Lesson #2 Use words of affirmation as often as you can

Words of Affirmation - Its one of the five languages of love, written by author Gary Chapman. "In communicating love, words are powerful. Words of afectionand endearment, words of praise and encouragement, words that give positive guidance all say,"I care about you." Such words are like a gentle, warm rain falling on the soul; they nurture the child's inner sense of worth and security. Even though such words are quickly said, they are not soon forgotten. A child reaps the benefits of affirming words for a lifetime"

One day, Yule was eating macoroni soup prepared by me. The usual stuff. And she suddenly came running to me while I was still in the kitchen washing dishes, and said "Mummy, 你煮的很好吃leh!" Then she hugged me and ran off to continue her meal. Of course it made me feel so good! The power of affirming words...

Looks like Yule is not the only one reaping the benefits from affirming words, her mummy is also enjoying how words of affirmation from her daughter is making her feel so loved!

Lesson #1 Do not make excuses for ourselves

There are little lessons learnt in our day to day interaction with little yule Indeed that's how people have been saying that as parents, we learn from our little ones too...

A little conversation yule had with her papa made me reflect on how we always thought we can't do something, but in fact we are just making excuses for ourselves...

Yule: (taking a hairband and was trying to tie her own hair, but realised she cannot tie her own hair yet)
Yule: 爸爸, 帮我绑头发.
Papa: 爸爸不会绑啦.
Yule: 你是大人 leh
Papa: ... (speechless since he is being 'suan' and therefore has to tie yule's hair for her!)

Letter recognition

At 2 years 2 months old, Yule has started to recognise letters.. YEAH!! Whenever she sees a familiar letter, she will run to the fridge to pick up a magnetic letter to show that she knows the letter. Highly recommended: Leapfrog Letter Factory. Yule loves it! It amazes me how she can sit through the DVD, with great interest, for 30 mins!