Rather affected by these 2 incidents today:
- While me and my helper were bathing An An, Zq was sitting at a corner of the bathroom playing with some plastic containers. Then he came to us and told us "pain pain", we didn't realise what was his "pain" about on the 1st glance. But i saw Dear's shaver on his hand! And to my horror i saw his upper lip was red with blood! Gosh! He must be playing the shaver as if he was shaving, that's how the shaver blade cut his mouth! He saw Dear shaving his moustache and he followed suit. Lucky it was just a minor cut and after we pressed on the cold hanky on his lip, the blood stopped. He didn't cry at all maybe he knew that it was his mischievous to cause this. Though i reminded him sternly never play with the shaver again, but deep down in my heart, i was feeling guilty, i should have pay more attention to him while he was in the bathroom, i should have reminded Dear to keep his shaver better and not so accessible for Zq.
- Evenings are usually hectic time for us. My helper and me have to cook Zq's dinner, feed him, cook our dinner, prepare An An's puree & cereal. While my helper was feeding Zq's dinner and i was busy at kitchen cooking, i left An An in his jumperoo all these while. Hoping that i can faster get my work done so i can play with him for a while before his cereal time. My helper made a mistake in the ingredients that i want to prepare so i got to do the cuttings again and it sure took me longer time. After a while, my helper came to the kitchen and asked me to go and have a look at An An, i got a shock and thought must be something bad happening! My eyes were red when i saw what happened, he was not jumping in his jumperoo but he had fall asleep with his head fall frontway and a puddle of saliva on the seat.. My poor boy, he was tired to jump about and nobody has time for him so he just dozed off himself in his toy. He is always so complacent, very easy baby. Fall asleep without patting, carrying and rocking eversince birth, seldom cries and fuss about. And i am guilty to take his easiness for granted at times.
I am feeling lousy. Though i try to be a good mother for my boys but i didn't do a good job. I am a home-maker and i have all my time with them, but still, i always find that i don't have enough time with both & each of them. Time flies... and i always have a little bit of guilt at the end of the day when i recap what had happened during the day. I am still learning to be a better mum, i hope i can do it better.. I sincerely hope so...
Friday, December 11, 2009
YA's 6mth check up & vaccination
It was overdue for 2 weeks as we just back from Singapore. An An gonna take 3 jabs - 3rd dose of 5-in-1, 3rd dose of prevanar & Hep B vaccine. We decided to space it out for him as couldn't bear to let him have all the 3 vaccines at once.
He weighed 9.2kg, 74cm and head circumference of 45cm at 6.5 mth old. Doc was happy with his growth as he finally drinking his milk after the prolong milk strike, which lasted for about 1.5month. He's gaining weight and with good height, Dr said he took after daddy's gene and i certainly hope so.
I love to chat with Dr Pauline, she is always so jovial and she remembers all the little details that i shared with her. She made a funny remark today "Benjamin & you must be very loving couple". I was surprised with this, and she explained to me that because she heard some saying that if the baby resembles daddy it means that mummy very in love with daddy and vice versa. So she said that Zq resembles me so much whereas An An resembles Ben, so this derived her conclusion. Haa, interesting :p
Doc kept praising An An is a very good boy as he never fussed when Doc checked on him, still flashed his bright smile towards her.
He weighed 9.2kg, 74cm and head circumference of 45cm at 6.5 mth old. Doc was happy with his growth as he finally drinking his milk after the prolong milk strike, which lasted for about 1.5month. He's gaining weight and with good height, Dr said he took after daddy's gene and i certainly hope so.
I love to chat with Dr Pauline, she is always so jovial and she remembers all the little details that i shared with her. She made a funny remark today "Benjamin & you must be very loving couple". I was surprised with this, and she explained to me that because she heard some saying that if the baby resembles daddy it means that mummy very in love with daddy and vice versa. So she said that Zq resembles me so much whereas An An resembles Ben, so this derived her conclusion. Haa, interesting :p
Doc kept praising An An is a very good boy as he never fussed when Doc checked on him, still flashed his bright smile towards her.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Meet-up with Yuan Yuan Laoshi
Zq gonna starts school on 21st Dec 09. After rounds and rounds of school visitings, browsing through many school programmes, looking through their school philosophy, the schools timetable, campus environment, we finally decided on The Family Learning House 家育苑。
We love the school belief and emphasis on virtue building. And the fact that all the students and even teachers are wearing uniforms. (This is the only international school here at Beijing that it's a must to wear uniform to school everyday). I am pleased with my decision and hope Zq will enjoy his school also :)
He is being assigned to Nursery 2 class. There are a total of 12 kids with 3 teachers. His lead teacher - Yuan Yuan Laoshi called me few days back to arrange a meet-up session today, it is the standard practice of the school to have one-to-one meet up of teacher and the new student, so the teacher able to have some upclose observations of her new student prior to the 1st day of school, and i like this arrangement so much, i think it's a great effort of the school and the teacher.
We reached the school around 430pm. The class was empty except the 3 teachers staying back to receive us and get to know Zq. This is the 1st time i stepped into the classroom. When we visited the school last time round we were not allow to visit the classroom as there was class conducted and the kids were in the room, the school is very strict on this that no visitors allowed during class so as not to disturb the class and avoid contact of the students with visitors for health issue. I certainly pleased with such policy.
I fall in love with the classroom... As everything was WHITE in colour and custom-made according to their size and convenience, little table & chairs, little sofa, little fishtank & birdcage etc.. There is a white piano in the classroom also, beautiful!
There were 2 parts of the sessions today:
1) 30 mins of just Teacher & Zq alone in the classroom - She observed how Zq works on the montessori stuff, how they communicate and his adaptability to the new environment.
She commented that Zq is clever and with good memory, the classroom is big but he remembered where he took the stuff and returned it to the correct place. He was polite and thoughtful also as he pulled in Teacher's chair when she stood up. And he was affectionate as he always hold the Teacher's hand where they moved on from one place to another. Teacher thought there shouldn't be a big problem for him to adapt to the school and i certainly hope so!
2) 30 mins of just Teacher & Mummy time - She asked me tonnes of questions in order to understand Zq and our family more. Ques like: What's Zq's liking & preference? His motor skill & speech development? Anything that he fear of? Our expectation towards the school? And many many more.. Im glad that she noted all down and even prompted me for more details though it was way past her knock-off time. Really appreciate her effort on this.
Before we back home, Teacher gave us a little booklet with photographs of the school, the garden, the classroom, the 3 teachers of N2. She told me to read to him often so he will get familiarise with his new school and i thought it's a very good preparation for the big day! Thumbs up for the effort! Zq was so cute that he flipped the booklet and saw Yuan Yuan's Laoshi photo on one page, he placed the book beside Teacher's face and said "same same" Wahaha!!!
We love the school belief and emphasis on virtue building. And the fact that all the students and even teachers are wearing uniforms. (This is the only international school here at Beijing that it's a must to wear uniform to school everyday). I am pleased with my decision and hope Zq will enjoy his school also :)
He is being assigned to Nursery 2 class. There are a total of 12 kids with 3 teachers. His lead teacher - Yuan Yuan Laoshi called me few days back to arrange a meet-up session today, it is the standard practice of the school to have one-to-one meet up of teacher and the new student, so the teacher able to have some upclose observations of her new student prior to the 1st day of school, and i like this arrangement so much, i think it's a great effort of the school and the teacher.
We reached the school around 430pm. The class was empty except the 3 teachers staying back to receive us and get to know Zq. This is the 1st time i stepped into the classroom. When we visited the school last time round we were not allow to visit the classroom as there was class conducted and the kids were in the room, the school is very strict on this that no visitors allowed during class so as not to disturb the class and avoid contact of the students with visitors for health issue. I certainly pleased with such policy.
I fall in love with the classroom... As everything was WHITE in colour and custom-made according to their size and convenience, little table & chairs, little sofa, little fishtank & birdcage etc.. There is a white piano in the classroom also, beautiful!
There were 2 parts of the sessions today:
1) 30 mins of just Teacher & Zq alone in the classroom - She observed how Zq works on the montessori stuff, how they communicate and his adaptability to the new environment.
She commented that Zq is clever and with good memory, the classroom is big but he remembered where he took the stuff and returned it to the correct place. He was polite and thoughtful also as he pulled in Teacher's chair when she stood up. And he was affectionate as he always hold the Teacher's hand where they moved on from one place to another. Teacher thought there shouldn't be a big problem for him to adapt to the school and i certainly hope so!
2) 30 mins of just Teacher & Mummy time - She asked me tonnes of questions in order to understand Zq and our family more. Ques like: What's Zq's liking & preference? His motor skill & speech development? Anything that he fear of? Our expectation towards the school? And many many more.. Im glad that she noted all down and even prompted me for more details though it was way past her knock-off time. Really appreciate her effort on this.
Before we back home, Teacher gave us a little booklet with photographs of the school, the garden, the classroom, the 3 teachers of N2. She told me to read to him often so he will get familiarise with his new school and i thought it's a very good preparation for the big day! Thumbs up for the effort! Zq was so cute that he flipped the booklet and saw Yuan Yuan's Laoshi photo on one page, he placed the book beside Teacher's face and said "same same" Wahaha!!!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Little kitten
Had started Yan An on semi-solid food about a month but he is still not taking it well. The foods that he tried so far:
- Gerber single grain rice cereal
- Healthy Times brown rice cereal
- Holle organic rice cereal
- Carrot
- Pumpkin
- Spinach (hate most!)
- Avocado
- Apple
- Peas
- Sweet potato
- Banana
- Corn (prefer most!)
Most of the time he uses his tongue to push out the food or clamps his lips tight to indicate his unwillingness to eat any further. Well, i do not force him and let him be though it will definately make me happier if he eats abit more coz i prepare his fresh puree on every feed. Baby, give yourself some times to get used to this new experience & learning of food-tasting and eating, but pls don't let mummy wait too long :p
Look at the little kitten. So cheeky despite all the mess he made.
Yes, here i come my blog!
Miss my blog so much! !!
Can finally access to my blog and i sure have lots to update... Im gonna backdate all my posts slowly, coz i dun wan to loss this blog of mine, it gonna record all the memorable meaningful moments and mama's loves & woes... :) For Zi Qian & Yan An, hope you will enjoy reading these when you grown up!
Oh well, this access comes with a price! I paid for a VPN programme so i can access Facebook & my blog. It costs me USD60 a year but i think the money is well spent coz i can update my lil stories here and keep in touch wi my friends at FB! :)
Can finally access to my blog and i sure have lots to update... Im gonna backdate all my posts slowly, coz i dun wan to loss this blog of mine, it gonna record all the memorable meaningful moments and mama's loves & woes... :) For Zi Qian & Yan An, hope you will enjoy reading these when you grown up!
Oh well, this access comes with a price! I paid for a VPN programme so i can access Facebook & my blog. It costs me USD60 a year but i think the money is well spent coz i can update my lil stories here and keep in touch wi my friends at FB! :)
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Biker!
He has strong interest in motorbike and helmet, must be inherited this from Dear.
Papa, can we go racing when i grow up? :)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
