Bugs Again!

Sophie was fine for a week or so after spending more than 2 weeks recovering from a bad cold. I cannot believe that she has caught ANOTHER cold. She started sneezing a couple of times on Monday and coughing on Tuesday. Yesterday, her mucus was green so I took her to Eu Yang San again to see Dr Wong. At the clinic, she was all bubbly and sweet to everyone. She even said, "xie xie" (thank you) spontaneously to the doctor before we left the consultation room. That really tickled her!


I do not know exactly what we have done but we must have done something right. Sophie says "sorry" when she understands that she has done something undesirable (although sometimes she does not know why they are undesirable) or when I get angry. She also says "thanks" or "thank you" when she gets something desirable (a favour or a toy) from us. Now, she is beginning to say "please" when she asks for help or a favour. BUT so far, she is always saying "Please don't!" when I try to shower her (she wants to play instead!).


Everyone knows I am super worried about Sophie's development because she is "hurricane" that refuses to pause for a moment long enough to learn anything. In fact, I have never succeeded in reading to her, with her on my lap or nicely cuddled in bed. I used to "trap" her in her cot bed to read to her. She would stand (with her arms hanging outside the bars) to listen to the stories. I seriously do not know when (if) she is going to stablise and learn to stay focused.

Nowadays, she would sit next to me for a few seconds and then take a short walk and finally come back for the ending. If she is very interested in the book, she would sit through it. However, she does seem to like books because she would take a couple of her favourite books and ask me to read to her when she wakes up in the middle of the night. If I do not, she would sit on the bed and pretend her "Momo" (Elmo plush) or Mimi (Mickey plush) is "reading" to her. Last resort, she would "read" them herself...

Whenever Sophie is sick, I would be reminded how much more important her well-being and happiness is to me than anything else. So what if she does not know her numbers, colours and shapes now? So what if she does not talk much (that I can understand)? So what if she does not show interest in nursery rhymes or sensory tubs? She would eventually learn all that and more. Ask around, who would tell you they are truly happy and they have no regrets in their life?