Lately I guess Miki is having another rapid growth spurt, he is eating more than me! he takes a hearty breakfast before he goes to school and yet gets very hungry during recess at 9.45am. And in the car ride home, he gets super hungry again…
Kesian sangat! That’s why I must pack food for Miki’s recces time everyday. It used to be just for recess but now I pack extra for the ride home too. His lunch box usually consist of sandwiches, handful of grapes, bread, sausages, hash browns, donuts, celery and carrot sticks with dip etc. When I don’t have time we just buy packs of buns from the store. He is not so picky but there must be lotsa food.
Last week he told me that his friend Gab called him a monkey for eating the banana I packed in his lunch box at recess. Miki was not so pleased so he stopped eating his banana half way through.
He told me in the car while I was in a very good mood then suddenly I became rather angry. I was not angry at my child Miki, not his class mate Gab. I was mad at Gab’s Mom.Yes, Gab’s Mom!
Hey you Mrs Gab’s Mom! Congratulations lady! You just proven yourself a successful Mother. Not only you have managed to nurture a picky eater that doesn’t eat fruits but also a very creative name caller brat! Syabas!
Kalau tak makan makanan sihat tu sudahla jangan mengejek orang boleh tak? Eh hangin pulak aku! Anyway, of course Miki kena lecture that day. Not because he didn’t finish that big Dole banana like Mummy asked but because he let the words of others affect him.
My sons, Miki and Rafa,
Mummy and Daddy tries our best to instill healthy lifestyle practices and good eating habits in the both of you. We may not be the best parents but we want you to be and to have it better than what we had when we were kids. Many little things that we practice at home are important for you even when you don’t know it.
Later on in your lives, you will be meeting people who do not think like you or live their lives like you. They may ridicule you and they may try to influence you to become like them. It is very important then that you’d be able then to distinguish between good and bad.
Weigh the odds carefully and remember, although you friend may seem cool and happening, but cool and happening may not be the best for you.
At 6 you encounter a situation of “eating healthily like Mummy says” VS “not eating it like my friend”. The situation may seem petty but if I don’t explain to you now, it may occur again a several years, only this time, instead of banana, it involves drugs or alcohol. Would you then choose to ignore your peers or succumb to their persuasion and give the drug a try?
Be wise my sons, it is a nasty world out there. InsyaAllah you will grow up with integrity – Doing what is right even when nobody is watching. Mummy and Daddy loves you Miki and Rafa, very much!
Now go show your palm to Gab and tell him to talk to you hand! yeah!
This pictures have nothing to do with the banana or Gab or Gab’s Mom. LOL! It is just us having a marvelous time at the park blowing giant bubbles.
These are sweet memories of our family. I will treasure forever!
Rafa is 2 years old and Miki is 6. They are both smart and healthy Alhamdulillah!
Rafa has a killer candy-sweet smile!
Rafa coveres his mouth when he laughs, when he coughs and sneezes. Sopan terlebey la pulak…
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Rafa mmg CUTE!!
Miki budak bijak!!
Haihhh…
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I can feel u. My anak kena before.
Btw kasi share sikit Ya.
Alaaa Rafael pernah kena budak panggil dia kambing sbb dia makan brokoli kat skolah.
And what did i do? Have a talk with the mom of coz! Gave her a piece of my broccoli mind.
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As much as I don’t condone name calling, I don’t think we should blame the parents so quickly. Children can come up with oh such creative things to call others. We as mummies need to keep in mind that all our kids are growing and learning everyday. And as parents we are learning everyday too. As much as I would like my son to be the perfect angel, I know he will make mistakes and I hope I will be patient enough to help him learn throuGH those mistakes. Let’s all be a great team player and help each other be the best parents we can be!
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Caren Ng hey friend… thank you for sharing….you anak kena how? at school issit?
Yes, kena since earlier of the year. Have teach him reverse psychology.
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Hong Ching Yee hi there. thanks for your comment. Other gungho parents who have gone to the school to scold the name-calling child or have a word with his parents. But you are right indeed, kids are learning everyday, that’s why if you read in my blog entry, I explained to my son what he needs to do in such situation. My son’s mistake in this incident is to let himself be affected by came-callings. I have shared my part of the story and I hope parents who happen to read this entry to do our part in also speaking to our children about healthy lifestyle and how we should not speak and do ill to others. 🙂 🙂
Francine Jansen Memang kids are capable of coming up with creative names to call others… I am sure the parents never call other people kambing per say and the child come up with that himself. but i believe the parents or caretaker must have done some name-calling in other manners… the child memang dah biasa berada dalam environment mengejek/mengata orang…. that’s how he is capable of calling people kambing… tsk tsk tsk….
Caren Ng agree with you. must teach our child how to deal with it. because if we go and scold the other child to stop calling our anak names also… later when he grows up, we wont be there to become his bodyguard forever right? hehehe
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Diyana Yang for me its simple. Parents dont know whats going on in school. Hence we as parent need to play our part and alert them. As i appreciate being given a chance to correct my own children, i’m sure other parents are also the same. If we dont talk to the parents and let them know what’s going on, it will continue. And the kid would never be corrected. I gave his mom a chance to correct her kid. N true enough she told me at home he is so sweet n never calls anyone names. He only does it in school. Yes kids will be kids n things like this will happen in future n they should learn how to deal with it. But i take a different approach. As long as he is still a child, i will take the necessary precautions.
Haaaa betul jugak tu! Kalau kita tak bagitahu dia yg anak dia “creatively” mengejek orang… Camana dia nak tahu kan? Hahaha barulah a great team player.. LOL
Diyana Yang this reminds me yg Miki merajuk Nia panggil dia (was it loser?) Which I seriously hv no idea how she cld come out with the idea to call him tht (i always blame the tv show!)..i did asked her to apologise to him once u told me tht..kesian Miki, kecik2 dah sensitive yer..ke dlm hati ade taman? hehe
Hehehe..Masa umur 5 tahun kena kata loser merajuk… Masa 6 tahun kena kata monkey tak marajuk dah… dah cool… dah kurang sket taman dalam hati dia. hehehe Niki Adi
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as much as I love to read your blog, I have to disagree with your posting this time, particularly on the part where the parents of a child were to be blamed for his mischievous antics.
Hi Kambeng…hehehe! thanks for reading my blog. kalau bukan parents nak blame sape lagi kambeng? kalau anak I nakal, i take the blame… 🙂
puan, macam mana nak ajar anak supaya tak jadi picky eater ye?
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kahkahkah! poyo giler Eintanz memanggil Puan… tampar kang!
I tatau lah camana… naturally makan.. cuba you bagi encouragement lebih sikit. contohnya kalau Lissa makan vege nanti muka cantik takde jerawat ke apa…
tapi diorang ni.. kalau kena ejek mmg terbantut tau selera diorang… tu pasal I bengang kalau orang ejek Miki pasal benda yg baik. kalau ejek benda lain takpe lagi.