2011-01-01

几个星期前就开始和宇帆说：2011年宇帆就五岁啦！五岁就不用奶瓶了。
昨晚，我又提起，他很兴奋，说：我明天就五岁了！不用牛奶瓶了！
我问：那让你自己把奶瓶丢进垃圾桶好不好？
他大大声说“好！”

今天一早，刚睡醒的他就说：妈妈，我要丢掉牛奶瓶。
我称赞他，让他自己丢。

宇帆和哥哥都在五岁戒奶瓶，当然，早在一年前，我就让他们混着奶瓶和杯子用。然后和他们一起定下目标，时不时提醒和鼓励他们，一切就顺利的多啦！

除了奶瓶，上星期开始宇帆就不让我帮他冲凉。还很神气的说：我会自己冲！自己脱衣、穿衣、脱裤、穿裤。

看来，我的小宝贝也慢慢的长大咯！

开心学习，快乐成长！

宇泽带回国语考卷，一份10题全对，100%；另一份10题错4题，60%。


我喜欢这学校的方式，不会提早让学生和家长知道考试，就像做习题一般，完全是靠孩子平日吸收的知识，也可以让老师知道自己教的孩子懂多少。

我看了所有的题目，觉得还好，只要答错的弄明白就好。坦白说，我对60%没什么感觉，很庆幸我可以不在乎分数。

然后我问宇泽答错的题目，他说明白了。
接下来。。另一份。。

我：全对是都会哦！很好呢！
泽：不是，我全部对，可是我全部不明白。
我：吓？！（很惊讶！对我来说，这比60%还糟糕！）你什么不明白？
泽：Badan monyet kurus. 应该是 Badan monyet gemuk and kurus. 嘛。。因为monyet有gemuk,也有kurus。
我：那为什么你会写kurus?
泽：因为我做过，我背起来了。

我一时语塞，孩子本来就应该是爱思考，有逻辑的。可是小小年纪也已经懂得老师要的答案是什么，就写什么。100%代表什么？100%代表孩子不表达他心里的想法，只跟着老师家长觉得对的做。100%代表孩子会渐渐的不思考，渐渐的会成为一部考试机器。

我一直在想，怎样才能让孩子发挥他们的创意，培养他们的逻辑思考，同时又能融入先今的教育制度？再过几个月，宇泽就上小一，我的挑战很快就要来临。。我不知道我会怎样，我只希望我能坚持我的教育理念。
愿孩子开开心心学习，快快乐乐成长！

孩子爱看书

大约哥哥一岁时，我常常和他一起看书。大多数是很多图画的书、活动书等等。也可能是这样，现在哥哥爱看书，可以自己拿书看。我不太在意他会读完每一个字，我只希望他爱书。我不怕孩子输在起跑点上，我只希望培养他爱书的习惯。往后，他将会从书本得到很多很多。
弟弟呢？哎。。总是有种没关系，弟弟还小的念头。就让他玩吧！而我也没时间、没精力让他们俩一起看书。每天回家，就玩一下，喝牛奶，讲学校的故事，睡觉！就这样忙忙忙，弟弟已经三岁了！
我试着拿书给弟弟看，可他没耐性，一下就溜开了。好，没关系。慢慢来吧。别逼他。。
几天前，晚上，我问他们：要读故事书吗？哥哥和我讨价还价：三个！两个！好！两个！（很累了嘛。。）
弟弟拿了《三只小猪》和《木偶奇遇记》让我读，也乐在其中。原来他也爱看书！只是我没时间，忽略他了。。
接下来的两个晚上，弟弟还是拿了《三只小猪》和《木偶奇遇记》让我读，哈哈！他常常会注意图画里其他的东西，如小鸟，螃蟹。。会把它们加入故事里，很可爱！
嗯。。希望我们能每天继续读故事！

Fight on counting 123 book

This morning, YJ and YF was fighting on the Counting 123 book.
First, YF hold the book tight and did not want to give his brother, even he was drinking milk. Then YJ started to complain.
M: YF, you are drinking milk, can you borrow ge ge first?
YF: No.
M: YJ, can you get other books? there are so many over there.
YJ: I want that.. (showing black face)
M: YF, you are drinking milk, can you borrow ge ge first? Ge Ge will return you after you finish your milk?
YF: No. (still insist)
YJ: (face change.. and cry!!)
M: YJ, why are you crying? you cry.. will the book come to you?
YJ: (shake his head)
M: then.. why cry? its useless to cry.. the book wont come to you. pls stop crying.
YJ: (control his tear..) I want that..
M: Come here.. the book belongs to di di. If you want the book, go ask permission.
YJ: YF can you give me the book?
YF: No. (OMG.. still insisting!!) (and YJ want to cry again!)
M: Promise him that you will give back when he finish milk, as permission again.
YJ: YF can you give me? I will return you when you finish your milk.
YF: OK! (hoo... finally....)
M: YF good boy.. YF can share with gege.
YF: (smile happily!)
After a while, YF finished his milk.
M: YJ, didi finished his milk, what should you do?
YJ: (Give back the book to YF) Thank you YF!
M: Good, YJ keep to promise, so next time didi can borrow again, YF right?
YF: Yes!
M: Both good boys today! come mommy "qing qing" (kiss).
All three of us went out happily~~ (but it took me 10 mins to settle them on this.. and again... I was late.. :(..)

5 yrs ago...

Tomorrow is YJ's 5th birthday.
Sometimes when I look at him, really feel time flies.. my little boy is alraedy as tall as my chest now.

5 yrs ago, 5th Aug 2004..

4am: woke up and went to toilet. Found red stain. Started mild pain. Back to bed, but couldn't sleep. The pain was 5 mins once. The Dr told me to go to hospital when the pain was 10 mins once, but it was 5 mins.. so.. should I go to hospital? Woke hubby up, told him I felt pain. He asked: so? want to go hospital now? I said: no need la.. 4am.. nobody there.. wait..

6am++: woke up and bath.. then pack.. hubby told PIL we were going to hospital. they were also nervous and wanted to follow.. (their first grandchild, maybe nervous to wait at home?)

8am: went out and heading to pg HLWE. smooth traffic :-) (I kept telling the bb few wks before: bb.. u got to choose a date which no traffic jam ya.. because we were going from kulim to penang. so.. somehow it works!)

9am++: reach HLWE. registered and admitted. started my 3 days 2 nites stay. got into preparation room. changed clothes. nurses checked, then got into labor room. getting pain and frequent.

11am: big pain started.. it was the most painful moment in my life. I asked for injection, but it was too late and no effect at all! nurse gave me gas, I din know the way of taking the gas, the gas makes me so dizzy.. so.. the 3hrs plus was just: pain.. dizzy... pain.. dizzy...

2pm++: dr came in.. wow!! so happy to see him!! it meant it was time for bb to come out. I could still hear the sound of cutting.. but no feeling at all.. the contraction pain covered all.

finally.. my little boy YJ was born! :-)

let me try to find his photo and post later...

Growing Pain

I never heard about growing pain until recently.
YF was crying almost every night saying leg pain.
He always show me his ankle pain, or mucles pain.
Until one day, I read an article about growing pain in newspaper.
It happens on kids, at mid-night, at clave or ankle, and go away in the morning.
I asked the problem to the child specialist, the Dr told me the same.

What should we do... we just got to bare with it, wake up every night and massage for him? for dono how long???

sick...

Starting with me get sick mid of March, then spread to YJ and YF, it has been 1.5 mths that 3 of us rotating to fall sick. :(

Today YJ vomit 3x after milk. not sure what's wrong. His body then allergy and itchy. So pity.
Before going to sleep, YF vomit also after taking milk.
Hmm.. what's wrong? it is because of the milk?

Hai.. it's too tiring.. pls.. let us stay healthy!!

YJ quit milk bottle

I have been telling YJ to totally stop using milk bottle at 1/1/09, which he will turn to 5 this year.
Few days before, we counted down day by day.
On 1/1/09, I let him throw away his milk bottle! He seems a bit "se bu de" but still did it.
After that, he did not ask for bottle anymore. :)

YJ coughing again~

YJ has been coughing since last wk, started with slight cough at night, then until Fri become bad cough whole day. I have been bringing him to clinic for nerbulizer morning and night on Sat, and Monday. Today will need to go again. Hai.... sien lo~~
Hope he recovers soon... and not spread to YF... HOLIDAY IS COMING!!!

Hard to convince..

It is getting hard to convince YJ to do something. You must provide valid reasons in order for him to accept and follow.

We were in Popular. I asked him to stay with daddy and I were going to another side to see other books.
He said: Why I can't follow you? There is no danger to follow.
M: ..... (dono what to say..) :-S

Last night, I found out that nobody can fetch me to work and my car still in workshop.
M: YJ, you go yeye house sleep tonight and tomorrow yeye fetch you to school, ok?
YJ: Why? I want to sleep here.
M: Mommy got no car, and nobody fetch me to work tomorrow. So I need to follow daddy's car, and need to go early.
YJ: I want to sleep here and walk to school.
M: But nobody fetch mom to work.
YJ: You got your friend to fetch you..
M: Auntie is sick, cant go work. So nobody fetch me and I have to follow daddy.
YJ: I also want to follow daddy.
M: Daddy is too early for you.
YJ: I wake up v....very....early.
M: But school not open yet.
YJ: School open v... very... early.
M: School open 7.30am. We need to go out 7am.
YJ: Daddy not 6.15am meh?
M: 6.15am daddy wake up, 7am go out.
YJ: I also can go out 7am.
M: Yes you can. but school not open yet.
YJ: School open early.. can..
M: You see. Daddy needs to go out 7am. School open 730am. From 7am, need to go to 705am, 710am, 715am, 720am, 725am, then only 730am. It is long time in between, nobody in school, we cant leave you there, later ppl kidnap you.
YJ: I am v... er...y... strong. I don't scared.. I fight.. I kick him till die..
M: But ppl very big size and tall, you are small..
(getting farer from the topic..)
M: so.. you go to yeye house tonight, ok?
YJ: I can go out 7am..
M: (getting frustrated.. ) I already told u, school not open yet.. do you understand?
YJ: (smile).. haha.. kia.. we go yeye house!

See.. I need to talk so.... long to convince him just for a simple thing.. It is getting challenging :-S

YJ still sick... and follow by YF...

I thought YJ's fever was like normal 2-3 days would be ok. So, hubby and I flied to Bali for the vacation booked few months back.
But, YJ still continued fever at night time and coughing badly. Hubby and I kept thinking and worried about him.. :(
Dr changed his antibiotic on Thur and gave a letter to hospital for further checking.
We arrived in Pg Airport ~12pm Fri. FIL fetched us and straight away to LHWE. YJ was admitted to do blood test, x-ray and Dr wanted him to stay in order to monitor his situation. There were many pneumonia cases recently on kids. This worried us.
YJ was very unhappy staying in hospital. He kept asking to go home. Other then that, he didn't talk, didn't smile, refused to look at nurses and dr. But he was very brave. He did not even make single sound when do blood test, even it was pain. Bravo!
He was discharged today, back home happily and played with his Lego, did his home work, etc. He is still coughing and flu. Hope he will recover soon.

About YF, he started fever Thur night. Still the same as of today. Tomorrow might need to bring him back to see dr again. Another worry... :(

YJ fever..

Yesterday morning, teacher called while I was at work.
She said that YJ was having fever at 38.7C.
I rushed to pick him up and brought him to Dr.
While we were waiting, he was really tired.
He did not go to playground as usual. He just sit beside me like no energy.
When Dr tested, he was at 39.3C! No wonder he was so tired.

We went to MIL house. YF was very exited to see his brother. He kept looking at the brother even we kept pulling him away. He must be curious why gege just did not play with him today and look so different.

This morning when YJ woke up, he was fresh and going around like normal. I was so glad to see him back to normal. However, after a short nap in the afternoon, he started back high fever. :(

Please let my YJ recover soon....