Little Neuro Tree (TPY) Term 3 (Japanese) Lesson 1

LNT kicked off the new term with the Japanese class today. And this class is full. 6 children altogether. Honestly, I wasn’t very pleased the moment I stepped in the class knowing we were having a full class. And my intuition was right. This class was extremely noisy. It was worst class I ever attended with Yvette. (Even in GUG, we had more than 10 babes & 10 adults and the class was still manageable.)

The new Home Support Booket (Jul - Sept)

Let me tell you why.

There’s a little girl, I am not sure how old she was, but she was extremely noisy. Her mum couldn’t control her at all. I’m never worry too much on Yvette not being able to walk but after today class, I blamed myself on not being more persistent on encouraging her to do so even I have tried. This girl kept walking toward us and trying to get hold of Yvette from times to times. And she was so big; I think she was more than 15 moths. She walked really steadily. When she walked toward us; (there were two empty seats between us as 2 children missed class today) her mum will grab hold of her, she will definitely scream at her top of her voice. This had distracted another child at another corner, who was definitely much younger, guess under 12mths to scream with her too. Can you imagine how noisy this class was? Sometimes, Yvette will get a shock and will also scream together with them. Argh! (I was really afraid if I wasn’t paying much attention, she will come forward and grab hold of Yvette and knock Yvette down. I couldn’t leave my eye away from Yvette at all. Luckily we were sitting at the end of the table which enabled me to trap Yvette at the corner.)

During class, she simply just can’t stop yelling and screaming. I can see from her mum’s expression and eye, she was really terribly upset that she couldn’t even control her own child. Eventually, the teacher couldn’t stand it as she was really distracting the class; she was asked to be pacified outside the class.

This was unbelievable!

We had attended so many classes prior than this; I have never encountered any child asked to leave the class by the teacher till she was calmed down.

Well, sad to say, the class was in chaos today although the teacher still manages to teach.

The focus for today class as follows:

Motor skill

1. Blowing
2. Scooping (for feeding purpose) 

Word learnt

There goes the list.

Word in English	Word in Japanese
Table Tennis	Takyuu
Ball	Bo-ru
Racket	Raketto
Cut	Kiru
Stir-fry	Hameru
Wash	Arau
Bear	Kuma
Scoop	Sukuu
Corn	Toumorokoshi
Carrot	Ninjin
Ketchup	Kechappu
Orange	Orenji
Water	Mizu
Mountain	Yama
Grass	Kusu
Stone	Ishi
Flower	Hana
House	Le
Tree	Ki
Dollar	Duru
Window	Mado

Immediately after the class, I went straight to the reception. I enquired will there be another class, the reception told me it might be. But the timing is not good. (I think next week I need to check the age group of this class too.) I voiced out my concerns as I see potential threat Yvette (and other children) might be facing.

Haiz!

Another 11 lessons to go!

Fried Peas, Carrot with Minced Meat

When I ran out of ideas what to cook for dinner, usually I will seek help from hubby. This very simple dish my hubby missed cooked by his late mother.

Ingredients:

Garlic

Carrot

Peas (If you don’t like to use canned food, you can either get those frozen peas or fresh peas from market.)

Minced Meat (Marinated with soya sauce and some pepper)

The ingredients

Methods:

1. Sauté Garlic
2. Add peas & Carrot. Stir fry for 2 mins
3. Add minced meat.
4. Remove from wok once the meat is cooked.

The end product

Try it. This is only less than a 10 mins job!

Third Lesson with JGC

After the fall, Yvette was clingy to me. Luckily this accident happened really early in the morning. It only 8.30 a.m. after I pacified her; I brought her out of the bed room and let her played with her toys in the living hall. She was really cranky, even my FIL can tell there was a huge different. I told him she had a bad fall this morning. Sigh. My FIL felt heartache.

After I bathed her, I tried to feed her cereal but she refused to eat them. I gave her some Milo instead. I have to carry her everywhere I go, that included cooking. Yes, I can manage Yvette while I cook. Anyway, we still manage to leave house at 10.20 a.m. After we left home, I only then realized my HP was totally flat. This had made my hubby worried for us the entire morning. (Using a Nokia HP now, thus didn’t really notice the low battery indication given by the phone.)

We were always on time for the free play unlike GUG, we always miss it. In this class, there is a total of 30 mins free play. 20 mins in the beginning and 10 mins at the play ground outside the school before the lesson end.

As the lesson is predictable, story-telling time is usually after the welcome song. So far, they have been using a big book for story-telling. This is commendable. There was no messy activity today. It was Parachute Play. Yvette experienced this in GUG. So this time, she wasn’t afraid but she did show some uncertainty but she did involve herself in the play. Papaya was given to the babies during the snack time/self-feeing time. She loves it.

After class, we went Isetan on Scott Road. I brought my lunch from the supermarket and had my lunch there as well. We went home after our lunch.

Yvette’s First Obvious Scar Due To Fall

Every morning I will nurse Yvette lying on our bed and both of us will go back to sleep beside each other. Ever since the first fall she had in March, I have been vigilant.

Though Yvette might be far away from achieving how to walk, her crawling and climbing really scare us. She got little cut here and there from times to times. And Many times, we did manage to get hold of her before accident happened. Alas, not this time. I didn’t open my eye when Yvette climbed over my body this morning resulted she had another fall from our bed. </3

Her eye lid had gotten a scratch caused by the magazine rack beside my bed. Hubby had reminded me to remove that rack but I kept procrastinating. Arrh!!! But fortunately the mark was only on her eye lid not her eye, if not… It’s really a blessing in disguise.

Yvette in the morning

Yvette in the evening, the scar was not red and swollen

I called my hubby to tell him what had happened. Of course he was upset on what had happened and suggested that maybe we should change to even a lower bed to prevent such accident to happen again.

As of now, Yvette didn’t give any sign of discomfort due to the fall. I hope she already get over it. I was as traumatize as she was. Though fall is common but not normal for babies, we should always be alert and child proof our home to minimise the impact of fall; sadly to mention, I had failed badly this round.

Area around the bed we have baby proof

Problem Area

P/S:  It is hard to find a right cushion to baby proof the little gap between my bed and the cupboard. Winnie (Yvette’s teacher in JGC) suggested me to use bed-rail. 

Alcohol Time?

From time to time, I do miss taking a sip of alcohol. I am not a drinker neither I am a social drinker but I do take alcohol in almost all special occasion I attend such as wedding, Company D&D, family celebration, etc. I and my hubby also have our “we-time” together drinking wine or liquor at home before Yvette was born.

I bid goodbye to my alcohol since I was certified pregnant by gynae. Ever since then, I do MISS them. Although, sometimes, I do persuade my hubby to drink so that I can take a sip of them but I really didn’t take more than 2 mouthfuls. Reason of not taking them mainly due to me is still doing breastfeeding. I even give up my daily dose of coffee too.

Anyway, research has proved “there’s no harm in parents allowing a young teen a sip of an alcoholic drink or permitting an older adolescent on drink at a family event.” By doing this, it may protect them by encouraging healthier drinking habits and reducing the attraction of the forbidden fruit.

A study published in the Journal Of Adolescent health in 2004 found that teens who parents allowed them to have a drink with them were less than half as likely to binge drink as those whose parents did not.

Well, rather than letting my alcohol evaporate over time, maybe, I can let Yvette try them when she is older under my supervision.

Second Lesson with JGC

Today we left home early. That was because I forgotten to make up. (Lucky my face didn’t appear on my blog.)

Last two lessons, car was the transport introduced. And this car, it got a name, her name is Connie Car. (Sound like Konica!) Today, it was plane, her name was Annie Plane.

The messy activity for today was Tyre Track Printing. We were given toy vehicle, paint, and paper. As usual, Yvette enjoys playing the paint very much. Instead of doing the craft, she was busy playing her hand with the paint. On one hand I have stay my eye close on Yvette, to make sure she didn’t put her hand into her mouth; on the other hand, help to do her craft work.

Apple sauce was given to the babies during the snack time again. Yvette was playing with the sauce instead of eating as expected.

After class I went down to Orchard Cineleisure to pick up our camera from my sister. It’s really inconvenience for me without it.  After meeting my sister, I met my niece for lunch at Heeren. Yvette dozed off while I was waiting for my niece. After lunch, we went to Paragon to do a quick shopping. I didn’t manage to get anything and left shortly after walking one round in the baby’s department at Metro.

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Here are some heartfelt moments in the evening while I am preparing dinner.

Here’s the link.

P/S: Can’t load the video here at the moment.

Molar

Yvette has been putting her index finger into her mouth recently.

What’s so great about putting her finger into her mouth? All babies do that, don’t they?

Errm, no. Yvette weaned herself off this habit long ago. In fact she doesn’t really put her fingers into her mouth often. Anyway, I don’t really check on her gum recently too although I am fully aware her molar is on the way but I don’t expect the outcome of my discovery today.

When we were checking out our purchases at the cashier, I saw a tooth emerged through her gum.

Wow, I exclaimed.

Dear I think her molar is out but it’s not the one I am expected. It’s the left bottom molar. No wonder she keeps putting her finger into her mouth recently.

When we were backed home, I quickly washed my hand and put my finger into her mouth and check.

Woot! Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

Altogether, I found out there were three molars cut thru her gum this round! Hehe, she can have wider choice of food now!

Bathing Time

Yvette enjoys playing with water but never likes water get into her eyes. Since she was a little baby, she is bathed in this little “bath tub” and now it is time for a promotion.

When she is in the tub with water, she always holds on to the bowl into standing position. She loves to stand with support and sometimes without, but walking is definitely not her cup of tea. Anyway, in order to ensure Yvette don’t fall easily in the bathroom I brought a bigger anti-slip bath mat for Yvette from Kiddy Palace.

After implemented this change, I find bathing Yvette is fast and saves water. And slowly, she kind of accepting water getting into her eyes when I am using the showerhead on her.  Let’s hope she will continue to adapt to this new way of bathing her without making any fuss over it.

A Belated Birthday Dinner

Today I didn’t go to my mum’s place for dinner. We were out dinner with my SIL’s family for a belated birthday dinner.

Jumbo @ Riverwalk was our dinner venue for today. I don’t have any pictures to show now as I have lent my camera to my sister, who was away for a short holiday. This wasn’t the first time we were here. In fact, I realized Jumbo is one of our usual choices for dinner venue for special occasions.  

We spent 2 hours there. It’s always easier to eat crab with other family members around. They will help us to babysit while we can enjoy our meal. Anyway, Yvette always wants to be with my hubby when he is around. SO most of the time, if both of us dine together, I am the one eating in peace although I have trained myself to eat while letting Yvette to sit on my lap or even I have to carry her.

After dinner, we went to Central Clarke Quay beside Riverwalk. It was 9 pm; a lot of shops were getting ready to end their day. We went to the Japanese store in the basement and papa gotten us a packet of Latte (instant coffee). And my niece found a sweet store, Sticky. Their “sweet is really not sweet” and easily dissolve in our mouth.

As my niece’s boyfriend parked his car at Liang Court , we went back to get the car.

On our way there, I found out two restaurants that I might want to dine in the near future when I am back in Clarke Quay again.

Tomo Izakaya Pte Ltd (A Japanese Resturant)

3A River Valley Road #01-04 Clarke Quay Tel: 6333 0100

I like the ambience of this restaurant. Warm. Let’s take a look here.

And I got excited to find out this restaurant was in town.

谭鱼头 (A Szechuan cuisine)

177 River Valley Road Liang Court # 01-25/25A Tel: 6836 6839

I have tried them in Wuxi, China & Hong Kong. It is very very nice. I never know it’s in town now.

Egg

Babies are not supposed to eat egg white (due to egg allergies can be severe and are most common in infants under 12 months of age) before they turn one.

I was sharing this tip in the IDO forum; I use egg white as a mask during days when Yvette couldn’t eat them.  This is a really cheap mask and we won’t frighten our babies when we are on mask. By the way, I have started to use them since I am a teenage girl.

How this mask is useful to you?

Immediate results after applying this mask:
* Amazing whitened face
* All pores have “Shrinken”, the face becomes pore less
* Good deep cleansing effect
* Good tightening effect
* Good oil balancing

How to apply?

After remove the egg yolk, dip clean fingers in to get the white part and dab this onto your face. Leave to dry for 15-20 minutes and then wash off with warm water.

So rather than throw them away if you don                                                                                            ’t cook it, try them out as mask.