I dropped FELIX! =(
I felt so guilty that I dropped FELIX the last weekend at my mother-in-law’s. How did it happen?
I went to fetch my her from work with my wife and children at Plaza Hotel, where she works as a cashier at a restaurant there. We proceeded to get lunch in Bedok Central before going over to her place. I wanted to let her carry FELIX at first after carry him off the car, but she was occupied with RACHEL, so I carried him instead.
We approached the void deck of her block of flats together, with me walking slightly behind them. I was occupied with playing with FELIX and also the fact that I had noticed that there was some notice pasted at the lift area. That was one of the reasons why I had missed seeing the stone stool jutting out the middle of no where beside the stone table at the void deck.
The stool was short and in ‘no-man’s land’. That was the second time I walked into it, injuring my right shin in the process while carrying my baby. The first time was when I carried RACHEL but luckily, I managed to hang on to her and did not drop her. FELIX was not so lucky this time, as I lost him from my arms. As a result, he wailed after hitting the back of his head on the floor.
My mother-in-law and my wife was quite worried about me when all I was worried about was how FELIX was. I am really scared that it would injure him big time. Luckily for us, he had not shown any adverse effect from the fall this past week and has been continuing in his learning to walk. He is more steady walking now, though he still suffers from the occasional fall on his bums after a few steps.
RACHEL, on the other hand, was kept at home last week due to her illness and was back this week. It was difficult for her to settle in again after the week’s absence. Luckily for us, she had gradually improved over the week and is nearly back to her old self at the play-school by Friday. A teacher from the play-school said that they plan to toilet-train a couple of children, RACHEL included, who are moving on to the ‘Nursery’ group from the ‘Junior Toddlers’. YEN and I have deliberated for a few months how best to do that and hope that this training will work.
RACHEL is still slowly ‘finding her feet’ at speaking, surprising me with new phrases she had learnt every once in a while. The latest one was ‘Daddy, where are you?’. I was elated when I heard that!
