(2007/03) March 2007 MTBs

astro: the longer u delay, the long all of u suffer, just nip it in the bud, do it and sort it out quickly, remember the longer u delay, bb will be harder to CIO ..my take lah. In fact, I should have CIO Rae when she was abt 6 mths ( that time dunno what is CIO mah).. so now a bit regret that i let the problem drag on so long. now more traumatic and iff to CIO for both baby and mummy leh. right?!
 


star,
was juz showing my mum the video taken for the hey baby. then there was Rae & Keira side by side.
my mummy commented got some similarities
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Star: I wanna ask for your testimony since you already got the littletouch.. After using it and exploring it with Rae, would you have bot it again if you haven't yet?
 
let me just relate relate star's humour to what DrOng commented that time regarding teng's 'late ' teething.. she said most likely teng on shot.. erupt many many teth kind..(like how star said now 'obstacle training next time sure pick up fast) then i 'wah'.. she said. like that good ah.. one shot pain.. no good meh? come home miser tell me same thing. as usual.. i 'fainted'..

PAx: Dr ong's virgo ah?!
 
yvonne,
dun think its trial liao, coz kate mentioned that she signed up Lele already.
and we already attended the trial together.
did i answer u correctly?
 
astro,
i noe u are veri stress and fed up... one word... LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE... live(spell like this?) happily, don stress le...
 
star: I KNOW!!!!! and i know what autum is saying too..!!! that's why in two minds lei.. coz at most another 6 mths.. teng should be able to walk without support?. skali by then he want to pull himself up and sit himself up all the time liao right else how to walk?? and mobility no longer the issue liao mah..a need for another round of siong crying??

but i know what u saying also.. coz not just the physical part.. but the manipulation part. must let teng know he cannot get away with that..

sian. tomorrow i go east coast...
 
babygirl,
i don noe, but the lady said all teachers are good... the words just go off from another side of my ears... i don trust, unless i see it with my own eyes...
 
baby Girl: I have not attended classes by other teachers but my take is tat with Shauna, i am more incline to sign up. actually i would still consider cos i would very much want rae to take up some musical class. i want her to learn art and music so kindermusik is a good place to start.. mi prefer kinder to gymboree lah.
 
QQ: Yes, Leapfrog is available here. I got the exersaucer mah.. Fisher Price also got a few learning tables.. There's one called Laugh and Learn table or something like that..

What you mean by changing setting huh? Do u mean rearanging the toys and let Tian explore?
 
bbgirl: yes.. kindremusik programme is still good.. though it might not be that exciting if not carried out by shauna. coz she has natural gift in connecting to bbs this age..

in fact i was looking at the kindermusik website the other day.. realised that they say they match teachers to classes.. according to their ability to handle the children at their age.. so confirmed shuana cant' be there forever one.. but the circulum is good..
 
astro
M's teeth all came at one shot.. but no problem...
actually u know wat. i think boys r easier to take care. like wat star say, EITHER YOU LET TENG CIO AND NIP THE PROBLEM OR STOP WORRYING... sorry i used caps shouting, bcos u r making me vv fed up, listening to u WHINE! DUH!
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pax,
i ask u ah, do u let matt to join this kind of classes at this age? i still considering wad to let bel take up after she finish this term of kindermusik...
 
Yvonne: I don't think all teachers are the same..

Star: I also would like anna to learn music. Do they do a lot of musical stuff in the class? I only remember there are some "tribal" instruments leh.. The carrying baby and dancing I've been doing it with her since she's born.. We dance to classical music..
 
babygirl,
ya lor... tts y... so if shauna is sick. i sure waste my money... but i don think so la... she said teacher teach here, must stay veri healthy...
 
i haven't tried kindermusik leh. BB cannot get enough mummies and babies.. sigh.. got to wait.

astro.. manipulation part a bit tricky... but we cannot do anything right? unless we know what he is thinking and what has been manipulated. if not serious, i think its fine. i super cincai la. maybe you tofu a bit?

sleepy liao.. going to oi oi..

bbgirl, ya.. table setting. its not so obvious at the moment. but when bb gets elder, whatevr we place on the table will shape their learning (not 100%, but will provide differnt opportunities). say if one day, it can be a musical table, one day it can be colour learning, then all things i place there might be of the similar colour, but can be in differnt tones... its learning via visual + hands on.
i think think think only la. so far table also not bought yet.
 
Baby Girl: Re Leapfrog Little touchpad..well i think if i can afford it, i will still consider buying.
I love reading and i want to cultivate the love of reading in Rae, so any material/tools that give/teach bb opprtunity to learn read i will def consider.. but like what i said last nite, our bbs now have quite short attention span for non-moving images, activity like this leappad, its more audio story book so they will definitely get bored, cos no lights/moving images etc.. so i think u need to spend time anna and interact and make the story telling a fun session for her. Think of using this leappad as just an additional tool to make each session with baby more fun and interesting. U can't just leave bb with the little touchpad and get on with ur other activity, it does not work that way. understand?
 
yvonne
no.. the most M has gone is swimming classes for 1.5terms... that time no $$$...
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so to be fair, Jo also not gg lor..
 
pax: haha.. it's ok.. me always whine.. and irritate pple..piscean lah. haha.. so if teng is a ting.. then u will tell me to reconsider CIO? :pPP.. really deserved to be ah bish by u.. :p
 
oh. bbgirl.. forgot to say..
play = free + structured.. so have to balance these two.

and me, the Xing-ma of tian tian, is going to oi oi liao. and make my own xing-meng (dream).
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nite nite all Xing-ma!
 
Star: I understand..
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You know why babies seem to have very short attention span when we're reading to them? Do u realise that they're always using their hands to hit the book in front of them? Cos they have photographic memory. They take less than 1 sec to capture the pic. And after that, they want us to turn the page liao..
 
anyone wan to let their baby learn sign language? i did asked my sis abt this... but she said my niece learn in her sch... i think is tumble tots... is part of the lesson... so not fully learning sign language... just some basic... any comment?
 
QQ: we different views on this manipulation part lah. so I can't comment if I can tofu or not lah..

Star: yes.. READING canot be taught thru mere exposure to words.. must have 'active' exposure to build up the schemata in the brain.. bbs no prior knowledge to build upon when they 'read' such books.. wun understand anything.. unless we 'read' along with them..
 
babygirl,
no wonder!!! i flash bel the flash cards... after tt i put it all on her table to play, she just pick up, flip over and throw at mi...
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nite nite QQ

yvonne
we started M when he was 15mths.. but it's not Learn to swim as in really learn the swim strokes lah.. it jus to teach bb water confidence etc... u google marsden swim school.

astro
there's no other way abt it. i'm gg to get TOUGH with u. either u shut up abt Teng manipulating u (like wat QQ said, how the hell u know for sure wat he's thkg?) or JUST DO IT and CIO. if not, nobody is gg to care anymore. BCOS ALL OF US GAVE YOU LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS LIAO!
 
Astro: You like kindermusik cirriculum very much. Next time you can send Teng to a pre-school which uses their programme.. There are quite a few who "adopted" this cirriculum..
 
hmmm.. not based on any resarch or what.. i would tend to think that bbs this age are tactile.. they want to feel and touch.. no just books..anything.. teng will also grab his books and touch..to them.. learning means touching.. different textures and such.. that's why they keep saying that let bbs experience different textures.. coz jolt their sensory a bit..? no?
 
pax,
wah.. so young can go learn liao... so tempting again... jia lat... did they teach the survival? wahaha... now think back the video i wan to laugh liao... did u see the video posted in our thread?
 
pax: how much are the lessons at marsden? u plan to enrol jo when she is old enuff?

Astro: yes, bb's love of reading must be nurtured by us parents.. so i try to read to rae whenever i can, even when she is not paying attention lah..hehe
 
mommies... anyone wan to go MARSDEN learn swimming? wahahaha... so tempting... lets organise one for march... all can go together... just 6 babies can form a class liao!!! heee
 
autum
i think im like u..a bit bochap, i attend classes more for leia to socialise, she can't seem to know wat's going on....with people around, she just stare and stare at pple...
as for shicida classes, i'll enroll unless im very sure tat leia likes it, if not i just let her play thru-out her 1st 4-5yrs of childhood which is very short.

astro
just be hard-hearted. i let my gal crawl on the floor..sometimes when i see her falling, i just let her fall if i know its not really going to hurt her, she will be in a daze for a while and continue. If it hurts, i will laugh and she will stop crying. sometimes got to give them a bit of 'freedom' a bit bochap, they may learn faster and be shun qi zi ran about it, let her be, if she learns she learns, if she doesnt, then just let her be. maybe im practical too, dun have the time to think about wat to do wat not to do, it'll kill me. i rather focus on enjoying my time with her than to worry about whether she can do this do that because when she can do this do that, it's time they run away from us ..sad sad
 
yvonne, star
survival as in hanging on the edge of the pool and monkeying by shifting hands. also how to turn ard in the water fr facing outside to facing parent. it's not exp... i think we would enrol Jo at least for 1 term...

yvonne
wat video?
 
I think I'm quite into this right brain training thingie..
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I give another example. Babies learn chinese by "memorising" the character as a picture. Therefore using flashcards to teach chinese is very successful. They have absolutely what the character in fron of them is.. What they see is a picture..
 
Pax: *sigh*.. irritated u liao huh.. nvm lah. i go and brood abt it myself .. i am appreciative of all the suggestions.. no that not willing to listen or what.. i am just in two minds abt it.. that's why i said i should go east coast.. discussing here helps a lot.. but nvr ending.. coz ultinmately me need to make my decision.. right? cool lah pax. no need to fed up over me in this aspect .. as much as i like to whine.. i can think rationally also..

If u are my mum.. 2 senarios.. i would grow up decisive and strong.. or both always in conflict.. :p (they say virgo and pisceans opp ends of the horoscope spectrum.. because of this..
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bbgirl: i would love to. if i can offer it..
 
Wah, can't catch up. So many posts in a day. By the time I finished the archives, I clicked "Refresh" then there are more to read again ...
 

pax,
lol... now laughing non stop... i think i receive the video from email... is a baby tt can walk... he walked to his pool... just drop inside... tried struggling himself to flip over... and floating alone in the water for more den 1hr!!! tts how he survive... but is in other country.. not in sg...
 

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