Comments on: Our Quality Time with Zara

By: Zara's Mama

Zara's Mama — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:01:00 +0000

Sesame,
Yes, this is the best time in fact.. and we can have some quiet and quality time together.

YL,
Daddy sleep with us, but his bed time is very much later, and I don’t want him to be in the room because Zara will get distracted and can’t go to sleep. So, he has to leave the room and only return once she’s asleep. 😛

Simple American,
Wow.. this tradition is still going on in your family? That’s nice. I should remind myself to do something similar too.
It does pay off, as she’s very close to me, and she really picks up lots of words and sentence making through all these talking.

Vien,
I started reading to her quite early actually. She didn’t have much interest in the beginning. Then I bought this board books with real baby photos on it calls Baby Boo!. That was when she started getting hooked on books.
Btw, you know at this age, they like pictures of real object than cartoons drawing? They can relate to the photographed object than a drawing.

Mom2Ashley,
It’s all hell break loose though when I have a night meeting and my maid has to tuck her in.. There’ll be lots of screaming and shouting, but I just pretend I didn’t hear them.

Helen,
That’s why it’s all reading, watching TV, talking.. No playing or chasing her around, and most of the time I fall asleep earlier than her. 😛
Err.. I think she’ll be sleeping with us for a while. Both the kids. Luckily we have a super big room.

Jesslyn,
I don’t think she knows.. because nowadays when she wants to talk nonsense, she’ll start the sentence with “Dream about…. “

Samm,
But you spend the whole day with Gordon, so it’s different. I only get to spend the 2 to 3hrs towards the end of the day with her. So I maximize the fun.

By: Samm

Samm — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:12:00 +0000

Wahlau, so many routines. For me, lights out, tv out, pc monitor out…. means sleep. NON-NEGOTIABLE.

By: Jesslyn

Jesslyn — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:05:00 +0000

Wow, her dream full of imagination!..yup, wonder she know what’s dream about! 😛

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:04:00 +0000

WOw, after work you still have enough energy to do all these?? INcredible! lol

Any plans for Zara to have her own room when baby comes?

By: mom2ashley

mom2ashley — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:54:00 +0000

sounds like you got everything undere control there. lucky you!

By: Vien

Vien — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:23:00 +0000

I’m trying to read to Belle, quite unsuccessful. She gets distracted easily. Maybe she is still too young. 😛 When did you start reading to Zara?

By: Simple American

Simple American — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:06:00 +0000

I miss story time. Though sometimes we read as family still. Each one of us taking a turn to read.

I think the time you spend with her is wonderful. It will really pay off for you down the road as Zara grows.

By: YL

YL — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:03:00 +0000

“This is the time Daddy will say his good night, and leave the room.”—-> daddy dun sleep with Zara and mummy?? 😐

By: sesame

sesame — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:13:00 +0000

Isn’t that so nice? I’ve always thought the bedtime routine is the nicest of the hours I spend with Gavin. Like you, I hardly get the maid to make him sleep unless I am ill. In fact, Gavin sleeps about the same time as Zara. 9pm is also the time I prepare him for bed and we start reading and talking.

By: Zara's Mama

Zara's Mama — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:45:00 +0000

Egghead,
No la.. By the time she gets changed to the time she knocks off, it takes about 1hr.. so normally by 10pm she’ll be asleep.

Hmom,
Actually I have been doing this all the while, but now b’cos I work from home, I can start spending time with her at 6:30pm. If I go to the office, I’m able to spend time with her starting from about 8pm.

May,
Hmm.. maybe you should think about working for Starbucks.. to sustain your WIFI habit and get free coffee fixes. 😛
Or, get your own Starbucks francise!

Geetha,
Esp now that I’m pregnant.. by 10pm my eyes can’t hold on open any longer.
She won’t let Daddy tuck her in, and anyway, Daddy doesn’t know how to distract her. The minute she said wants mummy, Daddy will bring her to me, even when I’m in a meeting! So only myself and Tuyam can tuck her in.

Immomsdaugther,
Eh, who handles your boy?
The only thing is I find I have no time for myself, but I told myself this period is very important for her, so I don’t mind doing it for now.

Mother Superior,
I do get distracted occasionally. But I think it’s healthy. Like I go down to give Zara a hug, or get a glass of water a few times in a day, it’s a bit like working in the office where you go to the pantry to flip the newspaper, or to chat with a couple of people.
No one works 100% of the time.
I’ll have to figure out how to split my time between the 2 of them when the next one arrives.

Blurblur,
Actually, I haven’t told my boss that I plan to work from home most of the time.. wonder what he’ll say. 😛
Yeah.. those are really nice moments to see her yakking away.