Hi Serena!
Just curious: Doesn't your dh shower your dd?
My dh showers and bathes both my kids.
Hi ky!
On sex education, there are some pretty good children's books. I got one from London the other time. Will go find the title for you after I'm done with my nap... am typing in bed now
Hi Meilan,
I agree with Lena totally on number charts. Unfortunately, we don't have the luxury of getting such a chart here. So I do mine on A4 paper, printed. And I got B to colour all numbers that end with 5 or 0. Or whatever you think fit.
Btw, when you give him a piece of paper to write numbers, do you have anything on that piece of paper at all? or is it plain blank? Sometimes, kids are clueless when they are shown a blank piece of paper and don't know what to do with it. Maybe he can copy numbers for you.
How about starting with a flip calendar with JK? It's always fun to start circling birthdates first. I know kids this age are very game to talk about birthdays.
Hi Mommies!
On naps:
I really think this is habitual. Look at moshi2, she's doing it really well with Mel. And defends naptime at all costs, even if it means to miss some afternoon concerts on weekends, right?
Actually kids this age should be sleeping at least 10, if not 11 hours (Believe me, you are hearing from a mom who collects literature on children's sleep). So if numbers of hours don't add up, kids will naturally be hyperactive, cranky, or have short attention span. While the Americans - I know here - don't do naps with their kids, they mean to put their kids to bed as early as 7pm so that the kids wake up at 6 am the next day.
Of course, if your 5 yo naps a couple of hours in the afternoon, you can't expect the kid to be sound asleep at 8pm. Bedtime at 9.30pm will be more realistic.
Anyway, perservere on your nap routine. Reward your child with a treat after the nap. Start with an hour. And make it a habit. I know, it's a conscientious effort. Catch your kids down time in the afternoon.
When I'm back in Sg, I always find kids in Sg having dark rings round their eyes... And always after a trip back to Sg, my kids would have shadows under their eyes. How not to when they sleep around midnight and wake up at 9am?
And I'm very sure many moms here will agree that eat and sleep are usually related.