It's so good to hear from all of you, experienced ladies. After having read these replies, I have found that I definitely need to be way more persistent than I have been. ATM, I shouldn't be stressed that she is starting off badly. I think I should explain the rationale to her why she shouldn't/should do this instead of "no". Also, since yesterday, I've been praising her more for the things that I love her doing (just simple things), i.e. eating well behaved, playing with my chihuahua in a friendly manner. She definitely loved being praised.

DD could definitely differentiate my good/bad moods. When she does something wrong so many times, I sometimes would get irritated and I would find her the same manner. I told myself that if these bad moments come, I should probably leave her in cot or somewhere safe and then walk to another room just so that I could refresh myself without having to upset her in any way.

Mayaness, to hear that you have such good results from being a good role model is just so encouraging. I try being the best I could ever since DD was born just cause I know that babies/kids pick up behaviors very fast. Although she might be young, but I think that she have some understandings of what I do everyday and what is considered acceptable. I may have been not the best in everyway since I've had my bad days, but I will definitely remember your experiences and keep myself in mind that it's important to be a good role model to them and that good fruits will eventually come out of it.

I'm leaving DH for a one week vacation in Mexico this Saturday. I will definitely use this week off to relax and have a good talk with DH so we could both come up with the same behavior in front of DD.