Post-holiday blues

Passing time in Heathrow's children's play area

We have been back from Malaysia for more than a month and these photos are way outdated.  But, I have to jot down your distress that lasted for 2 weeks after we arrived back home, to remind myself that you are now emotionally more sensitive and changes affect you significantly.

It was a big change to have constant attention and love from both sets of grandparents, great-grandaparents, cousins, all the ah Yis, suk suk and sum sum for 2 weeks, to just the 3 of us and nursery from 9-6 when we came back to UK.  Your carers in nursery said you were very subdued for a few days and you were quite cranky in the evenings.  For 2 weeks, you woke up screaming a few times at night shouting 'I don't love you mummy/dada' or 'I don't want you' and will push us away.  We have both have not seen you in that state and it was really heart-breaking as there was not much we could do.  We wonder if you subconsciously blocked us away as your coping mechanism.  Whatever it was, thank God that came to an end you adapted to life back in UK.