My kids (Oct 2011)

Hi.. I think i should update all in one post. Made the works easy!

We went to the beach at Sg Batu, Penang on Sept, 2011. It's Yang kiddy function. Too bad Mann didn't follow because she just recover for fever. Bring her to the beach is not a good idea. Jing and Yang having fun at there. Mummy and Tanz just sat under the tree and SAW the other kids playing around. Promised the kids will be there again and MUST bring Mann together.

Jing (8 yo and 5 mths)

Really a challenge for me! Her life just marks and competing, That's all! I wonder should I stop her to go to school? Away from those negative influence?

Yang (just reach 6 yo)

Having his birthday celebration at kiddy. He's happy that i bought him a Angry Bird's birthday cake. Then ho... no photo was taken, because i forgot to bring along the camera. Hm... let the sweet memory kept in his mind la!
Seem like he really HATES homework, he will refuse to do even need to write only 3 lines of sentences. yer... Headache!

Mann (2 yo and 3 mths)

hu... Now she really knows how to made simple sentences. Not consider speech delay. She is without any nappy during day time now,so more works for the whole family to remind her to go to toilet. Night, sorry mummy can't woke up lo.

Tanz (14 weeks) Weight:5.2kg Height:59cm

Yes, she is free from jaundice now since 10 weeks old,means no more to and from clinic every weeks. Yippy!
She increased 1 kgs in a mth.Not bad ha?!
Her head getting strong now. She can recognize her name and will search for it when you call her name.
She wants grandpa to carry when she noticed he is around. Will cry even cranky just because want to ask grandpa to carry. To where? jalan-jalan whole kampong! hehe...

Daddy and mummy
Mummy (me la) is a SAHM now. Having enough time to breastfeed the little one. No more pumping, sterilize, keep, arrange, reheat... breast milk. Feel so GREAT now!! Daddy - busy bee!

My kids (Aug 2011)

MOST IMPORTANT THINGS - THE ELDER LOVES TANZ. HAPPY, RIGHT?

Jing. 8 yr and 2 mths.

I found that she's kept "changing". Never show any interested in any matter. Ah... the Malaysia education system did "trained" her like that. Everything, wait and the answer will "fly" to her! But one thing is good, she still done very well on her homework, no need mummy to keep call and call, just the same thing, very ugly writing. It's all my fault, when she is young i told her wrote in propel and right way enough.

Yang. 5 yrs and 10 mths.

Stickied to mummy only, like super glue! After delivered Tanz, more shows to watch. Even in kiddy he can cry looking for mummy... Cry every night,cause need to do his homework lo. He still not really strong at his wrist yet, so still facing writing problem. Need more trainings.

Mann. Reached her 2 yr old at 3 July!

But since I am in confinement so just had a small celebration for her. I bought her a new dress and daddy got her a new toy. She first very happy with her cake, but when asked to blow her cake, she's scared! May be due i kept on telling her fire is dangerous.
She is now can speak to combine 2 different words and trying to made sentences by using main words only. Basically i can understand lo. But... she's used pacifier so a bit "chao leng tai". LOL
She's love to sing. Now can sing half of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (in English and Mandarin), Wa Wa Guo （娃娃国）and Ke Ren Lai (客人来）.
She behaved very well even i delivered Tanz. So lucky I am!

Tanz. 6 weeks.

Weight:4.2kgs. Length: 53cm.
She knew how to smile! And when she is awake, she will look for someone to talk, sing and play with her. She will give you a very nice and beautiful smile! She love to sleep on someone arm. She can sleep for N hour if is on someone arm or beside mummy. Headache! I can't do any works!
Still breastfeed, very well. This moo mummy is feeding on her demand so never know how much she need and the time gap between 2 feeding. This few night, she's too full till she vomited!
She still jaundice, reduced very slow. But never mind, confirmed is breast milk jaundice. Since the level still above 200umol/L, so will wait till 6 weeks old then only allow to inject for Hep B jab.

Hubby and I - we are happy with the present of 4 kids! no 5??? LOL hubby is sweating!!!

Yang is 5 now!

Time just flied so fast, now he's 5!

I almost forgot his birthday. Hehe... But luckily he reminded me. He can't exactly know which date is his birthday but he will ask when his birthday is.

I bought his am under the sea birthday so that he can celebrate at his kindergarten.

When I appear at his kindergarten, his teacher asked me to hide at next door she wants to ask Yang whether he still remembers today is his birthday. And the answer is HE DOES NOT! Ha-ha...

When he saw me bringing the cake, he just jumps up and down! He's too excited till can't concentrate on what people asking him to do.

OK, teacher asks him to choose 4 friends. So he chooses 3 friends and count himself in to make it 4. Everyone knew what teacher talking about and kept telling him he should only count his friends without him in, but ho... He still doesn’t understand! Faith!! Repeated 5 times till teacher showed him with her finger.

His teacher: "OK, this is Lee Yang (rinse her right hand 1 finger) and Lee Yang need to invite 4 friends to the front (rinse 4 friends with her left hand). Count with my finger how many friends you should invite?"
Lee Yang: "One, two, three, four. Four friends."
His teacher:"You have how many friends in front here?"
Lee Yang: "One, two, three, four. (Count him in again.)"
His teacher:" Yang, count my finger again. How many in total?"
Lee Yang: "One, two, three, four, five. Five"
His teacher:"How many people at front?"
Lee Yang:"One, two, three, four. Four."
His teacher:"How many did you count just now?"
Lee Yang:"One, two, three, four, five. (Count from his teacher's fingers)"
His teacher:"You still need invite how many friends?"
Lee Yang:"One, two, three, four. (Re-count everyone including him.) Five? Oh... need to invite one more friends."
His teacher:"Yes, now you have 3 friends here, and you need to invite one more friend."
Lee Yang:"Yes, teacher."

Now, he understands when he needs to invite 4 friends that he shouldn't count him in as friends. LOL (Now, you know why I am sending my Yang to that kindergarten. His teacher was so pation to teach him or try to make him understand the real situation.)



But he forgot to invite his girl friend! Yap, he has a girl friend, should said his dream girl! Few weeks ago, Yang refuse to go to school because his dream girl was sick and absent for few days already. His reason - if I go to school I didn't see her, why should I go to school again? Hubby and I, speechless. I told him if he didn't go to school he won't know hid LYT returned to school. Then only he prepared himself to go to school.



All the kids sat round in front of him and they sang birthday songs’ (3 different languages, Chinese, Malay and English). He even sang by himself.

Then, he blows his cake but before they started to sing the songs he told his 4 invited friends, "Later please don't blow the candles, I want to blow by myself." His 4 friends knock their head.

After his blow the cake, every kid tried to RUN to the cake and wants to HELP him to remove the decorations. The teacher RAN to the cake too before it's damaged by them. LOL

Kid still is kid. They love birthday cake! Especially butter cream, unfortunately the teacher removed most of the cream due to its artificial colour.

At home, I celebrated with him too. But daddy needs to work so we only celebrated by you only. This is an Oreo walnut birthday cake. Taste good but too expensive!



Yang, hope you growth up happily forever!

Chicken Farm!

Hey! I just graped the chance to go to a commercial chicken farm at Tasek last 2 weeks. Oh yes, with my 2 elder kids, Jing and Yang.

It's 1pm in the noon and the Sun is above us. But this never stopped my kids!

Actually I just want to meet a friend at McD Auto City, then the officer in charge asked me whether want to follow them to chicken farm. I asked my kids and sure la never say NO. Both my kids didn't follow my car, they prefer to follow my friend with bus. mmm...

We arrived at the chicken farm around 230pm. The weather was very good (not a rainy day.) but it's HOT!

It's a place out from town. At the side of Banjaran Tengah Malaysia. Very green.

You can see butterflies, dragonflies and lady bug too. See how clean that place is. This is a ayam kampung commercial farm. The chicken were allowed to move around when reached 1 month old. So you can see the chicken is running here and there.

Jing and Yang throw a question to me - why they hardly see lady bug around our home? Em... again need to explain on environmental pollution topic again to them. I kept educated them about how to grown in green but kid never understand if we, adult never show them. Their experience not much, very hard for them to made any imagination.

The farm was inside a oil palm estate. Usually estate will be full with grasses but having the chicken running around, the estate is clean! Surprise! The owner said never expect he can save money on cleaning off the boost.

Both my kids now know how a commercial farm look like. It's totally different from what they learn from book, chicken are not free running! And Yang knew the different between cock and hen now as Jing explain to him.

It's taken about 2 hours to finish the trip. Both of them so thirty! Bad mummy forgot to bring tumble together. hehe...

On the way back, both of them fall to slept la. My ears at least can have peace for a while.

Yang's progress

Ok. I think it's time to write something about my Yang.

He is going to 5 this coming Sept. He’s just 18kgs and 107cm tall.
Still very fair even always put him under the Sun. I prefer boy to be dark!

His journey:
1) Can't sit in one place very long. Personally I think his recent teacher can't control him. Last year 丽诗was very good, my boy can follow whatever she said even he nagged but still he will follow. He just too "smart" to "mark" someone that he can bully. The new teacher seem always tolerate with him, so he climb up her head liao.

2) He still can't really concentrate on what teachers teach/inform. Example, teacher asking to wear red tomorrow. He didn't understand but he will wear in red a day after because everyone wearing red the next day. And very proudly speak to the teacher "see, I wore red today."

3) Although I never expect my kid can be an A++ student, I just want them to have a very happy childhood. So he’s really enjoying his life.

4) Every night, if there was any homework’s, it's the time he and I kept "negotiating". AH!!! Just will make me crazy! Due to he's too tired, may be.

5) He went to Enopi math for sometimes. I can see his improvement in caughting up 1-10 and can count 1-10, even write. Can count by say only up to 1-100 but can't recognize yet.

6) A-Z still needs improvement. Mommy to work hard on this.

7) Chinese word - he knew some and starting to write his own name now.

8) Still asking him to use Jumbo Stabular pencil. Easy for him to grab.

9) Bought a lot of Montessori set as he play in ACS class. Hope that he can pick up something and also I can train his fine motor skills when plying with it. Exam, 几何，shape。。

10) Surprisingly, he will open any book right now. He's favorite - the children encyclopedia. Always I have to read to him, but Jing and Mann will join too.

11) I have to always update with his teacher about him on anything. So that in kiddy, teacher will help him a bit. I can’t' expect teacher just concentrate on him but at least teacher understand why sometime he act so different.

12) Start asking me how to have his own baby! I told him he must get marry first and his wife will get him a baby by combining his sperm and his wife's egg. Co-insidenly read him an article that drinking coca-cola will kill sperm so he won't drink any soft drink now because he wants his own baby. Wahaha...

13) Will eat and drink anything that mummy offered. Still drinking oat milk with bottle. I think he's still missing the breastfeeding time.

14) Love his young sister, Mann, very much. Sleep also wants to beside her. But with elder sister - fight a lot, like cat and dog!

15) Need to practice 感官训练. Em...really take my times to pujuk him before start using gym ball.

16) He told me that he want to be Bob the Builder - can build house for mummy, Handy Mandy - can fix things, Policeman - helps to society, Fireman - rescue the house, and Army - can hold gun! So never ask him can he manage to do all this when he grown up. Because his answer will be CAN. His explanation - when he frees he can do other things mah...

17) Can follow 90% my instruction when I ask him to take something for me. It's a must to him; this is to train his to follow instruction. And sometimes, he will answer me like this “Can’t u see I am busy right now? Please wait!" in a very serious look!

18) Stick with me like leech! Sleep also mummy, eat also mummy, drink also mummy, bath also mummy... except poo poo, he will asked me go away because himself also can't tahan that smell!

Here was the chapatti,dal curry and cha that i brough back from Ipoh. Babysitter specially made for Yang. He ate 3 pieces of chapatti with his favorite dal curry and finish 2 cups of Cha. He miss allthese so much...

Zoo Taiping on 14 March 2010

Yang with his favorite animal!



Stop raining liao, so faster faster shoot a phot of them.

Went to Zoo Taiping on 14 March 2010.

It's the Big Day of my colleague to get marry. She is an Indian, a Malayalam Indian (Pure Blood). For your information, nowadays Indian still followed what their parent said. The wedding was held in Taiping. So take the chance to go to Zoo Taiping and also visiting my auntie since I didn't join the family gathering past CNY.

Jing and Yang were so excited! After return from the wedding ceremony, both of them "automatically" request for lunch and go to bath! Because I said only can go after lunch and bath.

They jumped and jumped in the car on our way to zoo. It's so crowded! And now only I realized its school holiday! Then, it's started to rain. Of cause not a heavy rain la. First I decided to cancel the trip; I can see the disappointed "wrote" on Jing and Yang face! Hubby said waited for 10 minutes if the rain getting small then we goes. Both of them were so happy. Off cause the rain was getting small.

The ticket was so expensive! 2 adults and 2 kids cost RM40! Woo...

We didn't go with cruise because it's so crowded. So we walked.

First is Owl, wild cat, bird, lion (its roar! wah... so loud), tiger ... and Yang favorite animal - Giraffe. He even asked to take a photo with the giraffe too. Then, rhinoceros and hippo, I been arguing with him before about hippo and rhino. Here is the golden chance to show him how the two animals look different. And Yap, he knew it now! He even waited want to see the hippo, because it's rainy day hippo hiding in the water.

It's took us two hours to finish the whole trip! Hubby and I felt like kaki patah liao, but when look at Jing and Yang, its worse lo!

Where is Mann? She was with my mum at my auntie house.

Where is the big big lampu?

Last Saturday night, during our way to dinner,

Yang:"Mummy, where is the big big lampu?"

Mummy abd daddy:"huh?"

Yang:"Where is the big big lampu?"

Mummy:"huh?"

Yang:"You see,it's dark outside, where is the big big lampu?"

Mummy and daddy get it and laught till we cried.

Yang means THE SUN! Wonder why he got such ideal - Big Big LAMPU!

Mummy:"I explaint to you before why causes day and night. Now you tell me... Why it's dark out there?"

Yang:" Because the earth move, moon and the sun didn't move. So dark lo."

Pity him, i explaint too "deep" to him. Hehehee...

Mummy:"Just because the earth rotate so u get day and night. Because ... again my lecture to him."

Yang's Progress

I noticed that Yang learns thing very slow. Exam, when i teach him 1, 2 ,3, he can't remember it. No matter what kind of method i try. Why? dunno. He's in 5 years old kiddy class now, and he can't recognise all 26 alphabet yet.

So hubby and i start to search and read book, Internet, even refer to paed.

From the book we read, we notice that Yang had the symptom of ADD (attention deficit disorder) not hyperactive or autism. We refer to child psychologist too and he's still monitoring him.

The child psychologist teach us to play some games with him especially with gym ball so that Yang can coordinate his brain with what he do with his hand. And also massage his whole body with brush. Yang need to redo all the motor sensory skill and manage his behaviour.

I also found BOLD to help me on this. In BOLD, the volunteer help in train him in many way, playing games and etc. I can see most of it is Montenssori methods!

Yang still under monitoring, hope he is OK. I not expecting i had a genius kid but i want a normal kid that the social won't look at his as an adnormal kid, that's all.

Yang made me a sandwich!

This is piece of sandwich Yang made for mummy. But ho... he don't know mummy "hates" tuna right now. Still, i have to finish it.

Thanks, honey!

Merdeka! Merdeka!... ha?? It's May,my dear.

See, this is the flag that made from my Yang. He shouts :"Merdeka!..." enjoy himself for 1 hr. Yes,1 hr only, then he will think about others. Headache!



Creative ha?! just 2 pencils and lot of stickers!

Learning difficulty

I found that Yang has learning difficulties. I found that he recognize V, W, etc in opposite way. Talk with DH and both of us agree that we need a Educational and Counseling Psychologist.
Ah... I need to make a reservation and deposit on that private hospital first.

Yang:" I am Superman!!!"

From the title i bet you know what will happen to him!

Yap, he sprained his right feet! Lucily no fracture.

What he did - he jumped from the slide! I wonder where he got this ideal?!

Teacher said heart attacked! Me too...

U see what Yang's done!!!

I am going to faint!!! He insisted want to wear the dress so that he can "turn" (dance) like the dancer from the movie. But... phew... he changed after enough "playing" !

rhinoceros VS hippopotamus

My kids asked me to read them a book. So when i read till the page Animal in Grassland, there was a rhinoceros photo.

Yang:"Oh... hippopotamus!"
Jing:"No, it's rhinoceros!"
Yang:"No, you are wrong. It's o!"
Jing:"No. Mummy tell Yang what is it?"
Mummy:"Yang, Jie Jie is right. It's a rhinoceros. See, rhinoceros has horn on their face but not hippopotamus."
Yang:"I learn from school. Teacher said it's hippopotamus."

Mummy... Oh! So, he did learn something from school ha! I thought he just play only! hehe...
Em... What should i do... I search the whole book but can't find the hippopotamus picture. Ok, i surf on-line.

Mummy:"Yang, see here is the image of hippopotamus." Compare with the book, " See, the different between these two animals. Are they the same animal?"
Yang:"(took him 10 sec to compare.) Em... not the same animal."
Mummy:"This is rhinoceros and this is hippopotamus. ok?"
Yang:"OK."

Then he showed me his satisfaction face. What a kid!

Allergy Part 2 - The reason?

Refer to Allergy, i wonder Yang's allergic was because i let him play with the snail for one whole day? Infection from snail? as snail is intermediate host for some diseases. Em... Don't know because baby sitter's husband throw away his snail and Yang was so sad about it. Poor Yang.

From that snail, Yang learn a lot of knowledge. This "gila" mummy search from book, Internet, etc. all about snail and tried to explained to Yang. I wonder he understand it or not?! Haha...

Painting

Both my kids love painting. Especially Jing. She has been asking me to buy the water color for year,just i don't think she is ready yet. But ho... she success to pursuit DH to buy for her when she went shopping with DH.



On Saturday,

Today, mummy is busy. Mummy need to go out to buy baby's things because it's Anakku sale day. I bring Yang together. When i returned... Jing is painting. Daddy said she wants to. (Actually ho, DH "lazy" to entertain her by read her a book, teach her in maths, play with her... I just knew it!) Then Yang want to join too. Both of them are first time "playing" with water colour.

Jing said DH draw her a view picture. (Ha? My DH can draw? What i knew was he always fail in act during secondary school.) But Jing still accept it.
Yang said he want a picture same as Jie Jie. I just draw for him la. But later he said he want a crocodile.

Here were their finished paint.

From Jing

Yang's crocodile

Both of them enjoy very much. What a peaceful afternoon for mummy and daddy! haha...

Yang vomited! But Jing is fine.

Aiyo... Mummy so tired but this lit' monster vomited on my bed last night!

He didn't have any appetite in these few days. He ate a bit only and refuse to drink water only wants something have taste.

Yesterday went to babysitter house, he ate a lot! Lit' stomach can't cope for it, so vomit la. But surprisingly he slept very very well last night.

This morning, when i was busy washing the bed sheet cover and blanket. i heard his sound...

"Mummy, Yang Yang still feeling not well. I don't want to go to school today. I want to go to aunty's house."

"ha?"

"I am very tired. My head pain (headache)and my legs too. I can't walk."

"...... OK."

Since he seem OK, but still have to monitor one more day.

I wonder why he complaint his legs pain? But wonder he was real pain or he creating it? Or may be because he didn't gained enough energy this few days? DH said must refer to doctor if he kept complaint leg pain. May be due to acid uric? Yang loves Broccoli and Dal curry.

Em... Jing was so tough. She can wake up at 630am last weekend following DH to "cheng beng". On Monday, still the same schedule - need to go to kindergarten as usual, AND without any complaint on here or there pain.

Why my Yang so weak? Babysitter said due to i am pregnant with daughter so the son will always fall sick. May be, i think.

Yang again... Woke Up!

Seem like this few days "learn" how to get cranky and refuse to wake up from the bed. He want me to start talk with soft voice till load voice! Then he started to cry. %$#&@... Then i to "drag" him to brush his teeth and bath. He turn to smiling face after the bath. May be because of the cool water, i think.

Yesterday still the same thing happen. He cried till after bath. Then because of his long pants zip can't function so i changed to short pants. AH... he started to cry again! &^%$#@*... Then i started nagging to him and so beat him on his buttock lah. Cried for nothing!

I can nag from home to his nursery. He just kept on cried and cried. Actually we planned to go to restaurant for his favorite half boil egg and milo ice (not at home, although same menu.). But i told him if he still "act" like this every morning, i am not bring him to any restaurant, breakfast only at home. When i stop nagging, he stop cried. He went to nursery with very very sour face. His teacher also surprised to see him because Yang never showed sour face like this.

I think he really understand what i "nag"! Last night before go to bed (my private time with my boy.) i asked him,

"Yang, can you cried like this morning? cried for nothing only."
"Nope. (shake his head.) I naughty ah?"
"Then, do you want to repeat like this everyday?"
"Nope. Mummy get angry then." ... "If tomorrow Yang behave good, can i go to kopitiam?" (Look at me with his lovely smile. Oh...melt my heart.)
"Can. If you really behave well and wake up once i called you."
"Ok! Yeh...."

This morning,

"Yang, wake up. (in soft voice)"
"Em... (with his eyes closed.)"
"Do you want to go to kopitiam? or you want to your nen nen?"
"Em... I want nen nen. Not going kopitiam. I want to sleep for a while."
"OK then, i made nen nen for you only ha. Not going kopitiam ha."
"Hmm...(he felt to sleep again. Usually another 15 minutes before i called him again.)

Important thing: He didn't cried today.

Tired.... AND Yang Progress....

Just can't stop myself to close my eyes... I am so so so tired... But ho, i slept at 1030pm and woke up at 7am, still not enought.

Ok, tonight going to cook energy soup(精力汤). It's chinese herbs, save to pregnancy woman. I think i should increase my protein intake liao, to gain more energy. Or i should reduce my works?? LOL

Yang still so active loh. No eye see! Just make sure he didn't hurt himself and burn the house enought.

Now, every night i read him a / several book(s), depend on his mood. Start to write? No way, he refused. He, luckily not refuse to color because this mommy like him to do matching game. All took about 1/2 to 1 hour. Then he will be in his own time and mummy too. He will draw, coloring, playing puzzle, Mr Potato, reading... Mummy continue her works, again...

Handy Mandy

AS u all know, boy loves "fixing" things. Yang also the same. I never buy toy with a lot of screws "showed out". Or after 1 hour he will try to open the toy with screw driver! :(

See, i am so lucky. Found this Fisher-Price Tool Kit through Internet. hehe... still brand new in the box. Only RM40. Toys R US selling RM95+. Who untung - Yang Yang lah...