Simply Cheerful

I have just recover from my flu and is sleeping very well yesterday night since 8.45pm till this morning 8.am without much crying at night, so that its why I look extremely cheerful today.


Just to update all of you......


Sean has not been sleeping well for quite sometime, constantly waking up in the middle of the night crying. Keep telling me he is scare, so i have to pat his chest, in order to soothe him and make him fall asleep again, but this doesn't last for too long as he will starts to cry again after awhile. Not sure if it is too cold for him, but i did cover him with blanket which he will than make a fuss and kick his blanket away because he didnt like it.. So i got no choice but to leave the heater on for him and wear thicker clothing. He keeps on wanting us carry/hug him to sleep maybe because he feel more secure this way. But for us, this is not a solution, Jerry needs to work and I have to look after him whole day so we both need to have enough rest as well.

We were just thinking of the possible reasons that makes him cry at night.
1)master bedroom too cold since he doesn't want blanket and yet he doesnt know how to express it so only way is to cry.

OR
2)He just simply not suitable to sleep there, as sometimes some ppl may crash with certain elements in the room (not sure if we are being superstiuous, but better be safe than sorry)

So we decided to give it a try and change our room to the guest room which is abit smaller but warmer there because it is at the back of the house where we don't have direct wind coming in through the window.

Apparently it works, he sleeps better now, even though at times he still wakes up and make a little fuss, but I would say there is a drastic improvement. Even I myself also starts to like that room because is not as cold comparing to the master bedroom which is facing the wind direction, whereby slight wind can still slip through even with the window close.

I am also wondering, if he is still not adapting to the lifestyle here, because even for myself I am still fighting the battle to live in this place. For him, it may be worst since he has never go anywhere to stay for a long period other than his Marine Parade house. Everything is just too new to him, the weather,........ ,why is it cold everyday and why do I have to wear so many layers of clothes, putting him in a childcare...the teachers and kids just look very alien to him and he is being left there for such a long hour and even the food he is eating here also different......

For his childcare updates, I do notice a slight improvement in him. He cried lessor compare to the very first few visits. Still cry though but now there are times that he actually stops crying for like few hours to play. But he doesnt really likes to go there, maybe because he is still not very comfortable to the teachers and kids there. Everytime when i bring him there, he will start to whine a little then he knows that I am going to leave him there, he will stick to me very closely. The moment i told him I am going off he will starts to cryvery loud and wants to leave with me. I think this should be normal since i ever read about other mum's blog that they are facing this problem for the initial stage. Sean just need a bit of time to adapt to this childcare environment and let him understand that this is just part of his daily routine.

As mentioned before he can talk more now, some words that he can say although not very accurate eg : hold hand, hold tight tight,fall down, abit more,pain pain, buy apple 1 mummy, 1 sean, 1 daddy (he is trying to say buy apples 1 for mummy, 1 for Sean and 1 for daddy) drop how? he likes to ask the question HOW? because we always tell him things like "Don't leave your toys everywhere on the floor, cause you may step on it and fall down HOW?" or sometimes we will say if you want to "she she", you must tell mummy if not you wet your pants HOW? So he just like to repeat what we say, and even without us saying the usual words he will say it out himself...Wet pants HOW? Fall down blood blod HOW?

He is a very playful and cheeky boy and because he is so playful at times it makes it quite difficult to teach him. At times when you are scolding him, he just ignore you and start running and jumping around, so I got n choice but to bring my canne out then only he will stand straight and listen to you. I don't know why, but recently i notice he likes to push people or use the hand to beat other kids or even attempt to snatch other kids' food eg ice cream, cold drinks. Is this normal part of their growing stage? He just makes me feel very embarrase. For those who do not know may even think that I never like him eat. I admit i seldom let him eat all these junk food, but thats because i do not want him to starts coughing again as he is always very prompt to coughing. SO i am also confuse, should i let him eat more of these "forbidden food", so that he knows he always will gets to eat it and will not behave like so "Yau Kwee" everytime