Kitsune
Oh dear!!! Wat happened? lost control of car? How come crashed into tree? Are ur kids with u then? so scary! Luckily alright now!
Aqua
CONGRATS!
Pixie
jiayou on bf. Dont think so much on whether she consider as fussy bb or not. fussy or not she may be ur last baby right? so must cherish her baby days
Naf
we have a strict no caning/hitting policy at home. Punishment is by time out or removal of privileges ie no tv, candy, etc. But lately i read that the worst punishment u can give a child is you ignoring him/her. At this age (i dunno how old is ur older kid) most of the times they act out notti things to attract ur attention, even if it's NEGATIVE attention, its STILL attention. Sometimes we asked ourselves why? like for me, already a SAHM, all my time is spent with rylee, how is it possible she's not getting enough attention from me? Turns out, u know, sometimes altho we are physically with them, we might be talking to a friend on the phone, talking with hubby, on the computer, etc. We dont realised our attention is not fully on them. So, they act out (one of the reasons lah) So now usually i would try to remove her from what she's doing and then told her to cam down before talking to me cos mommy is angry with her actions. And i have to step away to calm down too. Supposedly one stone kill two birds, cos 1) u are ignoring her and not giving EXTRA attention to her notti behaviour and 2) ur showing her how YOU react to anger, by stepping away and calming down. If u hit, u would be telling him it is alright to react in a violent way when things go wrong. Frankly i'm STILL trying out this method, altho i dont hit, i YELL...errr....a lot (used to) so now trying new method of disciplining...touch wood, so far so good.
A wise person told me that whenever u change discipline methods, give it some time cos it'l always turn worse first before it gets better
Having said that, i must also add SOME kids do react positively to caning! hahahahaha, really depends on the kids' personality and circumstances, i guess