(2009/08) August 2009 MTBs

bobo,
my boy's infantcare teacher said better for them to start at 19mths or 20 mths for full time CC...
am going to let my boy go over to playgroup at 19mths in march.

Bean,
i also agree with the rest that ur bb maybe allergic to the med...
 


fatbobo,
Cos im doing up my new house in the next few months..think will only settle down by May/Jun then can start trying...
By then definitely cant make it in time for Rabbit so will gona be Dragon baby lor..
 
joeey:: oic.. we smtimes drive to the market there.. the parking is horrible.


Re: fullday ccc
in fact, the principal juz called me earlier.. we confirm to postpone the startdate to 4 april le. hehe~ i wrote to them say my girls these 2mths sick..hvnt taken last dosage of pneumococcal jab..hvnt taken chicken pox vaccine... lalala~ 2mths is max they can postpone..so ok lor.


dolce:: oh ya..tink u mentioned it before.. hehe, nvm la.. dragon baby oso bao.
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dolcevita

I also think it's better to settle your hse first.

That time Hubs staretd the reno project for the bedroom when I was in the 3rd tri. So stressed then. kept worrying whether it'll be completed before I pop. And have to camp at MIL's coz shd avoid the dust & glue smell.
 
jul/ baby s,

I'm going out now .. will send to u later. Baby s, the serangoon branch is not at nex leh, but it's near to the old interchange, if i remember correctly.
 
Re: dragon babies
Maybe I shall relax n just try...Scully can't strike
Want rabbit then become dragon...Hee

Fatbobo,
Yes..I understand
Just now I walk past the CC at suntec...I saw this Todd crying n screaming, refusing to go in
But the mum still pass him to the teacher crying
I see liao...my tears all well up..damn, how am I going to put Ryan in CC? I over worry...worry this, worry that
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bobo, since your mum is willing to look after your girls longer, its good to delay their entering CC. Older they are, more immunity, and less likely to fall sick. Ya can understand the she bu de feeling. The day I send my girl to CC, I cried as much as her.
 
pegsfur

Can, no hurry. Thanks hor!

sharon

MIL keeps saying Dragon baby is good. me Horse, Hubs Dragon, Sam Ox, so shd be another big animal. Makes it sound like we'll have barn fight at home or what *scratch head*

Zen

U're same like me right? Still scared to have No 2? haha
 
sharon, just try 1st..sekali u jz 1 try strike alr like piggy lolz

I'm not tat heng le..tried 2 cycles liao hopefully can catch a rabbit cos HB, FIL & my dad are rabbits. If can cacth rabbit, will be dragon liao. more impt is childcare issue..for me #2 will be going to IFC or nanny le.
 
RE: Crying in school

The crying is terrible but I'm quite hard-hearted cos I was quite determined to put him in the playgroup.

My mum is very soft-hearted. She couldn't stand the cries at all cos Ethan cried till his whole face turned red & his eyes were swollen. Both my parents were persuading me to pull Ethan out till he's older. Just when I wanted to pull him out, he stopped crying. So now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll stay that way.
 
Jul,

Yes yes! Same as you! What if #2 is even more active than Ethan?! But I see so many start having babies or #2, I'm also a bit swayed to having #2. But somehow I've a strong feeling that even if it's a girl, she'll be as active as Ethan!
 
zen:: we're gg LV @ibp.. same as kyler, but different class.

sharon/mich:: oh dear.. i can imagine dat! my fren wrote in her fb recently..smting like this.."didi start cc, dad & mum din cry..maid cried!" lol. i tink for my case, prolly wld be quite similar bah, guess my mum will feel most lost.. maid will too, cos everyday at hm so noisy.. suddenly nobody at hm to mess, cry, scream...no milk to make, no bumbum to wash! LOL~ mum will prolly be nuahing at hm for awhile..den find a p/t or juz rest abit..n plan to go korea in may to look for my younger sis who will be finishing her exchg prog.

i cant judge yet.. but i tink for myself, the 'withdrawal' wun b as adverse bah!! prolly i'll miss calling hm at midday/aftnn to ask my mum wat the girls had been up to.. get feedback frm her wat nonsenses they did.. my daddy + sis will miss out on 'stories' my mum will bring hm everyday of the girls....... hmmmmm~

my dog will be happy, he doesnt need to be confined to juz the dinning area...he can prolly roam ard more.. maid will be more free to bring him down even more times. hoooo~
 
bobo, actually after a while, I got used to the fact the kids are in CC, and dun feel sad anymore. So I think everyone ard will get used to it, and it will become part of normal life. Infact when they are not in CC, my MIL and maid will headache cos all 3 at home is very noisy!!
 
Zen,
Thinking only...Hahaa...think n do very different :p
Sure must have #2 but when???? Hard to take that step

Donkeymami,
Ryan was like that...strike that once...Hahaa

Mich,
It's Brightstar...already ex...that's Josiah at millennia, much more ex but heard it's good

Jul,
Barn fight..Hahaa

Fatbobo,
Now we all having second thoughts, me, hb n my mum
But sooner or later must go....but I also hoping to delay
Heehee...
 
zen

Yeah me too! Keep thinking what if I DO get No 2 who is worse than Sam???

But then, another part of me thinks that surely it can't be that bad. Very tempted lor
 
bobo, actually, why do u need to put the girls into CC?

if ur mum and maid can still manage but u want them to get interaction and learning, then why dont consider those short term or half day classes?

or u getting rid of ur maid soon thats why need CC?
 
donkeymami,

yes yes, i'm so happy that these 2 days he has stopped crying already. but becos he's the youngest in class, my mum is allowed to stay in class to accompany him. i really hope the crying episode will not start again or at least just lasts 1-2 days when she's not allowed to stay there anymore. watever it is, we're all so relieved that at least he can be there throughout the 2 hours without crying. phew..... i've heard some kids cry for 6mths!
 
babyS:: i already got rid of the 2nd maid le leh..(since end nov)..nw left 1 niah..hw to get rid oso? im not the capable sort, so will not be able to manage alone.

i used to tink dat sending to those 2-3hrs / half day will be good... but, who will pick them up frm sch? n if say im going to pay $X for a half-day session, n juz another $X + $100-200 for a full day, then full day more worth mah. hehe.
nah..i wldnt wana go save the $100-200/kid n headache on who to pick them aft half-day sch.


n to provision the possibility of hvg a 3rd.. i need to free up my mum. n keep my maid...so ya.. she's staying at least for the time being.
 
fatbobo,

yr maid or mum can help to pick up yr kids. cheaper to put in playgroup & they'll be less prone to falling sick. since u hv help at home to look after them, dun hv to send them to CC at all.
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Sharon, you r fertile la hahaha!

Mich, my MIL looking after jovia & my niece now. cos tat time Hubby hv a tok wif MIL we find she still prefer go bck to workforce tat's why we put jovia to full day cc in mar. so for my #2 i wun not dare to "mafan" her again lol unless she offer her help. if i strike these few mths (before mar) not sure if she will chg her mind.
 
zen:: but hor.. my 2 girls r very sam seng n active n rebelious de. quite 'risky' to entrust to mum & maid to pick/send. (i tink my mum will be even more stress with them outside than at hm).. at least hm is a safe plc for them to carry out their wus & bohs!


juz nw when chatting with the sch principal.. i even asked her..hv she or will the sch like.. reject students.. she said if really cant adapt..blah blah.. but i went..no.. i mean like if the kid is beyond control! heng, she assured me, the sch has no right to do that!! no kid is not teachable!
 
bobo: but the extra $100- $200 can pay for kindermusik classes! hahaha...

if u put into full day CC, ur maid very the eng leh..

dont worry lah, i dont think mattea and Keona will kena 'kicked out' lah...
 
bobo

I also won't dare to ask MIL or maid alone to bring Sam ard. Anyway MIL also knows. If they go to the mkt or NTUC, it's aws the two of them with one baby haha

babys

1) I also think that if Sam goes to full day CC, maid will be very eng.

2) But half day CC is something like $50 cheaper only.

3) But if playgroup.. then gotta think abt changing school again to CC or kindergarten that offers nursery & kindergarten.

headache...
 
i tink she will be busy making all sorts of sambal chili / belachan chili.. lalala~ n i'll make sure ask her to cook those tricky rendang or watever... hoooooo~
 
exactly~

although i still get home-cooked food now... but.. it has been awhile since we have soup. hahaha.. but then oso cos she's indo..no pork..den i very much prefer soup with pork la!

prolly i can start to invest in a breadmaker or say a bigger oven/toaster..can bake sm little pastries or wat.. hohoho~
 
Jul

change sch just change lor. No prob. The kids are adaptable. My boy changed from IFC to home. Then go gym class. Then 3 hr daily playgroup for one yr. Half year nursery in one sch then change to current cc. No prob. In fact by the time we went to this current sch, he didn't cry at all coz he's so used to it already. Not even first day.
 
ya mashy, i oso like to believe that they r great 'adaptors'.....

for my girls.. im pretty sure they will be able to blend in de la.. but ya, i will not rule out my mum's concern abt them not eating food served there..n in the end lost weight! but..there oso might hv chance that the kid will be more open to try different stuffs cos the rest of the kids r eating too. wuehehe~
 
mashy

I'm so confused over all the terms & when to start 'school'. Correct or not?

Pri 1 - 7 yrs old
kindergarten - 5-6 yrs old
Nursery - 4 yrs old
Pre-nursery - 3 yrs old
Playgroup - 2 yrs old

Which means this year is the year for playgroup? So if Sam doesn't start playgroup this yr, it'll be pre-nursery next yr?
 
Fatbobo

the odd thing is, altho the teachers say my boy eats very well in school, he hasn't put on weight. So I wonder sometimes if it's coz he has low growth hormone or coz the teachers didn't tell the whole truth or they were simply not giving enough food.
 
mashy

C still eat normal portion of food, rite? will he feedback if he liked the food or had enough?

my girls still not speaking.. so my mum worried even if they did not like the food or watnot, they duno hw to say! lala~ but hor, cm to tink of it..my girls if not enuff food will make noise la, but dat's at hm..duno if outside, will be same or not?
 
Bobo,
me too!!! the thot of sentin Kyler to CC make me sad leh.. like so fast they growin up liao.. oh i suppose to call the sch to let Kyler start early cos their letter put 15 Mar wor... argh runnin out of time.. i am still tryin to find cheaper CC ard my house but all still full sianz...

Zen,
dun tink so much la u nv know #2 character.. i also scare #2 super active but tt sumting i cant control at least got #1 to play with #2 we not so siong... tink most toddler r v active 1...
glad tt Ethan is adapting better now
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jul/ baby s,

I'm back. Can give me your email add so that i can send the files to you?

Oh jul, to answer yr previous questio, i din put ovann at zoophonics cos the weekday timing is too early for ovann. They only hv 9am session.
 
actually for me..seriously... quite indifferent abt them starting sch leh. well, but more of the inconvenience (rush to send n pick up), cost (sch fee, uniform, wat not..).... k la, i do worry if they will eat well or not blah blah... hehe. cos arh.. still the same for me.. i oni c them in the mrng b4 work..n evng aft work.... oh but hor.. ya, another point to support the decision to send them to sch is not to be too attached to the maid. (lala~ this point shld be able to win more score bah. heeee~)
 
I have read up abt zoophonics at thomson. Got attitude staffs n bad tempered teachers. So mummies do take note not to enrol there if possible
 
I am also headache abt Elise enrichment classes. Just signed up shichida. Heard gd n bad abt them. But nvrmind try try first no gd then withdraw. Will feedback soon.
Putting her into cc, suppose to b 1Feb but she is still on tbf. How????? Must wait till Mar.
Mummies can advise how to teach ur child to take formula, Elise is on tbf thr latching. Bottle is so foreign to her. She can't slp thr the night without waking for milk. So tired ***yawns
 
Re: dragon baby
I'm also one of the 老龙女 here lah... but hor luckily I'm born in the end of the dragon year. i.e. Jan before CNY lah...

My mum decide to let me join the Snake year for school. So it's like the best of both worlds.
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I'm a Dragon but dont need to jam with the dragons. kekeke!
 
Fatbobo

my boy isn't the talkative type. He's a typical male. Must dig dig dig then can get answer from him. So either I ask teachers or ask mich to ask her gal. Sigh.

Jul
ya. Coz of his special birthdate so he's the youngest in the class. He just turned 5 yrs old and now in k2.
 


re: zoophonics

been checking out zoophonics - thomson branch cannot make it, the recep is very blur and lack initiative, even offering wrong info, the teachers not responsive/friendly either

serangoon branch, the recep runs a tight ship, and is very strict, parents/child have to wait outside the centre, only allowed in the centre 5 min before class start. didn't get a chance to speak with the teacher or view the facility as' classroom door cannot open when there's class ongoing'

bt timah branch so far has the best of both worlds, recep and teacher are interactive and friendly, cons - location is not very stroller friendly - office on 1st flr, classroom at basement, no lift only escalator. to get to 1st floor, only flight of stairs at main entrance. toilets are not within the centre, common areas does not seem well lighted.
 

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