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My Nephew was discharged 2 days after he was hospitalised...which is good, because he seems quite stressed out at the hospital. Can be seen from the numerous tantrums he threw.

平平安安

I realised the importance of the 4 words above yesterday. Or should I say, the shocking news I received last night coupled with the korean drama I was watching last night reinforced the importance of the 4 words above.

The first time I strongly feel about "平平安安" was during the time when Winston was born. Winston was born at 33 weeks, about 1.5 weeks after my waterbag burst prematurely. I was hospitalised and ordered bed rest during the 1.5 weeks and that was the longest 1.5 weeks in my life. I was constantly worrying about the baby, worrying whether he can make it if he is born prematurely. I broke down many times, both in the hospital and at home (my mum's home). Thankfully I have a strong support of my family and my husband's family, and luckily Winston is fine when born, just a little underweight at 1.9kg.

Last evening, I received news that my nephew has Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome on initial diagnosis. I was shocked because I didn't expect the severity of his sickness. However, come to think of it, this explains why his eyes puffed up so frequently. But I am sad because I cannot imagine how a 4 year old kid can go through the frequent blood and urine tests and hospitalisation. I pray that my brother and sis-in-law can be strong for their child.

Last night, I went home to watch the Korean drama, Thank You, about a kid being ostracised by the society because she has AIDS. I was crying when I watched the struggles of the cute child, her mother and her grandfather.

So, 平平安安 is very important.

Hub's back !

Hub's back on Friday evening! And with lots of DVDs for me !!! Thank you hub !

Winston is happy to see Daddy back, because he woke up on Saturday morning straightaway when I mention that Daddy is home. There is no whinings, no cries....no 赖床

So happy to see him back !

2 more days

Have been counting down to hubby's return from his trip since last week. I put the countdown timer on my msn and some of my friends have been asking me what i am counting down to. Sad to say I am not counting down to my last days in the company....sigh...

Winston's have been waking up at 7 am these 2 days...leaving me not much time to pack his bag and do the morning preparations, because he needs attention whenever he is awake...like want milk, want to pass motion etc. The worst is that he wants to watch the leapfrog DVD in the morning !! I allow him to watch because I want to minimise whinings in the morning and also give me time to prepare his stuff.

Yesterday he refused to off the TV when it was time to go...So he cried all the way to the carpark. Luckily, after I told Teacher Mei, Teacher Mei explained to him. So he was much better today as he willingly off the TV and DVD player when it's time to go.

My boy is growing up...

Hub’s not around - Me

Since Hub’s not around, I become the chauffeur for Winston ! Well, this is good since it puts my driving skills and confidence to test.

Day 1 was the most terrible. I couldn’t turn up to the ramp of the carpark in the morning. I tried 2 times before successful and it was very very close to the ramp’s wall. The worst is that there was a car behind me and he horned ! :( Day 1 night was not too good either…I couldn’t turn into the carpark on my first try, because I turned too late. So I reversed before trying again….luckily no cars behind.

Another case happened the evening before. I turned into Sis’s house to park upon brother’s suggestion. But when I reversed out later, my right side mirror knocked the gate! So Father gotta guide me to get out of the house. :P

Other then those above, everything is quite ok. But last night I braked a bit too suddenly before a hump and Winston fell forward and hit his knee….Aiyoh, cry all the way back to Sister’s house. So now I become very naggy, keep asking him to sit down…Sigh, should have enforce the car seat rule…a bit regret now.

Hub’s not around - Winston

Thankfully Winston has been pretty well-behaved for the first 4 days. Let’s hope I don’t jinx it by putting it down here.

However, he misses Daddy very much. The first 2 days were the worst. He would tell me that Daddy is home when he heard our neighbour open the door. He would ask me if I were fetching Daddy when I drive the car. He would ask Daddy to read or pat him to sleep. Just this morning, he had a bad dream and he was asking for Daddy again.

I had to constantly remind him that Daddy went to China, and would buy books and toys for him when he is back. That would appease him for a while.

Now, every night is a ritual. Reach home, if not bathed yet, bathe. Then watch 1 Leapfrog Learning DVD, read books on the mattress, then sleep. Because I am alone with Winston, I need to wait for him to sleep first before I can bathe. So I try to bring forward his sleeping time. First night was pretty successful (he slept at 1010pm !), but the following nights he would toss and turn and couldn’t get to sleep. I think partly because he slept for 3 hours in school every afternoon.

Well, tomorrow’s the weekend…I’m thinking of what activities to do with him!

Hub’s not around - Logistics Issues

It’s been 4 days that Hubby has left for working trip in China. And I survived !

Initially we were toying with the following options so that I can cope with Winston:
1) Shift to Mother’s house
2) Ask Mother to shift to our house
3) All remain status quo

And I chose (3) because (1) is too troublesome. Moreover, now with half of mother’s house gone, it’s a bit squeezy. For (2), there are a lot of logistics issues. Firstly, I would need to send Mother home or to the MRT Station every morning, so we would be caught in the peak hour jam outside the station every morning. On the other hand, Mother still wants to help Father in the morning, which means if I choose 2, Father would need to detour. to my house to fetch her at 5:30 every morning.

So now, every morning I would drive Winston to school every morning, park the car, then take the MRT to work. I would pick up the car every evening to fetch Winston back. It’s becoming a bit of clockwork now…hee hee..