Colours Everywhere

A few days ago, I tried applying J & J oil on Sophie because her skin was a little dry from constant exposure of air-conditioning while she slept. The first 3 days went smoothly (literally), in fact, there was even a rosy glow on her face. Little did we realise that it was actually a warning sign of an onset of skin allergy. Well, On the 4th day, early morning, Papa saw a couple of red spots on Sophie's upper torso. By afternoon, her entire torso was covered with angry red bumps that quickly fused to become huge itchy patches. I applied her steroid cream (whatever that was left after I hammered it several times) and some water-based moisturiser (super expensive kind from the clinic).


Of course, we had no choice but to see our dearly beloved pediatrician for some more cream. We could not buy it from the clinic because our last visit was more than 3 months ago. So... we waited 2 hours for a 5-min consultation that was mainly about me telling him what happened to Sophie and what we needed from him. Nothing surprising. To make sure I would not run out of medicine so soon, I bought 3 tubes of each cream even though that made him frown a little (not too easy to earn consultation fees from us). In the end, we spent $45 on consultation (just because he has a medical degree and licence) and $81 on the cream (just because I could not buy it anywhere else...).


As a result of our little visit to splurge on our pediatrician, we did not have any time for craft today. However, I did make a manipulative for learning about colours and motor skills for Sophie. I have seen it on one of the websites before, but I was too lazy to make it. Today, I finally did it while Sophie was napping. I think it would probably be nicer if I had used paint rather than markers, but I wanted it done quickly and hassle-free. It is actually quite useful, if only Sophie would not take the wooden pegs apart all the time! What else is new, right? Well, we shall see if it can last as long as it takes Sophie to learn about colours.... Hahahaha...