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We're schooling!

June 17th 2008 03:45
schoolbags


The little boy started school yesterday. I think I was more excited for him than he was. I guess all first time parents are.

The pre-school he's going to is literally right beside our house. as in we get out of our house, walk about 20 steps or so and we're in school! so it works very well for us. He can stay there late and play because it'll take us a minute to pick him up, plus any one of us can pick him up.


So there we were with all the 1st day supplies needed and his teeny tiny bag of well ... snacks and change of shirt. The teacher pointed where his classroom was and lo and behold, he went there straight without looking back at mommy and dada and just started talking to the teachers!

I felt like crying. hahah!

I was cryingn and laughing at the same time. Laughing at myself for being so ridiculously sentimental, but it was a great feeling! I never expected I'd feel so proud of a pre-schooler but i was. I thought some moms were just overly sentimental and emotional. I mean, their kids are only going to play-school essentially. Well -- it all came back to me hahah!

I literally told my husband, I think I'm gonna cry!

I was so proud that he didn't feel shy about going in and talking to his teachers, he didn't look for mommy or dada the whole time and he actually enjoyed it!


aahhh.. the wonders of parenthood.

Made me think, what more if he finishes school? and then live on his own? then get married? oh my....
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No, Only This Big!

June 7th 2008 09:26
My son hates eating. He used to NOT EAT at all, i'd force food into his mouth. Tried everything from cute shaped chicken nuggets, fish fries, even french fries! he just doesn't like eating.

He'd eat french fries today and hate it tomorrow. Eat some nuggets or fish fingers, about a bite then hate it. He doesn't eat chocolates too (well not until last month), or ice cream, or chips, etc.

Nothing that he has to chew.

Every so and so he'd eat rice, and then he discovered the canned vienna sausage.

From the time he did, all he ate was VIENNA SAUSAGE! i'd buy cans and cans of it every week. Just so he'd eat. I have no idea how to sneak in anything else in a meal consisting of Vienna sausage and rice.

Recently my sisters and parents have been trying different ways of convincing him to eat more than just sausage. My sister discovered that my son knows a little bit of the concept of "growing taller." At a dinner, my sister insisted he tries the beef we're eating because it will make him "grow taller." True anyway, at least she wasn't lying. well, he actually ate!

Now, everytime we want him to eat something new we'd try that trick. The other night, we tried the trick and he insisted that no, he doesn't want to try it.



I asked why. He said, because I only want to grow THIS big -- gesturing with his hand raised to his forehead. So I went on explaining that he will grow bigger than that, just like mommy and dada and all his aunts.

Then he strongly refused. Explained that he doesn't want to grow bigger because he might hit his head with the ceiling light!

*sigh* kids.
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when kids get physical

May 21st 2008 09:34
My kid has always been kind. He never threw terrible uncontrollable tantrums, he doesn't bang crash stuff at home either. He doesn't hit anyone even when provoked.

As a parent, I'm glad he's not violent. I'm glad he doesn't start nor indulge fights with kids. Although I'm not sure if this means he's going to be a push-over, a wuss when he grows up, or he's simply more mature to understand that he shouldn't fight with anyone.

Yesterday, we went to my husband's hometown to check a house that he grew up in which is now for rent. We met his bestfriend who still lives next door and his cute little niece. Now this little girl is only 2 and a half years old, my son's almost 4. She probably got too excited seeing another kid about his age that she started pinching my son!

She would pinch his cheeks, his torso and started lightly pushing him. My son was getting a bit disturbed although at first thought she was just playing. Then soon when he got annoyed, he just shouted stop it.



As a parent, I didn't know if I should outrightly protect my kid and stop the other kid because...
1. she's a family friend technically
2. she wasn't really meaning harm
3. she didn't really harm but my son was getting annoyed and I'm afraid she'll get too excited to the point where she'll do harm
4. the uncle was there to do the reprimanding

I know it's in pure fun they're doing those things. They're kids. But as a new mom, I really don't know what to do in those kinds of situations. I don't want to step on other parents' toes either so I'm torn. I want the other kid to know she's beginning to annoy and may even start to really hurt her playmate, but I don't want the uncle to feel bad.

What would you have done?
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Parenting vs. Career

May 18th 2008 22:33
Often for women, especially careerwomen, when they find out they're pregnant or on "the family way" they get a lot of questions about what they plan to do with their careers.

What about your job? Will you keep doing your work? How are you going to take care of both


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Kids Idolizing

May 8th 2008 11:33
No, I'm not talking about the ever sensational singing contest judged by the dawg, the dazed and the harsh (but true). I'm talking about children and the people they idolize.

We went to a house blessing of an Aunt over the weekend and the whole family -- err i mean clan -- was there. Almost all my aunts, uncles, cousins and my little nieces and nephews. One of my nephews is three years older than my son and he's become sort of my son's "idol". He follows him around like his tail, he does everything my nephew does from laughing, jumping, eating and whatever else he does


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Everybody Loves My Son

April 29th 2008 10:41
LoL, I'm not being conceited... maybe just a bit hahaha

I am saying this because over the weekend we went to one too many get togethers. Saturday was my son's twin cousins' baptism and Sunday was MY cousin's birthday


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Oh Please. Stop The Drama Honey!

April 15th 2008 12:30

I'm blogging and blog-hopping after a long weekend of being away from any internet connection (and a decent cup of espresso based drinks).

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You watch a disney movie complete with all the musicals, singing and dancing by the princess Your 3 year old son watches intently and actually enjoys one of the Disney classics.

Later on after the movie's finished and they lived happily ever after, you hear your son singing the songs. Even further on, you see him dancing and re-enacting parts of the movie and since it's a classic Disney, the scenes will mostly be about the princess. Would you start thinking if he's gay


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It's always a mix of feeling when people learn they're about to become new parents. Whether you're a couple or a single parent, it's always a mix of Joy and Anxiety


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