park. She did not seem to enjoy the opera all that much (tsk, tsk no arty flair in her) but she sure did enjoy walking around. Daddy seemed to be enjoying the concert a lot more, snapping photos of Nat. The lighting of the park in the evening is really quite conducive for nice photographs.
She also loves dogs. This weekend, she met a new doggie fren, a Westie called Cameron. It's one of the gentlest dogs I have ever seen and Cameron and Nat had a good time entertaining one another while Gary and I had coffee with friends.
Nat is a fearless little girl. When we bring her to the supermarket, she happily walks off on her own, the intrepid explorer and doesn't even look back to see if we are following behind. Most times, I'll let her explore on her own, until I find that she is getting into some mischief.
Over the weekend, we brought her to Botanic Gardens. There was an outdoor concert on at the amphitheatre known as Opera in the Park. She did not seem to enjoy the opera all that much (tsk, tsk no arty flair in her) but she sure did enjoy walking around. Daddy seemed to be enjoying the concert a lot more, snapping photos of Nat. The lighting of the park in the evening is really quite conducive for nice photographs.
She also loves dogs. This weekend, she met a new doggie fren, a Westie called Cameron. It's one of the gentlest dogs I have ever seen and Cameron and Nat had a good time entertaining one another while Gary and I had coffee with friends.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Natalie's physical development has reached the stage where she is very comfortable on her feet - she now darts around the house. Her strengthening limbs also mean she is more into climbing - she gets up and down the sofas and beds all on her own.
Interestingly, at 16 months she is also developing character or personality traits, some endearing, some funny, others exasperating.
As the omniscient Daddy figure I am offering valuable tips for those who are interested in getting to know Nat better.
She has this coquettish (i.e. coy, bordering on flirtatious) smile that she reserves for folks she wants to impress, e.g. Mommy's friends. She certainly never throws these our way! To be sure you are in her good books, you need to get one of these.
She likes to repeat certain words/phrases read to her from the mountainous stack of flashcards that Mommy has made. In fact, she does a fine job generally of echoing words, but here's a little secret I'll share - you need to offer the right bribes. In fact, once you do so, you won't be able to get her to stop.
She is getting over her usual dislike of strangers but still likes to be warmed up to first. This is hereditary (and not from me). You need to approach her with something more distracting than the prospect of a big bad stranger in mind - that means some adored creature like a cat or bird or fish or some cool object.
She has a penchant for throwing unruly tantrums at bedtime. This is also hereditary. So do not be offended if she is cross past 9pm. After all, even her adult version has the same predilection.
The Wife and I will attempt to offer more photographic and videographic evidence in the days ahead.
Interestingly, at 16 months she is also developing character or personality traits, some endearing, some funny, others exasperating.
As the omniscient Daddy figure I am offering valuable tips for those who are interested in getting to know Nat better.
She has this coquettish (i.e. coy, bordering on flirtatious) smile that she reserves for folks she wants to impress, e.g. Mommy's friends. She certainly never throws these our way! To be sure you are in her good books, you need to get one of these.
She likes to repeat certain words/phrases read to her from the mountainous stack of flashcards that Mommy has made. In fact, she does a fine job generally of echoing words, but here's a little secret I'll share - you need to offer the right bribes. In fact, once you do so, you won't be able to get her to stop.
She is getting over her usual dislike of strangers but still likes to be warmed up to first. This is hereditary (and not from me). You need to approach her with something more distracting than the prospect of a big bad stranger in mind - that means some adored creature like a cat or bird or fish or some cool object.
She has a penchant for throwing unruly tantrums at bedtime. This is also hereditary. So do not be offended if she is cross past 9pm. After all, even her adult version has the same predilection.
The Wife and I will attempt to offer more photographic and videographic evidence in the days ahead.
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Did I forget to mention? Nat had a haircut last week and she now looks like someone put a ricebowl on her head and trimmed her hair. Very cute, when I have the time, I'll put up a picture of her in the blog.
I was just lamenting to a friend, the 20s seem to pass by quite slowly. Yet, the 30s seem to zoom right past. It seems like just yesterday that Nat was a little baby and now she's already 16 months old. In 3 months, she will have a little brother. In fact, I was just telling Gary that it doesn't seem so long ago that we were preparing for our wedding. Life seems so different now, I feel a lot more responsibilities on my shoulders but it's not all bad. Nat is a joy (when she is not whiney) and I'm sure #2 will be to. At this phase in her life, she is already testing boundaries, throwing tantrums to see what she can get away with. Most times, I try to talk to her calmly although sometimes I do give in to her tantrums. Gary's the o'le softie though ... and nat knows it.
I am also very blessed to have a mum that is always there for me, helping to take care of nat and just giving me all the support I need :)
Did I forget to mention? Nat had a haircut last week and she now looks like someone put a ricebowl on her head and trimmed her hair. Very cute, when I have the time, I'll put up a picture of her in the blog.
I was just lamenting to a friend, the 20s seem to pass by quite slowly. Yet, the 30s seem to zoom right past. It seems like just yesterday that Nat was a little baby and now she's already 16 months old. In 3 months, she will have a little brother. In fact, I was just telling Gary that it doesn't seem so long ago that we were preparing for our wedding. Life seems so different now, I feel a lot more responsibilities on my shoulders but it's not all bad. Nat is a joy (when she is not whiney) and I'm sure #2 will be to. At this phase in her life, she is already testing boundaries, throwing tantrums to see what she can get away with. Most times, I try to talk to her calmly although sometimes I do give in to her tantrums. Gary's the o'le softie though ... and nat knows it.
I am also very blessed to have a mum that is always there for me, helping to take care of nat and just giving me all the support I need :)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Monday, 16 June 2008
Do all little girls naturally like to be pretty. At the grand age of 16 months, nat is learning to be "vain". I once lent her my hairband to play with, and she popped it right onto her head and walked around parading to everyone how pretty she is.
I also bought her a little baby bear dressed in a pretty little frock yesterday. Immediately she took out the little ribbon on bear bear's ears and placed it on her own hair, haha, that really got me laughing.
I really enjoy the time spent with my little baby and I hope that when #2 come along, I will be able to still give nat the full attention and devotion she has from me now.
Do all little girls naturally like to be pretty. At the grand age of 16 months, nat is learning to be "vain". I once lent her my hairband to play with, and she popped it right onto her head and walked around parading to everyone how pretty she is.
I also bought her a little baby bear dressed in a pretty little frock yesterday. Immediately she took out the little ribbon on bear bear's ears and placed it on her own hair, haha, that really got me laughing.
I really enjoy the time spent with my little baby and I hope that when #2 come along, I will be able to still give nat the full attention and devotion she has from me now.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thursday, 12 June 2008
I'm quite curious. What is it about Flash Cards? Why do we have to flash it at lightning speed? Theoretically, wouldn't the kids absorb better if one slowly flashes the card and explains each card one by one? It baffles me, but I really don't have much time these days to do research into it.
Anyway, flash cards have become one of nat's favourite activities for the day. Every evening, when we reach home, I'll ask her to fetch the DIY cards which I've done up for her. I've managed to accumulate about 100 cards (about 10 themes). Interestingly, she actually enjoys it and when I'm done flashing the cards, she'll make me do it all over again.
There are 2 particular pet topics for her i.e Insects (don't know wat it is about spiders, cockroaches and beetles that turns her on, yuck!) and Things you wear (she gets really excited and keeps repeating the word "wear" when I get to this topic)
I'll try to add on 2-3 themes each week. Like when we had a trip to the zoo, i came back and did a topic on the zoo. At the end of the day, not sure if she's really learning anything but well, as long as she enjoys herself, I'm happy.
As nat reaches 16 months old, she's also getting a very feisty personality. She has no qualms about showing her temper when she doesn't get what she wants, and recently she has got into a habit of hitting other kids. I don't think she really means it, I think she's just trying to hug them but she can't really control so she ends up looking like she's trying to hit them instead. I'm wondering what to do? I do think I need to discipline her a little, my greatest fear in life is that she ends up being one of those brats that goes around being rude and rowdy, and worst of all, their parents actually think they are being cute. But I also do think that scolding is not the solution as she is really too young to understand.
Anywayz, I'll trudge along and see how it goes.
I'm quite curious. What is it about Flash Cards? Why do we have to flash it at lightning speed? Theoretically, wouldn't the kids absorb better if one slowly flashes the card and explains each card one by one? It baffles me, but I really don't have much time these days to do research into it.
Anyway, flash cards have become one of nat's favourite activities for the day. Every evening, when we reach home, I'll ask her to fetch the DIY cards which I've done up for her. I've managed to accumulate about 100 cards (about 10 themes). Interestingly, she actually enjoys it and when I'm done flashing the cards, she'll make me do it all over again.
There are 2 particular pet topics for her i.e Insects (don't know wat it is about spiders, cockroaches and beetles that turns her on, yuck!) and Things you wear (she gets really excited and keeps repeating the word "wear" when I get to this topic)
I'll try to add on 2-3 themes each week. Like when we had a trip to the zoo, i came back and did a topic on the zoo. At the end of the day, not sure if she's really learning anything but well, as long as she enjoys herself, I'm happy.
As nat reaches 16 months old, she's also getting a very feisty personality. She has no qualms about showing her temper when she doesn't get what she wants, and recently she has got into a habit of hitting other kids. I don't think she really means it, I think she's just trying to hug them but she can't really control so she ends up looking like she's trying to hit them instead. I'm wondering what to do? I do think I need to discipline her a little, my greatest fear in life is that she ends up being one of those brats that goes around being rude and rowdy, and worst of all, their parents actually think they are being cute. But I also do think that scolding is not the solution as she is really too young to understand.
Anywayz, I'll trudge along and see how it goes.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Monday, 2 June 2008
It's been another hectic weekend, but we had fun. On Saturday, we brought nat to the new HortPark at Alexandra. If you are a serious walker, you'll head towards the direction of the Alexandra Arches. The energetic trio (gary, me and nat in her pram) made it all the way from Alexandra up to Mount Faber and back, all in 1.5 hours. Not too bad, considering our trio comprised of a sleepy gary, a preggy me and nat in her pram. It's quite a child-friendly place and you can basically push the pram all the way through. Be prepared for a good and sweaty workout though, after all, the whole trek is about 5.6km. Thinking that I would be all tired out, gary was looking forward to a nice lazy Sat nap. Haha, not me! We left nat at home and went shopping again. It was no wonder that gary fell asleep really fast that night.
The next day, gary suggested bringing nat back to the HortPark to check out the other side, which is basically a big floral garden with lots of green areas and playgrounds for kids to run wild. It's also a photographer's paradise. Nat enjoyed herself exploring the area, playing with the many doggies at the park. She also made friends with a cute little pair of twins ... nat really loves playing with other kids ... especially those slightly older than her. Oh well, pretty soon, she will have a sibling to play with, although I wonder whether jealousy will set in.
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