we like bringing him for jabs… coz it means we get to skive off work for a day (shhh!). well, ok, we apply for leave through the proper channels and all, but still, it feels like a whole day of gallivanting.
but try as we might to make it on time for our morning appointments, we’d more often than not end up late, and then we’d wait around at the clinic some more till half the day is gone, just like that *poof*.
the boy is still just past the 10kg mark, and everything points to him being at a very average 50th percentile. a quick run-down of the assessment checklist too seemed about right.
like your typical first-time – and might i add, sinjaporean – parent, i’d been a bit paranoid that he’d ‘fail’ some of the ‘tests’ in the checklist, or that he’d fall way, way below the percentile thing. and it didn’t help that he’d had a bit of a fall in the toilet the night before (no thanks to our incredibly negligent selves, who left the bathroom door open, despite knowing his penchance for playing with water), and i swore i thought the loud thud i heard was his skull knocking against the slippery floor (the Husband assured me it wasn’t), and that the incident might in some way affect his performance and subsequent development. :S
anyway, after the two jabs on each of his thigh (which he forgot all about as soon as it was over), we deposited him at mum’s for his nap, and proceeded to do what we’d been dying to do for a loooong time….
GO DATING!
haiyah, no hot and steamy scenes were involved hokay. all we wanted was a decent, undisturbed meal together (with no messy and impatient toddler at the side), a bit of a leisurely stroll and unhurried shopping around the mall (an impossible task when you’re running after a two-legged tornado), and a no-brainer movie to top it off (urm, can’t remember the last time we huddled in the love-seat of a cold cinema together).
then, it’s back to reality.
not to say that the ground we fall back on is any less than great – it definitely IS great. having him around is like having our very own personal entertainer most of the time. and having your child kiss you everyday without being asked is like, The Best Thing In The World. then, of course, boys being boys, there’s also the wrestling. (did i tell you about our nightly wrestling matches? he’d pin me down again and again, and slobber all over my face into submission, despite my wretched cries of “NO!! DADDY HELLLP!”. the highlight of my day indeed. and no, daddy never helps, heh.)
even though we’d planned this date some time back, that morning itself we both felt guilty and had last-minute thoughts about bringing him along.
“macam kesian gitu eh, nak tinggalkan dia…”
“ah ah, kesian…”
but left him we did. coz this whole ‘dating’ thing, well, it’s just… important, you now? there’s so little ‘us’ time, we usually forget that there is an ‘us’.
so anyway, we couldn’t get enough, and had another day of it.
this time with nothing planned, just a little aimless drive around…
… and no, no hot and steamy scenes of fogged up windows either hokay! will you people stop it already?! :p
now let’s see… when’s the next jab…?
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