bad germs part ii

we tried to prepare leanne in advance of the trip in the hope that the dentist could remove the stain from leanne's teeth.
mr s told little leanne two nights before the trip that auntie dentist would put something on leanne's teeth to zzzzzzzzerrrrrrrr....the night before the visit when mrs s told leanne that she would come home early the next day to bring leanne to auntie dentist. Leanne nodded her head and with her finger pointing like a toothbrush at her teeth, said she didn't want to zzzzzzzzzzerrrrrrrrr....that got mrs s a bit concerned.
nevertheless, mrs s took leanne to see auntie dentist yesterday. the pediatric dentist was very good. we started with a story with different animals and teeth and a toothbrush for leanne to play with it. leanne also got to hold onto the little tooth mirror to get used to it. finally, auntie dentist took the polishing tool and told leanne that she had to turn on the battery to make it work but it was soft and ran it on a few of leanne's finger tips to help reduce the fear factor. finally, with leanne lying on mrs s lap and mrs s holding onto leanne's hands, auntie dentist managed to remove the stains on her front teeth. leanne was still quite terrified at first but the little brave darling tolerated us for about 30 seconds before she started wailing. all these were done without us having to sit on the scary dental chair or the bright light shining at us.

little leanne and all, including auntie rolin, were very pleased with the result. when we ask leanne about her sparkies, she would give us a great smile!

however, it seems like leanne is indeed one of the unlucky ones with bacteria in her mouth and we will have to be very conscientious about her oral hygiene and the stains will keep coming back....we've also stopped using

first teeth toothpaste. it's not necessary to use it for her age.

leanne's treat

Leanne's 2nd Birthday

We did not get as many pictures as we'd like on Leanne's 2nd Birthday.

We started the day with a pancake breakfast at Macker's (not proud) and then headed to Jake and Tess' birthday bash at East Coast Parkway Polliwogs. Leanne was overwhelmed by the colour balls and stayed in that pen for almost the entire duration (photos to come). She also could not believe that we were not even batting an eyelid at her lunch offering of pizza, deep fried chicken chunks, chips, sandwich, orange squash, two types of birthday cake and ice cream!



She went from mains to cake and back to mains and then ice cream and then back to mains ... Nick Bailey witnessed the whole feasting sequence and wondered aloud about the quality of her meals at home! I think she has had enough bland porridge!

Later that evening we celebrated Leanne's birthday properly with a family gathering. Photos of her swimming to come. She does like the water ...

leanne goes swimming

our private villa in bintan

fascination with shoes continues

leanne's first time at the beach

long overdues 02

what leanne likes:

leanne's favourite watermelon ...though it changes everyday.

daddy's shirt

daddy's shades


balloons!

and lots of balloons!!!!

the bad germs

Plaque and dark stains have started appearing on leanne’s teeth. We brought her to see auntie Margaret but because she is so young, there isn’t much she could do.
According to auntie Margaret, leanne is one of those unfortunate kids where bacteria grow easily in their mouth.
Hence, we could only cajole leanne to brush her teeth at home. Leanne would say auntie Margaret say brush the molars and she would also attempt to copy benji kor kor the way he brushes his front teeth. However, most of the time, leanne would be sucking the toothpaste and biting the toothbrush.
Sometimes when the cajoling doesn’t work, I would resort to force accompanied with lots of screaming and protest from leanne. This usually happens in the morning and before bedtime..I feel really bad that leanne’s day has to start and end so badly. I’m always filled with guilt and felt I should have done a better job when she was younger and be more vigilant with her oral care.
One morning after another episode, as I was carrying her and walking towards the car, in our morning routine, I told leanne that mommy was sad. She looked at me and said ‘sorry mommy’. These were the sweetest words I’ve heard.

my darling dearest

leanne has grown into a little girl now. both of us are sometimes amazed by the words that come out of her mouth and had to ask around the household where she picked up these vocubularies. she can even say three syllabus words and easily repeat after us. she enjoys singing the abc song and would tell herself to sing again when she completes the song.

now she says 'hello mummy, hello daddy,' on the phone to us. she also says 'thank you mummy/ daddy' when you least expect her to. for instance, she said 'thank you daddy for driving' the other day when mr s drove us somewhere. of course, there are also signs of rebellion coming up too! the other day leanne told mrs s 'don't leanne leanne'; that's when i was trying to warn her of my patience running out. she also told her ah jia 'don't say cannot'. on the other hand, she called for 'my darling dearest' when she was outside our bedroom door the other morning.

Then there is this standing joke when benji kor kor was in town. he would always ask to carry her and she would say 'no, will fall'. one day, i continued the line of questioning and asked who would fall and she said 'leanne! fall, crash, no more leanne!'

ps. leanne sang the entire hush little baby rhyme a few nights ago.

christmas 2010

hard to come by group photo

little leanne in her santa claus hat distributing her little biscuits

leanne with brian (formerly known as some more brandon to her) and brandon

long overdues

this is a long overdue update of our little missy, a little bit of catching up of her world in 2010, and a long overdue gathering of the family-sf yee ma, uncle frederick, benji gor gor, sy yee ma and joycelyn jie jie being back for christmas.

All of us together with kau fu, kum mo, brandon, brian (formerly referred to as some more brandon by leanne) and aunty brian went to bintan langoon resort for three days before christmas. it was nice to have our own private villa and little swimming pool that leanne kept asking daddy to go swimming. This is the third time we brought leanne to the pool and at the end of the third day, mr s told me that she was floating on her own with the help of her two little arm floats. leanne really enjoys the pool i remember the first time she went to the children pool with the water slide at parc emily, she demonstrated no fear of the water other than the shock of the cold water when she first took to the water.
other than that, the massage at the pavilion facing the beach was so relaxing, much better than the hotel indoor spa. guess nothing beats having a massage facing the sea with the sea breeze ...............bliss...