Jared my 5.5yr is definitely throttling along with one milestone after another. Recently I brought him and his 2.5yr brother for their annual dental checkup. And dentist was very pleased with the development of his milk teeth and also pointed out a few appearances of his permanent teeth. Yes, PERMANENT TEETHâŚ.ArghhhhâŚ.he is growing up too quick! Too quick!
We have actually started to notice that his little rice grains teeth have shifted positions before our visit to the dentist and noted that a few little ones were shaky. Dentist affirmed that it is the normal procedures of permanent teeth coming through and instructed that if these shaky little rice grains are still persistent and stubborn till the end of the following month we are to make another trip to the dentist for some human intervention J
This morning my little man got out of bed his usual time, into his routine of getting ready and changing into his uniform for school; Together with his little side kick brother they were both standing on their respective stools in the bathroom sink brushing their teeth together. First gulp of water to rinse his mouth a little âtickâ was heard as he spat outâŚ.
Jared: Oh? What was that?
Jayden: OhâŚwhat was that? (mimicking his older bro as always)
Mummy: Oh OâŚis that your shaky tooth?
Jared: NahâŚ.its just waterâŚ.right?
Mummy: Are you sure? Water doesnât make that little thud sound. Open your mouth and let me see?
Jared: *Opening wide and there we see a little hole with tiny pool of blood oozing out
I have to say I had a sudden sense of relief to see that he is experience the magical moments of getting his permanent teeth naturally. How cute.
Daddy posted an entry on Jayden just before he turns two and so here is an update from Mummy on what new milestones we have for little Jayden since then…..? He is still going through a mild case of terrible twos but compared to a couple of months ago, I have to say we have seen big improvements. We havenât seen the act of throwing himself onto the floor much nor the super loud screaming sessions which nothing would appease him either. He is still has his moments though where he pushes our boundaries and bullying his big brother but we get by alright. Read the rest of this entry »
 
With my first born turning 5 this August, this alone warrants a celebration! We threw him a little birthday do with his good friends. This also means my little baby is starting school! Eeekkksss!!!! It is a lot harder for me than for him to digest this fact I think. Whatever happened to my little boy who I used to chase after to change his diapers, those pitter-patter sound of his little feet coming into my room in the middle of the night sneaking in between me and his daddy insisting to cuddle up and sleeping with us? After a total of 6 school visits he was all eager and keen to finally get his turn to âgo school for realâ he said.
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Took the day off work on Monday, needed to get quite a few things done with Jared. He came home last week with spots all over his limbs and we first thought it was probably bites from sand fly from the sandpit at his creche. Following on the next few days he came home with even more ‘bite’ spots. So after being away from the daycare for 2 days we spotted a few new ones. Eeks! Hubby and I started debating if its the worrying C-pox! Double Eeks! Now poor old mummy has yet to get the C-Pox (everytime she says or hears the word she gets the itch) so she got herself vaccinated (I like writing about myself as a 3rd person :p) . And when she followed on got both of her boys vaccinated as well at their earliest possible age.
So we were wondering if he could have had a mild case of C-pox and not wanting to bet on the chances we thought a visit to the doctors was inevitable. The doc gave us a few possible diagnosis….seeing that he wasn’t feeling unwell, she basically said…”it is either C-pox, hand, foot and mouth disease, bug bites or scabies” SCABIES!!?? We have no pets didn’t go near any but was assured by the doc that it doesn’t need to be near the vicinity of pets/animals to get scabies. And out of the possibilities the one that definitely required treatment is the latter. And its a simple treatment of applying a lotion all over from neck down and leave it on for 24hours before washing it off and there is no harm in scabies treatment even if its is not.
Anyway….the point of this post wasn’t just about spots….but more the little episode at the clinic around the waiting area. Jared and I were early so we sat around waiting for our turns. I grabbed the nearest National Geographic mag as opposed to the normal celebrity gossip while waiting. Thats when I had this bright idea of ‘educating’ my 4+ son!
Came across an article on amphibians and a nice little illustration on the life cycle of frogs.
Me: Hey Jared, this is a baby frog….it looks like a fish doesn’t it?
Jared (not interested with what I have shown him): Yeah I know, its called a tadpole Mum.
Me: Oh? You know this?
Jared: And see this tail (pointing at the pix), it will grow shorter as it grows and finally gone and into an adult frog.
[I feel rather dumb I must say but not giving up and turning into a page of variety of these slimy creatures]
Me: Now look at this frog, Jared…its much bigger and all bumpy!
Jared: Thats not a frog, its a toad.
[Oh dear me...I so underestimated my kid. Felt kind of dumb]
Turning over the pages there was this article on underwater creatures and this particular picture got my attention.
Me: Hey Jared, look at this picture here…its so colourful and pretty. Looks like flowers under the oceans right?
Jared: Its anemones Mum. They live in the sea bed of the ocean.
[I was completely blown away and speechless...and eventually just smiled and proud of my little boy]
We did heaps for the rest of the day, we went to the dentist for his annual check and gotten a good thumbs up and he was rewarded with Ben 10 stickers. And the other biggie was we went and got him enrolled into the school that we are zoned to for he is starting school 4 months time. Scary thought but time really flies…my little boy is going to start school soon! Eeks!
I havenât been posting about Jayden since he was 5mo and we just celebrated his 1st birthday! (Bad mummy!) I have been using facebook (FB) more these days and posting photos in multiple websites (ofoto, Live space, multiply, Snapfish etc) for his updates (thatâs my excuses this time). So I thought I better write up a post on his development for those who only check this site of mine. I have been harassed by my non FB friends for not updating much on my second boy.
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Jared has been counting down on for his fourth birthday for weeks now. He has been attending quite a few 5th birthdays of his friends from the crèche and canât wait to have his birthday and be one of the âolderâ boys too. Being nearly four he surely asks lots and lots of questions. I got caught out so many times with his questions
One morning going into work/crèche: Mummy, you said cars eat petrol right? So what do car poo-poo?
One lazy weekend: I come from your tummy but who puts it there?
Mummy, if I am older than Jayden why is he having his birthday first? Can I have my birthday before him?
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Huh? To some people that would be their first reaction when they read the title but to some others (especially mummies who are nursing their bubs) will know straightaway that I am talking about brands associated to breastfeeding.
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I finally ran out of excuses and brought both the boys to their first visit to the dentist….want to know how it went?? Read on.
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Jayden turned 5mo and over here in NZ it comes with another milestone with the Plunket check. Baby Jayden like all other babies has so many little milestones so I thought I should start recording them here even though we have so many photos and little video clips taken of him as well.
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Out of the blue our 3yr came to us one weekend in late September and declared that he is now a big boy and a kor kor (big brother) and he wants to pee in the toilet and start wearing underpants! I canât explain what brought it on but I am not complaining. I have tried toilet training him since last summer (Dec 06 and he was 2yr 4mo then) but after our overseas trip he decided that he wants to continue wearing diapers and refused to sit on the toilet seat. So as the weather started to turn cold again I stopped the mission and thought I will to let him decide when he is ready. Plus I was always feeling tired being preggy with my second child then. With the baby approaching in the winter season and Jared starting at the new crèche (for bigger kids) I didnât want to introduce too many new changes for him.
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