Happy Birthday, June bbs!!

We had a wonderful weekend at MyGym @ Woodlands Civic Centre celebrating SM's June bb's birthdays!

We are in the second group. Fiona was so excited with the games that she refused to sit down and wanted to keep jumping when the session started. Aaron, my BIG bb also enjoyed all the jumping and monkeying. Hope he didnt scare the little ones too much.

It's the first time I meet some of the mummies... finally manage to put the faces to some of the nicks. ... more updates later :)

It's been a v tiring week. Fiona was also feeling unwell admist my food poisioning episode. She had been having fever now and then and kept waking up at night. Short of rest, i somehow lost 2kg. 47kg....Never seen this on the scale for a long long time. On Friday, F had v v high fever. Mum called me on my way home. I was in Greenridge Guardian buying another thermometer. Mum mentioned 39 plus. I told her, dont worry, i'm coming back. Later, mum called again to hurry me. I knew something must be wrong. She mentioned 39.6 deg! I somehow started to break out in cold sweat and sprinted home. F seemed to be in a daze. I felt scared and helpless seeing her like that! We sponged her but it didnt seem to work. Then, she started wimping. It seemed that she is trying to cry loudly but did not have the energy to do that. My heart was praying hard for her. I took out the Cool Fever pad and pasted on her forehead and parts of her body and also sponged her at the same time. She seemed to hate the sponge cos i could feel her jumping up everytime i apply the cold towel... but she didnt seem to struggle like what she usually would.
I took the temp - 39.6deg..... s*** why didnt the temp go down?? Quickly called KH. Luckily he had not left his work place. Told him to bring the medicine down! Temp hovered at bet 38.8 to a high of 39.9! I was feeling afraid i may lose F. I continued to pray to God for her recovery. F's soft cries made my heart bleed. I let her latch on and it sort of comforted her. Shortly, KH came home and immediately inserted a voltaran suppository into her ass. Still, temp didnt come down immediately. We waited and waited and i cont to pray for God to give her mercy. She dozed off in the midst of all these commotion. We continued to monitor her temp. It took almost an hr for her temp to go back to normal. F finally woke up, smiled at me and utterred papapapapap..... i was so glad to hear that even though she wasnt calling me. Her smile indicated that she was ok.... the kind of happiness wh cant be described by words :)

"Memorable" Mother's day

This is my fifth mother's day celebration and so far the most "memorable" one.
After Jake's birthday party, we rushed home to let Fiona sleep for a while before proceeding to our destination.
This year, our celebration was held in the BBQ area of Ah Ku's condo. We usually celebrate Grandma's bday on Mother's day bec she has no birth-date. Food was catered, weather was not too bad.... we promised Aaron that we would bring him for a swim if he behaved himself. He did and we brought him as promised. However, this year, my parents could not join us cos my mother was down with fever. The food was delicious and we sort of enjoyed ourselves.

The Aftermath.....
2 days later, 1 woke up at 3am feeling a big bloated. Suddenly, i felt the urge to puke and rushed to the toilet, just in time! Gosh... donno what happened... suddenly feeling so giddy and nausea.
Half an hr later, same thing repeated itself!! Aiyo.... slowly, i groped my way to the kitchen to look for medicine. Down one tablet of stemetil. But it didnt really help bec by morning before i leave for work, i vomitted again!!!
The thing continued and i declared i was too sick to stay in office and went home. Was given a jab and i felt better.
Thought things would be better after the jab but i started to have diarrhoea!
Record number of times puking : >10
Record number of times diarrhoea : almost 10!

Found out fr Mum that a few others who went to the Mother's day celebration also experienced the same thing! must be the food we ate!!! Hiaz... my myself for being so "yao-kwee"

Our kids happy moments when there r toys:

Fiona's favourite toy

Thought to be an unlikely choice for a good toy: Teletubbies ... Tinky Winky

R Teletubbies satanic or anti christ? no idea... heard that fr pp ... but the strangest thing was we bought Tinky Winky from St Mary of the Angels trade fair several years ago... We had 2 TTs ... the other called Po. Po used to be Aaron's favourite stuff toy. Brought it everywhere, including Taiwan. A well travelled stuff toy.

Tinky Winky could utter these words "Bye bye", "Big Hug", "Po" and even catonese "Fai-ti fai-ti"... LOL! These little utters never fail to calm Nana down when she cries.

Dealing with Allergy:
This is the first time we are dealing with allergy in our kids. Never had this experience with Aaron.

Fiona has been having raised red dots on her arms for 2 weeks. Initially, I scared myself thinking it is hfmd... thankfully, it is not. No fever, no rashes on the foot and palms. Diagnosis was made... F is allergic to something... BUT what???

Ruling out starts...
Food? Not really... nothing new given.
Dust mites? Maybe ... but we sanitised the cots, playpens etc... but still more spots come out.....
Finally, after thinking thru the history, we think she is allergic to dog's fur!! Oh dear... she got the spots after she has been crawling on the floor. :(

Antidote:
Normal cream didnt work... tried several others ... also failed... finally tried Neoderm ... and her condition seemed to have improved.
Gotta avoid letting her crawl on the floor at ah mah's place.
On the ionizer full blast.. (haha!)

Mummy's agony

It's not easy being a mum and apportioning your love equally between your kids without one feeling unhappy.
Nana has been clingy to me when i am home. She wants me to be in sight and often yearning for a long warm cuddle or hug. She gets jealous when Aaron comes over and I show him attention.
Aaron also demands mummy's attention and gets upset when mummy hugs Nana instead of him. Lately, he has been throwing tantrums and up to no good. I think it's bec he is seeking attention. Been wanting to scold and spank him but WAIT... is there something lacking in his life? Am I being biased when showing affection? What's wrong????
Mummy is feeling extremely exhausted balancing work, family life and balancing affection amongst the 2 kids.