2005年學之園PN班

LydiaWong

Hi guys,
My long vacation will be over, after 3 weeks of holiday, I really don't want to go back to work. Especially taking care of Preston every day, I kind of enjoy being a full-time mom now. I think Preston will miss me a lot tomorrow coz I can't take him to school and will not pick him up. Hope my new maid will be good and my life will be back to normal soon.

BTW, if you want to share our trip to Japan, you are welcome to our photo album at yahoo.com
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limma

Lydia~~

睇佐你地個日本之旅, 見preston 既燦爛笑容, 就知佢玩得好開心.
17號我地都會去沙巴, 希望ho lim 都會enjoy 個trip la!

今日同ho lim 去睇職業特工III, 好在佢都好合作, 我地可以好順利咁睇哂全場, 以後睇戲可以帶埋佢去, 唔洗賴低佢係屋企啦, hehe!!

ljsze

Doris

In fact, the dentist used some kind of a 刀片 & my son had not seen one before.  He was very cooperative.  Sit still & did whatever the dentist wanted him to do.

Lydia

Thanks for sharing your pictures.  I will go to see the album when I have time later today.

limma

Can't believe your son could sit still all through the time when you watched movie.  Incredible.  I think I will not do so until he gets to 3.5 years old.

dear all

I cannot recall what brand of toothpaste my son is using.  I only use very tiny bit & not really care too much whether he swallows or not.

btw, will your son sleep through the night.  recently, my son wakes up during midnight quite often.  in fact, he's very sleepy & falls asleep again very fast.  if your son has this practice, would you pls share how we can tune him to sleep through the night since it seriously affects mine.

DorisTSL

limma,

Ho Lim was really cooperative.  I don't dare to bring Brian to cinema as I am sure he will asking for leaving in 15 minutes.

Lydia,

Nice photos!  I could see that Preston enjoyed so muchl.

BTW, Brian has been to Heep Hong for six sessions.  Yet, I didn't see any improvement.  The instructor is very nice and she tries to draw Brian's attention using different toys.  It's just Brian who loses interest so quickly.

ljsze,

Did your son play too vigorously in daytime?  Brian would wake up frequently in midnight before.  I would let him listen to some music before bringing him to bed whenever he played vigorously in daytime.  It worked

limma

Doris & ljsze~~
ho lim 今次係第二次入戲院, 第一次係睇冰河世紀, 我都預佐睇15mins 會走, 但竟然佢好鐘意睇, 我已帶定d 零食預佢扭計時比佢, 點知1包都無開過, 而且1粒聲都無出過, 都出乎我地預料之外, 我地發現平時非常活躍既佢, 原來好細膽, 所以入到戲院黑麻麻可能佢驚, 但又野吸引佢睇. 今次呢套就食佐少少零食.

lisze,
ho lim 之前都試過半夜起身, 甚至要飲奶, 開頭我都以為佢肚餓, 但發覺無論佢食好飽訓都好佢都要飲奶, 所以我同姐姐講叫佢扮訓, 就算佢要飲奶都唔好比佢, 如果唔係佢慣佐半夜起身就會成為習慣就麻煩,由得佢扭, 扭得幾晚佢就無再扭. 不過就好似夢遊咁訓訓下會坐起身, 但眼係合埋, 跟住再訓過, hehe!

ljsze

Doris & limma

limma is right that we have to stop the behaviour of night waking.  now, i think i know why my son wakes up during midnite.  when a kid comes to you during midnite, sometimes you really don't have the effort to bring him back to his own room.  so, he sleeps in our bed.  and, later if he wakes up again, he comes again & sleeps with us.  i think i created the problem.

this morning he woke up at about 5:30am again & this time we brought him back to his room.  resistance & cry of course (for an hour).  finally, he was tired & fell asleep in his own bed.

i hope it's the reason behind.

dear all,

do you have similar experience ?

and, do you plan to join the summer course offered by the school ?  i'm still thinking of it.  you know, it costs you another $2800 for 10 days only.

DorisTSL

ljsze,

I have the same experience.  When Brian was around 2 years old, he used to wake up in midnight and come to sleep in my bed.  The situation persisted until I stopped him, as I found it affected my resting so much.  Luckily, he realized soon that I stood firm on it and he stopped doing this.

About the summer course.  It's too expensive.  What more, I guess kids from 3 to 6 will have the lessons together.  For sure, elder kids will take the lead.

limma,

Just curious.  Did ho lim need to go to toilet in cinema?  Did he ask for leaving throught the show?  If yes, how could you persuade him?

ljsze

Doris

Thanks for sharing this.  For some time in the past, I insisted in bringing him back to his bed during midnight & he did not resist.  It was just recently that I was too tired to bring him back.

The summer course is expensive, I agree.  Yet, I had the class observation today & after which we talked to the principal for a while.  Someone asked about the course & the principal confirmed that different classes would be arranged for different age groups.

Dear all,

Just would like to share a bit about the class observation I attended today.

Most kids did not really bother our presence & behave as usual at school.  My son did not pay attention to me for most of the time.  I would say it was good.

Thankful that the school arranged class observation for the parents.  You can really know how your kids perform at school.  My son likes to play with his good friends & does not really pay attention all the time.  And, kids are quite active & do take initiative to answer question or play games.  Yet, they also have got good discipline.

limma

Doris~~
以呢兩次為例, 出門口時我同佢講話一陣同佢去cinema睇movie, 話比佢知好好睇,叫佢要安靜.
係入場前我會同佢去一次toilet, 而中途佢完全無要求去toilet, 我都有問佢需唔需去toilet, 佢答唔洗.我亦帶備零食比佢, 問佢食唔食佢都話唔食, 只係好留心咁望住個螢幕. 有時佢都會問有關劇情, 例如會問佢地去邊度呀?? 做乜呀??我就會同佢講叫佢唔好出聲嘈住人. 而我地亦揀最後一行, 萬一佢嘈就即時走去後面, 再嘈就走, 不過好在都無嘈過要走, 可能套戲都幾緊張所以吸引倒佢睇.

Doris & ljsze~~
暑期活動仍在考慮中, 因為放暑假的時間很短, 我參考一些其他暑期活動班, 但開班時仍未放暑假, 所以好大機會會join 學校果個, 不過仍要考慮交通問題.

ljsze

Doris,

My son woke up last night again & we brought him to his bed.  He still yelled & cried, but only for 2 minutes this time.

I also had to ask my in-laws cooperation not to let him sleep in their bed during afternoon.  I really don't know why they have him sleep in their bed.  For all reasons (hygiene, safety..), I hate this.  Now, this is a good chance to ask them not to let my son sleep in their bed.

ljsze

limma

so, you are thinking of joining the summer course.  i haven't yet made up my mind.

i also want to go for a holiday trip with him.  maybe resort.

is anyone else planning to do so as well ?  pls share your idea.

limma

lisze~~

Um…我會再留意下屋企附近會唔會有其他活動可以join 到, 如果無的話我就會join 學校果個, 因為我唔想佢係屋對住姐姐悶呀.

其實如果可以的話我都想將果d 時間黎同佢去旅行, 個暑假唔係太長, 報其他活動又報唔到. 不過我同我先生d 大假已經用佐姐姐今個月返家鄉, 暑假我地都無得放.

如果你有興趣沙巴d resort, 我去完返黎比d 資料你呀!!

ljsze

limma

thanks a lot.  pls share your experience after the trip.

DorisTSL

ljsze,

I also agree that class observation is a good way of letting parents know how well the kids behave in class.  We can know more than what the teachers describe.

Your son is improving.  At least, he cried less when you said no.  Please don't worry.  Kids' behaviour is periodical and he will change soon.

limma,

Thanks for your sharing.  Will try to bring Brian to cinema when some short cartoons are on show.  Still think that Brian is not able to stay for long.  Ha!

ljsze, limma,

It's better if the kids are grouped by age in the summer course.  However, I prefer to have a music course for Brian, something like Kindermusik.  See if it is available in weekday mornings.

ljsze

Doris

You're right.  My son is improving.  The night before he yelled & cried for half an hour & last night only for 2 minutes.  I guess if he wakes up again this midnite, he will not resist any more.  And, we will install a TV & DVD in his room today so that he can watch his favourite DVD / VCD programs.

Some kind of music course is good for kids.

LydiaWong

hi,guys,
So busy after returning back to work without any maid to help out. I have to prepare him in the morning and my husband will take him to school bus. However, my husband is on trip these few days, so I'm really busy. After work, I have to give him bath, prepare dinner, tidy up the house, do the dishes, wash the clothes.... Just too tired and no time to chat with you guys. Hopefully my new maid will come this Friday night.

Preston does not really enjoy full-day school. He asked me not to eat at school (lunch). Miss Hung said he felt sad when he sees other kids left at 12:00. also, he can't sleep at naptime cos it's too early ~1:00 ( he usually sleeps at 3:00-3:30pm). So he got grumpy at around 7:00pm and very sleepy. I'll see how he performs and maybe change back to half-day in June.

Preston does not like to sleep in our bed since 1 1/2 yrs old. Even b4, we insisted to sleep with him cos it's too cold in one winter but after that, he likes to sleep in his whole bed and never come to our bed and sleep. I like that cos he sleeps like having a big fight and kicks around, it would be hard for us to sleep with him.

Doris,
I plan to join a heep hong summer camp for 5 days (recommend by his previous teacher but not yet decided). The one organised by school is quite expensive. Maybe there are some more later, Preston joined one last summer, it's 3 times/week for 3 hours in the morning for 2 weeks, I think ~ $2000 (can't remember exactly).

ljsze

Lydia

It's good that your son does not like to sleep in your bed.  My son also moves a lot when he sleeps.  And, his sleeping position can change 180 degrees.  His head can be on other side of the bed in the morning.

Lydia, Doris

My son did wake up again at about 4:30am this morning.  I brought him back to his room.  He did resist but only for 30 seconds this time & went back to sleep again.  Yet, the problem is he woke up so early today (6:50am).

DorisTSL

Lydia,

If your new maid is reliable, do let Preston study half-day.  1:00 is too early for him to nap.

About the heep hong summer camp you've mentioned.  Do the kids need to stay in the camp site for 5 days?

One more thing.  Remember you told me long ago that Preston can eat the whole piece of pork chop?  I guess I have mentioned this to Brian some time ago.  Last night, when I read a magazine with Brian, I saw a dish of fried pork chop and I told Brian what it was.  You know what.  Brian suddenly said, "reston 鍾意食豬扒".  Ha!  So funny!  

ljsze,

Brian also woke up early recently (before 6:30am).  I guess it was due to the earlier sunrise in summer.  He's got plenty of time before going to school.  My Mom would play him some DVD or let him play by himself.

ljsze

Doris

So, does your mom get up very early, like 6 or 6:30am ?  And, will Brian go to your room when he wakes up ?

For my son, when he wakes up, he will go to my room immediately.  So, even if I'm sleeping, I have to get up.

Anyway, I guess all moms do not have enough sleep.

Later when our son goes to primary school, it may be even worse 'cuz school starts at around 8am.

ardnas65

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