Club 2010 Kids

[LeLe.03932s mummy]

Hi all,


Happy New Year!

I am Malaysian Chinese, stay at home mother of two girls. and I speak Mandarin to my daughters. My husband is English.

My second daughter (turning 2 in Feb) and I like to go to playgrounds or parks nearby our house (we are at Toh Yi/Toh Tuck/Bukit Batok area) during weekdays between 7ish am to 8ish am or 9ish am (She wakes up between 5ish to 6ish am and needs her nap at about 9ish am)

If you have children of my daughter’s age and he/she is an early riser too, would you like to meet up for a playdate?

We usually go to Toh Yi playground on Tuesday morning and Bukit Batok Nature Park on Wednesday or Friday morning.

Thank you.

[beauty79]

Hi mummies, glad to share that my DS2 is finally walking at 16 months. Can't wait to bring him to show off his walking skills during Chinese New Year... Hee hee... :boogie:

Thought of putting him into a preschool to learn some social skills, but the 2 nearest my house admit toddler after 24 months... So needs some waiting.

To parents who have children having difficulty settling in a child care centre, do not be disheartened. Some parents wait it out... All my 4 kids have no such issues as they are quite ok in settings without me around. Since I've gone to work after my maternity leave, they have stayed over at my mum's and my MIL's place before. I always encourage my friends and relatives to carry them when we met as I don't want my kids to be 'stranger-shy'. During their crawling stage, I'll bring them to the playground downstairs to play crawling up the slide a few times a week. If we were lucky, we would get to meet some children their age. In church, we attend the main service and I will ask the nursery helpers to help me take care of my toddlers. Perhaps all these play a part to all my kids being very sociable and friendly. They could adapt well to child care. The feedback I get from the teachers are usually that they are so comfortable on the first day of school that they started walking around and taking out the toys to play as if it was their house, playing with the taps or busybodying in another class. These also gives me headaches.
It's just the end of the second week of the year and there's a long way for our kids to grow... Keep on keeping on! :rahrah:

[nuttytraveller]

Hi mummies and daddies,

are there any one whose kid is an extremely light napper and also needs to be aided (e.g. carried/ pat) to be lulled to sleep?
What can be done to get my son to nap on his own?

[Cathy Wu]

My son, Joshua was born May, 2010!:)

[Always21]

Hi Nuttytraveller,


I gave her a baby napkin, she will bite for a while before she falls a sleep. I did the same with my elder boy, it works!

[izmum]

beauty79:

Hi mummies, glad to share that my DS2 is finally walking at 16 months. Can't wait to bring him to show off his walking skills during Chinese New Year... Hee hee... :boogie:

Thought of putting him into a preschool to learn some social skills, but the 2 nearest my house admit toddler after 24 months... So needs some waiting.

To parents who have children having difficulty settling in a child care centre, do not be disheartened. Some parents wait it out... All my 4 kids have no such issues as they are quite ok in settings without me around. Since I've gone to work after my maternity leave, they have stayed over at my mum's and my MIL's place before. I always encourage my friends and relatives to carry them when we met as I don't want my kids to be 'stranger-shy'. During their crawling stage, I'll bring them to the playground downstairs to play crawling up the slide a few times a week. If we were lucky, we would get to meet some children their age. In church, we attend the main service and I will ask the nursery helpers to help me take care of my toddlers. Perhaps all these play a part to all my kids being very sociable and friendly. They could adapt well to child care. The feedback I get from the teachers are usually that they are so comfortable on the first day of school that they started walking around and taking out the toys to play as if it was their house, playing with the taps or busybodying in another class. These also gives me headaches.
It's just the end of the second week of the year and there's a long way for our kids to grow... Keep on keeping on! :rahrah:

Congrats beauty79 that he is finally walking..

I am having big problem with DS, he sticks to me like super glue. I am a FTWM.. MIL and helper taking care of him in the day. When I reach home, I'll take over taking care of him, including weekends. He is fine with anyone, as long as any of us are around, but he'll not want to be carried. That includes all relatives and friends!

Sometimes, when I bring him out for play dates or meal dates, he'll cry out big time when I get out of his sight.. **faintz** big headache.. though my hearts are warmed.. heeehehe.. coz he loves me so much.. LOL

Cannot imagine sending him to PG in 5 months time.. what can I do to help both of us?

[lady888]

3rd boy born March 2010… i am a working mother.

[beauty79]

Hi izmum, if I were you, I will try to enlarge my child’s social circle as much as I can. Usually I’ll get my children to get familiar faces at the coffee shop or in the lift. You can get him to pay money or collect the receipt for purchases. That may earn him a praise or a smile and it may encourage him to open up more. I will also about what he likes to do. My DS2 loves books. Getting him to read on someone else’s lap will be easier to achieve than another less loved activity. At home, I build independence in my kids by getting them to play on their own as much as it’s possible. When my child is playing with a toy, I will not interrupt as he needs to learn to be less dependent as he grows.

[thebakehouse]

Hi,


my daughter was borned Aug 2010. now doing her trial for 1/2-day childcare n seems traumatised as when she is home these days, she is super clingy n cries when she cant see my mum or I within her peripheral vision (we could be somewhere else in the house…), keeps wanting to be carried, nurses for comfort frequently, wakes up crying at nite often…wondering if i shld juz enrol her in parent-assisted enrichmt classes instead…

[ausbee]

my daughter was like that during the 1st month. she will cry at night and super clingy to me and my mother.

after the 1st month, she was ok and enjoys herself.but she still cry when i drop her off at the childcare. she has spent 2 months in full-day childcare.