Hi all, I am already 45 months old!! This was taken on my 45th month birthday. I was at a doctor's clinic as I had been coughing for a few days and needed more medication.
This month, I had been getting much more vocal. I am still saying stuff like "Thank you Mummy to holding spoon" when I meant to thank Mama for letting me open the milk powder tin with a teaspoon. But I am also saying lots of "I don't want" to whatever Mama wants me to do. At times, I will say,"Ok, coming." when Mama ask me to come out of my room for dinner.
I am also very clear about stating my wants. For example, we were on our way home after playing at a playground when I spotted 3 cats at the void deck. Mama wanted me to continue our journey home but I told her I wanted to stay and see the cats. She had no choice but to let me watch the cats to my heart's content before I was willing to make my way home with her.
Sometimes, I will repeat myself about what I want. Mama thinks I had been using a lot of "I want" statements because my parents often said stuff like "I want you to eat dinner now" to me and I had thought that by saying "I want" like my parents do, I could really get my way.
I had also picked up and generalized some of the things Mama said in frustration. For example, Mama once tried to feed me in the car when we were on my way to church. I told her,"Don't feed me. Otherwise, I will be angry and stressed." I also make the "tsk" sound with my eyes closed for a very brief moment to express my displeasure.
I also told my parents "I don't know Chinese. Speak English to me." Actually, I do understand Chinese. Mama is speaking Mandarin to me more often nowadays but I had chosen to answer her in English. So we occasionally do have bilingual dialogues.
Sometimes, the things I said really tickled Mama. A few nights ago, Mama told me I was coughing and can only drink milk and water. No juice, no Yakult, no gassy drinks. Only milk and water. I was silent for a while and then said something like,"It's no use. I am still coughing even if I drink only water." Mama was really tickled by what I said. She also thinks I am right in a way. Though it's just very simple reasoning with gaps in my knowledge, Mama is still amazed that I can reason rather adequately for my age.
This month, I started attending new school and Mama found it strange that I am starting to show separation anxiety again. She thought I had kind of outgrew it as I had no problems attending my 2- hour playgroup sessions this year. But when I started the new school, I will often tell my parents "I don't want new school. I don't want Teacher Yati"
Once, Mama brought me to school and I said I didn't want Teacher Yati repeatedly. But when I saw Teacher Yati waiting to take my temperature and check my limbs in school, I changed my statement to say I don't want school. Today, when Mama fetched me, I actually hugged Teacher Yati before I left. Mama was told when there was once when I saw Teacher Yati prepare to knock off from work and I didn't want her to leave.
One of the rare occasions when I was enthusiastic about going to school was when I had a friend with me. Here we were, on my way to school. Mama later found out she had been in the school for a long time.

After attending this new school, I started singing many more songs. They are mostly kiddy songs like "Are You Sleeping?", "Mr Golden Sun". Sometimes, I will just sing my own random tunes with my own lyrics. Mama also observed me to be repeating some beats. Just a few days ago, I tapped the sofa cushion I was seated on using my left hand once and then hit the laundry basket twice with my right hand. This kind of made a "1,2,3, 1,2,3" beat. Mama saw me doing this "1-2-3" beat for a few seconds before I changed to another activity. Could it be I am really a musician in the making?
I also picked up new things for imaginary play. For example, I will ask to use my parents' desk top computer and then pretended I was the teacher. I will say something like,"Ok, no more crying. I am going to switch on the computer. Understand? Are you ready?" (the computer was already switched on)
My parents believed I was imitating the teachers in school and Mama was somewhat amused to see me imitating my teachers.
Ok, that's about all for the moment. Thanks for reading...