Category Archives: Caitlin the heiress

Raising girls and daughters :: Part 1

August 27th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing, The future

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Caitlin’s recent medical condition (it’s not as serious as it sounds, really) has made me become aware; or at least reminded me again, of the magnitude of the role as a parent.
As parents at this point in their lives [...]

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Daddee’s first big lesson in raising a girl

August 26th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Ailments & cures, Caitlin the heiress, Dr Pixie says

For a few months now I have been having this pain when I pee- it’s not all the time, it’s only sometimes. I told Daddee about it, but he looked like he didn’t know what to do. He said to just make sure I continually washed after I pee; it’s usually Daddee who washes me [...]

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Toddler’s first movie..

August 22nd, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing

It’s the school holidays this week. I had taken Wednesday and Thursday off with plans with Caitlin.
We were going to include the following activities, initially in no particular order:

Go watch the fireworks (it’s not a very well designed website, by the way, so if you are keen do be patient)
Caitlin’s always been quite excited watching [...]

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Cardboard kitchen, finally. Or is it?

August 18th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Ergonomics, Parenting musing, Photo opp

Almost a year ago I had visited this blog and saw this prototype, and declared (to myself, mostly) that I would attempt this myself. Here’s the finished product of that prototype, by the way, by the very talented Anna.
Bit of background: Anna is also a parent, but who is also very good with her [...]

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Mini milestone in the pool…

August 17th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing, milestones

Today I took Caitlin for a swim. Long story short, it had involved going out of my way just to keep my promise to her that I would bring her for a swim, particularly this morning.
Anyway. A short proud note to my friends here, that she achieved two small feats in the pool:

She held her [...]

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Adding some colour to the blog..

July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Infant development, Photo opp, Prequels, milestones

Caitlin, when she was about 2 years 3 months old, showing how she can rotate her dummy hands-free!
These are screen-grabs of a video clip I took of her just before bed one night.

This was probably only a few weeks before we started weaning her off the dummy. I think it took about under a week [...]

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Hard stools, part 2

July 29th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Ailments & cures, Caitlin the heiress, Food & feeding

Seems like a season for sequels. Nope, I haven’t watched The Dark Knight yet….. I have watched Hellboy 2 though…
Anyway, there’s been a build up of activities that have accumulated to a juncture at which there’s been a bottleneck, inhibiting the easy flow of movements, effectively creating a plug that is causing a backlog of [...]

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Attack of the noodles!

July 28th, 2008 | Posted in A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Classic Quotes, Ergonomics, Food & feeding

Grandma was feeding Caitlin noodles. Grandma didn’t realise how hot the noodles was. Gave it to Caitlin, Caitlin immediately spat out, landing on her chest, and started crying.
Grandma immediately brushed it off Caitlin’s chest, comforted her, and was feeling bad…
“Sorry!! Grandma naughty! Grandma didn’t make sure the noodles was cool enough; Grandma naughty! So sorry [...]

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The dread begins…

July 25th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Education

As prompted by Hissychick’s recent comment, Caitlin’s preschooling does include homework.

Lots of colouring
Math: Colouring the corresponding number of objects and repeated writing of numbers 1-8 at this point. It’s amazing that while Caitlin handled writing number 8 quite well, her number 2 is still problematic.
English: Colouring the corresponding object which first letter is the repeated [...]

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Upskilling the Daddee..

July 24th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing

To date, I already do these (not blowing my horn- please just read on):

Change his diapers
Wipe the poo, wash the bits
Wash her up after she does both numbers 1 and 2
Dress her, in her uniform or casual clothes after a shower
Shower her: shampoo hair and lather body
Make milk

Brush her teeth
Put her to bed: lie with [...]

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The reason why they have puppy eyes…

July 23rd, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Parenting musing

Caitlin likes to watch The Little Einsteins.
In it are 4 character kids who fly (Red) Rocket that seems to have a personality of its own. Together they go on their respective episodic adventures. The whole show is based on music, using snippets of classical music such as from Mozart, Bach, etc. They use big words [...]

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Mini milestone for Caleb

July 20th, 2008 | Posted in Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Infant development, Parenting musing, Photo opp, milestones

So I had mentioned before that I was a little concerned about Caleb sleeping on his tummy when he was only at such a young age. Of course then the assurance that it was all ok by other mothers was, well, reassuring.
So he’s been sleeping on his front this whole time.
With his little stunt [...]

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Tardiness vs Practical: What example are we setting for the kids?

July 18th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Ergonomics, Parenting musing

Here’s what’s in my car:

Caitlin’s shoes and slippers

My work shoes, by the driver’s feet, almost tucked under the seat

Work socks- don’t ask

The front passenger seat’s headrest, detached, sitting on the front seat itself

A tie on the front seat, within reach when I reach the office

A few more ties, in the storage box behind the hand [...]

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Daddee, I am sad…

July 16th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp, Uncategorized

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In the dark we chatted quietly- Caleb was sleeping soundly only 2+ feet away on our super king size bed.
We talked about her day, in school, what she learned, whether she went during the day, if it was hard, “Did you drink enough water?” and her diet.
Then it was time to sleep ‘cos it [...]

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My little girl isn’t perfect anymore

July 15th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Photo opp

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You hear feedback that she is rude and stubborn, but while you do kinda know it’s the truth, you don’t think much of it because she thinks of you as the fave human being, and would listen to you at least. So that, if she does keep this up while she grows, at least she [...]

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Mini adventure to The Eye on Malaysia!

July 12th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, Adventures, Caitlin the heiress, Photo opp

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Just wanted to share our little outing this evening…. that almost didn’t happen…
Since the Genting trip and getting a thrill from the ferris wheel there, I thought the next mini adventure for the little one would be to visit The Eye on Malaysia, our version of the London Eye, to be diplomatic After all, [...]

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What we can do at 3.5 years and 6 months old!

July 10th, 2008 | Posted in A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Classic Quotes, Infant development, Parenting musing, milestones

Checkpoint:
Caitlin says:
I can emulate Daddee and repeat myself LOUDER when he says “Pardon?”, just like he does with Hot Mummee when she says “Hmm?”
I can wear my socks and shoes on my own now, most times getting the left and right right, or right and left right. Haha I made a joke.
I can make pretty [...]

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