Wall stickers decoration

It was quite a hit now in playing wall stickers. I know it from a Multiply seller when Mummy Moon first show it to me. I'm was not really interested at that time as I'm afraid it may cause the wall paint comes off.

A week later after I know this thing, I saw it selling at the morning market and it is much more cheaper (4 pcs for RM10) than those from Multiply. I quickly inform Moon on that and she grab some too.

After I see some results on wall decorated with these stickers, it is very nice and brighten up the plain wall. I wanted to try that out too! This wall stickers cannot simply paste for fun with any design else it creates a messy look. You can check out at Moon's place on her wall sticker's placement. It also needs some creative idea on where you want to place it.

Last week, I bought 2 different design wall stickers to try, RM2 each. There got many other designs like loving couple series, Disney series, black graphic series, plant series, garden series, kid series and etc. Glass stickers also available too.


The train set I plan to put on the wall next to our bed. The sea world one will paste it in the washroom. The stickers need to be peel off carefully, else will get a taring edge, if pull off too hard.


This is how it looks like. I should paste it to goes a bit uneven, it looks quite a straight line there. Nevermind la, I lazy to peel off and put again. The boy likes it so much and he did help me in pasting it up. He keeps gazing at it, counting the stars and naming all the animals till past his nap hours, LOL!

The sticker is not sticky type and hard to pull off kind. I don't think it will cause the wall goes dirty after it remove. So I think it is alright to play with it.

Seriously no appetite

Yesterday I experienced another hard day of feeding the boy. Guess what? he took 3.5 hours to finish his dinner! Oh, it is not, cannot even finish, left 2 spoons. I’m so so fed-up of him since lunch (2 hrs and 10 mins). I finally raise the balloon plastic stick and beat him kuat kuat during 2 meals time, no matter how I coax, scold, force, chase him out and even beaten, all done - he still keep the food in the mouth. I fed almost wanted to cry, it is like a war time when comes to eating time.

Why? Why? Only meal times he was like that, I really cannot understand, if given milk, biscuit, snacks or Yakult, all no problem, gone within minutes. Is this the sign of no appetite? I try to find out, maybe he got new teeth to sprout or throat ulcer? No, I don’t find any too.

Since last week, this is how he ate, he chew till very fine and half swallow, then follow I put in another small spoon. He kept chewing till don’t want to swallow and then he pull the bowl near to his mouth and spit out the mouth full of food. The whole bowl of rice keep doing like that, does he have any food down the stomach? I think very little only, coz he kept spit out and I put in another fresh spoonful. Yesterday night, by force I still keep feeding him back those he spit out. So, when all done it is 12 midnight. I gone insane and fuming, the boy not dare to ask for his bedtime milk and slept quietly. This morning, after a bottle of milk, I cooked some sausages, egg and baked bean for him only, he took almost 2 hours to finish. Now, I suspect he may got worms in his stomach.

My aunty know my hard feeding time and she recommended this traditional med to me for improve appetite. It is a powder base med and got to eat for 2 weeks time (twice a day) till he shows the sign of willing to eat with good appetite. She told me this works on her grandchildrens and no hesitation I get one and try on the boy.


Digexin 30g
The description says can improve appetite, indigestion, relieve cough and stomach discomfort. RM 10 for this 30g bottle. I hope it helps before I get the Appeton Multivitamin with Lysine.

Lessons of Life

Got this in the morning and I think it serves a good reminder and encouragement at anytime and anything happen in our life. Do read on! This is something we should all read at least once a week!

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the local newspaper "The Plain Dealer", Cleveland, Ohio.

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written."

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.

9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.

16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.

23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24. The most important sex organ is the brain.

25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27. Always choose life.

28. Forgive everyone everything.

29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33. Believe in miracles.

34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37. Your children get only one childhood.

38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42. The best is yet to come.

43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44. Yield.

45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

Child Safety Harness Leash

Kid harness and handstrap leash is a common thing in foreign country. I remembered back in 20 years ago, my aunt has been using it on my little cousin (aged 1+), when they need to go on board to and fro UK, Libya and Malaysia. She was alone with the boy in those days and because of this harness strap, it keeps the boy safe in her hand all times.

That was the first time I came to know of this leash and I'm pretty impress of the benefits. It's really a great helping hand when the kid got leash on. My aunt got less worried of the boy will get lost when she check-in, boarding, transit, pick-up luggages, push trolley and walking up and down at the crowded airport.

Comes to now, I used one on Terry too when he was 2.5 years old as I helpless when I shop alone with the boy. He likes to walk by himself, without letting me to hold his hand, carry or pull me to anywhere he wants to reach. I hardly get my shopping done, just keep busy chasing and my eyes tailing after him. Sometimes when he really not behave, it really makes me like a mad woman scolding him in the public.

When I first introduced this to him, he finds it so interesting and very co-operate to let me put it on. Maybe because during our few shopping trips with Mummy Moon and Yan Yan, he saw Yan wearing a harness handstrap backpack before and he finds it fun. He is very happy when I got it for him. He even remind me to put on whenever we goes shopping. He called this a "school bag", LOL! cause it is something over his shoulder.

It is uncommon to leash our kids here. Many parents think that the kiddo looks like a pet after leash on and some disagree using it as it limits the kid's freedom to explore. My cousin SIL (who is a mummy too) even scolded me before for leashing on Terry. To me, his safety comes more important than he looks like a pet or what. The society here also makes me so insecure when bringing a kid out. With the harness strap, I got the better secure feel especially when walk in a crowded place. He can simply walk out of my sight, if he not allows me to hold him tight. Besides that, I can immediately pull him away from prohibit area or dangerous zone before I fast enough to stop/ reach him. If my hands full of carriage, I'm not worried too, as the strap will be hanging across my wrist. It gives me a peace of mind too if I want to check out something from the shelf and let go his hand. For the boy, he can walk slightly free within a few meters away from me.

I'll only use this when we're not going out with daddy. Normally when me and Mummy Moon go shopping with kids, we both will leash them up. It draws attention to many pairs of eye looking on us and the kiddo. Some looks so surprise on it and I even over heard people comment about us when walk pass them.

I got this The First Years Elmo 2-in-1 harness & handstrap at Pavillion Parkson's baby section. It cost RM32.90, if I'm not mistaken. It is very easy to wear on, self-fastener velcro strip closure on the back. Others leash design which can find are like keeper bag with strap*, plush toy harness & hand strap and wrist harness handstrap.


If you have an active curious toddler, this is your best choice for outing, shopping and travelling. What do you think?

* This is NOT a paid review

Blogger Mum & Kids Meet

Backdated @ 26/10/09 (Monday)

This is another overdue post to share, hope my readers still be on track with me :P


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It was our 2nd time having a meet up with blogger's friends. This round with Mummy Gwen and also Mummy Moon, apparently was my good friend since secondary school cum mummy blogger now. Since we known the same group of blogger mum, we wish to meet them up personally.

We late to for the meet up due to Yan Yan not feeling well on the way. She had a bad cough and thrown up in the car. We met at IOI Mall and had our lunch at Kenny Rogers. It was a real quick meet up for all of us, as seeing Yan getting more and more uncomfortable throughout the eating time, we not really got chance to chat and stayed on longer. Thanks Mummy Moon for the lovely meet-up gift.

Gwen is such a sweetie-pie and not shy to all the new faces she first met. She is a bubbly girl too through the way she talks and smiles. So do her mummy, a pretty and soft spoken mum. We will organise a Christmas meet up pretty soon and hope it is a fun one for all of us.

Related post:-
Bloggers Meet Up
Poor Yan Yan

Pan fried Chicken Chop

This is another favourite dish for Terry. Done this yesterday for our lunch and dinner. I got to cook once and eat twice as hubs not having dinner at home due to back home / work late.

I used 2 de-bone drumsticks. Marianted it with salt, pepper, light soya sause, teriyaki sauce, a dash of sugar and mix with ginger, small onion and garlic. The last 3 ingredients blend and squeeze the juice out of it. When the marinated work done, put it back to the fridge for 2 hours.

Pan fried it in low heat till it turn brown. Important to know that, put less sugar, else it turn black fast before it well cooked. Before dish up from pan, sprinkle some rice wine with water and simmer for 2 mins.

With this delicious chicken chop to go with rice, with hope that the boy will like it and can finish up his meal fast. Who knows it is the same too. Last night, he took 2.5 hours to eat, not even finish up all. I'm feeding him till I almost want to fall asleep. I really fuming mad and blood boiling, I raised my voice and started to scold then I off the hall light and TV, left him sit alone with the bowl of rice and I went to bed. He started to cry and vomit out the food. Sighhhh...why is it soooo hard to finish the food? I continue to scold and nag till he finish up his bedtime milk.

I don't really know what he is up to recently or I really hope this is just a phase (this is not the first time already). He chew the food till very fine, keep the food inside the mouth and don't want to swallow. Can he be no appetite? I don't think so, drinking milk, Yakult, biscuits all gone in seconds. It has been a week more he being this way during meal time. Everyday he is testing my patient and I pull hair feeding him for the average of 1.5 hours.

It is not that I'm not patient enough, hard and soft way to deal both I've tried.

Feeding with small spoonful
Switch on his favourite channel, program or VCD
Play toys and do whatever he likes while eating
Cook his favourite dish
Change to cook noodles or porridge, try to make varieties in meal
Pack outside food or eat out
Let him take his own time to finish (can take up to 3 hours still not finish!)
Tell him something fun to do after meal (like going out, go shopping and etc)
Start to eat beyond the actual mealtime (so that he gets more hungry and can eat up fast)
Reward him with Yakult/snacks after meal
By punishment, put him outside the balcony and shut the door
Scold and beat till cried and vomit

All this I've tried, and ...... H e-- still -- eat -- slow...

Next I'm going to prepare a cane. Or may be I should start getting him some Multivitamin for boosting appetite?

Everyday during meal time, I'm nag and nag, scold and scold for eating fast, chew and swallow but still no slight change. I'm really so tension facing the kid finish up his meal.

This afternoon, prepare his favourite dish again. ABC soup and chicken meat (the meat used to boil with the soup and dip soya sauce to eat with rice). Amazingly he took 30 minutes only to finish up. What a big different to the previous night. I really hope it is just a phase and plss..boy, don't torture mummy like this everyday.

Pls share with me, how long normally does your kid took to finish their meal? How do you deal with them if they take too long to finish the food? Any other way to encourage them to eat fast?