In-dependence...

I will be flying to Hong Kong tomorrow night for 2 nights with ZX. It will be the 1st time Daniel is sleeping without mummy by his side. Gulp! I hope all things go well for him. So I have come out with "soothing" measures by sending him and Choy Che to my in-law's place for those 2 nights. And of course, how can we forget his "yao lan" (or simply known as "sarong") where he can be soothed to dreamland without being nursed. Oh, did I mention, Daniel actually BROKE the yaolan! Thank God Choy Che was holding it when it broke so Daniel didn't hit the ground. ZX and I got a thicker material this time.

God, please be with him when I am not around... Sigh... I guess it's a process every parent would have to go through, that is allowing your child to grow... independently. With my office table acting like a shrine for Daniel, I am constantly reminded our 1st gaze at one another (taken on his arrival day) and his dependence on his parents.

Surprisingly, after my in laws came back from a 4-day trip to Macau, he refuses to be carried by his granny! As we all know, he loves his granny more than his mummy (sometimes) because granny can bring him "kai-kai". But these days, he is just refusing her to carry him. I wonder why... Will he do that to me if he doesn't see me for 2 days?

Anyway, Daniel is especially clingy now, making it real hard for me to get to work. Sigh, baby baby... I need to let you grow... but at the same time, in the secret corner of my heart, I wish you'll always be my li'l baby who always screams in excitement whenever I reach the door after a frustrating jam at Causeway. Definitely lights up my evening. :)

So off to Hong Kong...! Time for me to be... independent.

Daniel's Coughing ~ boohooo

Last Tuesday, I brought Daniel to Growing Up Gifted (GUG) at United Square. He loves it! He loves the songs and actions and he's definitely very curious when the Magic Bag was passed around. The teachers were praising him at how good he is during the 1st class, and saying he's very ready for school. I felt good of course, but maybe it's a marketing gimmick. Then again, Daniel did benefit from it. Whether he can recall anything from it, that's another thing.

The only thing I regretted is as shown below. He put the toys into his mouth!!!! Nooooooo.....!!!!

Baby being soooooo curious and attentive to the teachers. I am glad he was exposed to some chinese words and songs.

"What's that?"

"Is it edible?"

After that eventful day, baby was tired with the activities. Then he started having fever and some dry cough in the evening. ZX thought the fever was mild so we just slept. At 3 am, I touched his forehead and measured his temperature, it was 38.9 celcius! Yikes!!!


So now, he has been coughing for 6 days. After 2 PDs, and a cough mixture, his dry cough has turned to wet. He has puked on my bed twice! It felt like I was swimming in his vomit that night, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. But poor baby, today he didn't wake up with a smile. It was my fault! For not pulling out that toy he was gumming! It must have contained millions of germs that was harmful. AAARRGGHHH!!!! If only I can turn back the clock, then he won't be awaken by his own cough middle of the night. This is the 1st time Daniel is so sick. Sigh... the sign that most of my antibodies (from umblibical cord) is used up (quoted by Dr. Tham from Puteri Hospital).