Honestly, I did not expect or could ever imagine my confinement month to be so stressful and exhausting. Juggling between baby Edward and Clarisse, rarely getting enough rest and sleep, has finally taken its toll on my body. I really did not expect Clarisse to be so difficult, refuse to let everyone else take care of her but me.

My body started to develop red and itchy rashes two nights ago. Within 12 hours, it got much worst. The rashes spread from hair to toe and clumps together to form even bigger patches of rash. This is a common type of rash called urticaria or hives. The Chinese call it “fung mok”. It is usually trigger by some sort of allergy. Especially allergy to alcohol in herbal liquour such as DOM or Yomeishu I’m currently consuming. In some cases, stress could also lead to hives and if this is the partly to blame, I’m surely not surprised. The rashes have not subside for two days now. To make things worst, I’m running a slight temperature as well.

Clarisse is crying more than baby Edward. She throws a tantrum when irritated by the slightest insignificant thing. Eat rice, take a bath, change pyjamas, watch cartoon, go downstairs, go upstairs, drink water, potty time … she’s refuses everything we asks her to do. Driving everyone up the wall with the whims. Its definitely no joke when people refer to two year olds as terrible twos.