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Decisions

December 15, 2008 · By ·

An inkling of something that has recently surfaced in my life.

Brimming with anticipation with the new things to come.
In the midst of darkness, admid the glum
He opens the door revealing a glimmer of light.
After going through full circle, there is no reason to feel contrite
For I know He will not test me beyond what I can bear.
And will always get me out of any warfare

I have been thrown a line back to my first love
Could it be something that I will fit me like a glove?

I have been told that I am a romantic and a classic.
That I will not deny, even for skeptic
It will not change even moving from 4 to a 6
Taste will always determine any season’s picks
Does not matter that I have no more excuses not to deck out
Can’t think of another reason why I should not take this route

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That lil’ bit of Disney Magic

December 12, 2008 · By ·

Our trip to HK disneyland has been quite a magical experience for K. According to dh words, “…Disneyland to kids is akin to their version of a holy pilgrimage”.

Despite spending a short 4 and a half days away, Dh and I have made some new discoveries about our little boy along the way.

1. K is a great traveller

He was so full of anticipation from the moment we woke him up at 6a.m on Monday morning and drove to the airport. K could relate to almost every moment of our experience at the airport; from the time we checked in the luggage, went through immigration and to the departure area. He refused to seat in his stroller and wanted me to carry him to “see…see”.

When we got on the plane, he peered excitedly out of the window, made airplane noises while moving his toy plane around and kept asking for “chik” (his sound he uses for putting on the seat belt). When the flight attendant came to us with the seat belt, he grinned widely, took it from her and attempted to put it around his body. The flight attendent commented “He is the first child I have encountered who is so excited about putting on the seat belt.”

When the plane took off, he did not experience any discomfort with the change in air pressure, hardly took any sips of water and told me “pop, pop”, when he place both palms on his ears.

The only items I got to use from the “aeroplane survival kit” were the block puzzles and stickers, since he slept through 50% of the flight to HK.

2. He is a Mickey and Pluto Fan

And a crazed one at that. I knew that he like watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on TV and didn’t mind his Mickey soft toy once in a while. Now here is the magic of Disney, in one of the restaurants in the hotel, Mickey and friends came by the tables to greet the diners. When any of the characters come into view, K will lose all reason, clamour out of his seat, emit whines of “hur hur hur Mi-Mi” (translated from toddler speak is “I want to go over there to Mickey.”)

He was not satisfied till the characters came over to the table, shoke their paws, gave him high fives and had a picture taken with them. Dh and I were quite surprised by his enthusiasm, as we were expecting that he will be afraid of the characters. It was an enjoyable experience for tot but not so pleasant for dh and I, since most of the time during the dinner we had to get K to sit still on the chair and get him to swallow his food.

And for someone that refuses to wear anything on his head, K is happy to prance and dance with the Mickey Mouse ears headband on his head.

3. He consistently flashes this look when asked to smile for the camera

Which looks more like a grimace than a smile. More than 80% of the 200 odd pictures that I took during our trip has K displaying this smile.



4. He can be extremely bossy…

Especially when he interacts with his friend Rae-anne, whom he calls “mei-mei”. Rae-anne is an endearing and affectionate 16 month old toddler who is very generous with her hugs.

When the two toddlers get together, they will be screaming and chasing one another all around. Most of the other times, K will be saying “No, no…back,” and tries to lead her back to near the adults by tapping her shoulders or pulling her arms, when Rae-anne wanders off to explore other things.

5. He finally slept through the night…hurray!

For 3 consecutive nights. The longest stretch was a total of 9 hours. He must have been exhausted from the day’s activities and did not even wake up for feed. He managed to sleep through yesterday night when we got home, hopefully, this will be a new milestone I can rave about. I have been waiting a long time for this moment, since I was starting to lose hope that he will ever sleep through the night.

Despite our family returning with a flu and a cough, we all had a fabulous time. As for K, he may not remember this trip after a couple of months, but I suppose that lil’ bit of Disney magic has managed to captivate him for
that brief, but memorable moment in time.

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How to get your toddler to eat veggies…

December 7, 2008 · By ·

Actually, I don’t have the answer to that. Somehow, in these recent weeks K started asking for vegetables on his own accord, without any attempt on my part to offer him any.

I started introducing him veggies when he started on solids; through carrots, brocolli and spinach. He has no problems with sweet veggies like carrots, but forget about anything that is green, leafy and comes with a stalk. Even when I try to disguise the veggies and hide it in the dishes or rice, his taste buds have this ability to pick them out. He spits it out, then vomits whatever else he swallowed before. After that, I just stopped cooking any green leafy veggies for K’s meals.

Since K now eats almost what our family eats during mealtime, he has a penchant for green leafy veggies and will always ask for the ‘veg-table’ to be placed in his bowl.

Some things that I have realised when it comes to getting a toddler to eat. If a certain food is refused, don’t make a battle over it and try to offer it at another meal, in my case, I gave up after a while.

I managed not to turn K off from veggies when I did not make any further attempts to nag or force if he did not want to take a bite. I just thought that I should let nature take its course. Maybe it helps when K sits on his high chair at the family table during meal time. That way, he is encouraged to eat vegetables when he sees us eating them.

I suppose being a positive role model for your child also helps when it comes to food. K also enjoys eating all kinds of fruits, since I am a fruit-lover. And I make sure that dh hides in the room when he eats his junk food, as potato chips and sweets are forbidden food for K.

To see K eating his veggies is almost akin to milestones such as, when he first crawled or flipped over. Dh gets equally thrilled when he sees K relishes every bit of veggie given to him during his meals. He had to take this video when he saw how K happily “shovelled the greens into his mouth.”

Excuse me, while I gloat in this ‘veggie milestone’, although, I am hoping this is not just one of those healthy “food jags”.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2454238&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1

P.S. I will be taking a short blog break for the next 1 week for our first family holiday with K.
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