More words

Mama Ann says:

Ryo is now 18 months and capable of many more stuffs.

To add on to his babbles, he can now say:

1. mama and papa... finally


2. ah ma....but not yet ah gong


3. ball


4. 破


5. 掉


6. no no no


7. 奕... that's his name and he says that when we go 遥遥遥， 遥到外婆桥...


8. 要

On physical development, he can

1. really walk up and down stairs all by himself without holding onto the rails sometimes


2. go up and slide down the slide by himself


3. take off his socks


4. eat nuts or bigger chunks of food


5. wave and kiss bye bye


6. imitate driving a car


7. use a fork clumsily

On emotion development, he is:

1. less shy than last time, but still shy nonetheless


2. seriously addicted to his pacifier and pillow


3. able to throw tantrums


4. capable of teasing others. eg he offers Brexton a food but pulls it back when Brexton opens his mouth


5. less koala syndrome


6. able to show jealousy

Star cruise

Ryo says:

Ok I know my parents went to Phuket without me, but I get to go on a cruise after they come back. In fact the whole family went.

I had lots of fun swimming especially. I even went out to the sea, Lankston kor kor was afraid to touch the sea water though.

I am still fair even after so much sun. My mama, hehe, is like 3 tones darker, though she put on sun block.

Clubmed Phuket

Mama Ann says:

Can you see the blue sky and the sea? Yes this is Clubmed Phuket.

After CNY, me and isaac went to Clubmed in Phuket for a getaway. That is me getting away from Ryo, and Isaac getting away from work. Well, it was pretty relaxing with lots of massages and great food and the beach and sea. I even get onto the parasail too.

More is not always good

Mama Ann says:

I did a check online and found a few articles (not just one source) that say a toddler needs just 16-24 ounces of milk a day, if he is fed more than this, it'll fill him up and leaves less space for other food.

Ryo has already hit the upper limit, i think it explains why he's not too interested in other food sometimes.

I really don't like to be ask why he's not given milk every 3 hours, over and over again? I think every 3 hourly is for small babies. Toddlers have slow down their growth, thus reducing their need for milk.

Zoo trip

Ryo says:

Yippee, I finally went to the zoo today with Lankston and Brexton. We had loads of fun there, and there was so many animals to see. I even went on the elephant ride you know? It was only a little bit scary. My mama purposely made me dressed like a zoo ranger, do I look like one?

I'm going to the bird park when my papa comes back in Feb.

Ouch ouch

Mama Ann says:

Whenever we are back in Singapore, we'll catch up on Ryo's vaccination. This time he is having the shots for:

1. Hepatitis A


2. Chicken pox


3. Pneumoccocol (3rd and last dose)


4. MMR

Since the Chicken pox and the Pneumoccocol shots can be administered at the same time, Ryo had each of them on both his buttocks (see picture). Of course he brawled. The fever was very mild considering two shots, and did not last more than a day.

Sleepless

Mama Ann says:

It's 1.30am, I just can't get to sleep, I guess it'll stay this way for the next few days.

The compeling feeling is creeping back. Really, I wish I could fly back to Tianjin now. If not for Ryo's vaccination, I don't think I like to be back so early. Please please fly time faster to end of Feb.

Complains

Mama Ann says:

I guess I'm always a topic of complains, behind my back that is. But sometimes through conversation I get comfirmation of my guess. It made me miss Tianjin all the more.

I'm gonna stay there as much as possible. Do whatever I like. My way. My idea.

Suck! I dislike acting. Life is about acting.

He can scream

Mama Ann says:

Ryo can scream along with Little Miss Muffet. The nursery rhyme goes like this:

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet

Eating her curds and whey

Along came a spider and sat down beside her (SCREAM!!!)

And frightened Miss Muffet away

Jam

Ryo says:

Let me show you how to make strawberry jam.

• First you squeeze a strawberry in your hand till you have juice dripping out
• then place the strawberry on the table, pat it a few times to get pulp
• wipe the pulp from left to right on the table
• have a taste and you are done

Making jam is hard work, look at my sweat!

How they've grown!

Mama Ann says:

They were just little babies as far as I remembered, now they are already running around by themselves.

Who's on the dots?

Mama Ann says:

I have new dots coming from the US, Australia, Middle East, Europe and Taiwan (I think).

I know it's Aunt Dorothy who's dotting while she travels in the USA, I think I know who is in Australia and Taiwan.

But who is dotting in Middle East and Europe?

Busy month

Mama Ann says:

We've been back for a month, and I think the past month was a bit busy and crazy. Why?

1. Lankston's mummy went back to m'sia, we (3 adults) have to handle Lankston, Brexton and Ryo and that's quite crazy especially at meal times.
2. We have a new maid at home, who cannot cook much, we have to eat out most of times. So I spent an average of 5 hours outside the house everyday for meals.

How I miss Tianjin, where I have more time to myself and my maid did most things for me, haha. Next year I won't wanna come back so early.

Baby kiss

Mama Ann says:

Ryo and Brexton just cannot get enough of each other, whenever they see each other, they run towards each other and kiss.

Limping

Mama Ann says:

When Ryo started to limp, his Ah Ma thought the worst, and tried to scare me by saying he is going to get paralysed if he is not treated at all. I for one is not so worried by his limp and thought his limp is due to a normal sprain of his leg and will recover in due time. His leg was not swelling nor he in pain.

But after some nags, I just gave in and we brought him to a chinese sinseh. He was forced to lie on the bed with us pressing him down while the sinseh twisted and turned and made the crack sound and he annouced that one of Ryo' leg was 1cm shorter than the other and if he does not get well in two days he has to go for xray.

Half a day passed and he was still limping, his Ah Ma was already worried sick and continued to think of all the possible things that could go wrong. She wanted to go ask the god, but I said it's not even two days.

Anyway two days passed, we brought him to the padiatrician, after deciding between her and the xray. Lucky we chose her. She said it's the viral infection on the ligament that's causing his limping. Not from a fall, nor a leg pulled too hard. Neither does it require a xray as you can't see ligament from xray. An MRI, which can see ligament, cost thousands of dollars and requires a baby to be SEDATED!!! She prescribed Brufen(medicine for high fever) to help reduce the inflammation and told us to wait for two weeks.

After two days of Brufen Ryo is no longer limping.

Cousins hug

Ryo says:

I like to hug my cousins, and they like to hug me too.

Dog pee 2

Mama Ann says:

Ryo has upgraded his dog pee stunt to a standing position. He can even do it when he is running.

Anyway Ryo can walk down steps by himself while holding onto the rails. This morning I brought him to the playground and I made him walked back himself, including walking up and down the stairs and over little drains.

We are back in Singapore

Ryo says:

Yippee, I am back to this hot hot homeland. I slept most of the time on the plane, and missed my childmeal breakfast :(

Bear bear jacket

Ryo says:

Everyone likes my bear bear jacket. It's comfortably warm too, especially in this freezing cold weather.

Bowling

Ryo says:

Recently so many people have visited me. First it was great aunt Dorothy, then uncle kai and uncle xuan, then great grandma and grandpa.

We went bowling with uncle kai and uncle xuan, can u see me cheering them?