Love the potion no. 9

My lil Smellybutt has finally reached 9kg at the age of 25 month old. It is such a loooong wait for us to see her weight increases bit by bit. Really BIT BY BIT. How little? On average, she only gains 200-300gm every 2-3mth. From the very "ong" number 8kg to 9kg now. Phew...At least my money spent on the expensive milk powder did help to contribute to her weight gain. So what's her "potion no. 9"? She's been taking Pediasure Complete milk powder since end of April 09 until now. I also give her Mamil Gold Step 3, but recently I've switched to Sustagen Junior 1 chocolate flavor. Initially I didn't really trust Pediasure Complete is able to increase her weight. But I was wrong lah. From my not so sure feeling, now I'm very sure that Pediasure Complete plays a big role in helping her to put on some weight. Not to mention, the hair pulling sensation which my mom and I have to bear each time we run after her during milk time. We become slimmer, and she becomes a lil bit fatter ^_^

It's almost impossible to see the below....the way she drinks her milk quietly and peacefully....


As this will only happen once in a very blue and bright moon :)

To get this empty bottle, we need about 20min IF we are lucky. The best speed was less than 2min for a bottle of 5oz milk, due to her super hungry condition. On normal day, which is the usual unlucky day, we need to chase after her for about 30min to finish up her milk. Lately, she can tell us "I'm busy ar" whenever we ask her to hurry up and finish her milk. Busy?? I think, to her...we are so free to kejar her for milk. That was why she claimed herself to be busy.

Here's what we, or rather Popo roughly do everyday with Smellybutt.

Early morning wake up (7am to 8am) - Pediasure Complete 5oz

9am to 10am - a slice of cheese, bread with peanut butter or her favourite biscuit. sometimes she will just lick off the peanut butter and ask Popo to eat the bread thereafter. smart huh.

12pm - VERY LITTLE rice with chicken/fish and green vege. she refused to take more.

12.45pm - shower. then give her 4oz of Sustagen Junior 1 before she's off to bed for her afternoon nap. her "battery" will go off at around 1.30pm

4pm to 5pm - once her battery is fully charged, we'll give her 3-4oz of Sustagen Junior 1. normally Popo will ask her which milk she wants, the white color or chocolate color milk. we let her choose. most of the time she'll choose chocolate color milk :)

6.30pm to 7pm - rice with chicken and green vege. if she takes very little, I'll prepare macaroni and cheese with chicken cubes for her. she will finish all quite fast.

9pm - give her another 3.5-4oz of Pediasure Complete before she goes to bed. if she takes her dinner well, sometimes will skip the milk.

Last week we brought her to the Pediatric clinic for her 2yr old jab. Looking at her weight, Doc Tan said "Ok lah, though she's so small in size, at least she has managed to put on some weight. No worry". Yeah, I'm not that worry anymore. I always remind myself that as long as she's healthy, just close 1 eye on the figure.

A STOP to this pre-school

I've finally made up my mind to stop sending Smellybutt to the current pre-school which she has attended since last week. 4 days only wor...so fast want to stop liao?Wondering what are facts which have helped me to justify my final decision? I've decided to share it here, so that other mommies will be more careful and alert whenever choosing the right pre-school for your child.

1) small kids should not go to the toilet alone, especially those new student. when I say small kids mean age ranging from 2-3yr old. they are so young and small in size (especially my 25mth old Smellybutt who always look like a year old girl). they need attention, and that is why there's at least 1 assistant in the classroom to look after them.

2) normally small children will be served with rice + soup for lunch. of course they won't be serving hot boiling soup right from the stove. but serving warm soup isn't that safe too, if WITHOUT guidance. at least somebody should guide the children how to eat. I mean at least teach them to scoop the rice with soup and ...erm.."blow" a bit before put into their mouth...otherwise, they will spit it out immediately and hurt their tongue and/or throat.

The above 2 points are enough for me call it off. Agree with me? I don't want to take it for granted. Don't care lah if the principle call me a kiasu or kiasi mom. I'm not trying to be "over" or mengada-ngada, sikit sikit nak mengadu. I don't need them to treat her like a princess. Nobody is perfect. But how could they be so careless over the SO VERY THE BASIC things? I cannot accept it lah.

I will call the pre-school and speak to the principle next Monday morning. I will highlight the issues to the principle, as I feel that other students are in risk too. I certainly feel that other mommies wouldn't want this to be happened as well. I don't want other students to get hurt (touch wood).

Now, come to the money part...I wonder whether the principle will make full refund to me or not, due to my cancellation. Ok lah, if she still wants to charge me on pro-rate basis, go ahead. But even if she's so tamak haloba and refuse to refund to me, aiyah...take it lah. I'll spend lesser next month, to cover up the loss. Now got Mega Sales, sure can spend lesser what :P