iPhones can have games. Daddee has 2 kids. The 2 kids are of the ages now where they start to share almost similar levels of gameplay. They also don’t quite yet know how to share between themselves. And Daddee has an iPhone. You know the rest of the story. So tonight Caitlin had a “brilliant” [...]
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Learning to share
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Parenting rules, life skills, siblings
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Missing his jie jie
April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, Caleb the heir, siblings
Caitlin had to be in school early today, for an excursion to the zoo. Their chartered bus would have to leave at a time when we are usually only leaving home, effectively some 20-30 minutes out. So there was an idea for Caitlin to spend the night at Grandma’s, since it’s so much closer to [...]
It has begun.
February 4th, 2010 · No Comments · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Dr Pixie says, Education, Parenting rules, siblings
Dr Pixie warned before that children reaching 2 will start to push the envelope with you. Caleb turned 2 this January. But this post isn’t about him. Last night I smacked Caitlin- the grab-her-arm-so-she-can’t-run-away smack; the night before Hot Mummee smacked her too. I have had long car-ride talks with her about being the big [...]
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He really loves his jie-jie
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, life skills, siblings
*Jie jie means older sister in Mandarin, and coincidentally, also in Cantonese; just in different intonations. Between my two kids, the one who seems to show more compassion is, surprisingly, my son. Maybe because Caitlin has somewhat been spoiled being the centre of attention for the first 3 years of her life. Maybe she unconsciously [...]
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How to be a Big sister to a little brother…
July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · A father's POV, A toddler's POV, Caitlin the heiress, Caleb the heir, Infant development, Parenting musing, Parenting rules, life skills, siblings
I am kinda struggling with this one. Caitlin, in general is sweet to her younger brother Caleb. Since she was able to walk, she’d been fascinated by other humans her size. So, I guess it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that she is so, to her little brother. However, having been the only [...]
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