**Heartstring of A new mommy**

Like what most parents did during weekend, we always hang around at shopping mall instead outdoor activities. I told daddy we should let the kiddos expose to more outdoor activities. So over the weekend, we went for swimming at clubhouse nearby and it’s a superb hot, sunny day….

Xavier, as usual never freak of water and enjoys splashing moment so much….

While Xandria keep saying, mommy…. i’m swimming now!!! In fact, she is not swimming, she is walking inside the pool

After an hour of dipping or splashing, (definitely not swimming) we headed back for dinner. Both were extremely hungry after that…

What can I say …about this little fella of mine. Despite of his monster character, still he is the sweet darling of mommy and daddy. Apparently, daddy loves him more than I do. He is the King, his request has to be fulfilled and everyone in the family doted him a lots, especially my paternal grandparent. Xandria, the best jie-jie in the world also dotes on this little brother… I am indeed so proud of her.

Yesterday morning, I got upset when my access card (to enter our residential neighborhood) misplaced somewhere else after being taken by Xavier the night before. Due to new rules that vehicle without access card require using another entrance/exit. But I was at the guardhouse the moment I noticed the card wasn’t inside my car d and they were cars queuing at the back of mine. I got pissed off when I was stucked. Ended that everyone needed to reverse the car slowly in order to let me go off.

I scolded at the little guy for his misbehaved in created such inconvenience to everyone. He was in extremely quiet mood the entire journey to Ah-Ngm aka babysitter house, and with his superb pitiful, innocent look. Never he has once behaved in such quiet condition. When we reached, he was still in the same moody.

After settling all the necessity, I hugged him before I left. I reason him for his misbehaved and tell him not to repeat the same mistake. He seems understand and back to his vigorous action afterward.

As on 20 months old, he has finally understood what life is and not everything in life was like what he thought. He needs to learn in accepting the negative feedback from others as well.

Have a happy, healthy and cheerful 20 months old…Di-di

I always wonder if any others parent would encounter the same problem like I had for having a son like Xavier. He could fuss whenever or wherever he is …. And seriously, that has really put both daddy & I into a very bad experience when to bring him out. We both kind of freak-out if to bring him out.

Nowadays, I’m completely maid-less and need to send both to babysitter house by myself. We had to think of ways to keep him sit tight on the car seat for the entire journey (from my house to babysitter house about 5km). Otherwise, just a short journey can be a nightmare to all of us.

So we have to prepare these inside my car:
Food (preferable bread or biscuit), a book with pen to keep him busy with scribbling.

Some other times, when is not in his monster character, he is such a lovely, cheeky baby of daddy & mommy. The way of his calling was such a heart melting…

What else can I say but to LOVE him with all my heart….

photo taken when he was aged 1 Year Old

Xavier turned 20 months old on 20.07.2010. If you read my blog, I seldom updated about him or his growing milestone. Not because I don’t wish to, it is because I don’t know how to describe his notorious character. He has becoming a monster at home as he grows especially when he saw me around. He snatches toys from Xandria, he even bites on Xandria when both unable to have victory from each other.

he can be good more than anyone else, if he is not fuss…

I wonder, why he could well behaved at babysitter (aka Ah Ngm) house and turns into a monster the moment he reached home. His crying fit is terribly hard to handle. He cried aloud with his body lying down on the floor wherever and whenever his request NOT BEING FULFILLED. The more I tried to coax, the grimmer struggling he would be and we were the attention of everyone (if in public). You know, I am extremely HATE it …. Most of times, our outing would be returning home angrily. And worst, I think my neighbor might think I’ve been abusing my child with his pitiful, storming crying voice. Other times when he is not with his crying fit, he would be so good, to fawn with daddy & mommy, to make us laugh with his antics, to give us his warmest hug & kiss…

but…. when he started to fuss, he drives me to the wall…

Anyone of you can advise me how to handle this kind of child in public? Or simply I shouldn’t appear in front of him but using Interactive Voice Response to communicate with him.

We went to Penang for a short breakaway last weekend. It took us 1 hour 5 min flight from Johor Bahru to Penang and kiddos, being so excited for the first time in airplane.

We didn’t really have a planning on where to visit but simply took a walk at places like Kek Lok Si, Gurney Drives and shopping malls…

Xavier was having severe flu on the second day, probably due to the extremely HOT weather outside and cooler air inside the hotel. And the condition got worst on the third day where he whined all the time and lost his appetite. I saw his eye started to have reddish, and sniveled heavily. So I ended bringing him to Loh Guan Lye Specialist Centre (which nearby) for immediate diagnosis before we checked-out from hotel. Luckily nothing serious, not infection at throat or lung but might be due to dusty air contacted and caused nose infected by germs. The medical fees charged for 1 flu medicine & 1 nose drop were RM88++, not 08 numbers. It’s kind of expensive….

He was dozing-off while on the way to airport, after taking the medicine. And he was sleeping on the stroller more than an hour before we about to aboard. My poor Xavier…

So that’s been what we actually did at Penang for the 3D2N escapade. It’s really a good experience for traveling with young children despite it’s a tiring one. I’m sure look forward to have another Family trip with them again. Got to be well prepared with all necessity… LOL

No matter how busy I tight up with my work, I always allocate time for my dearly kids for weekend outing. Anywhere, simply anywhere as long as they both can enjoy themselves.

Daddy so happened to know a giant ballon playground at Jusco. Paid up RM15 on 30min playtime for each headcount.

Xavier started to feel a bit tired

Xavier was freaked-out with the giant slide, but being excited and keep wanting to climb up to top few minutes later…

while Xandria prefer to go for something that suit to her size

Xandria always the looser for new toy. She freaked-out when looking at the giant slide fulled with children. We did the sand art at the beginning and after done, she wanted to join her little brother.

It was a cloudy day and they were crowded with many parent & kiddos…

I simply love weekend. I can spend more time with kiddos, I can enjoy the bonding of ‘mother & son’ or ‘mother & daughter’ with my two darlings. I guess that’s what most working mother’s wish.

Daddy & I agreed to take turn on planning for weekend activities like swimming, kite-ing, drawing, and many more. And on of weekend, we were having great time with kite-ing.

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she was happily with the kite

Xavier happily walking here & there…

Look at the video on how fun the kiddos were….

Xavier as he grows, he has developed a very bad temper. He has no sense of tolerances at all and no matter how hard you try to make him understand, he simply ignores it. When his request not being fulfill, he yelled, he shouted, he cried aloud and the worst is, he would flat his body on the floor regardless of where he is.

this is him started to whine….

We usually had our dinner before we picked kiddos from babysitter. Last Friday, we decided to bring them for dinner as seem we didn’t bring them to go anywhere the entire week. At the restaurant, he refused to sit still on the high chair but want to play around with the spoon/chopstick placed on table. I rejected and he started to yell aloud. Fine… so I gave it to him in order to keep him busy & at least he would sit still for a while.

You know, it’s really hard to have a peaceful dinner if with him. After a while, he wanted the drinks daddy ordered. Then, he wanted the food we had by himself and I had to stop him by taking away the super HOT dishes. So, you can imagine how busy I am for entire dining. When we about to leave the restaurant, he refused to stand up from the high chair and started to cry really loud. Every one in the restaurant was looking at us with that expression like my son is an alien that can’t understand human language. Damn… I just hate it and it was so embarrassed. People were looking at us even we got into our car.

When I saw other kids who can really sit still and would not have such crying fit, I was extremely hoped that my boy would behave like that too. I wonder if all boys are like that or it’s my boy an extraordinary one??