Conversation - 3years 8months old

Zo Ee at 3years 8months old (31st December 2011)

Capturing Zo Ee's amusing conversation for the past 1 week.

If I remembered correctly, Zo Ee first mentioned or talked about dead about a year ago but I'm finding that she understood this topic much in-depth now than then. Recently,

Zo Ee: Mum...I don't want you to get old or get very sick. Neither I want Daddy to get old. I don't want you or Daddy to die. I don't want to be left alone in this world.

Zo Ee: I don't want to grow big. I want to be a kid forever so that I can stay with you and Daddy forever! I don't want to be an adult. I just want to be me like now. I just want to be a kid forever. I want to remain short and small.


Zo Ee: Mum...How was it when the doctor operated on you?
Me: What do you mean? When?
Zo Ee: When I was ready to be born and the doctor wanted to remove me from your tummy. When the doctor operated on you, was it very painful? (looking very concern and serious) How did you feel?

I didn't have any Ceasarean but was not in the mood to talk about birth to a 3years 8months old. I know she read from my pregnancy book and knew about normal delivery and ceasarean. But it's just doesn't feel right to talk about it at this moment.

Due to our coming relocation, we told and explained to her what will happen to us and our friends and that it will be very unlikely that we will meet them again.

Zo Ee: Mum...R and I will get marry. (R has been her best friend and practically they meet each other in school since last year and R is Zo Ee's best friend. Both R and Zo Ee told us that they are best friends. )

Me: Children don't marry. First, You will have to wait till you finish school. Get a job and then decide whether you really want to marry R.
Zo Ee: I know most children don't marry but some do!
Me: Children are not supposed to get marry and it's against the law.
Zo Ee: I know most children don't marry but some do! And I want to marry R. R will go to work while I will stay at home.
Me: Even so, you will have to ask R whether he wants to marry you and both of you will have to wait until you are old enough to decide. It's not possible now.
Zo Ee: R likes me and we like each other very much. R will marry me, I'm very sure of that. ***Faint!****

What Zo Ee has been reading? - 2years 9months

Zo Ee at 2years 9months old. (7/2/2011)

Pregnancy
Where is yee mah's baby? To answer her question Mummy showed her the pregnancy book; and she spent a few days of last week browsing through this book again and again, examining the growing fetus; week by week until delivery. Now she understands that she was once growing inside Mummy's tummy and every little/very young baby has to grow inside their mother's tummy until they are fit to be born.



Pain Messengers

Little Zo Ee patiently waited for Mummy (30minutes) and kept asking Mummy to read to her, "Mummy, please read to Zo Ee...." When Mummy asked her to read to herself since most of the time, she can read by herself as Mummy has been very sick for the past days. This time she reluctant and replied, " Mummy please read to Zo Ee. Zo Ee cannot read." ( I guessed she cannot understand instead of cannot read), and also the printings were very small. So she persistently asking Mummy to read to her instead....

Initially, Mummy didn't have any idea what article that interest her so much and with her reading skill, she should be able to understand most children books. Surprisingly, below is the article that little Zo Ee has been persistently wanting Mummy to read to her; How Pain travels through the body.

When Mummy finally sat down to read, even Mummy was struggling to understanding, and was not able to explain details to Zo Ee immediately. Impatient Zo Ee was bombarding Mummy with so many questions and Mummy was puzzled and was trying to digest and making sense of the diagram and printings. Little Zo Ee looked for the same page again the following night, and was able to use the book content to find the similar page by herself. Again she asked Mummy to read to her the same diagram....this time round, Mummy could see a clearer picture of it and therefore managed to explain to little Zo Ee in a better perspective. Soon after Mummy's explaination , little Zo Ee immediately, explain the whole thing to Daddy. She just can't wait to share her precious new knowledge with Daddy.

Little Zo Ee was telling Mummy, " Mummy please read Messengers of pain, page 14. "

The Dead grasshopper - 2years 8months

Zo Ee at 2year 8months old. (1/6/2011)


Last month, we saw and were observing a dying grasshopper for an hour until it finally stopped moving. Since then, little Zo Ee has been talking about the dead grasshopper for days up to almost a week.

Zo Ee, "Mummy, what happened to the grasshopper?"
Mummy, "It looks injured. Look at its right leg, it's bend."

When Mummy saw the grasshopper stopped moving, Mummy told Zo Ee about it.
Mummy, "Zo Ee, the grasshopper is dead."
Zo Ee, "Mummy! Mummy! what happened to the grasshopper?"
Mummy, "The grasshopper is dead. It is not moving anymore."
Zo Ee, "Mummy, the grasshopper is dead. It is not moving anymore. Mummy! What happened to the grasshopper?" (I guessed she cannot understand what is dead?)
Mummy, "Maybe we can confirm it out. (Mummy used a stick to touch the grasshopper and it did not move even a little.) See, the grasshopper is dead, it is not responding to Mummy's touch or trying to escape. The grasshopper is not moving. It is dead. "
Zo Ee, "Mummy, the grasshopper is dead. Why is the grasshopper dead? What happened to the grasshopper?"
Mummy, "Most likely the injured grasshopper cannot find food or water with its injured leg. Maybe it die of hunger and thirst."
Zo Ee, "Mummy, the grasshopper is dead. It cannot find food and water. Mummy! Mummy! what happened to the grasshopper?"
Mummy, "Yes Zo Ee, the grasshopper is dead. It is not moving at all. It will not ever move again. It will stay just like it is. It will not eat or drink. It will not need food anymore."
Zo Ee, "Mummy, the grasshopper is dead.Why is the grasshopper dead? " .....
(Zo Ee will not stop asking the same question until she has all the satisfied answers.)


Again, when Daddy's home later, little Zo Ee repeat the whole story to her dear Daddy... "Daddy, the grasshopper is dead. It's leg got injured...and it cannot find food...etc...."

Where is Mummy made in? - 25months old

Zo Ee at 25months 21days old. (1/6/2010)

Little Zo Ee was asking Mummy, "where is Mummy made in?" :O

She spontaneously asked this question after Mummy told her that some of her Disney soft toys were made in China, one made in Singapore and she insisted one is made in France(the one without label).