Totally Exhausted

2 weeks past by without me even noticing it... Come to think of it, I celebrated my own birthday exactly a week ago. Haiz... I've been zombie-fied since the day En fell sick and I'm totally exhausted due to the countless sleepless night after Xuan got the flu bug as well. The 2 grouchy munchkins never give us any chance to rest. Hence, my backache also started acting up as they demanded to be carried often.

Now that En has recovered, we are glad to be getting a little more rest than before. Though Xuan still requires 7 hourly feeding on her medication, she kind of resign herself to fate when she sees those colourful fluids in the syringes. I'm glad we longer live in the war zone and could happily declare code red cessation.

That being said, En seemed to be having some issues with her premolars emerging, hence a wee little crankier than usual. I hope it doesn't spell another wave of trouble. Praying for a more relaxed weekend ahead, especially when Ya-Ya (means caregiver in Tagalog. Or in this case, the name our twins would identify our FDW) goes for her monthly break this Sunday. (Oh, no...)

I emailed the munchkins birthday pix (which I updated in shutterfly e-photo albums) a couple of days ago to family and friends. Someone actually ask if baby no. 3 is in the master plan since the twins have now turned one. No. 3??? That's been the million dollar question which Di and I pondered for a long time. I looked at Di, with huge eye bags and panda eyes, lying asleep on the couch cos he's too tired to even move himself to the bed. And then the thought of walking the sick, cranky munchkins along the common corridor from 2am - 4am the other night (I can't even remember which night!!!) came to mind. Plus those shoulder and backaches I'm enduring now... These signs and symptoms are obvious answers to the million dollar question - NO.

Kudos to parents out there who are managing 2 kids or more, especially if they are multiples. You deserve a big hug!!! And more importantly, a break...

Cold & Cough Season

The munchkins turned one last weekend. A few days after their birthday party, they fell ill. Its the arrival of the all parents' most hated season - the Cold & Cough Season. En is down with fever, flu & cough while Xuan started displaying symptoms as well. We know its a matter of time Xuan will end up like En too. After all, they share everything they can get their hands on. Even if I were to quarantine Xuan, I bet its too late by now. :(

Now, the most challenging moment of the day is medicine feeding time. You can almost see a good wrestling game whenever the syringe with colourful fluid in it is brought in front of the girls. Sometimes, I just wish I could inject the syringes right into their butt instead of feeding through their mouth. You may think I'm insane to bear such thoughts. But wait... I suggest you hold your comments until you are in my shoes. There are 4 syringes (namely for fever, cold, cold and phlegm) for each of them and 3 feeds per day. That means you have to successfully inject 24 syringes a day into 2 vigorously struggling kiddos. How's that sound?

In addition, they'll get cranky in the day due to the fever and runny nose. You'll have to keep sponging them to keep their head & body temperature down. That means more struggling as they keep on pushing you away. Putting that ThermoScan ear thermometer into their ears to measure their temperature is also no walk in the park. Even the doctors at the clinic had difficulty taking their temperature with that same Braun ThermoScan, so I count myself blessed whenever I managed to take a decent reading.

The numerous times we had to wake up to comfort them in the middle of the night is also driving us crazy. I'm just totally zombie-fied. Even as I'm writing now, I have totally no recollection of what happened yesterday. All that's imprinted on my pea brain is the "eensy weensy spider" song which I kept singing over and over again when I cradled my cranky child last night...

I looking forward to a better week ahead... That is provided Xuan's condition doesn't get worse... Enjoy parenthood? Indeed... *Yawn* ZZZzzzzz....