Kaelyn fell sick

Kaelyn fell sick for the first time in 6 months. Well, before this, she had visits to the doctor for excessive phlegm and blocked nose. But I wouldn't really count these as illnesses. This time, she had fever which came on and off over almost a week.

It started on the fourth day of CNY, beginning with very poor appetite, not wanting to drink milk or eat her cereal. In the middle of the night, she became very irritable and restless. That was when we found that her temperature shot up to 38+ degrees. We fed her paracetemol and put wet towels on her to bring her temperature down. At first we thought it was a sign of teething, but another visit to the doctor (the first visit was when her temp was 37+ and doctor said it was due to teething) confirmed that she was down with virus infection. Must be all the visits over the CNY..

For over almost a week, her temperature was as volatile as the stock market. One minute 37 degrees and the next 39.9 degrees. She was often screaming away to vent her frustrations and show her discomforts. Due to her loss of appetite and frequent night wakings, I could see her already petite frame shrink even further. It really pains me to see how much agony she was in..

With the help of Paracetemol and Bufane (both to be taken in a staggered manner), hourly checks on her temperature, towelling her before she became too hot and lots of tender loving care from her Papa and Mama, Kaelyn was on the mend. The rest of the family can breathe and sleep easy once more...

Kaelyn's thoughts

Hi aunties and uncles, this is the first time that I am 'speaking' in Mama's blog.

Papa and Mama both need to work, so they have to put me with Ye Ye & Nai Nai or Gong Gong & Po Po. I love all of them. In order not to 'overburden' them and also to provide me with equal amount of exposure to them, Papa and Mama put me with them for 2 days each week.

Mondays and Tuesdays will be at Ye Ye and Nai Nai's place. I love to look at Ye Ye's fishes swimming in the tank. The best view is from my rocker chair in front of the tank, but I dont mind if someone carries me to have a close up look too. What I also like there is Nai Nai's sarong. I fall asleep almost immediately when Nai Nai rocks me in the sarong. It's so warm and cosy in there... zzzzzz Nai Nai likes to buy me new clothes. Everytime when Mama comes back, she will comment that I am wearing new clothes again. Hee hee....

Ye ye
Nai Nai

Thursdays and Fridays will be at Gong Gong and Po Po's house. This house is much bigger with 2 storeys. But I stay on the first storey most of the time. Apart from Gong Gong & Po Po, other people will come over and play with me too, like Lao Yi and Mama's cousins who live just next door. Gong Gong and Po Po buy many many things for me, like my favourite bumbo chair, zebra soft toy, teethers, musical tool bench, Sesame street DVDs etc etc.. I love the bumbo so much that Mama has brought it back to our home so I can sit in it to play on my Winnie the Pooh mat.

Gong gong

Po po

Playing with Ernie at Gong Gong Po Po's house

On Wednesdays, Mama has taken leave for Jan and Feb to stay home with me. At home, I like to play on my Winnie the Pooh mat. I call it my playground. There are lots of toys for me to play there. Sometimes, Mama will play the piano for me and also read storybooks to me. In the evening, I look forward to Papa coming home to play with me.

My playground at home

I feel so blessed and happy to have so many people doting on me. Ye Ye, Nai Nai, Gong Gong, Po Po, Papa and Mama, I love all of you!

We all love you dearly too, Kaelyn!

A typical day for me

I have been back at work for 1.5 months already. Hence the significant decrease in frequency of posts. There is simply no excess time for a working mum! A typical day goes like this:

• Wake up at 6.45am and pump
• Say hi to Kaelyn and prepare for work
• David drops me off at the MRT station and fetches Kaelyn and maid to either parents or in-laws (there is a roster, I will elaborate in my next blog)
• Work, and pump once in office around lunch time
  
• Reach parents / in laws at about 7.30 - 8.30pm depending on whether it is a busy day at work or not
• Proceed to pump before having dinner, or vice versa
• Play with Kaelyn, if she is not sleeping, sleepy or throwing tantrums cos she doesnt want to drink milk
• David, me, Kaelyn and maid goes home
• Settle Kaelyn down to bed
• Time for me to pump again before hitting the sack, which is usually around 12 - 12.30am already...
• And the cycle goes on again....

It really is very very tiring! And it doesnt help if I have a really busy day in office. I can even fall asleep while pumping.. Weekends are used for catching up on sleep, lost time with Kaelyn, supermarket trips and paying bills.