Multiparenting Cayen & Cayson

After the initial brush with some bullying in the initial months, there’s no news in the past few months except exams.  Cayen had his first exams and results were quite low even for his usual best subjects like Maths. I think it ranges from 50+ (English) to 80+ (Chinese ironically).  Hence, since I don’t really know how to system works , I asked the teachers if there’s some median or average class grade. And I tried to explain that I’m not kiasu parent but I just want to know how these marks stack up, because whilst it’s a bit low on the absolute front, I think it’s pretty ok if it’s average or median since the exams are different from the usual cirriculum and there’s no need for concern.  Teachers say that as long the kids meet the threshold of 70 marks, it’s considered passing. And anything less than that will mean that teachers will reach out to us more.  In class, he’s apparently a good learner who’s not afraid to ask questions though he can get distracted and fi...

To be fair to Caylen, I should be documenting his growing up years like how I did for Cayen and Cayson as well. As such, I’m going to restart my writing engine during my maternity leave and hope to sustain as long as I can. In his first month, Caylen has already displayed his personality pretty obviously by making various grunting sounds to express his preferences. If he doesn’t want to drink milk anymore, he will make sounds or thrust the teat out of his mouth with a remarkable force for a 4-6 week old infant. From being scared of bathing, he’s also transitioned to enjoying his bathing routine after the initial few weeks.  The only thing that differentiated him from his elder brothers was his prolonged jaundice that lasted more than a month but glad that it has come down already.  At around week 5-6, he’s starting to also exercise his mouth muscles by smiling or making chuckling noises when he’s happy or amused. And I noted that the chuckles sounded different so I think he’s ...