The battle is ending soon, Yippee!

Mummy brought Demi for doctor consultation again to get medication for cough and runny nose. Auntie Jenny had informed that Demi could not drink well. It might be due to the sore throat, she suspected. Actually mummy was almost at breaking point. Got to clear those poos and mess left by Kiki and Pearly (They broke free from their playpen). Mummy got to practically sanitise the whole living room and kitchen. What a mess!!! Then followed by Ryan's bath time. All done at such high speed as the clinic was closing soon. On a empty stomach, you have a crazy and angry woman here :P

In the mist of this madness, Auntie Jenny volunteered to babysit Demi through the night so that I could rest well. Her touching words, Never mind lah, tomorrow night (friday) I can sleep until next day noon cos saturday liao mah! Hahaha...
Oh my, isn't she an angel? My mum may not even do that...Mummy is tearing...

Though back home without Demi, mummy could not tuck in early. Why? Ryan ran out of cleaned school uniforms tomorrow!!! Madness!! Mummy got to do the laundry and specially 'aircon-dry' the uniforms through the night. What a shame :P
Really missed you so much, daddy! Bet you've no gut to say if there is any delay of flight. Sure to skin you!! >_<

Reminded Ryan to behave in classes. The latest feedback was quite good. Though needed quite abit of reminder, Ryan's behaviour had improved. Fingers-crossed.

Daddy... see you tomorrow. HUGZ!

The heat is ON :(

Babysitter Jenny called to inform that Demi was feeling feverish and didn't take much milk or porridge. She took the initiative to feed her some fever medicine but advised me to bring her for doctor consultation after my work.

Sigh! Such things always happen when daddy is not around. He is off to Shanghai for a seminar till 12 January. As soon as daddy set off, mummy is stuck with a runny nose. Now, Demi's turn. FAINTZ!

Doctor commented that since there were no rashes or infection in her throat, Demi might be having a sympton called, fake measles. This is like having fever on and off for four days, with no cough or running nose, and eventually some rashes break out. Sound scary! Well, we can only wait and monitor as we go.

Demi did get better after the medication. She could finish 180ml of expressed milk. After she was crawling around like usual. She hit the sack at 10pm, woke up twice in the night. Luckily she fell back to slumberland as soon as mummy switched on the automated sarong cot. Heng!!! Technology, mummy loves U :-P

The battle continues...

Corrective work-in-progress :P

Another teacher commented that Ryan had refused to visit the toilet before nap. Excuse: He had already cleared the tide. But teacher had insisted since Ryan has the tendency to wet his bed every now and then :P Well, tug of war again... Sigh...

She also mentioned that Ryan could not sit through her short lesson. He was easily influenced by other kids who were running around the class. So, it was like, people run, he run lor. FAINTZ...

To stay consistant, mummy made Ryan stand-by-gate again before dinner and bath. bawling and begging as usual. Sigh, it really pains mummy's heart to do that. But I got to do something, or else his bad behaviour will escalate!

I must persist on! Let's see if Ryan improve afterall... Praying hard!

Complaint from teacher >_<

Mummy managed to meet Ryan's K1 form teacher for the first time today. First greeting: Mrs Teo, can I speak to you for a moment? (didn't sound pleasant at all :p)

Teacher: Mrs Teo, I need your help. Ryan has behaviour problem in class. He loves to cry. When he beats people, can. When people beat him back, he cannot.

Mummy: Have you tried to discipline him? Like a notti-corner or something? His previous teacher has handled him quite well. You may want to talk Teacher XX (she has been transfered to a new centre)

Teacher: I know. But he is not a N2 anymore, you know. He cannot behave like one. Also, I got no time to handle him alone. To be fair, I need to spend my time on other kids also. He also likes to run around during class. I asked him to write, he will write half way and start to run around to disturb others.

Mummy: How do you want me to help?

Teacher: You can help teach him to behave lah. He is already K1, cannot behave like a N2.

Mummy: Ok, I'll try.

Frankly, I was already boiling mad inside after the conversation. It is undeniable that Ryan is playful and can be a handful to handle. But how a child behave in the class should be the teacher's responsibility, isn't it? I can only warn and remind him of the preferred behaviour. During class, the teacher has to set and enforce her class rules, not the parents! What does she want me to do? Join her class with a cane on my hand, sit besides Ryan???

'Best' part is when she mentioned she got no time to handle this wild kid cos she needs to spend her time on others. Of course! I'm not paying for a one-to-one class. But at the least bit, she should HANDLE her class as a whole, just like what other teachers have done. Cannot understand why all previous teachers have no such problem but her. SO MADDENING!

Also, Ryan has turned 4 years old a couple of months ago. In term of development, he is practically still a Nursery toddler! Her constant mention that Ryan is a K1, not N2 anymore, really pissed me off! What Attitute!!!

Anyway, mummy never let Ryan off so easily. Ryan was made to stand at door gate for a whole hour before he was allowed for dinner and bath. Then he continued the isolation in the house near the gate. Well, lots of bawling and begging expected. But mummy insisted and Ryan did manage to complete the timed-out.

After, Ryan was drilled in with these 2 procodures:
1) should the classmates push or hit him, cannot retaliate. Run to teacher and inform her of the 'disturbance'.
2) during lesson time, must sit down and finish the worksheet. cannot run around.

Mummy made him repeat and enact the procedures many times. Hopefully he could response in the preferred way. Sigh! Really, what can a parent do to make such young kid behave in class when the parent him/herself is not at the place to monitor?
Am I wrong to think that this should be the teacher's responsibilty?
This is my first time... please, anyone can enlighten me?

Demi's crawling!!

There is a saying that girls usually develop faster than boys. It is so true when come to Demi. She is crawling at 9 month old! Don't know about other kids, she is definitely much faster than Ryan. There are many attempts to walk with support. Mummy can foresee this is one active girl :-)