Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Toddler Kayla: 19 - 20 months


19-20 mths:

  • Able to answer our queries with simple replies & able to tell us her likes/dislikes, wants/don't wants.
  • Know how to say "洗手"& imitate the washing hands action
  • Likes to eat noodles n will always says she wants to eat "oon-dle" whenever we ask her. And she will also follow up with "cut-cut" cuz I will use the plastic food cutter to cut her noodles.
  • Likes watching theatre & live shows from Puroland & Disneyland.

  • Able to press the lowest lift button & happily wanting to press everytime she gets near the lift.
  • Likes holding handles! - On subway, Disney train, Disney bus...
  • Likes shopping! -  Makings of a  "Shopping Princess"! She always want to roam about on her own whenever we go into a shop in a shopping mall. She will keep chanting " gai gai" or "walk walk". Then she will pick things from the racks & even tried putting one into our shopping basket!
  • Showing signs of a Singaporean cuz she says words like "Don't want LAH! ", "No LAH!"
  • Likes to play "copy cat" game! She does the action, we copy.
  • Able to identify and name "bus, van, lorry, car, motorbike"
  • Learning to wear her own clothes, and socks
  • Being more of a vainpot! Likes bags, accessories etc..
  • Started potty training for her! Bought her a pink potty & a potty training book for girls. She is pretty cooperative to sit on the potty, and I do not want to push her too hard or fast on potty training. I started to let her get interested to the potty, let her sit on it with her shorts on, then without her diapers even thou she may not pee out.I just want her to get used to the whole routine first then slowly work towards the goal when she is older and able to understand instructions better. It's pretty taxing to keep trying in every intervals of 1 hour to let her try sit on the potty and try to pee in it. Hope I can be determined enough and will not slack on this important part of training.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Toddler Kayla: 18 - 19 months


18-19 mths:

  • Learnt to identify Number 8!
  • Counting "1-10" in mandarin
  • Climbing staircase independently, while holding on the side rails
  • Identify "hair", "head", "eyes", "mouth", "ear", "nose", "face" and can say all them out as she points to each part
  • Able to identify diaper and call it "per"
  • Remembered objects like "cow","rab(bit)", "dog" n can say them out
  • Likes to identify our clothes n goes "Papa clothe, Mama clothe, etc"
  • Knows how to say "洗手"while imitating the action of washing hands
  • Knows how to say her own name
  • Construct simple 2 to 3 words sentence. Eg, uncle-no more, mama bye bye, gd-nite
  • Likes to "choreograph" her own dance steps n choose her own dancing music from the music DJ toy. Her dance steps involve twirling round n round and with one hand up in the air, tapping double feet, clapping... Really comical sight!
  • Learning simple Cantonese nursery rhymes thru her grandparents!
  • Likes to make funny faces & actions!
  • Finishing an Alphabet & a Disney Character wooden puzzle by herself! Including matching the right letters/characters n putting them in! Proud of my girl!