Nursery

Rajeed started attending nursery when i moved from my parents house to Portmore about 3 months ago.  I liked that nursery they fed him breakfast, sang to him, bathed him twice a day, coloured with him and made sure he had his nap. They even scolded me regarding some home work they had given him and I 'assisted him with it" lol. The nursery was so cost effective too!! I enjoyed every moment that he was there, he was so happy to go in the mornings and happy to see me pick him up in the evenings. Then I had to move :(  Back to Kingston to face highly priced nurseries :S but thanks to my dad he helped me locate one in close proximity to work!! I like this one because they handed me a book list with books I needed to get Rajeed along with all the other school supplies.
I don't think anyone could have been as impressed but shocked as I was when I received that list lol. I had 2 days in which to acquire the supplies,so I immediately went to the book store to start spending. I never planned that i would have been buying school books for Rajeed at the tender age of 22 Months Old. So I started feeling the cost of school already : S.
His first week at nursery/school he got homework and what a task it was for me to get him to sit and do it each day. Grandpa had more luck getting him to sit and do his homework than I did initially till i got the hang of it : D

He doesn't seem as eager to attend this nursery as he was at the previous nursery but I guess it takes time for him to get settled. I can't complain he is coming home singing his 'ABC's', counting and even singing Barney's Song 'I love You'. He is more eager to colour now than he was before and he also doesn't want me to assist him while he is doing his home work now lol. They even have started potty training him!!


My next Post will have a 'Guide to Choosing a Day Care Facility'

My Baby

On December 15 I will be celebrating my baba's 2nd year on this earth!!!

I am soooo excited!! I can't believe its been almost 2 years since his birth,

seems like yesterday i was waddling around with him in my stomach complaining of back pains, craving for everything, swollen feet, etc

Now Im going through the terrible 2's even though they arn't soo terrible, just a bit of crying for no reason, very clingy, and trying to trick me with fake tears..dwl



I have started planning for his birthday party already, call me previous..but I love him soo much words cant explain it enough, his smiles alone warms my heart he is absolutely the best child ever!!!

When they are sick ..... :S

Monday started wonderfully, till I hugged Rajeed and realized he felt a bit too hot. I went for the thermometer to check his temperature, it showed it was slightly over the normal temperature. So I gave him some panadol the fever went. Thought that was the end of it..till Wednesday came around and not only was the fever back but he was extremely cranky. So I told my mom who said just to give him some more panadol and watch him; which I did. He went to bed in only his diapers that night because it was really hot. He did not wake until 9am Thursday morning which was odd because he went to sleep very early. However I went into the room to check on him and saw he had rashes all over his body( you can now imagine how I started to freak) He woke and didn't even give me a smile just started crying. When he finally calmed down I carried him to mom and we decided he needed to go to the doctor. Well doctor said that it was just a mild virus and that he should be fine in a couple of days but if no change I should carry him back. I will not say he is totally better now but he is recovering started to get back his spirit ( Thank God!).

Accidents, play time...

Since Rajeed's birth i can't count how many times he has fallen and its gotten worse since he has started walking. He has rolled off the bed, tripped over his own feet, tripped over his toys, over the dogs, other people's feet, u get the picture. The rolling off the bed...my fault, you think when you place all the pillows around him thinking he won't do much rolling at 3 months and then you hear the cries :s So to avoid that i just placed him on the floor on top of his blankets. But then we have him knocking his head on the headboard :s countless times I've tried to tell him to stop but he won't keeps smiling or laughing, but surprisingly when he is by his dad and he hits his head on his headboard he cries down the world but not when he with me... I don't understand. He has had a fall that left him with cuts on his head dirt in his mouth and very loud screaming. other falls he just gets back up and continue on his way. With each one all I ever wanted to do is to rush over to him and console him but sometimes I have to just leave him to let him find me or deal with his mistake and find his way around it. The other day I went to register him at Emmanuel Prep, I had my god daughter and Rajeed with me, the accident that happpened not once but twice...he fell why he kept staring at everything else instead of looking infront of him to watch where he was going lol... Some parents saw and said its how they are just make sure I check to see if he had any cuts and dressed them if they were. I invested in a first aid kit which I carry around with me everywhere especially when Rajeed is going to be with me and bwoy did it come in real handy that day... he didn't receive any major injuries just a bruise nothing an antiseptic wipe didn't take care of :D

His Dad one evening told me to check his foot bottom because there was something stuck in it and he could not get it out. When my mom and I finish operating on his foot we pulled something resembling grass blade... the child had that in his foot bottom for 3 days and never complained. So it showed me I can't be laid back or uptight with him. The joys of motherhood :s


Playtime

Aha the joys of it..lol this morning Rajeed's playtime consisted of taking the newspapers(about 2 months worth) and scattering them all over the veranda and then crawling over them and tearing them apart dwl...wow the clean up I had to do when he went to sleep. His hands and feet were so black. It's funny how we want all the brand name toys and such for our kids when they will play with all the other stuff around the house that if u knew you wouldn't have spent a dime and bought them any toys or buy anything too expensive.
Rajeed loves outside, one day I was in the kitchen and my mom was in her work room so I thought her was with her and she thought he was with me. Before he left me i gave him a biscuit, 10 minutes later he came in chewing so I said to him why u still eating the biscuit only to look closely and the child is chewing on dirt and giving me the biggest smile ever!! dwl. When i carried him to my mom she couldn't stop laughing.

Most days I have an itinerary for him, but some days I allow free play whatever he feels like taking up and playing with as long as it won't hurt him or break I allow him so as to encourage him to discover things.

Discipline

So today Rajeed decided it was tantrum day...lol what a day it was!! he threw a fit for falling, another for not being allowed to get his own way, another for not being allowed to play with the cord for the computer, another for being prevented form going outside when it was eating time and the list goes on..DWL.

When I realized he was getting into the phase were he understood what was being said and also was exploring more i decided to start flicking him on his hands when he touched stuff he shouldn't at times i would hit him on his hand. I'm not a lover of such punishments but they all came with explanations of why mommy didn't want her baby to touch which I was told I must do in order for him to understand why he was being punished. Feels weird explaining to him but I am getting the hang of it. Now I have even employed time outs, they seem to work a little better than the hitting (thank God!) His time outs consist of me removing him from whatever the cause was and placing him on the bed, it took awhile to get him to stay there but after a few times he got the picture. After he cries it out he would eventually start playing on the bed with either the pillows or whatever books or toys that are on the night stand. After 10 minutes I get him and have a little chat which is me explaining why he was in time out and then we play together.

Last week his aunt and I went to the book store after a little reading session WE got up and walked over to some books I was intrested in. Rajeed insisted on pulling the books off the shelves even when i was telling him no. So after I pulled him away he threw the biggest fit I've ever seen him throw... So i simply walked away while e rolled and screamed when he realize i wasn't paying him any attention and that people were looking at him he quickly got up and came after me. I've seen mothers beat their kids in public if they did something like this but its not right. Kids do things to see what we will do and for attention. Try and be patient its hard at times but it will pay off in the end.

Enjoying motherhood thus far don't think I can not enjoy it...dwl. Rajeed is now 16 months old and he is walking, talking gibbrish, running, exploring etc... I'm now home after being laid off and I enjoy it immensely!!! Nothing could be more fulfilling :D