Egads and triple egads! B has a mycoplasma infection and is diagnosed with bronchitis. We are told we have to rent the nebuliser for 5 days and administer it 4 times a day! I feel so mad with myself for not bringing her to see the doctor earlier. Dem, I should always, always trust the ‘mother’s instinct’. My spidey senses started tingling about 3 weeks ago!

She’s an angel, she is. She puts on the nebuliser mask without a fuss and even blows kisses through all the aerated salbutamol steam. TJ tells her she is a pretend fighter jet pilot. She gives a blank look and later, TJ shows her a picture of a jet pilot on the internet. The image is of a man in black helmet, a colour she doesn’t like. Being a girly – girl, she rolls her eyes and vehemently objects to being a fighter jet pilot.

So, I tell her she is Darth Vader. She seems to accept her new pretend role. She is still too young for Star Wars and is not acquainted with Darth Vader yet. I can already see her giving me her sweetest smile the next time she puts on that dreadful nebuliser mask and I’m sure I will get another flying kiss from my brave little Princess Anakin.