(2006/01) Jan 2006 MTBs


Wenyl/CL,
Yah... Ashley's story is so sad.
Ashley's twin brother died in utero and his head was decapitated during the surgery to remove him from the womb. In order not to endanger Ashley further, the docs decided to leave the head inside the womb instead of removing it. In the end, she still didn't make it... I chanced upon their story in the Stillbirths thread some time ago and was really shaken by it. Imagine have tried for years for a baby through IVF, gone through 2 pregnancies and losing all of the babies in stillbirth.
 
A big thank you to the organisers of the Hi-tea session! I enjoy it very much! Sorry i didn;t get to say hello to every one. Sorry that i have to leave early (hubby book tickets for 5 pm show). And i really enjoy the scrap book (or should i say paper since one pc cannot form a book? Ha ha). Very addictive... especially with all the cute cute things..... Ashely commented that it is nice and ask who teach me to do it.
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Hi Tab, cookie, Flo, Clare, Mamachan and CL,

Nice chatting with you all. For Tab and cookie - finally can put a face to the name.
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Both of you look radient!
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Cookie, now i know where kaelyn got her beautiful eyes from.
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Hi Demny,

Me paisay too. Too shy to walk over to say hi....;p In fact i can't really recognise the mummies sitting with you all except SL cos i have met her for RP lunch and Queen cos i have seen her picture. Cheng came and say hi so i got to know her too
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Paisay to other mummies whom i haven't 'officially' met.
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ak
Same, gleneagles did not ask me to do it, nor did they do it for me either. In fact, nobody mention anything abt it so I clean forgotten abt it. I only did it in my 2nd tri for personal hygiene.
 
Mamapanda,

I had elijah at Gleneagles too.. maybe ,mine is C section so they sahve for me..

RE: high tea

so sad.. tat i couldn't make it...
 
rena
I guess it depends on the gynae, whether they order a shave or not. Perhaps some gynaes cant stand the sight of it :p
 
Mummies who came for hi-tea
Am glad you all enjoyed it! I'm happy to know you ladies are happy with the food and the little momento. Remember to use the empty space to journal your reflections on how has being a mother changed you, your perspectives, etc. So that when some years down the road, you look back and read what you wrote, am sure it'll help refresh you again. This is a celebration of our womanhood =)

I was amused that the next table full of ladies and one young baby in the high-chair, when the baby started to fuss and whine, we all instinctively turned towards the table. Hahaha. Our ears have all being sharpened and trained.
 
re high tea
sounds like it was fun! so sad that i couldn't join.

re baby ashley
i was reading the blog on thur night and cried when i read it. i also showed hb. so sad that the parents lost 3 kids.

mamachan
is bumwear cheap there? i din really go and see cos i only had a short while to grab whta i wan and go.

the nestle stuff are cheap. the rusk only at $2 per box so quite good deal.

u going back today or tmr? me also thikning of popping by to look at the books. if u going, can let me know? may need your help to get some stuff.
 
mummies, made a boo boo with the timing!!! It's 4pm instead of 2.30pm with Coach Anne. If you don't mind Coach Michelle, it will be the original timing of 2.30pm. Please put 'ok w/ timing' next to your name to confirm the time slot. Otherwise put your name in the time slot that suits you.
Sorry again for my fuzzy brain!!

June 17; 2.30pm Sunday; Coach Michelle
1.
2.

June 17; 4pm Sunday; Coach Annie
1. wenyl (Ethan + hb swimming) - OK with revised timing
2. sleepingdeer (shannon + hb/me)
3. Cheng (aidan+hb swiming) - ok with revised timing
4. Flo (Mel & HB) - ok with revised timing
5. CL (Aden+hb swimming) - ok w/timing
6. SSF (Caleb+hb swimming) -ok with revised timing

June 24; 2.30pm Sunday; Coach Michelle
1.
2.


Group C
June 24; 4pm Sunday; Coach Annie
1. Denmy (Keenan & hb)- ok w/ timing
2. Val ( Kirsten + hb) - OK
3. MamaChan (Daren + hb) - ok w/timing
4. SH (Prob hb + JW) - ok w/ timing
5. Maywong (Me + Jamie)
6. Rena (Elijah + hb)- ok w/timing


sleepingdeer, cheng, Val, May,
Please confirm revised timing. Thanks!!
 
hi ladies, nice meeting u all at the hi tea and thanks mamachan, clare, cookie and rachel for planning the momento for us :>
 
Re: Waxing/Shaving

Thanks mummies, for your inputs. Looks like not all of you were asked by nurses to be shaven. I've been waxing even before pregnancy and i always go to the same waxing therapist in Singapore. I've not done it here yet and feel abit weird letting someone new wax for me. So i'm wondering if I should just leave it be because I don't want to shave...
 
Nice to hear u gals had fun at the high tea!

Re:First Few Years @ Paragon
I really have to vent my frustration here about this shop. Pls bear with me. Was out shopping with my fren who's due in mid-aug for baby stuff, so i brot her to the shop to see the playtex milkbags. It's 9.10pm, there are 2 couples in the shop browsing. The shop sign says closed, but one door was left open. So we walked in and i wanted to ask the staff if we could just see something, not buying.

The cashier, an elderly man, shouted (and i mean literally shouted in a rude manner),"we are closed." I proceeded to ask, "may we just..." He cut me off by shouting again,"no no no! Closed! Closed!" Wat the #*&$%^&!

I was fuming mad! But my preggy fren said nvm so we left. One of the couples in the store also followed behind us. This is really lousy service! I'm not asking you to open the store an hour longer, I'm not making you reopen and cash counter to accept my purchase...I just wanna check the price of something. Wat's this talk about GOing the Extra Mile (GEMS)???? Crap!

Sorry, i'm still fuming mad over it. Have half the mind the go back to the shop another day, walk in just before their closing time and make them busy checking things for me then decide not to buy. :p
 
SY
Hmmmm, not much of special pricing except they are giving extra 2 more inserts for the package A pricing as in their website (4 bumwear + 10 + 2 inserts), for the exhibition purposes. Bumwear for me has been a good investment. Very unlikely you can get cheaper prices unless you buy pre-owned, unused Bumwear
 
Tracy,
Dun fume...so many instances of lousy services...i had very bad experiences with singapore airlines and i wrote via the email address provided on the website. Guess what, when i sent the email, got an error message. tried a few accounts to send still the same. Gosh, fuming mad, wanted to give feedback and still tons of error messages! Finally a few days ago, they wrote back...just said somthing generic like "we are sorry to hear about your bad experience and hope you will still continue to book with us". I was actually quite pissed to receive this kind of email cos clearly nothing is being done and they dun even tell u the steps they will take to address the problem.
 
first few years @ paragon
I've been there a few times before and the ladies there were very nice and gives very good service. Maybe the man u met is a part-time staff? I guess employing the right people is very important.

singapore airlines
So far, I've not had any bad experiences with them but I've seen how badly they can treat our own kind, esp the older locals. Can really tell they're not so keen on serving them, compared to caucasians and young executives.
 
tracy
sounds like a bad experience....

hmm, i never bought anything from there so far. instead i bought from the first few years at KKH. in fact, i sign up for membership at the KK branch. the lady there was very helpful.

mamachan
i brought up the idea to hb about buying bumwear but he is not keen...

mummies
today we had an accident on PIE. a car bang us from behind. luckily not a very hard bang but it caused our car plate to be pushed in. today seems like a bad day on the road. saw a lot of accidents.
 
Hi Mummies

Great to heard that your enjoyed the hi tea...
Too bad that I can't make it.....

RE: Something to Share with your mummies ...Movie SHREK 3

Today afternoon I and hb brought gracie to cinema for SHREK 3.. Thought that she might be not able to finish the shows.
But really surprise me....Gracie manage to finished the shows. During the shows she was clap clap hand and smile...she enjoyed the shows and did not make noise at all. Hb was happy and said My princess has pass ...at her age of 17 mths for the movie
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SY,
Phew..luckily just number plate. JH had a shock?

Tracy,
What a bad experience.. dun think S'pore will improve in their services. I had bad experience when I go shopping too.

Went into Taka LV boutique. I was wearing shorts and was with my auntie. Then salesgirl A, looked at us with a "u-two-cannot-afford" kind of look and walk away. Went to serve a tai tai. Then my auntie wanted to buy a wallet, she approached salesgirl B, and she serve my auntie. Salesgirl A saw my auntie making payment. While I walked to another display shelf, she followed me and offer to help immediately. I told her straightaway, "I don't like LV, prefer COACH." And walked away. So angry with her for looking down at pple.

Queen,
I read that blog. Cried. Like what CL says, I will adopt one if it ever happen to me. Dun think I can take such a blow.

RE: High Tea
Seems like all of u had enjoyed it. Too bad I missed this time.
 
Queen
Read the blog....... they must have gone thru' a very hard time...... I can totally understand the pain...... It was alr so difficult for us when we lost 2.....cannot imagine losing 3......... my heart really goes to them. I can only pray that they will find strength in God. Joash was like a miracle for us...... in fact it was also our last try for a baby...... though went thru' a lot of scares during the pregnancy.....we were thankful that he came out healthy and strong even tho' he was premature.

Btw, Joash walked on his own today. My hubby & i were so excited and surprised when he stood up and walked. And by evening, he had explore the whole house!
 
mummies, <font color="ff0000">made a boo boo with the timing!!!</font> It's <font color="0000ff">4pm instead of 2.30pm</font> with Coach Anne. If you don't mind Coach Michelle, it will be the original timing of 2.30pm. Please put 'ok w/ timing' next to your name to confirm the time slot. Otherwise put your name in the time slot that suits you.
Sorry again for my fuzzy brain!!


June 17; 2.30pm Sunday; Coach Michelle
1.
2.

June 17; <font color="ff0000">4pm</font> Sunday; Coach Annie
1. wenyl (Ethan + hb swimming) - OK with revised timing
2.<font color="aa00aa"> sleepingdeer (shannon + hb/me) </font>
3. Cheng (aidan+hb swiming)- ok with revised timing
4. Flo (Mel & HB) - ok with revised timing
5. CL (Aden+hb swimming) - ok w/timing
6. SSF (Caleb+hb swimming) -ok with revised timing

June 24; 2.30pm Sunday; Coach Michelle
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2.


Group C
June 24; <font color="ff0000">4pm</font> Sunday; Coach Annie
1. Denmy (Keenan & hb)- ok w/ timing
<font color="119911">2. Val ( Kirsten + hb) - OK </font>
3. MamaChan (Daren + hb) - ok w/timing
4. SH (Prob hb + JW) - ok w/ timing
5. Rena (Elijah + hb)- ok w/timing
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<font color="aa00aa">sleepingdeer</font>, <font color="119911">Val</font>,
Please confirm revised timing. Thanks!!
 
Spinach BP
Collection <font color="ff0000">29 June Friday</font>.
anyone else?
Collection points:
1. Robinson Centre
2. Marine Parade
For mummies ordering for the 1st time, please PM me your email & hp. Thanks.

1. Denmy
2. Queen - collection via Flo
3. Mamapanda
4. MamaChan - Robinson Centre
5. Flo - Robinson Centre
6. Aileen - Hitachi Tower
 
CL/Rena,
Ya, JW has been waking up earlier for his milk feed. Sometime even at 4am. In fact nowadays, he will ask for his milk barely 1 to 2 hours after his solid feed....so strange...do they still have a growth spurt at this timing?

SY,
You should get your hb to watch the next sat episode of "No kid is a bad kid". They are having one where the boy kept saying he doesn't want daddy. My hb was pretty mirth by wat he saw coz i think he feels the same way too ;p

Cookie/SY,
There was once (only once) in the afternoon that JW allowed my hb to bring him to bed to nap. Aiyoh...my hb was soooo happy. (acutally I was v happy too...coz that means a bit more free time for me). The next day my hb tried to perform that feat again...but JW rejected him. Can see that my hb was pretty disappointed. So I guess hb really don't feel good bb don't want them. Not a nice feeling I guess.
 
May,
You wanna get your mum bread dip in FM? My MIL tried dat and JW absolutely loves it

Linda,
I am impressed. Gracie actually sat thru a movie?? Wah...maybe i should think abt it...I remember JW laughed when he saw the Shrek 3 ad on TV...
 
RE: Daddy's Girl & Mummy's Boy
I think this is how these two tags came about.
Normally boy will stick more to mummy and for girl, it will be vice versa.
Jamie really knows how to please her daddy when needed. She will even try her best to stay awake to wait for daddy to return home from work. Just to ask for a good night kiss from daddy. Sometimes when she is asleep, she heard daddy coming back, she will open her eyes and smile to him. It really makes my hb's heart melt.

Jamie used to stick to me alot and refuses daddy. Same thing, mummy cannot bath but daddy can go bath. But I tried to create more opportunities to be together to build their bonds.Sometimes I am also jealous of her as she gets more of hb's attention. hehe..
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Linda,
I admire ur guts to bring her to cinema. I never dare to think of that..for fear that I might waste two tickets. It will be very embarassing to bring her in and she cry. Or even keep wanting to walk up and down the stairs. I once saw a mummy walking with his son up and down the stairs thru'out the whole show. Guess I will wait for the DVD to release.

RE: Sesame Street Show
Unable to find kaki to go with Jamie and me. Decided to cancel it. I will take leave on 2 July instead. Cos it will be our wedding anniversary. Will spend some couple time with hubby since it had been quite sometime that we spent special occasion together. Any suggestions of how to spent the day?
 
Re: Growth Spurts
Need some advice...this is the first time JW really go thru wat i suspect is a growth spurts. He just woke up for milk again. Should I try to increase his food intake during the day or is this something that he will outgrow (ie do these growth spurts just goes away after a while?) or would they stay till I give him more food during the day?
 
Linda - i also thot of bringing caleb to watch shrek which is one of a character he likes too but no guts lei. we are afraid he will cry and one of us will have to miss it. moreover my sis says the show is like only 1hr 40 mins? so hb suggests to wait for the release and we watch together as a family at home. haha..

cookie & SY - thks for recommending the medical halls in Pasir Ris. A quick check with mine here, its selling EQ L at 10.50 48 pcs and step 3 at 17.50. slightly more ex and i might as well go over ur side since its all in the east. hee..
 
Linda,i was very imppressed tat she can finished the whole...my elder boy can't even finish the whole show..just on DVD.

Wedding dinner,
brought damien to my cousin's wedding dinner was sat...thru out the whole dinner was a disaster to me and HB...he was screaming, wanna to get down from bb chair...walking from table to table.and both of us was so busy chasing after him...he was super cranky by 9pm...Lucky that dinner in m'sia finished at around 930pm...less than 5mins in the car..he already in his lala land....phew...was afrid that he is unable to sleep in different bed..worst of all..there isn't any sarong in my uncle house.
 
linda
gracie realy good to sit thru the whole movie! so impressed.

May
think he had a slight shock but lucky everything is ok.

SH
i think it sounds like a growth spurt. recently JH also keeps waking up for milk. so irritating but no choice. got to feed or he will not go back to sleep.

JH doesn't even let me put him to nap sometimes. so i can understand how your HB feels. actually can see that your hb really tries hard with JW but i guess boys are always closer to mummies.

denmy
the link doesn't work leh. what's a bobby cart?
 
Hi-tea - From the looks of it, it was truly enjoyable. I cldn't make it as my branch had a retreat & I was one of the organisers. We had a BBQ & I marinated all the food. Luckily, they were all tasty! Haha...

SY - Glad that things are good for you & HB. Cephas does different things with us but he can be quite sticky to me too cos I've spent more time with him as HB has been studying for the past 1.5 yrs. I'll let HB bathe him in the evenings on wkdays (cos I do the morning ones) & on wkends. I do most of the feedings because I am faster & more focused. I leave them to play tog in his room. I read to Cephas cos HB thinks I do a better job. As for making Cephas take his day time naps, we take turns or tog. For nitetime, Cephas has a habit of turning to me & asking me to pat him. If HB pats him, he'll remove his hand & replace it with mine. Sometimes, we'll allow it. Other times, we'll just tell Cephas "Mummy is tired, Daddy will do it tonite..." I'll just urn away & pretend to sleep or leave the room.
 
mashy / yuki
can you share the title of the book which tells us our bb's character, pls? wld like to find the book. thanks.
 
linda
You're very brave. I'd never dream of bringing Ariene to the movies. I don't think she can sit still throughout.
 
Linda
You very the xing in bringing Gracie for Shrek 3. Actually, MOthercare had a tie-in with Berrtyworkz for parents to bring their children for Shrek 3 at Suntec City. I recieved the mailer, but wondering if to bring Daren to watch. Think for such occasions organized solely for families, think it's excusable to bring them for the movie.
 
RE: Shrek
Luckily I didn't bring Jamie to Shrek 3. This evening Channel 5 is showing Shrek 2. When I turn on, it is already 9pm, left 30mins to go. Jamie only watch 5mins sitting on my lap, then she start walking around. When the pussy cat started talking, she ran to me crying and show that she is scared. Think she never thought that a cat can talk. Can't imagine if I were to bring her into the cinema.
 
Hi mummies!
<font color="0000ff">Thank you to all of u who prayed for me & baby!</font> My gynae clinic just called me....amnio results out liao! Its ok....all normal! Thank God for tat! I can really feel baby kicking & moving in my tum tum nowadays since a few weeks back. Much earlier than E's time. So happy to hear this news at the beginning of the week. Last week was lousy for me. Was feeling anxious already n inlaws came & made me angry.
 
wenyl
that's really good to hear! glad that all is good. now u can finaly heave a big sigh of relief...

re shrek
was watching the last 30 min of shrek 2 last night cos JH fell asleep early and me and hb kept laughing at the jokes...

mummies
JH kept waking up now at night after he recovered. think he made it a habit already. he will wake up and call me and if i dun go and sleep with him on his mattress, he will keep calling very loudly. so i end up calling him to climb onto my bed which he does gladly. now can't get him to sleep on his own..any advice?
 
wenyl - congratulations and thank GOD for it!
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so now you can start preparing for your second bb to come. thot of any names?

may - haha like u, yesterday i on ch 5 and placed caleb on my lap. he managed to sit thru quietly until advertisements come abt and when shrek turned into handsome man. he couldnt recognise him..so he ended up walking ard. haha...
 
Good Morning,..

Wenyl
Oh..dear that is a good news...and take care..
Whoaaa your bb start kicking you liaooo.. I guess you might have a BABY GIRL. Let's see if I'm right
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May
Yeahhh think still not ready for Jamie for Shrek 3. But maybe she might enjoy other cartoon movies..

Mamachan
I will suggest you and hb bring Daren to watch Shrek 3 but not mix with other group baby.
The reason is he might enjoy the movie but because of the other bb cry or make noise,,,he might be start make noise too. This is what I found out in the middle of the show..they are few toddler start make noise and shouted..Gracie also move around her head ..I keep telling her "whoaaa the princess so pretty " and other think that make her continue her shows again...

SSF
You can let him try the DVD for the Shrek 2 first.. If he's alright with that this mean he is ready for the movies. But sometimes if he moving around and not seat thru the show in house. This doesnt mean he is not ready too ..I will say it depend on the enviroment and he might seat thru for the shows if he see all of the people didnt walk around and seat with quietly.


Hi Mummies..

RE: Shrek 3
I also not 100% sure that Gracie can sit thru for the shows..and I felt that I have to try if I didnt try how I know Gracie ready or not ready for movies..is ok if she cry and just bring her out larrr
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I just want to pot my luck and test her...I told hb if she cant make it...it's ok and try again for few mths later.
I prepare to waste for the ticket movies...
The one that got 100% confidence that Gracie can finished the shows is MIL. She told me that Gracie is ready...I know that Gracie enjoyed watch drama or some shows that got singing and can seat for 45 min at home...

Go and bring them...is ok if they cry and bring them out if they make noise
...nobody will laugh at us and is ourself that make us fell PAISEH...is fine,,,

Yesterday night Shrek 2...she also enjoyed that..but not sitting 100%..she standing next to the sofa and watched..after that move to her own chair again and watched.
 
RE: SHREK
May,
Ethan was watching shrek 2 last nite too. Was too engrossed to even drink his milk diligently. When commercial came, he gave the sad sad expression & kept waving his hands, saying no more no more? But there were some fighting parts & dunno which character fell down, he actually cried. Was a funny sight cos i started laughing when he started crying. Even my parents were laughing away.
 
Good morning mummies...

May...ya I know what you mean...they are what we call "gou yan kan ren di"...dun let them annoy you...we are above them....
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from my own temp sales experience when I used to take on holiday temp assignments, those who are shabbily dressed tend to be more willing to part with their money than those who are dressed from head to toe in branded wear...haha...maybe becos they spend so much on brands that they can't afford anymore...
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Esther and CL....these are the books that I promised with regards to the pics....

The Scholastic ones are actually reproducibles...meaning can photocopy...then muz cut and staple into small little alphabet booklets...with a rhyme at the end making use of that letter of alphabet
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hi mommies

Chicken little

can i check with you if you know which play house is better, the cottage that is round selling at aprisin or the sunshine one at toy r us? The offer at toy r us is until june 25th but the sunshine cottage is already on reserve list at toyrus... i went to aprisin but dunno if the round cottage is nicer cos i havne't seen the sunshine one yet.. do u know if there's a kitchen in the sunshine house?

Wenyl
Good news!!! So wonderful... wanted to ask u at the hi tea but didn't want to stress you out... now u can enjoy your preg without added worries..

RE: maid problems
Haiz... seems i have no luck with maids.. i thought my recent maid was quite good but turned out she is the most wicked of all!!! She can really work but it turned out she has a lover in singapore and she wanted to let him into my house!! So scary, lucky my mom's maid who got sent back recently becos contract finish had the good heart to tell us that her boyfriend hid a handphone outside my house for my maid to collect and use... then we called up the man, using my other maid and confirmed everything thro speakerphone... Was so shocked.. just sent her back on sat... sunday, was so tired looking after baby and cleaning house.. at first hubby was saying he will do the house work and i will do the cooking.. after one day, we both realised, we are so tired... we cannot cope...

We were also worried cos this maid is indon and comes from a region famous for black magic... and recently a spate of not so good things happened to our family... so on sunday we went to church and really prayed about it...

Sigh.. since i'm delivering soon, i'm going to try a transfer maid next with great apprehension... i've tried all types already and so sian... either not interested to work (can tell me that her last job she just sleep and watch tv whilst looking after baby!!! after we returned her and told her why we don't want her), or not honest... some more its not like i'm the strict type with the maid... but really no "yuen fen" like that...

Sorry to rant.. just very disappointed... filipina or indonesian... both also cannot... very soon i will reach the quota of "maid changing" worse is the the govt penalise us, when its the maid that has problem!!! What do they expect... for us to keep dishonest or dysfunctional maids?!! Arggghhh....

Linda

Gracie is really so good... i'm tempted to bring tabb to see shrek 3 also, but i think i'll go on one of those weekend afternoons when there are more families... in case we need to run out or tabby makes a lot of noise.

Tabby has the Happy meal collection of Shrek, princess fiona and the baby shrek and she will call shrek daddy, princess fiona mommy and make them kiss together... and she will make princess fiona kiss the baby also... so cute... we didn't teach her that they were a couple, but she seemed to know that they are... so sweet right...

RE: mommy's boy and daddy's girl
my girl is so sticky to me, i cannot imagine what my son will be like. My girl is afraid of daddy, she will call him and laugh, but if he comes close to her, she will run away and hide... she will only go to him for her first and last milk feeds. This kinda discourages my husb from playing with her so much, but i try and encourage it by asking tabby to include him in her games.. like when's she's pretend feeding me, i'll ask her to feed daddy too. If she kisses me, i'll ask her to kiss daddy too..
 


sorry the resolution not very clear...
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My elder boy's CC is using the Rigby ones for their reading programme...he brings the books back once he's able to read them...I believe he does it based on memory...so we try to refresh his memory by getting him to read it to us....the Rigby titles are also the ones you will find with the Sunshine titles, I believe...
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I like the Longman ones cos the pictures are very vivid...also at the end of each book, they actually have teaching and focal point instructions to help us engage our kids more in the books...think I paid a total of $195 for the whole set of Longman books, after the staff purchase discount...
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