'poo' phobia

Jayden's mummy :- "Today i feel so bad about myself... actually i had been feeling so for the whole week. Sigh! I wonder if i am really pushing ahDen too hard. I tried all i can to teach him how to pass motion everyday and yet he is so afraid of passing motion. He must have really bad 'poo' phobia.

Since last month i had been spending time with him everyday in the toilet, hoping tat my encouragement and patience of squatting together with him in the toilet will eventually make him a habit of having to poop everyday. In the end, my effort still goes to waste.
I don't expect him to use the potty yet, all i want is him not being constipated. Last month the incident of poor ahDen being badly constipated was really a heartache to both hubby & me. He didn't go poo-poo at all for 7 continous days, and when he finally had to poop, he was screaming, crying and straining so hard for nearly 2 hours... and all tat came out was a small round poo as hard as pebble!

As a mother, i felt like i'm a failure. I tried all i can to make him pass motion as frequent as he can. I tried giving him prebiotics, yogurt, vitagen, prune juice, fruits, make sure he drinks enough water.... everything tat i can think of, as long as he doesn't haf to depend on medication to pass motion. At first it started off well, he did poop at least once a day. But i dunno why after 2weeks of such practice, he finally goes back to not wanting to try at all. He'll juz sit at the potty or squatting down at times and not focusing at all.

I told piang & nb about how bad i feel, and they just tell me i can't make him poop if he doesn't want to. I know it sounds crazy but 3days of not poo-ing, he'll start to be constipated again. So what should I do? I am really at the verge of giving up. We had juz had a bad toilet session for 2hours juz now, and not only ahDen feel exhausted, i am feeling very suffocated as well now! Sigh! At times, i'll ask myself why do I haf such a hard-to-train child?

Starting on Sunday noon, I stopped giving him his pacifier when he naps or when he goes to bed. I told him it is as a punishment for him not wanting to poop. Sigh! I dunno if it's a fair action or not, but he'll haf to quit his pacifier one day too. Might as well start training him now... and now he can goes to sleep without sucking on his pacifier for 5 continous nights. I'll still give it to him if he wakes up in the middle of the nite so tat i too can get more sleep. I can juz comfort myself tat tis is some sort of an achievement as well.

The purpose i blog tis down was to remind myself of all the hard time i had to go thru, bringing up my child. I understand tat it's different for every child, and I shouldn't compare him to other children. All I can tell myself is tat i still need to continue trying, with more patience and more love. I juz hope i can do it, and ahDen too can learn how to 'poop' without so much trouble one day!"

Hooray for ANMUM!

Jayden's mummy :- "14th November 2009 :- This was what came in through the post today afternoon. Hooray! Support ANMUM! Hahaha... 5 boxes of 650g free milk powder for Jayden.

At first i wondered if the redemption was for real cause I sent in the redemption forms together wid the end portion of the scoops i collected during the final week of October, and the free milk powder hadn't arrived until today. I didn't win the 32" Phillip LCD TV though but these free milk powder was good enough. Hahaha... hubby was so happy too and he told me must be more 'housewife' next time so tat can save more money!"

Ikea Lack coffeetable!

Jayden's mummy :- "Lately we had been table hunting. What a pity there's no Ikea in Kuching or KK, and we couldn't find any suitable table for Jayden. There wasn't any proper table in our room and lately ahDen had been lining up his toys on any proper surface tat he can find. At times he'll try to squeeze all his toys on my laptop table, right in front of my laptop; or he'll play at the small table where we place the milk powder, cereal, milk bottles and flask. Sigh! Poor boy! There's still no proper home for him until now!

Finally we found this Ikea Lack coffeetable at Asia City. We remembered seeing the same table at Karamunsing but when we went there last week, it was totally sold out. I know tat the Lack coffeetable was selling for RM39 now in Ikea, and the one we got was RM80 after discount. Considering the trouble of having anyone helping us carrying this bulky table all the way from KL, we bought the table eventhough it wasn't the best bargain. My brother did say he can help me get a table from Ikea and bring it all the way to KK from KL, but hubby consider it too much a hassle.

Too bad there's no longer any Mammut table from Ikea (why would they stopped the production of such a nice kid's table?!?!).... so we'll haf to settle for tis coffeetable as a study & play table for ahDen. Such a pity tat choices of proper kids tables are so few nowadays. "

Lil' Copter

Jayden's mummy :- "8th November 2009 - Since i have some Parkson vouchers tat i need to use by today, off we went to shop at Parkson Grand Wawasan Plaza tis Sunday after noon. Although hubby asked me to shop around and use the vouchers buying some new garments for myself, i really don't know wat i wanted to buy for myself nowadays. It'll always be buying things tat Jayden needed rather than for myself.

He was having so much fun over at the toys section. He was lining up the Mega Bloks Dump Truck, Helicopter, Fire Engine & Boat which he got off from one of the shelves. Seeing him having such a good time there really made me wanna get him one of the Mega Bloks toys.

Finally we picked the Helicopter or known as Mega Bloks Lil' Copter. It was priced RM69.90 before discount. After the discount and the vouchers, it only costs RM25.90. Such an expensive toy, and without the vouchers I'm sure both hubby & I wouldn't have bought tat for him. I tot of uploading the pic of the helicopter here, before it got spoiled by Jayden in future. He still haf a tendency of throwing his toys about... as in really 'throwing' them. Sigh! Might as well take a photo of it when it's still in one good piece."

@ CoffeeBean Damai

31st October 2009 - My first time having tea at CoffeeBean. Thanks to Auntie Piang & Uncle NgeeBang's Coffeebean voucher, mummy & daddy brought me to coffeebean tat afternoon. We had Belgian Choc Ice Blended, Mocha Ice Blended & also a slice of chocolate cheese cake. However, i still intended to run around the shop more than enjoying my slice of cake. Finally mummy couldn't stand it no longer, and home we went after finishing the cake!

'Shoe shoe mei mei!'

Jayden's mummy :- " Last Thurs, i got a missed call from Glory Church Day Care. Thank God i actually saved the principal's hp no in my SIM. I returned her call and found out tat she actually called to inform me tat i can bring Jayden for their trial class which will start end of tis month, on the 30th Nov til 4th Dec.

Honestly i felt blurred after the call and my mind was racing. OMG... ahDen's going to school soon, and it felt unbelievable. ;)) Time really flies, and it's nearly the end of 2009. But Jayden seems to be so young still.... "will he be able to get use to the school environment? will he be bullied there? will he cry non-stop juz because mummy's not wid him?" .... Frankly, i freaked out! When i told hubby about the news, he was as nervous as me!

Daddy said tat ahDen's feet are growing out of his old shoes, so it's time to get him a new pair. One which he can put on by himself, and take it off on his own as well. When he goes to school, we couldn't be there to help him wid tis simple task of putting on his shoes for him. It's time for him to learn.

So last nite, off we went to Crocs 1Borneo and daddy got him tis lovely pair of Crocs Electro. It certainly was a blast to our pocket, and after picking and trying on pairs of Crocs, we finally settled for tis pair of citrus/navy Crocs (size C10) for RM129. I decided to get him 2 cute Jibbitz, each for one of the shoes, cox i think it's pretty adorable seeing these cute pins on a kid's crocs! Finally we settled for the pair of Mickey ears (RM6) & and a brown monkey (RM8.90). Total damage was RM143.90.

Mickey' ear Jibbitz on left croc!

Brown monkey Jibbitz on right croc!

When we got home, we actually felt a bit of a heartache at the money we spent on his new shoes. But daddy said to take tat as an investment, and hopefully it'll remain in good shape for later siblings! Jayden love his new Crocs, and tis time it is ahDen's turn to 'shoe shoe mei mei!'

Trust me, he really said 'shoe shoe mei mei' by himself!"

Gotcha! Can see the little hand behind tat's playing
wid the Mickey ear's Jibbitz?

Twinkle, twinkle little star!

Jayden's mummy :- "Just as a simple note for reminding myself of ahDen's latest achieved nursery rhyme. Other than his favourite 'Row, row, row your boat', he can now sing 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'.
The 'twinkle, twinkle' part is quite clear... then '...how I...' & 'Up a...' was clear enough too. It's funny when u hear kids singing, missing out alot of words in between... but u'll still feel tat they are doing a pretty good job. ;))
He can sing part of 'Baa, baa black sheep' as well. Guess tis little angel just adores music. SiewHung's aunt made a comment about Jayden last week. She said 'he's trying to learn how to sing even before he can master his speech!' Hahaha... "