Ramblings of a Mami of Two

Earlier this year, I had set four  resolutions  that I have to achieve by the end of the year. It's end of February, and I'm happy to share that I have achieved resolution number 4, which is "Something something that unfortunately cannot be shared publicly". Last year I had decided to add colors to my resume. So I resolved to get a new job in 2011.Alhamdulillah, that could not happen soon enough as I will start Chapter II of Ajan's Career this week. Well, technically, it should be Chapter III, but Scicom didn't count because i was there for only 4 months. Not long enough for me to even remember the menu at the cafe.   I remember the first day I joined the organization ( hereinafter to be referred as SCM ) four years ago. My first assignment was writing Minister's speech for the company's annual dinner. Speech as in, FULL TEXT speech, alright. Due to my limited knowledge and experience of the organization's roles and my limited vocab ( despite ...

but he only knows how to do no. 2 in the toilet. Well, I've won half the battle already! Anyways, he seems to only be aware of the need to stay clean of his poop, not his pee.Lemme share with you our potty-training journey so far: We started a couple of months ago, by just telling him how awesome it is to stay clean from his poop and pee. We also taught him what to say when he wants to pee, "Mommyyy mommyyy Kimi nak pee! (or yak)! Toilet jom!" And he'd happily repeat this, without really understanding when or how to use it.  Occasionally we would get him to go commando (i.e. without diaper) for half a day, scheduled his toilet trips every half hour, and taught him how to position himself comfortably on the toilet seat.  Then magic happened. Sometime between a couple of months ago and last week, I suppose Kimi began to be aware of his bodily functions. Last week, he told me that he needed to do No. 2. He came to me and said, " Mommyyyy nak yakkk. mommy...