Give My Boy Some Time

Last night was suppose to be a relaxing night because today is the last day of Scarlett's test and it being English, we were all relieved.  I arranged a playdate with Lorna's girl, Arielle, this morning and was looking forward to it. However, my son decided to wake up a few times in the night crying and needed me to carry him to sleep, which is so rare. After I did that, half an hour later, he cried again and I gave him some milk. I couldn't sleep much and was so exhausted. This don't happen often but every once in awhile. Thankfully, Allan offered to hang out with Chester from 7am to 9am so that I can catch some rest for the last two days. It helped so much. 

Took a train home with Chez, tired eyes don't lie 😂 No make up didn't help either

Being paranoid and safe, Allan doesn't want me to take public transport, worrying about the flu going on, he drove me to Lorna's and we had such a great time chatting and letting the little ones hang out. Before meeting, I did give Lorna heads up about Chester's stranger anxiety. He "performed" his anxiety act once he saw Lorna and Arielle. The crying was okay but head butting me was kind of scary to those who doesn't know him. I have seen people cringing as they saw him head butt me when he gets upset. I sat down with him on my carrier, hugging him, making sure he was close to me. Lorna and I chatted away and he listened quietly, holding my finger really tight. I know he was nervous and I grabbed him tight to make sure he knows I got him. Minutes later, after he observed long enough, he decided to leave my lap. That was when I know he is alright with Lorna and Arielle. All my boy needs is a little bit of time. 

Once he warmed up, amazing things happened. He put on his cheeky face, walked around the place but not terrorizing it. He touched the little pot of plant gently by the window sill and pointed out to the window making some noise, trying to tell me what he saw. He picked up a basket ball from somewhere and started playing with it. He also went close to Arielle and shared his toys (I brought his two favourite buses and a toy phone) with her. He wasn't fussy with Arielle grabbing his toys and seem okay to share. That made me very happy. I know kids go through phases and who knows tomorrow, he may not want to share his toys with anyone. But at least today has been a good day to see how sweet he can be. I am treasuring moments here.

I also get to chat with Lorna because he wasn't doing anything crazy or dangerous. It was such a relaxing but short catch up as I had to rush home to feed Chester lunch and put him to bed for nap.

Hope to arrange more playdates with Arielle. She is too adorable!!!

Chez shows Arielle how to play with the phone

Chez let's Arielle have a go at playing with the phone

Chez offers his mini bus toy to Arielle