Cough bouncing in the family

Backdated post - as everyone was not feeling well last week.

Having both parents coughing in the house must be too much for 弟弟. Even though we tried to feed him multivitamin and scott's emulsion, but he still got it from us. So like pass the ball, we pass it to everyone in the family :P

From 3 July 弟弟 was down with cough, flu, fever, phelgm. Again when he has phelgm, he will vomit. And no appetite for most solid food, not even chocolate bun! Luckily the turnaround came on Friday and he is much better. The doctor nearly admitted him again as he lost ~1kg, but 爸爸 don't allow as the fever already better. I really hope the settling in will be smoother as he's already at nursery full day for 3 months.

姐姐 is also starting a bit of cough (maybe because got it from me). She was having skin allergy and itching all over last Monday - not sure if it's from the gel last week? Paediatrician says it's from the cough, hah?? And the dry lips that she keep having - doctor says she is lacking some vitamins. Even though taking lots of veggies and drink lots of water, still not enough :( She's enjoying her multivitamins syrup and really, her dry lips is gone for the past week.

姐姐 fell down

姐姐 slipped and knocked her lips on a camel coinbox on Tuesday. Poor girl run to me as soon as I am back home to tell me about her pain. Her lips were bleeding and there is an area where the skin kinda rubbed off (可怜). It must be so painful! She is still brave and able to eat & drink as usual. However she said it is painful when she open her mouth wide. Even though her lips are healing but I notice the cut has developed into mouth ulcer today. After school I took her to see her regular paediatrician. She was hesistant at first. I keep on reassuring her that it's just minor condition and only a gel is all that's going to be prescribed. Before stepping out of the car, she ask again "如果严重咧？会怎样啊?". Have to repeat again "没有严重啦，just 给doctor check 罢了". Then only she followed me inside the clinic. She weighs 16.25 kg and measures ~106cm tall. Nurse say "Wah, girl, 你很瘦hoh?". As expected, we got the gel. Save me from scouting all over to find a relief for 姐姐. She was not very happy with the gel as it kind of stings when applied to the ulcer area.

Update 7/5: I noticed the ulcer had healed, and it doesn't hurt when I dab the gel on 姐姐's lips today. She was so happy she doesn't need to apply it anymore.

Ballet practise costume

姐姐 got her pink leotards and pink skirt today. She's floating on air trying them out. These are not machine washable so means I have more work to clean them.

However the shoes are another story. It's too small for her feet! I thought it's because I do not know how to wear them, but seeing Ms receptionist, Indon helper and auntie also cannot squeeze her feet in makes it so funny! Ms receptionist say 姐姐 didn't relax her feet when trying out her shoes. Aiyo, how does children know what's relax? Luckily the auntie confirmed that it's a size too small for 姐姐. I'd prefer to have bigger size so that she doesn't outgrow it too fast :) Let's see what they come up with next week.

Snapped a few photos through the door pane.

Have A Beautiful Smile!

The children's school have a introduction session with a dental nurse on caring for teeth and teeth brushing. All children are required to bring their own toothbrush, toothpaste and cup. When I pick them up, teacher Queenie told me 弟弟 opened his mouth wide and is very good in letting nurse check his mouth after brushing :) 姐姐 complaint that she didn't have toothpaste and teacher let her use some of her friend's as the toothpaste is in 弟弟's pack. Both children share this tube of children's toothpaste and we forgot they will be grouped by class.

Itchy Hands

Our 弟弟 has always had itchy hands since small. His hands cannot hold still, he has to touch or meddle with something. He will turn on the switches he can find. He will shutdown our PC with his itchy hands. He'd turn off the TV and run to turn off the switch. He knows how to turn on my foot massager. He'd mess with the rice cooker buttons and toaster too. Luckily he did not get hurt so far. Got a pretty good spanking from 爸爸 about messing with switches and electrical stuff. I'm glad as it's very dangerous for little children like him to mess with things he doesn't know how to operate properly and safely. He picks out all the paper wrapping from the crayons and makes a mess. Wherever he goes, he'd leave behind a trail of toys, books, stuff. Sometimes he'd irritate 姐姐 by playing with her 家家酒 toys or pretend party or pretend shop and she is hopping mad over it. That's when she'd scream his name and 'Hey!' at him.

He got a scolding from me tonight as he was trying to play with 爸爸's razor while brushing his teeth. After changing his pajamas he meekly trot to the bedroom to sleep.

姐姐 was never like this! The only thing she'd rub between her fingers is her beloved blanket! I regretted not buying similar ones when the blanket is still available, as it had EOL'ed, EOS'ed and extint.

弟弟 is a hoarder! Just look at all the toys he has hoarded in this tiny space near to where he sleeps. Maybe he feels insecure because he is sharing room with 姐姐. I didn't realize that he minded until I saw this piling up. We'll have to see what we can do about it. Both children are also influenced by the Three Little Pigs story and keep building house with the pillows, bolsters, blankets, toys to map their terrotorries. We tried to put a stop to it but bad habits die hard....

Feeding challenge

As 弟弟 is on the small side, I have to try to stuff him up whenever we eat together. Especially after being tormented during hospital stay, he is very whiny and manja, stick to me like baby koala when I'm home. One way that I manage to feed him during dinner is to play Bumblebee from Transformers. Bumblebee has to ring the door bell 'Ding Dong!' then he will open his mouth to take one spoon of dinner. Sometimes he tries to hide his face to pretend he is not 'at home'. When he's bored with Bumblebee, he will request to 'boo' at flowers/plants at the balcony. What a chore to feed this little boy! However he dare not act like this when 爸爸 is feeding him. He picks on me!

Toilet Training

弟弟 had been dry most of the time during the day. He needed to use diaper only for naps/sleep only. After going to nursery, teacher helped to train him to go dry even during naps. He'd have an occasional accident now and then. Nowadays he is more ready and doesn't need diaper for afternoon nap too. He'll wake up and cry, we'll get the hint he needs to wee-wee. Or he'd wee-wee before nap time and that's enough to keep him dry. He still need to use diaper at night, which sometimes he refuse to use. He said, 我长大了啦！

Hope we can help him get rid of the night diaper soon. Thank goodness, we can save on diapers nowadays. Don't have to keep watch out for diaper promotion. Thank you teacher Chan for helping to toilet train 弟弟!

Unlike 姐姐, he doesn't go on the potty. He goes straight on the toilet since ~18 mths.
姐姐 also had started using the toilet since end of last year. So the potty is now retired in the storeroom.