Eversince Bb-G changed to a new school early of this year, my morning routine has changed too..
I wake up at 6.30am > fill up water into her school bottle > josstick pray on the altar > take shower and that is already 7am.
Next, make milk for Bb-G and get her to drink > I go back to my room for facecare routine to prepare for work > then need to wake the little girl up again becos she doze-off after her milk > brush her teeth > wipe her body > change her uniform > tie her hair > give Bb-G water and vitamins > I go into my room to change my working suit , and that is already 7.30 am.
Everytime I tell Bb-G to wear her own socks and shoes and wait for me while I am wearing my clothes, but she just ignores and will wait for me to serve her like a queen(which means help her to wear socks+shoes lar).
Besides that, everymorning Bb-G is so demanding, asking for this , asking for that, and keep saying, "mummy, i wan this.....mummy i wan tat.....mummy, i don wan this....mummy i don wan tat......" then start to throw some princess tantrum!
This reaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy make me so "pek cek". Everymorning I have so much to do, and I have to rush out by 7.30am, since her school starts at 8am. It takes about 25mins+ to reach her school.
(oh well, for me punctuallity is always important especially to school, office, appointments, meetings)
So yesterday morning, I lectured her "kao kao and non stop" in the car on my way sending her to the school. I told her this:
"Eh, u know or not, when I was a little girl like you, your popoh never wear socks for me, your popoh never wear shoes for me....I am so independant. Your popoh only make me breakfast and I do everything on my own. YOu know or not, everymorning mummy is so busy, and you stil want to make noise and yi-yi-ak-ak., I told you to wake up, you stil want to laze on your bed, i ask you to brush your teeth and you slowly slowly brush, i ask you to wear your socks and you lepak on my bed, i ask you to eat your vitamins, and you play them on your hands, i tie your hair then you complain you don want this rubberband, don wan tat rubberband..... I ask you ar, in the school and daycare , teacher help you to do everything is it? "
And I never expect she replied me this ..
"No, i do everything on my own. I have to put my shower bag at the cabinet, then i have to go up to the class. Then after class i have to take the shower bag to the bathroom and queue with my friends and wait for kakak to bathe us. Then, after that I ownself wear baju. then walk into the Daisy class and drink nen nen, then teacher say go to sleep, and I go with my friends to the room and sleep. I take my own blanket and pillow to the blue colour bed. When teacher ask us to wake up, I never laze on the bed, I quickly wake up, because I don want my friends to see me laze on the bed. Then I have to fold my blanket and put back into my sleeping bag and keep lor.Then I go to the toilet on my own. Then I go down to the canteen and teacher Mandy give us bun to eat. I always eat finish wan... Then when my water no more already, I go to the kitchen and fill up my bottle. You see I do everything on my own ma...."
STUNT! I thought I can talk non-stop to lecture her, mana tau she can talk non-stop too to shut me up!
Anyway, this morning she still threw some princess temper demanding a strawberry Vit C, instead of the orange Vit C I gave her. I ignored and told her to settle her own shoes+socks. Well, at least she did ....
Haiz.....I think only working mother with going school kids will understand well what I am going through
Well, this morning when I was checking on FB, I saw this, and I think, that is very very true
Thursday, February 20, 2014
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This is not about what u can do for ur daughter. There is no shortcuts. No way to save time initially. By trying to save time u are actually falling into their trap of doing things for them then the agony comes... u have NO TIME. What needs to be done is PEOPLE MANAGEMENT. U manage them... PERIOD.... I do not have problems when handling her in the morning.... She wakes up handle herself in the bathroom... handles her hair..(becos i dunno how to tie hair). Especailly she does her own socks and shoes. Ultimately I have to be patience .. to explain and tell her that she will have to bare the consequences of her doing. She choose the results she wants to be in... u trust the process i promised u.. morning will be a breeze for you. SHe is smart and independent, she knows what to do but since u are there to pamper her, she let u pamper lah........ from DADDY
ReplyDeletewah....bb-g speaks like a PRO! haha....mummy was speechless right ? Breath in.....breath out......soon, this phrase will passed and you will be surprised how amazing your girl is. Hang on there.......
ReplyDeletemnhl - yes...breathe in and out everymornijng
ReplyDeletemummy-j - wow, between 7 am and 7.30 am, you actually did so many things...
ReplyDeleteI think you should try to reduce the number of decisions that have to be made in the morning to reduce morning anxiety:
- buy single-flavoured vitamins...
- standardise the hairstyle and limit the ribbon to be used on school days...
hope this helps! Obama said that he always wear the same style/suit everyday because he doesn't want to waste time deciding on that, since he has so many major decisions to make...