Mummy's Voice: Nuturing the kids...

Full Day Childcare or 3 Hours Kindergarten?
Mummy has been asking myself this question for a long time, over and over again...

Full Day Childcare seemed like a long day out there without family for you..when you are still so young, even when I will only be dropping you there at 9 and most likely fetching you back at 5.
It becomes just like a job for you...5 day Monday to Friday work week and 9am to 5pm.

Would you be happy?

Besides, it will be more taxing for you if I like to send you for music, gym, swimming or other classes... HOW?

Yet, 3 hours kindergarten is too short a period of time for you to be away from home ... as 3 hours is not enough for me to do my work... ideally I think 5 hours will be good..
like 8am to 1pm kind of...so you can still take your lunch and nap at home...then still have time to play and go for some interesting activities or classes in the late afternoon...then you can have weekends FREE!

So?

I prefer to register you for 3 hours Kindergarten program at Kinderland YCK where you will be attending childcare next year...and do a 2 hours Chinese Kindergarten program extension...so you will attend preschool from 8AM to 1PM...which is ideal....however, no chinese kindy at Pre-Nursery when you are 3 years old...

Therefore...

the immediate solution is to let you attend full day childcare and transfer you over to 3hours kindergarten (8am - 1100am)+Chinese Kindy (1115am - 115pm) when you turn 4 next year...
Hopefully this will be a good arrangement.

At least I can fetch you back during lunch time and you can take your lunch at home, shower and perhaps 3 to 5 can be your nap time. This way, I do not have to worry about having to schedule my work appointments around the timing near 5pm...or have to run up and down from town to school to fetch you home and then back to town again...

Ideally when Ayden goes to Kinderland next year, he should go for half day childcare...so I can fetch both of you back at 115pm. But if you have a little sibling to come along next year...then Ayden may have to attend full day childcare... ...which is fine too...else it will be too much for Auntie Beth to handle at home...

We shall see how things go and if you enjoy your new school next year...

unexpected HFMD!

I am down with HFMD...most likely.
Mummy did not bring me to see doctor... ...that's why we say most likely.

For the past week, in fact probably since Monday 11th Oct 2010 thereabout, I began to be fussy over food again...and I have not behaved like that for quite a while...
Mummy thought I was just being difficult and did not think much of it.

Once I complained ..."Mouth painful" ... Mummy thought I probably knocked into some toy..and just hush hush me over it...as I did not really create a fuss out of it...
I kept sticking my little finger into my mouth and I was salivating quite a bit...
but I was still my active self, running about, climbing here and there...
and everytime I went to school, the teachers checked my hands and feet and mouth too...nothing unusual...

eating bread...mummy fed me one by one...

little red dots on my palms but not quite visible on the photo

ulcers in my mouth

little red dots on my feet...

According to what Mummy has read, HFMD begins with a fever...
hmm...I did not have a fever so far...Mummy had not noticed any...
it was only until Friday...that is when I said "mouth painful" again... then Mummy checked my mouth again thoroughly and saw quite a few ulcers...three on the inner part of my lower lip and a patch on the right tip of my tongue...
that's when Mummy think it should be HFMD!

Originally she thought of bringing me to the doctor the next morning...but then...
there is no specific medicine for HFMD anyway...they will just tell you to give plenty of water, be extra careful with the cleanliness especially the hands, avoid crowded areas etc...
And since I was behaving just like normal, no fever...so Mummy did not bring me to the doctor afterall...but I do have more red little dots on my palms and soles... ...

During these few days when I rejected my meals, Mummy will try to give me small pieces of cornflakes or bread...and at least I ate some...then I drank lots of "Cold Cold Ribena" too...plus Mummy gave me more jelly to eat... I showed some difficulty to drink my milk though I will still finish it after some time...
I also gestured in silence more rather than speak out the words...

Overall, Mummy is glad and a little surprised that I have been such a great boy despite the discomfort of having HFMD.

32 months old baby = 2 years 8 months old toddler!

Time flies and soon I will be three years old.
I want to be a part in everything...and I want to do everything on my own...(except eating) hahahhaha :D this is the most infuriating part for mummy and really test her patience...

Sometimes Mummy finds it very tough to handle both of us at the same time to engage in the same activity...so needs Auntie Beth to help...
Good thing is Auntie Beth is also very into playing with us! :) Mummy is happy with this...

our handprints & footprints...

we discover about colors

Ayden also wants to do it on his own

after imprinting my handprint

now is my footprint

purple is my favourite color recently..

2 babies!!

both drinking milk together before bedtime

enjoying our sand pit

I can play for hours on my own at the sandpit...just give me my bulldozer, dumper truck and some sand play toys...I will be happy to entertain myself... :)

Mummy's Voice: My Big Boy...

Asher has really grown...

He learns to "take care" and look out for his Little Brother Ayden...
He is capable of striking conversations with us in sentences...although some of the words are not well pronounced...
He is capable of displaying emphathy to people around and I really like it!
He can eat on his own, although sometimes still requires some nagging from me....but it is really much, much better than before..
He remembers his friends by name and can relate to you what he did...
He is almost totally diaper free now, but with occasional accidents over night...
He alters his tone of speech to mimic different people or when he talks to different people...
He can read some simple words and enjoys a wide range of activities...from reading, to play fighting to drawing & messy painting, to sand castle building, water play, to playing with his toy vehicles, play pretend musical toys, cooking...beginning to enjoy dancing to the rhythm of music, unlike when he was younger...so much...i just cannot finish naming all..

I hope Asher & Ayden will be able to enjoy their toddlerhood and childhood as much as possible!

Children's Day 2010! We went to the ZOO!

1st October 2010 Friday

We went to the Zoo....FINALLY!!!

Asher & Ayden together with Daddy, Mummy and Auntie Beth.

The happiest part was Daddy managed to stay throughout the trip.

I saw many animals...

:)
I looked cool right..

My Mummy & I

I hope for more such trips to come...as I really want Daddy to be with us...