Nightmare

Dear Winston,

Last night, you had a terrible nightmare. I’m not sure whether it is due to the punishment session on Friday or is it because you had a wild day in school. But you cried and cried and didn’t want mummy to console you. The remorseful feeling came back. The worse thing is daddy only woke up after you vomitted.

When you cried the second time, Daddy lost his temper and shouted at you and you cried even louder. Mummy,then quickly step in to console you. After you manage to fall asleep, mummy began to think about the following questions:

1) Did my punishments (aka physical punishment) result you to be so violent in nature?
2) Should I continue, because mummy’s family said that we are too soft with you?
3) Should I just ignore what other people say ?
4) Should we have an alternative arrangement to let you sleep in po po’s house a few times in a week? So that mummy and daddy can get our rest ? Or should we get a maid and let you sleep with the maid ?
5) Is this a phase you are going through ? If yes, when is it going to end ??

Baby, you’ve been having frequent nightmares and violent ones. Mummy and Daddy couldn’t take it anymore. It is so very tiring.