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I think my 14-month old son has stopped teething since he has 4 teeth a few months back. Whatever reason it is, he stops at 4 teeth. Two top, two bottom. I can’t help but confused why the teething has stopped.

Anyway, let’s move on….

Now he can listen to simple instructions like "bye-bye," "raise your hand," "kiss," "lie down," and "sleep."

Last night, what’s surprising was that he took a piece of tissue paper and starting to wipe his chin. Maybe he learned from one of us. He is sharp at observing at his stage so we better be careful not to do something bad in front of him ;-).

Every morning, when his elder sister gets ready for kindergarten, my son follows. He asks me to wear shoes for him, just like what his sister does before stepping out of home for school.

I just can’t imagine how fast children grow.
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This has been a hot topic since god knows when. But nothing is done about it. We all know that cows’ milk is not for us, it’s for baby cows. Unfortunately, we still drink it.

I strongly believe that it’s a conspiracy. We are told to drink cow’s milk and consume dairy products only for one reason: for milk companies to make profits!

I totally agree with Stewart David who wrote a letter to the editor of Citizen-Times.com:

"Milk is part of a healthy meal, as long as you are an infant and drinking the milk of your own species. But why are we still drinking it? We hear a lot about the obesity crisis, yet little mention that the consumption of dairy products is a major reason that Americans are becoming as big as cows.

Not only that, dairy product consumption also contributes to osteoporosis, cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes."

I wish there would be more effort especially from the Government to create this awareness in all. Don’t protect a few companies at consumers’ expense.

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My heart ached. I felt bad for Jen.

I don’t know why, I just can’t listen to stories like this. I can’t imagine how fragile and vulnerable a small kid is when he is being abused or beaten by a parent. He is so innocent and naive. How on earth a parent could do such things to his own child! In this case, it was her mother that wielded violence on Jen just because of bad mood or lost in gamble. Her mother used her as the target for releasing her anger and stress.

For those who have the tendency to beat your child up, no matter how bad you feel, be real and don’t victimize your child. Use other channels that are more proper. Instead, you should shower them with love. Make a commitment to yourself, use only your mouth not your hands when it comes to giving your child a lesson. It worked for me (yes, I used to use spanking when my child refused to listen or other things that upset me), so there should be no excuses.

Alternatively, learn how you can play a part in preventing child abuse and put a stop to it.
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I don’t know about you but when it comes to infidelity or cheating spouse, we usually blame the men. God knows why. Is it the nature of men to do that? I think many men will not agree with me on this.

There is a new research suggests that women are just as likely to cheat as their male counterparts. To me this is something interesting as it’s different from what I used to think.

Here are a few interesting points from the 10-year research:

1) Women’s fluctuating hormones and later sexual peak, often in the mid 30s, as other reasons for straying.

2) "Infidelity is more apparent and more obvious in today’s society. We are products of our biology, but our culture, society and psychology probably exert much stronger control over us."

3) "I don’t think it’s natural to be monogamous. Most mammals will screw anything, so we inherently want to do the same as humans. We’re just a step up, as far as I’m concerned."

As I can see now, Point #2 is quite obvious as more and more partners are cheating and it’s not a good sign especially for children. And for Point #3, babies of animals are more independent than humans’, human babies need more care and love. So there’s still a BIG difference here.
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I was contemplating about it for quite some time. It’s long over due (ahem!) I was supposed to get it when my second son was born more than a year ago. The excuse is to capture the moments of my children growing up. Hey, at least I’ve got a valid reason to spend.

I bought a Sony DVD digital video camera last week. It was my first "hands-on research" on camcorders since I wanted to buy one. It just happened that I bumped into a roadshow on electronics gadgets (digital cameras and camcorders) and guess what I bought it without doing any comparisons! I know you’re going to tell me that I am not a smart consumer. Let me tell you why.

I felt good about the Handycam: it’s small, lightweight, the latest model, it uses harddisk (no messy DVD discs that you need to carry along) and best of all I got many freebies (free tripod, hard carrying case, picnic chair, screen protector).

Okay, I admit I am trying to convince you that I got a good deal. And also to justify that I deserve it.

Anyway, as you may have guessed, I spent the last few days capturing fun moments with my children with the newly-acquired gadget. Of course, my 4-year old daughter is happy as she has the chance to see herself on TV. My son? He’s still too young to appreciate. But both of them are very happy and the videos create a lot of laughter.

It’s quite different when you capture them on video compared to still photos. Some moments you just can’t cut it with digital cameras like walking wobblingly, the sound of learning to talk and screaming, etc. You get what I mean.

I think it’s interesting to create a collection of videos that captures the growth of our children. I have yet to learn the video editing software that comes with the camcorder. May have to learn it so that I can put up a nice little family movie.
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