Stressful End to the Week

ever since he was down with food poisoning and diarrhoea, amir's been lying down and whining. its natural, of course, since he's weak from lack of food and has been throwing up everything that we put in his mouth. it was a difficult 3 days. i had to do the laundry 7 times in 3 days. our bedsheet, his bedsheet, the cloth we used to cover the bedsheet, our blanket, his blanket, towels and clothes...so many clothes. his clothes and our clothes. i was up for 4 nights, making sure he did not throw up when he slept or if he did, he was picked up straight away. i had to monitor his water intake because he was almost completely dehydrated and his fontanelles was sunken.

we took him to the doctor after 1 day. we thought he was feeling better because he had been up and about. but the scariest thing happened when we were waiting for our roti canai at the nearby mamak place. amir was sitting on the high chair, hubby had his foot under the chair. all of the sudden hubby felt water dripping onto his foot. it was amir, his stools were so watery, it was dripping down. there was a lot too!! we asked the mamak to tapau our roti and took him to the clinic immediately. the doctor gave us packets of hydration salt, which amir wasnt too keen on taking. we had to put into his milk. he was so weak after that, he just lied down in his cot and blinked at us, without saying anything.

alhamdulillah, the worst was over after 3 days. he stopped throwing up & stopped having watery stool. unfortunately, he was still dehydrated and was not urinating at all, especially at night. thank god that only happened 1 night, the next day we was almost back to normal. yeah, almost.

after his bout of diarrhoea, amir became very clingy. i was confused the first day. he wouldnt let me out of his sight. he wouldnt go to sleep during the day as he was afraid i would leave him. he refused to be picked up by anyone other than me and his daddy. even my cousin who he has seen thousands of times, could not get close to him. the moment she stepped in the room, he would start screaming and kicking his legs. for the first time, since he turned 3 months old, he wanted to be 'dodoi'ed to sleep. amir's not the type to cuddle, he likes to sleep by himself in his cot, while watching 'bear in the big blue house' or 'pb and j otter'. he doesnt like it when people disturb his last moments before going to sleep, not even me or hubby. and now he wants a cuddle in the middle of the day. its not like him at all.

i went to my cousin's house yesterday. i wanted him to get used to the house, as i'll be leaving him there when i go to work. he would not let go of my shirt! he would not sit on the floor or the chair by himself, he wanted to sit on my lap all the time, even when i was eating. when i was praying he started screaming and pulling my telekung. he screamed for 30 minutes yesterday. it was soooo stressful. i called hubby, crying, telling him i cannot handle this. i'm tired with the pregnancy and lack of appetitte and he's shouting the place down. seeing that i was at my wits end, my cousin toook him kicking & screaming to the park nearby. finally he calmed down, although he was still sobbing every now and then.

everyone kept telling me its because of the pregnancy. the babies and toddlers can tell that their mother is pregnant and find it difficult to accept the changes. i dont know how long this is going to last. its not easy, its really tiring me out. good thing i have 4 days before i have to report to work, i'll use the 4 days to get my energy back. hopefully amir's more calm the next time we tryout his babysitter.