I gave up and finally decided to buy an Ipod Touch 32GB for Mia.. I used to look at other parents who let their toddler sit in front of a portable DVD player at restaurants and say "Kesian juga have to do that". I secretly vowed that I will never resort to that, but look at me now. I've officially entered 'that' club.
Last sunday, we went to Jusco Tebrau and decided to have dinner at Kenny Rogers. Little did we know that we had to wait longer than 30 minutes for our meal (apparently there's something wrong with the roaster machine). I was becoming restless and so was Mia.
I used to entertain her with coloring books, crayons, sticker books, board books, chops, mobile phones - video clips, songs, small toys, cutleries, snacks etc etc.. Sometimes I'll buy a new book for her to go through during the meal. Nowadays, within minutes, she gets bored and wants to do something else. Sometimes, we let her wonder around the restaurant and monitor her from where we sit. But last Sunday, she was not being cooperative and I had to constantly chase after her as she was running across the busy mall and was saying "Playground, want playground, want playground". Sia paling malas la mau bubut-bubut budak... thank god that's DH's job.. So from now on, we'll be using the Ipod to entertain her for at least 30 minutes, while DH and I grab a quick meal. Have to install applications likes puzzles, flash cards, cartoons, easy games.
I wonder how do parents with more than 1 active toddler handle their restless toddlers in public? Pening kepala oh kan.
4 comments:
i wonder how my parents keep us busy last time...or may be we now eat out a lot compare to last time so ...may be that is the reason.i may join the club too as i hate to chase sona and she is becoming superactive now
ya true, last time our parents seldom bawa us eat out ba kan.. and if they do, paling2 go kedai kupi.. makan trus balik. if go to the mall, kids gets excited to see so many things.. i love the jusco tebrau here.. they have a huge playground with soft pads for young kids.. good place for her to play sampai puas..
If u're planning join 'the' club, i think ipod/iphone is a good choice.. now mia does her colouring, sticker sticking, puzzles, watch cartoons etc from her ipod.. :-)
ya..i will definitely join the club! my eldest son is into game boy so,ada senang sikit la...but the youngest one main toothpick! klu 1 or 2 ja x pa la...ni semua 1 btol!
c mia pun suka main toothpicks and pepper.. tu tauke kadai pun tinguk2 sebab habis kena tumpah d things..
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