My cunning little baby

Doesn’t he look simply adorable? Don’t be fooled by his cute smile he is one of the most cunning baby that I have ever come across. In terms of ingenious ways of eating and getting away from the dinner table he wins his brother hands down.

I though I have seen all his tactics when he was 19mths old but now at 21mths he has come up with even more ingenious ways of getting his way. This morning when we were having breakfast at a Chinese restaurant which we frequent often he was fed pieces of sausage. Initially I though he enjoyed eating the sausage as he greedily took a few pieces. Little did we realised that he was actually just stuffing his mouth and getting ready to phew out the sausage all over the table.

What the little fellow did was spit out a bit of the sausage on the plate of noodles on the table. Next he took the spoonful of noodles that we had set aside for him to self feed himself and tip the noodles on top of the piece of sausage to cover it. Roy was attempting to “hide” that piece of sausage so that it seemed that he had ” eaten it”.

“Finish!! Lets go.. see fish” ( Indicating that he wanted to leave the restaurant to go to the fish pond which was just outside)

” Roy have you finished all your food?” I asked as I was skeptical . He normally doesn’t eat so fast and doesn’t like eating meat as he prefers fruits and vegetables.

The next thing I knew he spit out the remainder of the half eaten sausage all over the table pointed at his mouth and said” No more.. lets go” [ We have been teaching him that he has to finish his food at the table and show that he doesn’t have any food stored in his mouth before he is able to leave the dining table]

Hubby and I were shaking our head at him. Do your kids behave in a similar fashion at the dinning table?

September 5, 2008

Woogi’s World- A reivew

Dominique Thoughts woogiworld

Woogi’sWorld an interactive real-time kid safe game website for kids aged above 5. It is free to sign up and play.I had been trying out this website with Ryan since last month.

There are a few different places to visit in the world.

Mission HQ
– Where you learn the basics of how to balance internet usage and study.
-How to keep your particular private and be wary of strangers on the internet.
The nagging part about completing the missions at Mission HQ is that they require you to print out some of their game which I personally feel that is a waste of paper and ink to print out and play.
The school & the nutrition centre are areas which you can visit to learn more about Vitamins, preventing germs etc.
The arcade which has a variety of games there which you can try out with your woogi and earn badges/points at the same time.
The movie theatre where you can watch short movie clips there for a few woogi dollars.
The homefix store where you can purchase items with your woggi dollars for your house.
The hair saloon where you can change your hairdo
The pet shop where you can adopt and train your pet.

It is a family friendly website which is suitable for young children from 5-10 years old as you get to learn how to surf the net safely and gain some scientific knowledge at the same time.

Ryan’s verdict:- He love the arcade games but found other parts of it – shopping/ socialising with other woogies not his cup of tea. He preferred playing Mia’s adventure more as it is more challenging and to his liking as compared to this online game.

My Verdict:-I personally found the game not as appealing as the other online games which I have tried – Neopets and World of Warcraft. However I give it a thumbs up for the educational material on nutrition and internet safety which has been incorporated inside. Do visit Woogisworld with your child as a portal to introduce your child to the proper way to interact on the internet.