Lucas Is Sick, Big Time

One of the major concern about sending your child to infantcare or childcare centers is that they will fall sick. In fact, I once read an article about Japanese childcare center where one of the reasons Japanese parents send their kids to school is to fall sick (and build up their immunity).

Lucas started his infantcare on 14th November and we were fully prepared for Lucas to fall sick, or so we think. Lucas did fall sick soon after and is still sick. I'm not saying he got it from the center though there were a number of babies on medication at that time. I mean he could have caught it anywhere and from anyone.

Being mentally prepared still doesn't ease the heartache when you see the little boy coughing his lungs out like he was doing crunches on the bed. And how he couldn't sleep at night as his whole nose was blocked and breathing through his mouth irritates his throat further. Oh and that yo-yo fever that would not go away for 3 days. It's things like these that makes us wonder if we should not have sent him to infantcare at such young age (as if we had a choice).

I was actually thinking how to take a photo of how sick he was when, as if he knew what I was asking, he gave a squeeze and I got my shot.

His pediatrician Dr. Tan says its probably a viral infection, since his mucas is clear. What this also means is that he would not need antibiotic as that is only effective for bacteria infection. Hope he gets well really soon. The cranky baby just got crankier...

Xavier Sings and Lucas Coos

Many peers have commented that being parents nowadays are alot more difficult. Some days you get hair-pulling moments but once in a while, you get heart warming moments too, like this clip that happened on Sunday.

Xavier The Attention Seeker

Xavier's teacher told Lilian that Xavier been out of sort recently. And he has several disturbing incidents with his classmates (where he was the aggressor) and he is not as cheery and bubbling as before.

Lilian and I notice it too and we think he is more attention seeking since Lucas came along. He is not having those ill-jealousy towards Lucas where he would try to hurt his little brother but he has been noticeably more attention seeking. 

Many a times he would do silly and meaningless things just for the sake of getting our attention. And with a difficult infant like Lucas on hand, we were alot less patience and forgiving to Xavier's silly behaviours. Thinking back, maybe we were a little to harsh on him. And that could have led to his recent behaviours in school.

So we are gonna be more mindful now on and be extra patience and forgiving to Xavier. Let's see if we can turn this around and bring back bubbly Xavier again. Hope Lilian and I can stay sane at the same time...

Lucas Starts At The Infant Care Centre Today

3 1/2 months fly by and it's time for Lucas to go to the infant care centre. I didn't believe its so soon that when Teacher Mala commented on last Friday that she would be seeing Lucas coming Monday, I told her "Not so soon, think it's the following week". Blur sotong...

I remember Xavier's first day at the Infant Care was a lot more drama. Lilian and I both had separation anxiety and were wondering to ourselves if it was the right decision. Xavier on the other hand was all cool and relax, looking around curiously as they placed him on the rocker.

Lucas's first day was the other side of the coin. Lilian and I were all cool and relax as we had gone through it before, but Lucas was restless, very restless. He wouldn't finish his milk in one sitting, constantly needed attention and the teachers had a hard time putting him to sleep. Actually these were his usual behavior and probably not due to change to environment. I hope the teachers can train some routine into Lucas's life.

Filco Yellow - Adding Sunshine to My Desk

Just replaced my keyboard with a dose of sunshine to brighten up my desk.

Filco Yellow Limited Edition. It's still the same Cherry MX Brown switch mechanical keyboard but with sunshine yellow keycaps. The LEDs are yellow too and the Filco logo is gold in colour. I feel so bright and cheery using it now.

Dinosaur Live! NOT!

Lilian had gathering with her friends and she was gonna bring Lucas along. So I thought I'll have some bonding time with Xavier. And what would be more fun for boys than looking at and talking about BIG things. How BIG? DINO BIG!

Image from Science Centre Singapore

I been looking for an opportunity to check out the Dinosaur Live! exhibition at Science Centre Singapore and this seem to be a perfect opportunity since only Xavier and I would be going and it would probably take max about 1 1/2 hour before we pick up Lilian and Lucas.

I got Xavier all excited too. He had this DVD about Dinosaurs as a Christmas present last year and he enjoyed that cartoons introducing the different dinosaurs. And he was repeating to Lilian the whole trip that he is gonna see Dinosaurs and boasting that he is "not scared".

But the moment he step into the Annex at Science Centre Singapore, he froze and his jaw dropped for 5 seconds. Standing right in front of him was this huge skeleton of a T-Rex, with jaws open and as if looking down at him.

The next moment Xavier was clinging on to me like a koala bear, whining and crying that he wanna go home. No amount of coaxing and pacifying could make him change his mind. I didn't even get the chance to take a photo of the T-Rex skeleton as he was clinging to me really tightly. The only consolation was that I have not bought the tickets yet. In the end, we adjourned to MacDonald at West Coast Park for McHappy meal which we didn't get a toy for as it has run out, #$%!*\, and outdoor playground fun.

I didn't manage to take a single shot of the exhibits. But I did find the above photo of the T-Rex Skeleton on Flickr taken by coolinsights (Walter Lim). You can see more see more Dinosaur Live! photos from him here.

Happy Meal Addict

Even since getting Xavier his first Happy Meal, I couldn't stop getting Happy Meals whenever I can. It seems so fun surprising your kid with a new toy from Happy Meal. Below are my loot so far.

The largest collection would be the Kungfu Panda 2 series. The recent collection of mini "pinball" toys are pretty cool. I like the Plarail series of train heads that lights up too.