26th Month Week 1 - @ Playgroup

Day 1

Yo man!! Otylia gets ready to school.


Mommy prepared for the worst scenarios she anticipated would happen to me on my first day at the playgroup.
1) struggle not to go into the class..
2) cling on to her leg that she hardly can move..
3) cry like there's no tomorrow.

Her worries were however superfluous. I surprised her by letting the teacher hold my hand and led me into the class without any struggle from me (who knows, the sun may probably rise in the west ..one day..)



Prior to this, i were never in such a big group. Feeling a bit awkward, but believe will overcome the shyness very soon. Afterall, everyone here shared the same first day experience like me. So, i'm not alone!!








Personally, mommy likes the 2 teachers there. She likes the way they handle the kids.
















Less than an hour, Otylia started to hop and jump. She moved about in the class where there's fun, forgetting all about her mommy and grandma.








Later in the evening, daddy called..

Daddy:"Otylia likes to go school?"
Otylia:"Yes!"

Daddy:"Is school fun?"
Otylia:"Yes!"

Daddy:"Do you want to go school again tomorrow?"
Otylia:"WANT!!"

Am glad that Otylia enjoyed her first day in the playgroup.

Day 2

Mommy was late by 15mins today. Luckily i'm at porpor house and she brought me to the centre. Mommy hestitated whether she should press the bell. Finally decided to ring porpor to open the centre door for her because she didn't want everyone attention to fall on her.

The atmosphere was kind of a funny when she sees most parents stood back at a corner with no involvement. She realised only after she was told it was like a rehearsal day for tomorrow. "What's gonna to happen tomorrow..? what?? parents not allowed to stay in the class.." okok, guess it's a good time to prepare for a full transition also.







Otylia's favourite of the day - BUBBLES. Observing at one side, the teachers were coping well with the children.










Anxiety and shyness were now a past tense.. cheers!!!

Day 3

This must be a tearful day for most kids - a day without parent companion. However, my mighty Otylia did not cry lo.. yeah!!!!

Mommy and porpor, like the other parents, loitered outside the centre, tried all means to peep through wanted to know how was Otylia coping.

Finally class over. Saw quite a few kids with their eyes and nose looking red, but my Otylia is looking alright.. haha.

Later in the afternoon, teacher called mommy to give a feedback of what happened in class. She said Otylia is one of the few among those who did not cry and probably she is still young to understand what's going on (otylia is 2nd or 3rd youngest in the class)..

26th Month Week 1

Playgroup teacher called to remind mommy of the school opening on the 4th Jan, also the list of items to prepare to class.

It took mommy alot of effort to convince the in-charge to let her jump queue number (to the 1st) on the waiting list. She isn't too confident i will be allocated a place because she thought it could be just a perfunctory promise on their side.

Initially she wanted to enrol me to a childcare centre, on second thought, she preferred the role of taking care of me to remain exclusive but not overly protective. To strike a balance on these 2 factors, playgroup would be her choice (apparently she just couldn't get me a place for a 1/2day session in childcare, hence playgroup is her only choice then).


A story of a big and small chilli padi..
One morning, mommy brought Otylia to the food centre for breakfast, we passed by a malay girl, correction to the sentence, should say FAT malay girl playing by herself. Otylia is jumping beside mommy when the fat girl walked over and gave otylia a little push. Though that was only a little push but it agitated mommy.

Mommy yelled at her:" whey...why did you push her..? never see a kid so naughty like you..?"

Mommy's reaction startled that girl and she took steps back. Still unable to appease mommy's anger, she pointed her finger to the fat girl and yelled:"..NAUGHTY.." Otylia imitated mommy and did the same!!

Next, mommy pointed again and yelled:"..鸡蛋 (ji dan)..", Otylia did the same..

Lastly mommy wanted to use some vulgar words "WTF" but didn't want Otylia to learn the same.. thus, lastly.. mommy said:" OK, ENOUGH..LET'S GO.." held my hand and we marched off.. **sigh** nearly send that girl back to her mother's womb!!

Mommy, on the other hand, is teaching Otylia to be assertive, especially towards a bully.

25th Month Week 4

Mommy thought:"Is it time to start potty training for Otylia?"

She has no idea on how to start training Otylia. Porpor said during her time, she totally eliminate the use of nappy (that's going to be messy)

Mommy confirmed that Otylia is ready to start potty training since she is able to tell us everytime she pooed, also, took a clean diaper to mommy and said:"mommy, change"

We took out the potty chair and placed it in the bathroom. Took off her pants and diaper, let her sit on the potty chair bare-bottom and told her that:"...If Otylia wants shee shee.. must take off ur pants.. come in here to sit sit.. like what u doing now.. or u must tell porpor or mommy.. then mommy will bring u in.. "

The same day, in the next hr, Otylia pulled down her pants with her diaper still attached, walked into the bathroom. She removed her diaper, sat on the potty chair to pee. That's surprisingly and shockingly fast!!

Once, Otylia forgot that she did not wear diaper and wet herself and said:"..O-oh..." Wetting herself is something that she dislikes and that makes the training successful.

She must be feeling stressful to keep reminding herself that she is wearing the underpants only.. so mommy sometimes will remind her.. :"sheeshee must go toilet.."


She built up her vocabuary, able to put few words to form a sentence. Though the sentence may not be too long, but still understandable. Sometimes really amused by what she said.

Q:"What is meimei's name?"
A:"Sixuan.."

Q:"Daddy's name leh?"
A:"Papa.."

Q:"Mama's name?"
A:"Mommy.."

Q:"Where did gonggong go just now?"
A:"看医生打针.."
Q:"Qiqi 要打针吗?"
A:"NOOO..NOOO..怕怕。。"