Life in a nutshell

More pics of my little angel....

Its like heaven when Madison is sweet ( usually in front of grandparents ), compliant and smiley...

Then she pisses the hell out of me right the next moment when she refuses to eat breakfast, plays the throwing game at the table and whines her head off.

That's when I hope that I have to go into the clinic for my sanity and leave SOMEONE else to do the hard work of childcare! IE : Warni...!

Yesterday we had Chinese class again... I'm sorry but I am not really enjoying these sessions that much. Kind of like I have to go sit for an hour with these stranger mommys who aren't the friendliest at the moment. ( at least that's how I feel ). We'll see. Madison seems to be ok and she can kind of participate in the singing and actions. It's a pretty small class, which has its benefits... every child gets more attention from the teachers (2 ) . But it also means I'm kinda stuck in a small room with 3 other women whom I don't know and probably have little in common with! That's how I decided NO OTHER CLASSES until she can attend them ON HER OWN!

Elizabeth is growing quickly too, and Madison seems to be really concerned whenever she squeals or screams. Then she gets the green eye if I just spend too much time even looking at her! Same goes for the grandmother.


I was pretty amazed that she can drink quite well from a cup these days, especially if it is filled with something she likes ( usually sweet ) . Oh.. and she prefers COW's milk to my milk. Time to wean pretty soon... Just that at the moment I am hoping to protect her from eczema if I can with extended feeding.. she seems to be getting some red patches on her legs and elbows... the scourge of eczema can drive parents mad... feeding is NOTHING in comparison to what I see my other patients go through!

Today was a good clinic day... Patients to be seen at all 3 locations. Especially Joo Chiat, which was DEAD AS A DOORNAIL for the past week and a half! I'd started to get depressed about it again, thinking it was a goner, I'm not succeeding in private by myself, better to go back to locum work... blah blah.. sob sob...

Hopefully it'll keep up, I don't really need it to be bursting at the seams but it would be nice to see someone there everyday... same goes for Balestier.

Running a business really takes some gumption.. having to listen to staff grumble and bitch about each other, sort out drug inventories, in between praying that the clinic would survive... But its a challenge, and I hope that it'll last!