I was invited by Nice to do the Mommystuff weekly questions. Why not? I think this would be fun!

Do you have routines for your kids? Care to share? Does it really help?
Yes. I do.
I will not post the time ‘coz I’m a bit flexible in this area.

• Upon waking up, I’ll greet her “Good morning!” and will give her milk.
• After milk, I’ll give her a bath (but since my operation, yaya was the one giving her baths).
• It’s her playtime before lunchtime. So if I’m working, her play area is our computer area upstairs.
• Lunch.
• Time for me to go to the office. Or if I’m working from home that day, she’ll continue playing upstairs. But if I’m really busy, she’ll stay with yaya in our room.
• Then it’s time for her to play in the garden. I go down with her to take my break. This was how she learned “Feeee” (for fish) and “Oweh” (for flower).
• She takes a nap late. Around 6pm. (Because we wake up late)
• Dinner.
• Spongebath.
• Playtime around our room (gosh!) till 12midnight or 1am.

The ones that are in bold font are the only ones I get to “participate” in all the time whether I’m working from home or I go to the office.

Yes, i believe routines are helpful. Routines, in my opinion, are foundation of trust for kids. She trusts that when she wakes up, her parent will be there to greet her and give her milk. She trusts that she won’t be alone and won’t be hungry. That it’s ok to play downstairs ‘coz mommy is just upstairs. Or it’s ok that daddy and mommy leave the house ‘coz they will come back later that night.

Graphics for Mothers Day CommentsRule:
1. Just choose any mother’s day graphics from zwani to greet the mommies you know.
2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.
3. Tag other mommies you know.

1. bloggerhappy
2. berryscrappy

Greeting equally deserving moms: Abie, Apols, Apple, Aggie, Alpha, Jacqui, Jane, Jody, Joy, Kelly, Mich, Peachy and Vannie.

Yesterday, I was asked by my mom to supervise my parents’ house renovation as a favor for just a day. My sister and I were able to catch up on each other. For quite sometime now, my mom and I were discouraging her to live abroad with her fiancée after they get married. She, getting married soon, kept asking me about the married life. Like how to manage the finances (no need to be as expert as a futures broker) and time for the entire family.

Guess what? You’ll just know when you get there.