End of the month! Yeah!

Without me realising, today marks the end of the month again! Yeah, June is coming!

Today, i had to attend a full day course at Newton, thus my mum has to take leave to come over to my house n help me with the boys, n help Wentong too.. My best pal went over to help see see look look, phew, lucky my best pal assured me that both boys were well behaved today.. I was still v worried... I was afraid Jaden might make hubby angry, bcoz he always throws temper.. so today heard tat Jaden is a good boy, i felt more relieved. Kelly oso helped to buy food up for them, thanks my dear pal!

With Javier napping awhile, b4 he starts his night sleep now, n Jaden with me in the room, I quickly update my blog, n then my time has to be with Jaden.

Tomorrow i still need to go back to school, bcoz of the helping of P6 oral practise. And after that need to stay back to discuss abt the CME cluster sharing matters. Super sianzzz to the max!

After tmr, we will be having a short break of 2 weeks. I think i need a full body massage, backache! I need to book a session of facial too. I've not been visiting there for MANY months!

Time flies especially fast this year, n i hope everything will just go on smoothly. Though there were some hiccups recently, but i learnt to let go n not ponder over it, but it doesn't mean i will forget! My pal will koe wat i mean..

I pray, tomorrow Jaden will oso behave, or else hubby would b angry with him. My mum needs to get up early again tmr morn, as i need to be in sch by 8am... Thanks my mum.. Lucky u r willing to apply leave to help us with the boys for these 2 days... Or else i wouldn't koe how hubby is going to cope... I dun dare to think of free days ahead, this year is very packed for me... I only hope all will go on smoothly n i will try my best to minimise all damage... Welcome June, it's break time!

Don't grow up too fast!

When we 1st did the 12-months birthline frame for Jaden, hubby told me, since Jaden has 1, then Javier must oso have 1... Actually in the past, i wouldn't wana do that, it's bcoz it was a present from Weixin, so i gotta start that time. Haha.. A few months ago, hubby n i went to choose 1 for Javier.

When i was choosing the pictures to be placed in the frames, i then realised how fast time has passed. Javier is now 8 months, going to be 9 months old soon.. Jaden is already 3.5 years old now.. I just felt that time passes so quickly that i find it scary.

Can they not grow up so fast? To b frank, when i see the kids now, i wonder how my boys will become when they grow older? Can they remain like that? Naive n cute n lovable... I couldnt imagine them going thru the stages of growing up, rebellious, NS, courtship n eventually marriage. Dont say that i am thinking too much, all these r actually coming soon when we don't realise it.

I have to admit tat the kids at this generation are so much harder to educate n teach. By right, parents r more educated n civilised now, the kids shld b better behaved n teachable, but why isit so difficult now in fact? In our generation, parents not so well educated, n yet we as children, are tougher n better taught... I see the kids now, i wana faint.. My kids at home r no any better. Tat makes me wonder, wat went wrong? 

I do not expect my kids to b fantastic in every area. I have my own expectations on them. I love them more than ani1 else. I do hit them too, coz i still believe that it is a part of growing up. Love education dun work all e time, really. trust me. I dont believe in NOT HITTING our child, coz it's the most straightforward method to get the message across to them that wat they r doing now is not correct. Some kids r violent, not bcoz they r hit by parents at home for their poor behaviour. in fact, these children who are not hit by parents! I hate to go thru the rebellious stage in life. All of us went through, n i am sure we did break our parents' hearts at tat point of stage.

Sometimes, i do hope time can stop n pause at this moment. I love this moment, when both my boys are still so young n cute, n adorable. Haiz...

Jaden is 3 years 6 months old!

What can i say?? Can only say time really flies... Jaden is 3.5 years old liao! 6 more mths to 4 years old..

Never expected time to just pass like this. esp in this 2012, when i'm so busy at work, time passes like nobody's business. 

Jaden always brings me laughter n smiles, all bcoz he is a naive n innocent boy. He can b v naughty too, n very stubborn. But we r trying to make him a better boy now... He can drive us nuts at times, n i can get super angry with him. Hubby doesn't have much patience on him, abit only n hubby will call his name in a very pek chek tone.

All i can say is, PATIENCE. i am still trying hard.. esp after work already felt so tired n worn out, sometimes see him throwing tantrums can really make me bonkers. 

He is trying to b a loving brother, though sometimes he likes to hit Javier's head, n treat his younger brother like a toy. Javier sees Jaden will smile n kick legs.. Hope the boys will b close when they r older loh.

It's almost e end of the term, but it doesn't mean i will b v free. Many ppl tot our job is very free, come on lah, join us n u will koe. I have so much work on hand.. til e end of e year. How i wish 2012 can pass faster n smoother, but on e other hand oso v contradicting. if i wish this year to pass faster, means my boys will grow up faster too. I don't wish that. I like e current life now.. but of course, they need to grow up 1 day, n leave us eventually. Hey! i am thinking far liao.. oppps.

I dun expect Jaden to be clever or wat, though he can b quite a fast learner. I just wish when he grows up, he can be a useful person to the society, n be a good person. I always need to worry abt him, n end up sometimes when i am alone thinking abt all these worrying stuff, i would feel so much like crying out. Haiz, am i too weak?

I need to worry abt Jaden most of the time, coz he needs assurance.. I just hope things will get better each day. He is my son, our son, so no way i am giving up. He is always my cutie cheerful boy, whom i love alot!

Jaden's teacher

It is such a pity to hear tat Teacher Mas, will no longer teach Jaden when he is back for lesson from Term 3 onwards... Next week is T2W10, will be her last week with Jaden... So sad...

Both hubby & I like Teacher Mas, so does Jaden. She can handle him very well. If Jaden doesn't like the teacher, it is v obvious. Teacher Mas is very patient towards Jaden.. In this 5 months, he had learnt so much from her, n she koes how to 'catch' Jaden back when he loses his attention. She has her ways, n we never intervened.

Another young teacher has been tagging her for the past few weeks, Teacher Cheryl. She will be taking over Teacher Mas when term 3 starts. She is new in this profession. I kinda of worry actually. Hubby saw e way she handled Jaden, n commented tat she couldn't manage Jaden. Teacher Mas will b watching her, n will give her suggestions. She'll intervene at times too. I saw a couple of times on how she handled him. She is just too new. Need to give her some time. I'm just afraid that Jaden's progress will b slowed down, coz with Teacher Mas, he adapted to her n listened to her very fast. But mayb bcoz Teacher Mas has been in this line for 10 years liao bah, tats y she koes better how to handle kids like Jaden.

I shld b more positive.. Give Cheryl some time... I hope she can catch Jaden's pattern soon. I'm afraid this transition period, Jaden will learn lesser things coz his focus is gone n e new teacher gotta find solutions to catch him back. Teacher Mas said there'll b another very experienced teacher helping out in term 3. Some work is, time produce experience... I hope this applies to Teacher Cheryl. But just abit sad tat Jaden became somehow the guinea pig. But that is 1 cruel fact tat every pupil/parent will face, esp when the pupil n parent like the teacher so much.

Next week is the last week of the term. I'll be so busy.. No time to visit Jaden in school. I just created a picture of thank-you card from online. Hope can pass to Teacher Mas by Friday. It was a picture taken today of Jaden together with her. Hubby n I find it sad to hear that she'll no longer b teaching Jaden. We saw how much Jaden has learnt from her.. She always will hug him n encourage him. Though e period of time with her is just 5 months, but she has contributed so much. We wish her all e best. Every1 needs to move on, tats e fact. Jaden must not forget tat he has this teacher b4, to teach n guide him along e way. No matter what, we must b appreciative. Thank you Teacher Mas, for your patience, kindness n guidance for our precious Jaden. Hope you can find your next rainbow in your next career. Your contribution will b rewarded. All e best!

Javier's persistent cough

I give up, finally gave in to bring Javier to see doctor this morn.. after coughing for 1week...

We had been feeding him with chinese medicine powder, but no much improvement.. coughing with phlegm.. though now not so grouchy like e past few days, but can see tat he dun feel good.. of course in such situation who feels good? he can cough til his eyes become red.. oh my... Jaden is more or less ok liao..

Yest nite we brought him home... slept near to 12am, he suddenly cried.. but settled down n continued with his sleep v fast... this morn heard him coughing badly again.. so decided to bring him to see doc..

His nose is still a bit congested.. Albas oil is for infants to use when they have congested nose... Heard tat using humidifier can help them sleep better when u drop abit of the albas oil in it... so, just now at night, i went to JP to buy 1... i have the albas oil at home, now using it in the room for Javier. Hope he can sleep better tonite..

I brought his health bklet along too when we visited the doc... since can also do the routine 6-10month checkup, n oso wana see how much he has grown.. He is now 8.5kg n 75cm tall as at 8 months 9 days old... 

He can tripod sit, but not independently w/o support. If put him on a chair, he can sit but not v stable.. I can say he is lazy.. haha... Gotta practise more i assume... mayb bones too heavy, no strength.. 

Since the 4 of us r at home today, i told hubby y not i cook dinner, since outside food really eat until scared.. I seldom have e chance to cook coz by the time i knock off from work n buy ingredients, i think it'll b supper time.

Cooked a simple dinner n the both of us finished up all the food.. was happy with myself for the food i made today! ahahhahaha... 

Hope Javier can recover soon so tat i can start him with playing water in the pool... n back to his porridge/cereal routine... Now bcoz of the cough, if he eat porridge or cereal, he will cough even worse n will even vomit... so we have to stop til he has recovered... Pls recover asap ok Javier?

Dinner with both side families

Made an apptment with my family n my in laws today for dinner.. To pre-celebrate Mother's Day. Initally wanted to try out the Neo Garden zhu chao at jurong west st 41, but when we reached there, bro called my cousin to ask him for the exact location. who koes he told us the place has closed down! what the....... Well, so in e end we went nearby zhu chao kopitiam to have dinner.

  The food was not bad actually! But i think we ordered too much! Haha... We have 9 adults.. with Jaden n Javier of course. This was the 1st time we had such dinner together in a kopitiam. It proves that celebrate mother's day need not go restaurant or posh hotels! As long as can sit down together n eat n talk.. n of course food must b good lah.. We ordered 7 dishes n 1 soup. walao, simply too much!

  FIL couldn't join us at the last min coz machine spoilt, he need to stay in company to repair.. Thus, we went on without him. Hubby's ah-yi came out from m'sia n was staying at my in laws' hse, so we asked her along for the dinner..

  Jaden was well behaved today. A pity he wouldn't want to eat the food. So picky, no choice. Jav was actually v tired, so was abit cranky. Somemore it's warm there, he was abit unhappy. Haha.. but no choice lah, Spore v hot, he has to get used to it somehow.

  Jaden greeted every1.. good boy.. When we were abt to leave, we asked him to say bye-bye to each of his seniors. He did so, n oso with a high-5 to each of them..

  This Sun is the actual Mother's Day.. Everywhere sure v packed n expensive! Haha... I dun plan to go out on Sun, coz i have simply too many things to do this weekend... Many deadlines to meet n i'm actually a bit of confused of wat to do n how to do.. I'm in trouble. Haha.. We had a v full dinner today, n hubby cannot even eat the rice coz he said by eating the food already made him v full liao! I like eating with my siblings.. coz we can chat anything under the sun! I just hope every year, we can sit down as 2 families to have meals together. 

  Nonetheless, wana wish all mothers a happy Mother's Day..n i wana wish myself too.... All mothers are great!

Holiday in-lieu

Monday is always very blue, but all thanks to the Vesak Day, Mon is a holiday in-lieu. As i planned, brought Jaden to Suntec Hokey Pokey... MIL n Jav oso tagged along.. a pity hubby need to work.

Jaden had a great time playing there... Javier still cannot sit up loh, thus v limited play.. haha... 

The entrance fee indeed not cheap wor... After playing, we went to Toys R Us buy toys for the boys. Damage for today's outing, $100+.. Super broke.

Jaden was v demanding today. Kept pestering me to buy ball for him. I refused n there he was again, throwing tantrums by crying n shouting... As usual lah.. I carried him n walked away, but he was getting out of hand.. Continued to scream n cry loudly. I hated such behaviour from him, tat is simply unreasonable.. So i actually hit his face n mouth, very hard. Trust me, i did not turn into soft hands. His cheeks was red.. Very unreasonable of him... I cannot stand. I am very patient enuf towards him, but i have my ground of principles. If u throw tantrums in such manner, i would not tolerate. Aniway, i dun blif a child can b brought up w/o beating from parents. To me, love education dun work.

All parents love their kids. But if your definition of love education is not to hit children, then i think u r wrong. If they did wrong things, all u did is to persuade them, or tell them u dun want them animore, then u think a child can understand the meaning? they would never koe that wat they did was wrong. They only koe tat u said u dun want them tats all, tats y they r scared. Who dunno i love Jaden alot? But when he does wrong things, the most straightforward way to let him koe tat is wrong is to get a beating from me.

I told him, if u make me angry again, i will not hesitate to beat u again. If he cries bcoz he falls down or wat then i can still understand, but the situation just now definitely is beyond my tolerance.

After tat, we went to Jurong East for lunch, then back to my in laws' house. By evening, both boys were napping liao, n it's time for me to meet Weixin for dinner at JP. We had a great chat n it was great to meet up... Loves chatting with her, a very good frd...

Soon, we need to go back to work again.. oh so lazy...... well, life has to go. Who ask my hubby not as good earning power? =)

Vesak Day

 Today is Vesak Day,n we went to west mall in the afternoon, bcoz signed Javier up for cutest baby contest held there.

  Just out of curiosity to sign him up n who koes was being shortlisted. Received notification email from them that had to bring Jav down today at 2-2.15pm to register. He belonged to grp 7.

  Well, i had never brought Jaden or Jav to such open contest b4. Wondered what the prog will b like today, but to my disappointment, it was not up to my expectations.

  There are 180 babies today in the preliminary rounds. Only 15 babies will be selected for the finals for tomorrow. It's not bcoz Jav wasn't being selected to be in the finals, was bcoz i dun find such contest being fair.

  Mayb many ppl knew abt such contests, but i really dunno. Each grp has 10 babies going up to the stage, n of course 10 mummies. If your bb can crawl or walk, or cannot also nvm, just put them on e mat for ard 2min. Judges will see how cute they are n then like tat.

  Jav still cannot crawl. Some bb in his grp can crawl already, so was crawling all over the mat. Like tat, judges cannot see the bb at e back isn't it? There are 1 or 2 more bb in the grp who refused to cooperate lah of course. Jav was v tired as he has been awake for near to 3hrs. He needed his nap.

  Hubby was trying to make him smile at the front of the stage, but he refused to smile. Haha. After tat, he was so tired tat he napped for a few hours. Since he napped at my PILs' house, so we brought Jaden out for lunch. Who koes eat halfway, Jaden said he wanted to nap too. So, we brought him home to nap, all e way from 4+ to 7.45pm.

  Now, we are at home with Javier. He need not go to west mall again tmr, coz he wasn't being selected into the finals. I dun really fight for the prizes actually. It's just a pure experience. Now i koe such contests liao. 

  It doesn't matter if Jav managed to win anything or not, coz tats not the point of signing him up. I really wana koe how it would b like to take part in such contest n how it is being held. A weekend was gone just like tat. Time flies. Sunday shall be my rest day. Just wana laze n not do anything.