One of Caitlin’s fave TV shows, Bear in the Big Blue House, had an episode where Ojo had planned a sleepover with her friends.
Halfway through the show, Ojo awoke with a nightmare, where she dreamt of monsters. Caitlin asked what was wrong with Ojo that made her cry & needing comforting from Bear.
How do you explain the concept of dreams, whilst skirting around the other concept of monsters, to a 2.5 year old?
Posted in A father's POV
Yes, we are due for another come mid-January.
I think we have an appointment this coming week for our regular check-up, where we’d be able to scan & (hopefully) tell the sex of child #2.
While I have really enjoyed fathering a daughter, I do think I’d like a son as well; even though almost everyone I know who have boys have grumbled how difficult their son(s) can be / have been. I have a colleague who chooses to stay out late after work to avoid his son! To be fair, he hangs out in Starbucks using their free wifi for work, because he says there’d be no way he’d get any work done at home.
In some ways, even though I have a daughter, I tend to agree about not being able to get work done, too.
In a lot of ways I think mischief, whilst painful during, is an underlying trait or a symptom of curiosity & wanting to try new things. Frankly I have seen young adults who were considered timid (& thus “a good boy”) but whom are now afraid of the world.
So let’s see which happens first: That I bald faster or that I grey first.
Posted in A father's POV
Last week Caitlin developed a cough. That means no swimming for a while young lady.
We were also out of the Rhinothiol syrup.
A quick trip to the chemist saw the pharmacist suggesting Rhinothiol with Promethazine. She claimed that while Rhinothiol alone breaks down phlegm, the added promethazine will ease the throat’s itchiness.
I decided to stick to the same prescribed dosage of 5mL, slipped into Caitlin’s milk feeds; once in the morning & once before bed.
Okay I shouldn’t say I slipped it in- Caitlin actually knows it’s in there, that it would do her good, that daddy can thus take her swimming.
Caitlin’s travel bag now contains the white & yellow packaging instead of the previous white & pink packaging.
Posted in Ailments & cures
On our way home from an outing tonight, we were singing in the car. For the first time I think Caitlin was singing in tune!
I was certain that during previous car rides she was singing out of tune, albeit improvising on the lyrics to Twinkle twinkle little stars with some Caitlin-gibberish. I had thought to myself: Darn it, perhaps she has inherited my sibling’s genes & not mine 
Tonight she had also actually pronounced the words quite clearly. Perhaps the adage of practise makes perfect does apply not just to remembering the words but also in improving ones tone-ness…?
Posted in Parenting musing
We have been fortunate & grateful that Caitlin, from about 5 months old, would be knocking off to sleep between 9-10pm, & would not wake till about 8am. She is 2 years 8 months now.
As she is a little older now & as-if-grown-up-ly allowed to stay up a little later, Caitlin thus usually has her final milk feed between 9-10pm- sometimes catching her favourite Bear in the Big Blue House on Astro’s Playhouse Disney channel. I can’t remember since when, but we have been giving her 9 ounces at each feed.
Since last week however, she has been asking for another feeding at around 11pm. Okay, so on those nights she was “allowed” to stay up even later, due to certain circumstances… In fact I do believe it was that same night that she awoke at 5am pleading that she was again hungry.
Which leads us to wonder: Are we feeding her the correct formula anymore? Could it be that the formula is actually “too thin” for her age now? She is after all about 6 inches taller than what is considered average for her age; & weighing around 14kg’s.
Posted in Food & feeding
