Family reunion

Chai came back from Melbourne just yesterday...

It's good to have him back, even though he's only here for less than a month. Time flies... in another year he'll be done with medical school! He's not quite sure yet what kind of doctor he wants to be, and for awhile I think he was sorely tempted to do radiology as a career, but now he seems to be having second thoughts. He wants to do something procedural... my bet is either ENT or plastics. The only trouble will be getting into the speciality.

Madison was really pleased to have her uncle around. Another person to give in to her whims... she spent a good part of the evening yesterday watching youtube with him. A priviledge she doesn't really get with me unless I am trying to get her to drink her nightly cup of milk.

Another thing that bothers me at the moment. Just 2 days ago, I think Madison had a mild bout of food poisoning from dinner that wasn't well cooked, so suffered from loose stools and a tummy ache for about a day.That night, I gave her some lactael forte with ice cream. Since then, the diarrhoea seems to have stopped but she still complains of abdominal pain in the evenings. Once she asked for ice cream after a bout of 'pain'. Subsequently she was just in tears. I'm not sure what's going on. Chris thinks she's making it up. But do 2 year olds make this sort of thing up? She was in tears again this morning. But then, maybe she's a little constipated?

Last night to celebrate Chai's return we had shabu-shabu for dinner. Thin slices of meat that we cooked to order on the table in a simmering pot of stock. Tonight we're going to try and make roast pork belly. From a recipe that was published in the Straits Times just over the weekend.

I'm still worried about what to do with the clinic when Annika is born. At least for the first month. I am hoping a friend will come on board to help out during that time, but it's touch and go. He doesn't seem very keen... sigh. Should I just leave it for a month? Pa thinks " just close it for 4 months (!!!!) and restart at the end of maternity " OMG. I don't think the business will survive that!!! Maybe a month? Then take it easy after that for another few months before going back in full time?

One thing for sure... with kids it's really hard to predict. You really take it as it comes, because you never know what life will throw at you at that point.