Crying!

Today Robbie went to get his 2nd jab for pneumococcal and also drank his 2nd dose of rotavirus vaccine from Dr Yip Yeng Yoong of Singapore Baby and Child Clinic at gleneagles . Each doctor visit for these two vaccines plus other misc fees cost $400plus. It's expensive but we don't mind paying a bit more for Robbie's well being. Later in the day after the doctor's visit, Robbie became very aggitated and fussed a lot. At one point, he was crying and nothing we did could sooth him... we gave him gripe water, put "ruyi yu", fed him milk... plenty of milk, but he still seems to be in pain. In the end, we decided to give him some fever medicine the doctor prescribed the previous visit.... plus some more milk. I think that did the trick! he started to calm down and finally went to sleep. It's not the first time he's so fussy and grumpy, but it's one of his worser episodes... and it's quite heart-wrenching to hear his crying pains. At times I feel lost and helpless when we've tried everything and nothing seems to work. I'm always very grateful to have my wife around during these bouts.... she seems to be able to calm him with her maternal coos and coaxing. Taking care of Robbie would have been very difficult if not for the help of ppl like my mother-in-law, Robbie's "si yi poh", my wife and many others. So far it has been a wonderful journey.... Robbie has given me the impetus to be a better person... a better father. It's really worth the sleepless nights and fatigue, when he looks at you and give you the most purest of smiles... sigh... it's therapeutic... believe me.

~Gilbert