Shichida kindergarten.

It's marketed as a "mini university". hmm... perhaps.
I would say they are more settled than the first few weeks. The teachers know what to do now.
Aloysius still loves to attend school. He only has 5 other classmates. It is small, but is good for him. I hope this small group will last longer. hahaha... So take your time to search around ok? Don't join SK so soon :p The teachers in the nursery classes and K1 classes also know the kids in the Pre-N class. There's a close bonding between the kids and teachers. Aloysius now know how to remove and wear his shoes on his own. He feeds himself in school. I know these are nothing fantastic to talk about. He knows all his teachers. Some of his classmates were toilet trained by the teachers. They get to play with all the IQ genius, noddy fun book, etc from the Tensai shop everyday. I was thinking even if I buy all those games from Tensai, I might not have the time to play togather with Aloysius. I am glad that the playing and teaching of those IQ games were outsourced to his teachers :) kekeke... Oh yes, I had a taste of doing homework with him last weekend! It takes a lot of discipline for mommy here to get the homework done.
Two days ago, I asked his Shichida method teacher in the kindergarten about his progress. I was told to let him play more playdoh and expose him more to writing. This is something that I will start working on. I gotta strengthen his fingers. hmm... I remember from Glen Doman books, brachiation is good for writing too. Since mommy here haven't been very successful in brachiation, I gotta find some other ways. Any suggestion? His language is fine though.
Ok, I think I better stop here. I am not in the mood to write... No deep feelings to write about... :) I better go and prepare the flashcards for tomorrow. Good night...

Charlene is a toddler!

At ten and a half months, Charlene finally got the courage to walk on her own. She has been walking for 2-3 steps for a while already, and today she walked many steps. She's now a toddler!

My mistake.

I made a terrible mistake by giving Charlene a suppository for fever in desperation :( We spent part of our CNY in KKH. I had a few sleepless nights. The medication worked too well for her till her fever became hypothermia. It's really my fault for not checking out more about the medication and not thinking more before giving it to her. Her temperature went down to 34.5degC. Her cries were weak. She was sweating throughout the journey back, and her whole body was cold. She refused to drink water and was sleeping all the time. At that time, we were in Muar visiting relatives. We rushed back and went straight to KKH emergency, and ended up spending 3 days in the hospital. Luckily, there's no traffic jam at the causeway. It was not a pleasant experience for sure. It hurt me to see her being poked for blood test and intravenous drip. The houseman did not get the intravenous drip right the first time. Charlene cried weakly with tears, and I could not do anything to help her. Then her urine gotta be drawn for testing to see if it's UTI. Anyway, she was given anti-biotics for both lung and urine infection, even before the tests results were out. I find it not so logical having to stay in the hospital just to wait for the tests results, and the report will take a long 48 hours. She was uncomfortable with the drips on her foot. She kicked and rubbed her feet. The drip came off with lots of blood everywhere the bed :( Luckily, the intravenous anti-biotics could be switched to oral ones. That saved her another round of pain.

Mommy here gotta be able to withstand the stress from people around us in times when the kids are not well, and stay calm to be able to think properly.

From this incident, I can see that Aloysius and Bernice are understanding and can be quite independent without mommy. While I stayed in the hospital all the time with Charlene, Bernice and Aloysius were taken care of by my mum and maid. Both daddy and mommy spent a few nights in the hospital togather with Charlene. I am glad that they are very understanding children. They slept when tired and played when awake. Everyday, I will spend some time with Aloysius and Bernice, though it's short. But they were happy kids for the rest of the day.