With Ami Issa

Wondrous Loving

My own Erykah Bedouin

Of one of the best things

One of the best things about being at home and with the kids is I get the chance to see them do what they normally do when I am away at work. I get to see how they play, what are their favourite toys: cars for the both of them! O_0 My MIL will so disapprove! A girl playing with cars? The blasphemy! REFB (Rolling eye far back! You will see more of these in future posts!)


I get to see what are the antics they get up to. The boy is obsessed with body lotion. Every chance, scratch or itch he has, he would run for his Johnson's baby lotion and lather himself with it. "Hmm.. wangiiii..." he would say.


The girl is into talcum powder. If you did not close the cover back properly, she will reach for it and give a generous sprinkling of powder all over herself. Cinnamon melts with icing powder. Nak mintak kena gigit!


Staying at home also means we get to lepak and chill and take plenty of pictures. I miss doing that for the longest time ever! Now every single cute thing they do, I would yell out and tell them to 'pause' and run off to get my phone/camera and snap the picture.

Googly Bear

Parenting tip for today; always involve your kids, as young as toddlers when doing household chores. Let them help up with the vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, etc. Several places sell brooms, dustpans and mops for children. Never say no when they offer to help. Make doing chores fun/playtime for all. Sure, the place wont be spick and span as you may like it (OCD on cleanliness Moms, you gotta trust me on this!) but the remunerations are far more worth it.

You instil the habit of cleaning for the family at a young age. The child will grow up thinking this is how all family are. They work and clean together. The child will also be developing his psycho-motor skills, hand-eye coordinator, operating basic cleaning tools such as brooms and vacuums. Sure it might be messy the first few times but after that, you have your own personal cleaning elf! After this, household chores will be a breeze and fun. I even throw in background music for us to groove to while cleaning. Sergio Mendes FTW!

Just a short note: Please be present when child is cleaning and always supervise the kid. Never leave the child unattended especially around wet and slippery mopped floors or around the vacuum cleaner.

Peace!

Annisa + Abdullah 23/11/10

4 Years, 7 Months

Today, my daughter turns 7 months while my son will turn 4 in 7 days. How time really flies!

I am happy that they are growing up fast and healthy. When they get too handful, I wish they are still inside my tummy! When they get too boisterous, I wish they were at the helpless infant stage where they would fall asleep immediately right after a good milk feeding.

If only its that easy to put them to sleep now.. especially for their afternoon naps! >_<

Here's to more months and years to come, babies...

Whether time flies or crawl... Me, Baba and the two of you.