Sep 27 2005
Bubble Bubbling Ian
Last Sunday, after Ian’s afternoon nap, at around 5:30pm we went to Shanon’s birthday party. It was an outdoor party, which we could do barbecue and stuff. We only stayed for a while as we need to rush for another round of dinner – my father’s birthday dinner. 
Since it was an outdoor party, there was a young lady blowing bubbles at the garden. Ian and another 3-4 little girls (wow, Ian got so many girl friends huh!) were standing there, trying to catch those bubbles.
But perhaps due to Ian’s sickness, he wasn’t as active as usual, and he was sort of like lazy too. He just stood at the same spot, waiting for the bubbles to be near him, and then only he caught them. Different from the other girls, he kept searching for the source, and tried to grab the source (the loop) rather than chasing after the floating bubbles.
I think Ian is a born mechanics. When he grabbed the source, he would study it and tried to shake and do many stuff to the thing. At home, nothing can be truly child proof. He can even open my front-loading washing machine – he found the childproof latch!, and tried to go inside the drum. Really a headache to me. 
Anyway, back to the party. The apartment is actually located at Pantai Hillpark, and the garden is facing the Twin Tower – well, one side of it, which we can only see one tower (another one is blocked).
When we showed Ian the Twin Power, he was excited at first and then asked DH, ‘One more? One more?’ Hehe, he actually can recognize the Twin Tower and can say it though not accurately: “Tin Ta, Tin Ta”.
Poor Ian’s fever just subsided only yesterday. In total, 7 days of fever. We can almost confirm it was caused by teething. His gum is still bleeding and he also has an ulcer on his tongue. He keeps crying and pointing at his mouth. He is on hunger strike too. We have to pour food and water into his mouth otherwise he can be not eating and drinking for the whole day. I just hope this can be over very soon.
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wah! you should be glad that Ian didn’t grab the girls instead… else your family might be sued for sexual harassment
7 days of teething fever?? you sure about that? my son’s teething thingy only lasted 2-3 days.. and no ulcer… hmmm.. consult a doctor maybe?
egghead: I consulted liao, on the 3rd day. But doc also said must be teething wor, given that his gums are swelling. Actually, he has too many teeth poping out at the same time. I didn’t really count it, but including those ‘half-way’ out ones, he has around 8 that are on their way out. Maybe that’s why?
study and shaking stuffs = mechanics?
what about… pulling strings (or anything that’s long, yes, even wires) and throwing stuffs on the ground?
That’s what Ethan loves to do.
suzette, I a bit concern a bit this, 7 days of fever, and gum bleeding, did you see his gun swalling or not? gum red? got bad smell in his mouth? could be gum infection, because it happen to my girls before, one after another, also fever for a week, gum bleeding, swelling, bad breath. better double check him. (sorry, don’t wish to scare you, just same thing happen to my girls, so it just cross my mind).
but the washing machine…he really clever lor.
Maria!!! The symptoms are 100% matching! OMG, Ian has been suffering so long for this gum infection, and I stupidly thought he was teething (and so does our family doc). I now feel like crying for my little suffering boy. I must leave work earlier and bring him to see doc again. Oh, poor boy. And Thanks a lot Maria for reminding. That’s the beauty of having own blog.
Mindy:
that’s right, actually Ian does more than just study nd shaking. He break things apart, trying to reassemble, etc. Headache ler. 
Auntie Mindy : Ethan can become THE DEMOLISHER or THE DESTROYER.
Ian won’t be a mechanics, he got the engineering blood inside him. Only engineers will look into the source, study it and find solution.