Must Mm-Mm Everyday

Mommy is always reminding me that I must mm-mm (poo-poo) everyday!
I usually do so in the mornings but since I started school this year, I also started having "toilet problems". For example, just last Wednesday, I again held back from emptying my very full bladder until my tummy hurts and started to cry. Good thing, Teacher Chris knew what the problem was and quickly took me to the toilet. The next day, Mommy informed the teachers again about my "toilet shyness" and I was reminded by my teachers twice to go to toilet...


Me: Aaargh… stomachache…
Mommy: Oh no, do you want to mm-mm?
Me: No…
Mommy: Today, you haven’t mm-mm. Go mm-mm now…
Me: Why every time ask me to mm-mm 1...?
Mommy: * If you don’t mm-mm everyday, poo-poo will get stuck again and then, pain-pain like last time… Must mm-mm everyday…
Me: I don’t want to mm-mm everyday. I want to mm-mm only on Saturday…
Mommy: ??!! No… Repeat *…
Me: Why must mm-mm everyday?
Mommy: Repeat *…
Me: Don’t have mm-mm… (got down from toilet, put on pants and ran away…
Mommy: Sigh… (worried). Leanne, still got stomachache or not?
Me: No!
Mommy: Are you sure? Got stomachache or not?
Me: No…!
Mommy: Later mm-mm ah. Remember, you must mm-mm everyday, okay?
Me: Okay…

Sometimes I also get stomaches because I like drinking a lot of water. For example, I can still managed to drink a lot of water after 7oz of milk...

Finished 7oz of milk and more than half a bottle of water...

All Kinds of Buses

Often times, whilst in the car, I like to ask a lot of questions… sometimes about buses…

Me: Mommy, what bus is that? Is it a public bus? (Pointing at the ‘Rapid KL’ bus)
Mommy: Yes, it is a public bus…

Me: Mommy, what bus it that? (Pointing at a travel/holiday bus)
Mommy: That is a holiday bus…
Me: Oh, a holiday bus…

Me: Mommy, look! Is that a school bus? (Pointing at a bright orange ‘Bas Sekolah’)
Mommy: Yes, that is a school bus…

Me: Mommy, what bus is that? (Pointing at the ‘BAS MINI‘)
Mommy: It is a mini bus…
Me: Oh, it is a MINNIE bus. Got MICKEY bus or not?
Mommy: Haha… no.


Lately, I have also been interested about TRAINS…


My trains...


My imaginary train...

Extra Servings of Fruits and Vegetables

Since my horrible constipation problem, Mommy has been feeding me extra servings of vegetables and fruits. Here are just a few pictures of what I had for lunch this week...


Lots of baby spinach, bok choy, cabbage and broccoli this week together with some carrots, eggs, some baked fish (not in the pictures) and/or some fish cakes and chicken, and rice.

She even served vegetables during my afternoon snack at about 3pm, especially if we ate out for lunch earlier...


Banana, grapes, baby spinach, baby carrots and eggs...

After every meal, I will have fruits (and yogurt)...


Strawberries, blueberries, grapes and bananas... I love those cute toothpicks!

And I kuai-kuai (being good girl) finished them all without fuss...

Mystery of Tummy Aches Solved!

Everyday I complained about tummy aches. It often struck after food, especially after my milk in the morning and also after school…

For weeks, Mommy had been trying to find the source of the problem. Is it an excuse not to attend school? Or an excuse to ’cha yau’ (because I like the yuyi oil)? Did I eat too much? Too fast? Too little? Gastric? (I sometimes don’t eat during school break time) Wind? Is it because I played with my belly button? Drank too much water? Didn’t empty my bladder too long? Changing brands of milk powder? Constipation? Appendicitis?!

We visited my pediatrician but she couldn’t check me properly because I was not cooperative. Based on what Mommy told her, she prescribed some medicine for wind and constipation. One thing for sure, it was NOT appendicitis (phew!). If it were, the pain would be increasing and continuous…

Just when we thought I no longer have any tummy aches problems, I suffered a terrible constipation problem one Saturday evening at Mah-mah’s house. Just the day before, I already went to the toilet twice, morning and night (small hard stools but a lot of them). Yet, I still wanted to poo-poo but couldn’t. I complained that it was stuck and cried a lot. I sat in the toilet and then on the potty for more than an hour…

A pump of medicine up my butt at 7pm (NOT recommended for children as advised by a pediatrician later), a dose of medicine for constipation (given by Dr. Florence) at 7:30pm and a trip to the clinic at 8pm, didn’t bring any immediate relief. Finally, back home, I made a really big “no. 1” in the living room at 10:45pm. It was a really huge pile and my potty was more than half full!

For the next few days after that, I continued to poo a lot. Since there was still some hard stools, I continued to take the medicine for constipation for 2 more days. Despite having a cough, Mommy gave me yogurt again everyday, besides fruits and the constant toilet reminders. After about a week, my bowel movements finally seem to be back to normal early this week (It’s clear that today’s poo was from yesterday’s meals because of the strawberries I had)…

Constipation had never been a problem till recently. I do not wish it to happen again...

On a less serious tone.... See, my cat:

Isn't she the cutest?! Kekeke...