14 month already ....

So fast eh?? She turn 14 months today. Just taken her her measurement just now.

Height : 71.5 cm (still the same)
Weight : 8.6 kgs (slightly increased)

Feeding is as usual

Teething - no new teeth sprouting

Additional words
Other than calling me mummy I can't recall any but that's really more.... yeah mummy is so so happy till forget

Language
She never seized to amaze us with her understanding in language and picking up new words everyday. She can communicate with us with her newly learnt phrases and with her body language, and she's good at expressing herself, most of the time, we do understand her.

Mobility

• She runs and screams when we are chasing her
• Walking up the stairs while holding the rail

This and That

• She is very helpful and always willing to help like; when she knew we are going to prepare her bedtime routine, she will go and open the drawer and take out all her pillows and pass it to me, picking up all her toys when we ask her to; taking her shoe out when we are going out; she'll pass the phone to me if the phone rang; ask her to throw rubbish in the bin and so much more... now mummy getting lazy and ask the little girl to help out with certain task....
• Giving me more kisses on the lips and hugging me
• Showing toddler tantrum by crying, screaming, kicking when she doesn't get her way
• She'll pretend to feel irritated, rubbing her eyes with her hand, pretend not to hear you when she doesn't want to do something when ask her to
  
• My mum's friend usually play majung at home, when her fellow friends come, she will welcome them and tell them where is majung is by pointing at the drawer
• I will usually cook on weekends and invited my parents to come over for dinner, one Sunday she welcomed them and pointing to table to inform them dinner is ready

She call me "Mama!"

Although, Claudia can say "papa and mama" long time ago but it wasn't something special like last Sunday (22/7/07). I was doing some reading in the web when suddenly Claudia walked near me after she had her shower. My eyes glued on the screen and didn't look at her at all. She came nearer and patted on my shoulder, I looked at her, she then smiled and said "mama" and gave me a big hug. Oh... how sweet and my heart melted!!!! This is the 1st time she called me without me having to plead /ask her repeatedly and have to offer her with something as reward.

Today, she can say "mummy" instead of only "mama". She is learning fast... These are a few new words she learned recently,

1) asked her to call por-por (granny) but she said bebe
2) bag - bek
3) belt - bet
4) i want to go back - oh ah wa wa wa wa bat

Hope she can call me "mummy" from now on.... yeah!!

My Little Helper

I love it very much to have Claudia sleeping with hubby and myself, putting her in between us. I'll have my arms around her, patting and cuddling her whenever she makes noise. Every night, we will place her pillows nicely on the bed and when we wake up, we will fold her blanket and keep all her pillows in a drawer.

Friday evening (27/7/07), as usual, hubby placed her pillows on the bed, upon seeing that, little Claudia took her pillow from the bed and walked to the drawer, open it, and kept her pillow in it, closed it again and then, she went to take another pillow did the same thing again. Huh?? We were wondering and laughing in joy... who taught her that? How she knew we keep her pillow there? We can't believe our eyes but she has been doing that few times now. Haha can get her to help me with the house chores very SOON!

About Claudia

Your Birth Month is May

Unique and creative, you seek your own path in life. You love change and are able to adapt to any situation. Your soul reflects: Sweetness, joy, and a complete life. Your gemstone: Emerald Your flower: Lily of the Valley Your colors: Yellow, red, and green

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?

Your Italian Name Is...

Caterina Greco

What's Your Italian Name?

13 & 14 month update

Should have update this earlier .. but no time.. so sorry dear

Weight : 8.1kg
Height : 71.5cm

Diet (every 4 hours, alternating between milk and solid)

• 3 times solid (Promil Gold 3) - 9 oz
• 2 times solid (nestle) - 4 to 5 scoops

She doesn't eat any cooked porridge, she will spit out each time we feed her. Only loves sweet thing, not any sour or salty food. Love drinking water, she likes to share juices with me, like an adult drinking from cup, if drink juice from bottle, she will reject altogether, perhaps, she think only can drink water/milk from bottle only. Chewing food with her mouth shut tightly, can't see any movement, you can't tell if she has finish chewing and swallowing but when ask her to open her mouth to see, her mouth is always empty.

Teeth - 16 (9 top and 7 bottom)

Comprehension

She could tell us where her eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, head, buttock are (at around 9 months old)

Vocab
I lost count but here are a few that I can remember now

• ater - water
• nen - milk
• up - up
• papa - daddy
• mama - mummy
• kheng-kheng - Gong-gong
  
• chut - pacifier
• there - oh here you are!
• car - car
• bat - bus
• baka - bicycle
• kakak - kakak
• cheh - sister
• uncle - uncle
• bar buy - bye
• mai - don't want (in Hokkien)
• pive - give hi-five with her hand
• shu - shoe
  
• more - for more or "no more"
• wake up -wake up
• awer - flower
• biuda - building
  

Favourite

• Clothes : nice & pretty dresses
• Toys : hubby & my hand phone, laptops, remote controls (anything that has button to press)
• Pass-time : watching her vcd
• Loves : bantal busuk (pillow), freedom
  
• Person : me (of coz) and po-po (granny)

Dislike

• being alone in dark, she will scream her lung out if she finds herself alone in a room
• being trapped and can't move
  

Mobility

• she can walk (at about 10 months-old), crawl and run ... yes she's very impatient, always walking very fast, always wanting to walk by herself but also allow us to hold her hands if we were going out for a walk
• able to climb the stairs but need help to come down, tried to come down herself, but enough to give us a heart attack!!

Interaction

• prefer to play with older kids, always be the 1st to interact with them and started to shout and wave them from afar
• she nods and shakes head when we ask her things, she could tell us exactly what she wants by pointing at it and nodding head at the same time or otherwise

Bad girl when

She is extremely stubborn, she will not obey when we are harsh on her instead she only listen to us when we talk nicely to her and tell why she can't do this and do that

Good girl when

• she is patient and never give up, she will keep trying until succeed. Very Good!
• listen and obey when talk to her nicely
• always friendly and smile a lot
• can do simple task like :-
  

1. picking stuff or toy on the floor
2. throw rubbish into the bin
3. asking her to help passing something to someone

This and that

• a good pretender, if she wants something but when we refuse to give in, she will make a fake cry, stop to see our reaction/face expression, if still the same, she'll fake cry again but this time with tears, when we finally gave in, cry and tears stop immediately, smile and starts busy
• if we look at her, she will squint her eyes, like greeting us with hello, very funny, we always have a good laugh when she does it
• make a sniffing sound when we say busuk (smelly) and every time we said sniff and put a hanky on her nose to clean her
• pretend to be sleeping if she refused / can't finish her milk, when we stop giving and wipe her sweaty head, she will open her wide eyes and starts busy again
• whenever, I seated in the car, she never fail to remind me to fasten the seat belt by pulling the belt to me or she will say belt and nodding her head, if I don't, she will frown at me and insisted me to belt
  

Drinking milk all by herself?

Feeding Claudia with milk is never an easy task....she hardly finish all her milk and always need at least 1 break in between, sometimes it will take more than 1/2 hour to finish her 9oz milk. Most of the time, we need to force her to drink and she'll make a fuss out of that.

She loves to drink water though, she will ask for water and drink all by herself but never on milk, even when she woke up at night, she will only wake me up and ask for water only, after she had enough, she will put the bottle nicely beside her.

However, yesterday Siti gave her a bottle of milk and talked to her nicely, "kakak give you milk, Claudia minum sendiri, must finish, ok? (I give you milk, Claudia drink yourself, must finish, ok?) Claudia nodded and laid down on Siti's lap, she put the bottle in her mouth and drank. I was surprised when I saw this and wondered how long she can continue like this. (I was thinking probably she just playing a fool, but was I wrong). She was drinking and kept switching hand to hold the bottle, probably her hand were tired holding that bottle for so long. She took about 10 minutes to finished it, no need to take a break and most importantly, the bottle is emptied!. Wow!! That's amazing, she never did that before. It was the 1st time in history! Oh Wow!! Bravo Claudia! Keep it up, my darling!

My lil' girl is a big girl now, I'm so proud of her, don't you think she deserves a big big kiss from daddy & mummy? xxoo

Birthday party

We celebrated Claudia birthday on 16/6/07 at my mum’s place…. Her actual date was on 26/5/07 but my mum told me I have to follow the Lunar Calender. It was a busy day for all … from getting the deco done, trying to put little Claudia to sleep in the afternoon, but she was as busy as us. She tried to help out and follow us everywhere, but what can she do? Her volunteer only got us into more messy situations. We got her stuff ready, her birthday dress, shoes, hair pins, making sure the catering is in order and the list goes on ….

It was not a good day for partying … cause it rained the whole day since morning, we were so worried that the guests may not be able to turn up, anyway we have to continue with it and pray hard that the rain will stop on time ….

The guests arrived at 7.00pm and the party kicked off at around 8pm after the rain stopped. More and more guests came, and Claudia was so excited to see so many peoples came to hug and wish her. She looked so beautiful with her new dress, new shoe and hair nicely done. Claudia received a lot of birthday presents and angpows from relatives and friends, all were nicely wrapped.

Everyone was busy looking for Claudia, carried her and passing her around, finally she had enough and was making a fuss, oppss, I forgot, it was already 9.30pm, it’s her usual time to bed. Siti, my maid took her into the room and put her to sleep, the party continued till about 11pm.

The next day, I unwrapped all the presents, she had toys, books, new clothes, soft toys, cds, gold necklace, gold bangle and a lot of angpows Happy Birthday my little Claudia, mummy and daddy love you so much!!

Claudia's 1st Love Letter

Dear Claudia,

At times, I can’t believe I have a little girl like you. I know God loves me so much cos He has sent you to me. You are the greatest gift from above and I am truly blessed and I thank HIM for you.

Everything in this world looks nicer and more colourful since you came into my life and I’m glad you came…. You’re a special babe, not only beautiful but smart and talented too. You have the sweetest smile, so adorable and lovable. Everyone at home loves you dearly.

You are now an important person to me and I only want the best for you, I will do my best to protect you from any harm and danger. My top priority now is learning to be a good mother and be your favourite play-mate. I will nurture you with lots of love and care. It’s all because I LOVE YOU.

I hope we can share this special bond forever, my darling, mummy loves you the way you are and hope that you'll love me as much as I love you.

Claudia, you are my greatest achievement and I am proud to be called as Claudia’s mum.

With Love,
Mummy

Contest Again??

Yes. Yes!! Need a favour from all of you again. I have submitted Claudia's photo for a baby photo contest. In this contest, 40% of the points comes from votes from the public (include friends & family). Need your support to vote for Claudia (No.22) every 24 hours if possible through the below website for the whole month of July. You can only vote once from 1 PC every 24 hours. That means if you have 2 PCs, you can vote from each PC every 24 hours until end of July. Hope with all your support, she can make it to the finale on December, 2007. Appreciate your support.

http://www.infoguide.com.my/votestreet/votecaster/babycontest.php?campaign_id=42

Thanks for all your support.

Give me a kiss!

28/6/07

Claudia started to walk at 11 months, and she can walk steadily now. She will walk wherever she likes and follow us most of the time... to the room to the kitchen and to the bathroom.....

One day, her Gong-gong (my dad) wanted to go outside the car porch to wash his car, Claudia saw him walking straight out and so she followed him, walking quickly and giggled excitedly thinking that Gong-gong will take her out for an evening walk, but instead, Gong-gong didn't noticed her and locked the door grille, seeing that, she made some noise telling gong-gong, she's coming with him....

Gong-gong smiled at her and said "If you want to come out with me, you must give me a kiss first" and she started to kissed and kissed and kissed desperately .... but not to her Gong-gong but the door grille!! Gong-gong heart melted upon seeing that and opened the grille and carried her, asked her to kiss again but she buat tak tahu pulak!