Upcoming parenting and family life education talks

I will be giving parenting talks at schools in the coming months as we get into the full swing of 2014.

Some of the topics that I would be sharing with parents will be:

• Help your child beat exam stress
• How to get your kids to listen without yelling, reminding and nagging
• The importance of family bonding
• Board games family fun

If you would like to find out more, do email me and join me as we navigate together through this journey we called parenthood.

Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!

It would be a busy busy time during Chinese New Year for me and my family as we celebrate the year of the Horse together. I just want to take this opportunity to wish all my readers, my clients and the parents out there a blessed, wonderful and prosperous Chinese New Year.

I told my kids that it's important to spend time and absorb the wonderful moments and memories of CNY with your family and loved ones and not just be absorbed in their world of gadgets. Otherwise, when they grow up, they won't remember much about the quality time that they spent during CNY but rather just the memories of playing Temple Run, Clumsy Ninja or even Angry Birds.

I know it's much easier for us parents to use gadgets to entertain our children and to get them occupied. But I urge you as parents to find the time to spend time with them and perhaps play some board games with them during CNY - memories of shared fun and laughter will linger on and will be cherished even more as they grow up.

Are you having any of these sleep issues with your child?

If you are still sleep deprived, then I would suggest getting a sleep training package. Sleep training solution is for parents who would like their child to learn to sleep independently. An email and phone package is very effective, thorough and convenient and you will get lots of guidance and support throughout the process. Now your child may have all or some of the following sleep challenges for us to solve:

• Waking during the night 
• Life changing events - affecting sleep
• Early riser 
• Cat naps? This is not healthy sleep habits 
• Do you NOT have a routine? Don't you prefer to live life knowing what's next? Well, so does your child! 
• Are you over rocking your baby for hours?
• Is your child cranky and exhausted easily? 
• Have you accidently created a sleep habit for your child that is not working anymore? 
• Struggling to remove a dummy or another sleep habit that is not working for you anymore! 
• Expanding your family? A 2nd or 3rd child is much easier to introduce if you are sleeping! 

Have you had enough of sleep deprivation?

If you have then it's time to take that first step towards getting back your sleep again. Make 2014 a year where you can get back your sleep and start teaching your child that very important skill of self-settling. I can assure you it will be the best decision you ever made.

Contact me now!

Happy New Year 2014!

To all my readers and parents out there, I just wanna wish you a very blessed new year and may all your year be filled with more love, joy, laughters and blessings! Here's to a great year ahead!

New Year's Resolutions as Parents

2014 is almost here. What are your new year's resolutions? What do you want to do in the new year as parents? If you have plans for 2014, I do urge you to write it down so that you remember and be more committed to achieving those goals.

As a parenting coach, I hope I can reach out to more parents who are having some tough challenges with their children. I hope that parents who have yet to get a good night sleep, will be able to do so through proper sleep training for their kids. If your kids are misbehaving and you are at your wit's end, then I hope you will find someone to talk to about it. Parenting is a tough journey. You shouldn't need to do it alone.

Personally as a parent, I hope to spend more one on one time with my kids. It's called the mind, body and soul time. Spending time with our kids builds emotional connections, reduce misbehaviours and kids become more willing to cooperate. Try it out 10 minutes a day with your child and see the difference.

Here's to a blessed and wonderful 2014 to all parents out there. A happy and healthy family begins at home with you.

Christmas is coming...

Well Christmas is just around the corner and I am already in the mood for Christmas singing my favourite Christmas carols and all. Christmas is not just a time for shopping and exchanging gifts but it's also an important time where we remember that Jesus our saviour was born. Christmas is a time for forgiveness, we forgive and forget about the hurt and move on with a fresh new hope. I hope you will find time this Christmas to spend time with your loved ones, your family and children whom you love so dear and enjoy building wonderful memories together. Merry Christmas everyone and have a blessed new year!

Are your kids still waking up every night?

Since I started this business, I have been in discussion with a few parents and I found out that their kids are still waking up in the middle of the night asking for milk or needing their parents to be there with them. While I do respect the parents for their sacrifices and being able to cope with not having a good night sleep, I do symphatize with their struggles to get their children to sleep through the night. I believe you can get your child to sleep through the night with some training. It may not be easy in the short run (as there would be some resistance as you would expect with any changes) but in the long run, you will be so thankful that you started them young so that you and your child could have that good night sleep that you both equally deserved. Here's to a good night sleep in 2014! Give me a call or email me to see how I can help.