Turning 8

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Sometimes the days seem so, so long and yet on other days, things happen so, so fast I can hardly catch my breath.

Our 3rd child, 2nd boy turns 8 today. I still remember his birth. And I also remember the stressful early days with him. I used to joke that if I had him first, I wouldn’t have had any other children. He would cry constantly and was very clingy. He was a poor sleeper too.

But on hindsight, I realised that his poor sleeping habits was partly my fault 🙁 I should have stopped drinking all caffeine. He was very senstive to caffeine. I remember stopping caffeine for just one day and seeing there was no effect, went back to drinking my coffee the next day. Ah! I should have stopped for at least 3 – 5 days! No one ever told me that! In fact, no one told me that it might have been the caffeine that was making him cranky! Most concluded that he was simply a high need child. 🙁

He was so sensitive to caffeine that till he was 6, he couldn’t have any dessert containing caffeine (chocolate, chocolate cake, brownies) or he would have a terrible time sleeping at night. He would fall asleep and inevitably have nightmares in the middle of the night – the screaming kind 🙁

Thank God he’s ok now. And yes, he has requested for a brownie birthday cake tonight 🙂

He has such a sweet personality. While all the others would be busy playing or engrossed in their book, he would be the one who would help the 2yr old get a drink or open a bottle that she needs help with. Or he would interrupt his own play to entertain a cranky baby and let her maul him.

And he’s so undemanding that when we asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he said, “To play monopoly”! And so his siblings and daddy are doing just that now while I keep the baby away from the game board! 😀

Happy Birthday son! May the Lord bless and keep you and may you live to serve your King, faithfully and mightily!

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