A new entertainment...

We've been waiting for the Philips sale for sometime, after having missed out on the good deal for the portable DVD player the last round. It was sold out on the 1st day.

Not wanting to miss out the good offer this time, we woke up at 8am and headed out at 845am. It's very rare for us to head out that early in the morning. Thankfully, the sky was cloudy, so we were spared the hot sun. And we were also lucky to grab a lot fast. When we arrived, the Q just started to move in.

I think hb was more anxious to grab hold of the dvd player than the kids. He was walking so fast ahead with rie and then shouted so loudly for me to hurry up when he saw the good deal at $99 only. There were 3 models this time, $99, $139 and $169.

And he decided to get 2, so that both of them will not fight. And actually his deep motive is....he would be able to watch his television programme now, since the kids will be using the DVD players. Ever since rie's first DVD player RIP, the telly is often switched on to the kids' choice. So sometimes we would be missing out our favourite show. So kids are happy with their new gift and so is hb too. Here's a pix of both of them in the bedroom watching thier movies.
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On Sat evening, we had an invitation by the RC people. They had organized a floor party meant for our block only. Their aim : For us to mingle & get to know our neighbours. The response was quite poor. We went nonetheless with our neighbour and grabbed the opportunity to feedback to our MP, Mr Heng.

My top wish is for a sheltered walkway to the overhead bridge. A case that I"ve mentioned in my blog previously. Emails ding dong here and there, then no more news. And it seems Mr Heng did receive my email about it, coz he said that they received an email about having the sheltered walkway and to smoothen out the uneven pathway. And they had already sent out to the various agencies for their reply. So, it's still KIV lor.

Then, I told him about the problem about hanging bamboos outside our window ledge. Because there are no holes to secure the bamboos, our bamboos would fly off when there is strong wind. Mr Heng took note of that and I think we may just see some solution pretty soon.

He has a very clear complexion up close leh. And very fair too. Hb said he used to be on crime watch years back? I didnt even know that. hoo hoo...

Then, this RC guy came up and chat with hb. For a moment, hb thought he was just gonna try to sell insurance! Haha, then the guy was merely asking hb if he has given any thoughts on which primary sch he would be sending rie to! Of course, blur hb would never have even thought about it, so he directed the qn to me.

I got to learn that he actually joined RC in hoping to get a recommendation letter to get into Hong Wen. But then you have to be an active member for at least 1 year and he's only 4 months. As such, they opted for St. Margarets' which he got in via Phase 2 for being an Anglician church member. It was kind of a sure get in thing.

If my daughter is able to study at St.Margarets, I would be very happy liao. Oh well, shant think too much about it first.

Being a KS parent

Having worked at the center for more than a year, I've come to realise that parents not being kiasu these days are really gonna make their child suffer.

Just look at the syllabus taught in primary school as compared to ions back when I was in primary school. Gosh! Those 5 years old kids at my center are already learning maths more than simply just 1 + 1 = 2. And some other kids of similar age, dont even know how to count as yet.

Take for example. There's this Primary one boy that the mother only got to know recently that he does not know how to recognize many words. And with that, he will have problem reading,and even doing problem sums next time. The kindergarten teacher did not bring this problem to the parent and she only found out when the Pri school teacher feedbacked to her about her son's performance.

Then, there's another Indian child, age 5. Has never attended any school as yet and only speaks and understands Tamil. He does not know how to hold a pencil either or read words. His mother is very worried and turned to us for help. But then we have communication problem with the child. Whatever we speak to the child, he does not respond to us, simply because he does not understand English. The mother told us that they hardly speak English at home. And she has a younger brother about 22 months and I asked her if she speaks to him in English, she said no, so young how to understand?

Often, these kids that I encounter, hardly have someone to guide them at home. More than often, they are at childcare centers, or taken care by grandparents who do not have the ability to guide them. And so, nobody to turn to. It's a sad case and I try my best to help. But how much can I help when I can only spare that few minutes each lesson. I think it still boils down greatly to home upbringing and thats when the role of a parent comes in, important.

And that explains the whole ordeal, why I insisted to being a sahm, despite hb's unwillingness for me to quit my job. Up till today, he doesnt share the same root of thoughts with me on my reasoning.

I'm proud of rie, that she is picking up Mandarin fast in school and surprises us with many Mandarin songs and words. Last night, she laughed and said to hb " papa, why you never wear 衣服？I was surprised, coz me being so me, I hardly teach her Mandarin. Coz hb always suan me of my Mandarin lor. I think I cannot make it too. haha.

And this morning at the playgound, there's this grandpa who is topless with his granddaughter and rie exclaimed so loudly : Mama, that uncle never wear 衣服, like papa. Aiyo, so paisay lor. But then I always see this topless grandpa, why cant u just wear a tee? Look so awful with his pot belly protruding okay.

So anyway, rie knows some animals in Mandarin and sometimes she can pick up what hb and myself are conversing. For example, we cannot use the "NTUC" word, coz the kids will make noise to ask us bring them. So I used " 平价" and within a couple of times using this word, rie knows what it means!

There was once I got so mad with her and she said to me : "mama, 不要生气."

Some days, she just drive me up the wall. I think EVERYDAY! Can you imagine, every morning, she will say to me " Mama, I have no school tomorrow. I want to go shichida."

And when I wanna give her a quick shower and have her early lunch, she says " Shichida no need to bathe, no need eat lunch". Coz her class starts at 850am and she is up at 730am, it's too cold for her to shower, so I just brush her teeth and off we go without any makan. I give up listening to her sometimes.....

Last day of school for the term....

Was reading on blur's blog about her son's vaccination and that reminded me I didnt blog abt reyes vaccination this month

Finally after delaying for 2 months, reyes is back to his vaccination schedule. I'm a very sturborn mother. I insist for my child's jab to be on the same date for every jab. So reyes's jabs are scheduled on 18th of the month and rie's was done on 24th of each month.

I had to bring reyes for his jab on my own in the hot hot afternoon, coz boss didnt allow me to take leave at night. @^$&%*%( so no choice. Reyes seemed pretty blur about the before ordeal. He sat down, had his assessment, took his weight, height and then said quietly when I carried him. And when dr said close eyes, he closed and wait. haha..

Then went in the needle and kaoz, his first words were " mama, pain pain nah" My heart broke lor!!! Normally a child will cry and yell just like rie, but reyes still can talk. Rie is just so glad she no longer needs any jab and is more than happy to accompany reyes to the dr each time, thinking it's his jab time. haha.

And it seems his last jab the chickenpox on arm, the receptionist had to take over from me to hold onto reyes.

This time, same again. I cant and dont seem to bear to hold him so tightly and he is so strong to jerk and so the dr had to remove the needle, wait few seconds for myself to compose and take a deep breathe before jabbing again. yeah lor, TWICE leh. so heartpain. And he actually remembers "pain pain" when I went to the clinic on Tuesday again. I asked him where pain pain and he will lift his shorts up and point to his thigh. so cute lor.

Next month will be his last jab, the 5 in 1. Sigh...I hope he will not fall ill then.
Was told that fever will develop 2-3 days later. Reyes had fever yesterday, but I dont think it is related to the MMR jab, but more to his running nose and forever cough. We sent him to Aglow last night to get medication. $$$ all flying out this month.

Every month, the kids are sure to get ill. Mum is already grumbling saying coz they are lack of vitamin C and asking me to dose up delrosa for them. MIL havent said anything infront of me yet, but I'm sure she will also think why they are always sick lor. Haiz...

So anyway, to celebrate the last day of the school term, the school had a mini party for the kids with parents. Hb took half day and was on the way to school. The game started off with daddies and child and poor rie was so disappointed and sad her papa wasnt here. Her teacher tried to get her play games, but she said " no, my papa is not here." For the first time, I sensed her disappointment.

There are some kids where BOTH parents arent even able to attend! So the teachers have to handle such kids. I wonder if they know what is happening. Some pix....

Reyes wanna participate too! I was quite paisay, coz I was the only one who brought along a sibling. Even the other mother whom I know has a younger daughter left her at home with mum and maid. But bo bian mah, no helper. Reyes was very excited and wanted to join in with his sister. But rie being so 大姐大, kept asking rie to stay with mama and that teacher will scold him. tsk tsk.

Every class has a sea creature theme to dance along. So that explains why reyes was wearing the squid headband. He was able to sit still and watch the mini performance. But I think he was only keen on the shark when it tried to chase after the fish. hoo hoo.And despite running a fever, he could still dance and laugh and play. But he knocked out the minute we reached home, dead tired. I hope he will sleep through tonight.

We are gonna cheong the philips sale tomorrow at 9am.

A milestone achieved

Tomorrow marks the end of school term 2. I must pat myself on the back for being able to accomplish what I've never thought I would be able to do.

That is to send rie to school daily, surviving the hot afternoon sun, getting all tan and dark now, with many pigmentations on my faces, squeezing a super soaking wet tee-shirt back home and I can go on and on and on.

And with reyes being just 15 months when rie started school till now, and growing heavier and heavier, I dont know when my back will break carrying him everyday to school.

It's another 2 more terms to go before I can take another long holiday break. And come next year, I'm still thinking how to bring the kids to school. With my hands holding onto 1 kid on each side, how to hold the brolly to shelter from the hot sun? Haiz.....

Scoop scoop where is it?

Reyes started a funny habit. Erm, I shouldnt say is a habit but I dont know what other appropriate word I can use.

He loves sharing his toys, with his sister, with his father, with me. And his obsession to share can be quite irritating at times!

It started think perhaps last mth or the month before. During the afternoon nap or bedtime at night, he would bring some toy cars, his ambulance, his fire engine, his police car, his jeep into the bedroom. And he would insists to carry 1 vehicle to bed with him. And he would pass 1 to his sister and insists that she carries it to sleep too. It's like it has become his teddy bear.

Since young, he took a liking to his sister's carebear and this TY cat. And he has to carry both, 1 in each arm to sleep at night. Placing them at one side each of his cheek. In a way, I'm glad he switched his liking to cars. But then, hugging a toy car to sleep, is dangerous lor. So many times gena knocked or cut when he accidentally falls. Haiz.

So anyway, Reyes does spot checks to see if you are holding onto the toy that he has given you or not. And sometimes, rie just doesnt gets it, so she just throws it away or leave it aside and that upsets reyes. He would then pick it up and then pass it to his sister to hold it. So when she refuses, of course papa or mama have to step in right and say that we will hold for him.

And so, sigh...we cannot let the item down lor. He will spot check like every 5mins one leh. I gena one afternoon when he insisted that I hold onto a scoop and he holds onto another. He will do his own things with his other hand and still hold onto that scoop every so tight. And when I am in the kitchen doing my things, he will run and check if I'm holding onto the scoop or not. So I've gotta "kiap" it under my pit lor. haha.

Sunday I gena again at mum's place when he went to ransacked the kitchen cabinet for the soup laddle. He holds one and I holds one. I cant even eat in peace, coz he kept on running to me to see if I'm holding on. If he sees my empty hands, he will go " scoop scoop. Where? lost?" then I've gotta wave and show him "it's here." and he will smile and walks off. And the cycle starts all over again.

Hb gena too! hoo hoo...I told hb about this weird behaviour of reyes and he only believe me when he saw what happened on Sunday. Tonight, he gena. Forced to hold onto the toy scoop. Hoo hoo hoo...

Surfing.

Testing testing,trying to see if I'm able to blog via my hp..

Happy 5th ROM anniversary

It was a impromptu decision to head down to town. Hb sms-ed at the last minute to meet up at town as he took half day off. I was already at the busstop on the way home with reyes.

Not wanting to waste the chance to head out, I rushed home, changed out of my sweaty shirt and rushed back to the busstop to head down to town.

It turned out that hb's last minute half day was a result of anger at work this A.M. That explains why he only messaged at 1145am.

So anyway, not to dampen our day, we head out for our lunch. I had suggested to go for some buffet lunch at hotels, but due to time constraint, we had to forego.

So either Sushi Tei at Paragon or Din Tai Fung. I kind of feel I made the wrong choice to head to Din Tai Fung leh. After the heavy lunch, I didnt feel satified at all. Maybe coz I was craving to eat Japanese food lor. Maybe next time round.

Looking back, these 5 years we achieved alot. Having ballot for our flat, then the ROM, the the wedding, the kids and now things have seem to come to a standstill. It's about me worrying abt the kids' education. Shall blog abt that in another post.

I looked at hb secretly while walking on the street today. It then chanced upon me that I do take him for granted at times. If you were ever to ask me if he has ever ill treated me, I dont think I have any examples to quote at all. Whatever he can provide or give, he tries his best. I tell myself, I have to learn to cherish this man more.

And ta-dah, with my new hp, I can now upload pix often liao..woo hoo...

My boy....

Went to mum's place this evening and it was so chaotic as my nieces and nephew all came over as well. The kids were just happy to see each other. Afterall, I think RnR's cousins are only gonna come from my side as SIL and BIL are not planning to the big "M" anytime and in near future.

So well, because reyes is the youngest, hardly any others bother to play with him. hoo hoo. So hb and myself gotta entertain him and he's really sticky to my at my mum's place. At one point when I had to bring rie to the toilet to pee, reyes started looking for me and hb lied to him that I went to work.

Reyes rushed to the gate and then shouted loudly " mama". Then when I popped out behind him, he came running to me with open arms and saying " mama". And hugged me so tightly, at that point, I felt the joy of looking after him all by myself. The bond between us is strong. I think is much stronger than my bond with rie. Now that rie took over the bbcot, reyes gets to sleep on the king size simmon bed with me. And he needs to have his body near me to feel assured that I'm around before he falls asleep. Like just having his leg over my leg, he also happy. Or he may request to "pat pat" at times or "hold hands" at times. I've tried to purposedly move closer to the bbcot to pat rie and reyes will roll roll over and then doze off on my shoulder or just behind my back with his back touching mine. I feel happy of couse that I'm his only woman for now.

That is until he finds a girlfriend or wife. Sigh, then my little boy will be gone. Thats why hb keep reminding me to love him more each and every day.

He's been enjoying our accompany for 2 days this week in the afternoon while rie went to school. Wah, outside, he can throw tantrum leh, but of course much much more mild than rie man. LIke when we ask him to leave a place, he will be angry, say "not fair", brush our hands, walked away few steps, cross his arms and make a "hmpf" sound, with his back facing us.

This is what he does when he is unhappy with something. Other times, he will shout "help help" when say he is being bullied by hb or rie. Arbo he wil say go away. He says that everytime in the toilet, so funny. LIke when there are dirt, hair or anything so tiny that I cant even spot and he can, and he wants me to wash it off, he will say " go away". Especially his poo poo when I wash his butt. He is so terrified of it whenever I wash his butt and the shit all comes out onto the floor. haha.

I've been trying to teach him some mandarin like saying xie xie, bu yao, bu ke yi. But that's just it. And now that rie picks up mandarin from school, hb and myself cannot converse in mandarin when we dont want rie to understand.

My new phone......

Oh yes oh yes. I've been waiting for this day to come to get a new handphone. Afterall, I've been using hb's good old ericsson ever since I gave up the Nokia N82. But then I'm still a die hard fan of Nokia leh..hoo hoo. refuse to change..

I was really tempted to get the iphone. Called mum on the way and she tot I was getting the iphone and persuaded me to get one. Why? Coz she say, " got games mah, then riesia can play."
But M1 is quoting at $518 wor and IF I do let the 2 kids have a hand at it, I doubt my phone will last long. So forgo the idea.

So what did I get in the end? The E72 lah. I decided that I need a phone which I can sms with just 1 hand and fast, coz I have no patience. So time being, KIV the tots of having those handphone which have a slide out qwerty keypad, ie N97 mini.

They only had the white edition at the Paragon outlet and I had wanted to see the bronze. But even the nearest PS outlet dont have also, so....heck lah, how long can a phone last with me right? Can always change phone mah, so I just get the white edition one. And hor, M1 now no longer seem to show you the actual demo set. When I request to see the white colour, they told me all is sealed in box and they cannot open it up to show. So I asked to see the box which should have the picture right? The last time hb got his samsung jet from there, the box had the safety seal torn and they actually pasted another safety seal back. Today my nokia box arrived shrink wrapped and the lady opened up infront of us.

Heng ah, it is not bad looking. Closer to being metallic rather than white actually lah. I'm still trying to get used to smsing, still pressing "U" twice. haha. And must get used to the tiny keypads also. I'm quite disappointed with the display of the wallpaper leh. If I have it in portrait, the handphone actually "cut" away the sides and so the photo is only displayed in the center. Dont know how to configure yet. Display colourwise quite disappointing too. Oh well, afterall I need the phone just to snap pic and sms and make phone calls nia...

Took the following pix right after we walked to the payment counter while hb is making payment. It's my early ROM anni cum birthday present for the year.

Irritating..can anyone help?

It's been close to 3 weeks and every now and then, i will receive this long distance call from India at odd hours of the day, midnight and past midnight.

This person called xth number of time on Tuesday afternoon and I picked up to scream at this person. But the thing is, they dont seem to be on the phone. Ie, someone accidentally pressed my number since the phone is probably not phone locked. So despite my screams and hearing people talking in the background, no one was talking to me or rather listening to me.

And last night, the same number dialled again at 1:50am. Goodness. And just now at 1:30pm, it rang again, but I had my phone switched to silent mode, since reyes is having his afternoon nap.

There were couple of times when it rang at 10:45pm, 12:30am and 2:05am. The very first time kiat answered, he said they were not speaking English. So I doubt they understand what kiat was saying too.

How long is this gonna end man. I cant wait to see the person's face when he receive his handphone bill on dialing overseas phonecalls. But how can I stop this person from calling? Argh.

Bonitochico : Sloucy Beach Dress

SOLD
Selling this Slouchy Beach dress. Brand New, unwashed, unworn.

Comes with a complimentary belt as seen in photos

Measures 18" PTP, 35"down

Letting go at $27 inclusive of local postage

Pls do email me baby.dust@yahoo.com if you are keen.

Bonitochico : Miss Selfridge Inspired Printed Tubedress

SOLD

Just received this lovely tubedress piece from BC on Monday. It's a very nice, soft tubedress, totally not sheer at all.

I've gotta let it go, coz it's too fitting on the top for my liking. You can tie a lovely bow at the back of the tubedress.
Details of the tubedress :
Made of soft rayon and fully lined. not sheer.
Retailing in stores for SGD 89.
Ptp 12" (lay flat) 17" (stretched) down 28"
Pix credits to Bonitochico

Letting go at $27 inclusive of local postage.
Do email me at baby.dust@yahoo.com if you are keen.

Sigh...

Went to bugis today (wrong choice man) hoping to get my hands on my new handphone.
As usual, dragged and hang around singtel and M1. Then when I finally decide on N97 mini, M1 said they have no stock.

I could have just walked into singtel & switch to them and still get $100 off the handphone set, but I didnt. Thinking back, maybe N97 mini isnt the right choice.

I'l be tied down to a 2 yr contract. That means I have to live everyday with the new phone and this new phone must tahan my abuse and my children's abuse too. The tilting design of the screen seems rather fragile and I can see it in my mind when it just drop onto the floor and there goes...bye bye.

So maybe I'm still not ready for a slide phone, just as yet with kids around. So maybe the E72 is a much better choice for me hor. The good old candybar type. But then the screen is so small and the background design sucks leh. BUt then again, what do I use the phone for? simply just smsing, calling and taking photos perhaps. So?

Gee...I really dont know. The price was quoted in the papers at $218, but the guy told me the price on his list is $268. So? Which is the actual price? Funny right.

There was an iphone on display and I had great fun playing with it. But then the messaging part is challenging for me when I have to get use to touching screen instead of feeling for keypads. I can sms in the dark without looking at the keypad on my old phone. But should I switch to qwerty keypad, I doubt I can type in the dark.

Oh boy, this friday we are going for another round of mobile phone shopping and I got a feeling I may just settle for E72. Maybe switch to Singtel and I will only pay $98 for the phone nia! hoo hoo.

But wait....if I switch to singtel, they are offering me the iphone 16gb at $418 nia leh, after the $100 off. hmm.....then I saw the blackberry bold 9700 at $448, after $100 discount, it's just $348. How how how!!!

Hot HOt Hot...

Wah, the weather recently is really crazy man. It was so so hot on Friday and I was glad dad smsed to send rie to school.

I tagged along too and convinced myself to take a bus back home from school. And glad I did, even though it was still hot, but at least on the air con bus, both reyes and myself can cool ourself down from the hot heat.

I went down to the center to return the worksheets and then headed to Whampoa market to tabao. Indulged in the whampoa rojak, the fish soup and bought a packet of chin chow to quench reyes's thirst. Oh boy. I think it is not very common to see mother or father carrying their child in ergo around my neighbourhood. Coz whereever I go, I'm sure to get stares from people.

It's nice in a way when I get people coming forward to ask if I need help on the bus when I send rie to school. Most often, the bus driver would wait until rie grabs a seat or I grab a seat and settle down before he starts to move off. Most of the time, I stand while rie sits and I feel damn paisay when I'm ready and the bus driver upon seeing me still standing thinks I'm not ready.

So I have to look at him and he would ask me if I'm okay. Taking the same bus number everyday would help too since he would recognize me and the kids, especially rie.

There was once a middle aged grandma came forward and told me to grab a seat while she will stand guard to help me look after rie. More than often, if I were in their shoe, I would feel very paisay to be turned down when I offer help or seat. But then it's only 1 stop away, so I really dont see a point to bother people lor. We are always the talking point on the bus among the elderly. Even at the bus stop while waiting for bus.

"Wah, you look after 2 kids yourself ah?" "Why dont take school bus?" etc etc
Another time, a parent who was on the way to fetch her child from rie's school helped me to carry rie down the bus. But not before I had to remind her to beep her ezlink card. So it was like paisay paisay man.

It's not easy for me, but then it's really a no big deal since I am the one against having a helper around. So I have to deal with the problem myself. I just wish sometimes people wont keep staring lor.

So anyway, the heat was killing me on Friday and I had a headache through the night until the next day. And then I appreciate the working life when I can cope myself up in the air conditioned office in the hot afternoon.........

Should I?

There are so much craze about touchscreen handphones now. Dad got into the frenzy and bought 2 handphones for mum and himself. Mum wasnt satisfied with his choice of phone lor, she wanted the blackberry type of writing pad, but dad got her Nokia duno what. I'm so lost in touch with all the latest handphones liao.

Dad bought himself the so called updated version of Nokia 5800 express music which bro bought a year back. It's fully touched screen and while trying to configure some stuffs for him, I'm not sure if I"m ready for a touchscreen phone or not leh.

Spotted Nokia N97 mini which I like as well as E72.
The pro about Nokia N97 mini is that it is a touchscreen phone and has keypads that you can slid out too. And it has a 5 megapixel camera.

But then I also like the iphone leh, and rie is so addicted to my SIL's iphone, coz she can play games on it and watch video. But the camera is of lower resolution, so still considering. Plus if I have iphone, R&R are sure to fight for it and I dont know how long it will last with me man...

Tsk tsk.

A day break...

The kids are off from school today due to Labour Day on Sat.

Whenever rie doesnt have school, I feel so xian, coz time is so hard to pass when it's basically you see me, I see you at home.

And the more time she is at home with reyes, she ends up getting more scoldings and beatings from me. I dread the June holidays man.

We took her to the hairdresser yesterday. Hb wanted to snip off her hair short, but I refused. Ended up cutting 1.5" off and she has a long bob hairstyle, but still can tie up. But the pony tail is now so short lor, cannot tie plaids anymore..boo hoo.

My boy, 6 more mths to terrible 2..

On a lighter note, I'm proud of reyes to be able to tell me when he wanna pee or poo. This morning, I removed his diapers when he woke up and while in the living room, he ran to me and said "shee shee" and I would bring him to the toilet. And he peed! So happy. But......after that, he peed 2 times on the floor and then while peeing then tell me shee shee. TMD.

But for the poo-ing part, it's quite funny actually. I notice that he will come to find me when he want to poo. It started on Sun while at MIL's place. He came to me and said " shee shee" and then you know gek that face. But it was too late by the time I rush to the toilet lor.
But yesterday and today, he exhibit the same behaviour too! It took many false alarms of rushing to the toilet, putting him on the toilet seat before he finally poo-ed. But better than poo-ing on his underpants right! Then I gotta wash shit man. hoo hoo.

I feel the pressure to toilet train him. Rie was 85% toilet trained by my mum and I simply took the credit. But for reyes, I'm the one 100% supposedly to train him. And I'm also hoping he will be diaper free when he starts schooling next year. That means I have another 8 more months to train him nia!!! Pressure.....

The other day, I was eating waffle with peanut butter. He wanted some and so I bit alittle and licked off the peanut butter. But who knows lor, the rashes still strikes. Within 5mins, he came running to the kitchen telling me " hot hot" and pointing to his mouth and kept fussing. At least it was not as serious as the first time I encountered. I didnt standby any allergy medication, so I offered him cold milk to cool down. It seem to work and he stopped scratching too.

It's funny when sometimes the allergy works up, but sometimes it doesnt. Hb put in less than 20 peanuts into the soup to boil one morning without telling me. And I notice the soup looks weird that morning, coz it was black black colour mah. He didnt tell me until that night I scooped and notice peanuts in it. And the thing is, reyes didnt react to the peanut soup. maybe the quantity is little.

But a month back, reyes was eating the mini cornetto ice cream which has tiny bits of nuts on top of the cream. I noticed it, but didnt mention anything, thinking it's so tiny and little. But then......the red rashes started to appear when I notice reyes kept on scratching his mouth and telling me " hot" again. Tsk tsk lor.

I read up that kids do outgrown peanut allergy. But some dont and I wonder if he falls into the 2nd category. I fear for him when he starts attending school and found myself filling up the "Any allergy" column on the registration form 2 weeks back. Sigh....

At least now, rie knows that reyes cannot take peanuts, otherwise he will have rashes around his mouth and she goes everywhere telling people whenever reyes has cheek rash....Thinking back, I seem to eat peanut butter bread everyday during my confinement period leh and was still bf, but reyes seemed fine leh. Hmm.....So weird.

A rare rare night

Today is a rare night for hb and myself.
The kids are sound asleep at 1030pm!!!

For the past few days, R&R have been creating havoc during bedtime and everyday, yeah man, everyday, we have to threaten them with monsters creeping out, dinosaurs(reyes is terrified of) coming to catch them, and if all methods fail....THE CANE will always work. It works wonder, it's our magic wand.

And well, actually, the problem lies with rie more. Because she comes home mid afternoon and goes for nap at 330pm till say 530-6pm, she is still at her bouncy mood at 10pm. And poor reyes, though dead tired, coz he woke up at 3pm from nap, is kept active by his sister. So imagine this, the room is dark, with a peek from the nightlight outside. R&R would just stand at the window and look outside, commenting things like "auntie's house", "why auntie not sleeping yet and i have to sleep?" etc....

So today, since it's Friday, (fridays are exceptions to me), and rie refuse to take her nap, I decided well, let's just see how she will tahan through the day. And so, I was expecting her to KO at 9pm, but she finally KO at 10pm. And in fact, tonight she is the most well behaved, coz I think she is very tired liao. She just laid in her bed, drank her milk, drank her water and then rest in bed. I pat her few times and she just doze off. While reyes was so very chatty, kept looking at the auntie's house and asking me to join him. haha.

I can have rare nights everynight if rie skips her afternoon nap. But the thing is, if she sleeps early, she wakes up early and sometimes, despite going to bed at 1130pm, she will wake up at 730am and I get worried, coz her wakeup time is 930-10pm and if she gets up that early, she will definitely be very tired by the time she is in school. So let's just see what time she will wake up tomorrow.