Carina likes to tell us that she needs to go “Ng-Ng” or “Niao-Niao” all the time even if she has nothing to go. The other day she told grandma that she needs to go “Ng-Ng”. So my mom put her on the baby toilet seat. At the same time, Colton said he needs to go pee. So my mom took Carina down and let Colton pee in the big toilet. Carina refused to put her diaper on. So she was running around the house without diaper. After I was done cleaning Colton, I grabed Carina and laid her down to put the diaper on. What??? Poop on her bum!!! So I wiped her and put the diaper on. I asked Colton to have a walk thru in the house and search for her poop. We only found 2 small pieces. So I picked them up and threw them away. After their “fruit time”, I sat with them and watched kids’ tv together. All in a sudden I smell something really strong like poop. So I turned and looked. WOW! SO BIG! It was Carina’s poop that looked like a BIG SAUSAGE! Isn’t that amazing!
Learn MoreI want a sick leave! I’m so sick that I cough like my lungs will come out, I sneeze a hundred times in a row, my head is so heavy and the pain from my head extended to my shoulders. I took some pills and that put me to sleep. Wait! That’s not good! Who takes care of the kids if I’m sleeping? I blame all this to Colton. He took the virus home. From where? I don’t know. He got fever, coughing and sneezing since last Tuesday. His fever lasted till Saturday. He still cough every so often. But I got sick starting last Saturday and today is the worst. I couldn’t breath coz my nose is so stuffed up. But the worst part is that Carina is getting sick too. She had fever this afternoon. Last night she woke up a million times. She didn’t have fever and her nose was clear. So I suspected she had a sore throat. So I gave her Advil and hope that’ll help. But it didn’t really work. May be I should take some sleeping pills. At least I can sleep thru the night and still have energy to deal with the kids.
Learn MoreJune 3 is Chris’ birthday and also is Colton’s first day visiting his preschool. He clings to me for the first few minutes then he felt safe to explore the school. He likes the kitchen a lot and he spent most of his time cooking. He’s happy that there are 2 guitars at the school. There’s also a mini stage in the classroom. I really like the way they set up different stations. Colton just can’t wait going to school. It’s gonna be fun for him.
Learn MoreWhat’s so special about it? Yes, it’s very special coz it’s actually Colton’s first swimming lesson without any parents with him in the water. He fussed for about 2 mins then he’s OK with the teacher and the other classmate. Chris was standing by the pool until Colton asked him to wait against the wall where other parents were waiting. He was having fun in the lesson.
Learn MoreYes, Carina can put a noun and a verb together at 19 months old. She can say things like ‘ma-ma, chuo (sit)’, ‘ba-ba nai nai, ma-ma bye bye’ (she wants her daddy to feed her milk instead of mommy doing it), ‘ma-ma, day day’ (she wants me to get out of my bed), ‘Gung-gung, bye bye’……
Seems like she’s able to connect 2 words earlier than Colton did.
Learn More“Why? What? ” Yes, “Why? What?” Sometimes I don’t really know what Colton was asking. Sometimes I said “You have to rinse your mouth after having sweets.” Then he’ll ask “why?” Then I say “So bugs would come to your mouth to eat the sweats” Then he ask “Why?” …. I say “Bugs like sweats.” He say “Why?” …. so on…. non-stop…. The same thing just keep going on and on and on until I ask him “Why? What?”…. He’ll repeat “Why? What?”…… It’s an infinite loop!
He asks “Why?” doesn’t matter if it make sense or not. But once in a while he got some good questions too. Like the other day we were at Safeway. He asked “How come the balloon is up in the air but the one at home is on the floor? You need to hit it to make it goes up in the air.” and the other day he asked “How come the water we drink becomes pee pee?”
He’s at the stage of figuring how things work. It’s good to be curious at everything but it could be annoying too.
Learn MoreFinally, Carina is walking all on her own. She started couple steps on Mar 18, 08. Then a week later which is Mar 26, 08, she started walking down the hall and across the room without my finger. Thank goodness! I’m free again! So she started walking the day before she turned 17 months old. However, once she fell, she still need to hang on to something to be able to get up. Then a week later, she can get up at the middle of no where. Now that she can walk around, she’s much more independent that what she used to. She can go where she wants to and play on her own. Also, she understands us almost everything. She can follow simple command like “Wait!”, “Go”, “Stop”, “Put it back”….etc. Way to go! Carina!
About Colton, he is able to wear big boy undies almost all the time.
Between the two of them, they’re getting a little bit violent if they play together. Colton would pull, push or hit her and Carina might fight back. Yes, it’s time for Carina to revenge! Ha ha ha…… coz Colton used to smack her face, bit her head and pulled her away from me when I nursed her. An exciting life has just begun.
Learn MoreCarina is more fun to play with now. She is less cranky and more expressive. She know more than 60 words which is doubled than last month. This afternoon she was sitting on her high chair while I was making lunch. When I looked back, she was pointing at her head and say “tung tung”. I asked “how did you hurt yourself?” Then she leaned her head towards the table.
She’s almost walking now. She took about 8 – 10 steps at a time. But she’s still a late walker. Colton started walking when he was 14 months old. Carina will be 17 months next Thursday. Colton loves holding her hand but Carina just doesn’t like being held by Colton. She would shake, shake and shake her hand and wouldn’t let Colton to hold her hand. But there’s one thing that she loves. That is to crawl under Colton’s legs. Colton would open his leg wide and Carina would crawl under. Colton would say “I’m making a ‘mountain hole’ for Carina to crawl under.” Isn’t that cute?
Learn MoreThis morning Colton, Carina and I went out together. Colton decided he’s a big boy and wanted to wear big boy panty when going out. He peed before we left so I think it’s safe to do that. I brought a pair of extra pants and undies with me. Then we were out at 10am to the doctor office for his hep B shot. He cried a little bit. Then we went to Cosco for about an hour. Just before we left Cosco, I took him to the washroom and he peed. We were home by 12:45pm. Yeah! No accident! This is a big step for him!
Learn MoreCarina is walking so fast provided that she has a finger to hold on. She took 3 steps yesterday. Another new thing is that she was having what we had for dinner in an restaurant. I don’t need to bring her BB food when we go out. What a relief!
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