8 weeks before bub 2 arrives...
waiting and waiting.
just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. fuck.
but as long as bub arrives safe and sound, i'm happy.
8 weeks. breathe
8 weeks. breathe
8 weeks. breathe
i can't wait.
we love you. very. very. very. much. with all our hearts.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Summer crap
Ok, we were having beautiful sunshine for the past few weeks. I welcome the warm weather with open arms. After hibernating in the cold at home for more than 10months, I worship the sun.
And then we've been experiencing cold autumn-like chills and winds for the past week. Crap! Now that I am getting beautifully HUGE, I am unable to run around with T at home nor at the park. But I have to bring him out to burn off his energy. Or sometimes, just in the garden, for him to do a bit of "gardening". I dread it when autumn arrives. We are stuck at home so I have to think of things to do with him, which is why I usually sign him up with a soccer or sport activity that he can do indoors. He has swimming every Sunday. We've been taking him to swimming lessons since he was 6months old. Now, with swimming, I have been very insistent that he keeps doing it on a regular basis as most Aussie kids here either have a pool or they do a lot of water sports or they have swimming lessons in school. But I add on another sport - either soccer or an all-rounder sport programme that does tennis, AFL, cricket, basketball, golf, baseball, etc. Also, even if it's freezing cold, I'll bring him out for a while in the park (just as long as there is no rain), I'll rug him up and we run. I remember a Singaporean friend who came to visit us and she was just too shocked that I brought T to the park or to the market or to the shops in the cold. I told her, IF SINGAPORE HAD WINTER, ARE YOU GOING TO STAY HOME WITH YOUR BOYS FOR 10MONTHS?! Maybe if I didn't have kids, I wouldn't mind staying indoors and warming up myself next to the heater.
Boys go mad when they are stuck indoors.
I check the weather like a hawk and hopefully we'll get better weather next week.
Come on, Summer!
DO YOUR THANG!
And then we've been experiencing cold autumn-like chills and winds for the past week. Crap! Now that I am getting beautifully HUGE, I am unable to run around with T at home nor at the park. But I have to bring him out to burn off his energy. Or sometimes, just in the garden, for him to do a bit of "gardening". I dread it when autumn arrives. We are stuck at home so I have to think of things to do with him, which is why I usually sign him up with a soccer or sport activity that he can do indoors. He has swimming every Sunday. We've been taking him to swimming lessons since he was 6months old. Now, with swimming, I have been very insistent that he keeps doing it on a regular basis as most Aussie kids here either have a pool or they do a lot of water sports or they have swimming lessons in school. But I add on another sport - either soccer or an all-rounder sport programme that does tennis, AFL, cricket, basketball, golf, baseball, etc. Also, even if it's freezing cold, I'll bring him out for a while in the park (just as long as there is no rain), I'll rug him up and we run. I remember a Singaporean friend who came to visit us and she was just too shocked that I brought T to the park or to the market or to the shops in the cold. I told her, IF SINGAPORE HAD WINTER, ARE YOU GOING TO STAY HOME WITH YOUR BOYS FOR 10MONTHS?! Maybe if I didn't have kids, I wouldn't mind staying indoors and warming up myself next to the heater.
Boys go mad when they are stuck indoors.
I check the weather like a hawk and hopefully we'll get better weather next week.
Come on, Summer!
DO YOUR THANG!
Monday, January 2, 2012
cuddles and love
if you had read my previous posts, you would know that we have had many tantrum episodes. which kid doesn't? whilst i have received lots of advice on how to deal with them, i think (?) i have found one that works for us!!!!!
the first time T had a major meltdown, i think i went into a meltdown too. i cried and wondered, where did my angel baby go?!
so i had done everything from scolding to gently hitting his bum to time outs to trying to explain things to him. but i have found this is working for us..whenever he has a tantrum, i'd cuddle him tight and when i feel his body go less rigid and he calms down, i kiss him and ask him, WHAT'S WRONG? and i evaluate his feelings for him. Did you feel angry? Did you feel scared? Did you feel nervous? Did you feel excited?
We started talking about his feelings when he was about 2 years 3months when his tantrums started big time.
Low and behold, lately, he asks for cuddles and asks me, WHAT'S WRONG, MUMMY? and I tell him, Nothing's wrong. How do you feel? And he tells me his feelings!!!! I don't know if he understands the full concept of how he feels just yet but he definitely knows what excited means..cuz when he gets a new toy or sees ice-cream, he says, I FEEL EXCITED! :)
So, yes we have tantrums still but i think I like this gentle approach. And he seems much calmer and I am much calmer too.
It works best for us.
For now.
yay! :)
the first time T had a major meltdown, i think i went into a meltdown too. i cried and wondered, where did my angel baby go?!
so i had done everything from scolding to gently hitting his bum to time outs to trying to explain things to him. but i have found this is working for us..whenever he has a tantrum, i'd cuddle him tight and when i feel his body go less rigid and he calms down, i kiss him and ask him, WHAT'S WRONG? and i evaluate his feelings for him. Did you feel angry? Did you feel scared? Did you feel nervous? Did you feel excited?
We started talking about his feelings when he was about 2 years 3months when his tantrums started big time.
Low and behold, lately, he asks for cuddles and asks me, WHAT'S WRONG, MUMMY? and I tell him, Nothing's wrong. How do you feel? And he tells me his feelings!!!! I don't know if he understands the full concept of how he feels just yet but he definitely knows what excited means..cuz when he gets a new toy or sees ice-cream, he says, I FEEL EXCITED! :)
So, yes we have tantrums still but i think I like this gentle approach. And he seems much calmer and I am much calmer too.
It works best for us.
For now.
yay! :)
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