Nlimm: qualify for P1 earlier? ha. no lah. u wun want M to go one year ahead.. it is immensingly stressful.. teng goes one year ahead coz he is 1st jan boy. so he goes P1 with the 2013 cohort instead of 2014.. and.. it is a blunder on my side. i all along thought he has a choice.. till i read moe website that day and realised.. it is by default they go in 2013.. and u write in to DEFER if u want ur 1st jan kid to stay with that cohort (2014 in this case).. so all of a sudden.. teng was starting N2.. then 3 weeks later he finds himself in K1!! wah liew eh.. those were troubled days as i reproached myself.. despite my meticulous 'planning'. i commited the boo-hoo! stupid moe.. argh.. long time never check in on them since i left the service! damn.
SO.. it is stressful to go one year ahead coz the kid is set to compete against the kids one year older when he might not be cognitively ready for the challenges.. sian.. so i am slowly getting over it as teng shows me that he can do it.. on my side.. i need to do more work lor.. teng is starting the 'i can read' programme to get him to learn phonics so that he can decipher the words more effectively.. then aft that.. shd be no problem liao.. comprehension he is strong.. for both chinese and english. he uses both lang quite effortlessly. i think coz me and hleper speak to him in english while my mum and miser speak to him in mandarin. so since young. he knows what lang to speak to each person! ha. i hope bally can pick his lang up this way..
i think M is used to waking up.. if u leave him alone. what happens?
u can use lego to teach him colours.. lah.
. and sorting --> maths concepts..
xoxo: cheries hearts is quite okay. but as with all things.. it boils down to a matter of preference.. of the parents

there wun be a perfect pre-school. but as long as everyone is happy. that is the best pre-school for the time being
.. have u considered montessori for dre? a bit pricey.. but i figured might be more ur cup of tea
wah. japanese playdates at disney.. woo.. steep. haha. we are going from april 2 - erm. 8 .. that week. then it is mad rush in school for me again.. haiz..
Ting: KD is so cute. i just look at him. i genna charmed liao. i dun have to bother about what he knows!
xoxo: u shd just tell that lady. short? nope. petite is a better word

.. gosh. haha. then give her YOUR stare

hey. it is good to wake at 7am (sniggers)..

no lah. next time they need to start P1.. also cannot wake at.. 11am?

*siams*.. joking lah. u know me..
it is good training to get into some sort of routine..
and it freeds up ur time aft that coz she will concuss earlier..
as for bf-ing.. how is dre with her dairy allergy now? if still pretty bad.. can consider starting her on soy milk from a cup/draw using a straw.. replace one feed with that and drop one latch.. and so on and so forth..
as to why u shd stop.. i guess noone can tell u to unless u want to . i feel u did a remarkable job direct latching till now.. and it has been an immense committement on ur part.. ur work flexiblility and the support of SF allowed for extended breast feeding so far for Dre inspite of the travels.. but the centre wun permit that.. unfortunately.. i am not discouraging u. but just being pragmatic about htings here.. coz the last time i stayed with teng when he started LV. i wanted to ask for a room to pump for bally. also no have. i got to go to my school to do it.. i guess at that age. bf-ing is no longer the sole focus and can hinder things (like they can learn to socialise and do things together with peers e.g. eating at the same time.. but if dre needs ot be latched. then she can;t have the exposure ..) and do more harm than good..my feel lah..
but utimately.. it is ur choice..
erm.. ladies. at this age. the toddlers need to cut down on milk. and not increase milk please.. else it takes away their apptetite for soilds.. milk is no longer sufficient to give them the nutrients they need at this age.. iron is lacking.. they need solids to grow..
also learning to chew and handle solids.. helps to form up their oral muscles so that they can have better pronunciation in future.. also the more milk they drink. the more they resist texture food.. just to share.. we shd be systematically reducing the milk intake.. and not increasing.. u all know my source.. haha
or do a google online. they tell u the same thing.. ..
bally is only on 2 feeds. he dropped his noon feed even earlier than teng.. moring is about 210ml then followed immediately with breakfast.. (cereals in milk or whatever) + Yogurt
then night before he sleeps. it depends. sometimes it is 130.. sometimes it can be 240!.
and he gets yogurt daily. which is already worth of 240ml of calcium.. and i give him creamy stuff for dinner.. so al in all. his daily requirement of 600ml of milk. all in liao..