"Mummy I likes you"

On Monday morning when I get ready for work after the long CNY break, Qi Ning saw me changing and she came over and hold on to me and refuse to let me change. She was crying and ask me not to go to work, so I hug her and try to reason with her. In the midst of her crying, she say, "Mummy I likes you, don't go to office". I was taken aback by this statement as how my words stay in her little mind. I can't remember exactly when was it but I did say something to the effect that since you don't like mummy, is better for mummy to go to office. I remember only saying this once or twice during the time when I was home with her and she was not complying to my demand of lying down for her afternoon nap.
I felt rather quilty when she blurted out that statement on Monday morning. It got me into reflecting on my parenting style, if I have been using too much of threat in my parenting. I also realise how my words can affect my little girl. So I better be careful of what I say to her especially when I am angry or irritated. I do wannna be a good mum but at time I do make mistake. So my dear Qi Ning, if mummy's words has cause you to feel insecure, I am sorry.
Thank God that kids are very resilient and forgiving. After the monday morning episode, she is ok with me going back to work now. She resume her commando role of comanding mummy to hug and kiss everyone at home before I leave for work.

Piggy Year

Yea, can go back hometown for CNY this afternoon! Somehow, after I got married, I begins to look forward to be able to go home for CNY. We are going to spent a night at my mum's place then proceed to my in law's place tomorrow after lunch. I took leave so for the whole of next week, I am on holidays, yippie!
Qi Ning has been practising her "Gong Xi, Gong Xi, hong pau na lai!" :) And she has been lugging her luggage around since last night. Guess she is also excited and now that she is older she would enjoy the companion of her cousins. I can imagine the fun that she gonna have with all her cousins!
To all my bloggers'freind "Gong Xi Fa Cai" . Have a properous piggy year!

Photos

These are photos of Qi Yu and Qi Ning and also SIL who help out during my confinement time.

First two photos were taken when Qi Yu was about a week old and others were taken when she was about a month old.

Mummy is not good in taking photos, need to learn and brush up the skill of taking good shots!

Hugs

Every morning before I leave for work, I would give my girls a hug and a kiss. Qi Ning will make sure that I also kiss and hug papa after kissing and hugging them. She will actually shout out the order every morning, "mummy, kiss kiss papa and hug hug papa!" Hubby is not those type who will display affection publicly and he is not use to saying "I love you". But now under his daughter's daily "supervision", he is getting use to it hugging me and kissing me in the morning before I leave for work. And I can hear her telling my girls "I love you" more and more. Previously, he will be so conscious that the maid is around lah, there are other people in the house lah...etc He is not comfortable even just holding hands with me in public. I have to tell him I wanna hold hands! :) But now Qi Ning will holds our hands! And he has to respond to Qi Ning's "I love you papa"!
I am just so amaze how God is using our kids to teach us about loving one another and being affectionate towards one another!

Three months old

Qi Yu is three month old today. She is growing very well, already can turn over so mummy no longer has the luxury of lying her anywhere to my convenient unattended. Qi Yu is a very expressive girl. In such a young age, her facial expression is so rich, she will "forewarn" us her next step through her facial expression so by looking at her expression we can kinda of guess what she want and whether she is going to smile or cry.
I don't think she has put on much weight this month because ever since I starts working she isn't drinking much. At birth, she weighs 3.65kg, at one month, she weigh 4.7kg and on two month she weigh 5.9kg. I think now is only slightly more than 6kg. Her milk intake during the day time range between 160ml to 220ml in total. In certain day, she may drink up to 260ml but is a rare occasion. And it takes so many feed for her to finish the amount. Mummy has so much expressed milk stored in the fridge!
Qi Yu does not like us to hold her in a lying down position, she loves the sit up position where she can see things around her. Even when in her car seat or pram, she will attempt to lift up her head from the seat. When I put her on the stomach, she can hold her head so high to look around her environment.
She can respond to people calling her. When heard people calling her name, she will turn her head to the direction. She is especially responsive to her jiejie, Qi Ning. Her eyes will be following Qi Ning when Qi Ning is playing around her. I think she is beginning to discover her own voice as she is starting to scream this few days.
Such joy to see the little one growing day by day!

Feeling Shy

Qi Ning is two year four month old now and she is becoming more aware of her individuality. Every Saturday, people will be coming to my house for bible study. I notice that for the past two Saturday, when there are visitors around, she would not want to use her potty. On the usual day, we put her potty somewhere in the sitting room for her easy access. She has no problem using her own potty, but on Saturday night, she want to go to the adult potty (i.e toilet). I ask her why she doesn't want to use her potty, she told me that people will "liu liu liu" her, she is feeling shy now!
It really dawn on me that my girl is growing up. She could now ride on a kid's bicycle by herself. I let her ride to the playground on Saturday with me walking beside her of course. She was very pleased that she could now ride to the playground, like all the big kids in the playground. Before this, we only let her ride in the house.
She also started attending Sunday school beginning this year. Every Sunday, before we leave for Sunday school she will ask for her handbag as she must bring her handbag. And must make sure that there is a purse in her handbag just like mummy!