How to raise a happy child

Like any parents, I want the best for my children. My hubby and I has done almost everything for our Ruth, Cynthia and Isaac. Making sure they are healthy, spending valuable time with them, happy and are loved unconditionally. Most parents wanted to know whether their kids are happy and how to develop a child self confidence and ensuring they are happy most of the time.

Some child psychologist said, happiness is not something that you can give to a child like presents but to develop a set of inner tools which they can rely on throughout their life.

The signs of a happy child:- always smiles, plays, exhibits, curiosity, shows interest in other children, doesn't need constant stimulation. These are among the points made by child experts which suggest parents to learn read the signs.

But there are times hubby and I become upset when our kids start throwing tantrums and also not eating well. Lil' Isaac eating habits are much better than his sisters, at least he is not in our lists of worries :-) I'm finding some ways now how to make a child eats better, some people says we have to put some creativity in preparing their meals, any suggestions? But anyways, I hope their poor eating habit is not link to any stress symptoms.

Few more suggestions from child experts on raising a happy child.

1) Make room for fun. I think this is one important point especially like us, working parents to spend enough time with our kids like playing together with their favourite toys, board games, watching cartoons and good movie together or simply read books with them. On weekends, we spend time with our kids like going to the mall, buy groceries, eating out or watch some Disney movies together.

2) Help them develop their talents. Well, this year hubby and I noticed our girls develop their interest in drawings. Drawings expressed their inner feelings and sometimes they drew us(daddy and mummy) in their drawings. There are times lots of heart shapes for mummy and daddy and there are times more X X X when they get angry with us hehehe... It's one way to know my kids feeling.

3) Teach them to do meaningful things. (I would like to know your suggestions on this)

4) Be their role model.

Part of growing up..

Dr. Darren in action..comforting Ruth with his stories before pulling the tooth

waiting for the moment..I told her to smile but in vain..poor darling

Ruth was in the dentist again this morning for the same reason as the 1st time, for her lower front showing a new tooth coming out but the baby tooth still very much 'alive and kicking'. We had no choice but to remove the 2 front baby tooth to make way for the new tooth to grow freely lah..So we brought her at around 9am to a dental clinic in Foh Sang, Luyang. She looked abit worried and I told her its gonna be ok than the previous. After registering her name in the reception, she was the 4th patient for the morning. Accompanying her sister, Cynthia looked so excited as every time patients coming in and out from the doctors room, she will stand and said, 'nah..Ruth your turn' which agitates her sister. Finally by 10am, her turn to see the attending doctor (Dr. Darren). Saw the nurse rubbed a cream on her lower front gums and Dr. Darren explained the cream will make the next procedure(injection) alot easier and painless..hmm..I was never done that when I was a kid..I could only remember so much pain and tormented some more..eehwww

Procedure took about 20mins including numbing the gums, waiting for the right time for injection and pulling this 2 small baby tooth.

The 2 baby tooth, bye-bye tooth..I was almost to tears :-p

Brave girl, she didn't even shed a tear

Conjunctivitis

Here I am in the office posting my blog about conjunctivitis (is it the right spelling?) both eyes red now. It started with Isaac but he's much better now, I went to a clinic and doctor gave me this NeoDeca eye/ear Drops but it seems it didn't help much with my eyes. I need to get a stronger eye drop, now hubby is the latest victim. I'm worried about my two gals, especially Cynthia so 'phobia' on medication especially something to do with ears or eyes. Does anyone out there have a different solution besides eye drops? help..isk..isk..