Madness April

April has been a horrible month… and we are pretty shacked by now.

Matthew went for his first dose of MMR last Monday and despite all the cooling precautions taken, the MMR fever kicked in at Day 5. Now in his 2nd day of fever, his highest was 39.4 and the crucial 48 hours are almost gone which meant that he would unlikely develop a fit.

Now at 16 month old, Matthew could understand a lot of instructions and the concept of time. He would point to the clock at specific timing if a routine is not performed then. His reflex was also quick as proven by the needle scratch on his MMR jab. This little boy not only cried out in pain when the PD jabbed him, he proceeded to snatch the needle when Dr Yip was retracting the needle. Totally stunned everyone in the room.

We also decided not to send him to a full day CC and to a suitable 3hour nursery program instead. For a start, he will be joining Jonathan on Saturday Heguru program.

My firstborn, Jonathan is just 4 months away from turning 3 year old. Although he is not speaking very fluently, he is making remarkable improvements. He is verbalising everything he wants to express and he surprises us with new vocabs everyday. From 2 words, he is now speaking to us in 2 or 3 short sentences. Most of the times, the familiar listeners such as us (the parents) could understand what he is speaking.


Unfortunately as it is, he could be a sweet angel at one moment and then turned into a total "terrible two monster" at the next moment. Thankfully, my good friend recommended me this good read from the John Rosemond.

I haven't managed to finish the entire book but the first 3 chapters already helped me identify his meltdown trigger points.

As for toilet training, he is still working hard at it. At this morning, he could go potty and managed not to wet himself. This evening, he miscued and didn't manage to pull down his little brief before peeing into the potty. But it was still a good try. I guess he would be ready by his 3rd birthday.

And for some reasons, mosquitoes love him a lot. They bit him all over his legs and they are leaving ugly scars. We have already arranged for the kitchen window grills and rectify our MBR so we could fully "magic seal" our house. In the meantime, I use a lot of Lavender EO to soothe the itchiness and lessen the scars. There's a little improvement and I hope his bites will heal nicely.