Learning Kidz @ Hougang Green

Finally we have decided to place Jade at learning kidz. Hougang green is a totally new branch. I have many worries too.

Firstly jade is not going to the cc in Sengkang is due to the long waiting list. And those that might b available is inaccessible.

I have to give up faith education partly is because I dun really like the Chinese teacher for playgroup there. When I ask questions I wondered why the principal n teachers need to hesitate to answer. I ask them what does playgroup do, so they keep emphasing they usually play n teachers will talk to them. Actaully I m ok. But I heard a Chinese teacher speaking in incorrect mandarin to a toddler. I was shocked. Maybe she is a assistant teacher. I dunno.

We nearly paid for the registration fee in faith. Alvin's colleague recommended his daughter's cc in serangoon, just a few blks away my in law house. We went to have a look. It was very small compared to faith n other cc we had visited. It was situated in the hdb void deck. Fully air-conditioned. Small room for the playgroup. But we liked it. The teachers seems very friendly n they know their stuffs. As usual I asked hthe questions I had asked all the cc. This senoir teacher handed my enquiries very well. The kids there looks very happy. We like it. But it was full. The fee is abt 650 before subsidy. So we r under waiting list. Went to the web, there's not much comment on this cc. We like it more because all the kids looks so happy.

Then we went to kovan branch to take a look. More expensive n in accessible to us. N full house. So we paid the registration fees for the hougang green branch. Kids at kovan looks as happy too. So I hope this will b the same for the new branch.

New branch means newly hired teachers. I hope they trained their teachers the same way so that jade will benefit too. The menu is abt the same as other cc but they r serving cordial drinks which we can request to change to plain water.

At hougang green they have indoor playground. Fully air con. I hope they do the sanitize work well. The renovation is still on-going. We can only view the place in end march. N the cc starts in mid April. Jade starting in may.

I am trying to make food similar to cc so that jade Can adjust to their food easier. I also changing her napping and meals timing schedule to the cc.

What else do I need to do to prepare her for full day cc?

I already give up to wean her off totally. Maybe I will just latch her before n after school. Maybe she will drink fm from cup in school. Hopefully.

It's just two months away. I m very excited!!!!!

It's time for jade to learn from teachers, play with friends, learn to share. Jade is usually a friendly n happy baby. I hope going to school can make her more confident n independant. Hopefully they can toilet train her n teach her to nap by herself , feed herself.

:D

Recipe: Peachy Milkshake

Ingredients

1. 1 peach (peeled & cut into smalle pieces)

2. 30ml formula or breast milk (add more as required)

Method

1. Put the peach pieces and milk into the blend. Voila!

2. To thicken the puree, you may add plain rice cereal (optional)

Extra

For babies just starting on solids, you may want to steam/boiled/baked the fruit for a while to break down the fibres for easy digestion before you blend it with milk.

For older kids, can replace with chilled full cream milk. Add more peaches as u wishes!

Peaches are high in vitamins and good for babies with constipation!

See more about Peaches here

Jade's so smart...

Jade was playing with the fan I thought. She mumbled 'fan'. As usual, I'll say 'no. Don't play with the fan. ' she went on pressing the button a few times until she is satisfied then she turnedn look at me, "nehneh(breastmilk) , please."

Usually I'll throw her on the mattress n ask her to find her piglet while I adjust the fan n close the door to latch her on.

Somehow what she did just now stunned me. Before 'playing' with the fan, she gave me some kisses. This makes me feel the more that she can plan or expresed her feeling.

She kissed me, adjusted the fan(mimic me), then tell me what she wanted. Suddenly I feel so touch.

Jade is now 15mths. Walking and eating three solid meals ,a teabreak (usually consist of fruits smoothie), a morning nap latch on. Now she wakes up once at night not necessary to be latch on. Sometimes she just wantto sleep on my tummy. So sweet right.

:)

19 Oct 09 :: Jade is finally teething!

yesterday when i gave Jade some jin feng san in the morning, I felt some sharp thing on her gums. Yes! I felt two teeth going to protrude frm her lower gum. I can see two more coming out from the lower sides but cannot really feel it.

I have been anticipating for Jade's teeth to make their appearance. Finally after a long wait... this friday is her birthday. According to my MIL, jade is like her dad whose teeth made their appearance when he was one.

I gave her some gripe water and rubbed jin feng san on her gums.. still Jade is sorta throwing tantrums and her schedule now is quite OFF.

these two days...

930am wake up
10am breakfast > cereal & fruits
PLAY till
1pm sleep (nurse to sleep)
2pm wake up
230pm lunch > porridge (with 2 types veggie or veggie + fish or veggie+ egg yolk)
PLAY till
6pm sleep (nurse to sleep)
630/7pm wake up
730pm dinner > porridge (with 2 types veggie or veggie + fish or veggie+ egg yolk)
PLAY till
10pm sleep

she is now sleeping so late!!!! yesterday she was having supper(salmon) for supper at 8pm..

now she wakes up 1 or 2 times at night for a short suckle which is good for me. :) will she bite? let cross our fingers! jade is a friendly kind baby... pls dun bite, mummy!

jade is 9mths plus!

Jade is 9mths and 3rd week old!

we went to see her pd today to get her accessed and to treat her flu. daddy passed his bugs to her! ytd she woke up almost every hour.. but today slightly better.. that's why i m here blogging.. her height and weight is of the 75percentile.. somehow she still looks so slim... dr zainal assures that she is alright so no worries..

now she can pull to stand and move side way... tries to stand up from her high chair and even on the play mat, sofa, or anything that she thinks can give her support!

she loves to eat tofu, fish, avocado, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkin etc! feeding her outside is more easy as she can eat plain porridge or mash/bake potatoes.. sometimes i let her eat bean curd without sugar! but my mum says is not good for baby.. so we tries to minimise that! though i hope she can eat more 'table' food, but i dun wan to rush her to accept outside food as u know.. msg, salt and seasoning!!!! i try to feed her 'better' home cook food as much as possible.

now jade usually drinks breastmilk to sleep. i am not so keen to wean her now as jade now doesnt really drink in the day.. i m missing the bonding liao lo... somehow i like the way that she is dependent on me.. at least she needs me to fall asleep..

BUT!!! when she is not sleepy, she can ALLOW anyone to carry her and then she dun want to come back to mummy~~!!!! *sob sob* people is telling me that it is good that she is not shy and she is sociable...


SOS!

1. anyone has good idea how to prevent babies from standing up on their high chair? jade is doing this stunt everyday and i m hurting my back by putting her back to the sitting position!

2. jade seems to be super easily distracted. i cant read to her!!!!!

Some new photos below

we went to ikea on wednesday. now daddy loves to let jade tries on the trolley baby seat~
















jade looks away!















jade refuses to smile! see her coy look!

















hehe, now she hugs daddy and smile!!!

Update :: Jade @ 6mth-8mth

At 6mth, Jade is eating at least once cereal and she still cannot sit by herself. and We need to assist her to sit. However, she is able to sit longer. Her fave activity is going shopping... She is napping 2-3times a day if daddy is not around or there is no visitor. Can call MAMA, sometimes PAPA.

By 7mth, Jade is finally sitting by herself. We were still worried that she is taking a long time to sit. One day, I was still telling hubby that MIL's comment about Jade's not sitting is getting on my nerves. After an afternoon nap, Jade was able to pull to a sitting position. And she sat on the playmat playing her play gym... *cute*!!

She was eating at least twice semi-solids. and if mummy was not lazy or time permits, mummy added in a dessert.

She is napping 2-3times a day if daddy is not around or there is no visitor. Can call MAMA, sometimes PAPA and Nehneh(milk).

8mth!!!! Jade pulled to a standing position with the help of our ikea sofa! and mattress if we were in our bedroom. She can move side way too!!!

Mummy tries really hard to prepare 2-3 semi-solid for Jade. Jade loves porridge, be it brown rice, white rice and grounded shi shen brown rice porridge.. Her favourite is potato in any form. She also likes carrot, sweet potato and pumpkin. She really dislikes baby food jar and apple in any form. Occassionaly she is acceptable to banana, pear and peaches. She also likes fish!!! ANYONE KNOW IF IT IS OKAY TO EAT FISH EVERYDAY FOR HER AGE?

She is napping 2-3times a day if daddy is not around or there is no visitor. Daddy always wants to bring her out, so Mummy tries to stay at home and let Jade sleep when dad is not around. Can call MAMA, sometimes PAPA, Nehneh(milk), BA~( we think is bye... not confirm).

a typical day when daddy is at work

jade actually has her own set of schedule when daddy is at work. it goes like this:

8.30am- trying very hard to get up. she will wriggle around and kick mummy, forcing mummy to wake up.

9.00am- both mummy & jade are awake FINALLY! jade gets changed out of pajamas and mummy goes clean up and brush teeth (if jade permits, mum gets to bathe too!).

9.30am- jade plays on her playmat with many many toys waiting for mummy to prepare her breakfast cereal. Usually, she will eat heinz rice cereal with breastmilk/FM or Nestle brownrice cereal with milk. Occassionally with pureed fruits.

10.30am- should have finished breakfast. Jade gets to play with her toys on the mat AGAIN!

11.00am- napping time.

12.00am- usually if jade wakes up by this time, she gets to play with her toys on mat AGAIN! until mummy prepares her SHI SHEN Brown rice with FM.

1.00pm- Jade gets to eat lunch. Jade gets to play with her toys on the mat AGAIN for 20-30mins!

2.00pm- Mummy bathes her and play with her on bed until she is sleepy...

3.00pm- maybe Jade is in dreamland playing.

4.00pm- Jade wakes up and mummy plays with her on bed and then gets to play with her toys on the mat AGAIN while waiting for her tea break to be prepared. Mummy usually make pureed or mashed veggie or fruits.

5.00pm- Jade gets to play with her toys on the mat AGAIN until sleepy.

6.00pm- Jade naps for 30mins. Mummy plays with her on the bed and then gets to play with her toys on the mat AGAIN while waiting for her dinner to be prepared.

7.00pm- Jade eats porridge with veggie cooked with meat broth or mashed potato/sweet potato or SHI SHEN brown rice porridge with FM.

7.30pm- Mummy bathes Jade again! Mum plays with Jade on the bed and sing song until she is sleepy. Jade will NAP until daddy is back!

8.00pm-9.00pm- sometimes Jade accidentally wakes slightly earlier. sometimes she wakes exactly the same time, daddy steps into the house.

10-11pm- Jade will make sure Daddy plays with her until she is sleepy then mummy and daddy can sleep. Mummy will nurse her until she pushes mummy away to look for daddy. then daddy will rock her to dreamland.

** when Jade naps or sleeps, mummy will nurses her.

recently Jade wants daddy to carry and rock her to sleep which is a good thing for mummy. Usually mummy will nurses her, rock her, pat her, sing song blah blah... daddy already snoring though he trys very hard to keep himself awke to accompany mummy. now he has to rock his precious to sleep before joining mummy on the bed lo. but NOT FAIR! coz Jade falls asleep very fast on daddy's arm!