tough nite

it has been a tough nite for me, made and adam. both me and made are trying very hard to get rid of adam's habit - nyonyot puting.

our little treasure is turning 4 this year. we think, it's time that adam put off that habit.

we have actually went into battles with adam:

1. we told him to leave the puting if he wants to watch tv - failed. it's either mama or ayah is too bz with the computers and didn't realize this young guy is enjoying his puting. bad parenting :(
   
2. we told him that he will get his toys if he willingly put the puting away - failed. we love buying toys for adam. seeing him enjoying his toys makes us on the top of the world (tho i know the toys either wont last, or he woulnd't be bothered about it after a day or two)
   
3. we told him that puting is only for him to sleep - failed. everytime also "mama, saya nak tido", :P there was one time that he actually sneaked into my room and came out after 5 minutes. the 2nd time he did it, i saw him nyonyot puting. alahai kesiannye.. purposely went into the room to have some private time with his puting
   
4. we hide the puting from his view - failed. somehow or rather, either mama or ayah will kesian tengok anak takde puting
5. we let him play, enjoy the tv, and do whatever he wants to do as long as he doesn't ask for puting - failed. whenever we were out of sight, he'll grab the puting
6. we made him tired by playing, do whatever he wants to do so that he could fall asleep easily - failed. in the middle of the nite, he'll ask for puting

we've lost the battles. so tonite, we decided to go into war.

we told him not to take the puting, not to think of the puting. uh.. being a psycho is so tough! we even showed him picture of "mr. os". ** ampunlah.... mintak ampun banyak2. niat kami suci murni ** then he fall asleep. we were glad. 10 minutes after, he woke up and started asking for puting. i put him on bed. he was crying hard. we tried being psycho once again and told him that puting is not good. and we asked him "adam sayang mama tak?" not a nod. "adam sayang ayah tak?" also not a nod. bad sign. "adam sayang sapa?" "puting" adooooohai....

we then drastically decided that if he chose puting, then he has to sleep alone in his room. need not to guess. he chose to be with his puting in his room. so we left him there. we switched off all the lights and we closed our door. but we were actually waiting for him in the hall - ayah and mama to the rescue la kononnya. he didn't cry at first. then after a while, we heard him sobbing - very hard! we rushed in and ayah told him to let go his puting if he wants to sleep with mama and ayah. and he finally said yes.

phew! what a nite. now he's fully awake after the hard times mama and ayah gave him. hahahaha..

i hope, adam will say bye-bye to his little (but many) puting
and i hope maknek will help us out a bit
with extra lil' hope that nenek wont be saying "ha.. bagi puting dia. mana puting dia? dia nak puting lah tu.."

nitey-nite

"super adam to the rescue"

post note: as i was typing this post, adam was on his bed, behind me. when i turned to him, we was with his puting. he quickly put it away and said "takde. takde apa2 pun" and left. alahai.. ciannye anak mama.