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My Son is Almost 5
WOW. Time flies so FAST! By March, my son will be turning 5 and he wants a Chicken Little birthday cake and a Chicken Little car. The cake is easy to grant but I don’t know if there is such thing as a Chicken Little car. Anyway, before 5 there is 4 years and 3/4 first so I am updating with his Baby Center updates (yes! I still read the up to date email from Baby Center)
My son shows tantrums and emotional turmoil once in awhile these days, he loves to whine and I am not perfect to say that I find it very controllable, in fact, I deal with how I deal with him when he is whining because it gets in my nerve most of the time and I will take these tips from Baby Center as my guide.
One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is teaching her how to calm herself when emotions are boiling over. Self-calming is not an easy thing to learn — or to teach, since most of us are still perfecting the skill.
Since you want to catch her before she explodes, you first need to recognize signals that she’s about to lose it. Does she whine or lash out verbally? Maybe her body language or tone of voice tells the story. If she’s frustrated playing with her blocks, does she clench her teeth? Once you know her cues, you can discuss them with her. The goal is to get her to recognize on her own when she’s emotionally on the edge.
The next step: teaching some simple anger management and stress relief techniques that will help her cope with strong feelings. It can be as simple as showing her how to take a deep breath: “When you feel like whapping your little brother, stop and take a deep breath and then let it out.” Or, “Take a deep breath and count to three, then let the air slowly blow out your mouth.” Practice together; eventually it can become second nature.
Physical activity lowers stress and clears frustrated minds, so getting outside can help. Warm baths, soft music, a back rub — these kinds of sensory activities soothe as well. “You’re beginning to whine and get frustrated. Let’s take a bath to help you calm down.” Although your child won’t be able to give herself a back rub whenever she’s frustrated, your doing so helps her learn to identify her strong feelings and realize that it’s possible to tame them.
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My Chatterbox
I always find it annoying when my son talks non-stop and seems to not listen to any word I tell him. We always remind him to say excuse every time he wants to say something if mommy or daddy is still talking and somehow he mastered that one already. He usually says excuse me to us and tells us what he wants to say. I always though that there is a problem to his listening skills when I read his milestone updates from Baby Center…
Even quiet preschoolers are chatterboxes compared with older children. They love to sing, tell stories, and play word games. They love to ask questions. They’re still refining the fine art of conversation, though. The talking part is not a problem; it’s the listening part they need help with. Unsure how to get and keep your attention, they butt in as needed and keep going whether or not you’re listening and responding.
Fours also take a full-steam-ahead approach to talking because the part of the brain that manages self-control isn’t developed yet. Often your child interrupts because he’ll forget what he wants to say if he doesn’t spit it out quickly. While you don’t want to discourage your child from talking, it is time to clue him in to conversational etiquette.
Let him know that it’s impolite to interrupt, that he needs to take turns in conversation just as he does in playing. If he needs to say something, teach him to wait for a pause and say “excuse me.” Praise him when he does that or when he waits for you to get off the phone to ask a question.
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My Son’s First Christmas Party in School
I asked her teacher if she can take photos of my son during the party and I was so happy to get so many photos from her using my mom’s point and shoot. By just looking at the photos, I know my son had a great time with his teachers and classmates but due to privacy issues, I can’t post most of the photos here. Anyway, here are some of the photos…
DS eating their party food of spaghetti and chicken.
They were also given time to give their little tokens to each classmate and let them greet each other Merry Christmas.
I love that the school didn’t encourage grand celebrations of events. The party was sponsored by the parents of one of the students in class because it was her birthday and the teachers just asked parents to bring simple tokens for each classmates and didn’t have exchange gifts. I prepared these items…
Angry Birds pencils, sharpeners and erasers for the kids
Personalized Mugs for His Teachers
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Thankful Mother
Everyday I thank the Lord that He gave me a very playful son. A cheerful boy who teaches me to see everything on the brighter side. Motherhood isn’t perfect, there are days that I question myself if I am a good mother but I know I am doing the right thing when I hear him say, thank you or I love you or excuse me or just being nice to others. I still continue to pray for him to grow up to be God-fearing and a gentleman and o be healthy and safe always and to continue to give us laughter by being playful and happy all the time…
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Boys will be Boys
My son loves biking and he looks forward to riding it every weekends even if he can only ride it in our garage. Every morning before going to school, he would sit on his bike or just touch it. Here he is with his cousin biking at home.
Such happy faces while biking. Bikers in the making just like their fathers.
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DS’s Christmas Wishlist
I am blogging this for my son’s Daddy or Mommy on my yearly Christmas Party with my Twiiter Family! Our online friends and their families have been a part of special occasions like this, Christmas and since last year, we had our traditional Christmas Party where our kids participated in the Secret Santa Gift Giving, we are doing it again this year. Here are my son’s wishes. Thanks to his Daddy/Mommy in advance!
1. Young Artist Design and Doodle
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2. CAT’s Mini Machines (Mini Tractors)
and in case you can’t find that particular CAT Mini Machine toys, you can get these instead, my son loves these now…
Thanks again Daddy/Mommy!
*pictures taken in SM Megamall’s Toy Kingdom*
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Now: 4 years and 7 months
I used to be scared when getting the facts from Baby Center. I read stuff that my son didn’t perform and somehow we observed that he was a little behind for his age but now that I still read milestones for his age, he is now at par with almost all the milestones. He is really taking it slowly but surely. I thank God for each day. Anyway, here are a few milestones that I observed that he is performing, INDEED!
Four-year-olds are perpetual motion machines — running, jumping, hopping, wriggling, climbing. But this natural inclination to be active won’t necessarily last forever. Take advantage of it while you’ve got it to develop healthy lifelong habits as a family. Join in the fun, stay active with your kids, and they’re more likely to keep moving as they grow up.
He climbs. He enjoys the stairs, the slides, the monkey bars in school! Oh boy, he has a new bike and we will definitely hit the field this weekend to test drive it! Yey!
Pair your child’s overactive imagination with his exploding language skills and you get some of the most fanciful tales you’ll ever hear. He’ll convincingly tell you all the details of his trip to the rain forest or how he flew to the desert to dig up dinosaurs before lunch this morning. You may want to write some of his favorite stories down or have him tell them to the video camera so you can giggle over them together someday.
When we talk in the bedroom, he tells stories about everything and patches them up like one extravagant fairy tale. He also loves pretending while playing, he loves to be a fireman, a civil engineer and a gasoline boy!
Your child absorbs and parrots back all kinds of grown-up behavior. Occasional bossiness is one of these. (Not that you necessarily deliver your commands as rudely as your child may play them back.) At four, kids start to experiment with power and how words can manipulate people. Combine this with a fondness for rules and order, and you might find a little dictator on your hands, lording over both her friends and your family.
Something that my husband and I find so funny. He tries to give commands to us like, “Mommy, listen to me. Stop talking please!” Then I will try to say, “Okay son. I will not talk.” Then he answers, “Thank you Mommy for not talking!” HAHAHA. Or he tells me, that he will be the one to prepare his stuff for brushing his teeth (preparing his toothbrush and putting toothpaste) or he wants to wash his hands and he doesn’t want me to stay in the bathroom with him, “Mommy, stay away, I will be the one, just open the door.” So, I will leave the bathroom door open so I can watch him from afar. He also commands that we go up from the bed sometimes so he can fix the bed in the morning or tells us to greet each other “Good morning!” when we forget it. Too cute!
Here is my adorable son who never fails to amuse us and bring joy to us…
Howdy!
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