Malaysian tummy

We have a reason for the diarrhoea after our holiday back in Malaysia - Salmonella :) Probably a stomach of steel now??

Facial Injury

My little 'hooligan'

You had your worst accident in nursery so far. Your carers called me in the afternoon to say that someone pushed you in the outside play area, you fell, and had a few scratches to your face. They wanted to warn me about the scratches so that I would not get a shock when I picked you up. They definitely underplayed the scratches!! I was in shock when I picked you up (it looked worse in real life than in the photos). Obviously I asked them to be more careful and they apologised profusely. But, I suppose accidents do happen everywhere, even when I take care of you, and have to accept that you're a boy and probably will have lots of battle-scars.

Then, this week, you came home with another scratch/cut, this time on the left side.

By the time I completed this in July, you still have a small scar on the side of your face. In the span of that month, you had 4 accidents. Why? How? But, the funny thing is how your carers always say to me or richard when we pick you up now: 'no accidents today'!!

First Birthday Party Invite

3 weeks ago, you attended your friend's 2nd birthday party. It was the first of its kind for you and you had a good time, especially with the bubble making machine. It was probably like 'nursery time' for you coz there were games, and food, and other kids your age, except there was the bonus of having all the 'mummies and daddies' around.

PS: this post was started in May, and then completed only in July

New words

You have learnt a few more words and are starting to say 2 words together. In the last month, some of the new words are: door, star, car, ball, up, down(your favourite), and mummy, and you love to say 'no more', 'more star' and 'more please'. All in all, I think you can say about 20 or so words.. Still a little slow, but at least it's something :)

Photos revived!!

I got one of the greatest news when one of the church friends managed to get the photos AND vidoes out of the corrupted SD card.. YEAH!!! The photos are in the Singapore-Malaysia post :)

Evening tantrums

Since we came back to the UK, it has been a nightmare trying to prepare you for bed. First, you will refuse to go downstairs, then refuse to get changed and bathe, demonstrated by the loudest screams and kicks. WHY?? You used to LOVE bath time. Now, we dread the end of the day when we will always have this bedtime battle. Do you not like your new room? Are you not wanting the day to end? Is this the beginning of terrible twos? Are you just learning to be difficult?

We have tried all sorts of 'tricks', and the one that seems to work is asking you to bath your bathtoy animals. I really hope this is a phase and will pass soon.

Adjusting to Liverpool

We were all sad when the holiday came to an end and had to fly back to UK, back to routine and reality. However, you gave the most dramatic goodbye and made all our hearts 'crack'. You cried when I took you from Gong-gong's arms at the airport, and continued crying/screaming all the way past passport control and security checks until we managed to distract you on the skytrain to the departure gate. We had so many stares and am sure people thought we kidnapped you, from the way u were kicking and screaming. It also did not help that you were not very well and had fever and diarrhoea throughout our journey back to Liverpool. It was not pleasant.

Unfortunately, your 'depression' continued for a few days as you threw tantrums and wasn't sleeping well (am sure there was also the element of jetlag). I also decided to start you on your first course of antibiotics as your fever was ongoing for a few days, which was unusual for you. The poor you had also got to adjust to a new nursery, on top of all the changes. Thankfully 'sam-yi' and 'sai-yi' came for the long weekend. It allowed us to get new furniture, unpack out of boxes, settle into the new home, and played with you. Your mood was totally different and was obvious that you terribly missed your grandparents and time back in Malaysia.

Well, lets hope all these made you stronger, as you seem to have adjusted to life back in Liverpool, with just Richard and I. You probably also love your new nursery. Your answer is always 'yes' when asked whether you want to go to nursery and look very happy on arrival there and when we come to collect you. What a relief!!

I probably underestimated the impact of all the changes on you (physically and emotionally) at once and maybe should have allowed for a few more days of adjustments. Oh well, parenthood is about learning after all.