Multi-tasker

Daddy is such a great multi-tasker, one hand on the vacuum cleaner and one hand carrying Lynette. Well, this lasted 2 minutes and then Lynette was back in my arms while Daddy continued with the chores :)

Update

We brought Jaden to the doctor yesterday cos' he kept rubbing his right cheek, resulting in a red patch. When we told the doctor that Jaden was also bitten on the cheek, he seemed more concerned about the bite than the red patch on his cheek. He said that there are many bacteria in the mouth and the bite wound could get infected.

Oops... didn't know it could get so serious. Luckily, Jaden's bite wound is getting better although it still looked a little sore. But, as a precaution, Jaden was prescribed with some anti-bacterial cream for that. He was also given some steroid cream for his red cheek. Just 2 tubes of cream and it cost me $72. Sigh...

Bitten... again.

I received a call from school today. My first thought was "Oh no, is Jaden not feeling well again?" Well, it wasn't, he wasn't sick but he wasn't too good either. He was bitten by a classmate... again. This is the second time he was bitten in school. The first bite happened in March.

According to the teacher, Jaden and his friends were playing outdoors. Jaden's classmate got hold of a ball and Jaden went to him and tried to snatch it from him. So the both of them were trying to snatch the ball away from one another. Then it happened. Suddenly, the classmate bit Jaden on the cheek. Jaden went away crying and there was this teeth mark on his cheek. There was some bleeding as well cos' I can see a small scab forming.

I asked if it was the same person who bit Jaden. Well, it wasn't the same person. During the first bite, it was a younger, smaller-sized gal but this time round, the teacher said that the intensity and strength of the bite was stronger as the classmate is of a similar built as Jaden.

When my colleagues heard what happened to Jaden, most of them offered advice on what Jaden should do next time, which is to - FIGHT BACK! Well, I wouldn't teach Jaden to bite the person back but definitely he should learn how to push the person away and protect himself. Ha ha, I was also surprised by what my colleagues did when they were young. They have their fair share of 'bullying' classmates as well and one even pushed a classmate into the science garden pond! :D

Jaden seemed a little moody today. Maybe he was still a little shocked at the drama today. Daddy was worried that he will hesitate to play with friends next time. Sigh, I hope not...

Cheer up, my little boy!!

Promotion

Jaden will be promoted to Playgroup class from next month onwards! Going to be a big boy now.

Happy, Happy Lynette

Here are some pictures of Lynette to brighten up your day!

Chaos@wedding dinner

I brought Jaden to a wedding dinner two weeks ago and I can totally understand why wedding dinners and kids don't mix. Even before the dinner starts, Jaden was already getting impatient and even the ipad fails to entertain him for long :(

Then there's the issue of soft drinks. As he was still recovering from his awful cough (yes, his cough has returned once again), he was not allowed to have any soft drinks at all. Well, he was upset that everybody at the table has a 'colourful' drink except for him. So he made a huge crying fuss when we refused to give in to his pleas for the soft drink.

Well, all this happen before the dinner started. And when dinner started, he refused to sit down and went wandering outside the ballroom. At one point, I just felt like scooping him up and leave for home. Sigh...

Jaden attended his first wedding dinner when he was about 4 months old. We left after the 3rd dish as he was fussing non-stop. For this latest dinner, we managed to stay till the last course but the fussing this time round was much worse especially during the pre-dinner. In order to keep my cool and remain happy during such events, I would 'ban' Jaden from all wedding dinners unless absolutely necessary.

As for little Lynette, she stayed home with Daddy cos' her bedtime is 8pm and we didn't want to disrupt her routine and frightened her with all the yam-sengs.

Caught in the act...... with socks

This post is a continuation of our little trip to the reservoir park. On our way home, Little Lynette was still pretty active since she wasn't playing much at the park. She found her socks a 'hindrance' and wanted to yank them off. But since she wasn't so nimble with her fingers yet, she decided to use her mouth to try to get the socks off.

And she succeeded!

In the end, she managed to pull off both socks and started playing with her toes. Ha ha.

Unexpected find

We had an unexpected but pleasant find last Friday. We had went to Orchid Country Club to check out the indoor playground "Little O'zone". Ha, yes, the visit was part of my recce to source for suitable venues for Lynette's birthday party. Oh well, I admit I'm being kiasu but hey, it is better to take my own sweet time to do the preparations rather than rush things through in a frenzy. Okay, I digressed.

Back to our unexpected find. We were on our way to Botanic Gardens after the recce session when Daddy spotted a pretty nice park with walkways leading into the waters while driving along the road. So we decided to check out the place and it turned out to be Lower Seletar Reservoir Park.

It wasn't a very big area but it was a nice place for the family to chill out and take a little stroll. Plus, with the cloudy weather on that day, I just felt that we were a little lucky to find a nice spot for the kids to join some outdoor action.

Jaden, as usual, was estatic over the water playarea and jumped straight into the action. But as we didn't bring an extra set of clothings, we have to remove his clothes and he simply played on with just a diaper on. Oops :P

As for Lynette, she missed most of the fun and just have to be contented by being in Daddy's arms.


Oh, and for the record, I'm not holding Lynette's party at Little O'zone. So the search continues!

Effective 'babysitter'

I came across this article recently "Toddlers' Favourite Toy: The iphone" and can totally identify with it.

Jaden is definitely one of them. We will usually have a difficult time getting the iphone out of his hands. But I have to admit that it is the most effective tool to distract Jaden (like 'bribing' him with the phone when he refused to leave the playground) or getting him to behave while we are having dinner. It is a most effective 'babysitter'.

In the article, someone said "Please... just say no. It is not too hard to distract a toddler with, say ... a book.”. I can't help but rolled my eyes. I'm willing to bet anytime that a toddler will choose the iphone over the book. Not that I'm against books, but somehow our kids today (yes, babies included) seem to favour electronic gadgets over many things. Lynette is already staring into the iphone screen whenever Jaden plays with it.

I'm not too concerned about the excessive usage yet cos' only Daddy has iphone now and hence Jaden can only play with the phone when Daddy is around. Phew.

Christmas is coming soon...

Christmas decorations have already been put up at the malls. Can't believe that we are approaching the year end soon.

And, I have already selected Jaden's X'mas present.

Ho ho ho..

Give me the apple!

Lynette loves to watch us eat. She was looking longingly at Daddy's apple and Daddy decided to offer her a "lick" (since she has no tooth yet). Look at how she hold on to Daddy's hand; she doesn't want him to take the apple away :)