His Activities Book...

I brought a new sets of marker pen for him. Then when he saw this colorful little cups, he wants it.  I guess in his school have this little colorful cups.  When we reached home, he asked his daddy "where is the yellow pen?" because the yellow cup is empty.  Maybe next round, will buy him a yellow marker pen.

Is your child gifted?

I read an article @ babycenter on children behavior problems.  I found it quiet true.  Here is the snippet of it:-

"Can behavior problems be a sign of giftedness?

Very bright children are often unusually strong willed, negotiate like lawyers, use sarcasm to make a point, refuse to suffer fools, or are overly critical. Sometimes, gifted children are disruptive in classrooms because they refuse to do exercises they consider to be busywork. Of course, all of this can be true of any kid, it's just more so for gifted children. Misbehavior in the classroom can sometimes indicate that grade-skipping could be in order. "

Somehow, I can relate them to JC as he is really strong-will child, constantly test my patient, constantly negotiating, constantly want attention and worst still when he wants your attention, there goes my living room - messy and it seems like been visit by twin tornado.

Last Day of "Fun Fun" Before CNY

Since 4th of February 2010, he never shed a single tear when I sent him to "fun fun". He really enjoy it and looking forward to it.

He will said bye bye and kiss me on my cheeks and join with his teacher.

Praise the LORD!!!!

Today was the last day at "Fun Fun" before CNY and it will be closed for 1 week for CNY celebration. When he saw us picking him up today. He kept on said "Halo, Halo, Halo" and he is very excited to see us. When he cannot wait to go off. He waved bye bye to his teacher and said "See you".

LOL. That is my little precious. I love him very much.

Finally.....

Yesterday was a remarkable day because my little precious did not shed a tear when I left. He was happily playing with cars and a lot of them. :)

Today is a day to remember and the day I was waiting. Today after playing for a while, he said "Bye bye. Come back" with a smile. I smile back and said "Mommy loves you so much. and yes mommy will come back later. Be good boy".

He said with a smile "Good boy".

Finally......

3rd day at "Fun Fun"

The moment we reached the main gate of "fun fun". He stand-up and view around and he smiled. Then I asked him "Do you want to go in?". His answer is YES with a big smile on this face. I am really relieve, at least he is not phobia towards it.

I still accompanied him till the end of class. He is really enjoying himself at this school. I not a patient person but I really salute those teachers and assistants and even those helpers (I guess they are less than 22 years old) are really really patients.

Third day of schools, children crying and screaming everywhere. Each of them are holding one child and comfort them. Some parents are there and some don't.

What my son doing? As long as I was sitting beside him, whatever happen in the surrounding regardless what children cried / screamed - he is still playing with his toy.

He is really OK with this "fun fun". Let hope we are right about this one.

2nd Day at "Fun Fun"

He overslept today. No matter how I called him to wake-up, how I move him - he still asleep. So no "fun fun" for him today.

We decided to enroll him to this play school. Cross our fingers and with a little pray n faith - he shall be fine in this "fun fun".

Another "Fun Fun"

Yesterday, my hubby & I were discussing maybe we should give fungates a try. We prepared everything in the morning and we left the house by 7.45am. I told my son we go to "fun fun", since he got phobia towards the word "school" - I used another name for school - I called this play school as "fun fun". He is unsure what is that, as long as no school, I take a different route and the whole journey was a pleasant. Praise the Lord for that.

When we reached "fun fun", we walked into the house and from the main window we could see they were placing lots and lots of toy on the table before the class begin. The moments, my son saw the toys, he told us to go in.

To my surprise, Angeline remembers us. I told Angeline, I want to see how my son adapt to this school and to make the long story short - I told her something happen and he is phobia towards school.

I could said my son really enjoy the toys in there. When the clocks approaching 9am, the children with parents started to come in as it was 2nd days of school for them. I joined the class from 9am till 11.30am (super thick face). Anyway, in this school - they only have 3 years old class.

The teachers + assistants + helpers are really patient. Their patient are equal to my hubby. When a child cried, they will carried them, comfort them and talk to them. Not just let them cry alone till they stopped by themselves.

All children, parents and teachers + assistants + helpers sanitized their hands at least 3 times in that 3 hours class. One - the moment you arrived. Two - before 1st snack. Three - before 2nd snack. Not only that, each time before snack they will wipe the table cleaned.

In that 3 hours, playing toys such as few types of puzzle, blocks, cooking, army, doctor & babies. Watching Barney only 15 minutes. Sing songs in English & Mandarin, live perform with guitar. LOL. Puppet singing. Bean bag acting. Blowing bubble (my son enjoying catching the bubble in the air).

In the end, he was happy that day and his mood was super good at home even though he still have slight cold n flu. Overall, not so bad.

No School Day!

He came down with fever after 3 days of flu & cough, so no school for him today. Anyway, I sort of decided to stop him from this play school for a while and work on his phobia towards school before enroll him to another school.

When I saw him behaving like that, it really make my heart twisted and started to think, what have I done to him.

One thing I learned from this : it is never ever visit a child care center / any kindergarten during school holiday or public holiday. Be sure visit them when they are teachers and children are around. From there, if you like what you see and only enroll.

For me, 3 things are the most important:

1. Teacher and helper / assistant must have plenty of patient.
   
2. Environment is spacious and bright.
3. Hygiene.

Marketing Day

Every Saturday / Sunday, depends on which day I am free to do my marketing. Today would be the day. Today is the day to purchase all the weekly grocery and stuffs. Today is market day!

Nothing new, my son said "NO MILK! NO CHANGE! NO SCHOOL!". I told him no school today. We are going to market to see fish, to buy sweet corn, to buy foods, to buy meat, to buy banana.

He told me "No fish! No Corn! No Food! No banana!". I use his favorite drink yacult to get him out from the house and yet still failed. Then I said we go kai kai - guess what he still refused.

Sigh...

Then I said, mommy is going, if you do not want to follow then you stay at home and wait for me to come back. The moment I close the front door, I heard him start screaming.

Then he follow me to the market with empty stomach and with his pajama. Sigh.

Daddy is driving. He instructed his daddy to turn right to go and see life fish but because we are going to market, daddy turned left. The moment daddy turned left, his tears start rolling. My goodness, he remember the route to school.

I assured him, I am not bringing him to school. He still show me a very sad face.

When we reached market. He refused to get down from the car. Then I said, stand up and see. no school here just market where mommy buy meat, sweet corn, yacult, egg and foods.

He stood up and view 360 degree, then only willing to get down from the car.

My observation, he is really not adapting to this play school and started to develop a phobia towards this school. Worst part, he is having flu, cough and fever.

Sigh...Each day is getting worst for him and for me.

What should I do???...

My day... going to be the worst

Today is the day where I am going to have some breakfast with my ex-colleagues. I awake earlier to prepare all the necessary stuff before going out.

When my son is up - he said "NO MILK! NO CHANGE! NO SCHOOL"

I said we are not going to school. We are going to "kai kai" (going out for walk). He told me "no KAI KAI!"

Sigh.....

Told him numerous time no school today but he does not seems to understand.

This time, my heart really twisted.

Fifth Day at Play School...

He was reluctant to go bed yesterday. His bed time normally is 9pm but he refused to sleep. I told him he needs his sleep and he need to go to school tomorrow. He said "NO SCHOOL".

He awake late today about 8am. When I saw him awake, I greet him "Good Morning!". And guess what, he told me "NO MILK!, NO CHANGE!, NO SCHOOL!". He is really getting smarter each day. Those are the things we do before we go to the school. This time he refused everything.

I am really having headache. and I wonder does all children have this school blue. I understand the transition period and it should be getting better each day but it is getting worst each day. I am really start to worried.

Regardless how, I still manage to get him to school even though we are running late. This time, he is getting very clever. He refused teacher to take him. He holding my hand and ask me to go to the classroom with him. I did. Reach the classroom door, I passed him his bag and said bye bye. Those tears are rolling down his cheeks. When the teacher tried to take him, he started to struggle and started to scream.

Seeing him like that really worry me. Sigh... what is going on here.....

I am just a normal human being. A normal mommy with a normal mind, normal brain and a normal body.

I am really tired and keep on wondering what happen at school and I am consistent worry about him as he is getting worst each day.

Tomorrow is Saturday and hopefully with no school for 2 days he will be alright.

Fourth Day at Play School

Today again I heard those 2 sentences "NO SCHOOL!" & "NO CHANGE!". I noticed him starting to have cough.

We still at school in the morning and come back in the afternoon. This time when he saw me at the school gate. He took his bag and his shoes without wearing him, walking towards the gate to join me. When the teacher slow in opening the gate, he keeps on shaking the gate. Sigh! Another sign of unhappiness.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better; and his coughing getting slightly worst.

Third Day at Play School

Morning battle started as usual with "NO SCHOOL". Today additional sentence "NO CHANGE".

But we still went to school. I noticed he had slight flu.

I told him I will be back when his school end. He still screamed when the teacher take him away from me. I thought he will be OK.

When I went back to fetched him, the teacher told me "Your son told others no to cry, mommy outside only."

Of course, I was surprised. I found his mucus all around the mouth. Sigh, why the teacher never clean up for him?

I asked him "Do you like school?". He told me "NO SCHOOL"!

I really wonder WHAT HAPPEN!!!!

Second Day at Play School

Mommy : We are going school, OK?

My son : "NO SCHOOL"!

Mommy : Huh? We are going to swim after school.

My son : swimming, yes. "NO SCHOOL"!

After an argument battle, reluctantly he followed me to the car and I drove him there. Then, he refused to get down from the car and keep asking for daddy.

When inside the school, cling on me like a koala bear. A teacher bring him in the class, he cried again till I can hear from outside.... really make my heart twisted. I told him numerous time, I will be waiting for him.

Apparently he was not inside his 3 years old class. He was walking around. A teacher open the glass door and he saw me and he told teacher "see, mommy". Then, the teacher close the glass door and pull the curtain.

Then my son, slide the glass door open and said "Halo, mommy and bye" then he slides the glass door close.

I thought finally.....

First Day at Play School...

He was not sure where I was about to bring him. He sat in the car, I drove him to school. He came down with me.

When he saw so many children crying, I think he was scare as he was standing just next to me without any moving, just observe.

Parents was not allow in the classroom, I waited outside for him to off school.

He was crying and crying for me and he knew I was outside and begging the teacher to bring him to me.

First day at school, well I would said no fun at all; specially saw him cried like that. Sigh...

When at home, he stick with me like a glue. Where ever I go, he will follow. If I sit on the bedside, he will be sitting next to me.

To me, he is worry I will be missing again. Ohhhhh, my little precious.

My Prince's Favorite

His cars exhibition.

His cocoon.

His best pals. He makes sure they got cover with his favorite blanket.

Love ME too much!!!?

My hubby told me something very interesting which we been trying to figure out why, then today my hubby filled up the puzzle.

My son always pushes his daddy away when daddy sitting nears us. I always told my son “No manner. Cannot do like that to daddy”. He will ignore me.

Then today, my hubby told me he knew why our son does like that to him. The logic goes like this. “Every time daddy joins us, mommy will go away. So, if I manage to push daddy away and mommy will stay with me.”

It makes me wonder. Why a child has such a complicate mind, he is only 2? or it is ME??? Then I asked myself, will the situation get better if I told him what I am going to do and that is why daddy is with you. Well, one thing for sure… I am going to find out.

What do you think?

Children Songs

I was super excited yesterday, while driving home; my son surprised me with ABC Phonics when he sang along with CD player. Well, he did not get all the 26 alphabets but at least 16 of them. I am so happy! LOL. Silly me, huh!

He will be in the car for about an hour to an hour half everyday when I send him to and pick him up from the nursery since he was 3 months. I did brought a number of CDs in the market but I want something more educating.

When I nearly gave up, I found him… Matt R. He offers free mp3 for parents to download. You can download it from Free ABC Songs and Dream English. I loved them very much and I believe my son loves them as well.

Self-Mixed Rice

The picture above shows my very own self-mixed rice specially for my son. It contains organic brown rice, red rice, organic pearl barley, tri-colour organic quinoa, organic millet.

Millet is highly nutritious, non-glutinous and like buckwheat and quinoa, is not an acid forming food so is soothing and easy to digest. In fact, it is considered to be one of the least allergenic and most digestible grains available and it is a warming grain so will help to heat the body in cold or rainy seasons and climates.

Millet is tasty, with a mildly sweet, nut-like flavor and contains a myriad of beneficial nutrients. It is nearly 15% protein, contains high amounts of fiber, B-complex vitamins including niacin, thiamin, and riboflavin, the essential amino acid methionine, lecithin, and some vitamin E. It is particularly high in the minerals iron, magnesium, phosphorous, and potassium.

Tri-colour Quinoa is specially mixed to combine white, red and black quinoa for the optimum nutrients. These tiny but highly nutritious grains are the excellent source of protein as they contain all the eight essential amino acids in a balanced pattern that no other grains have. Besides, they are also rich in iron, calcium and phosphorous. being a gluten free and easily digestible grain.

When come to baby food, I prefer something more just than a bowl of plain white rice porridge. For eg: I will steam carrot + spinach, blend it and mixed into porridge contains 7 grains.

Walt Disney : Cars

My son loves this movie a lot. He watches it over and over and over again. I lost count how many times I watched this together with him.

When he watched it, especially the racing part he will said “car, car, fast fast”. He learned it from me. LOL.

Another part, when the movie came to the heyday and near the end of heyday. My son will said “car,car, sad, sad” + moving his finger dotted down from the eye to the cheek (sign for sad). Then I will replied “Yes, cars sad because no cars coming to visit them anymore.”

When came to the last race, the green car purposely bang the blue car. He will point at the green car and said “Bad bad”. Guilty again, I taught him that as well.

While on the road, he will say “car, boom boom”. LOL suppose to be “VROOM~~VROOM”. He is very close in getting the correct sound. One day he will get it correct.