A post about my sweetie. I remember she first flipped over from her back to her tummy at 3.5 months, just before CNY 2007. She first walked a week after her first birthday.
I'm a very sensitive mummy. When she was in P3/P4, I kept looking out for signs that she no longer want to wear kids clothes (those with cartoon/barbie designs). However, my sweetie was really still a kid back then. She still liked the cute designs; comfort and familiarity were more important to her. We often "negotiate" when she had to give up items there were too short and tight.
Finally, all the anticipated changes took place in the second half of P5. She took up a new sports in June, and her growth spur started and hasn't ended. I took her to buy new T-shrits and bottoms. Dresses too. During these trips, both of us consciously shopped for teens/chic designs and avoided cartoons/fancy designs. There was this black tee from Bossini that was too big for her. But she liked it a lot, so I relented. I sewed it smaller (by hand). Now it is her favourite. How do I know? Well, she wore it to her classmate's birthday party in September and when she invited her 2 good friends home for her birthday celebration. WK's mum commented (on her birthday celebration) “黑黑的，换一件”. But to the youngster, she probably felt very "cool".
Then one month after her birthday, her "relative" finally "arrived". I was really glad I was there for her (i.e. I am not overseas). She was feeling aright most of the times. A few days later, she felt weak and vomited during her badminton class. When she couldn't get her grandma after a few tries, she contacted me. I rushed down to fetch her. MIL will boil herbal soup for her before our Chiangmai trip.
Before all these, I always wonder, how do you define the point of turning teen? In general, secondary school kids are teenagers. In terms of behaviour, I noticed the oldest niece starting to "withdraw" from end of P5 onwards, while her younger sister was later. Could be due to personality, could be because of age gap (she is at least 4 years older than her lot of siblings and cousins). Physically, I do not know their milestone in detail. As for my sweetie, she is probably slower, like her closer cousin. But finally, officially she is starting to embark on the journey of teenagehood*.
* I googled this word, it is not a proper English word, but I feel that it is very appropriate in expressing my feeling.
The origin/creator of this word: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/18692/teenagehood
Monday, 4th Dec, we ran errants in the morning (buy P6 books, get motion sickness medicine from GP). Then we took MRT to Vivo City to watch Pokemon movie and shopping (tee shirts again, and a few 内在美).
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