23 months

Violet has a new baby brother Watson 🩵 

Our toddler is suddenly so independent, can play by herself for ages while we tend to Didi. I was surprised as I was expecting maybe some jealousy or some calls for attention but she seems to know that our hands are full and doesn't ask to be picked up if we are holding Didi and is quite happy to sing songs and dance with us close by. 

The only obvious change is that drop offs at childcare have been difficult and she has been more reliant on her tiger comforters at childcare. Will hold on to tiger all day for comfort! 

Violet says hi to Didi in the mornings but otherwise pretty nonchalant about his presence! 

We have such a clever girl.. can recognize all the letters of the alphabet and when we start to sing "A is for.. " she can fill in the blanks - A is for apple, B is for baby, C is for carrot etc etc. 

She seems to have a great memory. 

Can put all the letters of the alphabet back into the puzzle. 

Knows most animals and loves sea animals in particular. Loves dinosaurs too - can identify t rex, pterodactyl, stegosaurus and triceratops! ("Tops")

Loves to sing, good with clapping to the rhythm. 

Knows so many words!! If you say it once she will remember for next time. 

Chinese words sprinkled here and there - we are still speaking to her mostly in Chinese and she understands however most of her vocab is English. 

Asks for "shanwichh" at night so mum and dad will give her a kiss simultaneously 

"Dum dum" for dumplings 

"Mell" when she wants to smell something 

"Help, stuck"

"Da ba" for spider - took us ages to figure out what she was saying

"Nip nip" for crab 

"Nake" for snake 

20months

Can recognize most letters of the alphabet!

We all think she is very clever for her age :) 

Can recognize all family members 

Using both Chinese and English to speak 

Had her first overseas trip to Bali! 

Spent a week in Bali with mum, dad, gong gong and porpor 

17m

Last month took violet on a Disney cruise with da jiu jiu's family :) 

Have been on our first camping trip, was raining all day but violet still has fun splashing in all the muddy puddles! 

Sleep was pretty messed up after all this travelling, she wouldn't sleep unless we were in the cot with her for a period of time, and then slowly even that wasn't enough for her to fall asleep! Decided to sleep train as it was getting so hard to put her down.. some days she didn't sleep until 9pm as she kept crying to leave the room. 

First night of delayed settling she took 35 mins to sleep. 

Second night only 10 mins with one check in.. our Violet is amazing. Felt horrible hearing her cry but so important for her to sleep independently. Especially with baby 2 coming soon! 

16m

Knows who all the family members are - por por, gong gong, jiu jiu, ye ye, mama, gu ma , gu jerng - if you ask her to point at them she knows who is who! 

Words/sounds: bubble, nana, neigh neigh, baa baa, ocpu (octopus), nononono, mao maooooo, open, up!, oops, ouch, oh no, doots 😆, this 

New skills: washing hands, wiping face, holding hands 

15m 3wks

Woke up this morning, pointed to mum and said "mama!", then pointed to dad and said "baba!" ❤️

Our little toddler is so full of energy and smiles. We can see so much personality in such a little person.. loves being social and warms up to people quickly. Isn't afraid to ask someone to help her get a book or sit in their lap to read. She's very helpful, helping people wash their hands in her kitchen sink and helping people clap their hands haha.. 

Learnt how to climb the couch the other day.. 

Excited when she attempts to jump - although she doesn't come off the floor I feel she is getting close! She knows to bend her legs into a squat and stand up very fast, sometimes one leg comes off the floor. Hahah.. 

Loves nursery rhymes and can sign along with many of them. Particular fav is row row row your boat, loves to "snap" along to "if you see a crocodile", and then pretends to scream. 

Started being able to put simple shapes through the shape sorter, circle, square, triangle and star. Sometimes needs some help but overall very good! 

Loves playing back and forth chasey with anyone who will play! 

14m 3w

Stopped bottles cold turkey this week, gave baby formula in a straw bottle before going into the room for her nap, and before brushing teeth at night. 

After one night we decided to do 50/50 cows milk and formula, she took well to it. 

After two days of 50/50 we changed over to full cows milk. 

She had no problems with this change. Such an adaptable baby ❤️ 

Knows lion, bee, elephant, duck, dog, cat, snake, crocodile and makes the noises associated. 

Understands when mum says it in English and in Chinese 

Dad is the fav of the moment, always wants dad and clings to him!! 

Says the words More, Ball, Oops, Tea pot 😊

14m

Says Nana for banana

"More" 

Signs cream by rubbing hands together and wiping face 

"Come here" 🫴 

Started exploring using fork to eat