All About Your Child

For most of you who have been ‘regulars’ here know what kind of person my MIL is. Whenever I talk about her, I’m never stingy on details *laugh*, but I don’t exaggerate ok!

Today when we were over there, as usual on Sundays, I witness something that made my heart feels good…. errrrmmm….even though I’m NOT supposed to…

My eldest BIL, whose family stays with her, is the ONLY one in the family who dares to shout at my MIL if he does not agree with her. And here’s the drama for today: –

Little 1 year old Weidong was playing with the sliding door that separates the kitchen from the living room. My MIL was worried that her grandson would accidentally hurt his fingers as he slides back and forth. After much scolding and warning the little cutie didn’t stop, she slapped his tiny hands. Weidong cried.

Few minutes later. When my BIL went into the kitchen, his son went back AGAIN to slide the door. This time, it wasn’t back and forth. He closed it completely, turned his head and gave a cheeky smile at all the spectators. I was waiting for a big reaction from my MIL.

Instead of another slap on his hand or scolding, my MIL laughed and clapped her hands, “You naughty boy, locked Papa in the kitchen eh?” *laugh*

My BIL slided the door opened and as he stepped out, he raised his voice at my MIL, “If I’m Weidong, I’ll be so confused! When I slide the door a moment ago, you scolded me and hit me. The next moment you are clapping and cheering. How in the world would I know if it is right to play with the door or not?!”

As usual, my cannot-be-defeated MIL started to answer with her nonsensical reasoning, “Just now he was sliding it back and forth. Now he didn’t, he just close it….”

Without giving her a chance to finish, my BIL snapped, “Aiya, you just don’t want to lose, just don’t want to admit that your actions are wrong. To Weidong, be it sliding the door back and forth or just close it, its the same! He still has his hands on the door!”

MIL felt she was embarrassed infront of the whole family repeated her case again, but my BIL just walked back into the bedroom without a word, because he knows her too well. She just doesn’t want to admit that she is wrong. Since her target was not interested in the argument, she turned to the forever-harmless FIL and started her long speech. As usual, FIL didn’t say a word, just sat there and listen to all her ramblings…. *laugh*

I’m happy because I wanted to say that too! But it wouldn’t make much impact as compared to my BIL, ‘cos he is talking about his son, whereas Weidong is just my nephew…. *laugh* I’m evil in this sense…. Not that I like to see my MIL being yelled at, but its always entertaining to see her and my BIL, the 2 most temperamental beings in the family having a drama like this. *laugh*

First, it was Keatkeat with Bronchitis, then both boys were down with Hives…. and as I was taking care of my hives babies when it first struck them in April, I got so sick that I was bedridden with Glandular fever.

Now this!!?

Could this have been prevented? No! How sad. The cause of atopic eczema is not fully known. However, it was known that genes play an important part as atopic eczema often runs in families. But no one from Allan’s nor my family or our ancestors had this! It could also be due to food allergies, but he did a test before and it was proven that he is NOT allergic to any food…

So who was the lucky one this time? BINBIN! Yes, my 3year old has mild Atopic Eczema.

Its been a year…I’ve kept my silence. Went to polyclinic twice. But I wasn’t comfortable being shoved off with just a tube of $0.80 Aqueous Cream Moisturizer every time.

I don’t want to accept that. I needed a second opinion and I demanded for a referral letter to National Skin Centre. Yes, the expensive one, the specialised one, the one employer which my Dad last took his salary (as a Pharmacist) from before he passed away.

With the referral letter, instead of paying $60+, I paid $20+. Its a great place, you are offered free packet drinks almost at every counter, very comforting with nice landscape structures except for certain levels where its FORBIDDEN because it was the leprosy units.

Yes, it was one year ago, it started with the wrist area. Sometimes it peels off like a snake shedding its skin. Sometimes its just tiny pieces of skin standing up, waiting for its chance to fall off. Is it itchy? According to my 3 year old, sometimes. I noticed that he HARDLY scratch unless he is ‘sweating like sweat-ducks’ (Keatkeat’s style of description).

From the wrist, it ‘peeled’ to the finger tips. Now the affected areas have increased. It has gone to the elbow and the inner-side of the elbow. Instead of on the left and its on the right too.

It peels and reveals the pinkish baby skin, leaving unsightly patches, as it contrast with the tan colour of the unpeeled areas of the active boy.

This time, Binbin was given the Aqueous Cream again but no longer in tube, its a container! On top of that, Desonwen Lotion, the stronger medicine, was given too, the damage for both were $20.15.

Spending almost $50 today and yet the verdict is still the same as those General Practitioners have said in the Polyclinic, where I just need to spend less than $10 for EVERYTHING. Paying $40 more with the same conclusion was painful….but then again, at least I got ONE additional medicine which the Polyclinic didn’t give during my previous 2 visits…that’s the only thing that make my heart feels good now….*sigh*