more molar

missy's milk teeth is filling up. one more second molar popping out on her top.

Muak.

My second Molar

Missy @ 22 month-old

Missy's speech development is beyond my expectation. She can now say one, two to ten. i'm still wondering whether the "1,2,3,4,5, once i caught a fish aluve" is the source where she pick up the numbers..

she can say 3 words phrase now..and after starting her childcare, she seems to scream a lot.. this is the headache part. she will shout for things she wants. neighbour said maybe tt's the way they get attention among other children ? i dun think so la.

she pronounce her words clearer now and she understand both mandarin and english. which is the good thing which we have been trying to ensure since she was born.

how missy is growing.. she is now nearly 15kg and her 2-yo birthday is just next month. Oh gosh, her one-yo birthday is still clearly in my mind.. just like yesterday.

I wish my girl happy, healthy and smart.Muak

Words @ 20th Month old

72. Moon

73. Lion

74. star

75. ground - for playground

76. come

77. bee

76. grapes - she stillnot saying orange..

cant recall more. just amazing how a little baby now can speak so many words..

Song: Missy's 2nd song

fast right? i just have to repeat it few more times, she can catch up already.

Missy now can sing "twinkle twinkle little stars" * i don't mean the whole songs, of course*

We go like this:

[Missy] twinkle twinkle little stars

[me] how i wonder what you [missy] are

[me] up above the world so [missy] high

[me] like a diamond in the [missy] sky

[me] twinkle twinkle little [missy] star

[me] how i wonder what you [missy] are

she also knows "1,2,3,4,5, once i caught a fish alive" she will bite my fingers at the end of the song. sometimes i just push her own finger into her mouth.. and she will giggle..

Happy singing !

Songs : Missy first songs

Usually, i will sing some songs for Missy during her bedtime. she will usually follow suit and sings the last word of the songs:

Some of our usual bedtime songs:
1. ni wa wa
2. xi sang ji you mama hao
3. close your eyes
4. hush baby
5. 1,2,3,4,5 once i caught a fish alive, she will bite my fingers at the end
6. twinkle little stars - seldom, i should sing more.

recently, i think since last week, we started "xiao zhu" & "yipee ye ye" and after two nights of singing, missy will demand for these 2 songs..

yesterday, when i sing, she follow me.. so i thought, maybe it's time i test her, see if she remembers the lyrics.. she is coping well in her vocab development and speech development.

The whole lyrics as below for xiao zhu, which i learnt during childhood time.

Xiao zhu xiao zhu fei du du -- little pig little pig, fat little pig

chi bao jiu sui hu lu lu -- after eating full, will go to sleep

jiao da chi lai -- when want to wake him up

da du chi zui -- he will snout his mouth

hu lu yi sen -- he will make a "hu lu" sound

bu bu bu -- and say "no no no"


here's my version wit missy

[me] Xiao zhu xiao zhu -- i pause [missy] fei du du

[me] chi bao jiu sui -- i pause [missy]hu lu lu

jiao da chi lai, da du chi zui [i sing these cos i thought maybe too complicated for her, i may be wrong though]

[me] hu lu yi sen

[missy]bu bu bu

wahahhaha.. simply AWESOME ! this morning we tested her again, she can even start with the first verse on her own "Xiao zhu xiao zhu, fei du du"

really fantastic ! missy's first songs.. we shall do more of these and i will video it.. maybe twinkle twinkle little stars next !

Bedtime reading: Slowly slowly slowly said the sloth

This week we have been reading Eric Carle's "Slowly slowly slowly said the sloth"
I must say LGG is good at reading books, i myself enjoy the reading so does Missy. she likes it whenever LGG starts with slowly slowly slowly.. heee..

Some short outline of the stories:
All the other animals in the rainforest want to know why the sloth is so slow, so quiet, so boring and so lazy. The sloth's reply is a good and surprising one - a philosophical statement in favour of slowness! Eric Carle is back, this time taking on this endangered creature in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.


Good book ! shall have our new book next week. Besides our weekly new book for our bedtime story, we still continue with either Good night moon, corduroy (books that missy is familiar with)