Benjamin - Feb

Benjamin can flip over in less than a second when we put him down. This is a great milestone, at least when doc musa ask me next week i can proudly tell him that, yes... ben can flip over already :)

Ben now at 3 months+, when andrea was at 3 months+ i also had a job offer. This time i dunno which company as the head hunter said cannot reveal yet, tomorrow i will be meeting her. I hope it will be a good one, like what i had back in 2007-35% increment! lol... anyway, if i ever get that i dun think i can leave IBM due the flexibility. How sad to be stuck with such low pay in IBM. 

Anyway, my life still have not back to normal because i sent my new maid back to agency. The new maid is not up to our standard, so too bad.... she has to get kicked out from our house. Currently me and my mum work like a mad dog for the house, i think my mum work more than me, poor mum... right now i work at the office in the morning & will work from home in the afternoon to help mum to take care of ben/andrea. Andrea still going to school, mum will take care of ben in the morning.

Ben does not drink much ... still 1-2 oz every 2hrs. I dunno if this is normal, i need to check with the doc. Last visit doc said baby knows how much they want to take, don't worry. But i think it's very little now, cos he is nearly 4 months. Mum doesn't let me to latch ben on during the day, poor ben keep on crying.. i think he knows im home but cannot latch on. He cries when he is hungry (but only drink 1 oz) & cries when he wants to sleep. So sad to see him sad....

Tweedle Wink

I've enrolled ben to tweedle wink before CNY, today is his 1st lesson.

What i understand is that this owner was a translator for Shichida, hence she adopt some of shichida's method and add on some of her own Montessori system. Overall the class concept is 90% similar to shichida's concept. The class has no tables and chairs, only cushions on the floor, i think they want to make it a more relaxing place for the kids. I think this is the difference for the westerners. To me, i would prefer to have tables and chairs for training the kids right brain. At least let the kids know, it's time to be serious. hhahaa... well different ppl has different preference. 

What i like about tweedle wink is that, some products like alpha wave cd and tuning fork it is not available in shichida. There is a big world map in the class that i like it too. What i dislike? They do not have a baby class, the class is from age 0-3. I will stop this once i've gotten a place in shichida, well im still on the waiting list, it has 50+ppl on the queue! How crazy!

Ben was very good today, he did not fuss much & i can see that he is enjoying the class. 

CNY Preparation

I have now moved into my mum house, hence not much preparation needed. The only thing i have to do is to make sure everyone has at least one piece of new clothes. Hubby & I have been searching for the kids clothes 2 weeks ago however cannot find any nice one, cos we wanted red.

Today Hubby & ben finally got their red clothes.
Myself - one red top from polo
Hubby - one red shirt from Tommy
Andrea - one red dress from Chateu
Ben - one red suit (1-piece suit) from Gap

We buy clothes all year round, hence I'm OK with just 1 piece of new shirt for CNY :)

Andrea loves CNY songs, she can sing a few .. one from school & a few from Astro CNY DVD. Benjamin as usual very smiley now, but still cannot flip over.. i wonder when it will happen. We have been playing the Alpha Wave CD for 4 days now, i think it's good for relaxing, as andrea doesn't wake up more than 1 time at night and ben can sleep for 7 hours straight! :s Ben has not been drinking alot, so i dunno sleep 7 hours straight is good or bad. Hubby has been very helpful since moved in to my mum place & knows how to comfort me when i'm so stressed over my new maid. I'm grateful. Overall I love New Year!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Happy Chinese New Year

Despite all the unhappy post lately, i would like to welcome the year of tiger with a Happy smile.

New Maid

New Beginning is not always good. My old maid has left last Sunday & new maid kicked in last Sunday too.

I was an independent person last time, although i had maid when i was young, mum always make us do our own things, including sweeping & mopping too. Hence, before i had my 1st maid, i did everything myself and even when she is here, i do some of the things like make my bed, wash my toilet & sweep the floor. After good 2.5 years i think i cannot cope with house chores anymore. I must admit that my old maid is very hardworking and will not even a sec that you see she is relaxing, yes even after the 2 year contract. I dunno since when I have completely let go of this task & also including Andrea's stuff, EVERYTHING (eating, bedsheets, clothes, etc) i dunno where are they and how & when it was being changed or washed. I'm completely lost.... last 2.5 years? i was enjoying life, only playing, reading & teaching andrea. I don't have to worry about a single thing at home!

I was stunt & was very confuse of what to do when old maid left. I need to teach the new one, but i dunno where to start. boy is crying, girl is fussing, i was really exhausted. I have to slowly pick up andrea's & ben's routine & start taking charge of my life again. It was really really hard and i was super stressful yesterday. Now, if i go bankrupt & have no one to help me, i think i would rather die than going thru this again. My new maid is extremely slow. I know i'm comparing the old & new again.. i should stop! Maybe she is not extremely slow, maybe alittle bit slower than my old maid. The good thing is she did not show me black face after 1 week.