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Toddlerhood

How Do You Discipline A Toddler?

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As usual, when I’m at my parents’ house and someone is acting up – off he goes to time out… “You have to be more patience…” said my Dad as I sent Lil’ A to time out for the 100th times because he thinks jumping on top of piles of his old clothes that I just neatly folded is so much fun than climbing up the windows railing, which got him several warnings already. “You will have more headache when he’s a teenager…” Dad went on. From the way my Dad was talking I can tell he was 90% teasing me – because he knows Lil’ A can drives me insane for sure. “You used to make us standing in .....

Temporary Separation

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From this: “Stop checking your phone, Mommy!” Lil’ A’s words felt like a punch last night as I lay next to him and replying to some stuffs on Twitter. Guilty as charged, I apologized to him and asked “You don’t like Mommy checking her phone too much?” and he replied “I don’t like it…“ Another guilty pang inside! Two years ago – when I took that picture above – I actually made fun of my family who were already using Blackberry and thought it’s way too complicated for me. Then just last year, my family conspiracy  was to sucked me into their circle of Blackberry user and gifted me one for my birthday. That’s the end of my regular phone .....

Terrible Two, Eat Your Heart Out!

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Just when I thought we had escaped from the forest of the screaming-meltdown-tantrums from hell-phase that everyone calls the sweet Terrible Two… Please don’t let this sweet face fool you!  Yes, he can be as sweet as honey when he wants to! But lately I wonder where did that sweetness hide? It have to be his way or the high way! He talks back – already! Told me to stop talking *triple gasps!* Criticizing my Mommy skill by saying “Not like that Mommy!” or “No…this way, Mommy!” The boy stripped himself naked every chance he got! Pushing every ounce of patience this Mommy already lack off. The screams – oh the screams the piercing painful screams had returned from the .....

The Wiggles Concert

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The main reason for our weekend getaway was actually The Wiggles! Too bad I found out about their concert in Singapore a tad too late and all the front row seats were sold out! Gasp! I did got us some tickets – not the best seats available – but I was excited for Lil’ A anyway. The Wiggles concert in Singapore was scheduled for Saturday (June 5th, 2010)  – Sunday (June 6th, 2010) with 2 shows on Saturday. My brother, Reggy was kind enough to go with us since DH was stuck with work in Jakarta and couldn’t make it. By the time we got to the venue, Singapore Indoor Stadium, it was slightly raining but that doesn’t stop all .....

Bye Bye Phone

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One of the scary perk of living in an apartment is the height! I kid you not we’re on the 30th floor… On Sunday, while I was away DH got to spent some bonding time with Lil’ A. Little that we know their times together will involved, security, cell phone and a balcony! Yeah, DH was playing with Lil’ A in his toy room when his cell phone rang. He left Lil’ A to answer the call from work and didn’t realize that someone already sneaked out of the room. Couple of minutes later DH started to get suspicious because Lil’ A was mighty quiet! He went to the toy room…the little monkey wasn’t there anymore. He found him in .....

Dancing In The Rain

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In between playing around with a new design for Tatter Scoops and juggling everyday life, thought I’d post some pictures of my umbrella boy. Oh the joy of playing in the rain!

Formula vs Fresh Milk

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One of the things I noticed on local TV in Indonesia is the ferocity of formula commercials – specifically the toddler formula – not the baby kinds. While I was waiting to renew passport last week – out of boredom – I counted these commercials being aired on TV. 10 different formula commercials within an hour of a morning show. Shocking! Not only on TV, parents are being constantly bombarded with formulas through magazines & newspaper ads also at the supermarkets. I’m not talking just formula for babies but mainly for toddlers. This may have been a ‘normal’ practice in Indonesia for years on end now but I just never notice it before I became a mom. Whenever I went .....

When Memories Gate Open

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As usual Lil’ A and I had our little chat before bedtime, snuggling in bed, suddenly he mentioned his Grandpa and asked where he is. “Grandpa is with Grandma in Florida, remember?” I answered. Silent for a minute then as if a light bulb just switched in his mind he said “Yes, with Mimi!” (Mimi is DH’s grandmother). I asked if if he remember our long flight to Florida from Jakarta in November 2008, just him and his Mommy boarded the world’s biggest aircraft. He couldn’t remember it, granted, he was only less than 2 years old back then (23 months actually!). Then out of the blue he said something that brought me to tears “A plays piano with Grandma!” .....

Winter Baby No More!

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Puzzled! Yes, that’s how I feel lately…you see, Lil’ A was a winter baby. Born 5 weeks early on December 7, 2006. He was a hardcore winter baby meaning the cold weather never used to bother him! When we were in China, living in an apartment that doesn’t have a central heating system and winter time was pretty mean he would still be a-okay-wondering around inside with just a shirt while his Mommy bundled up with thick sweater and socks. Well not anymore! Lately he will tell me he’s cold even just riding in a car with the Air Con fully blasting. Could it be he had adjusted to the icky-hot-humid-weather of Indonesia that drives his Mommy nuts? Btw, this .....

Chasing Away Bad Dreams

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So last night while lying in bed with Lil’ A he said something that totally blew me away (oh and he have said a lot of things that blew me away lately!) “Mommy, A had a bad dream last night!” this coming from my 3 years old mouth and it stunned me not only that he said it in a full sentence but then he was able to describe the dream “A was in a train and the train sinking, Mommy”. Okay, maybe he had watched too many Polar Express and yes, he is train-crazed but had moved on from Thomas to just everyday trains (and planes!) and there was a scene where the train almost sinks in a frozen .....

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