Babysitting

This week mom is in China , daughter and son in law in Melbourne leaving Aaron all to me. Looking after him is an excellent opportunity to bond with him but it is also stressful.His weekened routine is golf, tae kwon do , swimming and badminton.Whilst he is at it you cant do anything and your time is blocked for him.
Seeing to his breakfast, lunch and dinner are tough jobs so I take the easy way out by letting him choose.His choice has ranged from noodles , nasi lemak to Japanese.Controlling his time is another challenging task. To be able to get him to take his shower , control his TV and I pad time are daunting tasks but somehow with the proper carrot dangling I managed to get him to follow instructions.On the whole I would say he is obedient and talking sense to him makes the tasks easier.
It so happened that he had to fall sick during my shift>I was a bit panicky when he complained of chest pains ,coughing and loss of appetite.And it had to happen on Labour Day which is a public holiday .There were no clinics open in our area so I had to take him to Subang Baru where it so happened our regular doctor was working.It was a relief when the doctor said there was nothing serious about his condition.I must say the little fella is an angel when it comes to taking his medicine .Probably he also wants to get well .
School days are a torture.The poor fella has to wake up at 545am and gets ready for school .The car comes to pick him at 630 so for 45 minutes I have to ensure that he has his shower , all his school things are there , breakfast .So far we have followed the schedule well and he is always ready when the car comes. On school days he will be back by around 6 so I give him an hour of relaxation either playing with the I pad or watching his favorite TV show.then its shower and dinner .If he has home work then he spends an hour doing it and if not I just let him do what he wants.Its bed time before 9pm and he is knocked out within minutes when his head hits the pillow.
Its quite fun being with the little fella and I have to say that in all he is not a problem .Being with him for a week day and night has made me understand him more and what a schedule he has at this age .I feel sorry for him in a way that at such an early age he has to go through so many things .I just wonder how he is going to enjoy his childhood and whether we adults should  take a moment to reflect on what we putting our kids through .Very soon their childhood will be gone and sadly they may not be able to enjoy the childhood which we had when we were kids.