Potty training totally undone by HK trip

During the trip, we used disposable diapers all the time, on average 2-3 a day.

We packed 20, for first 3 days, and it lasted the 8 days till we're home.

However, once home, she's going totally in her nappy. No more toilet signs, or complaining she wants to pee by stopping feeding. She just pees when she wants to, in her diaper.

Mummy's 3 goals: Toddle, Talk and Toilet.

Mummy's depressed about the toilet, she was doing so well before the trip. Sometimes, Mummy just changed the diaper for the day, though it wasn't wet.

Talk, she's picking up words faster now. I hear milk, fa (Cantonese for flower), buka, car(d) pretty often, among her other words. Mummy's quite confident she'd have no problems communicating her needs.

As for toddling, we're thinking of getting her a push-ride toy. May shelf that idea, since she's taken her first steps yesterday. Will continue to coax her to let go.

As for toilet, sigh, it feels like I'm starting all over again :'(

First independent steps @ 13 mths 2 wks!!!

I was starting to worry...


She took 3 steps at a time towards Papa on our living room floor, and a couple more times towards Mummy or the TV bench between 9pm and 10pm!

Small steps, sometimes dragging the foot, sometimes crawling fractions of an inch with toes, and the rare times when she lifted the whole foot and puts it forward!

Incidentally, we bought her a pair of fitting and less slippery (solid rubber base) shoes from Metro yesterday. Wow, children's shoes are expensive, $29.90! It's the most comfortable, smooth interiors, soft leather, solid rubber base. We tested a couple of designs and sizes, she's using the smallest size 13 with about 1cm of space at the toes.

Got myself a shopping trolley with folding seat @ $19.90 but one of the wheels came off when Lougong was rolling it home! Hope I can find out what's wrong and fix it.

I think she's been walking on our fingers pretty well. It's just that she hasn't done it by herself, and wants to hang on to us. I've also brought her down to playground nearly everyday for the past 4 days where she sees many other little children, one who's only slightly bigger than her, walk on their own. Also, I've begun to let go of one finger, and tell her, 1 hand only, and she can still cruise pretty well. And I think that was what did it for Ning's walking too :)

Last night, Mummy coaxed Ning, saying she can walk really well, even without hands. Asked her to walk to Papa, just a few steps. At first she was uncertain, wanted to sit down or hold Papa's hands. So we pat the floor in front of her. And when she inched a little, we clapped and made a big deal of it! Then she stood up on her own and tried a few more times!

Ah, happiness!!!

Speechless communication - Penguin Song

I was showing her the book, Head to Toe by Eric Carle.
The first page was a penguin. The second, a giraffe. Whenever I try to turn the page, she'd turn them back to the penguin. So, I pointed at and named the penguin's beak, wings, flippers, stomach, eye, head, etc.

Then she pointed at penguin then at LCD monitor and nodded.
So Mummy asked, "Do you want the Papa Pinguin music video?", and she nodded.
She then raises both hands for Mummy to hold, then walks over to the monitor.

Mummy plays the video (from youtube) and she laughs and claps, points to Penguins!

7 days & 7 nights in HK and Macau

We arrived at night and checked in to our rooms Ah Shan Hostel @ Sincere House. The rooms were not what we expected and were separated, reunited on 2nd day, but the service was polite. Only disappointment was 3rd day when the lady Boss threaten to charge for the triple room if we didn't switch a 2nd time. Anyway, the authorities came and proclaim double deckers illegal and had them dismantled on 4th day.

Travelling makes people hungry. Pre-order your AirAsia meals, double portions, if you're prone 2 hunger. The warm meals were sold out before the 15th row on the 4 hour flight.

Over the 5 days in Hong Kong, we visited Temple Street, Ap Liu Street, Fa Yuen Street, Sai Yeong Choi Street, Wong Tai Sin Temple, Po Lin Monastery, Giant Buddha and rode cable car to Ngong Ping, Avenue of Stars, had dinner at Jumbo Kingdom.

Buy your tickets for Cable Car and probably Ocean Park, Disneyland to avoid the long queues. We spent 2 hours in the Ngong Ping queue. And 2 hrs on way back, 5pm. Go after lunch, stay over night, return after lunch to catch sun rise and avoid crowds.

The 2 days in Macau, we went to Largo de Senado and St Paul's ruins. Along the way, we spent most of what we have on Almond cookies, food and none in the casinos. The Guinness Stouts are a steal. Instant noodles tasted great, just not their dry ones.

Love instant noodles for supper.

Popo was a champ, climbed 250 steps up to Tian Tan, to see Giant Sitting Buddha. For Popo, we should request assistance/wheelchair. While on streets, to get a shopping trolley with seat. Dual use, seat and shopping cart ;)

Ning's a champ too, bringing laughter to all and being mostly fuss-free.

Walking on adult hands, preferred

She holds up one hand while the other holds Mummy's finger. Then she lifts her bum and off she goes.

No longer crawling as much as before. Sometimes she hardly depend on Mummy's hands, figure she has Mummy right where she wants and feels secure.

Maybe nothing to attract her out of her secure zone. Hmm.

Buka, star, dog

She's saying "buka" perfectly, we taught her the meaning after she learnt how to say it. Now she points at closed doors, boxes, umbrellas and says "buka". It means open, in Malay.

She pointed at the star in Dora's Fairytale Adventure songs book and said star. "S" sounded soft. Then she flipped to the Boingy Bing song and pointed at the dog, said "dog". "G" quietly. Yay! Mummy's "dog" prevails over "wow wow"!

HK & Macau Trip Photos

At Ngong Ping 360', Lantau Island.

At Golden Lotus Square, Macau.

Ruins of St Paul, Macau.