Sentosa Luge and Skyride

We went as a big family to Sentosa over the weekend. We went for the Luge and Skyride, Dolphin Lagoon, Underwater World and played at the beach. Yule enjoyed herself so much that she even proclaimed '宇乐很高兴!'

I was so scared of the Skyride that broke into tears. Surprisingly, Yule was so brave and stayed calm and still while sitting on the Skyride. When asked if she was scared, she would say '宇乐不怕'. She would even tell me 'Mummy, its OK, 不会怕的.' I can't believe I am holding on so tightly to my little daughter because I was so scared of heights, and she has to assure me that its ok! Whatever it is, I told papa I'll never sit on it again. As if being worried that she would fall off is not bad enough, I still have to sit through the ride being so fearful of heights!

Here's the sentosa link for a peek at the Luge and Skyride.
http://www.sentosa.com.sg/explore_sentosa/attractions/gallery_luge/gallery.html

Toilet Training

Toilet training Yule has been the most headache of it all. I'm always paraniod that what if she is still not toilet trained by the time she goes Nursery 1 next year? Or she will refuse to go 'sh sh' with the classmates when the teachers bring them to the toilet? We are also wondering why is it that she can talk so much but just not able to communicate to us that she needs to sh sh? Yes yes yes... all the talk about being patient when toilet training toddlers, and the time will come when they will be ready.. I've read it... but I've always wonder when will the time come for her. Waiting and waiting...

And thankfully, almost like dream come true (a little exaggerated la!), for the past 2 weeks yule has been able to tell us that she wants to 大便 or 小便. When I put her on her training pants, and reminded her again and agian to tell me when she wants to 'sh sh', she would be able to do so already,though not all times. The first time when she told me she wants to 小便, and I brought her to the toilet not knowing if its for real or is she just trying to be funny, it happened! She peeed! I praised her and clapped for her so happily. On the same day, it happened another time, she said 'Mummy, 我要小便' , and again I brought her to the toilet wasn't too sure if its for real too, and she peeed again! Wow! Can't believe I can be so happy at her Pee!! I smsed papa immediately who suggested giving her her favourite jelly beans as reward! So that was how yule had a mini celebration for being (partially) toilet trained!

Well, there are still times where naughthy yule will play us out. I suppose she already knows we will react almost immediately when she says that she wants to 大便 or 小便, so she may try to do that just to get our attention. For example, on weekend mornings when she wakes up at 7am but we tend to ignore her cos we want to sleep a little longer (haha.. bad parents!) she will try different stunts to wake us up... and of course, one of her stunts is 'Mummy, 我要大便', and she may just get her way, cos I will drag myself out of bed to bring her to the toilet.... and there may not be poo poo all the time. When there is no poo poo, she will just give me that innocent little voice '没有大便, Mummy 抱我下来!' and she would have successfully woken me up.

I thought during this toilet training phase, training pants have been especially helpful, cos it will hold 1 pee if we can't bring her to the toilet in time, or she forgot to tell us. Got this set of training pants online. Thought its really good. Otherwise, think our house may be smelling of her pee pee.

Time flies

Its been about 2 months since mummy last updated the blog. Papa has been asking how come never update blog? Hmmm.. how come he never update it himself?!

My litle yule has grown so much... and she has already turned 2! I can still remember vividly (as if it just happened last week!) my labour process, my horrible breastfeeding experience, how I cried when I looked at her shevn head, and how I also cried so badly when I first sent her to infant care. Sadly, looking at how much yule had grown, I seemed to have forgotten little details, despite photos and video clips, of yule's milestones. I can't remember how it was like to baby talk to her too; I can't remember how it was lke to carry her when she was only half her weight now, I can't remember how it was like too during those days where we had trained her to sleep on her own (cos now she will refuse to sleep on her own already - we will have to accompany her on the bed till she falls asleep).

My yule has certainly grown so much... I can't be more proud of her little achievements and of course my own achievements in parenting as well.. be it disciplining her or cooking up different recipes of food for her. And everyday I'm loving her more and more.

A recent cute pic of her... photo edited by papa...