Mama Ching

4 years 5 months old

2012-02-20T19:01:00.000-08:00

Stickers all over her ex room.

Today, she's already 4 years 5 months old. Able to write 1-100, A to Z, speak Mandarin, bit of English, few words of Malay, few words of Cantonese and Hakka. Also, started full day kindergarden since last December at Vista Cemerlang Puteri 12, Puchong.

Spoke to her kindergarden's teacher (Teacher Lam), she is already adapting to the full day schooling, and managed to complete homework fast. Besides that, she is also teacher little helper, helping teacher to watch over kids who walk out from class room. However, she still cry before going to school, complaining having stomachache, leg pain and etc. Sometimes, she rather stays home with her dad (which she refused to do most of the time), than going to school. Sigh!!!!

Giving the best to our kids

2011-11-27T16:50:00.001-08:00

What is the best for our kids?

Nowadays, parents started to enroll their kids into different classes and programs. They are sending them to music, drawing, dancing, singing, speech, and language classes. Others also send them to right brain development, story telling, math stimulation, brain stimulation and many more. If you're a parent who had gone through above, please share your experience.

Because most parents don't know what's best for their kids, therefore, they will spend hundreds/thousands of ringgit on classes that they believe will help.

Personally, I think it's parents' role to observe and discover their kids' interest and talent. Therefore, it's not wrong to enroll kids into different programs. However, parents shall observe and participate in those programs. If their kids show no interest, or "talent", why waste the money and time. We shall explore together with the kids, and discover what's best for them.

Am a good example. My dad sent me to piano classes since 5 years old, and also my 2 brothers who were 8, and 9 years old. My brothers quit after 1-2 months. While I continued till finishing grade 8 in Form 4. Honestly, I was not a piano lover, and hate piano lessons, always forgot to cut finger nails and only practiced once a week before the lesson, even in grade 7-8. Very bad attitude. What did I gain? A good testimonial for scholarship application. That's it. I was more interested in Organ and violin.

Mother's guilt

2011-11-27T16:34:00.000-08:00

Was doing corporate line since graduated, then moved into home based online business. Now, doing retail plus online business.

During corporate line, I still have a maid and daughter was still young. So, I didn't feel the guilt of coming back late, or not able to spend time with her. Then, while doing online biz at home, started to spend a lot of time with her. As a result, she was very attached to me, and of course loving me more than anything else. If you ask her how much she loves mommy, she will say, love her 100, while daddy only 10, and others are 1. LOL

However, now I had just started retail business at baby store and yet to get any promoter. Work is busy and tiring as it's a new start up and needs to work through weekends. While, my husband was not giving as much emotional or physical support that I needed. (sigh!!) At the same time, I felt guilty and sad for not able to spend time with daughter.

Gal, if you happen to read this when you're older. Mommy has no choice but to send you to daycare. Reason being, the shop wasn't suitable for young kids. You will be better and safer with day care.

3rd outlet of Baby cottage in Puchong Gateway

2011-11-26T01:47:00.000-08:00

For new opening, the shop is doing 20-40% on strollers, car seats, crib, bottles, gift sets and etc.

Brands available now - Maclaren, Halford, Recaro, Bebecar, Inglesina, Zooper, Espirit, MAM, Tommee Tippee, Dr. Brown, Safety Plus, Lindam, Bumble Bee, Seni Daya (bed crib), Snowbear, Momma, Harmony (recyle diaper)

Brands (waiting for stock) - Avent, Maxi Cosi, Peg Perego, Quinny, Medela

SPECIAL PROMOTION:

1) Snowbear BPA free sterilizer - free Bottle and food warmer - RM289.90 - now RM209.90

2) Maclaren Techno XT - free footmuff worth RM79.00

3) Lindam Safety Gates - 30-40%.

Address: No 76, Jalan Suria puchong 1, Pusat Perniagaan Suria Puchong, 47110 Puchong Selangor

Tel: 03 8958 1773

Kindergardens in Puchong

2011-10-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

My gal had attended and enjoyed 2 years Beacon house in 2010 and 2011. Next year, I would like to enroll her into Q dees or Realkids at Puchong. However, there are more than one Q dees and Realkids around Puchong area. So, I surveyed a few of them.

1) Q dees at Wawasan 3 - Very nice facility where the entire school was built nearby a playground/field around residential houses. They had indoor play ground, gymroom but the swimming pool was only half the size of Beacon house Puchong. More for water playing I guess. The principal Susan was very friendly and attentive. In term of the programme, very academic, and aiming to prepare kids for Chinese Primary school. Their intention is to get the year 6 students to learn standard 1 syllabus. Full day programme - till 6.30pm. Food? mostly ala carte like friend "Cantonese" style, single dish with rice. Fees - average around RM450-RM500 monthly inclusive of material and food. This depend on whether you sign up for additional English/Mandarin classes. Overall - satisfactory

Remarks: I was so impressed when the students of 4 year old stand up and greeted us when the principal opened the door. This didn't happen in Beacon.

2) Q dees at Kinrara BK4 - Facilities - Corner and extended intermediate double storey link house with a larger swimming pool - about Beacon house Puchong but out door. Programme - same for all Q dees but I didn't notice they have additional for English/Mandarin. Food - Very good. We saw they were serving fried chicken stripes, ABC soup, baked bean and rice for that afternoon. Very home cook food. Fees - cheaper than Q dees wawasanOverall - very homely, I was shared by my gf that the Principal Puan Hayati not so good. Anyway, this was a bit far, so I decided not to send to this school.

Remarks: There were ard 180 kids with 30 full day kids.

3) Fungates at Kinrara - Facilities - Corner and extended intermediate double storey SHOPLOT. There were ard 200 students studying there, and 80 full day kids. No swimming pool or gym room but has a science lab. Programme - OPEN Concept - all kids are studying together in a big hall, only divided the classes by half height divider. So, the kids could see and hear what other classes are doing. According to them, this was to train their concentration. Food - like Beacon House Puchong - rice with soup. Fees - can't remember but ard RM400. Overall - Personally, I felt the environment a bit "packed" and I was concerned about safely during fire breakout. Anyway, this was far too, so out of my lists.

4) Realkids at Puchong Jaya - Facilities - wonderful, and similar to Beacon house Puchong. Only with outdoor swimming pool. It was built on an empty land, with 8-10 classrooms plus music, gymroom and canteen. Programme - Play to learn, lots of fun but I heard from a parent whose kid was studying year 5&6, the teachers were very patience and supportive. Extra classes for Mandarin/Tamil and even Cambridge English. Fees - can't remember exactly but around RM400-450 (depending on the classes you enroll). Food - I was told by the parent, it was good. But not sure what they served. Overall - Good just that I still wonder whether Realkids programme will be suitable for Chinese primary school. Also, this was a bit far. Will visit Real kids Bdr Puteri later.

Remarks: Turnaround of teachers here was low. heard that teachers were given shares

Next, I would like to survey some schools at Bandar Puteri.

If your kids were from above kindergardens or those in Bdr Puteri, PLEASE SHARE your valuable comments here. So other parents like me would benefit.

2nd year at Beacon House Puchong

2011-09-28T20:07:00.000-07:00

This is her 2nd year in Beacon House Puchong. Next year, we will move her to a more academic kindie to prepare her for Chinese primary school.

Beacon house has pretty good facilities and programme. My gal enjoyed her schooldays, and even wanted to go to school on weekends. She makes friends, and enjoyed the classes like computer, music, gym and swimming. Well, since it's a montessory schoool, therefore, it offers more activities and less homework. Besides, it emphasize more on English than other 2 languages. It's ok, she's only 4 this yeear . she will have plenty of time to pick up the languages.

We would like her to enjoy school, and learn with fun.

now, am looking for kindergarden around Kinrara BK5 area. Please comment if you have any recommendations. I heard Q-dees and fungate are good, will check them out.

Horse Carnival 23-25 Sep 2011 - Selangor Turf Club

2011-09-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

Visited Horse Carnival organised by Selangor turf Club. The carnival lasted for 3 days from 10am till evening time. I went on the last day and arrived with my dotter at 10am sharp. I was expected less crowd, but surprised to catch a long queue for the shuttle bus.

Overall the carnival was a good experience for young kids like my dotter. She had the 1st experience to ride on a pony and see diff. horses, as well as horse patting. Besides that, she also experienced to ride on a horse carriage. The fare for each ride was fair, not too expensive. Besides, she also saw 2 hot air balloons (which were not found in TV or books). Economic, healthy and fun outing.

She was so amused with the pony ride and had a good time with the kids.

Yeng's favourite black horse.

Horse carriage ride.

Hin2 pony ride

Disney Licensed schoolbags

2011-07-07T02:13:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered how much is primary school kids' bag now?

RM20? If you think so, that mean you're really out dated. The cheapest schoolbag selling in Tesco also cost more than that.

RM60? Yup, can get a school bag but without stroller, and quality is poor.

It's around Rm80-RM200 for a stroller schoolbags. It's depending on the quality and brand too.

More than 50% of primary school kids are using SWAN bags. I wonder why? Cheap? It's selling around Rm109 - not so cheap. Nice? Maybe Easy available? Maybe? Would it because there are not many choices, Swan appeared to be the easy to get brand.

New Product- DIY Painting

2011-06-30T20:52:00.001-07:00

DIY painting set with numeric numbers. Not expensive, and only RM79.50 for 50x 40cm full painting. Check out http://www.momsbargain.com.my/ Category Gift Ideas -> DIY Painting

Target to complete the above painting by end July.

Mega Sales for Car Seat and strollers - 20% and up

2011-06-28T01:46:00.000-07:00

Backup "daddy"

2011-02-22T00:02:00.000-08:00

Most of the times, my daughter and husband are like "Tom" and "Jerry". She cries when my husband picked her up from school, and will shout "No daddy", I don't want daddy. At night, when my husband wanted to play with her, sometimes, she will kick and push him away.

HOWEVER, when the "angry" mother disallowed her to do something, she will cry for daddy. Then, her daddy will come to her rescue. Spoiled kid. How?

Beacon House Lion dance 2011 Feb

2011-02-18T01:25:00.000-08:00

Beacon house Puchong has a new principal in 2011. She had invited parents for lion dance together with the kids. What a briliant idea for the parents, kids and teachers to be together.

last year, parents were not invited. No ideas how was it done.

Back to Beacon House for year 4

2011-01-09T07:46:00.001-08:00

My gal is back to Beacon House Puchong to continue her year 4. Before registering, thought of QDees, Real kids and other kindie. However, concerning over my daughter's lack of sense of security, we decided to enrol her back to Beacon house. so that, she won't enjoy her school and not crying when she started last Jan 2010.

Her 1st week at school was great. No crying, no mommy, she could adapt back pretty fast after a long one month break. Her new teacher, Evelyn looked pretty caring and experience. But, she was not so lucky, as gotta take care of 19 kids (some old and new kids) all by herself plus some help from "kakak".

Tomorrow will be the 2nd Monday of school in this year. I wish everything will be just fine. "praying"

Separation Stage

2010-12-19T16:04:00.000-08:00

She's 3 years 3 months old. It's time for her to be more independant - sleeping in her own room, and eat her own food. However, it's not easy at all. She has been very closed to me since my maid returned to Indonesia December 09 and also after quiting my job in April 2010. As usualy, her daddy couldn't help much.

How? My brother and Nanny advised me that, the only way was to be strict to her. For instance, my brother managed to put her 3 year old twins and 5 year old boy to bed themselves after "beating" and threatening for a while. while, my nanny told me to be more discipline and strict to her. Easy to say,, but hard to do.

Starting Jan 2011, she will stop going to Nanny place. I will take full care of her after school. I wish I could manage her well with her lunch, dinner and also nap time. Then, putting her to bed without me being around. Wish me luck!

Kids just need simple things

2010-12-19T15:34:00.000-08:00

Most parents want to give the best to their child. Therfore, parents may think expensive toys, clothes and holidays mean good quality, and kids will "happy" to have them. Think about it, did your kids appreciate them? or the parents themselves? However, I don't disagree to get some expensive toys with quality, for child safety or education purpose. Or, some more expensive clothing for comfort purpose.

Last last Sunday, me and some secondary school friends brought our kid(s) to Zoo Negara. Amazingly, the kids (2+, 3+ and 6) could walk around the Zoo under hot sun for almost 4 hours. We started from 10am and only left the Zoo around 2pm for late lunch. If not only because the parents were hungry and couldn't stand the heat, the kids could continue for another hour as they were still excited about the animals in the Zoo. Furthermore, that was the cheapest but valuable outing. The Zoo Entrance fee was RM20 per adult and free for kid below 3. For foreign maid was RM30 (without MyCard).

Go with electric breast pump

2010-09-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

I had both manual and electric Avent breast pump. You must be wondering why? Am I too rich to get both? Or, too undecisive to get both? In fact, I was told that manual breast pump will stimulate more milk and it's more than half the price of electic breast pump. So, I bought a manual one before I delivered.

After delivery, I used the manual breast pump for only few days. It's too tiring,,, and I rather spent more time resting than pumping with my hands. sigh!!! Just imagined squeezing the manual breast pump for more than hundred times. so, my husband bought me the electric one. now, breast pumping time only took around 15-20 minutes. Besides, it's not that tiring anymore.

So, if you could afford, go for electric one. However, I DO Have friends who found manual better. Again, it depends on individual.

My sister in law recommended dual Spectra pump. She said, it's so much faster and powerful. hahahaha,,, I did try it in the hospital, I found it too hard on my breasts. I felt like it's sucking my nipple till it gets very painful. NO for me.

Too bad, there are no trying period for the breast pumps. Best is to ask your friends. They won't lie.

Check out some Breast Pump products that Momsbargain is carrying. our pricing is pretty competitive too.

http://www.momsbargain.com.my/products_2003_0_0.htm

Bumbo seat - RM159.20 only

2010-09-01T00:38:00.000-07:00

I bought this for my daughter when she's only 2 months plus. It helped her to sit safely and also helped in her back support. If you google this in the website, many western countries parents are using it instead of stroller/car seat at home or restaurant.

You can get Bumbo seat for RM159.20. The retail price is RM199. It comes in 5 diff. colors.

Online store - Momsbargain corner

2010-08-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

To spend more time with family and myself, I went into online business full time this year. COACH bags from US is the first product we tried. Now I started venturing into baby equipment and baby gift sets.

Here are the brands that my online store is selling. Do check out http://www.momsbargain.com.my/ Our prices are considered lowest among online stores. Let us know if you could find cheaper prices else where. : )

I found these gift sets are pretty good in quality, and not seen in Klang Valley. Let me know if you come across them and where?

Enjoying her Beaconhouse

2010-08-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

Something to share....

Remember about my girl had been crying on and off up to 6 weeks at school. She was crying so much that the teacher had headache and almost giving up on her. I was so worried because she cried for continuously 2 weeks from 3am to 4am, sometimes up to 5am. After seeing temple "sifu" and effort from the teacher, she stopped crying.

Back in Jun before the mid year break, her teacher had suggested to send her to school earlier. So that, she could spend more time assessing her. So, the next school day, I dropped her off before 8.30am (school starts at 8.45am to 9am). Surprisingly, her behaviour changed.

Remarks from teacher: She's very good and improved a lot.

At the same time, I noticed she looked energetic after school. Last time, she used to show me very very "exhausted" face and just wanted to sleep after school. Besides that, she started taking her 10am tea break, and finish all. she used to only drink few oz of milk before school till 12pm. Now, in the morning, she will finish one bottle of milk too. : )

What made the parents happy was,, my girl told me that "I like school, I want to go to school".

1st time sea experience

2010-08-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

During my younger brother and wife visit in May, we brought bb to Pulau Redang. It's a wonderful 3 days 2 nights break away for my family, my parents and also my brother and my sister in law. We only swim, eat and sleep on the island, and basically nothing much to do.

For BB, that was her first attempt on the sea. We brought her to the beach, and dragged her into the seaside. At first, she enjoyed the water playing but when the wave got rougher, she was complaining by saying "No No,,,, "sien sien" - mean Salty in Mandarin. hahaha,,, Then, we brought her to the resort pool where she enjoyed walking on her own at the kids pool area.

If you have a toddler like mine,,,,instead of bringing her to shopping or makan2, do plan for a break away on the island or beach. You will bring her a totally new experience.

note: my baby online store NOW open Momsbargain Corner

3rd BB puzzle

2010-04-13T02:08:00.000-07:00

During March 2010, I came across a RM10+ puzzle at Jusco Puchong. My dotter loved it so I bought for her. 2 pieces missing already

This kitty cat puzzle was slightly difficult as there was no picture to refer. So, I did the puzzle together with her, and slowly guided her on the colors and patterns. After 2-3 weeks, she can complete this on her own too.

I love puzzles. I used to do 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and even 5000 puzzles. so, I would like my dotter to pick up this as a hobby. At the same time, could train her patience and observation. : ) Even my FIL was impressed with her puzzle work. My dad insisted me to buy MORE for her. (My dad LOVES to buy her presents,,, he bought little presents almost every time he saw my dotter).

2nd BB puzzle

2010-04-13T02:06:00.000-07:00

After finishing Thomas and Train, we couldn't find a similar one. Then, we found a 40 pieces puzzle of Pooth Bear puzzle for her from Puzzle shop.

I did with her together for few times, then she managed to complete it herself after a while. It was before CNY 2010.

1st BB puzzle

2010-04-13T02:02:00.000-07:00

My parents bought this 35 pieces puzzle in Taiwan, and I couldn't find similar one in Malaysia. Let me know if you see this somewhere yah.

I started putting together this Thomas and Train with my dotter when she's <>

This is her first puzzle.

Fied trip to Selayang Natural Explorer

2010-04-12T02:36:00.000-07:00

Today is my girl's class field trip to Selayang Natural Explorer. Don't ask me where it it? I had never heard about this place.

Since she's so little and also very active, we concerned about her safely and also worried that the teachers were unable to monitor all of them. So, we decided not to send her. Initially, I felt guilty as it's a good opportunity for her to enjoy and learn. However, when I found out that only 2 of the students were going, then I felt better. :p

Will definitely let her join the next field trip.

Broke her front tooth

2010-04-12T02:32:00.000-07:00

She's a girl, but behaves like a boy. This was quoted by my husband. In fact, it's very true.

Last Friday night, my husband and I were resting on the bed. He was reading book, and I was lying down resting. My girl as usual, would move around the room. Then, she would jump on the bed, or climbed up and down from the bed. All the sudden, she felt from the bed and head banged on the floor. ONE BIG bruise (hit 1st price lottery) on the forehead, and hurt her upper lips. Then, worse was her front tooth broke half.

We were so frightening, and worried that she hurt her head. So, we checked her, and put icepack on her head. Oh dear! She was crying so loud. But, stopped after few minutes. Sigh! This girl,,asked her whether she would jump and be naughty again, she shaked her head. But last night, she continue her "act" again. Now, we need to be very strict to her, and monitor her closer. She's no ordinary girls who behave like one.

Annoying kid

2010-04-08T01:08:00.000-07:00

She's 2.5 years old, and an attention high seeker. Also, she will cry if you don't give her what she wants. Sometimes, she cried for no reason. Maybe because you closed the door for her, or because you didn't carry her from the floor up to the chair.

Sometimes, I really fed up with her notty behaviour, and ignored her.

I guess this is the period of time when she demands for parents' attention.

0-3 years old

2010-03-16T01:35:00.000-07:00

Most working mothers will either leave their 0-3 years old to the maid, nanny or parents in-law. I was the one that had left my bb to my maid and mother when she's 0-2 years old. If I would have another choice, I will find a good nanny instead.

Why?

I noticed that Indonesia maid can't raise your bb as good as Chinese experienced nanny. Although they love your kids, they are not caring enough to treat them the right way. For instance, my ex-maid likes to play with my kids, and she would allow her to do anything she wanted. While my current nanny would discipline my daughter and will stop her from doing things which are not right.

Also, my girl was not eating much before sending to Nanny. She couldn't swallow meat and rice easily, and only liked to drink soup and porridge. After sending to Nanny for 2-3 months, she is now a "crazy" eater. She eats and eats,, and never stop finding foods at home. - GOOD.

However, it's important to get a really GOOD nanny who is experienced and caring. If compared to maid, I think it's harder to find a maid than a good nanny. At least, old chinese lady will be more reasonable and make more sense than a non-educated Indo maid.

Strange behaviour

2010-02-26T22:55:00.001-08:00

Please tell me is this happening to all toddlers or just mine.

- She will ask you to carry her down from upstairs to downstair. If you don't she will keep crying and crying. If you still ignore, she will cry and come downstair till you see her. Then, if you want to hold her, she will run up stair and then ask you to carry her down.

- When she just went into the car, usually you will remove her shoes. After you removed her shoes, she will cry and cry and you have no ideas why. Then, only realised that she wanted to remove on her own. So, if you put the shoes back, and let her remove. She's fine.

- She doesn't want anyone and just you (the mother). When you shower, she wants to shower together. Or at least sitting in the shower room watching. When she sleeps, she wants you to sit besides her.

Am going to burn out because of her behaviours. I do have a full time job, and also house work to do. How am I going to have my personal time, if she continues.

4th day of CNY in SJMC

2010-02-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

Yeng2 was coughing on and off, and had fever on and off starting 2nd day of CNY night. When we consulted a SJMC Dr. Sanjay, he informed that Yeng2 may have developed some virus infection at her chest. Reason being, he noticed that my girl's heart beat and breathing was faster than usual. Besides that, her one side of the lungs was full of phlegm. So, the doctor recommended 2 options; either to bring to see the doctor from time to time over the next 48 hr, or admitted her for a day to observe and diagnose. We chose the 2nd option.

The parent/s had to accompany her throughout the night. I was sleeping side by side with her on the single bed, while husband was squeezing himself into the sofa. The day at hospital was long and busy with temperature checking, ventolizing (giving some gas to help dialute the lungs), fever medicine, cough medicine and feeding in between. Her fever shot up from 38.3 degree celsious up to 39+. Then, only at night her fever subsided below 37 degree celsious. The next morning around 8am, Dr. Sanjay visited and informed that her condition was much better with obvious reduction in phlegm and no more fever. There was no need for further diagnostic.

So, we waited for last check out by the doctor before discharging around 4.30pm. This was how I spent my CNY day 4 adn 5 with my family. What a start of tiger year!

5th week at pre-school

2010-02-04T01:54:00.000-08:00

Remember that my girl was crying badly last week. Her teacher told me that my girl has been crying continuously in the class. The teacher couldn't concentrate and even had headache. Besides that, she also complained that my girl was disturbing the class. (so sad) - in my heart, I felt that this teacher is not caring type. Shouldn't she shall feel worried for my daughter, rather than her own self.

well, then she told me to give her some time.

However, this week (touch wood again), my daughter only cried when I dropped her off, or when the dad picked her up. Other time, she was enjoying and cool.

Not sure it's the effect from the Sifu, or the help from her teacher.

Now, my husband and I are more relax to know that she's enjoying at school. When I sent her to school this morning, she didn't say "No" and had been smiling all the way.

3rd week at pre-school - nightmare

2010-02-04T01:43:00.001-08:00

My daughter started to have nightmare every night at 2-3am, continuously for 2 weeks. Last Wed, it got from worse to worst. She cried from 2am to 6pm. Husband and I had been tortured by her nightmare screen and crying for 2 weeks and we're totally stressed up. On that night, I even hit her buttock few times. (now very regretful).

Then, the next day, I called a friend to share with her what had happened to my daughter. She advised me to see temple sifu to ask whether she had been "disturbed". I know it's very superstitous but as a worried mother, this was my only hope

My friend was very kind to show me the way to a temple behind UE3 (near to the famous pan mee or tian yian vegetarian cafe). I brought along one of my daughter's frequently wear cloth and also her chinese birth date, time and full chinese name. Then, the sifu told me that my daughter had played too hard in the day time, and had been frightened. Besides, there was some spirit disturbing her. OMG! But he said just need to do the "Ham Keng" then shall be ok. Well, just do it... no harm trying.
He did some praying for 30min and chopped my daugther cloth with special red mark. The sifu also gave us 5 "fu", one for the bedroom door, 3 to be burnt and drink, 1 for my daughter.

Surprisingly, after 3 days, my girl is OK. "touch wood"

Sometimes, we really have to try the Chinese way.

So, for parents who are going to send their kids to pre-school, just make sure that they don't play too hard.

Communication Book

2010-01-16T09:32:00.000-08:00

After 2 weeks at "school", we received a communicaiton book from Beaconhouse. In the book, it listed down all the public holidays, parents day, kids field trip, school holidays. Also, what need to take note for swimming classes, and etc.

I think, this book should had been provided during orientation. Isn't it a bit too late now. Well, better than nothing.

From now onwards, this book will be used by both parents and teacher to communication about the development of the kid without seeing face to face. so, if there is any concern or things happen, the teacher will update this book and put inside the kid bag (my assumption). Then, if the parents want the teacher to know something about hte kid (whether she/he just recovered from illness or etc), then they could write on the book. Quite an useful book.

After schooling effect

2010-01-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

After one week at school, and one week at nanny's place. My girl has turned from glue to super glue. The moment she woke up, she would not cry for "nien nien", but "Ah mi".

She refused to walke down the staircase, and insisted me to carry her down. She refused to do things on her own, and wanted "ah mi" to accompany. Also, when I wanted to go shower, toilet, she will sure follow into the toilet. When I wanted to go out to hang clothes, she will be "miss follower". Guess, I had left her for a week, and now she won't let me go during weekends.

This happened not to me, but to all my friends. If you have little one which is going to school soon, be prepared for that.

BB starts school

2010-01-10T20:14:00.000-08:00

BB started her school at Beacon house Puchong on the 4th Jan. On the first day, I was accompanying her in the room and saw her playing with the friends without fear. Then, I went out and left her without saying bye2. After that, hb and I were peeping and observing from the window. She looked pretty cool and was playing with some "friends". My hb left for work and I dropped by the management office to settle her transportation and car sticker.

When I was back to my girl classroom, and looked into the window. I saw a poor little girl was so scared and about to cry. So, I rushed in to comfort her. But, I sneaked out after 10 min.

The next morning, some parents were telling me that my girl had cried for 2.5hours and banged on the door saying "go home". If I would stay back, I definitely will bring her home. Pity her.....

However, the next day she was more stable and no more door banging. hahahaha.. Guess she was pretty clever to know that it's no use to bang on the door.

Disappointed with Beacon house orientation day

2010-01-02T00:54:00.000-08:00

Today is Beaconhouse puchong orientation day from 10 to 12pm.

When arriving at Beacon house, there were parents queuing up at the receptionist. Don't know whether that's the orientation queue. Then, saw another bunch of parents collecting some clothing. Then, some other parents were in the respective rooms. So, what are we (the new parents)shall do? Queue at the reception? Go to ask for the uniform or go into the classroom?

There were not many ppl around,, just seeing a lot of parents and kids.

So, safest way is to find my 2.5-3 classrrom (Bubbles2). When entering the room, my first disappointment. I met up with my girl's teacher and assistant. It's disappointing because I spoke and observed this teacher before. She didn't have the "children touch" to attract kids to her. You can tell immediately if a person is caring or "child friendly". This teacher is not... but she looks strict. In the classroom, my girl met up with few other classmates and basically, the teacher was briefing us on what do to on the first day. Her classmates were like her,,, playing alone, walking around on her own.

Then, we went into the administrative office to queue up at the reception. After waiting for a while, only got to know that, we just need to grab a clerk or someone working there to get my girl's uniform/T-shirt. Then, we checked on the bus shuttles services which was informed that will cover my area. But, we were informed that the area had been seconded to 3rd party. 2nd disappointment.

3rd disappointment came when we went to collect the T-shirt (collected uniform last 2 weeks). It's a mess. Parents were complaining that the skirt was too long, the sizes were not suitable. sigh!

Hopefully, the beaconhouse is good. If not, we will definitely withdraw our kid after 6 months. Now, am looking forward for the 1st day. Really really hope that the teacher could impres us and change our view on her.

My girl is going to school soon lo.

2009-12-30T23:22:00.000-08:00

She's turning 28.5 months next January, but the parents already sending her to pre-school. Furthermore, she's still under special training - "toilet train" and still 50% pee in her pants. Yet, her parents are sending her to 3 hours pre-school in January 4th/5th. Pity ho!

This Saturday, she is going to meet her first teacher in her school life, and also play with her classmate. It's the school orientation day.

Is she going to enjoy the school life? Is she going to be bullied or bully her friends who mostly higher and elder than her? Or, she's going to love school that she doesn't want to return home? hahahah!! The parents are going to find out soon.

but, I think she will love her new school,, as they will have once a week swimming class.

Will try to take some orientation and 1st day at school pictures to be uploaded here.

Little things that she did

2009-12-28T00:37:00.000-08:00

Last night, we went to Tesco for groceries. At Tesco, my girl refused to walk or sit in the trolley and only allowed me to hug her. Although she's quite petite, just imagine yourself carrying one guli of 10kg rice around Tesco for half an hour was very tiring.

So, when paying at the casher, I told her that "BB, mommy hand pain pain, could you please come down?" Since she couldnt talk yet, she showed me the sign of massaging my hands. She wanted to massage my hand so that I could continue to carry her. So, she massaged my hand one, two and three times, and wanted me to hug her again. Smart yah! : )

Toddlers at my girl's age (2 years plus) are very very persistent and innocent. If they want something, they will keep on asking until you give in. This happened to my girl now.

Beacon house at Bandar Puteri

2009-11-25T07:26:00.000-08:00

Eduland was bought away by Beacon house in Jun 2009. Beacon house was well known for their primary school however, pre-school was something new in Malaysia.

Last Saturday 21st nov was Beacon house Bandar puteri (pre-school)open house. This time, we brought along BB to visit the school and got a chance to speak to current year 3 teacher personally. The year 3 teacher was very experienced, and she was very friendly and caring. After understanding the school program, we signed up for 6 months payment for BB. She will start her school in Jan as a year 3 student for 3 hours daily. Initially, we wanted to enroll her inot half day school till 1.30pm. However, the year 3 teacher didn't recommend that because Babies are easily tired and losing their concentration.

While waiting for my husband to settle the payment, my daughter has already made herself very comfortable at the school. She was running in and out of the classroom, and taking out all the stuff in the classroom. While, the rest of the older kids were so behaving and sitting around to play with teachers and parents. Oh,,, guess, my daughter's future teacher will need a lot of energy for her. : )

Really looking forward for her first day at school. will expect her to cry,,, but really eager to find out whether she will cry for days or weeks. hahahaha

R.e.a.l kids at Puchong Jaya

2009-11-15T07:26:00.000-08:00

Through friend's recommendation, we visited a nursery at Puchong Jaya. It's located on the top of the hill. Not corner or double storey or shoplot. It's a building on its own.

When we visited the place last Saturday, it's the "school" parents-teacher day. It's the day where the parents met up with the teacher to talk about their kid's progress. The teachers were very friendly, and nice. The principle was a nice lady too. The "school" has the music class, computer room, swimming pool facilities. However, we found that the place is pretty old. A bit look like my old primary school in Sg. Besi, especially the toilet. It reminded me of the old and dark toilet of my primary school. : )

Then, the price is almost the same as Beacon house. Therefore, we tentatively have chosen Beacon house over this school. Also, the distance from my house to this "school" is at least 10min further than beacon house. Will see.

Nursery for BB

2009-11-15T07:10:00.000-08:00

Hb and I are finding Yeng2 a school for next Jan 2010. We prefer to send her for half day nursery or playgroup to keep her occupy in the morning. This is because we noticed that yeng2 has been very lonely at home. At home, she has no one to play with, no relatives or siblings. While, the parents only could spend so little time with her after work and during weekends. "guilty". Besides that, she starts to learn things from us,,,mimik the way we speak, do the things we do. This is dangerous when she spends too much time with the maid. If you have an Indon maid, I guess you could imagine the things maid do. You won't want to see your daughter "copy" your maid. :)

So far, we surveyed few recommended nursery through friends. One came pretty impressive with sanitized rooms, attached toilet, indoor locked swimming pool and clean canteen. It's the old Eduland and now called Beaconhouse at Bandar Puteri, Puchong. Last Saturday, we managed to visit the "school", and obtain some information.

- the "school" is an independant building built within a residential area. It's 3 storeys high with 9 or more classrooms. There is a indoor swimming pool (size of 4 ping pong table), a canteen, 2 computer rooms and etc.
- the "school" caters for 3 to 6 years old. There are total of 9 classes in 2010, three (3)classes for 3yr and 4th, another 3 classes for 5th and 6th.
- for 3yr old, the school offers three types of classes. 8.45am to 11.45pm, 8.45am to 1.30pm, 7am to 6pm. once or alternate week of swimming classes. computer classes also available.
- 3yr old classes hve no work book and taught in English.
- 4yr and above will have work book and taught in English, Mandarin and Malay.

Why we choose this "school", it's clean and the course is pretty interactive. However, we are going to visit the "school" again this Saturday. It's their open day and we would like to talk to the teachers before deciding.

Will update after visit to the Beacon house open day on the 21 Nov 2009.

Bb is 26 months old

2009-11-11T22:27:00.000-08:00

We have been observing our daughter for the past few weeks. From our observation, she likes companions, she likes to flip any books that she can find, and she likes to talk in her baby langauge. Besides that, we noticed that she is learning things very fast. She will pick up your actions pretty fast.

This is the time we worried about her learning the wrong things from us or the maid. Therefore, we're going to look for a half day care or nursery. So that she could utilise her morning time learning something useful, or correct.

This Saturday, hubby and I are planning to search around Puchong area for a suitable day care. Wish us luck!!

Sunburnt

2009-09-27T20:42:00.000-07:00

Yeng2 had been with parents for few nights last week.

During her stay with my parents, she will have a chance to "discharge" her energy every evening. But, last 2 days, she was there around 4pm+ under the sun. Guess what!! She got sun burnt behind her neck, chest, above her buttock. Then, the skin got dried and itchy. Her skin got too itchy that she scratched till bleeded on all the sun burnt area.

OOOO,,, so sad to see that happened.

Lesson learnt.... BB complexion is very delicate. Please protect them from the sun and only allow them to go outdoor in the evening.

full time wife - not easy

2009-09-24T02:02:00.001-07:00

If you're working mother who has a maid to assist, please stop complaining about baby sitting. Wait till you become a full time mother.

Last 2 weeks, I had been spending time taking care of my daughter full time. Meaning, when she wakes up in the morning, I have to wake up. When she sleeps at night, I have to go to bed and forget about my Wah Lai Toi, AFC, Wii, MSN, etc.

Then, I had to go to market to cook for her, do laundry almost everyday, iron, mop, sweep, clean and wash dishes. Besides that, I have to play with my daughter, sing with her, and dance with her. That is no joke!! VERY TIRING and little little time for me. Nevertheless, my daughter refused to take any nap whenever I am around. That was one afternoon, she refused to take a nap but later found her fell asleep in her seat.

However, this 2 weeks was one of the happiest moment in my life. I got to hug, kiss, talk, and play with my daughter at all time. How I wish I don't have to work!

2nd night without maid - problem

2009-09-24T01:46:00.000-07:00

During the 2nd night without maid, I had sent BB to parents' place. On that night, I heated up the soup before going to bed.

Middle of the night, in my sweet dreams I smelt something burning. 1st thing came into my mind was haze, so I went back to bed. When I woke up 2nd time, I jumped from my bed and dashed down to kitchen. OMG!! I had left the soup for hours. When I came out from my room, the whole house was covered with smoke. The clay pot had dried and all bones and soup had turned into ashes.

Another lesson learnt,,,always turn on the kitchen light if you're boiling/heating anything at night. At least, the kicthen light reminds you of something.

Spending nights with grandparents

2009-09-08T07:11:00.000-07:00

When the maid is not around, parents had offered to take care of BB day and night. However, I am worried that BB is too active and will disturb parents at night. Therefore, I refused.

After 2nd thought, why not since BB is very closed to my parents. So, I dropped BB at parents house on Monday and will pick her up the next day. Unbelievable, BB was so happy there and didn't ask for me or daddy. Today is going to be BB's 2nd night at parents' place. Mom didn't want me to bring her back. : )

So nice!! Lesson learnt. Do send your kids to your parents or parents-in-law place very very often. Then, when the kids grow, they could stay with their grandparents. So, next time if hb and I are going for vacation, we know how to settle our kid. hahahahahahahha

But, will definitely pick her up tomorrow. As we're going to Port Dickson with parents and bb on Thursday. Better, bring her back for a night before she gets used to all the special treatment by her grandparents.

Future month without maid

2009-09-03T00:15:00.000-07:00

Maid is going to enjoy her 1 month holiday back home, starting this Sunday. While, hb and I are going to suffer for 1 month without maid.

Now, the feeling that I have was like my last night with my confinement lady. On that night, I asked myself what I am going to do with the baby alone.

When my maid is not around, a lot of things will change. I have to wake up earlier to settle my daughter with milk and change of clothes. While, I have to get myself ready to work. Nevertheless, I need to get my daughter to bed at 8.30pm. In other words, no night life, no movies or supper for me.

Then, during working days, I have to send my daughter to mom's house. No more work from home as I couldn't cope with her crying while am having conference call at home. My mom will have no maids to help in cooking, and have to do it all by herself. While, I have to wash clothes, cook, wash dishes, mop floor, iron clothes, and etc etc all by myself. !@#@%$%#%.

Must start influencing my hb to help. At least, he has to help me with floor mopping, and send car for car wash. Besides that, need to influence my daughter to stick to daddy more....else, I will die in no peace.

not looking forward for that Sunday.

Petite

2009-08-31T07:53:00.000-07:00

My girl is turning 2 in a month time. However, she always looks smaller and shorter to those same age or even younger than her. sigh!

This may be common. Everyone will tell me that "maybe she's just small size", "as long as she's healthy", "maybe she will catch up" and etc etc etc.

Every time, parents in law saw her, they will comment about her weight and size. I don't have the answer. Then, my neighbour next door who has a daughter 6 months younger, always like to tell that her daugther looks like elder sister. What to do, her daughter who's 6 months younger was same height as her.

But, recently, my daughter weight showed improvement. This was the reason. We cooked meat and blended them into the soup and rice. Also, we cook minced meat with long beans (her favourite), and fried her favourite "salak" fish. She's really funny,,, she doesn't eat Cod fish, bawal, or those expensive fish, but only "Salak" fish. Strange little girl!!

Going to bring her for 2 years injection next 1 to 2 weeks. Really hope that her weight could reach 10kg. She was 7kg since 5/6 months old.

Up to 70% cheaper baby GAP

2009-08-18T07:57:00.000-07:00

As a mother, I hardly bought baby clothing in Malaysia. Reasons because I found the baby clothing such as Poney, Anakku are too expensive. For a piece of dress, they're selling between RM50 to RM80. Besides, there are limited choices.

Therefore, my sister-in-law and I decided to setup a baby GAP blogspot to sell cheap cheap baby GAP which bought directly in US. How cheap was it? For instance, a pair of jeans is sold at RM169 in MY , our blogspot is only selling it for RM69.

While a GAP dress is selling at RM139 to RM169, our blogspot is only selling it for less than RM60 with free shipping within Malaysia.

Besides that, in Malaysia department store, baby/kid swim suits are either limited or expensive. Therefore, we sourced a varieties of baby swimsuits from GAP. They're available from RM39 onwards. Some are 2 piece swim suit - pretty cute.

Besides that, we're offering 10% discount for one time purchase RM200 or more. We guarantee all baby GAP sold are 100% genuine. Else, double your money back.

Check them out --> mombargain.blogspot.com (mombargain)

Biig Blue Black

2009-08-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

BB got this big blue black during last Sunday morning. HOw she got it? She was wearing my 2.5 inch high heel shoes, and tripped herself. Then, she fell hard to the cement floor.

Pity her!!!

She's turning 2 next month

2009-08-11T08:18:00.001-07:00

My "big head pok" is turning 2 next month. It's so fast. A while ago, she was just a todd crawling here and there. Now, she can run faster than her grandparents.

Kids grow up fast. I was grateful for not sending her to full time nanny and took care of her at night myself. If not, I would have missed the moment laughing out loud with her, tiggling her, pinching her buttocks and touching her little cheeck.

I love you baby. You're the most amuzing thing happens in my life.

Baby swimming Class

2009-07-07T09:07:00.001-07:00

Have you heard about baby swimming classes held at Damansara Polo Club?

Through a friend's recommendation, I brought my daughter for one trial class for baby swimming class. It's not FREE and they're charging RM50 for 30 min swimming class for one kid and one parent. Very expensive!

We started off with a short briefing by the instructor from female Singapore called Casey. She told us what to do, and what not to do in the pool with the bb. Then, we're off into the pool. I was worried that bb would get scared and cry non stop, then I had to stop and left. Surprisingly, she enjoyed the singing and water a lot.

First, we let the baby to use the water cup to pour water on top of their head, shoulders and body. Then, slowly we bring the baby into the water by singing Humpy Dumpy. After few rounds of Humpy Dumpy, we played with the baby in the water by singing Bus around the Town. Then, we hold our baby legs and paddled under the water. IT's so fun!

While my husband was recording the fun moment together, the instructor said "No video recording as this is a private lesson". Don't get it! What's so private! Anyway.... Maybe, they're afraid that we would learn the techniques and setup our own swimming courses for bb else where. - Singaporean.

Little Baby

2009-07-01T07:37:00.000-07:00

"As long as she's healthy, I am happy."

"She's just smaller size but she's happy"

"Maybe she will grow taller later"

"She is too active and not putting on weight"

"She is just difference"

"Maybe, she has her daddy genes"

The truth is, my baby is few inches shorter than my neighbour 6 months younger daughter. She is a head shorter than the veggie shop owner's daughter who's 6 months older. But, she's same height with some other baby boys her age. However, my parents, in-laws and hubby always like to compare her with those taller and heavier than her. STOP! Whatever comparison doesn't help at all and just making me feel more depressed.

Baby, could you please eat more and grow like big fat PIG and grow like giant baby. Then, all of them will shut up. But then, they will start complaning she's Too FAT, too rough. sigh!! Whatever.

Moo Moo babies

2009-06-08T09:07:00.000-07:00

When I got pregnant in 2007, there were whole bunch of relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbours who were also pregnant. Basically, you would have baby fullmoon party almost every month.

This year, another "prosperous" year. I would say it's a good year,,,where most of my friends who should be expecting are expecting now. : ) Congratulations expectant moms.

Personal advice for those who're expecting...
1) Enjoy the 9 months "queen" life..... not because you could torture your husband to wake up middle of the night to do anything you want. But, you could EAT and SLEEp,, and nobody will dare to call you a pig.

2) Read some books about your pregnancy and get to know your baby earlier. The more you know, the less fear you will be.

3) Eat healthy "fresh fruits, fish, chicken and veggie) and drink lots of milk and FRESH soy bean.

4) Plan ahead.... finish all the bb, confinement or after birth shopping before your tummy grows too big (before 8 months). TIPS: You don't have to do all shopping on your own. Sometimes, friends who have kids or siblings could be good help.

5) Settle Baby sitting earlier... discuss and agree with your partner about baby sitting if you continue to work. If you are hiring maid, then can send the maid to your MIL or mother's place. If you're not hiring maid, you can consider nanny. I do have friends who sent her son to nursery as little as 4 months old. (Sometimes, we just need to find the best way for both you and husband)

6) Gossip more with mommies to get more tips and experience. But, you don't have to listen and follow everything. You should have the knowledge to know what's right to do.

The above is purely from my

growing up

2009-06-08T08:54:00.000-07:00

Baby is turning 21 months old soon. Since she threw the weight machine from 1st floor down to our back yard 6 months ago, I am not sure about her weight. Now, she's taller than dining table and her hands could take anything that you put on the table edge. You will be surprised when she climbs up to the dining chair and grabs her cup, food, handkie on the table. Amuzing kid!!

Now, it's the time where I have to continue reminding my maid about placing the frying pan inside and not outside. Because, we never know when my daughter could be tall enough to reach for the frying pan. Right?

She runs like little "piggie",,, small steps and very fast. : )

She eats like an adult,,, using adult bowl, spoon. And her favourite soup is "Onion potato soup".

She still baby talk,,,, and calls me "ma ma" when she needs something or sleepy.

But, she is such a chicky little girl where she will move both of her eyebows and smile at you. Like usual kids, she will hold your hands,, push your body and do whatever she can, to drag you to the freight or cupboard for her favourite cookies/yogurt/cheese or anything. : )

Time flies! she's soon to be 2 years old.

Photos from Taiwan

2009-06-03T07:52:00.000-07:00

Sweet memory.

Taken in one of the flower park. Didn't she look flowery?

My darling.... Love her smile

Almost 20 months old. Taken in Taiwan, Alisan. This is one of my favourite photos.

Saw the little toy car that she's riding. It's very stable and safe for toddlers. My girl loves it so much that she rode on it around my brother's house all the time. But, it's not sold in Malaysia.

Traveling with 19months old

2009-04-28T06:53:00.000-07:00

Many people are afraid to travel alone with toddler. I used to be one of them but I am not anymore after recent Taiwan trip.

My girl is 19 months old and I flew to Taipei alone with her. I was alone with her flying from KL to HK and from HK to Taipei. Before boarding the plane, my head was full of "what if she needs to boo boo on the plane?", "what shall I do if she cries throughout the plane", "what if she keeps walking around the plane, and what shall I do". If you're planning to travel alone with your toddler, my advice will be. Just enjoy the special moment with her/him and don't worry.

Some tips to share
1) If the journey is long, can consider to take transit flight. This way, your kid will not get bored sitting in the plane, and you could get some air during transit.

2) Bring your kid favourite food. e.g., Rocky, Raisin, sugus, and etc. My girl loves the rocky that I brought along ont he plane.

3) Bring enough enough milk and bottle.

4) Bring her/his favourite toy(s).

5) If possible, book the front seat in advance. - I booked the first row through travel agency, and checked in online in advance.

6) Kids below 2 will not have any seat on the plane. However, parents could try requesting for another seat for the kids (depend on seat availability).

Toilet train

2009-04-02T06:23:00.000-07:00

When bb grows bigger, parents will start thinking about toilet train. For a working mother like me who only sees the daughter early in the morning and an hour of night time, it's hard to train. Then, I have to rely on my maid. However, as usual toilet train requires a lot of patience and time, the potty is still new as it's.

However, I started to tell my daughter about passing motion in the toilet. Sometimes, I even let her go into the toilet with me (at home) and I will show the way. By doing so, she starts to understand the use of toilet and what's shit. Recently, when baby wants to "berak", she will bit her pamper lightly. When we asked her whether she wants to "hm hm", she will nod her head. Not bad yah! Therefore, now she will shit in the toilet by using a small toilet bowl cover which put on top of the toilet bowl. She looks so cute in her little toilet bowl.

Pedisure Growth

2009-03-23T06:57:00.000-07:00

Pediac recommended Pedisure "Growth" for BB because she's under height. Hopefully with this new supplement, she will catch up on her height in the next few months.

There are two flavours; Vanila and Chocolate. We gave her Chocolate because she is taking vanila and honey for Enfagrow A+. Yes. she is still taking 4 to 6 times milk everyday with 2 solid foods. But, some how she's not putting on any extra weight or height. why why why!!

As of Mar 09 measurement she's 74cm height only. Ideally, am not sure how tall she needs to be. Doctor just said, under height. Weight is only 9kg. Little yah!

Sticky rice

2009-03-19T06:51:00.000-07:00

Yeng2 is now 18 months old. She developed new habbits. Whenever the monther is around, she will be different. For instance, she will not let the maid to touch her. If the maid touches her, she will scream and crawl on the floor (sometimes). Or, if she's sitting in the trolley, she will not anyone to push except her mom.

Being her mom, I am pround because she relies on me a lot. however, it's really tiring when she only wants me when woke up at night for diaper change, milk or play. Sigh!! well, I think she and I has established a strong bond between us.

I need to treasure this moment because she grows up really fast. Now, she can walk and run pretty fast. Climb up and down.

17th month old BB

2009-03-02T06:54:00.001-08:00

Just visited doctor last Saturday for bb injection. She only weights 9kg,, exactly 9kg. Doctor said she's not skinny but under -height. Therefore, Dr. Khoo prescribed her Pedisure which is good to boost up growth. We have to give one serving every day plus milk and solid food.

Hope the Pedisure will help in boosting her growth.

Fussy baby with food

2009-03-02T06:46:00.000-08:00

My girl is very fussy about food. She gets bored easily with the type of food she takes. If she eats "malay chicken" porridge for lunch, for dinner, she will not much if the same food was given to her. Sometimes, she refuses all the food and just not eating at all. This can be very frustrating.

2 weeks ago, my parents had gone abroad to visit my brother. Then, I have to leave my maid and bb at home. Usually, my mom will cook dinner for us and prepare some food for bb. When she has gone, I have to think about what to cook for bb every day. Nevertherless, I have to ensure the meals are not the same every single day.

Now, she doesn't eat fish or veggie porridge. Then, we started giving her pasta. She had it for a while then now, she prefered something else. Nowadays, she eats plain rice with soup, and some minced meat.

Growing more teeth

2009-01-21T07:32:00.000-08:00

My girl had just turned 16th monhts on Monday. Now she's growing another 4 more teeth; 2 on the back of the bottom row and 2 on the side of the front row. She is going to have total of 12 teeth.

Due to the new growing teeth, she is very picky on food. She didn't eat porridge or milk. Headache!! Then, suffered from fever last Friday, and woke up a couple of times.

Her weight dropped a little.

Baby gathering

2009-01-14T06:33:00.001-08:00

On 28th Dec, my friends brought their kids over to my place. It's for our kids to spend some time together while the parents could meet up too.

We filled up the big plastic pool with water and mixed with boiling water to keep warm. Then, we threw in alot of plastic cups, plates and bowls. When the kids saw those things, they love it and started playing. Basically, they're still too young to play together. However, they were playing (on their own) peacefully. (At least, not pulling hair, screaming pushing).

After playing for an hour, they took a break for bread/soup/etc. Then, back to water again.

It's a cheap, safe and enjoyable event for the kids and parents.

BB 15 months old

2008-12-25T06:03:00.000-08:00

It's been very long I haven't been updating about my girl. Her weight? I think should be around 8 to 9kg (still kicit). Height? Should be higher than 72cm when she last measured 2 months back. Number of teeth? She is getting her 9th and 10th teeth now and had been "dripping" a lot. haha.

When she passes a year old, she dislikes meat or veggi. Whenever she had meat or veggie in her mouth, she will spit them out immediately. Therefore, I learned about a new porridge from a friend of mine. She taught me about Dried scallop and "Kei Chi" (red chinese herb which is good for eyes) porride. I tasted myself, it is so sweet and yummy.

Besides the dried scallop and "Kei Chi", we also prepared something plain for bb. We cooked just plain anchovies porridge or anchovies porridge with apples. Besides porridge, her other favourite was macloroni and Cheese.

Baby not eating

2008-12-16T05:57:00.000-08:00

I went to Vietnam and Hainam island for a week with my parents. Therefore, we sent our bb and maid to my parents' in law place. She has been there almost every week but never spend any nights there. I thought everything will be fine because my maid will be there with her throughout the week.

On my 2nd night in Vietnam, my bb fell from the bed and got a big bruise on her forehead. Then, 2 days later when I called to parents' in law home, I found out that she didn't want to eat or drink. I was so worried about her and couldn't wait to see her back home.

After a week, when I saw her, she lost some weight and her forehead had a scar. OMG. i thought it just a bruise but why it turned out to be a scar. My parents' in law didn't say anything about it but I knew. Later, I found out that she fell down at the tar road and knocked her head. (what if I was the one causing her to fall off, sure I "kena lecture")

During the first meal, I tried to feed her and she ate a little. Then, the 2nd night a little bit. After that, we tried giving her Appeton and started to cook some sweet porridge such as Apple & Anchovies porridge, Pumpkin & Anchovies, Sweet potato or the latest porridge that we prepared was "Kei Chi" (chinese herb) with dried scallop + anchovies. This is my favourite. Really really tasty. Her appetite had improved slowly. "touch wood" she is taking 2 meals porridge and 5 to 6 times of milk every day. I really hope that she could put on some weight and catch up on his height. She's not any taller than her same month bb.

I learned that baby may prefer something plain and a bit sweet. Usually adults thought that kids will prefer stronger taste food which is salty. Next time, if you baby refuses solid food or milk, try giving them sweet stuff such as apple, graps, papaya and sweet porridge. : )
She's going to be 15 months this 19th.

Drinking on her own

2008-11-13T06:35:00.000-08:00

BB is now few days more to turn 14 months old. She started to hold spoon and cup on her own, but still very clumsy. Most of the time, she will not hold the cup more than a second. Today, caught her holding the cup and drinking water. She managed to drink on her own a couple of times without help. However, she spilled dropped the cup at the end. Sigh! still clumsy! At least, little progress she has made.

Baby sick

2008-11-11T07:06:00.000-08:00

it's been almost a month I didnt' write about my girl. Because, that's nothing much to write about her now. She grows "slimmer", naughtier but more adorable. :p

She's going to be 14 months old. Not eating a lot and growing her 8th and 9th teeth. For the past 2 weeks, she was not feeling well. She had little fever, flue and cough. Pity baby!

IN term of food, she loved pasta and grapes. Not so fancy about party cube cheese and yogurt now.

little queen of the house

2008-10-13T07:57:00.000-07:00

BB is going to be 13 months this Sunday. Now, she stops crawling and walks on her own. However, she still still new in learning how to eat on her own. But, she knows to drink from a cup by holding by using her hands. Damn good in following the adults now.

I always know she is the precious to her grandparents. I am wrong. She's the queen now. While at my parents' house for dinner, she grabbed a pen from me. When I tried to take a way the pen, she screamed and kicked. I hardly could hold her. My dad was so "sakit hati" and kept on telling me to give to her. Sigh!! Really pampered. Didn't she? My nightmare starts now

1 year old birthday

2008-10-09T08:37:00.000-07:00

We celebrated our bb 1 year old birthday three times.

first time on her Chinese calender birthday - dinner at Seri Petaling overseas restaurant.

second time with both grandparents at Puchong then followed by veggie lunch at OUG - bought her new clothes and plastic swimming pool

3rd time just Ken and I on her Western calender birthday - Husband said, need to have a peaceful dinner and celebrate me giving birth to her.

Baby development - 12.5 months

2008-10-09T08:27:00.000-07:00

Despite knocking here and there and fall down once in a while, she is walking pretty well now. Hardly crawl. Weight? Not too sure, should be at least 9kg now. Height? Not sure too. It's taller than my knee. Teeth? 6 grown teeth plus 2 growing teeth at the bottom. Hair? Still little, almost "botak".

Her first clear word was "gt gt" - her pacifier. That happened while I was driving her back from Desa to Puchong. My maid refused to give her "gt gt" and she cried and said "gt gt.....gt gt". Very funny! Sometimes, she will call da da, or ba ba. No mama or mee mee or ma mee. sigh!! Maybe, she's confused with our languages because we have been talking to her in multilingual. Perhaps, when she starts talking, she can pick up all. haha,, my wish.

Sorry baby

2008-09-04T06:20:00.000-07:00

Usually after work before her bed time, I will play with her. Sometimes, when she crawls on the floor, I will jump from left to right, right to left. This is to make her laugh and have fun with her. I never realise that this can be very dangerous to a little bb,,, only 5% of our adult size.

Tonight, while jumping here and there, I accidentally stepped on her little foot. I could tell the pain from her facial expression. Her face turned red and cried till no sound. when I saw her face, her eyes liked half closed, as if she was going to faint. I was totally terrify. Luckily my maid was around. Quickly she hold her up, and she stopped crying. Maid put some oil on her legs, and straight she cried again. That must be caused by the pain on her foot. This is all my fault.

When I wanted to hold her, she turned away. This was the first time she didn't want to be craddled by me. All these while, she always wants me to cradle and never shows that behaviour. Sigh!! This is really a lesson learnt from me.

Baby gathering

2008-09-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

I always wanted Yeng2 to play with other babies. Reason being, I don't want her to think that she only has adult friends, but also little friends.

Last month, Ken's colleagues brought their kid over to our place. First, Yeng2 was curious, then frightened after that was excited. Kids just need some time to warm up and then they would start playing together. :p

Baby 11th month old

2008-08-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow, Yeng2 is turning 11th month old. Right now, she's more intelectual where she will try to speak to you. If you "eh", she will "eh" in return. When you ask her where is the fan? she will point to the ceiling fan. When I bring her to the "kuan yin pu sha", she will automatically put her hands together to pray. :p Besides that, she can also point to clock and flowers. Not bad.

She still can't walk now. Weight? not sure. Hair? still little. Slowly change her milk from Enfalac A+ to Enfapro A+ (stage 2). Hopefully, the stage 2 milk powder will boost up her weight.

10 1/2 months old

2008-08-01T08:07:00.000-07:00

Baby is already 10 1/2 months old. Now, she can climb up the staircase faster and steadier. She also learns to climb down the staircase by moving her one leg after another leg down the staircase. Not bad!

Her weight is still "so so" - didn't gain a lot of weight. Hair still little. Very sticky - like to be craddled. Very active - hardly sit or lay still.

Food - Still trying to feed her as much milk as possible. Babies need lots of milk. Solid foods are not as nutricious as milk. Started to give her lean meat or fish porridge cooked with anchovy and veggie (carrot/tomato/brocoli). Sometimes, we will give her egg porrige. We trying to mix and match to increase her appetite.

Sleeping posture

2008-07-25T00:56:00.000-07:00

Something different that I found in my daughter. When she sleeps in "sarong", she tends to bury her face up and face down. When she sleeps in this position, she can sleep up to 2 hours.

When she woke up, her "rambutan" hair would be formed.

I wonder whether she adopts this behaviour from her daddy?? hehe...

The 6th tooth

2008-07-20T07:47:00.000-07:00

My girl grows her 6th tooth now. Two at the bottom and 4 teeth on the top. I tried many times to take photo of her teeth but failed. It's extremely difficult now to capture the special moment of hers when she smiles/laughs showing all her teeth.

Btw, as of last Saturday, Yeng2 is 10 months old. Hair still little. Weight shall be more than 7.3kg (last month weight), height shall be more than 66cm. She likes to ngek when she's sleepy, hungry and "annoying". When she's sitting in the car and listening to soothing music, she will start to "sing". Her songs are made up of "ngek" "nga" "hmmm" "bao"

mamy Pokko

2008-07-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

I used to think that baby stuff will not have a lot of discount. I am wrong. Let say MammyPokko. I paid around RM55+ for one large pack. It was sold around RM46+ in Carrefoure 2 months ago and today, it was sold only RM42+ at Tesco. Somemore, there was no limite purchase per customer.

I gotta share this news with my mommy gang.... I bet all of them will stock up at least two (2) packs for their totts.

3rd, 4th and 5th tooth

2008-07-07T19:39:00.000-07:00

My girl grew her first 2 teeth from the bottom mouth when she was 4-5 months old. Only after 4 months plus, she starts to grow her 3rd, 4th and 5th tooth on the upper mouth. Her first 2 teeth were quite neat and tidy. But her 3 teeth on the top were "sini sana"-not neat and not nice. Oh dear! sigh! I guess, no point to worry.

Cord Blood Banking?

2008-07-01T06:21:00.000-07:00

When I was carrying baby Jia Yeng, we attended a pre-natal course conducted by Sunway Medical hospital. On the first day of course, I got to know Cord Blood banking better through a 30 minutes briefing. I could not remember which cord blood company but it is similar to Cryo-cell Cord Blood Banking Service.

What is Cord Blood banking? It is a service to store baby cord blood right after delivery to treat diseases such as leukemia. There will be one time charge around RM2.5k and subsequent monthly fees (RM250) to store in a very cold laboratory. Usually, the cord bank consultant will be more than happy to assist you in the enrollment and ensuring that your specimen is stored in order.

We did not sign up Cord Blood service for our baby. We have many funny thoughts. Do they have UPS system to ensure that the room temperature is always kept at certain degree Celsius. If there is power trip, would the company know? If there is interruption to the room to store the cord blood, how would we know the cord blood is OK? May be, we will change our mind when we have our 2nd baby.

BB in action

2008-06-25T07:09:00.000-07:00

When Yeng was exactly 9 months old, she performed her first act to climb up the 2 steps of staircase seperating my living and dining hall. She was fast and steady. I thought it will be a good idea to keep those photos here. Too bad that, we didn't have any view cam at that moment to capture it in action.

We only buy a Sony viewcam last week and planning to do some video taping baby in actions this weekend. I really wish that we could find time to do it

Kicit Miao - not gaining weight in last 2months

2008-06-22T06:12:00.000-07:00

We're getting pretty stress up with my daughter's weight. She gained weight pretty well in her first 3 months and after that, her growth rate had decreased and now almost stopped. When she was 7th month, her weight wasw 7.2kg. Now, 9th months still 7.26kg. Damn!!

Reasons? She refuses milk and we have to force or mix milk with bread or baby biscuit for her. The time she will not refuse is the time she's half sleeping. Sigh! How to put on few more kg on her?

As a first time mother, I am getting more worried because my husband always complains about her weight. He always says so and so daughter is 2 kg heavier than her, or so and so son is 2 months younger but few kg heavier than her. SIGH!!! Help

Types of congee/porridge

2008-06-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

These are the types of congee and porridge that we make for Yeng2.

1) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats"
2) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Mamid
3) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Organic Tomato +/- Mamid
4) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Organic Carrot +/- Mamid
5) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Egg Yolk +/- Mamid
6) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Cauliflower +/- Mamid
7) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Brocoli +/- Mamid
8) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + Sweet Corn +/- Mamid
9) Boil anchovy water with rice + "wheats" + fish meat (fresh) +/- Mamid

Sometimes we replace anchovy with dried scallop. Or, we can mix veggie together, like Tomato with Cauliflower, Carrot with Sweet corn and so on.

Since she's not yet 1 year old, will go slow with meat (as advised by paedic). Will try to explore different type of congee, else my bb will get "muak".

lots of porridge

2008-06-20T21:19:00.000-07:00

When we started giving solid food to her at 6th month, she loves it so much. She usually finish the porridge faster than drinking 4oz of milk.

now, she finishes 2 full bowl of porridge in a day. BUT,, very refuses milk unless at night before she goes to bed or mid night. In a day, she only takes around 8 to 12 oz milk. This is not very good as milk gives baby the nutrient but porridge only fills up their tummy. Now, have to add in more ingredient in the porridge.

9 month now

2008-06-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

People said baby usually sit at 7th month and crawl at 8th month. My baby started sitting around 5/6 month and only crawl at 8th month. Thanks to my mom as she used keys to "tempt" my girl to reach out and crawl. : )

Last 2 weeks, my baby even managed to crawl the 2 steps stair case between my dining hall and living hall. My maid caught them in photos, will upload later.

love to go naked

2008-05-13T01:03:00.000-07:00

When she's 6 months plus, we noticed that baby will cry right after bathing. She will lie flat on her tummy and kick her legs. "ngek2222" but no tears. When we flipped her over and put on clothes for her, she will cry louder. This happened not once but every time. Guess, how much she loves to be naked. :p

I love to see her without any clothes. she looks very round and adorable. Like little piggie!!

BB at Kuala Selangor

2008-05-03T08:10:00.000-07:00

During Labor day, we drove all the way from KL to Kuala Selangor for seafood and back on the same day. It took more than 1.5 hr one way.

Before the drive, I was wondering whether Jia Yeng would be patience enough to stay in the car. Surprisingly, it wasn't that annoying and tough. She was pretty behaving herself, and only ngek for a while. Not bad! On the way back, she slept for more than an hour. That definitely gave us a peaceful and wonderful drive back from K Selangor to KL.

We had seafood at a local seafood restaurant (can't remember the name), located behind 海运restaurant, recommended by the locals. We had soft shell crab, grilled stingray, 椒盐mantis prawn, 金香mantis prawn, fried veggie, 姜葱lala, coconut and the total bil was only RM150. If we would have it in Klang or KL, we might not as fresh as we got and more costly.

After dinner, we went up to Bukit Melawati. Saw some black tail monkeys and took some photos. It's a leisure family day trip for us. Too bad that Ken didn't join as he needed to "recharge his battery".

Rambutan head girl

2008-04-28T06:47:00.000-07:00

my girl hair will look like rambutan after showering.

She looked so funny with her "hair style".

Also checked out her "dot dot" on her face. All because of those "bloody" mosquitos.

baby new trick

2008-04-25T06:12:00.000-07:00

When we feed baby with steel spoon, my baby will bite and not letting go. Just like this picture. But, she won't do that if it's a plastic spoon. Strange!!

Now, she's 7 months old. Height 63cm, weight 7.2kg, headsize 44.5cm. She can sit pretty stable now and sometimes can stand up by holding on to sofa arm rest.

7th month old

2008-04-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

the day BB was exactly 7 month old, we brought her to see Dr Foo for her 2nd dose Pheumoccocal (a bacteria that can cause serious illness in young children, particularly of the brain, lungs and ears). She needs to have 3 doses. The next and final dose will be in 2 months time.

This time checkup, BB growth only gained 600grm in 1.5 months. However, height increased by 2 cm and headsize is 1.5cm bigger. Dr. Foo said she was slightly under weight and need to watch on her milk intake. Usually baby weight chart will drop once started solid food. I don't know why? I thought solid food will make them grower bigger. In fact, it's not. w7.2kg, h63cm, fs44.5cm

now, am keeping daily milk intake of Jia Yeng. Also to reduce the solid food amount. Hopefully,, in her next appointment, her weight chart will be back to normal or grow higher.

Don't want to crawl

2008-04-09T00:20:00.000-07:00

My naughty piggie has no interest to crawl. She doesn't even like to turn her body. Everytime, when she's lying on the bed, she will "eh eh eh oh ohoh" and cried for help. She wanted us to put her at sitting position, or pull her up to stand.

Headache!! Because ppl said crawl can stimulate bb brain. If she doesn't crawl, how to stimulate the brain.

Refuse to lie on her tummy

2008-04-01T15:23:00.000-07:00

My baby is 6.5 months now and she can sit without support. However, she refuses to lie on her tummy. So, there is no indication that she will crawl. She likes to stand up by asking us to hold her both hands.

My sister-in-law said BB shall crawl more to develope their brain cels. If my daughter doesn't crawl, that will be an issue? Got to think of something.

Growing teeth

2008-03-26T21:31:00.000-07:00

Check out my daughter 2 little teeth at the bottom.

She started growing teeth around 5.5 months.

Jia yeng's first little friend

2008-03-18T21:21:00.000-07:00

My daughter first little friend, Ethan from Hong Kong. His mom is one of my Taylor's friends and we have known each others for almost 15 years. Her mom and dad met in Western Australia.

He and mommy came back to Malaysia for vacation and we made it a point for the two little ones to meet at my parents' place.

Growing 1st and 2nd teeth

2008-03-15T13:48:00.000-07:00

Now we know why she's consuming so little milk in a day. She's growing teeth. : ) We noticed this last 2 weeks when feeding her. No wonder!! So, we take it easy on her as we know it makes her difficult to eat.

Btw, she's 6 months old in a couple of days. Yeah! Isn't it fast. The labor pain, delivery and confinement were still pretty fresh in my mind. I hardly could believe it she's turning 6 months old. In no time, she's going to be 1 year old. By then, she should be able to stand or walk.

Now, she can sit pretty well (without a lot of support). Sometimes, when she's bathing in her little tub. She would use her hand holding the sides of the tub and wanted to stand up. FYI. She doesn't know how to sit up on her own yet and not even turning his body very often.

Princess bed

2008-03-09T22:39:00.000-07:00

When Jia Yeng was 3.5 months old, the little Basket hardly could fit her. It's too small for her and she had to fold her legs when sleeping at night. So, we bought her a bigger princess bed.

This bed could be made into a single junior bed and also playpan. This bed could last her at least till 3 or 4 years old. We bought this from Babyland Ss2, cost us around RM700 to RM800 including the mosquito net and bed sheet.

Baby not growing

2008-03-09T03:15:00.000-07:00

My daughter is already 5 1/2 months and she only consumes max 4 oz of millk every 2 to 3 hours. LIke today, she had milk at

6.30am (4oz),
8am (4oz),
11am (4oz),
12pm (3oz),
1pm (2oz),
2pm (1oz),
3pm (1oz),
5pm (1 tea spoon of neslac),
6pm (4oz).

She only slept an hour since 6.30am. After taking 4oz at 6pm, finally she dozed off but woke up after 20min. Then, dozed off again. Now, am thinking how to make her eat more and less frequent. Hmm,,,,, thinking of only to give her milk or neslac every 4 hours. If she cries, let her be. But, I know my maid couldn't stand. Every time, my bb "ngek" in her car seat, she wont ask me to let her up. Sigh!! What a kind and manja nanny.

5 months old

2008-03-07T18:43:00.001-08:00

as of 1 March, BB was 5 months and almost 2 weeks. Her measurement was 6.6kg, 61cm and 43cm (headsize). Comparing to last month, she put on 700gram and only grew 1cm. Doctor said she's growing well but we still think she looks smaller than before.

This Paedetrician visit was superb fast. We arrived at 8.30am and by 10am, we were done with our visit. Usually, we waited for at least 2 hours.

night bb sitter

2008-03-02T19:52:00.000-08:00

My husband prefer to sleep on the left side and I am of course on the right. The bb crib is placed 5 feet away from the left side of the bed (much nearer to my husband) My husband is a light sleeper. One little click, bing or bang will wake him up.

Most babies like to "ngek" while sleeping. Especially my bb girl, she will "ngek" in her dreams. That little "ngek" usually will wake my husband up. In split second, he will jump from his bed and dash to the crib. I am a deep sleeper unless she cries out loud for milk or wet diaper. hehehe.

Pity my darling husband. He's such a good "24 hou" father.

Starting on anchovy porridge

2008-02-28T21:15:00.000-08:00

My mom and in-law are very fond of introducing solid food to my bb. When she's as little as 4 months old, they had telling me stories on how they fed their child with steamed egg, apple at 2nd month. Oh no.. Not on my baby. Two months or 4 months are too early for solid food. Why hurry for solid food? Isn't milk the best?

I managed to stop any solid food feeding attempt from my mom or in-law till she's 5 month old. Now, my girl had tried on neslac rice and anchovy porridge (started yesterday). She enjoyed the neslac rice but love the anchovie porridge. : ) She could finish a small bowl of porridge in less than 10 minutes.

However, I noticed that whenever she had neslac rice with milk, she won't take any milk for the next 4 hours. This is not good for her as I would like her to continue to have milk. Therefore, we changed our plan and only feed her neslac rice or porridge in the evening.

Naked gals

2008-02-27T00:34:00.000-08:00

My piggie loves bathing and playing with water. She can sit in the basin for quite long if we allow her to do so. But, as soon as we put on clothes for her, she cries.

She really love to be naked. Check out these photos...