Friday, May 19, 2006

Strict Mummy!

Dear Baby,

It's 5.15am. I get to sleep about one hour. The weather is too warm. With the air con and the fan on it doesn't help at all. While trying hard to sleep again, I remembered about a few people offering to take care of you as long as I paid them.

I don't think that will ever happen. I will not let anybody take care of you except a good childcare centre. Childcare centres teachers are well trained. I will definitely choose a good place for you. My criteria include hygiene, manners, communication skills, safety of the centre, the influences of the centre and other things.

One of daddy's relative offered to take care of you so that she can stop working and be a housewife. She got two kids on her own. I don't like the idea. I did not reply to her suggestions. I understand that different family have different family values and expectations. The reason I don't want the relative to take care of you because I don't want to blame her if you have pick up a bad habit or attitude. If you pick up a bad habit or attitude and I'm the one who take care of you full time, I will blame myself if your wrong doing is because of my disciplining skills or even parenting skills.

At the same time, I also do not want to take care of other people's children. I don't want them to blame me if anything goes wrong and I want to concentrate on you alone. The first seven years of your life is very important. This is when I input you with good habits, character and discipline. I don't want any outside influences to affect your up bringing. I admit that I may not be the best mother in the world. There will be a few things I am lacking of but at least I am satisfied with my own way of bringing you up. The character, personality and attitude you going to have maybe from me or your daddy.

I am a strict person by nature. Your bedok cousins and my students know about mummy being a strict person. I can be nice person that anybody can crack a joke with. But when it comes to discipline, character, personality and attitude I am very strict about it. For example, if I call you and you did not answer me immediately, I'll get angry. By doing that I will feel you are not being attentive.

I might give you 3 chances if you make a mistake. After the 3rd chance you will have to face the music. When I say I am going to punish someone, I will really do it. I will not just say it to scare you. I don't do that. Even if you cry, I won't be lenient. One of your cousin like to cry whenever I said no to her. She always use this trick to her mother too. I let her cry. I let her sulk. I give her sometime to show tantrum. Within one hour I will talk to her and explain to her about my act. I will talk some senses to her. Eventually she understand and everything is fine. Most of the time when they are naughty, I will just look at them with a firm face and immediately they know that they did something wrong. All of them will tell each other to behave well. Of course there are occasions where they are just stubborn. I will be firm and talk to them, sometimes I do raise my voice, and eventually they will understand my act too.

I think by now you should know my style. I guess you will be about 11 to 12 years old when you read this. Your daddy is strict too. I've seen him scold his nephews. I don't know who is more strict me or daddy. It is all up to you to decide. By now you might know who are more particular about certain things.

I just want you to know even if I turn out to be the Lion Queen, I will always love you with all my heart.

-Mummy_

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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Cravings

Hi darling,

Mummy have been craving since yesterday. Whatever people eat.. I want to eat it too. Yesterday I watched Nanny eating ice cream from a certain kind of tall glass. I want ice cream in the tall glass too. So today mummy persuade daddy to go to Swensen's to eat ice cream. I know that Swensen's have that tall glass too. When daddy placed order, he asked if the ice cream is in that kind on glass. The waitress was surprised with the question. And she said yes. I felt so embarrassed. Maybe she thinks that I am weird. Anyway it was nice eating the ice cream. Feel so content. Daddy always laugh at me. He said I am naturally funny in my own way. I usually don't realized when I did something funny or out of this world...

hmmmm....

Love
Mummy

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Oh my dear husband...

Dear Baby,

How are you feeling today? Am glad you are kicking around my belly button area. I hope you are not breech anymore. Today mummy felt like eating Indian food. When daddy reached home we decided not to go out and would like Komala villas to send some food to our house. I ordered some food and they're supposed to send it to us by 6.30pm. At about 6.38pm the staff called us saying that there will be a delay. They can only send it to us by 7.30pm. We were very hungry. I skipped my breakfast and lunch because I got not appetite to eat. I was very hungry by then. Daddy got angry and insist on cancelling the order. We decided to go out and eat at Causeway Point instead.

After dinner, we went to Metro to buy for daddy a helicopter toy. Daddy been wanting a helicopter or a plane toy for months. Last weekend we bought for your counsin a plane toy for his birthday gift. I knew daddy bought it so that he can play it too. After trying to play the plane, he told me he prefers the helicopter. Actually I wanted to buy for him some shirts for our wedding annivesary on 21st June 2006. But seems like he wants the helicopter toy so much. At Metro the helicopter was sold out. We went to search for it at Kiddy Palace. Alhamdulillah we can find a set there. Daddy look very happy but feel shy to ask me to buy it for him as a gift. I asked him to choose the best set and I paid for it. I told him to play the helicopter on 21st June. I told him to wait. But really wait long long hahahahaha When we reached home daddy hugged me from the back and plead me to let him play. I can't stop laughing and smiled without saying yes. He immediately open the box and charged the helicopter. While I'm typing this blog daddy is playing with his helicopter in the living room. It is a bit too play it at the nearby park. Now is 11.33pm.

After we bought the helicopter we went to John Little to buy for some clothes for you. The clothes will be for you to wear it to go home from hospital. It was really cute. I love it. Below are some pictures of daddy with his new helicopter.

Love you and daddy
Mummy

Daddy with a very happy smile.
The Helicopter

Your Sesame Street Collection.
I really love this mitten. It's very cute.

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Monday, May 15, 2006

A fine day

Hi Darling,

Daddy woke up about 1.30pm, we quickly dressed up to go to a few places. Daddy just came back from night shift. He manage to sleep for about 5 hours. At about 3pm we arrived at daddy's friend place for a birthday celebration for a one year old girl. Daddy had fun meeting his friends. They talked about the army days (daddy always talk about army days with the group) and teasing each other. Mummy had fun laughing too.

At about 5pm we left for your grandparents place. Everybody was there except for 2 of your uncles. They were working. We gave your grandparents a pair of guess watch. They love it. Both of them looked very happy. At that moment I realized that your grandfather loves to collect watches. He showed to use some of his collections. We bought for your cousin, Fan, an aeroplane. Instead of the children played with it, the male adults rushed to assemble it and try it out at the nearby park.

Our last activity is to go for belated birthday dinner with your uncles and their girlfriends. We ate at Lau Pa Sat at about 9pm. The seafood, satay and honey chicked was very nice but as usual it was uncomfortable for me to eat as you kept on kicking. We end our dinner at about 10.30pm.

Everybody around us kept on asking what we want for you. They want to buy for you a gift to welcome you in this world. We do have a list of things we need to get for you but we are to shy to give suggestions to people who want to buy it for us. So we just kept quiet and smiled.

So that's it for today. I'm glad you kept on kicking as you have been quiet for two days.

Love you
Mummy

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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Busy busy long weekend

Dear baby,

This week is supposed to be daddy's long weekend. He planned to have a good rest. But instead daddy not fated to have a good rest at home. Tonight daddy go to work overtime for night shift. Friday was daddy's rest day and coincidentally it was Vesak public holiday.

On Friday we went out with your Bedok cousins. We went to Katong Mall to play games. After that we went to Forum to check out baby stuff in sale. I did not buy anything because the price is still more expensive than other places. We headed to Toys r Us. Your cousins watched a magic trick. Syaza decided to buy the Aladdin magic set. From Forum daddy drive us to Funan ctr for dinner. We ate at KFC.Pizza hut and taco bell restaurant. After dinner and short drive, we send your cousins home to have a good rest.

Today we went to Mt Alvernia hospital for a tour. We almost missed it because mummy and daddy too tired. Mummy only slept for 2 hours. But I determine to have a tour and I persuade daddy to wake up and get ready. We were 10mins late. Everybody was waiting for us to start the tour. I love the rooms. It was spacious and clean. We visited the labour ward. It was clean and there is a very comfortable arm chair for daddy to rest. After the tour was over, daddy agreed to let me deliver you at Mt Alvernia. But I still want to discuss about this with my gyne. I think he knows best what is suitable for me.

We went to Causeway point to buy birthday gifts for your cousin, daddy's friend kid, grandfather and a mother's day gift for your grandmother. Daddy said he feels like santa claus hehehehe. Tomorrow is a long day for us. After daddy came back from working night shift, he will sleep for about 4-5hours. When Daddy wakes up we got to rush to his friend's daughter first birthday and after that go to your grandparents place to celebrate your cousin and grandfather birthday and also mother's day. Later in the evening we will be going with one of your uncle to have a birthday dinner.

We will be bloated and tired. I hope I can survive. Tomorrow we will be spending time with daddy's friend and family. We borrowed my sister's car to move around since we have to go a few places in one day. I'll catch up with you later my boy. Take care.

Love
Mummy

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