A Visit to the Clinic

Jesslyn had another immunisation today. At 3 months, she weighs 6kg; 59.5cm long. I took that opportunity to weigh Jerilyn (n myself), who is only 12.5kg at 25 months. As for me, all I can say is that the result motivated me to lose more kg. People have been passing positive comments n this has boost my confidence. My new year resolution is to shape back to 'before Jerilyn'.

Malaysia's Public Toilet

Our Malaysia's public toilets are well-kown for its...
Being that, I have trained myself not to use them except for the period when I was carrying babies.
Now, I wish to train Jerilyn this habit. Some many disagree with me for obvious reasons but I can't imagine bringing my 2-year old to the wet, smelly, often littered toilets.
In the beginning, when she said "boo-boo", which means 'I want to pee', I told her "Pee" as in pee in your pants. Yah! I know it was the wrong thing to say. It is embarassingly funny when I recall those incidents. Nevertheless, she didnt wet her pants until we reached home.
In our outings after that, CH took her to the toilets a couple of times but she didnt do her business as she wasnt comfortable with squatting while doing you-know-what. I wasnt confident enough to take er to the loo yet. Not sure if it was psychology or what but she came out a happy girl as if she had relieved herself. After that, I try to train her to do her business while squatting but at most times, she just laughs and nothing comes out.
Last Saturday was my 1st experience taking her to a public toilet. It was at a cafe. Thank goodness the toilet was clean. In fact, it was the cleanest I have visited in ages. I had trouble making sure only her shoes had contact with the surroundings.
A friend suggested that we only go to places where the toilets are clean but how many places with clean toilets can we find in Ipoh?
You may say that I could just let her pee in her diapers but the problem is she doesnt want to. She starts whispering "boo-boo" and points at you-know-where and if we dont take any action,she speaks louder and becomes more restless. It makes us laugh seeing her funny expression.
Wasted quite a number of unused diapers. Gotta train her.

TipToe

Jerilyn has been tip-toeing since she learned how to walk. You are right. She doesn’t walk on her soles, but on her toes. Every1 said she has the potential to take up ballet. We didn’t bother much back then because we were very sure she would get out of that habit and walk like a normal person. However, we are quite apprehensive now as this habit has caused her toes’ skin to crack and turn reddish. All this tip-toeing is putting too much pressure on her toes. We have tried explaining, scolding, beating and rewarding when she tip-toes. Nothing works. We wonder if she will actually drop this habit or will she walk like this forever? She even tip-toes with shoes on.

Inspiration

I've got the inspiration to write this after reading another mother's blog. Its about being a clean freak and passing it on to the kids. I have to admit that I am also a clean freak. I have high expectations of myself in maintaining the cleanliness of my home. I cleaned and cleaned that I think I was obsessed with it. I believe my dad is the one who instill this obsession in me. In fact, not only me but Jerilyn too. When she sees water, she would say "wet wet", take a cloth; any cloth at hand and wipe it dry while saying "mart mart"(wipe). She also does her cleaning at my MIL's and attempts to stack the chairs when we have finished our dinner. She is acting like a maid. CH had suggested to put her in the nursery when I started work but I totally objected. Other than for security purposes, what if she becomes the maid there? She is usually very willing to pick up toys for other kids. At home, she is being bullied by 2 of her cousins in the sense that 'they play, she keeps'.
In regards to cleanliness, when she sees a black spot on the wall, she comes to you, points at it and say "pa-pa"(frightened), thinking that it is an insect. She used to pester us until we got rid or tried to get rid of the "insect". As time goes by, she is more daring. If its on the wall, she will just point and say "insect". If its on the floor, she picks it up and gives to us, expecting us to praise her. This is because in the beginning, I praised her for being a good girl for picking up the insect n passing it to me. Now, she throws the whatever microscopic object herself.
She is also quite an organised person. After playing, she would put the things back to its original place. I would like to stress that this is not 100% consistent.
On the other hand, she is not much of a clean person at the table. She picks up the food from the table and puts in her mouth. Hmm... that could be her version of being clean. In the end, you would have thought that she is such a clever eater. Not dropping a single rice on the table.
For the past week, I hv been more relaxed because the maid has taken over my cleaning job. I dont hv to worry about the dirty floor n the sticky chairs and tables. I dont get all upset over spilt milk. I am not kiasu wt putting everything at exactly where they are supposed to be. N I dont get to bed at the end of the day wt a backache.