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SY_Mom


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發表於 06-2-7 13:59 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

MuiMui313,

My hubby's just opposite from yours. He's been saying that it's not worth it to get a PhD except that u wanna teach at college (but professor only got the pay of an entry-level engineer). Maybe some people in his group at work don't hv PhD but still doing the same jobs as others who got PhD. Maybe they hv more work experience and it compensate the more education part.
So, my personal opinion - if u wanna make more money, don't get a PhD; unless it's yr interest to study for it.

Anyway, I studied accounting for my undergrad and CIS (Computer Info. Sys.) for my grad degree. Before, I also thought if I should studied an MBA or PhD. Now I just don't hv the mood to think abt it now.

Btw, for sending yr kid to school, you might wanna think about letting him go full time if you want more personal time. From my personal experience, I don't have too much personal time even though he's going to preschool for 5 mornings a week. Thinking to switch him to full time later.
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SY_Mom


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222#
發表於 06-2-7 14:45 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Natmama and Others,

I've made up a criteria sheet for preschool hunting but haven't got a chance to post it here.
Here u go:
Criteria for preschool hunting:

- Safe and clean environment
- Requires physician's report and immunization record
- Caring teachers
- Low teacher:students ratio
- Potty-training needed?
- Age range of the class
- Structured activities, schedules, and cirriculums, etc.
- Daily report, quarterly progress report, etc.
- Drop-ins available or not?
- Size of classrooms, playground, etc.

Hope that it helps!
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SY_Mom


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223#
發表於 06-2-7 15:04 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Dear Mommies,

Just wondering if any of yr kids (how old?) have ever used any of the following Hydrocortisone cream for Eczema or whatever skin problem:

(A) 2.5% Hydrocortisone cream
(B) Betamethasone Valerate ointment
(C) Cutivate ointment
(D) Desonide cream

How about using oral medicine, Hydroxyzine (Atarax is one of the brands) help them to have better sleep from itching?

Sean's been having really bad eczema rashes on his hands, feet, and legs this week. His palms are even oozing. He's been waking up scratching and crying.

Thanks.
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socloudy


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224#
發表於 06-2-8 02:04 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Hi SY_Mom,
Corey had the Eczema on his arms last month. I have been given him the moisturizer (Eucerin) and baby powder a little bit more than 2 weeks. I don’t see any improvement on the affected area so I gave him a tiny amount of desonide cream and the problem is solved within a day (apply day and night). Perhaps his eczema is a mild problem. Corey is now 8 months old.
BTW, have you spoken to the pedi re: Sean’s eczema problem?

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Vennus


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發表於 06-2-9 09:25 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Dear all moms,

My 2 kids had high fever right after CNY :-( :-( , Charmine infected from school first, then pass to Tania, they have sharing and take turn fever, in particular high at midnight 103.5/104.5. My hubby & I were so busy & exhausted to take care them. They are better after a whole week fight. But it seems I'm a bit infected now.

Vennus
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Zic


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226#
發表於 06-2-10 02:02 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Hi so cloudy,
School is going fine. Just feel like when I studied in HK. ^.^
But I have to put so much effort into it. Since I'm taking the English class. Many writings. More importantly, I have to write in an american standard. SO for a girl like me, it's pretty hard lor.

Ryan has monday off, so he will stay-home with Kurt. And on wed, I'll drop Kurt off at Ryan's office. So far it works out pretty good.

How's Corey doing? missing you guys. You should come to the gathering on 19th.


Muimui,
Congradulations!!! Really admire you have a full-time job, a kid to take care of and study at the same time.
GOOD JOB!!!!!

Natmama,
You went to the cruise last time. I remembered you said they had baby-sit service or some sort of classes. How old of the baby can join those classes?? And what cruise did you join? Do many cruises have this kind of service?
Planning a trip with hubby to celebrate anniversary.
:mrgreen:
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muimui313


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227#
發表於 06-2-10 03:22 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Socloudy, Dorisbee, Zic, Thank you. I have not rewarded myself ar. Right after I came back from Iowa, my friends moved in our old apartment in Hawaii last week while we had not moved out yet. They came earlier then we expected. 5 people in a one bedroom apartment, overcrowded!

Zic, Add oil to you too!

Last weekend, I was busy in packing and moving to our new house. Alex was acting up really bad. He had over 10 cold sores around and in his mouth during this week. Poor little guy! Once I walk away from him, he screams and cries. I think the Iowa trip, our friends’ arrival and moving are too much to him. He’s got out of his routine. He also doesn’t get used to the new house. I need to hold him all the time in the house. I cannot even do any housework. Now, we have boxes everywhere. Everything is misplaced. These 2 days, I am calling the cable co., gas co., water co., and phone co…etc. And Girl Scout has sports day in this Saturday. I cannot take any more day-off. I am so tired now.

SY_mom, thanks for your advice about sending kid to school. CIS is hot. You can find a job whenever/wherever you want. Lucky you! Since I am deeply in debt now (mortgage), I really want to make much money. Hehe. I am in social service/welfare area, it won’t pay much anyway. That’s why I think becoming a professor may help me earn a little bit more than now—poor muimui, not many choices for me. I don’t know much outside of my field. I wish I were a science/computer student like you, I would have more choices. Now, I am too old to switch to other fields. My friend is a retired professor. He said the same thing as your husband did. He said if I don’t want to be a professor/researcher, a PhD may actually hinder me from getting a real job. Companies do not want to hire a PhD as a staff. I need career counseling!

Fook Fook, I left HK in 2000 and studied in Iowa. I met my husband in Hawaii when I was a camp counselor for military kids in Pearl Harbor. He was a swimming teacher for the camp kids. Then, I moved to Hawaii and married him in 2003. Hawaii rains a little bit more during winter. It is sunny most of the time. I have not worn jeans and close-toe shoes for a long time. I only wear sandals to work.
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whalebb


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228#
發表於 06-2-11 06:20 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

各位
我細女呢兩日半夜就嘔
又係有細箘在肚
佢嘔完後就好精神
我就無得訓 :-(
好想

socloudy and muimui

我自已死也要親手照顧自已兩個女到大
因為我之前一事無成
如果連做媽媽也失敗
我會是一個無用的人
幾大也要攬哂主婦要做的野上身
整糕呢d也是期中之一樣

yipyip
就三月啦!!
得閒再電妳吹水

LA Moms
有空在逢星期1 and 2 9:50pm-10:50pm看 CH18
是韓劇兩個男主角靚到爆
女主角也正
有英文字幕ka
學懂凡事感恩和感謝,孩子終身受用不盡
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socloudy


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229#
發表於 06-2-12 12:34 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Hi Zic,
There is a lot of affort to go back to school, especially you have to take care of Kurt almost 24/7. It's great to hear that it all works out well. YEAH!!!

Corey is doing fine! I'll go to the gathering on the 19th. See ya!
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Vennus


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230#
發表於 06-2-13 11:02 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Dear Muimui,

Nice to know yr love story, sounds romantic. Having yr genius, I guess yr kid in future will be good at both acamedic & sports. Great!

This Valentine's day in 7th anniversary day of my wedding; however my hubby is again on his trip. 7 yrs ago, we have prepared hundreds of roses and cholocates for everyone attending our ceremony. All the guest like it, no matter they came alone or with partner, it's so sweet. Anyway, this is the 1st year here in LA, I'm busy with Charmine's school activities, they have pajama's party in Valentine's day, I need to prepare cholocate, cards for her classmates ... I'm pretty enjoying these.

Dear Whalebb,

How's yr little girl ?? Hope she can recover soon la. Never think you have no achievement la, the greatest acheivement for us is to raise our kids in right way. In the contrary, you are much professional "C9" than I supposed to be. My 99 "mother-in-law" worried that I can't manage 2 kids + her son well, so they came together in LA law.. I tried my best to be a good stay home mom (I was working mom in HK), I took them to library but sometimes I couldn't make the stories sound attractive for them. But I will keep going to learn anyway.

Vennus
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socloudy


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231#
發表於 06-2-14 03:09 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Hi Whalebb,
You are a great mom and a great wife la. You definitely have contributed a lot to the family. I’m so admire that you take good care of your daughters tim. I’m still 一事無成 ah. Part time mom, no good wife and so-so at work ah. :-( :-( :-( Besides cooking congee for Corey, I have cooked less than 10 times in half a year. I get so exhausted after worked so I can only pick some cooked food on the way back home… it’s so difficult to put myself back together after the whole pregnancy thingy. Anyway, I’m working on my issues la.

BTW, hope your daughter is feeling better.
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小肥佬


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232#
發表於 06-2-15 03:39 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

muimui313


每個field 都有唔同既入職要求...既然你一開始都已經選擇左自己既科目.咁梗係朝著"揾錢最多既目標"進發. (明星呢個field , 都唔需要 U-grad.更莫說 phd..佢地何止make good money,仲係 make BIG money..簡直係 filthy rich. 喂,我既意見係,橫掂alex 咁精靈,又夠英, 比 alex 仔早d 出海,做童星, 咁莫說你唔駛讀phd 咁辛苦, 更加分分鐘40歲前退埋休 )..我老公都叫我讀d有用,揾錢既科目..但係我話"知道自己係唔係個一行既料子, 更何妨連一d興趣都無,叫我點去讀" 我個人認為, 係自己個field 讀多d,有一個明確既人生目標,先係最重要....我"羨慕" 人地"make BIG money".但係我對別人,個種"努力不懈"既精神,我才最欣賞.. ..加油..


socloudy


Being a working mom is even harder than a full time mom..Especially, you're a working part-time mom..
To my husband, I'm a lazy and horrible wife (bitch all the time).. :mrgreen: I only cook for him once in a while (maybe once a month/2 months)..


whalebb

Do your 2 little girls feel better ? take care.


Vennus

a sweet moment for your wedding day ar... My husband and I did not have too many friends and family memebers. So we only had a small party for our guests .
It's not easy to be a good stay-at-home mom either. You have to take care of your bb all day long. Sometimes, I really need a break, but I can't. Anyways, I still enjoy being with my little monster every moment. Now I will take him to the playground before noon about 3 times a week . After the exercise, I feel totally exhausted. Unfortunately, I still have to clean up his mess and prepare his lunch. I can walk to the library, but I'm just too lazy to do it.
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muimui313


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233#
發表於 06-2-17 03:46 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Dear All,
I type in English recently because I have not had cable in my new house. I am doing this at work—bad bad muimui. It takes me 2 weeks to wait for connecting online cable, poor service in Hawaii. My husband could not wait that long for the cable TV. End up, he got satellite TV, but still, we wait for a week. I am sure these things will not happen in HK. Last week, I watched the same DVDs again and again. When I requested people to connect gas to my house on the same day I called, they charged me extra $45 for the connection.

Vennus, every day is Valentine ’s Day ma. You still had 2 lovers, Charmine and Tania to be with you. Even through my husband was not out of town on that day, he came home late because of work. I was with my little Valentine, Alex. Alex’s day care had the kids to wear red on that day. I am still not used to preparing goody bags for Alex’s buddies in the day care on special days. We don’t need to do it in HK ma. That’s why I always forget to do it.

So cloudy, picked-up food and home-made food are the same la, as long as Corey grows happily with you ar.

Little fat man, thank you! I agree with you. I know I cannot be a saleswoman or businesswoman, etc. because I am not outgoing at all. Recently, my face looks like this: $_$ but I think I should focus on my area, like you said. I wish I could be a star mom ar but Alex is out of control la. He cries when I am not holding him. I am not that lucky la and cannot have him to be my “shake money tree”.
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Natmama


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234#
發表於 06-2-17 08:32 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Whalebb,

Hope all is well with your two girls. You are very good mother already. At least you dedicate yourself totally to the kids and family. You know some of us still struggle to find our focus between family vs. work. So be happy about where you're at la :-P :-P :-P

Zic,

Let me know if you have any more questions about the cruise. Carnival was pretty good. If you ended up coming to LA to board the ship, make sure you let me know so we can get together

Vennus,

Very sweet wedding ar I noticed after having kids, it's hard to celebrate valentine's romantically. Before my baby arrived, my hubby would send flowers to the office and arrange a romantic evening. For this year, he bought steak and shrimp and cooked dinner for Natalie and me. I was surprised that he even bought a present (2 tops) for our daughter. He said she is also his Valentine wor. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Muimui313,

I agree those cable services really suck in US. We tried to setup cable for my grandparents and the guy came and almost made my gramps lift up the furitures so they can get to the cable jack. They won't even lift a finger eventhough the customers are seniors...bunch of axx
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CMMANDY


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235#
發表於 06-2-17 10:06 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV



大家好, 想過來請教大家, 妳們會自己煮飯嗎?? 如果老公是美國人, 食的野會是什麼?? 因為我4 月會到美國, 留20日到, 而姐夫是美國人, 所以想知道美國人的飲食習慣 :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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小肥佬


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236#
發表於 06-2-17 11:43 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

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小肥佬


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237#
發表於 06-2-17 11:50 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

CMMANDY

你好..
"飲食習慣"每個人都唔同,美國人都唔例外..好似以我為例.我老公係美國人,佢既飲食習慣,係不拘小節,唔係咁鍾意食中國菜(連煮家飯都係睇心情),鍾意出街食, 有時食三文治都無所謂..都唔需要大家一起食,有時攞起PIZZA,就咁坐係sofa ,睇電視都得..不過,就唔鍾意食飯,比人煩住晒,特別亞仔攪佢..而相反,我有個朋友,佢老公又係美國人,但係佢就好鍾意食中國菜, 中文都學到似模似樣.至於,是否"不拘小節",就真係唔知..其實,我相信, 有一個人,一定會話到個答案比你知,個位就係你"家姐".. :mrgreen:



muimui,

我記得個時,新搬入嚟,又係揾directTV, 點知嚟到,又話個度裝唔到,呢度裝唔到..到最後,走Q左..咁我老公,再打去hotline, 話"應該無問題", 跟住,第二個又嚟,又係話"個度唔得,呢度唔得",最後,我老公真係把幾火, 裝左"satellite "..但係又係好似你咁,要等囉...你講得岩, 呢d咁既service,係今時今日,係香港,都好少會係咁衰格.


Natmama

你老公好sweet sweet 喎.個日,我老公話出街食, 食法國菜.我話"我唔去, 最怕亞仔係nice restaurant 發癲,仲要係呢d咁既日子,到時,真係我又慘,人地又慘" ..所以到最後,我地食pizza .. 咁我老公個日,送左個"心形吊咀"比我,跟住,成日係咁問"你送乜呀?" 我話"送隻個仔比你啦, 成世既禮物" 點知佢過左VD之後,買左盒心形盒既朱古力返嚟,比我睇,我好開心話"比我架".佢就話" 我feel bad, 情人節乜都收唔到,唯有買比自己啦"
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CMMANDY


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發表於 06-2-17 12:16 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

小肥佬,

多謝妳的意見, 我奶奶話見到他食方好簡單, 食焗薯又得, 酒樓的叉燒餐包, 1, 2個就是晚餐, 什至小小白飯, 一條腸都得, 另外想請教點做焗薯容, 是否芝士+ 薯容攪好, 再在焗前蓋一片在面, 焗一會就可以呢??

Thanks!
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Littlepanda


大宅

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239#
發表於 06-2-18 09:52 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

大家好,

我想問下美國邊一隻牌子Fish oil (omega-3)好的, 又平, 同埋係唔係不同年齡食的有分別.
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Vennus


洋房

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240#
發表於 06-2-19 01:46 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part IV

Dear Muimui, little fat man,

The service here in general is not as good as HK. I experienced the same when I moved in this house. It took 2 weeks for waiting the connection of DSL. But it didn't work on the effective date. So I call tech. support, but they couldn't find out what's wrong with the line. Then they asked me whether to send someone to check, if that's their problem, no charge; otherwise $60 per visit. But it took another 3-4 days for the appointment. Unfortunately, the technician told me the signal was fine, if you wanted me to check further, it charges $150 . That's my bill for set up.

Vennus
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