Category: Brat Stuff

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No, Sorry .. No Horns !

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A few days ago, I wrote .. and wonder if my Chloe has horns.. remember..?? This morning .. a check with the regular teacher.. and the child involved.. we found out that Chloe was telling the truth. *Phew* .. darn relief lah..!!! As mothers .. we donch wanna think that our angels can get evil.. but if for some reason .. they are.. then we have to nip the problem at its bud . .no..?? I love my daughter .. but if she was learning .. or behaving wrongly, it is best to make it right now. I don’t want to be like some parents whose kids sells stuff at our store.. and blame us for buying them, instead of telling their kids not to sell the stuff. How would we know .. if they are allowed to..??? we always try calling .. if the kid is below 16 .. but if kids can have sex legally at 14 here.. what makes these parents think that selling their games or consoles are illegal..?? And like the parents of those who are into drugs .. and instead of sending them to a drug rehab, they blame the traffickers. *slap forehead*

Anyhow, I’m pleased to inform friends and family .. that my kid is not a bully nor does she have horns. Moral of the story – don’t panic, find out the real story and then act accordingly. If your kid is really evil, then you have to get a saw and saw off the horns.

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So She Has Horns Now?

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Last week I wrote about Chloe getting punched by her classmate and refuses to go back to school the next day. But yesterday, when PB went to pick chloe up at school, her relief teacher had notified PB that Chloe had taken a stool and hit her classmate back with it – because she didn’t want the other girl to be first. Shocked of course, when we heard about it.. but for the life of me.. i cannot see my brat being so violent nor evil.

As soon as she came back to the store, she hid under her table.. and started crying.. big time… when PB asked her to tell me what was going on. Of course, she wouldn’t say at first.. but after much cajoling and probing.. she said she didn’t pick up the stool and hit her school friend. What happened according to Chloe was .. she wanted to go down the slide first… and she had a stool with her on the bridge of the slide.. to sit like a princess (why i have no idea) .. and then the other girl went down first.. and she tripped on her stool.. while trying to go down the slide.. and the stool fell and hit the other kid. I know that Chloe can be quite bossy at times.. but never had i seen her raise a hand on anyone.. especially another kid. I had asked Kate if Chloe had ever hit her .. and Kate said no.. but Chloe would try and scratch her hands.. if she was mad.

We continued reminding Chloe about what bullies are .. and how no one wants to be friends with bullies and how when the other kid punched her last week and how upset we were. We re-enforced our believes and tried to see if there was a different story. And this morning .. i asked her again, if she ever scratched Kate – in which she replied yes. I asked her if she did pick up the stool to hit her friend in school, she said ” you already asked me 100 times yesterday, and I said “no” .. it was an accident!”

But her relief teacher did distinctly tell PB that chloe picked up the stool to hit her friend. So did my daughter grew horns overnite.. that I don’t know of. As parents, we of course, want to think that our kids are angels. It is very dangerous… if as a parent you do not want to hear both side of the story.. and that your kid does not know the consequences of her actions. So come Monday, we explained to Chloe that we will ask her teacher to speak to her classmate without us with Chloe .. about what happened. Plus we are gonna leave our phone # for the other parent to contact us.. if the teacher’s finding is that Chloe did actually pick up the stool to hit the other girl. Because if Chloe did that, we have to let the other parent know that we are on top of things – and this is never gonna happen again. On the other hand, if it was a misunderstanding.. i want to set the record right too.

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My Tummy Hurts !

This morning .. Chloe decided to have a tummy ache. She said her tummy hurts so much.. she didn’t wanna go to school. Further probing .. we learned that she knew her “boxing friend” was gonna be in school today, so that was the reason why she didn’t wanna go to school. I explained to her.. that I will make sure to remind her teacher about her “boxing friend” and that she could call us immediately if she gets punched again.. and we’ll come pick her up immediately. Then she said.. it was ok.. to go to school. On the way to school, she told us that there was one time.. where her “boxing friend” boxed her face as well – but that was a long time ago. So this was the 3rd time…??

We spoke to the teacher again.. and again she played it down.. and make light of it but yes.. we are gonna be keeping a real close eye on this “boxing friend”

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Walks

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Going for walks with Chloe beats going on the treadmill , that’s for sure. I just wished the weather warm up quicker, so that we can do it more often. Having said that, most importantly, these walks tire the lil’ brat out, so that she will go to bed .. at about 10.30pm.. without too much fussing. If she coops up in the store the whole day because of bad weather.. she doesn’t get to do much, and therefore don’t get to spend her energy anywheres. And yes, that’s me an chloe .. 🙂

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Reading Time

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This is Chloe’s nite time ritual – whereby she wants to read as many books as possible..before sleeping. She will bargain.. and bargain .. but by the time.. she is ready for bed.. it’s already late.. so we can only read a few to her. She loves that her daddy reads to her.. and she never lean on me this way.. because she knows.. my tummy cannot be pressed on. There are so many things.. that she would make PB do for her.. like carry her into the tub.. or carrying her from the bed to the computer room for her breakfast.. but she never make me do any of it. Yes.. PB said she knows better.. but you see .. she is only but 5.5 yrs old.. and she already knows right from wrong.

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New Rules

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I never liked clutter, so from young, Chloe was taught how to clean up and put things back where they belong. Usually, during bedtime, she still wants to play with her toys.. but just before she lay down.. and cover herself in blankie, this is what she does. Line up all her toys properly .. before going to bed. But there is a new rule at home this week, and that is .. Chloe can mess up her room.. as long as she cleans it up herself.. at nite. I believe in teaching her young.. and hopefully, we give her some good grounding.. to help her be a good person for the future.

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School Bully

It had been a rather trying week for us last week because Chloe was punched by a classmate in her pre-school on the chest. At first, we didn’t think too much of it.. till in the evening, when we got home.. and got ready to bathe her .. and i saw a slight bruise on her chest. I asked her about it.. and she said.. it was this boy who punched her on her chest.. but she had already told her teacher about it. As parents, we all know that we first have to find out .. whether our own kid had been bad first .. perhaps, Chloe had provoked the boy. But Chloe said “no” .. and i was abit concern because this is not the first time, this kid had done that to Chloe.

Like all parents, we of course want to teach our kid how to protect herself and after much talking about it.. and explaining to Chloe what she had to do in the future should it happen again, my daughter is so kind hearted and refuses to push her bully away .. but insisted that she was gonna run very quickly to her teacher. I know that in every school and in fact in every class in the future,…. my kid may come across a bully or two.. but that does not mean .. that my kid needs to continue to be the victim right..?? And even though her current teacher tried to put it lightly to us.. about the situation .. i am very worried because my daughter is not taught to hurt others.. nor do we condone roughing around. We want to do the right thing.. but as parents we all know the right thing may not be the best thing or the proper thing to help my daughter.. so what would you do.. if you were in my shoes?

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Best Friends

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Chloe’s best friend is Dominic. In fact, they were born at about the same time. Dominic’s mother and I got pregnant at about the same time. I still remember the day i announced my good news.. to Claudette..but Claudette was in to tell me about her good news… but stopped herself. It is truly hard to find good ppl here in this town and I hope to make some good friends for Chloe, so that when she grows up, she will have a pool of good ppl to look up to.. and share stuff with. I also want to teach Chloe to be strong and nonchalant because sometimes, ppl say things without knowing that they can hurt our feelings. For ppl like that.. I want to teach Chloe not to waste time on them… and move forward.

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Moment Of Truth

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Many of my girlfriends & family often asked why i chose a man from a “ulu” town.. to settle down with, since i had many choices for I worked with a lot of ppl and meets tons too. Muahahah!! and every now and then.. with the ladies/moms here .. i get the same question. Well, moment of truth .. g/fs is .. yes.. i get to meet a lot of ppl, but most are either too full of themselves (i’m so full of myself, so how can i tolerate another like me right..?) or some are already married.. and only looking for a fling .. which i was not into ( after get AIDs how..??) .. and those “suitable ones” .. well .. lets just say .. they want someone submissive..?? and others.. they have their own expectations.. of the woman they want to settle down with.

As you all know.. i met PB online. He was funny and witty .. and had a dry sense of humor, obviously SMART .. but having said all these.. had i known what it was gonna be like here.. in small town, i would definitely had encouraged him to live in Asia. But now that we’ve Chloe, it makes it a lot harder to move.. because of all the benefit the Canadian government gives to these kids – the future generation. Surely there are lots of things that I don’t like here but I never have to work for someone else for the last 9 yrs. On top of everything else, PB shares half of everything i do for Chloe and the house.. i’m a 50/50 gal and in our household, there is no one thing that either of us wouldn’t do. And of course, most importantly, the heavy duty stuff is done and taken care of by PB. All in all, it’s great except for missing food and home, now if they had just 1 hawker center in Yarmouth, I’ll be good for life here. So for those thinking of migrating.. make sure you migrate where there are authentic food around eh. Love is important .. but food is equally as important.

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Hello Kitty

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I bought these rubber stamps for chloe to play with. But seriously, when i think of it.. i wonder if it is I .. ?? or it’s chloe’s fetish..??? hehehe!! truth be told.. i love hello kitty a lot .. but that was when i was a kid. At that time and age, I couldn’t afford to have stuff like Hello Kitty .. as my mum wasn’t one .. that would spend a lot of money on the gals (cultural thing). So whenever i see hello kitty stuff.. you know i’ll be buying for Chloe.. just because. The thing about giving your kid.. what you never had .. is true eh.