About Edison

23
Mar
Good Habit

Every night before he sleeps, he will arrange his toy cars accordingly. He has his own arrangement that nobody can touch or change it.

The smaller cars will be on the sofa – the blue bus, followed by the green mini car, ambulance and the racing car. The bigger cars will be on the TV cabinet. They are parked side-by-side next to our DVD player.

That’s our Little Edison – he is cute, isn’t he?

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12
Mar
Edison – 2.5 years

“What is this? Can I use?” The curious cat asked.

Little Edison’s favorite thing to say is, “I don’t want!” and it really annoys me to the max. He doesn’t want to eat. He doesn’t want to go to school. He doesn’t want to listen to me and the list goes on. It has been a terrible month for me.

During the working hours, my office seems like an oasis of calm. After work, I face with uncontrolled chaos at home. The poor helper is struggling to run after Little Edison and to feed him. The worried mother-in-law is trying her best to persuade him to eat. On the contrary, I proceed with my dinner, watch TV and read the newspaper.

Truth be told, I’ve given up. If he refuses to eat, let him go hungry. It’s a simple equation: don’t eat equals to hungry, which I want him to fully understand. It’s sometimes crazy and frustrating dealing with his hunger strike. I hope that it’s just a common childhood phase and he will grow out of it very soon.

I noticed that he is fast in picking up words from us. When we are talking, he will listen and try to participate in our conversation. I keep reminding my hubby to be extra careful in his words now. The other day, when we were driving along KPE passing by the ERP gantry, he suddenly said “ERP! Chee-bye!” (note: this is vulgar words in Hokkien). I was shocked and at the same time, I wanted to laugh. It’s definitely something that he picked up from my hubby. I hope there is no other ‘Hokkien words’ in his vocabulary.

Whenever a mischievous twinkle sparkles in his eyes, he starts to do funny acts that really drive me up the wall. He threw two pieces of his kitchen toys from our window down to the garden on the first floor. Our unit is located on the 7th floor. He laughed and clapped his hands after he did that (???). I gave him a serious warning, but he didn’t seem to bother. Two days ago, I found two ten dollar notes in the dustbin in our bedroom. It must be him again. And not forgetting those marker drawings on our leather sofa which I’ve yet to clean.

My Little Edison – he brings ‘joy’ to my everyday life!

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3
Mar
Clingy Edison

A clingy toddler – does it sounds familiar to you? How many of us have dealt with our toddler’s extreme clinginess? You know what I meant – it’s the weeks or even months when your toddler decides that YOU are the only person in the world they need to be concerned with.

Oh well, I’m just right at the center of this mess now. Little Edison is going through a stage where every departure brings a bucketful of tears. Whenever I’m at home, he will cling to me like a koala bear. Whenever I’m out of sight, he will freak out and start screaming for me.

Separation anxiety is often triggered by a stressful change in our toddler’s life. I begin to suspect whether it is caused by his school – the occasional meltdowns when I drop him at school or the change of our helper – he couldn’t get-along with her.

In the morning, he wants only ME to feed him, clean him and change him into his school uniforms. When I get home from work, he wants only ME to feed him, bathe him, play with him and pat him to sleep at night. You see, I’m virtually maid-less. Although my helper is there, but she can’t help much as Little Edison insists on me.

A clingy toddler is REALLY very difficult to deal with. I’m getting very exhausted and frustrated every day. I hope this clingy phase will be over very soon. Someone please detach this koala bear from me!

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7
Feb
Edison – 2 Years, 5 Months

Little Edison is now 2 years and 5 months old. He’s a cheerful little boy who likes to make silly faces to make us laugh.

Potty training is one of the most significant skills that he acquires. Now, he is completely diaper-free during the day (even when he is out and at school). He only wears diaper during bedtime at night. We hope that he will be ready to go completely diaper-free before his third birthday.

His eating habits remain my biggest annoyance. I tried all sort of confrontational methods of dealing with a fussy eater, but they just won’t work. For fear that he will miss out on vital nutrients; I supplement him with cod liver oil and multi-vitamin syrup. I realized that tension will only bring negative effects. Thus, I always remain calm and allow plenty of time for his meals. As a matter of fact, he can take up to 45 mins to complete his meal. It’s crazy, I know, but at least he eats!

Temper tantrum is part and parcel of his growing up. Suddenly, he couldn’t tolerate any level of frustration or he couldn’t accept the word “no” without bursting into tears. Minutes later, he returns to his normal self, happy and cheeky. I totally understand that it’s a phase of his development whereby he needs to gain better control over his temper.

Dealing with tantrum is always challenging. I always set a limit and be firm and consistent against them. Make him learn that a “no” can never be changed to a “yes” no matter how he fusses. Calming him down and explaining why he can’t get his own way are the most crucial to deal with his tantrum effectively.

In terms of speech, he is able to issue instructions confidently to everyone at home (that’s our little master!) He has a vocabulary of at least five hundred words. He likes to compare two objects in terms of size, height, colors etc, albeit not always accurate. He can recite 1 to 29, but occasionally pronounce 11 as ‘elephant’. He can recognise the numbers from 1 to 10. He is fast in picking up new words that he heard from us. However, he is still unable to use pronouns such as “I”, “me” and “you” correctly. He addresses himself by his name.

He sleeps nine hours at night (10pm – 7am) with two hours of afternoon naps. Little Edison is a good sleeper, he rarely fusses at bedtime. I love him so much for the fact that he allows me to have my 7 hours of beauty sleep every night. A good night’s sleep allows us to wake up fresh and energized the next morning.

Well, that’s our Little Edison. Just like any other children, he can amaze us and wear us down at times. My moments spent with him may not be always sweet and tantrum-free, but I certainly enjoy the beauty of being his mother.

That is because he is my child. I love him, and I will always be there for him.

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