couldn't believe it.

it's 2.58pm now. today jude poo-ed when i put him on the potty and ate lunch with minimal nudging from me. totally co-operative.

it's amazing. i'm still grinning to myself.

let's hope i'm not jinxing it.

does he get it? am i on the right track?

Yesterday at the clinic, Jude tried to hit a girl because she accidentally knocked him down. I stopped him in time, gave him a warning and made him apologize.

Apparently, the warning wasn't understood at all.

Today, we were downstairs playing and a toddler girl took his ball. i was standing quite far away and couldn't stop Jude from hitting the girl. It must be a painful smack because the girl wailed hard. i was at loss for a moment. not sure what was the next right thing to do. Then i decided to pull Jude to a corner for a very stern warning and made him apologize.

did he understand or not? am i doing it right??

it was supposed to be mum's study weekend.....

...but, we still had lots of fun!

an ex-colleague just gave birth and i wanted so much to see her baby girl, so we went down all the way to Punggol. Once in the house, Jude was really curious and explored the house on his own. i have to admit i'm really lucky that he's independent(sometimes only) and adventurous(however with food is different! why! more on that later). u know how some kids get really clingy to their mothers when they go to a new place? Nope. Jude was making himself at home already. he found a room full of kids and a tv and i was free to check out the baby.

As usual, Jude became the centre of attention among the adults there and he loved it. danced, jumped, laughed. and it helped that there was a girl his age there who was more than willing to dance, jump and laugh with him. surprisingly, he took to the girl very well. usually he hates girls.

we went for a quick dinner at Swenson's after that and Jude had a scoop of ice cream with a banana by himself. he insisted that he fed himself. power of ice cream. How i wish toddlers' diet consists of ice cream only. that'll make my life so much easier. well, i realized a big reason why Jude doesn't like his meals because i always make them bland. but i'm just being concerned with salt intake! Anyhow, as much as i am against salt, i am adding a bit more of it to his food these days. and i also make sure he works out a lot before every meal, to make him really hungry. my strategy worked quite well today. he ate quite a bit and most importantly, he didn't cringe at his food!

but the best part of today is nonetheless .... his poop at 8pm! Yippee!

du-du bu jian!!

Last night while i was burning midnight oil, Jude woke up and wailed very loudly: "dudu bu jian!" It felt funny hearing him cry out in distress, just because he lost his pacifier in his sleep.

Talking about that pacifier, i've been pondering when i should wean him off it. i only gave him the pacifier out of desperation when he was about 3-4 months old. At that time, he had trouble sleeping soundly and under my mum's persuasion, i gave him the pacifier and he did sleep better. but now, he's hooked.

after some consideration, i think i will just wait till he's older. Maybe his third birthday.

really cute

i really should blog this to remember. actually i don't think i'll ever forget this!

in the above pic are his three bedtime friends, whom he'll kiss and hug every night before he goes to bed. just now, i was folding laundry, while he busied himself with his three friends, bossing them around basically. he sat them in front of himself, and taught them his na shou Where Is Thumb-kin? song, including the hand signs. then he showed them his favorite playskool book, which has a lot of pics of soft toys, and even explained the book to the toys. the funniest part was when he told the bear (nickname Ah Guan)to give him a piggyback ride and he actually sat on the bear's back and tried to move.

hilarious