A Different Kind of Pain

It hasn't been easy on Matty (which invariably means Daddy and Mummy as well) for the last 2 nights.

Matty woke up crying rather badly on Saturday night due to two mozzie bites on his left sole. I can fully understand how irritating the itch is when it is at the sole and can feel quite swollen as opposed to bites on the other parts of the limbs. Initially we thought that he was frustrated with the pain caused by teething but realised that it was otherwise when Matty kept rubbing his feet. As it is... it has never been easy trying to coax him to go back to the la-la land once his sleep is interrupted. It was made worse because not only do we need to make him sleep... we had to distract him away from the itch.

The whole family ate something that didn't agree with our tummy yesterday and all of us suffered from mild food poisoning late at night. Matty was not spared and pooped twice. This time round we thought it was the mozzie bites that woke him up... but turned out that it was due to the tummy-ache. It was a pretty rough night having to clean up for Matty and getting him to doze off again... and with Mummy and Daddy taking turns to sit on the throne when we could have use those time for something more worthwhile - sleep. Resilient like he has always been... Matty was up at 4.30 in the morning after a round of loose stool and refuse to go back to sleep. He seemed to have recovered alot faster whereas Daddy and Mummy looked so worn out today.

I think I just got attacked by the Zee Monster and can hardly keep my eyes opened. If I can... I would very much love to take the rest of the day off work.