All About Your Child

Everyone knows that kids equal extra expenses. Milk powder, diapers, baby cot, pram, special baby shower foam, kids toothpaste, mini toothbrush, lots of tiny clothing and the list goes on.

For us, there is a special thing we had to settle which I guess many family do not need to worry. You see, Allan drives a van because he needs to do delivery for his brother, who is a supplier for greeting cards. So Allan needs the van to deliver his brother’s greeting cards to retail shops, insurance agents, property agents, etc.

The front could sit 3 people and when the kids where still small, one of them would sit on my lap while the other one would sit between Allan and I. Ya, like most of you (my fellow Singaporeans) know, its against the Singapore law.

But now when they are so ‘big’, the front space which used to be quite spacious has suddenly become very cramp. So we went to the get this!

We took a long time to find a mini sofa for 3 people to put in the van so that the kids and I can sit at the back. Everyone told us that we must get someone to tailor-made the sofa for us, but we believe in possibilities and did not want to spend the extra cent to get a tailor-made seater.

Indeed, when there is a will, there is a way. We searched through the furniture malls and found this mini sofa-bed. Don’t you think the length and the width is a perfect fit? Its four feet by 2.5 feet.

We feel in love with it at first sight! So now Allan becomes our chauffeur *wink*.

There is still plenty of space behind the sofa for brother’s greeting cards. So from now on the kids no longer need to squat down whenever they see a police car drive pass. They can just sit back and relax. With so much room to move around, the car rides become more enjoyable as they play with their toy cars on the sofa.

When the kids are happy, so will the parents, right? *Nodding*

Finally Binbin, 2, knows how to rinse his mouth. He used to drink the water instead of spitting it out. I’m observing for another week or two. If he is really good at rinsing his mouth, then I can introduce brushing with toothpaste.

I feel a great sense of achievement, not for myself, but for the kids, whenever they progress on to taking care of themselves. One day, I know I will not hear :

“Mummy, I want you to brush my teeth….”

“Mummy, I want you to wear my shirt for me….”

“Mummy, help me wear my shoes…..”

“Mummy, feed me…”

“Mummy, I can’t do this, can you do it for me….”

“Mummy, I want you to play cars with me….” and when this day comes, I will really missed these duties that seem to be sucking energy out of me everyday now.

Remembering the time when I was just rubbing his baby gums with a wet handkerchief. Then went on to rub his first tooth. As more teeth appeared, the very first toothbrush came into action. His expression and the twitching of his eyes during his first brush was so funny. Then he asked to try brushing on his own…..

For Keatkeat, my 4-year-old, have ‘completed’ the cycle. He is now an independent little fellow; able to squeeze his strawberry flavoured toothpaste on his Mickey Mouse toothbrush; rinse his mouth twice before he starts brushing in and out, up and down; when his mouth is full of foam, he rinse his mouth clean; washes his toothbrush and finally putting it back on the rack. What a big boy now!

How often we take these little things for granted? Treasure every moment with your child, for before you know it, they are but memories only.