好危險啊！被熱咖啡燙傷！

事情是這樣的...

禮拜天一早，大家在客廳吃早餐，媽媽想去沖杯咖啡，烤土司，爸爸在看電視，didi到處胡搞瞎搞。

媽媽先沖了杯咖啡，完全沒有危機意識的放在餐桌上，轉頭又回廚房去烤麵包，爸爸專心看電視。這時候的didi應該是聞到香噴噴的咖啡味而走到餐桌去的吧...

媽媽回到廚房後不到十秒的時間，聽到didi極為淒慘的嚎啕大哭聲...從他出生到現在，從來沒有聽過比這次還悽慘的叫聲。媽媽馬上衝出來，熱咖啡已經灑了一地，didi也應該是痛到倒地的吧。

媽媽第一個反應是馬上抱起來去浴室沖冷水。可憐的didi哭得鼻涕直流，爸爸緊隨在後...沖了大概五分鐘吧，重災區是左手的手肘，左大腿上方一小塊，還有左邊肚子上一小塊，以上是依照嚴重性所排的順序。

砌而不捨的一再沖水，打定主意要送去醫院，台灣教的燙傷金句「沖、脫、泡、蓋、送」媽媽我可是記得很清楚。沖水大約沖了20分鐘吧，手上的患處看起來不像燙傷的樣子，怕didi著涼，先包起來穿衣服。不過在穿衣服時發現大腿和肚子上的患處還很紅，馬上回盆再沖。

沖完後，爸爸說，擦點東西吧，媽媽毫無主張，說：「擦什麼好？」爸爸想起上次去泰國度假有一瓶 sun burn後專用的蘆薈 Jelly，涼涼的應該可有效降溫。於是，媽媽替didi塗了大量的綠色蘆薈 Jelly在didi手上、大腿和肚子上，兩三分鐘就補一次。涼涼的蘆薈 Jelly擦在身上，didi竟然還有心情笑，可能覺得涼涼的很好玩吧。

過了半小時後，患處看上去感覺良好，沒有任何水泡或創傷，於是決定暫緩送醫。

之後的didi，活力滿點，搞怪力一樣旺盛，他娘親我...已經完全無力...

Picky Eater

didi越來越挑食，最不愛吃飯和青菜，但卻最愛喝湯以及與蛋有關的料理。我和helper姐姐常常兩個頭四個大，不知道怎樣才能讓這個挑食的小傢伙什麼都吃。

這次回台灣，我們和外婆去逛Tokyu Hands 的時候看到有賣人家做飯糰的工具，當場買了一包三個造型回來。看看用食物的「美色」可不可以拐到didi多吃兩口飯。

昨天中午，helper姐姐突發奇想，將鮭魚薯泥變成小熊和兔寶寶，就像這樣...

結果didi這個「好色」之徒果然吃得津津有味，胃口大開，就像這樣...

Separation Anxiety

This morning, didi was his cheerful self again but when we wanted him to put his school uniform on, he resisted. So, I started to introduce him to the school name on the back of the shirt, spelt it out for him, then I moved on to the cute little duckie on his sport pants. After that, he was willing to put them on.

To encourage him, I put on my shoes before he put on his and told him that mami is going with him. He then happily put on his shoes and carried his school bag on his back. Off we went without any problem.

However, he just wouldn't walk on the street, not even one little bit, I carried him all the way to school. He probably was worried that I might escape or something. The second we reached school gate, he wouldn't let me put him down and started to develop into a "cry". For the first time in the past two weeks I had to carry him to his classroom and handed him to his teacher. A "real" cry started so I took him to the play area where there is a toy kitchen and started to play with him until his teacher took over. I left after that.

First week went well, this second week just went down hill everyday...

Crying at school

didi was crying for an extra long period of time at school this morning, he was pretty attached to me even before we went to school.

He was up very early this morning and I asked him to catch some more sleep and of course he did not listen to me. I was mad at him and he knew that. When I came out of the bedroom to greet him, he had this guilty look on his face. At the same time, he glued to me and wouldn't let me go out of his sight. I think that's why he cried for so long after I left him at school - he probably was thinking "mami is mad at me and now she is leaving me here all by myself...". His sense of security was out of the window when I left his class and he was probably thinking mami is leaving for good. Kids these days are not just smarter, they are extra sensitive too.

While I picked him up, there were kids there who were still crying but didi was himself again. When he saw me, he was not too excited but was happy to see me with his Thomas the train bottle. Of course, I filled it up with the Yakult drink (mixed with lots of water) that he loves just to mend what happened this morning.

School will last three hours starting tomorrow. I hope he really settles in and be really happy there.

Open Box

This will has to be didi's first two-word phrase: open box!

We got a parcel today from Taiwan and I was saying to him " What's in the box, what's in the box?" and out of the blue he said "open box" with excitement! This is a big breakthrough because that means he is starting to join words together to create something that's meaninful, an important milestone in language development! He says "open the door" for quite sometimes now but I think he learned that phrase the way like he would with any other single word so it does not really count as a phrase. That's what I think anyways.

I am over the moon about this, yeah~~~


Captain Jr. is handeling it in Ocean Park.

Happy 2? Terrible 2?

didi turned two one day before he started new school and that was two weekends ago!

We had a small family gathering to celebrate his birthday and he clearly knew what was going on too. I was singing "Happy Birthday" while I was decorating the living room and he sang along with me. When he saw his birthday cakes, he sang "Happy Birthday" automatically!

didi is around 30 pounds and around 90cm tall on his birthday. In terms of his language development, he is saying a lot more words and showing us that he understands perfectly almost all the time. He is friendly most of time and will give out his trade mark "bear hugs" when he is in a good mood. Those hugs are usually saved for pretty girls and it is usually quite obvious. Ask three adults to line-up and he will definitely hug the one who looks the prettiest. Imagine what he will turn out to be when he grows up.

A lot of experts warn parents that when a child turns two, one may really strive for independence and become very hard to deal with sometimes. Let's hope didi's difficult moments don't last too long...

Ocean Park

didi's new mate Ryan and his mom was nice enough to invite us to join them for a day out in Ocean Park yesterday. The boys had fun in the park and so did moms!


Watch out, the September boys are here!

We were all delighted to see the amazing jelly fish, it certainly worth a visit. Five-star recommendation from mami, a must-see! Too bad that didi had fallen asleep in his stroller at this point.


And of course, we met Mr. Panda too!


This is where didi learned the word "seal".

More on new school

As much as didi loves his new school, he started to realise that mami is not going to be there through out the whole time, so he started to cry on Monday morning.

At first, my "good-bye" triggered this reality that moms are all leaving and that's probably why all the other kids are crying. He looked really sad...What a reality check for him!

I did not say good-bye this morning and he still cried because he remembered this from yesterday. Actually, just before we entered the gate, he started to show hesitation and did not look excited at all where as last week he was really excited and headed for the slide in the playgroud the second we passed the gate.

I just wish he settles in soon and be this happy little boy who fears nothing again.

At school with his new mate Ryan.

Slam Dunk

First day at pre-nursery

didi loves his new school. we walked there and was about 15 mintues early. after everyne joined in, didi was in this party mood that he started to hug everyone, the kids, the adults who were there to accompany their kids for the first three days, and of course the teacher. Some adults received his hugs with delights, some were kind of shocked to be hugged...haha, I just hope he does not scare too many people off.

Was going to use the new video function offered by blogger, but did not work, so cannot show everyone the hugging boy in action.

Bye bye Taiwan

We are back in HK and our flight back to HK was definitely a surprise because it was a Kitty Jet!



There is a waiting area in the airport for kids with lots of Kitty goodies such as slide and toys. didi had a great time running around and of course I had a "great time" chasing him around too..


Guess what, Kitty Nursery~


Kitty Boarding Pass

There was a Kitty Meal Box for didi too...wait till I take a photo of it later.