hi Tano,


yeah, i've been on sgmummy a bit cos they have a v active forum on bfeeding there and i have been picking up tips from other parents! i only have one little darling who is almost 4mth old. i visit ksp cos i am quite involved with my P3 niece and i find this an interesting forum for pple with schooling kids!

for now, i am just hoping my little one will sleep longer through the night soon... she is still waking every 3 hourly for feeds and i am obviously quite tired... do you remember when you were able to sleep through the night with your little one?

hello J and J!! :rahrah:

hi kiasu-carer, i do not know much about brainFit classroom, but i must say they do use some programmes with pretty strong research proof and which are very well-designed from a neuroscience point of view.


i am a big fan of Dr Michael Merzenich's work http://merzenich.positscience.com/ , he was part of the team that invented the first cochlear implant to help hearing impaired individuals and also part of the team that created Fast ForWord, the programme brainfit classroom uses. you can read all about him and the programme in a book i highly-recommend \"the brain that changes itself\", available at kinokuniya. v easy to read for the layman and also has many other amazing real-life stories of people having their brains improved!

anyway, while it is true that computer-based educational programmes can be a pain when there are IT issues, we cannot deny that using computers and technology is the best way forward in education, since technology can adapt to the pace of each individual student while traditional one-teacher-to-many-students instruction caters only to a select group of students. i strongly believe teaching must adapt to the students and not have students adapt to curriculum!

hey, you are online too!! thanks again!! :thankyou:

i think the key takeaway from the article is \"Learning to play a musical instrument can have a beneficial effect on your brain. Jessica Grahn, a cognitive scientist at Western University in London, Ontario says that a year of piano lessons, combined with regular practice can increase IQ by as much as three points.\"!!


and if I had to choose the type of music to play, i will go for nursery rhymes!! http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellreviews/cellreviews_v4_n1.pdf

thanks so much for sharing, J vand J. you’ve really encouraged me to persevere with the breastfeeding process! i think 22 mths is a high standard but will try to aim for 12 mths.


i read on mummy.sg forum to also start pumping after every latch-on, even if only 20-40ml comes out, so i’ll try that to increase supply as well.

i’m somewhat concerned about my job though. i need to travel for work so am not sure how to not let that affect my breastfeeding. am hoping that i will hv surplus to store by then!

thanks for your reassurance, J and J! I guess you are right, my gal will be starting semi-solids in about one month so i should not have to worry!


i find it amazing that you are able to breastfeed for so long! it is wonderful! can i ask if you work? wouldnt it be tough to continue for so long if you need to go back to work? also, i have heard terrible stories about painful breastfeeding when the teeth pops out. did you have that problem?

am a neuroscientist wannabe so feel quite compelled to respond. the speech was excellent and defnitely in the right direction. it is true that implementation may be challenging but it is not impossible.


2 examples i will mention here 1) i heard some schools do not allow students to run in the fields or courts during recess for fear of falls. that is so un-neuroscientific!! there is strong evidence of physcial activities improving attention and learning in kids so we should get them out of their seats more often then just 2-3 periods of PE each week! esp when kids tend to be glued to TV, PC, IPAD etc these days... it is sad...

2) school curriculums should fit to kids' pace instead of kids fitting to the pace of curriculum! with one standard curriulum, v bright kids can get bored and slower kids have a hard time keeping up and end up with low confidence and motivation... adapting curriculum to kids is harder to implement but possible with the use of adaptive computer educational programmes. i cant wait for the day to see our schools become more brain-friendly!

thanks J and J!


i plan to continue for as long as i can and do make sure i eat, drink and rest well enough. but what i am finding is that my girl is able to consume everything from both fully engorged breasts ie. i have just enough supply without surplus so i am just wondering what will happen when she grows older… i cant imagine getting any more engorged!!! or maybe i am wrong?? just wondering whether anyone has ever experienced that?

hi mummies, am a new mum with a 3 month old girl and also a newbie on KSP with this as my first post! i must say i am also absolutely enjoying the breasfeeding experience! it is quite an incredible feeling. i am just wondering if any mum ever finds that their supply can’t keep up with demand as the child grows? or is it a case that supply will always meet demand?