Elric Speaks Mandarin!

Both Elric's grandmothers are Mandarin speaking and have been worried that his will not be able to speak proper Mandarin when he is older.

Hence, we have been putting in extra effort to teach him pronounce his Mandarin, in case he becomes an 'angmo kia'. :P

See him recite his one to ten in Mandarin!

不错吧？heh heh heh...

Cheers,
Otousan!

Spring Singapore warns about safety risks of children's clothing with cords and drawstrings

Mummies and Daddies!

I am sure many of us are culprits of buying clothes because they are SUPER CUTE and PRETTY on our children.

However, SPRING Singapore has warned that some of these clothing with cords and drawstrings can post risk of strangulation and entrapment. They have picked samples of children’s clothing from major and small retailers across Singapore and sent them for testing and 28 out 110 pieces did not meet safety requirements.

While there is no local reports of incidents involving cords and drawstrings in children’s clothing in Singapore, we should be careful when choosing our children's clothes.

Mummies and Daddies can find the latest safety alerts, advisories and tips atwww.spring.gov.sg/productsafety. You may also contact SPRING at 1800 773 3163 or email: safety@spring.gov.sg to report unsafe products or make enquiries.

I am sure safety is more important than anything else.
Hope this helps!

Love, 

Mummy Kaye

Elric's High Fever

Elric was down with high fever. 

It all started on Wednesday night when we felt his body was very warm.

To make the long story short, we usually let him take a chinese traditional medication called 猴枣散 (Hou Zao San) if the fever is not too high. Mainly because he prefers the TCM medicines to the western medication. (For some reasons, I don't know why.)

Late into the night, his temperature shot up to 39 degrees. I quickly sponged him with cold water and we gave him the paracetamol, which he hates.

That night, he woke up nearly every hour, crying. :(

(Yes. I'm fishing for pity again. Elric, when you grow up and read this, remember all this that mum has done for you! >_<)

We brought him to the doctor, and he provided us with three types of medicines on top of the two fever medication which we already bought off the shelf.

These are for cold, cough and phlegm

We had to pin him down n force him to take them. :( That worked until Friday when Alphonse had to take care of him alone, and couldn't get him to eat his medicine. His temperature went up to 40 degrees.

We brought him to the clinic again thinking that the doctor may be give him an injection to bring the temperature down. However, he gave us another medicine, saying that if he refuse to take it in from the mouth, we will have to do it from the bottom.

This medication, Suppositories, is equivalent to a dose of Brufen which will be able to bring his temperature down quickly. But Alphonse and I were quite reluctant to administer that medication so we forced the oral medication down his throat again and with even more sponging.

It says, "Insert into anus 1 SUPP when necessary"

Alphonse said it's too scary to make him go through this. :(

Seriously, I rather he gets a jab. But doctor said it's not advisable as he is too young. 

I'm just glad that his fever is gone. It's just left with the cough and phlegm.
I'll keep this medication for emergency use ONLY. 

We sent him to school for half a day today just to keep the schooling momentum.
Hopefully that he will get well quickly!

Meanwhile, I will bear with his crankiness and sleeplessness cause he is still waking up very often at night. 

FIGHTING!!!!

Mummy Kaye

P.S. As you can see, I have been crazy about the LINE app stickies!

Elric has started Pre-school!

Elric has started schooling!

As much as we have wanted to home school him, I guess we just have to come in terms with lack of resources. Elric is schooling in Grow & Glow childcare. A childcare centre operated under Presbyterian Community Service. It's not the nearest childcare centre to my new home but it's the centre where my nephew is also schooling. Guess I would consider that  'TRIED AND TESTED'. :P

Initially the centre manager advised us against accompanying Elric in the centre even on the first few days. However, the centre seemed short handed and the teachers asked Alphonse to stay behind on Elric's first few days of school.

I wished I could be there with him! But well... I had attend to work too.

Alphonse told me that some teachers thought Elric is an 'angmo' boy and asked if the mummy was a Caucasian.Another teacher thought the mummy was Korean. hahaha... 

Last Thursday was the day he stayed in school alone. He cried. Of course. But the teachers said that he adjusted very quickly. Just cried for about 15min and he went on to join the other kids with their daily activities.

Elric's classmates. 

My mum was quite concerned too and went to the childcare to peep! She was pretty impressed that he was dancing long with the music. haha... My son is so cute. 

I do noticed however that he is a lot more grouchier in the evening when he reaches home. He would whine and cry for every little thing. I hope it's just a passing phase though. Otherwise there will be a lot of disciplining to do. :(

Love,
Anxious Mummy Kaye

Shifting house

We have finally shifted out of our place in Seng Kang and moved over to my mum-in-law's home in Tampines!

In fact, Alphonse and Elric had shifted over last week so that I could concentrate on packing and boxing the stuff without distractions from my little boy. Alphonse could also be spared from all the dust which would cause him severe sinus reactions.

These are the big cartons the mover company provided for us.

Believe me. It was a terribly tough week.

My daily routines were basically to eat & pack, eat & pack, shower, eat & pack, shower and sleep. I was so amazed I managed to pack the house and boxed up 29 cartons in 4 days.

I told my friends that God created women in a unique way. We might be weak, but He provides us with strength in times of needs.

I did somehow appreciate those few days as I needed to use only physical strength and kind of 'rested my brains'. :p Even though it left me lots of bruises and blisters on the fingers, I'm happy with my accomplishments! 

After all my packing work, Alphonse returned the following day for a 'dumping spree'. Whatever we couldn't bring with us, he threw them. 

See his good work? We did leave behind some furniture for them though.

These reminded me of the time we first shifted here. 

Will I miss this home?

I surely will! That's the first 'home sweet home' after we were married. We spent a lot of effort designing and decorating it.

I will miss my BIG master toilet. (My new toilets are really small)

The mirrors I installed at all possible corners of my home. (hahahaha...) 

And my 'walk-in wardrobe'. 

The pretty wall decals we installed on the walls of all rooms. 

We have a lot of sweet memories left behind and they will be dearly missed. Nonetheless, the sweet memories were formed by the people I love. It's not about the place itself. I'm sure there will be more good memories to be created in my new home!

Love, 

Mummy Kaye