Yamummy : The Toddler Kayla: 17

17-18 mth:

Her 14th & 15th teeth sprouted out. With more big teeth forming, we decided to start her on rice (with soup) diet & she love it!! Keep giving me the thumbs-up! I always feel very encouraged by her!
Also started her more on solid food and outside food (e.g. Ramen noodles, vermicelli)
Continues with her numbers counting "6, 7, 8, 9 & 10"!
Likes to sing & hum along with the songs/ with me!
Always love to mimic the last word of either a song or a sentence or key words from the books.
Able to match most of the Disney characters wood puzzles yet not quite able to piece it properly.

At the 18th month mark, there comes a very tricky issue that I still cannot make up my mind. That is... Potty vs Child toilet seat!

I have started receiving information from those child development newsletter that at 18th month, we should start to let the child be exposed to the Potty! Our hesitation to get a Potty is due to factors such as:

Not sure if it will be an white elephant item as not sure if she is willing to try to use the Potty!
Hygiene reasons. We find it cleaner and more hygienic using the child toilet seat which we have already installed in our master bedroom toilet le.

However, I read and heard that its easier for them to start using a Potty as it is not as high as using a Child toilet seat, so its less daunting for them, and they may be more wiling to try.. Is that true?

I really have to decide soon so as not to delay her potty training which is important milestone from now onwards!

Kayla's events in the first month of year 2011!

Leap School House's trial enrichment class

Well, generally she was pretty "introverted" at first and shy away from the teachers when she was first brought to the school and classroom. I think its due to unfamiliar environment and she normally don't get in touch with new people often. Gradually she warms up and get less shy. However she still don't get very involved with the class lessons. Probably also she's new to the class curriculum. The curriculum in that 1.5 hour time involves: free play time (which I tink its a waste of 15 mins of time & the school fees!), gym time (she is quite dainty and not really got active. However she got to try the balancing bridge, which is something new to her!), story telling (she kept walking around the class kpo-ing around..

), songs time (she prefers this to the other types), science and exploration time, (not really sure if she's listening or understanding?), art & craft time (her face went "eek" when the teacher dipped her finger into the paint to do finger painting. So did the father! haha... It was a hilarious sight! There was no proper attire for the kids before they do the painting, so I was worried that she would dirty her dress, which she did. So I think its abit not well-planned by the school.)

After going thru the trial class, we decide that at this stage, she still prefer music type of classes and she would enjoy better at there. And also, its still early to expose her to such wide variety kind of enrichment class style. We still prefer the focus type of enrichment class. Hope her kindermusik class in the new term will be confirmed soon!

Photos from the lesson: