couldn't believe it.

it's 2.58pm now. today jude poo-ed when i put him on the potty and ate lunch with minimal nudging from me. totally co-operative.

it's amazing. i'm still grinning to myself.

let's hope i'm not jinxing it.

does he get it? am i on the right track?

Yesterday at the clinic, Jude tried to hit a girl because she accidentally knocked him down. I stopped him in time, gave him a warning and made him apologize.

Apparently, the warning wasn't understood at all.

Today, we were downstairs playing and a toddler girl took his ball. i was standing quite far away and couldn't stop Jude from hitting the girl. It must be a painful smack because the girl wailed hard. i was at loss for a moment. not sure what was the next right thing to do. Then i decided to pull Jude to a corner for a very stern warning and made him apologize.

did he understand or not? am i doing it right??

it was supposed to be mum's study weekend.....

...but, we still had lots of fun!

an ex-colleague just gave birth and i wanted so much to see her baby girl, so we went down all the way to Punggol. Once in the house, Jude was really curious and explored the house on his own. i have to admit i'm really lucky that he's independent(sometimes only) and adventurous(however with food is different! why! more on that later). u know how some kids get really clingy to their mothers when they go to a new place? Nope. Jude was making himself at home already. he found a room full of kids and a tv and i was free to check out the baby.

As usual, Jude became the centre of attention among the adults there and he loved it. danced, jumped, laughed. and it helped that there was a girl his age there who was more than willing to dance, jump and laugh with him. surprisingly, he took to the girl very well. usually he hates girls.

we went for a quick dinner at Swenson's after that and Jude had a scoop of ice cream with a banana by himself. he insisted that he fed himself. power of ice cream. How i wish toddlers' diet consists of ice cream only. that'll make my life so much easier. well, i realized a big reason why Jude doesn't like his meals because i always make them bland. but i'm just being concerned with salt intake! Anyhow, as much as i am against salt, i am adding a bit more of it to his food these days. and i also make sure he works out a lot before every meal, to make him really hungry. my strategy worked quite well today. he ate quite a bit and most importantly, he didn't cringe at his food!

but the best part of today is nonetheless .... his poop at 8pm! Yippee!

du-du bu jian!!

Last night while i was burning midnight oil, Jude woke up and wailed very loudly: "dudu bu jian!" It felt funny hearing him cry out in distress, just because he lost his pacifier in his sleep.

Talking about that pacifier, i've been pondering when i should wean him off it. i only gave him the pacifier out of desperation when he was about 3-4 months old. At that time, he had trouble sleeping soundly and under my mum's persuasion, i gave him the pacifier and he did sleep better. but now, he's hooked.

after some consideration, i think i will just wait till he's older. Maybe his third birthday.

really cute

i really should blog this to remember. actually i don't think i'll ever forget this!

in the above pic are his three bedtime friends, whom he'll kiss and hug every night before he goes to bed. just now, i was folding laundry, while he busied himself with his three friends, bossing them around basically. he sat them in front of himself, and taught them his na shou Where Is Thumb-kin? song, including the hand signs. then he showed them his favorite playskool book, which has a lot of pics of soft toys, and even explained the book to the toys. the funniest part was when he told the bear (nickname Ah Guan)to give him a piggyback ride and he actually sat on the bear's back and tried to move.

hilarious

he poo-ed again today!

key words:
fast and furious
soft
no difficulty
improvement
happy
pleased
keep up the good work!

good day

we had a pleasant day today. to start off, Jude did his poo poo before he went for play-school, with hardly any effort. i am extremely pleased and comforted. just got to keep up the high fibre diet and medications.

i made lunch, something new - shredded roast duck noodles with bean-sprouts. the duck was bought from the market, of course! Jude liked the first mouth, but was soon fussing after 10 minutes. i supposed he was tired. will try this dish again next time. it's important that i continue to persevere and gain his trust in proper food again.

After his nap, i took him to the new Children's Garden. i found the place a bit too artificial, but it's great fun for children. The irony is that the most popular part of the garden 'teaches' children how to waste water. i'm not for it. but still, i shall bring jude more often to make full use of its free entry, before it starts charging!

we decided to eat out at Adam Rd food centre, after Jude had his usual porridge dinner at home. he didn't want to pinch anything from our plates. instead he sat quietly next to us, people watching. after dinner, he walked most of the way home. when home, he fussed a little over cleaning up, but i guessed he must be feeling sleepy from the effects of the cough mixture and the exercise he had. True enough, he didn't want any bedtime stories of Elmo or Oscar and was very soon sound asleep.

now thinking back, i am even more certain Jude's past willfulness was mostly due to lack of my patience and too much of harsh punishment. I know what to expect and what to do now. but as a reminder to myself, it doesn't mean that he can do whatever he wants all the time. i will still need to be firm when necessary.

note to self: take more pics of jude!

this prayer... enough said.

i'm not usually into catholic prayers , but i was very drawn to this:

O Lord, omnipotent Father, we give you thanks for having given us children. They are our joy, and we accept with serenity the worries, fears, and labors which bring us pain. Help us to love them sincerely. Through us you gave life to them; from eternity you knew them and loved them. Give us the wisdom to guide them, patience to teach them, vigilance to accustom them to the good through our example.

Support our love so that we may receive them back when they have strayed and make them good. It is often so difficult to understand them, to be as they would want us to be, to help them go on their way. Grant that they may always see our home as a haven in their time of need. Teach us and help us, O good Father, through the merits of Jesus, your Son and our Lord.

Amen.

feeling and eating better

by now, jude is eating better. in fact, he finished his dinner in peace for the first time in .... a few days, but feel like donkey months to me. we brought him for his appointment at KKH for his constipation problem and was given the usual sugar solution, but a larger dosage for an longer period of time. i've come to accept that Jude's pangsai problem, as well as fussy eating, is a result of psychological issues. He's probably ignoring his feelings to go because of previous failures and time causes the stools to harden further. as for eating, i am guilty of force feeding. have been reading up for ways to gain his trust again. next appointment to KKH is set to be 2 months later. Hope for the best!

Something i would like to note down for memory sake. Today jude had to take a blood test, which is for something to do with ruling out possibilities of side effects due to chronic constipation. the poor boy, he didn't know what was going on and he was rather tired by the time he had to take the blood test. amazingly, he didn't cry out loud when the needle was poked into him. although his eyes were brimming with tears and he whimpered, he remained still throughout the ordeal. i was amazed, pleased and touched at his bravery.

to end off,

Long absence from this blog means something not good

basically i am demoralized...

while i was trying to work on jude's pangsai problem, a terrible throat infection striked him down and now he's reduced from a size M to a size S. he doesn't want to eat anything; i guess swallowing really really hurts. today is the 4th day of the throat saga. i estimate he will lose 100g per day... that means by today, he must have lost 400g...

*big sigh*

random thoughts of being a parent

while it's really nice to have a child to call your own, the heavy responsibility and endless worrying that came in the package, puts a strain on me. one child to some other parents is no big deal, but to me, jude is my report card and it seems so extremely important to score. no borderline results allowed, red marks are out of the question. every aspect of me is being tested and revealed in him. i see the effects of my parenting..... and didn't like it.

to put it simply, i realized another side of me. at the end of every sem, i need to sign my own report card and i dun like the result i see.

Nope, i never regret having Jude. i still think that he's the best thing that has happened to me and no one else can ever replace him. i love being a mum; i just think i'm not very good as a mum.

so, sorry LKY, i'm stopping at one definitely.

Telephone Conversation

i want to blog this before i forget again.

We were at my mother's place when i heard jude 'talking on the phone'. the 'phone' was actually a spoilt MP3 casing and it looked like a mobile phone. He was walking around the coffee table, going 'mama, papa, wai por, blah blah blah........ bye!'. He even pressed a button to end the call, like i always do.

so cute.

Photo updates

Handsome boh?

Jealousy + more updates

everyday Jude surprises me with a bit of something. Today he displayed very obvious jealous feelings when i was having fun with a nephew. He yelled, cried and screamed whenever we laughed and got engrossed in our game.

I wondered if i had unintentionally turned on that jealousy button when i carried another baby niece last night. that was his very first time being jealous! i probably should have done it tactfully. Luckily he didn't really hate the baby and even played This Little Piggy with her toes. Rather cute to see him interacting with someone smaller than him. He even called her 'mei mei'. awww..

anyway, still trying to make up for not updating...

1) Jude chipped his front tooth one day while playing with me. He usually likes to clamp his head between my legs and slide down. But that horrid day, it happened too fast. His hands couldn't stop his body in time, and his mouth hit the floor first. bloody scene. he's okay now. the chip is hardly noticeable.but from then on, he never do that stunt anymore.

2) he started having this irritating habit of running away from me everytime. i have to chase him and he thinks it's a really great game! there was one time we were halfway up the bridge, he decided to go back down and he did it really fast! it was really maddening!!! and i had to carry a heavy bag that day!!

3) he likes the mrt! everytime he sees it whizzing past, he goes 'yao yao yao'.

4) he's starting to drink milk from a sippy cup instead of a bottle. am i cruel?

(to be continued)

no more procrastinations!

i would be regretting it if i continue to ignore this blog. Have been really lazy... then busy... but i should stop the procrastination before Jude gets any older!

just a brief update on his growth and development:

height and weight : he's very tall now! he used to fit just nice under my legs, but now he's waaaayyyyy taller already. He's becoming plumper too. that's good news. now due to superstitions, i shall not elaborate further :)

speech : woah finally i hear him say some words. just a few and it took me a while to recognize each of them, becos the way he says them is really very unclear. he can say 'yaoyaoyao' (want), 'na' (take), 'mor' (touch), 1 to 10(he can even recognize the numbers!). these are only the few words he uses everyday. the boy picks up new words very fast. just point out something to him, give an intro, repeat it a few times and he has it stored in his memory already.

not trying to boast u know.

I was pointing to the flags to him while walking to my grandmother's house and telling him about the flags. The next thing i knew, when we were on the bus one day, he pointed out to some flags and announced loudly 'frags'

not trying to boast u know.

:P

(to be continued)

SIX LITTLE DUCKS

Six little ducks
That I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones,
Fair ones, too
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Down to the river
They would go
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble,
To and fro
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Back from the river
They would come
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble,
Ho, hum, hum
But the one little duck
With the feather on his back
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack
He led the others
With a quack, quack, quack

Getting better

Jude has recovered, though not fully. He still has that thunder-like phlegmy cough and runny nose, but at least he's getting better(which lifted my spirits a little). I'm just disappointed he had to take that stronger dose of antibiotics.

Yup, i'm hugging this book to sleep every night now.

wish me luck.

big problem

i have a big problem trying to smile for the past week.

1) Cough medicine causing me to be in a trance-like state all day long. i sleep whenever jude sleeps. my kind of cough is the dry sort and it's really irritating especially when the air is cooler.
:(

2) Jude fell sick (again!!) with a sore throat. he probably got the virus from me.
:(

3) And falling ill for jude means more fussing during mealtimes and milktimes. He doesn't want to eat his porridge at all. I've been throwing away more than half bowl of his porridge for the past couple of days.
:(

4) I'm really upset becos i've been trying to keep Jude on a really healthy diet to build up his obviously poor immune system. He visits the doctor every month since 4th month. Really feel like banging the wall, especially when i'm the sole caregiver to him now. I have no idea what i've done wrong, or have not done.
:(

really really tired.

Learning to trust mama

1st occasion : As usual, Sunday was spent at Woodlands. While i was helping out in the kitchen, my mother suggested that my father bring Jude to the playground. My father didn't say anything(his style for agreement). I thought it was an exellent idea and Jude, he already heard what my mother said and was waiting to wear his shoes at the door. cute!

But when they were ready to go, he realised i wasn't going and was really upset. he ran back into the house with his shoes on and protested very loudly. Ii thought my father was going to give up and ask me to go with him instead, but he was very cool and just stood at the door looking at Jude, much to my surprise. I decided i was going not to have another teary situation and he was going to the playground without me.

All these in the firmest tone(and regrettably, quite loudly):

"dun worry! wai gong will bring u back later! i'll be here waiting for you! i need to cook your dinner!"

Amazingly, he understood and went on to hold his wai gong's hands. He didn't look very sure and kept on looking back at me.

And off they went, no tears! Good boy!

2nd occasion : On Sat when i left him with his paternal grandparents for his usual morning play, he had shown the same kind of emotions - reluctant and crying at first, then calming down after my assurance(usually he wails till i'm out of sight). Good boy again! WOOhoo!

This is another milestone for Jude. I've longed for this day when he can understand and trust my words. It's about time for him to know it's alright that i can leave him for a while and i will be back for him. Sometimes, I feel like i'm his drug and it's tremendously taxing because he wants me to be around 24/7. For such a little person , it probably took him a lot of courage to learn to trust. I'm kind of glad i chose the 'cold turkey' way and let him cry his heart out everytime i leave him at his grandparents' place, but not without lots and lots of assurance, even though hearing his wailing is still heart-wrenching. I really do believe the fact that i keep all my promises to him helps a great deal.(opps i know i guilty of breaking promises to some of you! now u know why, cos i'm busy keeping promises to my son! :p)

Now, I am happy and really very proud of the little brat. I'll be starting my night classes soon in late July and i hope by then, he'll cope well without me around in some of the evenings. That'll be in less than 2 months time and by then he'll be 22months!

Jude made someone cry

we were at Ikea. After shopping, we the mother and son team went to the cafe to eat meatballs. I know the kids at the tv area will keep Jude busy, so i tot i could savour my meatballs with yummy jam and sauce. Yeah, Jude was happy dancing in front of the audience of kids, but nobody bothered abt him at all becos the tom & jerry cartoon was more interesting.

then i think he became bored. he wandered to a table where there was a few kids there. i wasn't worried at all since i knew he just wanted to make friends, so i let him be. then suddenly there was a loud bawling.

not from Jude, from another boy! i didn't see it with my own eyes, but i guess that Jude must have poked the boy's cheeks and scared him.

oh my goodness, i quickly brought jude away. he was bewildered. i was embarressed.

How was i to explain to him that the boy didn't like the poking? Jude has this habit of poking other kids' cheeks and he has always been gentle, so i never stop him before. and in fact, i tot it was quite cute.

is there a toddler ettique class which Jude and i can attend?

Jude the Entertainer

Today in playclass, Jude was the funniest. He didn't want to sit on my lap and insisted on standing in the middle of the playcircle, so i let him be. I knew he wanted to show off, and yeah, he sure did. Jude sure loved the attention. I hope it doesn't get to his head though.

And then there was this activity called Parachute Play - Jude's fave. All the kids get to sit in the middle of a parachute and we mums hold the parachute and turn them ard like this:

(i got this pic from somewhere else)

Jude definitely made sure that everybody knew he was happy. He was laughing and giggling and chuckling throughout the whole parachute play and everyone else found it so funny! I was totally amused myself! I'm so glad he's such a happy boy and very entertaining as well. :)

Oh yah, if you think Rain is a great dancer, Jude is even better. I'm not kidding(or boasting)! He can really shake!

Pacifier - Weaning off Project

I got myself a new topic to worry about - Jude's pacifier addiction. I had wanted to wean him off a few months ago and had actually successfully put him to bed many times without the pacifier. But when we are at my mum's place, he has problems sleeping, so i will let him have it, in order for my parents to rest properly.

and tonight i decided to work on it again. i did not remind him about his pacifier and went on with the storybooks and lullabies. The boy looked happy and didn't seem to miss his tutu.

I was damn wrong. He could hardly get to sleep! After a few minutes of lights-out, he starting crying, then bawling. i was determined not to give in. so i carried him and tried to comfort him. But it didn't help. It went on for 15min and he became hysterical. I gave up and gave him the pacifier, but he didn't stop crying! in fact he was inconsolable, probably becos of the wind that had gathered in his tummy. the crying went on for more than 1 hour before he finally drifted off to slumberland in my going-to-break arms.

that's it. the pacifier is yours, Jude. you win!

i'm finally in a better mood to write. The past week was simply catastrophic. Jude was DOWN with runny nose and cough. then it was my ovulation week; a terrible bout of PMS striked me like that tornado striked at Kansas. Then Jude's constipation problem came back again..

ARRRGGgghhhh... I hate that everything came at the same time and my morale was really low. We couldn't visit the playground, couldn't attend playclass or go anywhere lest Jude got reinfected or pass the virus to other kids. And the weather wasn't nice either. The poor team of mama and son was confined at home for one Long, Gloomy, Miserable week.

but thankfully, he is recovering. I'm reluctant to start him on a stronger dosage of antibiotics, so i told the doctor to prescribe the mildest type, even though it is taking a long time for him to recover. it just scares me that he's been consuming antibiotics every month. no good at all.

best of all, last night and this morning, he did his long awaited poopoo business. Good riddance!! no words can describe how relief i feel now. Can't believe how a malfunction of nature can cause me so much distress.

and about my PMS, well, it happens every month.

To all of Jude's fans and ah yees, thanks for the concern and encouraging words!

While being cooped up at home, the boy must have picked up some cleaning tips from his hardworking and dutiful mama.







Did i mention that piece of cloth he's holding is my Bee Dees hanky???

Anyway, i feel so good today and coincidentally, Jude woke up very early, so i decided to pack the whole family down to Botanical Gardens for a morning walk. It took us one whole hour of continuous walking from the tanglin core to the bt timah core and ending with Macs Breakfast at Serene Centre. Jude wasn't into faunas and floras. He's only interested in jumping into all the mini waterfalls and the lakes. Other than that, the whole walk was just whining.. whining.. whining from the little brat, cos he wanted to be carried all the time.

And when I asked him to point out the Flower, he pointed at the Leaf. aiyah.

Get up on your feet, go for it!

If you like this video...
(tip: play both videos at the same time)


..then you will understand why Jude gets so high on it

(another) Journey of parenting

Today after the playclass, the team of mama and son went to kino to look at some books. Jude was delighted to see some comics on the shelves and busied himself as usual. I was nearby finding my book.

Then i saw that he had the books sprawled all over the floor. They were brand new books and he was playing with his saliva. grrrrr... I told him in a firm voice that he had to clear up the books if he was not going to read them. The immediate reaction was a really loud screeching whine and attempting to start the lie-on-floor-and-spin stunt.

It was really embarressing because there were some ladies nearby and they were all looking as if to see how i was going to handle the situation without pulling my hair out. stress

(this is the kind of situation when u wish u could just escape by scooping him up and scoot out of the shop, but i was not going to let Jude walk out of there without putting the books back on the shelf himself)

go down to his level. look into his eyes. firm voice. warning number one.

books back on the shelf.
end of the embarressing moment.
but many more to come.
sighz.

So in love with Yakult

the world class airport for the world class boy

The Godma and the mama met early in the morning to bring the little bugger to the world class airport today.
TIRING!!
he had great fun running in the huge halls. i was like him when i was a kid, loved to visit the airport becos there's just so much space to run!

But I was not sure whether he knew that those were aeroplanes which he was looking at.

The Bored Team

Spent sunday to monday at woodlands. Bored to death.

Fine day at the Botanic Gardens

Yesterday's weather was nice, no hot sun, no rain, just very breezy throughout the day. Perfect for a picnic.

Once Jude was up from his nap, I packed the picnic stuff and off we go to the Garden! But my back almost broke on the way there. We had to cross an overhead bridge and in order to save time, i carried the fat pig + the pram, up and down! you little chicken, u better remember how mama carried all 10kg of you up and down the bridge!!

Well, the workout was worth the effort, becos Jude loved it once he stepped in the garden. He got down from his pram, took a pee and started running towards the pigeons. The swans must have been hungry and waddled towards us. I the timid mama, was so scared; they looked intimadating! Jude just simply ran around them as if they were his long time friends.



He asked to hold my hands while walking across the grass. i guess he must have been so used to walking on cement that he's afraid of the grass! Kids nowadays are so different from us... i hope he'll become more comfortable with Nature!

We settled down on our mat and i fed him. I think he felt interesting having his dinner in the open air. He ran off kicking the ball occasionally, but finished his dinner while gobbling down some chips offered by another picnicker.

But we had to leave pretty soon, becos i saw dark clouds coming. We were out of the place in less than 1 hour! Wish we can stay longer. Next time maybe.

Eating out with the Boy

Playclass usually ends at 11-plus, and the team of mama and son likes to dilly dally around Paragon because there's muji there at the 4th level and the compulsory 10minutes at the playground at the 5th level. Jude does an incredibly steady slide and i love seeing that 3 seconds of thrilled look on his face as he goes weeeeee down. Life as a kid is all about thrills.

We had lunch at The Soup Spoon too. This was the third time Jude had "outside food" entirely for his meal(1st time at ichiban boshi, 2nd time at taka food court). I'm actually trying to introduce him to more "outside food" so that i dun have to bring a thermos of porridge everytime we go out for meals. But it's really hard to find food which is healthy and easy for him to eat. So today's lunch was really exciting for me and very interesting for him. he loved the mushroom soup and i was so relieved! Then I put pieces of ham, bread and some honey stars on a separate plate just for him and he busied himself with that plate. I was so pleased that i could have my lunch in peace while he fed himself! Hurray Jude!

the journey of parenting

Jude has undoubtedly the hugest amount of attention showered on him even before he was born, possibly as much as that of the Future Prince of Japan. You can't imagine how great he is in the eyes of at least six people. He made these six people become first timers overnight -
first time mum,
first time dad,
first time ah ma,
first time ah gong,
first time wai po,
first time wai gong.

But no way am i going to let the little one get his way just because he's so remarkable in our eyes. I borrowed tons of parenting books from the library and spent every free moment on the net reading up on how other parents bring up their kids. I even bought Supernanny vcds to watch while folding laundry. Not sure about the father, but i was a tyrant while growing up - all the way to adulthood. I foresee Jude to be equally bad. I better be prepared.

Experts are not called experts for nothing. All experts said that kids after one would start to test their limits. and true enough, Jude displayed signs of having his own mind not long after his first birthday. He started throwing tantrums if he didn't get his way and it took me a lot of energy to hold him still while he kicked and screamed. Unfortunately for him, his mother, me, had been well prepared after all the researching and supernanny vcds. I had seen this episode coming. Time for bounderies, limits and "no!". Time for Jude to know that his mother is not to mess with.

To date, i can't really boast that he's an angel, but at least he understands my explainations most of the time and can be successfully distracted from his naughty activities. The naughty corner pretty much worked, but i always forget to use it. I think i will use that more often when he's a bit older and knows how to spend some time to think. Regretfully, i spank him a lot on his little palms and his little butt. I know i can't rely on this method for too long 'cos it'll backfire eventually.

so.... more parenting books, more internet searches, more supernanny vcds to watch. I guess it's a neverending journey as long as i'm a parent. I subscribe to biblicalparenting.org and i love this excerpt from an article they recently sent me :

Most of all, be patient. Training takes time and implies lots of work. You're a coach and your child is in training. Give your kids a vision for living life on a different level and they will grow into some great relating patterns.

Perfect weather for the beach

We went to the beach today. Brillant weather! We made the perfect choice to head down to East Coast Park in the afternoon. I was so worried earlier in the morning. wasn't sure if Jude could tolerate the heat, wat if it rains, wat if Jude falls sick after the beach outing. And my mum had to call me at 1.30pm and yelled about the stormy weather up at the north area.





But luck was on our side! The weather was just nice when we reached ECP at about 2.30pm. A pity Jude didn't have a good nap and he was a bit grumpy. And i'm surprised to learn something new about him today. He doesn't like his feet and shorts soiled! Whined and whined about his sandcovered feet. I tried to get him interested in the waves, but he was not too happy about getting his shorts wet. Fussy kid! I made a mental note to bring him to the beach more often. The mother is the beach-lover, how can the son be not one!

Anyhow, today's beach outing was a breakthrough for me. I have my good friend Meiling to thank for this. She insisted that the weather will be great and nothing will happen to Jude. and she's right! I've never been able to convince myself to let Jude be more exposed to outdoor activities like this, because i'm so afraid of him falling ill because of the heat. When he was 4months old, i insisted on bringing him to a playgroup even though the sun was raging, and i wasn't careful enough about his health then. He developed a slight fever after the playgroup session and fell so ill. That was how careless i was and he was so fragile. Even though the father did not say anything or blamed me at that time, i felt really guilty and i still feel it now. It's the kind of memory that just etch in the mind, to remind myself that i've got to be more alert when it comes to my son's health.

note : he didn't fall sick after all! hurray!

Typical day at home and expensive fish for the boy

Yesterday was a usual day at home. Our usual day means...

8.00am
- Wake up, Jude will have his morning milk, mama does hsework.
- Poo-poo (he doesn't do it everyday though).
- he takes his vitamins.

9.00am
- Sesame Street!
- Mama has her breakfast

10.00am
- Mama brings him over to the in-laws' place;they live just next block.
- Mama's personal time! marketing, tv, internet! (while preparing for the boy's lunch)

12.00pm
- Jude back from in-laws' place
- Lunch, while watching High Five!
- a bit of playtime, before he starts whining for milk and sleep

1.30pm
- ... ZZZzzzzz...
- More personal time for Mama! Lunch! Tv! Internet! (otherwise, preparing for dinner)
- sometimes mama has 'projects'. Wash windows, wash cupboards, wash toilets, wash the floor, laundry, etc.

4.00pm - 4.30pm
- Jude wakes up from nap
- playtime/storytime/internettime

5.30pm
- Mama starts cooking and Jude plays by himself (usually pulling out pots and pans from kitchen drawers

6.00pm plus
- Playground! (if raining, more playtime with the pots and pans)

7.00pm
- Back from playground
- Shower
- Dinner for the whole family

8.00pm
- Mama showers and Jude lounges with his father in front of the tv
- a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice for the boy

9.00pm
- Milk, storybook, songs

10.00pm
- Jude goes to slumberland
- Mama goes to tv or internet, whichever is available!

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Our day looks simple, but it tires me out easily! I usually knock out by 12am, unless i'm hooked onto chatting on the MSN. Thank god for the internet though.

Jude hadn't had fish for a long time. He doesn't like meat or fish much actually, always spitting them out whenever i feed him some. I now understand why experts say it's normal for toddlers to be picky about food. Well, yesterday, i panfried some salmon fish for him. Damn expensive fish! cost me $5 for a mid cut slab! but it's really really healthy and i read about how important it is to build up a strong body between the age of two to six(part of my mission as a stayhome mama is to 'rear' a healthy kid!).

Luckily Jude liked the salmon fish. How do i know? Becos he nodded his head each time he takes a bite of it and asked for more! I taught him to nod his head if he likes what he's eating - hahaha!

It's really joyful for a mum to see her kid enjoy her cooking.

New Playterm and Fruits

Had a great time at ELC Paragon today. Jude has been attending ELC playclasses weekly since he was 9months old. How time flies! He had just learnt crawling then and he would dash excitedly towards the toys whenever i put him down on the playmat. I remember beaming when he learnt how to keep the toys when the teacher held out the basket for him; that was when he was about 1year old. Now, he can understand and follow the teacher's instructions prefectly, thoroughly enjoying himself in the process of learning. These play sessions are great! I'll be really sad when Jude becomes too old for them.

The other day, Godma HL introduced raisins to Jude. He didn't want to try it initially, but once he did, he actually liked it. It's really great, because raisins are healthy snacks and i do want him to try new stuffs other than his usual biscuits. I hope he's willing to try more of other fruits too!

This is the way he reacts whenever i come out from the kitchen with a piece of dragonfruit.


You don't know how tiring it is just to feed this little brat!!!

First post for this new blog

I've tried blogging before. First time on Livejournal for a few years when i was still single, second time on blogger.com after i gave birth to a baby son but i was never disciplined enough to go on. I used to love writing in school because my English teachers praised my essays and i was always proud of that. i need to practise essay writing anyway - hahaha! And with a buddy's encouragement(you know who you are!), i picked up my pen, or rather, i start typing again. I don't think i'll an avid blogger like many others though. I would like to just pen down my thoughts about my 'new' life as a mother.

Sounds weird? Yeah, still can't believe i am a mum. A MUM! I do love being one. It's so exciting watching the little bugger grow up, from a little squirt so dependent on me to a two legged mini-monster who is the main cause of my backaches, headaches, armaches, whole-bodyaches.


HE is the MINI-MONSTER.

Yeah, he's like the steering wheel for me. He's the reason for all the decisions i make. I'm responsible for his wholesome meals, the frequency of his poopoo, the colour of his peepee, his health, his outlook in life, his feelings, his future .. it's scary that I have to take charge of someone.

I'm dying to do a good job. I can't mess up this time.