First day at Childcare

Its Caden's first day at Cherie Hearts at Purvis St... Deardear and I are on leave so we companied him to school today... When we arrived at 8.50am, there are lots of kids having breakfast... It looks a little messy as kids from PG1 to K2 assembled at the common area to sing national athem and songs..Although Caden has eaten, he was also given a bowl of oats.. He seems to enjoy it and fed himself. He is so smart... He looks taller than some of the kids and more mature too. However, he seems to be a loner. Refused to join other kids in the singing of songs and playing of games. He just went to a corner to play on his own. Teachers tried to encourage him to join the rest of them. He tried for a while then went into the corner again.When the actual session started at 9.30am, Caden was asked to join the PG1 for drawing and playing of toys. When deardear and I saw that he joined them, we left the centre to leave him alone... We told him that we are going to work... However, he looked so down... Never see him like that before as if he has some burden. He tried to act strong and carried on playing on his own. I was so worried and even told the teacher to call me if he cries... I cried when I left the centre...At 11 plus, I told deardear to go back and check on him. We saw that his both eyes are swollen and nose is red. According to teacher, he has cried for the past 15 min. Seems like he suddenly thought of us and couldn't find us so he cried. Seems like he has cried terribly thus causing the swollen eyes and red nose. I was so heartbroken...When he saw us, he was so happy.. But when the teacher said that he cried just now as he misses us, he suddenly broke into tears and cried. I was so heartbroken.. How can I just leave him there? Did I make the right choice... Is it a cruel choice? I saw that there are many kids crying at diff time of the day. Is it a norm there? He seems to feel very left alone there. I dun wan him to feel that we dun care about him thus leaving him there. After a while, he recovered and started to talk and laugh again. Because we were there... Poor Caden...Then we left him there again and told him we will be back in an hour's time after his bath... He said ok.. Deardear and I went to a nearby coffee shop and I immediately texted my boss about taking childcare leave tomolo as I am still very worried. When we went back at 12.30pm, we saw that he was crying. According to teacher, he refused to take his bath. He do not want his teachers to bathe him. I had to coax him and he started to cry again.. Seems that he kept crying today.. More than he has ever cried in a month. I am really heartbroken... Have to see him like that and coax him into bathing as I am worried if I let him off this time, he will just refused to bathe forever. Finally, he gave in and bathed. After his bath, we packed him bag and brought him home. He was so happy and bide everyone goodbye.. It seems to be his happiest moment then. He started his usual happy mood from then on. It seems to be a relieve for him. He seldom laugh and smile when he stepped into the centre.. That is not Caden and I do not want him to be like that. How?

just woken up from sleep
watching television

still wanna rot...

rot some more

eating breakfast

all dressed up

give me a big ....... never mind....

i said never mind..... hahaha... so adorable

another shot of me in uniform

serious watching..... tv

papa ask me to do "handsome"

eyes still glued to the box

mama and me

on the way to school

more pix of me and my mama

one nice photo

i am a cherian

po po dun be sad...

reached the doorsteps

my school, cherie hearts

view from the waiting area

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waiting to go in

still waiting

i'm in!

having fun with the toys

me and my new friends

toys toys toys

more toys

close up of me

i am playing alone

oatmeal!

as usual, walking around during meal

enjoying my food, don't believe? See my foot.

photo for papa

teacher talking to me and mama

still eating...

and eating...

i'm done, playtime!

more lonely time..

miss xiao qi brings me to join in the group

i prefer to play alone

i am with my PG1 class now

classmates
joining me now

more and more friends

i was crying for 15 mins just now, papa and mama... i miss you...

i'm much happier after seeing you two

i am eating my lunch

caden, do you miss Papa and Mama?

recalling the sad moments....

baby.. Papa and Mama miss you too... Be Happy K?

we LOVE you alot

Caden has diarrhea

We are now at united square having breakfast at Xing Wang hong kong cafe. Caden just visited doc ong. He had been having diarrhea for the past few days. He has been on tcm medication for a few days but to no improvement. So we decided to switch him back. Caden has been waking up a few times at night to poo. It heart wrenching to see him cry and poo. So heart breaking. But our little prince as usual is still in his usual happy self when he woke up. That ease up a bit, but we know it's still a torture to him. Get well soon our dear.

Caden playing on mama phone in the cafe

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Location:Goldhill Plaza,,Singapore

Caden's 2 years old birthday!!!

26th Feb 2010, 2 years since Caden first lay his sight on this world. Yes, it’s our little prince birthday. He is 2 years old today. I took leave specially to company him today. Though dear is not able to take the day off as she has an event going on in school, she still managed to request to be free in the morning.
Today we decided to bring Caden out for breakfast. Dear decides to go to MacDonald’s at Bras Basah Complex. While ordering our food, Dear told the crew that its Caden’s birthday and if there’s anything special treats for birthday boy. They were nice to say yes and got us to go to our table first while they prepare. And true enough, after we settled down for a while, the shift manager brought up a nicely decorated hot cakes, with the words, Happy Birthday written on it.

They even gave him a Happy Meal box with a transformer toy inside. Caden was so happy to see all these and can’t wait to dig his teeth in to the yummy hot cakes. He also has a nice time playing on his new transformer toy.
Next we decided to go to Swenson Bugis to reserve tables for his celebration with Dear’s friends tonight. But we were very disappointed by the attitude given by the manager. He keep insisting that they do not do any reservations. And eventually when they did after my pressing, he said we are not allowed to decorate the chairs with balloons. That really pissed us off and we decided against having our dinner there. And all these while, there were no sense of apology from the manager and to add to that, he even give a very stuck up face. Well done, Swenson has just lost some customers. I swear I will not hold any celebrations there ever again.
So with a dejected heart, we went to the second storey of bugis junction and saw this nice little restaurant that we have not tried before. NYDC is its name. We proceeded to check with the counter staff if it’s possible to reserve seats for the evening. No problem, was the reply. What a good start to the conversation. Then we asked further questions like is it possible for us to decorate the place with balloons and this and that. Totally no issues with them at all! My god, what a stark difference from stinking Swenson. It’s like finding water in the dessert. And so, we settled everything in NYDC and glad to make the choice.
After which, dear went back to work and Caden went back to rest. And me, I went to NYDC to passed them some foil balloons and also went back home at Eunos to settle some housework.
2 hours later, I am back at home and ready to bring caden to dear’s school to pick her up.
As it was raining, I booked a cab. Once we were there, we went to the auditorium to find dear. But she was not around. Amusingly, her students were still around and seeing him, they all started singing Happy Birthday to him at the count of 3. It was indeed nice and kind of the students. Caden was happy and also surprised to have so many people singing the birthday song to him. Then dear came along, we waited for her to settle some stuff before rushing down to NYDC Bugis.
Before we reached, Fanling and Lishan ah-yi were both there waiting for us already. I looked at the place, it was really nicely done up with balloon on every seats and also some on the wall. Waiter and waitresses were absolutely friendly and also attentive. Food was very good also. Especially when Caden enjoys his fish, pasta and meat. And at the end of the dinner, they even gave us a discount and a cake because one of the gal there was a student that me and dear once teach.

After dinner we all went home. What an enjoyable night.

Visit to Second Grandaunt House

After Caden woke up from his nap, deardear and I brought him to my second aunt's house at Clementi, as my second aunt called for this gathering for new year. This is the second time he has visit my second aunt's house. He seems to like the piano the most in the house, kept running into the room to play the piano.

My second aunt purposely bought loads of cod fish for Caden. We ended up have to packet some uncooked cod fish back... SO pai sei. My youngest aunt even has to buy a ball for him to play. Just a short stay at my aunt's place, so many things and preparation to be done for him. Feel so bad. After dinner, we took a cab back home as Caden need to rest.

Return of Nebuliser set

Today, I brought Caden to Doc Ong to return the nebuliser set and for Doc Ong to do a review of Caden. Lucky Caden has fully recovered. However, Doc Ong warned us to take good care of him as he has sensitive nose like Adrian and is prone to be asthmatic like Adrian too. I feel that I just have to keep him away from people who smokes and switch on the air purifier often. After seeing Doc Ong, I brought him home immediately as have to let him rest before more program later.

Mild Bronchitis

Today, my mum worked only half day. She brought Caden to see doc after her work. According to Doc Ong, Caden is down with mild bronchitis. He mentioned that Caden has a sensitive air passage way thus has high chance of getting asthma if he is not taken care properly. So Doc Ong wanted Caden to be put on nebuliser. Thus mum has to rent the nebuliser back. And Caden has to be nebulised 4 times a day. Lucky Caden is a good boy and did not reject the machine. He seems to be having fun. Poor Caden... Have to keep him away from cigarette smoke and people who smoke as Doc Ong said that cigarette smoke can trigger asthma symptons. Its really heart wrenching to see my poor son going through all these because I remembered my father in law smokes and has been in close contact with Caden in the recent few days. He even smoked in the house when Caden is around. Sigh...