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Is it me, myself, a 1st-time mother's anxiety? Or is it Trenyce being naughty for not being cooperative? Or because kids are simply like that and I am over-reacting? I should be more patient with them? I get really worry over Trenyce recently. She does not have much problems identifying pictures like animals, fruits etc but not with numbers and alphabets. She does not cooperate with me when I tried to teach her alphabets or numbers. She will snatch the flash cards from me after I finished my 1st round of introduction and she will imitate me, trying to ‘teach’ me. Most educators suggest that we should repeat whatever we are teaching for minimum 15mins daily, it can be more than once per day. Well, I can barely survive thru the 5mins not to mention the 15mins. Perhaps it’s really me, I got to be more patient. Afterall, last night was the 1st formal session I had with her. I have to try a few more times for at least a month or so. I think by then I should be able to see some results.

Besides this, Trenyce is also unable to identify the colours. We have been exposing her to different colours since she starts blabbering but she can’t seem to remember them. The only colour she can remember so far, without fail, is the colour of her daddy’s red car ;p

I think I have to blame myself partly for putting the responsibility to my in-laws as they are the full-time caretakers and I leave it to them what they like to teach her (also because they are retired teachers mah). On weekday nights when I returned from work, I would usually play with her for a while (not much energy left after work ah). On weekends, we would bring her out jalan jalan (poor thing has been caged at home for the past 5 days). I should really put more focus on educating her now.

I have been delaying making some flashcards for her, it’s time for me to put words into action now!