Late post again!
Last Monday, 5 March 2012 was her first playgroup day. I went in with her for the first 2 days. Their program is play first thing when they went in. Then after 30mins, they sing, draw, read a book, coloring, etc. After 30 minutes they wash hands, go potty, then have 30 mins snack. After snacking before they go home they sing songs, read books, etc.
It sounds like something we do everyday at home right? But I find it's good for her to socialize. The first 2 days I went in she was so clingy (typical), and was such a crybaby. During the 3rd day I sent my maid to spy on her.... She seemed to be playing well, and she loved music time. The 4th day a bit chaotic with a bit of cries here and there. The 5th day was a bit better. Then after that... 1 wk holiday. It was such a wrong timing to put her in!
Anyway I'm crossing fingers on how she'll be next time she goes back to school. Overall, I think she enjoyed it. She always cries when it's time to go home. When she's home she refuses to take off her uniform and socks XD. SO cuuuuutte! She got along well with the boys mostly. So overall, I think she'll be just fine :).
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Baby's Independence? (old post)
After looking at some of my friends' blog. I decided to try. Yup, I tried to let her fall asleep by herself. To train her so called sense of confidence and independence early.
So far I know she can fall asleep by herself during daytime, or when she's super tired. But not when i'm around. Them babies are veeery smart. Even though i'm so far away she still wails away.
So anyway, I did try on one fine night. I let her wail for like.. 15mins and I thought this will never end.. So I nursed her to sleep. I browsed around and found some pros and cons. Well everything always has two sides.
But for my own personal opinion, I don't mind nursing her to sleep until she learns how to sleep by herself. No matter what people say, for her own good, to teach them independency, etc etc. Please lah, she's like still 11months plus and you want to teach them about independence?
I personally believe this is the time where they need their parents the most. The time when they learn to trust other people. Even though the western way to do it is teach them independence from young, I disagree.
I'm a working mother. It is hard for me already to leave her alone and not be there with her during her daily and important times. One of my private moments with her is the nursing times. My bonding time, and the times when I actually do my job as a mother.
So after I thought about it, I decided to teach her that independence lesson when she is older. For now, I am enjoying my mothering and nursing times.
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You know what, after approximately 2 years old, more or less, she's fully weaned and fell asleep by herself. I started slowly since she was 1.5yrs old. I did the right thing by waiting until the time is right :)
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So far I know she can fall asleep by herself during daytime, or when she's super tired. But not when i'm around. Them babies are veeery smart. Even though i'm so far away she still wails away.
So anyway, I did try on one fine night. I let her wail for like.. 15mins and I thought this will never end.. So I nursed her to sleep. I browsed around and found some pros and cons. Well everything always has two sides.
But for my own personal opinion, I don't mind nursing her to sleep until she learns how to sleep by herself. No matter what people say, for her own good, to teach them independency, etc etc. Please lah, she's like still 11months plus and you want to teach them about independence?
I personally believe this is the time where they need their parents the most. The time when they learn to trust other people. Even though the western way to do it is teach them independence from young, I disagree.
I'm a working mother. It is hard for me already to leave her alone and not be there with her during her daily and important times. One of my private moments with her is the nursing times. My bonding time, and the times when I actually do my job as a mother.
So after I thought about it, I decided to teach her that independence lesson when she is older. For now, I am enjoying my mothering and nursing times.
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You know what, after approximately 2 years old, more or less, she's fully weaned and fell asleep by herself. I started slowly since she was 1.5yrs old. I did the right thing by waiting until the time is right :)
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Monday, February 13, 2012
Milestone 2 Yrs 1Mos
At this time she picks up things very fast, mostly the ones she got from TV. Not so much on the Bahasa tho. I find that she picks up English better than she picks up Bahasa. Her vocabulary has increased significantly. I didn't count how many words she has but I think she's improving.
Now her favorite show is Dora, OSO, Diego and Team Umizoomi. The rest is just so so. I disabled the youtube App in my Iphone and Ipad. So she will not be exposed to unwanted parody shows.
She can make up simple sentences in English like, " do you see stars?", "Look it's a bike", "Here you go". Bahasa improvemet: bare minimum. She has started saying Ayah Ibu and Teteh clearer now, but so far I have never heard her saying a complete sentence. My maid said that during time of distress aka crying etc she speaks blurred Bahasa but other than that it is so difficult to get it out of her.
She picks up an interest in puzzles nowadays and getting very good at it. She learns the name of animals from ipad mostly, sometime books. She also started to play match game and improving in it. Sometimes when I tell her to do things she pretended that she didn't hear. Now even to tell her to clean up her mess is so difficult. She frowned, pretending to not hear, or run away. A bit tough because I know she understands but because she still can't answer anything makes me think she doesn't.
Her appetite changed too. Now she is more picky and her eating mood changes every day. Sometimes she eats more sometimes less sometimes nothing. Based on what I read this is normal. We can't expect kids to eat regular 3 times daily meal because their intake is different. At first I tried to force her.. but after a while I give up. I just try to provide healthy snacks like fruits, cereals, raisins, yogurts, etc. She was so into candies a while ago but I insisted on limiting it. So now she understood that 1 day maximum 1 candy.
I'm trying to limit TV as well. So far TV is on in the morning and afternoon. Night time we try to not watch tv at all.
Continuing to watch over her progress :)
Now her favorite show is Dora, OSO, Diego and Team Umizoomi. The rest is just so so. I disabled the youtube App in my Iphone and Ipad. So she will not be exposed to unwanted parody shows.
She can make up simple sentences in English like, " do you see stars?", "Look it's a bike", "Here you go". Bahasa improvemet: bare minimum. She has started saying Ayah Ibu and Teteh clearer now, but so far I have never heard her saying a complete sentence. My maid said that during time of distress aka crying etc she speaks blurred Bahasa but other than that it is so difficult to get it out of her.
She picks up an interest in puzzles nowadays and getting very good at it. She learns the name of animals from ipad mostly, sometime books. She also started to play match game and improving in it. Sometimes when I tell her to do things she pretended that she didn't hear. Now even to tell her to clean up her mess is so difficult. She frowned, pretending to not hear, or run away. A bit tough because I know she understands but because she still can't answer anything makes me think she doesn't.
Her appetite changed too. Now she is more picky and her eating mood changes every day. Sometimes she eats more sometimes less sometimes nothing. Based on what I read this is normal. We can't expect kids to eat regular 3 times daily meal because their intake is different. At first I tried to force her.. but after a while I give up. I just try to provide healthy snacks like fruits, cereals, raisins, yogurts, etc. She was so into candies a while ago but I insisted on limiting it. So now she understood that 1 day maximum 1 candy.
I'm trying to limit TV as well. So far TV is on in the morning and afternoon. Night time we try to not watch tv at all.
Continuing to watch over her progress :)
Day 1 Asha goes Diaperless
Today Asha goes commando! No diapers. I'm a bit sad actually, the maid has to do it and not me. I feel like shoving my responsibility to someone else. I couldn't take leave because everyone in my department has gone on leave, actually 1 resigned 2 took leave.
So anyway, what happened today was:
1. She peed every 20mins, so we're running out of "pop" pants very fast.
2. She's still scared to say "pee". Maybe scared we'll scold her or something. She seems a bit stressed out, but we'll see if she improves in a few days.
3. Currently the last 2 attempt to make her pee in the toilet has succeeded. Usually her signs are touching her genitals then quickly ask her if she wanted to pee.
4. After some attempts she doesn't look as scared when she had to go to the bathroom to clean herself up.
Some tips from friends:
1. Continue to praise her for whatever progress she made on the day. Constantly remind her that she is a big kid and need to pee in the toilet.
2. It will take maybe a week, past a week don't bother, maybe she's not ready.
3. Prepare lots of newspaper to spread on her pee, so when you pick her up to toilet it doesn't drip everywhere.
4. Don't look stress, pretend that it's a normal process that you have to go through.
5. If your cushion is stained, pour hot boiling water on top of it, leave for a while and then put under the sun.
6. If you have cloth diapers, try using the outer wears without insert as a pants, some say helps absorb some so the pee doesn't go all over the place.
I'm gonna go home early today to see her progress... So we'll see how it goes tomorrow....
So anyway, what happened today was:
1. She peed every 20mins, so we're running out of "pop" pants very fast.
2. She's still scared to say "pee". Maybe scared we'll scold her or something. She seems a bit stressed out, but we'll see if she improves in a few days.
3. Currently the last 2 attempt to make her pee in the toilet has succeeded. Usually her signs are touching her genitals then quickly ask her if she wanted to pee.
4. After some attempts she doesn't look as scared when she had to go to the bathroom to clean herself up.
Some tips from friends:
1. Continue to praise her for whatever progress she made on the day. Constantly remind her that she is a big kid and need to pee in the toilet.
2. It will take maybe a week, past a week don't bother, maybe she's not ready.
3. Prepare lots of newspaper to spread on her pee, so when you pick her up to toilet it doesn't drip everywhere.
4. Don't look stress, pretend that it's a normal process that you have to go through.
5. If your cushion is stained, pour hot boiling water on top of it, leave for a while and then put under the sun.
6. If you have cloth diapers, try using the outer wears without insert as a pants, some say helps absorb some so the pee doesn't go all over the place.
I'm gonna go home early today to see her progress... So we'll see how it goes tomorrow....
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Two Years minus 2 Months
Come to think of it, the last time I blogged was..... 8months ago???
My girl has grown so much within 8months! She adores Pocoyo, and I noticed that she's starting to like the Disney Princesses. She loves gadgets. Iphones, laptops are always the perfect remedies for her fussiness. BUT, I don't like it. Once in a while is fine, too much is like gadget overdose. NOT GOOD. So now I'm trying my best to limit her (and my) gadget time. Our gadget days are Saturdays and Sundays. She can watch youtube until she's sick of it on weekends XD.
We spent almost the whole year without Ayah. The beginning of the year he was posted in Batam and we only meet every weekend. Then after that until end of the year he is posted in Jakarta and we only meet every two weeks. Sad in a way, but we need to adjust to that kind of life. I still need to go to work and after awhile I got used to it. I got used to doing groceries shopping alone, handle everything myself, and go out with a friend once in a while. So she spent almost all her second year with very few presence of Ayah.
I'm trying to wean her off, sometimes it works, sometimes I just lost patience and do it the fast way (offer the breast). But I guess need to be consistent soon enough. Next year I'm planning to start on her potty training. Bismillah. With or without Ayah, we'll do it. Her speech is still vague, blurred and not articulated yet. We're still trying to work on it but some words she just still couldn't articulate. I guess we just need to be patient and keep on trying.
As she gets bigger, she understands things more, I can reason my way with her. Rather than forcing her to let go of things or take things away I choose to reason it out. It DOES take A LOT of patience. But I find it easier on the long run.
She's a very "clean" person. She doesn't like dirtiness or a mess (which is good). So far she eats almost anything, grows most of her teeth and she's about 83cm tall and weighs 12kg. She has finished all her vaccinations, spent this year with very minimum flu and sickness and grows up healthy. She knows when to give a proper hug and kiss. She's adorable especially when she sleeps. I couldn't wait until she grows up and we can talk about things. But for now, I'm enjoying my part of monologue, cause later on, she'll monopolize the conversation.
My girl has grown so much within 8months! She adores Pocoyo, and I noticed that she's starting to like the Disney Princesses. She loves gadgets. Iphones, laptops are always the perfect remedies for her fussiness. BUT, I don't like it. Once in a while is fine, too much is like gadget overdose. NOT GOOD. So now I'm trying my best to limit her (and my) gadget time. Our gadget days are Saturdays and Sundays. She can watch youtube until she's sick of it on weekends XD.
We spent almost the whole year without Ayah. The beginning of the year he was posted in Batam and we only meet every weekend. Then after that until end of the year he is posted in Jakarta and we only meet every two weeks. Sad in a way, but we need to adjust to that kind of life. I still need to go to work and after awhile I got used to it. I got used to doing groceries shopping alone, handle everything myself, and go out with a friend once in a while. So she spent almost all her second year with very few presence of Ayah.
I'm trying to wean her off, sometimes it works, sometimes I just lost patience and do it the fast way (offer the breast). But I guess need to be consistent soon enough. Next year I'm planning to start on her potty training. Bismillah. With or without Ayah, we'll do it. Her speech is still vague, blurred and not articulated yet. We're still trying to work on it but some words she just still couldn't articulate. I guess we just need to be patient and keep on trying.
As she gets bigger, she understands things more, I can reason my way with her. Rather than forcing her to let go of things or take things away I choose to reason it out. It DOES take A LOT of patience. But I find it easier on the long run.
She's a very "clean" person. She doesn't like dirtiness or a mess (which is good). So far she eats almost anything, grows most of her teeth and she's about 83cm tall and weighs 12kg. She has finished all her vaccinations, spent this year with very minimum flu and sickness and grows up healthy. She knows when to give a proper hug and kiss. She's adorable especially when she sleeps. I couldn't wait until she grows up and we can talk about things. But for now, I'm enjoying my part of monologue, cause later on, she'll monopolize the conversation.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Review: GG Pull Up
Waktu itu beli dari online shop Clodiforbaby. Penasaran pengen coba soalnya si GG ini pull-up. Asha kan udah 13bulan, jadi udah mulai mikirin training pantsnya. Kayanya lumayan jg si GG pull up buat jd training pants. Kan tinggal diporotin aja gitu.
Trial version cuma beli 3 dan lumayan puas!
Advantage:
1. Lapisan outer covernya soft banget, kalo si anak pup gampang bgt dibersihinnya. Tinggal disemprot dan noda2 kuningnya ga nempel.
2. Bahannya empuk dan enak
3. Masalah daya serap aku kurang tau ya, tapi so far sih buat 2-3jam gak bocor. Soalnya emang karena asha agak heavy wetter, jdnya tiap 2-3jam sekali hrs ganti.
4. Insertnya berukuran besar dan panjang. Tp aku jarang pake insert GG buat GG. Soalnya kita mau preserve si insert2 yg msh baru dan mengoptimalisasi yg lama. Kita pny bnyk bgt insert bumwear yg udh sering bgt dipake. Jadinya seringnya sih pake insert lama.
5. Harga standar clodi lokal lah. Rp80,000 an udh sama insert.
Disadvantage:
1. Ukurannya besaaar.. Asha beratnya 10kg dan masih kegedean aja gitu. Secara fitting agak kurang memenuhi syarat "All size".
2. Karena masih kegedean jd pas dipake bagian bawahnya agak menggantung.
3. Dibandingkan disposable pull up yg berkaret di pinggang, ini mungkin agak kedodoran di pinggang karena ga ada "karet"nya. Tp di paha so far sih gak ada masalah.
Kesimpulan:
GG Pull Up ini kayanya paling cocok buat anak2 yang udh 10kg and above dan berpaha montok karena ukurannya emang gede banget. Bisa dipake buat toilet training jg ketika wktnya tiba nanti.
Dari segi cleaning up emang enak banget, tp ini karena msh baru loh. Gatau ntar klo udah lama dipake jadi berbulu dan berkurang daya serapnya apa gak.
Aku paling suka sm clodi lokal itu dari segi "tipisnya" lapisan outer cover jadi ga bikin panas dan ga apek dan sumpek baunya. Dibandingkan sm produk2 impor yg lapisan outer covernya tebel (utk menyerap banyak cairan) kadang malah kalo kelamaan dipake begitu dibuka jadi apek dan sumpek baunya. Mungkin karena tebel jd kepanasan jg.
Overall dari segi harga dan kualitas, bolehlah dicoba.
Trial version cuma beli 3 dan lumayan puas!
Advantage:
1. Lapisan outer covernya soft banget, kalo si anak pup gampang bgt dibersihinnya. Tinggal disemprot dan noda2 kuningnya ga nempel.
2. Bahannya empuk dan enak
3. Masalah daya serap aku kurang tau ya, tapi so far sih buat 2-3jam gak bocor. Soalnya emang karena asha agak heavy wetter, jdnya tiap 2-3jam sekali hrs ganti.
4. Insertnya berukuran besar dan panjang. Tp aku jarang pake insert GG buat GG. Soalnya kita mau preserve si insert2 yg msh baru dan mengoptimalisasi yg lama. Kita pny bnyk bgt insert bumwear yg udh sering bgt dipake. Jadinya seringnya sih pake insert lama.
5. Harga standar clodi lokal lah. Rp80,000 an udh sama insert.
Disadvantage:
1. Ukurannya besaaar.. Asha beratnya 10kg dan masih kegedean aja gitu. Secara fitting agak kurang memenuhi syarat "All size".
2. Karena masih kegedean jd pas dipake bagian bawahnya agak menggantung.
3. Dibandingkan disposable pull up yg berkaret di pinggang, ini mungkin agak kedodoran di pinggang karena ga ada "karet"nya. Tp di paha so far sih gak ada masalah.
Kesimpulan:
GG Pull Up ini kayanya paling cocok buat anak2 yang udh 10kg and above dan berpaha montok karena ukurannya emang gede banget. Bisa dipake buat toilet training jg ketika wktnya tiba nanti.
Dari segi cleaning up emang enak banget, tp ini karena msh baru loh. Gatau ntar klo udah lama dipake jadi berbulu dan berkurang daya serapnya apa gak.
Aku paling suka sm clodi lokal itu dari segi "tipisnya" lapisan outer cover jadi ga bikin panas dan ga apek dan sumpek baunya. Dibandingkan sm produk2 impor yg lapisan outer covernya tebel (utk menyerap banyak cairan) kadang malah kalo kelamaan dipake begitu dibuka jadi apek dan sumpek baunya. Mungkin karena tebel jd kepanasan jg.
Overall dari segi harga dan kualitas, bolehlah dicoba.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
1 year old milestones
Asha is one year alreadyyy yeaayyy!!!
She has grown so much in the past year. I'm so happy to see her growing well.
By this time:
- she has walked steadily
- she can mutter a few words such as "apa tuh?", "siapa", "teteh", "ayah", "meng", "gukguk".
- her bowel movement is getting better.
- she seems to have built up her own appetite so she's starting to be choosy.
- she likes pointing fingers at things she tot was interesting.
- she knows when it's time for me to go to work, then she'll wave "dadah".
- she is still enjoying herself but slowly socializing.
We didn't celebrate it. We bought a cake tho, and we ate it hahaha.
May Allah always protect and guide her wherever she is cause I won't always be around, but Allah will.
We love you with all might that Allah allows us to and we will do the best that we can do to prepare you for life and after life.
Have a great life ahead darling, cos your life has just begun!
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She has grown so much in the past year. I'm so happy to see her growing well.
By this time:
- she has walked steadily
- she can mutter a few words such as "apa tuh?", "siapa", "teteh", "ayah", "meng", "gukguk".
- her bowel movement is getting better.
- she seems to have built up her own appetite so she's starting to be choosy.
- she likes pointing fingers at things she tot was interesting.
- she knows when it's time for me to go to work, then she'll wave "dadah".
- she is still enjoying herself but slowly socializing.
We didn't celebrate it. We bought a cake tho, and we ate it hahaha.
May Allah always protect and guide her wherever she is cause I won't always be around, but Allah will.
We love you with all might that Allah allows us to and we will do the best that we can do to prepare you for life and after life.
Have a great life ahead darling, cos your life has just begun!
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