The last time we had to declare ourselves “SICK,” I did a lot of reading while Layla mostly slept.

This time around, all of us were down and the meds didn’t have their knockout effect. We would’ve felt a hell lot crappier if we hadn’t made an amazing discovery. That Layla can now sit through full-length animated videos, and likes it.

So it was showtime around here: Toy Story 1! Toy Story 2! Coraline! Up! 40 episodes of SpongeBob!

Yeap we were definitely entertained. Good thing too, because we were shut in a few more days than we should’ve been — it wasn’t viral and we couldn’t have beaten it without antibiotics, but it’s not our usual policy to go running to the doc’s within a day or two.

The other notable thing that happened: We finally made the switch from a PD to a GP!

Dr Lai of Care Family Clinic (#01-12, Blk 663 Buffalo Road, next to Ananda Bhavan at Tekka Centre, tel: 6299-5868) is already winning fans in my neighbourhood for his kind and gentle demeanour, and his efforts to educate patients about their condition and treatment options. If you live anywhere around Little India/Farrer Park/Novena, this is one good and affordable clinic in the area that no-one really knows about yet, so no queue! It’s even open on Sundays and public hols.

p.s. The doc gave Layla a bottle of banana-flavoured antibiotics to finish. She didn’t love it but she didn’t hate it either, so no tears over medicine feeds this time, phew!