Airport send off and new car seat

Even though she has jetlag and slept only around 4.30 am the night before, we still woke Faith up at 10.30 am. It was an important day. Her Dua Peh (my eldest BIL) was leaving for an overseas assignment for 2 months. The whole family was headed to the airport to send him off and wish him a bon voyage.

Thankfully, we made it to the airport in time to have lunch at the Kopitiam foodcourt, before sending him off at the departure gate. After Adrian left, we headed to the toilet to change Faith's diapers. While in the toilet, Anders cried becos he missed his dad. I asked Faith to kiss and hug him which she did twice :) Poor Anders. Hope he would adjust well to Adrian's time away from home.

Looking back nearly 2 years ago, when Anthea was about the same age (4+ yrs), she too cried at the departure of Adrian when he went away for a few weeks of assignment overseas. Which leads me to wonder if that's the age when they suddenly realise the significance of what it means when someone departs for an extended period, yet, they are still too young to control their emotions at the thought of their love ones leaving.

Nonetheless, travelling, especially for long periods is always disruptive for everyone in the family. Unfortunately, in today's time, we all need to do what we need to do in order to earn our keep.

As it was still early after the send off, Louis and I decided to head to town with my MIL to check out the child seat for Faith. She's outgrowing her infant rear-facing child seat. We have not moved her to a forward-facing one becos she's only reached 9 kg. So, even though her legs are scrunched up becos the seat is now too short for her legs, we have kept her in the smaller seat.

At Mothercare, we decided to buy the Britax Combination seat (which faces both rear and forward from birth to 18 months) after consulting with the sales staff and much deliberation on our part. Compared to Mothercare's in-house car seat and Concorde, it was roomier and had more cushioning support.

After paying for our purchase, the sales assistant kindly offered to help us set up the car seat in our car.

Faith seem to like her new car seat very much. Its elevated and she can now look out of the window to see the passing cars and view instead of facing the back of the car seat. The other thing is that its also cooler cos the rear-facing car seat blocks the air circulating from the front of the car. Lastly, she's now able to see everyone in the front of the car.

Given that she seems so comfortable in her new car seat and that she's not making a lot of noise (fingers cross on that one), I decided to move myself up from sitting at the back of the car to sitting next to Louis at the front.

Hurray for front-facing car seats!!!