Triplets' 15mth vocabulary

The triplets are so different as compared when they were before 12 months.  Within these 3 months, they had suddenly shown lots of development (really can't record every single development).  On their 1st birthday, many relatives and friends asked "can they call mama or papa??" My answer was "yes, they mama n papa to everything except to us"  :)

Now they are 15 months... I suddenly thought of counting the words that they can speak.

1. "Dok Dok" or "wou wou" = Dog; one of their first words as they have lots of dog soft toys. And they are really excited to visit the neighbour's dog everyday.
2. "Bart Bart" = Bird; they can point or look up the sky and tell when they saw the birds.
3. "Mak mak" = Milk; opss and when I first heard it, I thought they were calling for me or grandma (嫲嫲)
4. "Pak pak" or "Beet beet" = Beat beat; they will say that whenever they see the wall power point, or things which they are told not to touch.  Nowadays, they will say pak pak, when we tell them "No No".
5. "Ba pai" = Bye bye; able to wave and say bye bye at the same time. Nowadays, whenever they heard us saying bye on the phone, they will say it too.
6. "Ma Mi" or "Mi Mi" = mummy; not so often as they don't hear this word so often in the house.
7. "De Di" or "Ye Yi" = daddy; whenever they see daddy's photo, they will say it.
8. "Dai Dai" = Kai Kai; go out
9. "Bo Bo" = Bowl; will request for Bo Bo when it is meal time.
10. "Mum Mum" = whenever they see food!!!
11. "Daaa..." = Thida (maid's name); this is a word which they heard several times a day.  Whenever it is changing diaper time, they will call "Daa.."
12. "Maa.. Maa..." = Grandma  (嫲嫲); calling this name will get to be carried out of the playpen.
13. "Yeah Yeah" = Grandpa (爷爷); whenever they heard this name, they will look towards the gate, cos grandpa comes back from work every night.
14. "Paul Paul" = Ball; anything which is round in shape is a ball.
15. "Meh Meh" = Miao miao; referring to a cat puppet. 
16. "Pou Pou" = when they wanted to be carried
17. "No No" = No; with hands and head shaking left and right
18. "Ish" = Fish;
19. "Na Na" = McDonald; referring McDonald toys
20. "Per Per" = Apple; one of their favorite food
21. "Pa Per" = bubbles;
22. "Pom Pom" = bath time;
23. "Knock knock" = one of the favorite word, whenever they knock or fall down
24. "Mout" = Mouth; 
25. "Yer" = Ear;
26. "Tak Tak" = referring to lights; the sound of switching on and off 
27. "Dak Dak" = rubber ducks
28. "Veet veet" = wet wet;
29. "Per per" = Diaper
30. "vet vet" = Wait wait
31. "Be be" or "Beaar Beaar" = Bear
32. "Nieng Nieng" = the boys are so vain that they love to looks good... they will wear a hat or even just a nappy on his head, it is still considered as "lieng lieng"
33. "Touch" = will say the word whenever they wanna touch another person
34. "Beei beei" = Give in Cantonese; whenever they want something, they will start to say "beei beei beei..." non stop.

Is there anymore?? Yes, they do understand more words than these.... but then they can't say the words.  This list is the words which they can actually say it out when they saw the item.

Will update again when they have more words...

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Snip.. Snip.. Snip.... Triplets 1st Haircut

Since cubbyDaddy was back from Singapore during the weekend, we had decided to give cubbies a haircut.  Their hair had not been shaved or cut since birth, and now they are 14 months old.

Initially we planned to cut their hair when they are taking their nap... However, it is tougher than we thought.

So, we changed our mind and let them sit on the high chair.  For safety reason, we had chose to use the shaver instead of scissors.

We tried blowing bubbles to distract them.. but after a short while, we noticed the boys were totally alright with the idea of cutting hair.  They were sitting quietly and didn't make any fuss.

We were so proud of their good behaviors.. they get to have fun in the pool after the session :)

Here are some photos to share:

 

cubbySyuen with his new haircut

cubbyJuin posing handsomely before the haircut

 

cubbyHung waiting for his turn

  

Thank you cubbyDaddy for the cool hairstyle, we love it!!!

Triplets' Love

13th months old (corrected age 11months old) Cubbies showing their care and love towards each other.

Triplets 1st Lantern!

Mooncake festival also known as mid-autumn festival falls on 12 September (八月十五).  Last year, triplets were too small to celebrate this festival. Now, they are 1 year old, have better understanding.

I was searching around for lanterns which are suitable for them to play. At last I found these Angry Birds Lantern.  It is not that we are a great fan of it, but I find it some how suitable for the cubbies.  The handle which holds the battery operated music and light can be easily removed from the bird, this means that cubbies could play with the bird as if it is a balloon.  Inside the bird it has a small bell which makes it more attractive.  But the boys are not interested with the bird-head balloon.  Finally, I gave in and allow them to play it with the handle.  Surprisingly, they knew how to hold it and walking around with it.  Although they had just mastered their toddling skill, they are walking quite well for a 13mths old preemie.  They enjoyed it better with the handle esp biting onto it :)

Here's a short video clip of the 3 little cubbies playing with the battery operated lantern.  Hope you like it!

Fan of The Week!

Was surprised when I visited Mum Centre Facebook Page and saw I was selected as their fan of the week.

No gifts or prize, but I'm still very glad and Happy!!

Do check out the Picture of the Week & Mom of the Day posting too.

Picture of the Week!

Thanks everyone for all the online voting, our picture was successfully rated as the Picture of the Week (Sep 12, 2011 - Sep 19, 2011) - Family Category on the Mum Centre Website.  What did we won?? Not sure yet, Have to wait for the prize to arrive.  Hope it is something useful :)

By the way, I also got selected as the Mom of the Day & Fan of the Week by Mum Centre Facebook Page.

Triplet's Nap Time

"What time is their nap time?" is one of the very common questions people tends to ask.
They will usually followed by "Do they all sleep together??"
"They nap for few hours??"

When Do They Nap?
I did not make a fixed schedule for them to follow.  Hence, they will nap whenever they feel like napping. :)

Advantage:
Flexible for adults in a way, whenever we feel like bringing them out, we'll just do it without worrying it affects their schedule.

Disadvantage:
When they are excitedly playing, they can over-tired themselves without us or them knowing it.  The next thing we know is that they start to be cranky and fussy.  When they are over-tired, it's not easy to put them to sleep.

Nowadays, they usually nap twice a day (1 year old toddler).  Once before lunch time and once in the afternoon.  The timing can be still vary.  For the morning session, sometimes they can fall asleep right after the breakfast (about 10-ish), sometimes not until 12 noon they fall asleep.  For the afternoon session, it is worst. For example, today one nap at 230pm, and by 3pm, all fast asleep.  Sometimes, they refuse to nap till it is 6pm.


How Long Do They Sleep/Nap??
Usually they nap for 30mins - 2hours.  Once again, the timing is not fixed.  We won't know when they wanted a longer nap.  3 of them might have different schedule, for example Triplet 1: 30mins - morning, 2 hours - afternoon; Triplet 2: 1 hour - morning, 1 hour - afternoon; and Triplet 3: 2hours - morning, 30mins - afternoon.


Do They Nap Together/Same Time?
They DON'T!  Sometimes you can have 1 napping, sometimes 2 napping.

Advantages of napping at different time:
You get to spend some personal or 1 to 1 time with one of the triplet while the other 2 are napping.
Less strenuous for new parent.  Handling 1 or 2 crying babies are much easier than 3 crying babies.

Disadvantages of napping at different time:
There's no time for you to nap together with them.  You have to stay awake the whole day and not having any 'me' time.

I will try to make all 3 of them nap together.  However, if each boy needed 10mins to put to sleep, there's a high chance that after the 3rd triplet fall asleep, the triplet who napped first might be time to wake up.  End result, three of them are not napping at the same time too. :)

Today, consider a bonus... the boys slept almost together in d morning and in the afternoon.

11am: cubbySyuen found his favorite spot - next to the sofa (sometimes under the sofa), one finger in his mouth, another hand holding d corner of the pillow... fall asleep without patting :)

11:10am: cubbyJuin also found his favorite spot and position, lay down next to me, thumb into the mouth, one hand holding onto my hand.. fall asleep without patting as well :)

11:15am: cubbyHung still active and busy playing...

11:20am: cubbyHung found his favorite pillow, 2 fingers into the mouth, one hand touching the pillow... fall asleep without patting :) and in the center of the toys too...

11:22am: Carried cubbyHung onto the bed, lights off... and I have free time to cook up their lunch. 

11:40am: cubbyJuin wakes up, followed by the other two at 12pm.

To reward them for their good nap time.. I've converted part of the sofa into a climbing platform for them... will blog about it another day :)

MOM OF THE DAY!!

Yippie!! MumCenter Malaysia had published my photo as Mom of the Day for their website on 5th Sept 2011

Thanks to MumCenter Malaysia !!

Cubbies are Toddling ! ! !

What is 'Toddling'?? 

From thefreedictionary.com/toddle

"toddle [ˈtɒd^əl]vb (intr)1. to walk with short unsteady steps, as a child does when learning to walk"

3 weeks ago during cubbies 1st Birthday, cubbies were only able to toddle few steps.  Within 2 weeks, they are able to toddle for quite a distance before falling down.

Only manage to take a few shots of cubbySyuen when the other 2 was taking their nap (cubbySyuen refused to nap).

Was shocked with his strength, he could lift up my tumbler (filled with water) and toddle with it. 

From this progress, I guess they should be able to walk when they are 13 months (corrected age 11 months, cos they are 2 months preterm).

Before this, we were still thinking to get them a push-walker...

But now, we can save $$ on that!!!  

However, it is time to consider 'Baby Harness'.  I'm sure they will start to toddle or walk around when we bring them out.

Should we get the one with backpack??

               Or just the normal safety strap harness??   

Any recommendation???

Pasta: Cheesy Macaroni (Elbow Pasta)

 

Suitable for 1yr old toddler

(My triplets love it very much!!!) 

Ingredients: Macaroni (Elbow Pasta), Carrots, Apples, Cheese

Method:

1. Boil the pasta for 15mins (to get it really soft)

2. Boil carrots & apples, in the photo below, I boiled the carrots and then add on frozen apple puree

3. Blend the boiled carrots & apples into puree

4. Rinse the cooked pasta will cool boiled water

5. If your toddler is able to chew the pasta, then skip this step.  I find the pasta quite difficult to chew apart with the gums, so, to make my life (feeding time) slightly easier (the triplets tend to choke quite often), I'd decided to blend the pasta as well.

Do add in some water while blending it.

6. Finally add on a slice of cheese (while the puree are still hot)

7. 'Ta-Da'.. The final result after mixing all up

Could frozen up the pasta & carrot puree sauce.  Add in cheese when heating up.

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Books from Amazon:

     

Cubbies on Cover ! ! !

YEAH!!! Cubbies & CubbyAngel are focused on the BabyTalk Magazine Sept 2011 issue.

Go grab a copy from the nearest bookstore.  Retail price at only RM6.

           

Triplets 1st Birthday Invitation

Another 3 weeks will be cubbies 1st birthday party...

Everyone is very excited over it.. even the triplets

Marking Assignments with Triplets

It's this time of the year again where it's assignment marking time.

Every year around April -July I'll be involved in tutoring a course module which is offered by Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD), London. The course module that I'm tutoring is CBTS 103 - The Healthy Dancer (Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies). It is a distance learning theory module which I will be interacting with the students via emails or phone calls.
Reading and trying to figure out what some of them trying to write really make my eyes go blur. Of course there are also works which are excellent and straight forward.

In the past years, during the marking week, I would be really busy. Reading 2-3 study tasks (mini assignments) per student, giving individual feedbacks, then read, feedback on the draft assignment, allocating time for 1-1 tutor (via phone). Finally receiving their final assignments.

Looking at the pile of courier envelops, could really make me wonder how could I finish reading, marking and writing reports for all of it within a week. I need to submit all the reports within a week to UK. However, every year I did manage to complete it.

Last year was rushing all the marking with my huge belly...

And the huge belly turns out to be my working desk :)

This year... marking the study task is making my already almost sleepless nights become totally sleepless because during the day, I need to prepare food for the triplets, feed them and play with them. They are at this stage where they need lots of attention. They want to be encouraged, they want to be praised. I tried to do the marking in the day, but their cuteness just attracted me over. The time that I can actually start to do the marking, it's time when they all fast asleep at night, that's the best time.

So, one more week of marking to go... and a new bottle of vitamin B, C and coffee will be at my bedside.

More updates on the triplets will be after all these...

Good Morning

Good Morning Everyone!

We are having garden (car porch looking at garden to be exact) breakfast again today.

We are having rusk and rice cereal with milk.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

CubbyDaddy's first Father's Day!!!

Thank you cubbydaddy for quitting your job 

& 

Be a super-fulltime-dad for the last 10 months.

We love you !!!

Photos taken in April 2011 (cubbies were 8 months old)

Playpen for Triplets

Our long awaited playpen has finally arrived!!!

Why do we need a playpen for Triplets?
The triplet cubby-babies are getting very fast in their crawling and sensitive towards the surrounding. They enjoy exploring to the nearby coffee table, the nearby wiring, table cloth and so on via crawling or cruising. We used to put pillows, bolsters, and cushions to block their way, but now, they will either crawl over it or hold it as support to stand which may result in tumbling down.

With this Lindam Safe & Secure playpen, we could put all three of them into the pen.  However, triplet cubby-babies cry after some time because they had been used to having a large area to roam about.

playpen which can accommodate triplets

Hence, we remove the confined playpen style into a room divider which is the actual intention in buying this playpen. This works better as their play area remain the same, but in a more secure condition. And for us, there is lesser areas for us to child-proof.

Using it as room divider

This playpen shouldn't be use with the intention to cage them. It is just to isolate the not so secure area for explorative babies.