Esther wants to be a dentist

Mommy ask Esther if she wants to be a doctor as a profession, she says she wants to be a dentist and clean daddy teeth

Isaac can remove bras

Isaac is now able to remove mommy bra and suckle up to her nipple by himself

Isaac has more leeway to crawl and cruise

At CNY gathering, Isaac is given the freedom to crawl around, hold to chairs and cruise a bit.

Always so zealous in moving around, he missed a crawl and landed his left cheek and upper lip on the floor, resulting in bruising and blood

CNY 2nd Day

Esther Lao Yu Seng with everyone, and we went to River Hong Bao

1st Reunion Dinner at grandparents new house

CNY 1st Day visit

Esther and Isaac goes visiting relatives and receiving ang pows.

They see their distant cousins, all grow up too.

Esther shows more toilet needs in 1 day

As we are out in IMM, Esther wanted to pee after Daddy had used the toilet. Esther willingly squat down and pee for the 2nd time in public

Esther is finally toilet bowl trained

Esther is having her stomachache again, and was trying to delay to our outing so she can wear her diaper again.

Mummy decided to put her on the bowl to try. She resisted for half an hour, crying and weeping . Then leaving Esther alone in the toilet , she finally landed her bombs.

Well done. Esther came out with a ya ya look .

Esther poo in the wrong place

Esther was having a stomachache , but still resisted sitting on the bowl. She endured to the very end, and did it on her underwear. She cried , but mummy was very angry.

FaceTime with kids in Bangkok

Esther feels the blue after remembering daddy went overseas. Isaac is just happily eating and watching TV

Peace and Quiet at home

For our 1st time, both kids are asleep in the afternoon . Esther is the one that usually try not to sleep on weekend afternoons, and the boy is catching up on his morning and afternoon naps together.

Esther's poo

In order to escape being made to poo sitting on the toilet seat last night, she kept quiet about her intention to poo, patiently waiting to wear her diaper after her evening bath.

When daddy only let her wear just before she show symptoms of falling asleep, She fell asleep shortly after and did not get to poo...now, Esther has strategized her poo timing such that she only poos in the morning in her overnight diaper..this way, she will not need to be asked to poo at the toilet seat...

Mummy and daddy will find a way to circumvent this strategy.

Esther memorized the iPad password

Esther has memorized the iPad password (4 numbers) so that she can play it at mummy and daddy's absence..

Esther improve on her toilet antics

After few nights of wailing on the toilet bowl seat, the girl willing to go and pee by herself, just like in school.

Though she has yet to poo, but she has done better in seating down while wearing a diaper . And she also shed much less tears.

Esther new toilet seat

Now a new adult cum child toilet seat was bought specially for Esther potty training.

Esther showed great resistance or maybe fear to pooing in the bowl, despite Mommy / Daddy efforts and threats. She cried and howled for 1+ hours, even snacking in between. She never bulged at all. However she did showed some signs in trying to poo, but nothing come out.

Then we resorted to letting her wear the diaper, but sitting there to poo. Also, no effect.

At the last resort, I let her stand up on the stool, in front of the bowl. In no less than 10sec, the poo comes out and she wants to bathe.

Then after bathing, she was back to her usual self, jovial and talkative. I even shook her hand that she tried again tomo.

Esther may have a habit of pooing standing up.

Esther sets the trend in school

Esther liking for packet milk and milo, managed to influence 3 of her classmates to get their parents to follow suit. Not knowing, Esther has become a trend setter.

Esther's holidays too long

In the morning Diana had to threaten Esther with the cane as she was whining and refused to change into her school clothes.

When Mommy used the cane and fling it in the air, Esther cried and after that obediently changed while crying. She stopped crying after they came out of the room.