Club SAHM

[SAHM_TAN]

jedamum:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"kabalevsky\"]Any of the moms here Nature Society members? If you are members, you will get magazines and updates on the many activities and talks and guided tours around the nature spots in Singapore and even the region.


Now there are more and more geared for families and some are suitable for very young kids too.

Will never run out of ideas what to do on weekends and holidays.

Thanks for the tip

erm...membership need money anot?
can also go sign up for online newsletter with National Parks. their website also have list of events/guided tours dates. :)[/quote]Thanks for the infor

[Kabby]

jedamum:

erm...membership need money anot?
can also go sign up for online newsletter with National Parks. their website also have list of events/guided tours dates.

ya, membership need money. not exp like zoo membership. i can't remember exact price. but for guided tours and those that charge a fee, members get discount. some walks and tours are for members only. and you get the magazine sent to you.

This is the website:
http://www.nss.org.sg/

NParks is also good, for local events.

Nature Soc will have tours around the region. For eg if you go on an eco trip with them, you already have one or many knowledgeable nature guides travelling with you. Very handy for identifying all kinds of wildlife and plants you see.

[Kabby]

jedamum:

lolz. i wanna ask sahms, where you people go for lomantic and not-too-ex night outs. single-income, my dh said to go for buffet (not many has 1-for-1 and also many times the kids sleepover is last minute, so difficult to do advance booking), i also heartpain. :oops:

actually i also havent gone 1-for-1 buffet with Dh. we mainly watch DVDs and snack on all the junk food I don't let my kids eat. once they sleep on Fridays, we do this.

for us, babysitting at night is really hard to get. mom or mil can only handle 1 or 2 during the day. Like mom won't mind watching bb for me in the day when she can push her to the playground while I run an errand or volunteer at ds1's school. (boys at school)

but at night, there are 3 to babysit and at night they tend to all need me, got used to the bedtime ritual. Somehow they cannot sleep if I am not around. We went for wedding dinner and it turned out to be those long affairs and we reached home at midnight and bb was so cranky but still refused to sleep cos I was not home. My mom was so dead tired. I think she still has that traumatic experience in her memory, won't ever agree to babysitting at night for a long long time to come.

mil can't carry babies cos of operation done some years ago. and she's even older than my mom, very scared of stuff that needs lots of energy.

so like sahmtan, we haven't done date nights for a long long time.

that's why i am trying to be positive and feel the dvds and snacks are quite nice lah...

hope other moms here give you more helpful suggestions.

[sleepy]

No date night la. Have tibits or biscuits in front of TV after kids are asleep.


We only ‘date’ in between kids’ enrichment classes eg. drink coffee & chit chat while waiting for their classes to end

[Kabby]

sleepy:

No date night la. Have tibits or biscuits in front of TV after kids are asleep.


We only 'date' in between kids' enrichment classes eg. drink coffee & chit chat while waiting for their classes to end

oh! so that's why you all like sending them to enrichment! ahhh, now i know... :evil:

[terry]

date nite:

for me and dh we go to the movies once my mum can bbsit ds1 with maid. when #2 arrive, then no mre date nite liao.
once my dh did bring me to Clarke quay one of the new restaurants/cafes. i gotta remind myself NOT to talk abt kids stuff.

[Kabby]

terry:

date nite:

for me and dh we go to the movies once my mum can bbsit ds1 with maid. when #2 arrive, then no mre date nite liao.
once my dh did bring me to Clarke quay one of the new restaurants/cafes. i gotta remind myself NOT to talk abt kids stuff.

indeed. always tend to forget and talk abt kids but should focus on other topics instead.

[MummyThreeStreams]

We try to go on a date night once a month, but since DS3 arrived, we also bring him along as he needs to nurse frequently and I never bothered to get him started on bottles.


My mum is fine watching the older two coz they go to bed early and she ends up watching her tv serials till we get home.

[jedamum]

kabalevsky:

jedamum:

lolz. i wanna ask sahms, where you people go for lomantic and not-too-ex night outs. single-income, my dh said to go for buffet (not many has 1-for-1 and also many times the kids sleepover is last minute, so difficult to do advance booking), i also heartpain. :oops:

actually i also havent gone 1-for-1 buffet with Dh. we mainly watch DVDs and snack on all the junk food I don't let my kids eat. once they sleep on Fridays, we do this.

for us, babysitting at night is really hard to get. mom or mil can only handle 1 or 2 during the day. Like mom won't mind watching bb for me in the day when she can push her to the playground while I run an errand or volunteer at ds1's school. (boys at school)

but at night, there are 3 to babysit and at night they tend to all need me, got used to the bedtime ritual. Somehow they cannot sleep if I am not around. We went for wedding dinner and it turned out to be those long affairs and we reached home at midnight and bb was so cranky but still refused to sleep cos I was not home. My mom was so dead tired. I think she still has that traumatic experience in her memory, won't ever agree to babysitting at night for a long long time to come.

mil can't carry babies cos of operation done some years ago. and she's even older than my mom, very scared of stuff that needs lots of energy.

so like sahmtan, we haven't done date nights for a long long time.

that's why i am trying to be positive and feel the dvds and snacks are quite nice lah...

hope other moms here give you more helpful suggestions.

kabalevsky,
i only enjoyed my first datenight this year when ds2 is 5yo. for the past 10 yrs, i have been literally home-bounded (save for the late nights doing OT or rare meetup with friends but must go home before midnight). In my 10yrs of motherhood til this yr, the only time i was away from my ds1 at night was when i was giving birth to ds2 and the only time i was away from ds2 was when my dad passed away.
it is very difficult to get babysitting for small kids when in a few yrs time when your kids are bigger, you will get to slow down a bit.:)

[jedamum]

sleepy:

No date night la. Have tibits or biscuits in front of TV after kids are asleep.


We only 'date' in between kids' enrichment classes eg. drink coffee & chit chat while waiting for their classes to end

talk about chit chat. what you couples chat about huh? we have nothing to chat about! whahahaha....nothing much except children stuff and maybe bring up some embarassing stuff we used to do when young. we don't discuss shows (he dont watch) or current affairs (i dont watch!)!