Playing at Vivo

Yest evening, we brought Jaden home, as usual... haha.. this little boy is really mischievious i can say.. but wat to do? he is my precious prince!

Didn't sleep well last nite.. Jaden was flipping here n there, til ard 11.30pm then sleep. I was already feeling tired, as I need to work mah.. But he didn't make any noise lah, as in wanting to go back to his ah gong n ah ma's house... Finally he slept, which meant that I can rest too.. But in his sleep, he did turn here n there.. I need to be v alert, scared that he might fall down..

Hubby didn't help me loh... midnite 2am+, he wanted to drink milk, so I got up n make milk for him.. while Jaden was drinking his milk, I took the chance to change his diaper too.. He urines a lot.. so in the past 1 pull-up pants could last him for the whole nite but not now... Hubby was still sleeping when i made milk n changed diaper... After drinking, Jaden went off to sleep...

Ard 5am+, near to 6am, he wanted to drink milk again.. I was a bit drowsy, jumped up n made milk again.. n hubby was still in his dreamland... dunno who was the one who was working yest hoh... (he off on Thur, Fri n Sat this week loh)...

Finally at ard 8.30am, Jaden woke up.. Hubby got up too, n acc him at his playzone while i laze on bed for ard 15min..

I took my bath, prepared Jaden's cereal, packed his diaper bag etc.. ALL done by me.. Hubby asked where i wanted to bring Jaden for water playing, n i told him Vivo, so he ok too. even if he reluctant, he has no right to say 'no'....

Jaden was happy loh.. Playing with water for near to 1hour... He couldn't bear to leave at all.. but it was 12pm liao, the sun was too scorchy! so i had to remove him from the water area.. He was screaming n wanted to go back n play.. I said no.. carried him to the baby room, n wiped him clean, changed his clothes...

After playing, we proceeded home, as there's nothing to buy at Vivo aniway. I just wanted to come bcoz to let Jaden play water, tats all..

When we reached home, I quickly got warm water ready n bathed Jaden. After which, he went to playzone while i unpack his things.. ME AGAIN mind u... Hubby was lying on the floor in the playzone room loh, dozing off while his son was still playing.. so, who shld b tired huh... dun wana quarrel so i kept quiet..

I let Jaden play for a while, b4 i made him his milk... He prefers to sleep in yaolan when he's at our house for noon nap.. so i let him be... though at my inlaws' house, he naps on bed. When he was drinking, I let him lie in the yaolan n drink. After he finished his milk, I switched on the mobile, n it started to shake. Less than 3min, he dozed off n started his nap.. from 1.30-6pm..

When he napped, I oso quickly lie on the sofa n started my nap too. Nap for ard 2 hours. Luckily got chance to nap, or else I think I'll fall sick. I will bring him to the pool again probably 2 weeks later, after National Day week... I'll see how... I'm having headache now... Monday has lesson Observation, but I had not prepared.. Will ask AR if i can postpone til after National Day week... I wish to rest tonite, n tmr... die lah..

I will still bring Jaden to play water, but must depends on the weather.. All i know my son enjoys himself in the water, or with the water.. haha!

Personalised car sign

I ordered a personalised car sign a couple of weeks ago, n was glad that I've received it ard last week bah...

was so happy with it, that i placed it on top of my IU...

I had no choice but to choose orange, coz the supplier dun have red colour... aniway orange oso can match my car, so i ok loh, did 1 to put it in the car!

Who ask me to change to a red car.. or else i can take blue colour.. haha! but it's ok lah.. i oso did 1 for my brother...

With this current car, i am so lazy to keep it well maintained, compared to my Picanto... In the past, I would wash my car every weekend.. but not now.. mayb bcoz partly of having Jaden's presence...

I think if there is ever a next chance to change car, i would need to get red or orange, so that my car sign won't be such a 'weirdo'... haha! But is ok lah, red also v nice! If the supplier is collecting orders again, I'll do 1 for my best pal.. but sadly to say, so far didnt see her collecting orders.. so let's wait n see!

Jaden carrying his own bag

Our precious little prince enjoyed his freedom a lot.. in the past, we did not let him wear any shoes until he reached one.. when he 1st started wearing shoes, he hated it.. but after gotten used to it, he was ok..

A few months ago, we tried letting him carry his small little bag, same thing, he refused.. shout n shout til we remove it from his back...

A few days ago, his naughty mummy aka me, tried to let him carry again. surprisingly he didn't scream for help. He happily carried it n ran.. but the next day i let him carry again, he didn't like it liao.. but i still tried to let him carry the bag for a while lah.

He is approaching 2 years old. I think he should start to learn to carry his own bag. Sometimes he is ok, sometimes he is not. but nvm, i will try to let him carry whenever possible lah. At least not totally we carry, like in the past. But mayb he's not used to it, when he carried the bag, he ran n ran, suddenly will run sideways, or even nearly fell backwards. MIL said the bag was too heavy for him. but i dun think so lah.. it's only a bottle of water, hankerchief n a small box of snacks tats all..

He needs more opportunities to carry lah... When he goes to school, he oso need to carry one loh.. sooner or later he has to do it. Of course, I won't b so persistent to make him carry all e way lah. i will also help him carry at times.. it's just tat i want him to know that he has to carry his own bag at times.

It depends on his mood if he wants to carry the bag. frankly speaking, the bag is small lah.. he just need to get used to it tats all.. hahahaha... we already pampered him enough that my sis is fed up with him... hahahaha... I just want to slowly let him get in touch with diff sorts of things, which he needs to do it on his own in the coming future.. will slowly lah... if bag too heavy, of course is we will carry for him lah.. I hope 1 day when i let him carry, he won't scream n cry for help again... hahahaa!

Jaden is 20 months old!

Oh my, time flies! Jaden turns 20 months old.... Going to be 2 years old soon, very soon.

Today, i didn't go to work, as my throat kept feeling itchy.. will cough on n off.. n it's v irritating. Decided to see a doc.. but it did not stop me from having my activity!

Today, I accomplished some things which I always wanted to do, n I'm glad to complete it today.

I went on a 'date' with my best pal Kelly. She accompanied me to do the things that I wanted to. Our monthly appointment! haha. Fixed the monthly venue liao... n both of us r happy with it!

After which, she accompanied me to e temple opp my house. Went praying. Kelly just stood aside as I did all the joss sticks praying. It's to pray to the deities that hope my wish will come true, not to strike toto or wat lah. It's personal reason.

We also went to the playgrp centre to see the teacher. Asked about some details n infor. Though the centre is not my 1st choice, but I'm willing to give it a try.

Noon time, brought Jaden home to play. Hubby bought KFC for dinner, we had dinner at home n fed Jaden his cereal. Ard 8pm+ then we bring Jaden back to in laws' house. I realised that Jaden is more well behaved when is at our own house, mayb bcoz he knows that his backups are not around. But a pity, he still refused to open his gold mouth. Cannot be forced I understand. But I hope he can be obedient n listen to instructions, just like Princeton.

Jaden is too wilful n most of the times refused to listen to instructions, n refused to do according to wat we say. It made me worry, being afraid he might be special. But of course I do hope he isn't lah.

I haven't really plan for his 2nd birthday, but roughly an idea in mind already. I need some more quiet n stress free time to sit down n really think about how to celebrate. It'll be a very simple one. Just 4 more months to go, hope I can quickly settle his bday celebration loh, so that I can share with ppl who r reading my blog.

At Gladys' house

Last week supposed to have the gathering at Gladys' house, but Delroy was sick.. so postponed to today.. a pity Jas cannot make it today..

Finally, after a long time, the 3 brothers are meeting up again! But as usual, Jaden, the crybaby, started crying b4 stepping into Gladys' house.. Settled him for quite some time b4 he stopped crying..

Princeton came slightly later.. but obviously he was a bit tired.. Jaden too.. Yest didn't take nap at all.. at nite slept at 10.45pm, this morn woke up at 9.20am... not enough sleep for my little rascal..

We stayed for ard 2.5hr, then I told them I need to bring Jaden home for his nap. while the Tay family continued their stay there... B4 we reached home, hubby actually dozed off b4 his son loh...

At home, i tried to put Jaden on the bed to nap, but he was still eager to see if can get out from the room so tat he can play. I had no choice but to put him in yaolan, n koe wat? less than 2min, he slept in yaolan... hmmmm....

Jaden needs more chances to learn how to interact with children around his age.. he is too timid.. a bit only will cry.. I hope he can b braver loh... =)

I bought 2 books

For those ppl who koe me well enough shld know, I hate going to the library, I hate reading. I will never finish reading a book bcoz i have no patience, n i find reading boring. I prefer movement, as I'm a visual learner. I learn from things can move, n not those verbally type of learning.

Just now, went to fetch bro from camp as he was doing his reservist. We went to Safra Hanis for dinner. Safra main hall was having book fair. We went over n take a look after dinner.

I seldom have the interest to read. If i ever go to the library, is to borrow recipe books, to have recipes of how to bake, or how to cook dishes. Others, sorry I'm not interested.

But I decided to buy 2 books. 1 of it was regarding Autism. Yes, as some of u who knew my concern previously. Tat i once suspected Jaden might b an autistic child. My colleagues said I'm over reacting. They all said Jaden is normal. Of course, it might b due to my over-reacting sense.. or mayb i worried too much. But I would like to find out more abt Autism, so i chose that book. Though I'm a professional, had encountered many sorts of diff kids with diff special needs, but after all, i'm not specialised in this area, so hope this book can be of help in my knowledge of such kids.

Next book that i had chosen was, regarding how to enhance child's language. Yes i'm a language teacher, but i teach children from 7yr onwards, not infant/toddler leh. I wish to find out more about this area too. I hope whenever I have e free time, I can sit down and read a bit at a time, esp when Jaden is napping.

Or mayb, i need other distractions to keep my mind away from work. I find that my passion is running low. Nvm, i'll talk more abt it in my next post bah.

My mum sets off to Japan!

I just went to send my mum n gugu off at the airport, together with my siblings n dad.. drove my car n my bro drove his...

my mum went to Japan with my small gugu n 2 of my gugu's friends. they will b back on Sat midnite, which is Sun morn.. i dun think i will go fetch, my bro will b going most likely..

My mum has been making nutritous soups for me... but will miss it for 1 week loh. But i think most prob when she is back, i won't ask her to boil for me. It's troublesome for her. Though she cooks dinner almost everyday, with soup, but the soup she boil for me is another pot. which makes her cook 2 sides.. dun ask me y cook 2 diff soup.. 1 is for my family members, 1 is for me.

If occasionally she cook, then i can go drink lah, but these 2 weeks are, she specially cook for me. after work i will go over n collect. i did pass her some $$ for the ingredients. when i sms-ed her that the soup is tasty, she v happy..

I dun wish to trouble her all the time, nor make her so tired for making soup for me.. So, when she's back, i will tell her if got time then boil for me, if not, i will just drop by n drink watever soup she cook for the family. My mum has been supportive these few weeks, past few weeks when i'm unwell, she cook dinner for me n bring over for me everyday. she makes sure the food she cook are the food that i can take. she will ask the hawkers b4 buying n cooking. i appreciate that.

homecooked food r still e best! i love e food she cooks... if your taste is those kind of heavy type, then u will like her food. coz her food is very 'cantonese type' of food... haha! hope she enjoy her Japan trip loh! see u soon mummy!

Tried putting Jaden on car seat

A few days ago, i tried putting Jaden on the car seat... wow surprisingly he didn't make a fuss over it loh!

It was last Sun's matter.. I went to put the car seat at the front seat tat morn.. went to JP with my mil to buy food for Jaden, as she need to cook his porridge.

Initially, I wanted to carry him home on that Sun morn.. as i thought that MIL 'will b busy' that day... her usual weekend programme i mean,those who understand will know.. but who koes, her kakis were not around...

So, there we went, after buying the ingredients from NTUC, we proceeded home.. I carried Jaden to the car seat. He didn't make noise, quietly let me fasten the seat belts for him.. no noise at all.. drove from JP to in laws' house, n waited under the block, as MIL need to put the stuff back to the house, n get his porridge, as we were going to Bird Park to see FIL fishing for prawns...

While both Jaden n I were in the car, he waited quietly! tats great... seeing him not making noise, we decided to continue letting him sit in the car seat, while i drove to Bird Park. He still didn't make noise.... all the way til we were at Bird Park. But we stayed only for ard 10min.. as Jaden wanted to go into the prawn pool!!!!! oh my...

N he was actually rather tired.. so staying for ard 10min, both MIL n I decided to bring him home.. when going back, MIL carried Jaden as we could sense that he was getting tired..

So, after getting home, less than 1hr, he fell asleep n started his nap.. haha! I was rather happy that after so many months tat i started letting him sit in car seat, the '1st' attempt after so long was great.. tmr morn, i will put the car seat again.. as I will bring him back to our own house after breakfast with my in laws... I think tmr my inlaws will b 'busy', as today they were very free, no prog.. so today no prog, tmr sure have... believe me.. i'll bring Jaden home n take care myself, dun worry i can do it, as it's not the 1st time.. til dinner time then i bring him back. will let him have his nap at home... tmr nite need to fetch my mum n gugu to the airport as they r going to Japan... Hope tmr's attempt to sit on the car seat is ok loh! please pray for me... =)

I had a dream

Yest, I had a funny dream... I have a bad habit, I kept dreaming when i was sleeping. This is not good I know.. which means my brain is not resting.. but mostly i will forget the dream when i get up the next morn, or i only remember a bit but it's blur...

This is not the 1st time I've dreamt of Jaden.. dreaming abt him in childcare..

This time round, the dream is indeed funny.. I dreamt tat Jaden is in e childcare, both hubby & I went over n visit him, see how he is coping..

By the time we reached there, all the children were having their classroom activity.. forgot if it was singing or what lah.. but guess wat my son is doing? While classmates were all playing happily, Jaden was still in his sleep... deeply asleep, despite the noise in the childcare...

Oh my, wat kind of dream was tat? i told hubby abt this dream, n he was speechless... haha! i really couldn't imagine wats life going to b like if i put him in childcare.. i think i will b those kind of emotional mummy... he cry then i bring him home... i hope i can control myself...

BTW, this morn mil just commented that Jaden is still young.. can choose not to go childcare.. wait til he's ard 3 years old then enrol him oso can... or wait til he's old enough to enter kindergarten...

I'm still considering if i shld put him at home or what... sometimes just felt tat i dun bear to put him in childcare loh.. so til now, i'm still considering.. drag n drag...

But no matter wat, I just hope watever i do/decide for Jaden, is for his own good, n is beneficial to him..

Another new start of the month

Yeah finally a new start of the month again, n everything starts anew too...

Today is the 1st day of the month, n according to the appointment, Jaden needs to go for his Pneumococcal vaccination today.

Initially wanted to let him go for the vaccination earlier, as early as 12 months old, but bcoz past few mths he on n off sick mah, n 5 weeks ago just completed his MMR... so nurse said let him 'rest' for 5 weeks 1st b4 scheduling him for the Pneumococcal vaccination.. so luckily he was in pink health so far, so finally today can take liao..

Nurse asked if we wana let him have the vaccination for chickenpox too.. i asked, can have 2 injections a day ah? she said yes... 1 on the left arm, 1 on the left thigh... of course can settle all at a go, might as well opt for it.. cry oso cry 1 time...

MIL waited outside the room, as both hubby n I were with Jaden inside the room.. i was carrying Jaden n singing to him.. but it didn't stop him from crying haha!!! But luckily, he cried oso for a little while only... our crybaby...

i dun wish to make another trip next mth for the chickenpox lah, to b frank.. so since can have both at a time, it'll b best.. but heng ah, so far Jaden haven't gotten the fever.. hope it doesn't come lah...

He weighs 11.4kg today... Wah! great.. dun wish to see him sick loh.. v pathetic one leh.. had gotten the certificate of vaccination too.. the next checkup will be when Jaden turns 3 years old.. I hope if there's HFMD vaccination, I'll let Jaden go for it too.. as HFMD is 1 of the worst illness that a child can get...

A new month, a new start, I hope I can restart everything again... new start, new hope, new life..