All About Your Child

Back-Dated Post: 15th April 2012

Every year, somehow I would missed posting my Nephew’s Birthday. Often doing back-dated post. This year too! *eyes rolled*

Well, maybe my heart is not with him or rather its the other way round. *laugh* For me, liking him did not come easy, even though I favour boys more than girls.

He is very demanding and likes to make a mountain out of a molehill, hence often causing every other kid, who is near to him, to get a scolding. In the end, no one likes to play with him except my friendly-to-all-Binbin.

W.D. loves to fake-cry and gets his two elder sisters into trouble. *pout*

Being cared by so many different people at the same time with different styles, explains why he is what he is today. There are no ‘regular‘ guidelines for him to follow because someone’s “Yes” could be another’s care-taker’s “No”. How confusing can it be for the child, right?

*sigh*

Since young, Allan and I are the 6 children’s playmates on every Sunday. However, I would shun away from W.D. as much as possible because, to me, he is a time bomb, until recently….

W.D. and his Mummy

Yes, over the recent weeks or maybe months, he started to come to me very often, asking me kiddy questions and updating me his latest wishlist.

Today, he was clinging to me like a koala bear! Sat on my lap and refused to get up for a really long time!

I could not explain why, but somehow, I liked it. *laugh* It was then, that I realised, I have started to like this boy.

I sat him closer to my body, smelled his hair and kissed his head. Hey! He liked it as he gave a broad smile when I did all of that. *grin*

Yes, for the first time, I realised I am starting to feel ‘OK’ with this nephew of mine.

Happy 5th Birthday Nephew W.D.!

Happy 5th Birthday Nephew!

*scream* Time did not fly ever since I had moved to my temporary home, it ZOOMED like a Rocket!!! So much time had been spent on traveling to and fro from school and for the nitty gritty preparation we are making before we start to find our new house. Guessed I had no choice but to re-adjust the amount of time I spend in front of my PC. *sob*

Alright, so who was 1st Runner Up?

And for what type of Competition?

It was KeatKeat!!!

Though he only passed by 7 marks for his latest CA for his Chinese, which I can perfectly understand, given the standard of his Mother’s Chinese, he came in SECOND for this Chinese Draw and Guess Competition for the whole Primary 3 level.

His Chinese teacher gave him a card at a time with Chinese Words written on it. He needs to recognise the word and draw out the ‘thing‘ for the top Chinese Student in his level to guess and this top student will need to write out his guess in Chinese Word and it must match the Chinese Word written on the teacher’s card.

Among the top five artists in his level, he was the only one who recognised the Chinese word ‘Can -Guan’ ?visit) and he drew people at the Zoo. One of the 4 artists could not recognise the word, the other three drew restaurants. So he was the only one who scored a point for that round. Whoo-Hoo! *clap clap clap*

Yes, the Mother’s written chinese sucks and so does her elder son, but hey! nonetheless, he still managed to be the First Runner-Up for a Competition that is done in Chinese. *Super Grin*

Yeah! *Big Round of Applause*

Hi readers, thank you for sticking around even though I was not for ONE Week. *super hugs*

My PC was set up only yesterday. There were so much unpacking, allocating and rearranging to do, PLUS having a *cough cough* kiddo around, there was no way I could get any decent work done on my PC; therefore it was the last thing on my to-do-list.

We are obedient patients.

Since the doctor advised that an X-Ray was needed if Binbin shows no sign of recovery by Wednesday, 11th April 2012, which falls on the same day as our big move out, we sent him to KK Hospital even though it was already almost 11pm after the ultimate basic stuff were settled.

Yes, he was still coughing every other minute and slight fever remained on Wednesday.

However, he could not even get through the first round of examination. The examiner rejected Allan’s request for an X-Ray to be done (I was at home with my sleeping 8 year old). The examiner said based on what he sees and hears, Binbin does not need an X-Ray.

Since our purpose of going to the hospital was for an X-Ray and it was turned down, Allan brought Binbin home without waiting in queue for at least 2 hours (that was what the signboard said) to consult a doctor for medication.

Which also meant that no money was spent for this trip, other than the parking fee and the cost of the petrol.

I did not bring Binbin back to see my family doctor as he said that the medication he gave to Binbin were pretty strong medicine already. The medication could only make him feel better but not a complete cure. Binbin still needs to avoid windy places, air-conditioned places, dusty places (which we can’t because of the big move out) as well as refrain from eating and drinking cold, sweet and fried stuff. Only then, will Binbin truly recover.

So we kept giving him VERY warm water to loosen the phlegm and to warm his throat.

For ONE FULL WEEK, no school for him. Though the MC was only for Monday and Tuesday, I wrote a personal letter to the school to excuse him for the following three days.

Yes, after being sick for 11 days he is FINALLY back in school yesterday, with occasional slight cough.

Maybe he missed school too much, he was so excited over his piles of school work due to him, that he finished ALL of them in less than 1 hour after he came home from school! *laugh*

What made him even happier was a confirmed trip to Jacob Ballas Garden Today! Thank goodness he went back to school in time for this ‘so-meant-for-the-Green-Binbin’ trip. *giggle* Yes, my nature-boy loves the trees, plants, flowers, birds and insects!

Well, good and bad too.

It poured when they were there and the teachers refused to allow the children to use their umbrellas!!! Only raincoats were allowed. So Binbin and many other students who did not have raincoats were drenched.

Guess what?!

He came home coughing more now… *sigh*

Went Hospital but X-Ray Request Rejected

I’m not dead. *laugh* I am just EXTREMELY BUSY!!!! Had not turned on my PC since Thursday, so no blogging for me.

Alright, I must get this out before I have no internet connection for my PC for the next week.

Ok, here goes, a quick one!

Since Thursday, this family has been going nuts over the last round of packing before the big move out tomorrow.

The buzzing in this family is not just over the change of house, but it includes the school work which the kids bring back for the long weekend break (Good Friday Week), plus the daily household chores and something EXTRA came to join in the fun : Binbin, the one with the strongest immune system in the family, fell sick.

Binbin hardly falls sick and like what the doctor said, “People who hardly falls sick gets Very Ill when they do fall sick, because the virus must be really strong to bring them down.”

So true for Binbin.

Thursday ~ Slight Fever. Nothing else. Gave medicine and gets well after perspiring. But fever came back again after 6 hours.

Friday ~ Fever at 38.6 and tummy ache. Gave medicine for both condition. Rebound every 4 hourly.

Saturday ~ Fever at 39.1 with tummy ache and bad cough. Brought him to see doctor. Medicine could only hold him for 6 hours.

Sunday ~ Fever at 39.5 with tummy ache and bad cough plus vomiting. Vomited 3 times. Vomiting gone after we gave him vomiting medicine from home.

Yesterday ~ Fever at 3.9.1 with tummy ache and terrible cough. Brought him to visit the clinic again. Doctor said, “I will give him two days MC and stronger medicine. If he still does not get well by Wednesday, then he will need to go for X-Ray to check his lungs. Might be Pneumonia. However, if rashes start appearing, then blood test would be required.”

Today ~ Sad to say, the terrible cough remained but fever has subsided to 38.1. Tummy still hurts whenever food goes in and pain could only be eased when medication is given.

I am soooooo tired from taking care of Binbin during the night, sleep deprived, as well as the massive packing, dismantling, wrapping and cleaning! *panting*

I have exactly 24 hours to know if X-Ray would be needed. *fingers and toes crossed*

X-Ray Needed?

Everyday there is something to teach our kids. And every year, I used Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day to teach them ‘Nothing on Earth is Truly Free’.

Though Ben & Jerry is giving cones of ice-cream for free today, Keatkeat learned (once again) that its paid with time, energy and patience.

4.13pm : We joined the queue. Was directly opposite our destination:

Keatkeat had a go at the sure win Q & A. Received a notepad from the sweet Ben & Jerry’s Staff

4.48pm : Just 8 more people before us.

4:51pm : Too busy Licking away. No time for photo-taking. Allan had Strawberry Cheesecake, while Keatkeat and I had Chocolate Fudge Brownie.

Just before we left, 3 drops into the lucky draw box. *fingers crossed*

So what did you teach your child today?

Nothing on Earth is Truly Free