Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Sunday, 28 December 2008
I am glad that I have instilled in nat a love for books. Her bedtime ritual involves me reading to her the favourite bed time stories before she is off to bed. Everyday, she surprises me and it's really amazing just how fast children learn. I think some time back, I blogged about this Chinese reader on spiders that I have been reading to her. She really enjoys it and can now articulate various insect names in Mandarin, her favourite being the cockroach... Eww! As for English readers, her favourite is still Eric Carle's A Very Hungry Caterpillar. Just this morning, I was reading to her again, when she suddenly took the book over from me and read a whole sentence. I was totally shocked and quickly asked Gary to come over and listen ... sigh ... she did not want to repeat the sentence again. I was asking Gary if she really did read the sentence using phonics or if it was based on memory. Gary thinks it's the latter.
While I do not have so many interesting stories of didi lucas, he is still my little sweetheart. His daily chuckles and laughs always melt my heart. Recently, he has been trying to flip, no success yet, but he's getting there. Try harder my little man, mummy's rooting for you :)
I am glad that I have instilled in nat a love for books. Her bedtime ritual involves me reading to her the favourite bed time stories before she is off to bed. Everyday, she surprises me and it's really amazing just how fast children learn. I think some time back, I blogged about this Chinese reader on spiders that I have been reading to her. She really enjoys it and can now articulate various insect names in Mandarin, her favourite being the cockroach... Eww! As for English readers, her favourite is still Eric Carle's A Very Hungry Caterpillar. Just this morning, I was reading to her again, when she suddenly took the book over from me and read a whole sentence. I was totally shocked and quickly asked Gary to come over and listen ... sigh ... she did not want to repeat the sentence again. I was asking Gary if she really did read the sentence using phonics or if it was based on memory. Gary thinks it's the latter.
While I do not have so many interesting stories of didi lucas, he is still my little sweetheart. His daily chuckles and laughs always melt my heart. Recently, he has been trying to flip, no success yet, but he's getting there. Try harder my little man, mummy's rooting for you :)
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
A few videos of my 2 darlings and the activities they like to do when they are bored :) Didi lucas has a really loud voice, I don't think I have ever posted it online, so here goes. As for nat, I caught her playing hide and seek with her own reflection. The things you do at that age :) haha.
A few videos of my 2 darlings and the activities they like to do when they are bored :) Didi lucas has a really loud voice, I don't think I have ever posted it online, so here goes. As for nat, I caught her playing hide and seek with her own reflection. The things you do at that age :) haha.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Monday, 22 December 2008
Today, we brought nat to the National Museum. The children's exhibition was over, so the visit to the museum did not seem as interesting as before. However, nat did have a good time checking out the digital pictures of the owls. It's kind of creepy actually, the owls move from time to time to various positions like sleeping, turning right and left, you can feel their eyes on you, from wherever you are standing.
Today, we brought nat to the National Museum. The children's exhibition was over, so the visit to the museum did not seem as interesting as before. However, nat did have a good time checking out the digital pictures of the owls. It's kind of creepy actually, the owls move from time to time to various positions like sleeping, turning right and left, you can feel their eyes on you, from wherever you are standing.
Monday, 22 December 2008
Please do admire nat's new pyjamas, I got it for a steal at a recent sale on kid's clothes, so the "auntie" in me grabbed a few for my babies. I also managed to capture some videos of nat dancing as she enjoys her Barney VCDs.
Nat is such a cutie, I just witnessed her trying to climb onto the tv console. Halfway through, she said to herself " No climb, mummy scold", then she promptly clambered down. Sigh ... what a sweetheart.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Saturday, 20 December 2008
Baby nat has reached another milestone in her toddlerhood. She now engages in role playing games. She likes to swaddle her soft toys using the cloth diapers and rocks them to sleep, much like what we do to didi. Once, when she was drawing, I told her little mousy would like to draw too. Immediately, she picked up her mouse soft toy and pretended to manipulate his hands to draw. It's really interesting to watch her. Every day, she surprises me pleasantly by the things she says and does. Just yesterday, I was commenting that Daddy has a slight paunch. She looked at Daddy and then said Daddy has a paunch, then she pointed to her own tummy and said nat nat has a paunch ... that really got me chuckling, while gary looked mildy peeved, insulted by his own daughter :)
Nat is still going through her tantrumy and rebellious stage. Some days, she refuses to get out of her car seat. Instead of hauling her out and having her cry, I sometimes just leave her in the car for a few minutes, moving out of her visual range. She will look around for me and when I reappear, she is usually more agreeable to get out of the seat. Yet, for some other behavioural problems, I am still trying to figure out a solution. At the shopping mall, once out of her stroller, she refuses to get back in. You can just picture the scene she makes, struggling and screaming as I try to put her back by force. You can't imagine that a little girl, barely 2 years of age can be so strong. Yet, it requires both my maid and I to put her back in the stroller. And then seconds later, she has figured out how to squirm out of the harness. Sigh ...
Didi lucas is an attention seeker. He loves it when you are talking to him and will coo back to you in appreciation. He enjoys going out and is always curiously looking around when we bring him to new places. Thereafter, he will usually fall asleep in the comfort of the sling. He likes to grab things and hold them in his little hand, his favourite, being the little bolster.
Enjoy the pics, an early morning walk at the park with my mum :)
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Baby nat has reached another milestone in her toddlerhood. She now engages in role playing games. She likes to swaddle her soft toys using the cloth diapers and rocks them to sleep, much like what we do to didi. Once, when she was drawing, I told her little mousy would like to draw too. Immediately, she picked up her mouse soft toy and pretended to manipulate his hands to draw. It's really interesting to watch her. Every day, she surprises me pleasantly by the things she says and does. Just yesterday, I was commenting that Daddy has a slight paunch. She looked at Daddy and then said Daddy has a paunch, then she pointed to her own tummy and said nat nat has a paunch ... that really got me chuckling, while gary looked mildy peeved, insulted by his own daughter :)
Nat is still going through her tantrumy and rebellious stage. Some days, she refuses to get out of her car seat. Instead of hauling her out and having her cry, I sometimes just leave her in the car for a few minutes, moving out of her visual range. She will look around for me and when I reappear, she is usually more agreeable to get out of the seat. Yet, for some other behavioural problems, I am still trying to figure out a solution. At the shopping mall, once out of her stroller, she refuses to get back in. You can just picture the scene she makes, struggling and screaming as I try to put her back by force. You can't imagine that a little girl, barely 2 years of age can be so strong. Yet, it requires both my maid and I to put her back in the stroller. And then seconds later, she has figured out how to squirm out of the harness. Sigh ...
Didi lucas is an attention seeker. He loves it when you are talking to him and will coo back to you in appreciation. He enjoys going out and is always curiously looking around when we bring him to new places. Thereafter, he will usually fall asleep in the comfort of the sling. He likes to grab things and hold them in his little hand, his favourite, being the little bolster.
Enjoy the pics, an early morning walk at the park with my mum :)
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
My little boy is offically just over 3 months old and how he has grown. We brought him for his 3-month appointment with Dr Terence Tan today and Lucas is 6.5kg and 60.5cm. Nat is 11.5kg.
Sometimes, I think words can't describe the love you feel towards your children. I love to look at them sleeping, so contented and sweet. And then when they are awake, the chaos running through the household. When they say "I love you", when they hold their little hand in yours, when they look in your eyes while you are carrying them ... these are feelings that will forever be etched in your memory, even when the children are all grown up.
My little boy is offically just over 3 months old and how he has grown. We brought him for his 3-month appointment with Dr Terence Tan today and Lucas is 6.5kg and 60.5cm. Nat is 11.5kg.
Sometimes, I think words can't describe the love you feel towards your children. I love to look at them sleeping, so contented and sweet. And then when they are awake, the chaos running through the household. When they say "I love you", when they hold their little hand in yours, when they look in your eyes while you are carrying them ... these are feelings that will forever be etched in your memory, even when the children are all grown up.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday, 14 December 2008
Happiness is when you successfully lull your kids to sleep after hours of wakefulness. Today, my maid was off and gary and i had to mind the kids on our own. We were just lamenting that life changes when one has kids. In the past, after a morning out, we would jump into bed for an afternoon nap, without a care in the world. Now, look at the time, and I still haven't even had my nap yet :) haha.
Happiness is when you were feeling miserable at the thought of your dwindling milk supply, when suddenly it increases. After I started work again, my breastmilk supply seemed to be decreasing, which was rather depressing, considering how eager my little boy is to drink "fresh milk" daily, haha, it's nice to have an appreciative customer, you know. So, I made a more conscious effort to drink more water, pump more regularly and hey the milk supply seems to be increasing again. I'm glad for that, still targetting for the 6-month mark.
On Saturday, we brought nat to the Terminal 3 airport. Ran out of interesting places to go, didn't want to be a mall rat, so we thought, why not bring her to the airport where there is so much space for her to run and look at the planes. It was a great decision ... she had fun running around ... and they had a VISA promotion whereby nat could go into a candy house and have her pick of candies. We ended off the visit to the airport with a kiddy ride on the train. Interesting isn't it, we enjoyed these activities when we were young, and when we have our own kids, we enjoy them all over again. I must say, Mummy had lots of fun too :)
Happiness is when you successfully lull your kids to sleep after hours of wakefulness. Today, my maid was off and gary and i had to mind the kids on our own. We were just lamenting that life changes when one has kids. In the past, after a morning out, we would jump into bed for an afternoon nap, without a care in the world. Now, look at the time, and I still haven't even had my nap yet :) haha.
Happiness is when you were feeling miserable at the thought of your dwindling milk supply, when suddenly it increases. After I started work again, my breastmilk supply seemed to be decreasing, which was rather depressing, considering how eager my little boy is to drink "fresh milk" daily, haha, it's nice to have an appreciative customer, you know. So, I made a more conscious effort to drink more water, pump more regularly and hey the milk supply seems to be increasing again. I'm glad for that, still targetting for the 6-month mark.
On Saturday, we brought nat to the Terminal 3 airport. Ran out of interesting places to go, didn't want to be a mall rat, so we thought, why not bring her to the airport where there is so much space for her to run and look at the planes. It was a great decision ... she had fun running around ... and they had a VISA promotion whereby nat could go into a candy house and have her pick of candies. We ended off the visit to the airport with a kiddy ride on the train. Interesting isn't it, we enjoyed these activities when we were young, and when we have our own kids, we enjoy them all over again. I must say, Mummy had lots of fun too :)
Friday, December 12, 2008
12 December 2008
My thoughts on "educating" the kids :) I had initially thought of sending nat to a nearby Montesorri from next year, however, I did a trial class for a day and decided against it. Nothing wrong with the school, it's a nice place, great teachers, the only problem is that I feel nat would learn more at home than in the school. At this tender age of 2, I think that the school serves mainly as a childcare facility. As there are many children in the school, you really can't expect the teacher to provide your kid with one-to-one attention all the time. At home, at least my mum reads to nat daily, sings to her, recites nursery rhymes, it's almost like a little kindergarten :) Yet, I would still like nat to have some social interaction with other kids. Have decided to send her to Julia Gabriel next year for the Mandarin Playclub. Let's hope she has fun.
Meanwhile, I'll try to teach her new things on my own. The internet is actually a great place for resources, many helpful mummies have posted useful materials and templates online. I feel it's really best to adapt different teaching methods to the way you feel most comfortable. People often say flash cards need to be flashed to the kids at top speed. I have often questioned that theory. For me, I don't really do the quick flashing method, instead I show nat the cards, I let her touch them and she often asks me "what's this?" when she cannot recognise the picture. We take our own sweet time ploughing through the cards and it's something she enjoys. So to me, there is really no hard and fast rule to learning, just go with the flow. Most importantly, let the kids have fun.
My thoughts on "educating" the kids :) I had initially thought of sending nat to a nearby Montesorri from next year, however, I did a trial class for a day and decided against it. Nothing wrong with the school, it's a nice place, great teachers, the only problem is that I feel nat would learn more at home than in the school. At this tender age of 2, I think that the school serves mainly as a childcare facility. As there are many children in the school, you really can't expect the teacher to provide your kid with one-to-one attention all the time. At home, at least my mum reads to nat daily, sings to her, recites nursery rhymes, it's almost like a little kindergarten :) Yet, I would still like nat to have some social interaction with other kids. Have decided to send her to Julia Gabriel next year for the Mandarin Playclub. Let's hope she has fun.
Meanwhile, I'll try to teach her new things on my own. The internet is actually a great place for resources, many helpful mummies have posted useful materials and templates online. I feel it's really best to adapt different teaching methods to the way you feel most comfortable. People often say flash cards need to be flashed to the kids at top speed. I have often questioned that theory. For me, I don't really do the quick flashing method, instead I show nat the cards, I let her touch them and she often asks me "what's this?" when she cannot recognise the picture. We take our own sweet time ploughing through the cards and it's something she enjoys. So to me, there is really no hard and fast rule to learning, just go with the flow. Most importantly, let the kids have fun.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Nat is truly a water baby :) She enjoys her weekly swimming lessons and when you ask her if she likes swimming, she will immediately lie down on the floor and show you her swimming motion. I am very proud of my little baby, she is not afraid to put her head underwater, we even managed to capture the pic of her swimming below. Over the weekend, we went a hunting for a new swimming costume for nat, as her current one was getting a bit tight. Finally managed to find a nice one with a sweet little octopus print, i'll take a pic of her in it the next time we go swimming. When I put it on for her, she refused to take it off and promptly walked around in her swimming costume for the next hour. I do think that Singapore doesn't have enough nice swim wear for kids ... surfed on to some of the Australian kids swim wear sites and the designs are really nice, i just love the beach culture there.
This weekend, I also went a bit mad buying clothes for my two babies. They now have enough clothes for both of them to last through the new year or even after. I told Gary to stop me from buying anymore, but can't help it la, this is the season when all the sales are out in full force and it is so worth it to stock up on clothes for them.
My little Lukie has also progressed on to certain interesting milestones. He loves to smile and whenever he smiles at me, my heart just melts :) He likes to blow bubbles with his saliva and hugs his bolster when he sleeps. He loves going shopping and looks ever so handsome in his shirt and pants. Daddy says Lukie always kicks him when he sleeps so yesterday, we swopped sides on the bed, heehee, Lukie still ended up kicking him.
I love my kids, tantrums and all :)
Friday, December 05, 2008
Friday, 5 December 2008
I look at my 2 kids every day and feel really blessed to have such lovely children. As I always tell gary, one should never take these things for granted and we must always be thankful for such blessings in life.
Didi's features have changed quite a lot, from a scrawny screaming newborn to a handsome boy. He continues to drink a lot of milk and I sometimes have difficulty keeping up with his demands. He is a lot easier to handle at night and on good nights, he sometimes wakes up only once. The only thing is that sometimes when I am too lazy to change his diapers in the night, he will stain the bed and gary will wake up totally scandalised over the bright yellow poo on the bed hahaha. He is ever so alert, with his bright twinkly eyes that once can't just help loving him and showering kisses on him.
Nat, my little sweetheart is growing up so fast ... she is no longer my little baby but more like a little girl already. Like me, she has strong opinions on everything. While she can fly into one of her tantrums, which I usually just ignore, she can sometimes touch you by running up to you and saying : I love you, Mummy" ... I tell u, these things just make your heart melt. Her towel obesession is still going strong and I always have hankies ready all over, in the car, in my pocket, at popo's house ... everywhere and I'm ever ready to fish it out once she demands her towel. She is ever so conversant, telling me about snakes and monkeys in the jungle during car rides. When you play a tune that is not to her liking in the car, she will say "don't want" and request for a change of song.
We also went for a playdate with nat's baby friends this week. Interestingly, I think the kids are gradually reaching a stage where they can actually play together such as catching, drawing, building blocks, etc. It's nice to watch them and I'm really glad for these group of friends which I first met on the forum. Over the past year, we have grown to be firmer friends and it's great to have mummies and daddies with kids the same age to hang out with and share experiences and frustrations together.
We also went for a playdate with nat's baby friends this week. Interestingly, I think the kids are gradually reaching a stage where they can actually play together such as catching, drawing, building blocks, etc. It's nice to watch them and I'm really glad for these group of friends which I first met on the forum. Over the past year, we have grown to be firmer friends and it's great to have mummies and daddies with kids the same age to hang out with and share experiences and frustrations together.
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