At the Cross Road

I was feeling pretty low these few weeks. In results of that, my milk supply drop dramatically. Andrea can no longer have breast milk till 10 months. She is on formula + breast milk now. By next week she will be fully on formula milk.

Life is full of sorrows and uncertainty. I have no idea how to throw these negative feelings out of my mind. I have tried chanting and it does helped to relieve me but it still hit on me really badly on and off. Life and work ... I hope that i can get what i want .. Shed some light pls...

White Sprout!

Yes! Andrea started Teething! Finally at 8 months 2 weeks we are able to see the white sprout! Hubby was very excited and kept letting Andrea to bite his finger. Thank God she was not too cranky at night.

She learnt to climb up the stairs at 8 months 3 weeks. 4- 5 times a day, her grandmother was complaining how she got those strength! Andrea do not know how to walk on her own yet. Still anticipating...

Today Andrea is at 9 month 1 day. This morning was very cranky, until i chant nam myo ho ren ge kyo only she can fall asleep peacefully at 10.30am. Hopefully she will feel alright when she wakes up later. Andrea is very heavy now, i barely can carry her for more than 15 min, my hands are numb! But it's a good milestone :)

Toys Toys Toys!

Hubby and I have been buying alot of Toys for Andrea recently. Andrea does not have many toys last time because I don't think she knows how to play it yet. When she hit 8 months, we have bought 5 new Fisher Price toys from Isetan, Jusco & Toys R Us. The good thing is, it's all sale item except for the stride to ride walker from Toys R Us. I don't recommend to buy toys from Toys R Us as their price is steep and often no discount.

Andrea loves her toys & begining to learn Shapes, ABC and follow moving objects! We live in two houses, Weekday at my mum place and Weekends at my own place. Hence, she plays different toys on weekday & Weekend. I'm Glad that i do not have to work on weekends, I play with her and she enjoys the musical Chair, moving train carrying animals and reading.

NURY INSTITUTE

I've attended a 2 day course with hubby last weekend. It was very tiring because it was a full day course, from 9am - 6pm. Basically i feel that i did not have time to rest at all for the weekend and makes me feel demotivated to go to work on the following monday! However, i am glad that i did attend the course because it brings so much insight on how to bring up a child & have an in-depth understanding of child development.

NURY was introduced by a malay ex-colleague, her sister attended this course because her son had a brain injury. NURY institute mainly deal with brain injured child, in our class 80% of the parents had a special kid. My mum also had attended Dato' Dr. Noor Laily class 20 years ago when she was with DBKL for free. My mum encouraged me to go because she finds it very useful because the method works on my youngest sister.

Dato' Dr. Noor Laily uses Glenn Doman's method for child reading development & also his research/ studies for a child's milestone development. Besides, Dr. also talked about children's exercise and food. I would really recommend new parents to attend so that they could prepare and give the best to their child! An intelligent child can be trained & i believe with the knowledge we have, we are able to help our children to excel in studies without any difficulties.

Andrea is signing!

I attended baby sign when andrea is 4 months. My mum and I attended it together & the session was FUN! The instructor thought us everything that we should know. The course comes with a book & DVD (introduction). I bought another 6 series of DVD after 1 week of the course because I think by watching DVD, Andrea could learn faster! Jamie is a certified Baby Sign instructor, she brings this program all the way from the US!

I came to know about baby sign when Andrea was 2 months old. Coincidently the baby sign language booth was there for the week & i've got to know it when i brought andrea for her monthly checkup at DSH. I wasn't too keen back then because i have not heard of anyone attended this course. Later when andrea is about 4 months, a friend of mine mentioned that her daughter is signing, and she mentioned about the advantages of baby sign. Therefore, it encourages me to attend.

Andrea signs at 8 months 2 days! I was so excited to see her sign 'MILK'. It was very fascinating watching her sign & I keep on asking her to sign until she do not want to sign to me anymore after 2 days. Now, after 2 weeks, she sign 'MILK' occasionally when i ask her or when she is drinking milk. At this point of time, 8 months 2 weeks, she can do 'HURRAY' last 3 days! I am anticipating to see more in the next few weeks.