Hi Sherlyn
I just brought B for his eye-checkup review last week too. He too failed the eye-test the first time early this year. I went this time and he was ok; He couldn't read the 7th row the last time and this time he could except for 2 letters on right and 1 letter on left. Nurse said it's ok. If it's still not ok, she'll refer to the doctor next.
The nurse too said the same thing : "30 mins of TV", "3m from TV to sofa". There's a chart which she showed us and I'll repat the same msg Ben when she showed and also reinforce at home whenever I need him to limit TV time to 30 mins.
Give him time. B too, I thought didn't do well but to nurse, it's ok. He'll mistaken E for F and N for H at that row.
For falling asleep at nap, I've establish this routine that B has to fall asleep on his own. I'll tell him that he has to hug the bolster and close the eyes and I'll be just outside doing my own things, and if I walk past his room, I'll like to see that his eyes remained closed. I gave him certain incentive like going down to playground if he does it ... and eventually it became a habit. I'm having problems with him waking up at night though, but that is something that's beyond me as hubby's reluctant to impose more stringent rules on that.
Hi Chloe, I thot abt what you've said abt the music lesson being stressful... I'm trying to rationale if it's indeed so. I make comparison to the other activities that the kids are put through at school, eg letter tracing or handling montessori materials. A child takes great satisfaction in getting a job done and would keep practising at it just to get it right. It's the process and not the end that matters. For music, Bs starting to show that when he doesnt play a part well, hell re-do on his own, and Im seeing a good improvement of his fingering. And I believe one of the kids that has dropped out is left to work on his own and it's really a pity coz he's got talent but the mummy didn't take opportunity of it. In fact, I see the boy has a lot of enthusiasm but I see the mummy sulking ALL the time. I really wonder why she's sign her kid up if she feels it's a torture. huh, sorry, side-tracked, but I hope it didn't come across as being stressful, but perhaps like in almost everything in life, there's a little stress to keep us in line.
Apricot, u look so "xin fu" though tired.
Is next week the sch hols? That's why got so many programmes for the kids? I'm going with Ben to see Arctic Tale on Wed night, and Friday is an off-day for B to go to ducktour ... so no more outings for next week.
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