WAH!!!! Cordyceps so expensive ah? How long can 3.5 liang last?! I need to start on them already. Just started my hashima, paoshen regimen yesterday.
CANTONESE HELP: Does anyone know the Cantonese word for cordyceps? Shall try to go to the TCM hall in Macau to check out prices.
Flos - I also need to boos my DHA intake. I think I shall give up trying to eat fish already cos I am too lazy to cook. Hehe. But anyway, dun stress. Cos there is no medical research to prove that DHA supplements help boost brain devt. And most of the brain develops post-birth, in the first 2 years of kids' life. So still got time to catch up.
Aloevera- Can drink rice wine now? What is the benefit of it to the MTB and growing bb?
Preggie - Congrats on feeling your bb kick! Must be amazing! I'm still waiting for a definite feel of my bb's kicks. Today my hubby said he feels a rolling. Sometimes I feel like something's swimming in my tummy. Hehe.
Sunnysunny - Welcome!
Alabone - Creative play is great! Helps develop both hemispheres of brain. As for enrichment classes, no need to stress. Just do whatever you feel is good. Sometimes, enrichment classes can stiffle more than liberate a child's creativity and intelligence. Other than having a good brand name, must ensure the teachers have the right qualifications and appropriate teaching philosophy that you can agree with.
Shazz - You're right abt Shichida's method being rather new-agey. Actually, several of the whole-brain learning centres like Adam Khoo and Mind Champs apply rather new-agey concepts. While I'm impressed by the ability to tap onto the mind's abilities, I am cautious abt how they privilege the intellect as in the brain over other types of intelligences e.g. emotional, social , spiritual. For me, my personal conviction is that that emotional and spiritual are the more fundamental building blocks of a wise person. Wisdom more impt than intelligence. And you're right that there are more ways to dev a child other than the methods promoted by commercial entities. BIBLE stories: Which ones do you read? Can share? Have you seen the Children's Bible by Steven Elkins? Comes with 100 children songs. I highly rec it cos stories are well-written, got simple devotion/application section for each story. Songs are catchy too. Also a bargain - $30 only!
Storeberry - Must be sooooo thrilling to see the features of your bb in detail. So you paid for 3D scan too? My clinic's nurse says that I can video tape the scan as it is going on and that my parents can go with me....Where did you do yours? TMC LEvel 4? I'm going there. CAn't wait.
Wingkei - I hope you get a chance to have a good talk with your hubby. Is he going through a lot of work pressure or something? Sometimes, men take time to adjust to the reality of having a bb. They can also feel insecure about their new identities - both as father and husband. Some men can grow jealous of the child as they feel the child will tear wives' attention and affection away from them. Men are like big kids... need a lot of 'sayang-ing'...despite their tough-shell exterior. Is there someone in your family you could talk to about this, and who could also gently talk him round too?
l'l CY: I think will get Moms in Mind too. Cos i find their designs more hip. The other one must be Born & Bond or something...a bit 'tu' in their design. mostly plaid - eeks. I dun like. But does the padding really help alleviate stress on our shoulders?
MORE ON CHILD ENRICHMENT & DEVT:
- What is 'xin suan'?
- Abacus: Yes! it is really great at developing mathematical thinking! I used to teach it but now a bit rusty. hehe. It is very easy to get the hang of it. Can teach yourself also. Just buy the book and you are set! Abacus focuses on understanding of place values and number bonds - very basic concepts that kids need to excel in Maths. So they will v quickly master mental arithmetics.
- Just want to share this educational philosophy that I think makes sense even though it was written more than 100 years ago.
http://www.rudolfsteinerweb.com/Rudolf_Steiner_and_Waldorf_Education.php
- Music & Intelligence: Einstein was a scientist. But he is considered a genius. Tt's prob why the product range 'Baby Einstein' is named after him. It is interesting to note that Einstein excelled in science, but wasn't so good at non-science subjects prob cos of German education sys at that time.
Mozart's music is supposed to be very effective in promoting brain activity. Baroque music (e.g. Bach, Vivaldi slow movements) esp those in 60 beat per min tempo is thought to boost brain learning. I love Handel water music! Not all classical music is beneficial cos some of them like Rachmaninov can be intensely broody.
