14th Mar Ryann having fever, cough and block nose

Ryann is suffering from cough , block nose and fever. I suspect the fever is from the jab. His cough and block nose is pretty bad.

He became very grouchy and he was drooling all the way. i guess it might be because he is breathing through his mouth instead of nose. Poor little boy whose tee shirt is all wet withing 1 hour.

As usual he reject medicine again. Ryann is a big boy already and he is getting stronger. Some times, I cannot feed him medicine myself as he will struggle really hard.
Hopefully tomorrow he will be better.

13th Mar Booster jab

Ryann took his booster jab and assessment today.
He weight at 11.7kg but height is shorter then last month, 82.5. I think last month we might have measured it wrongly. I think he is rather short but what more i can expect since both of us are not very tall in the first place.

Dr Tan said that we can still wait for another 3 months for his speech delay issue. I hope Ryann will start to talk soon. Although he is able to recognise certain things, but he might not be able to express himself well enough because he is not talking yet. Hopefully Ryann will talk soon.

12th Mar Ryann is 18months old

Ryann is 18 months old today. Happy smiley baby who loves Elmo.

He enjoys music and will often dance to the music. (Maybe because i was still teaching aerobics when i was preggy with him. )

His favourite fruit is banana and he knows exactly where the bananas are at mum's place.

He likes biscuits like organic teddypuffs. He will always go to his bag, take out his biscuit box and walk to us saying "mum mum".

He has only 7 teeth, one of which just emerge from his gums not long ago. (slow bloomer i call him.) And he doesn't enjoys brushing teeth. He will cry like mad.

His favourite toy at home is LuLu the spider and the alphabet town at mum's place. He knows how to switch it on and he understand the concept of the games in it.

His favourite past time is to flip his books and open and close the cabinets,

He is daring enough to disturb dad and he tried to climb up dad's wheel chair. *faintz

He is still afraid of strangers and he only allow 4 - 5 person to carry him. They are hubby, mum, my domestic helper Tri and myself. Sometimes when he is in a good mood, he will allow my sister to carry him.

He responds to flash card teaching and is able to hold his attention span for a long period of time.

He is my sweetheart, my darling, my purpose in life, my happiness, my everything. Ops... he seems to have taken most of hubby's place. =p

11th Mar Dog dog

Work is killing me recently again and i hardly got time with Ryann. I really don't like it this way.
I don't even have time to blog or log in Msn.

Just a quick update.

On Monday, Ryann was at mum's place. Mum asked him some questions. "Ryann, you went to great grand father house yesterday? Gu Gu (my sister in law) got bring dog dog there? You saw the dog dog?"

Guess what happens. Ryann cried the moment he hear the magic word 'dog'. I think he is traumatise. I hope he will forget about it soon.

8th Mar Ryann's class and his dog encounter

Ryann's class is full today. Pretty chaotic again. Ryann wasn't really listening at all today. The only segment he was listening attentively was the flash cards. I am starting to think if i should change him to the right brain teaching school instead.

I have also noticed that Ryann usually get very easily distracted with the zoophonics cards on the wall. Usually, I will sit near the teachers by the side of the room. For 2 weeks i sat facing the teachers with the zoophonics cards behind me. Ryann will not look front but he will always be looking at the back. Guess i must change his sitting arrangement.

Today we introduced the letter J. We are suppose to do the jelly fish movement when we sing the song and Ryann enjoyed it alot. He was laughing away. We introduced the words Jar, Jam and Jump. Teacher Russell allowed them to taste some jam but Ryann refused to eat.

Throughout the class, Ryann was walking around and just refused to sit down. During the confidence builder exercise, we are suppose to throw a scarf and catch them before it falls on the ground. This was supposed to train his eye coordination and improve his vocabulary but Ryann simply ignored me. He wasn't interested at all.

When we introduced masking tape by sticking one on his hand, he pull it, crush it and threw it on the floor. =( During artwork time, we are supposed to stick some colourful cereals on a piece of paper with double side tape. Ryann stick some on and soon he started removing them from the paper again. We ended with only 4 left on the paper.

Ryann's Hand print art work that won praises from teacher Russell and teacher Wei.

Ryann's potato print artwork.


pathetic cereal artwork today.

Today with so many artwork program we ended the class without any music segment.

But one thing i learned about Ryann is he really learns from flash cards and those picture posters. He enjoys looking at the big posters and as i point to those pictures, he will look at those pictures very attentively. I really hope Ryann will improve next week.

Went to grandpa house to visit him. When sister in law arrive with Luca, as usual he started barking at Ryann. I really don't know why he will always bark at Ryann, hubby and me, especially to Ryann. That got Ryann crying every time. Luca is a big dog. When he stand up, he could almost reach our shoulder already. To be frank with you, I am also scare of him. Although i have always been a dog lover, but this dog is really not my type. He is too big and fierce to me. I've ever walked dogs bigger then him but i just don't how to describe my feelings over Luca. I am scare of him yet i must act very strong because i am carrying Ryann. Maybe because the urge of wanting to protect Ryann overcome my fear for Luca, maybe not totally fearless but definitely gave me courage.

This is Luca when he was smaller. He is much bigger now. Still a baby actually, he is not even 1 years old yet. Very nice and pretty dog but it is a pity that he doesn't like us. If not it would be fun playing with him.

After so many times, I really wouldn't want Ryann to get near Luca anymore. Every time Luca barked at Ryann, he will cry so badly. Sometimes, at night he cannot sleep well, not sure if it is because he got frightened. Sometimes, i am really worried if one day Luca will attack Ryann. Hopefully one day Luca will be able to accept Ryann.

7th Mar Naughty Ryann

Today Hubby came to Thomson plaza to fetch me from work with Ryann. Naughty Ryann cries at the sight of my 2 colleagues. He only manage to warm up after a while and started playing with Evonne.

Recently Ryann like to scream. One thing i really do not enjoy listening to. But i really do not have any idea how to stop him from screaming.

He loves to walk on his own nowadays. When we tried to hold his hands, sometimes he will pull our hands away and start running away from us. Super active sometimes.

During his last feed, he left almost 50 ml of milk and he refuse to continue drinking. No matter how i keep trying to feed him, he just refuse to give in. He started crying so loudly that i put him facing the wall and i asked him to think. As usual he will try to get close to me so that i can sayang him. I tried to feed him again but it doesn't walk. After a while, I gave up.

Ryann was smacked on his hands for pushing me away while throwing tantrum. After much crying, he finally fell asleep. Phew, what a day. I have ran out of methods to discipline and i am feeling so lost.

Joke of the day - how amazing kids can be - speed listening

Some funny real life incident that brought a smile on my face.
My Msn conversation with my cousin-in-law.

Colin - Father of Jordan
Perly - Mother of Jordan
Emily - Biao yi of Jordan
Viv and Roy - Shu shu and gu gu of Jordan
Jordan - 3 yr old cute star of the day.
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Emily says:
hahahaa u know that time during cny we were all in colin's car
Emily says:
i sat at the back with roy and viv
Emily says:
jord sat with perly in the front
Emily says:
then i was talking talking away
Emily says:
then suddenly, jord turned his back and looked at me and he said
Emily says:
" why you say bad word "
Emily says:
then i was like " huh?? " because i cannot track back whatever i said.
Emily says:
its like, very habitual smtimes, we just use not so nice words
Emily says:
we dont even realised what we talking
Emily says:
so i asked perly " eh i got say badword meh ? what did i say ? "
Emily says:
then jordon said
Emily says:
" you said wah lau "

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Emily says:
u know when colin was helping him to wear shoes, we were about to head out
Emily says:
then suddenly jordon look at colin and said
Emily says:
" daddy today you very handsome "
Emily says:
wah i felt that was very sweet and cute
Emily says:
then colin said " i handsome ah ? thank you. "
Emily says:
then jordon said again " am i handsome today ? "

4th Mar Ryann at 5am.

In my sweet little dream, I started hearing some familiar music. Very familiar sound, i thought i have heard them some where. 'ABCDEFGHIJK.......' Wait, isn't that LuLu? I woke up and tried to open my tired eyes. There i saw Ryann siting on his bed playing with Lu Lu. When his eyes caught me, he still have a cheek to smile. I looked at my watch, 4.45am! Argh.... Ryann must be hungry.

I gave him milk and he gobbled them all. I was trying to locate his smelly pillow but just couldn't find it anywhere. So i asked:"where is 'chou chou'(smelly pillow)?" He started digging underneath hubby's blanket. So i lifted it up and i saw his pillow there. Smart Ryann. Great listening. Please sleep well tonight.

3rd Mar Overprotective parenting

As a manager, I will also have to play a role of a counsellor or mentor to my staff. Be it personal issues or work related issues. Work is never smooth sailing for sure. We will definitely meet into bumps and situations that may put us in a state whereby we feel helpless and frustrated why things doesn't turn out the way we wanted it to be.

Recently, a very close friend of mine was diagnosed with Anorexic and slight depression. She lost a lot of weight during this few months as she was not eating. All due to some setback in her relationship. Being in the health and fitness industry, I have seen many of such cases and the numbers are growing and the patients are getting younger and younger. This incident got me thinking if we have shelter our children too much and thus when the reality of the cruel world sets in, they are unable to take it well.

Back in those kampung days, our parents have to slough and work real hard so as to support the family as well. My mum had to quit her school so that she can work to earn money for my younger auntie's school fees. In order to make ends meet, even if they face any form of setback, they will still work hard to achieve what they want.

Nowadays, even people from my generation are usually very pampered. Many of my friends didn't have to and didn't know how to do housework needless to say cook at home. When we are in school, our parents still give us money and provide us with all that we need even if it might cost them the whole month salary. But when is a good age to let go? When is a good time to let them explore the reality world outside before being sheltered?

I have been reading some books by Anthony Robbins and one of them wrote:
'In every man and woman's life there comes a time of ultimate challenge - a time when every resource we have is tested. A time when life seems unfair. A time when our faith, our values, our patience, our compassion, our ability to persist, are all pushed to our limits and beyond.
Some people use such as tests as opportunity to become better people - others allow these experiences of life to destroy them.'

I couldn't agree more about it. In life there is no time for regrets. You only have time to make sure such regrets doesn't happen. These are values and strength that will not be taught in schools. These are skills that will move them wherever they are, whatever the problem they face. it all draws down to their attitude.

People who succeed do not have fewer problems than people who fail. It is not what happens to us that separates failures from successes. It is how we perceive it and what we do about what happen that make the difference.

During my teenage years (16 years old), my dad ever told me:" whatever you do, think properly and be responsible for your choices. Even if you fall, don't come home crying to me. Pick yourself up and move on. Crying doesn't solve the issue." I remember that night very clearly because that was what pull me through some times when i meet up with problems in life.

Now that i am a mother myself, I start to think about the right parenting style i should apply. Some parents tell me that toddlers wont understand what you are saying so no point be strict with them. Last time i might not understand this, but now i really have to disagree. I think toddlers are just as smart. They will sometimes test your limits. They understand what are the things they shouldn't do (but to them, understand doesn't mean must follow). If today you allow some things to happen, next time you tell them no, they will wonder why not. If you don't put a stop to such issues, there will be more to come, by the time you want to correct them, it may be too late. It might have already become habits.

I think there is not right or wrong ways on how to nurture the kids. It is usually based on the beliefs and the core values of the parent. I hope Ryann will grow up to be a healthy boy and some one who have the positive attitude to power him on when he face any obstacles that may come along.

2nd Mar Mop and brushes

Stay home today to cook. We had seafood spaghetti and cream of mushroom soup. After cooking, as usual i will mop the kitchen floor. Then this cheeky Ryann want to come into the kitchen to KPO. I was mopping the kitchen doorway and Ryann didn't dare to walk in as he was afraid of the furry furry part of the mop. He came near then as i lift my mop up, he ran away. He tried his luck again but still at the sight of the mop, he ran and laugh. I sort of find amusement when i tease him like that. Bad mummy huh...

Kitchen is his favourite playground even at mum's place. drawers, cabinets and fridge are his favourite 'toys'. But at the sight of any type of brushes, he will run away. I think it must be ticklish. I think he finds it amusing too.