Heh..finally I started blogging again..something I have been meaning to do for ages but somehow kept procrastinating. I have/had great ideas about starting a blog for Matthew to journal his growing up , doing a scrapbook etc etc. But just need to find the energy/time to do them. Now that M is already 14 month plus. i guess this can not only be a blog on his developments but also a parenting one. One of the many things I have learnt as a mum over the past year. It is funny actually….before M came along, I was worried about I would cope, about whether I would make a good mum or not and even if he would look too cheena-fied…the list of what-ifs went on and on. But now…I wun say I am expert but I would say I learn to cope by learning along the way and of course the reassurances and help from I. helps a lot too. And as for looking cheena-fied, to me…he is the cutest kid ever

Now that he is older, it is no longer basic child minding but teaching him and also starting to instil in him the right values. He sure has a temper of his own and likes his own way most if not all of the time…so it is learning how to say No without getting him too agitated. I have learnt that distracting him works , most of the time anyway. I like the distraction method cos it keeps him away from what we want him to be kept away from and because he is distracted by something else, he does not get agitated. Though I know it is a necessary evil, I still cannot bear to see him cry. I always say that I am too nice and too giving..But when u see the cute little him, how not to give in ?!?! Guess this is one skill I have to learn more and refine….