EIPIC program

Zyon went for his screening at SPD earlier this week, and the center assessed him, and decided on which class he is going to be allocate to and how many times a week he has to attend.

I know you must be thinking why not ARC right?

Initially, my first choice had always been ARC , and i wasnt wavered in anyway about changing that decision. Until i received a call a month later after our last appointment at KKH.  The caller was from CEL , his purpose in calling was to tell us more about the other options that we have and the purpose of CEL , the therapies in the different centers that provides EIPIC programs and the meaning of EIPIC.  You may already know, heard, found out about all the different kinds of therapies, help and about EIPIC, but its still part of the package that the caller has to repeat like it or not. But m really glad that the caller did his job even though he has to repeat and repeat himself calls after calls like a spoiled radio.

I always hung on to the decision of "no matter what happens or what i hear, the decision will be ARC". There have been too many times whereby i want something , get out to get it and come home with a different object. And coming to think abt it, this logic happens every single day to everyone at one point or another becos we all want something better. Regrets will come later. So i was determined that i will listen to this spoiled radio but my decision will be ARC. Im guilty cos honestly i really wasnt listening to whatever the caller was saying and i guess after saying the same things over n over again , he doesnt even know what he was talking about anymore. Our real conversation only started when he said and when i heard,

"The waiting time for ARC is 6months. " then continued "blah blah blahblah blah".

I stopped his blahing and rewinded , "wait,  6 months????? Oh dear ok what other alternatives do i have??"

Suddenly, the caller 'woke up' and came back to earth. And we started talking about the other options.

The reason why SPD was because its shorter in waiting time and even though its a new dept in terms of EIPIC program, they have the full set of therapists in terms of speech and occupational.  And ARC doesnt that those 2, we'll have to source elsewhere. So i decided based on these 2 facts its enough for me to have option 2 and not be too stubborn. I really hope we dont have to waste time waiting anymore.. its early intervention but by the time its finally our turn, its not early intervention anymore.

Ok, settled zy's EIPIC program issue, i thought i would have lesser worries, then comes another. While zy is in the class twice a week, the caregiver which is my husband has to be there but zonya is not allowed to be there.

OMG... how then?

Im working and hubs is with zy, who is gonna look after my little girl?? This i cant solve. Having the greatest headache cos apparently my family and relatives cant help.

So if u are reading this, drop me a solution if u have?? Thanks in advance !!!!

Cheers!

E for Eye

Im so happy and i couldnt wait to wanting to tell all of u out there what zyon "told" me.

YEAH U SAW THAT ALRIGHT, ZYON "TOLD" ME!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday night my little boy held,my hand and swung it back and front and so suddenly he stopped, looked at me in the eye and said,

"A b c d e" and points to his eye.

Get it??

E stands for Eye!!!!!!!!

Im so proud.... zyzy never fails to surprise mommy everytime..... #^_^ <3

Mommy is JEALOUS. Hmph.

Hey all!! As you can see my title, yep mommy is jealous. IM REALLY...... jealous... lol ...

Like i mentioned previously, now that im working and the father is a SAHD. Before we decided on this, i was really stressed to the max. Because to be honest, like many other mothers out there, for the kids to be with daddy???? Just seeing these seven words makes me feel like im watching a horror movie. I dont know how they are gonna spend the day, new bruises (signs of falling and knocks) and bumps will show cause daddies are just not as careful as mommies (which is a horrible fact). Another issue would be, im not there to witness the 1st of the other little things that they do... and it sucks. I witnessed their first steps, fed them their first foods, sent them to school on their first day etc etc, now that im working, i wont be able to be the first anymore..

So you see, there are so many things i have to think about and it really made me feel so worried!! if worries have mass, i think i will weigh a ton now.. tsk.

However, in my previous post, it seems the father is really doing a good job right? The kids are having a great time every single day playing in the playground that has somehow become a routine in their daily life. Its not that i dont bring them when i was a SAHM but because zyon is at an age and in a condition whereby he doesnt really understand fear and danger. So he tends to climb, jump ,run and do stunts that would make any mothers in the world scream in fear. And zonya is barely 2, sometimes i see her running, its like she's gonna fall any minute so for her to play the playground??? i must be crazy. Hence we seldom will go to the playground because i just dont have the confidence to make sure they wont fall or hurt themselves.

Let go.

I know i have to let go and let them learn how to play and train their motor skills but you know mothers, we tend to be really timid when it comes to kids having a chance that they might get hurt. Even if its 0.01% chance. So to me going to a playground with 2 young kids and myself is defintely a NO NO NO. But the father, he doesnt care.

Daddies are all about being adventurous. Daddies are all about letting them run like a horse that has just been freed. Daddies are all about, "huh? fall? wont la.. im watching them" and yes its true , all he ever does is "watch them" but not near, so when they fall, he "watch them" fall but cant get in time to catch them. To me is... WT...............

okok, im mean to make it sound like as though daddies really dont care. Let me put it in another way. Its not that he doesnt care, its just that daddies are not as :scaredy cat" as mommies. There does it sound better? Daddy thinks "you fell? pick yourself up la, it doesnt matter" so long they dont break any bones. Well , ok la to be fair, infact this helps alot. The kids learn faster. I cant agree more on its a really good way to raising healthy happy children. Not only in terms of physically, daddy talks like how a daddy should talk and not like me.. mommy is always a clown so the kids never takes me seriously even though im hopping mad. hm......

All the worries that i had previously was actually unnecessary. My kids didnt have any separation anxiety and still doesnt have now, they wave and kiss me good bye when i leave for work. you must be thinking what good and nice kids i have right? but i feel so hurt.

THEY CANT BE BOTHERED WHETHER OR NOT IM AT HOME LOR!!!!!

lol...

Nah, the fact is they are really having fun everyday la so im happy.

But hey, ya... IM SO JEALOUS!! daddy is so much more fun than me. plah!!!!!

a blog to share

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/mrbrown/turning-twelve-090136439.html#more-id


The above link is to a blog from mrbrown. I teared when i read this post, not becos its sad but its so so beautiful..... read it!!!!!

Old mac donald had a farm EIEIO

Finally saturday came and i was getting all excited that am gonna be bringing the kids to the S.E.A Aquarium. I know they are gonna be so happy especially zyon cos he is all grown up and knows alot more, understands alot more. So we got up early, packed, dressed up, ate breakfast and went to SENTOSA!!!! Only to get there and got a big shock.

If you have ever been to RWS , you will know that universal studios is quite a distance to the aquarium right? Well, the queue to get into the building was almost there!!! Can u BELIEVE it??

I couldnt.

So i went down to the ticketing booth to make sure i wasnt hallucinating becos of the glaring sun shining its glory on my head (infact was just trying to cook me and my family alive). And nope, i wasnt. The notice board says :

Queueing time : 10 -15 mins
(Not scary)
Waiting time to get into the building : 45 - 60 mins
(Wow, kindda scary)

Then the sign...

Waiting to to GET IN the aquarium : 60 - 75 mins
(WHAT?????)

I know its not much difference from getting into the building, but becos i didnt know that "getting into the building" is different from "getting into the aquarium ". So psychologically its SUPER SCARY. call me drama but if u saw the line and the number of people with a huge number of kids screaming (you'll think its war time people fleeing to seek refuge), im sure you will walk away too and come back on a weekday. Which, is what i decided. So even though i was extremely excited wanting to see my children's reaction, i had to walk away and turn back.. they werent disappointed becos they didnt know what they were supposed to be expecting. So thank goodness on that or i will be double guilty on spoiling their fun.

Me and the father then started scratching our heads on where should we go then?...... so we took the train and thought, go haw par villa? Nah... too scary.. Outram park? Change train and head to pasir ris? Nah... too far... dhoby ghaut?? Watch movie?? Nah..... what if..... and this just went on and on until we reached sengkang.

Sengkang. We decided just go to the Animal resort. Its a farm actually, and REALLY far in by driving. When we arrived, the first animal was a horse. Zyon thought it was fake cos it was quite far and it wasnt really moving.  Then came mother goose... hahaha

Ducks, chickens, birds, rabbits, guinea pigs and peacocks! My kids had fun like they were in the zoo, only this is free admission and you can actually purchase the feeds from them to feed the animals. Fun right?!! Lol zyon and zonya started screaming when the horse walked over with its big long face right in front of them cos i bought carrot feeds for it, they didnt dare to go near the horse and i had to feed it trying to act like its super fun but was cursing in my heart cos the horse was practically snapping at my hands!!!! I was so frightened!!! LOL But had to go "WOW!! YAY!!" T_T........

Spent the whole noon there, had lunch with chickens and gooses all ard us... ok la it was a fruitful day after all #^_^

Kids had great fun!!!!

School holiday

Its the end of term 1!!! Woo!! And zy can now sing and dance along with songs like "head, shoulders, knees and.toes", express himself better, in terms of physically and emotionally.. 
Friday was the last day of term 1 and the start of a 1 week holiday from school!! Wow.... 1 week.... its hard to plan for activities now that im working... how nice it'll be if we could spend time together all week! But its impossible. So, i came up with a list yesterday planning activities for the kids during the weekends n i got so excited as i plan! Yeah I WAS THE ONE EXCITED. LOL

My first destination will be to the world's biggest aquarium.... wahaha yay!!! Zy and zonya have been getting really excited when they see fishes, so i thot bringing them there is perfect! Just the other day i thot since they like fishes so much n we were in the supermarket ,i thot hey why not we go look at the fishes that ws for sale? (Of cos i didnt really read into whether the fishes were alive or not) i shouted in excitement "wanna see fishes????!!!!" The both of them started turning here n there looking for the "fishes", so i pushed the cart over n said "there!! Fish!!!" N gleamed. They stared at the dead fishes for a good whole five seconds n wailed.

I feel so EVIL. I made my kids cry.,

LOL

LIVE FISHES!! Here we come!!!!!

A switch of roles

I feel kindda guilty everytime i post a new post cos i get reminded that i havent been posting for quite some time. Haha. For those readers of my blog wanting to know how is zyon now , he is well n making progress!!!!! Lol

Ok, again let me just update abt whats been going on.... #^_^

After being a SAHM for almost 4 yrs, i hereby announce that im back in the workforce!!! When u read till here, u must be thinking "oh no, she gave up".
No no.... i didnt give up... i switched my role with the father. He is a SAHD now #^_^.
Okok i know what you must be thinking now.. "man with 2 kids??" Hahaha !!!! NO WORRIES. Hes been doing that for the past 1 week and i can vouch, he is the Good house father. His daily routine has been driving zy to school then me to work, off to the market with zonya , prepare lunch ,bathe zonya, pick zyon up , have lunch sometimes at the garden he just "found" if not then at home, bathe zyon , read books or do some art or writing , then they take their nap while he cleans the house, prepare dinner, bring the kids to their daily outdoor playground fun then pick me up to go home.

This is why i can go back into the workforce with peace...

But i do miss my kids.... ya... i have separation anxiety.....

As for zy, he is making alot of progress in terms of speech. He can say things like dog when he sees one, and says ow or oh oh when he falls and just the other day when my mum came back from overseas he ran to her n called "po po"!!! Fo those who dont know wat po po means, it means grandmother in chinese. We were all shocked and praised him so much! and maybe becos i have been going to work, everyday when he comes to pick me up in his daddy's car, he gets thrilled and SUPER excited to see me!!!! Never fails to make me feel so loved..... sigh my baby boy, i love u soooooooo much....