she's not walking yet but she's fine, thanks very much!!!

...had to wait a day to cool down from an unpleasant experience yesterday.

it was dd's baby gym yesterday and it's usually a large mixed group of babies at different development stages (the group has a range of 11 to 16 months!). but that day it was mainly walkers who showed up and dd was the only one still crawling there.

both of us were sort of enjoying ourselves as we had missed quite a few classes. that was until one of the mothers, who had never said a word to me before, turned to me with a frown and asked, "how old is leah?" guilelessly i answered with a smile, "13 months." she didn't reply and in the awkward silence i thought i would be friendly and asked, "and how old is ___?" the woman retorted, "same!" with another frown and nod towards her daughter (as in, and look at her, she's walking and standing so well).

i was stung. instead of being just a friendly mom i then realised that she was criticising dd and i for dd not yet walking! what a bitch! i was seething and for the rest of the class i debated whether to confront her about her attitude and tone. in the end i decided to ignore her....and as one of my brother-in-laws would say, 'to rise above it.'

but boy, that really made my mood sour...coming on top of finding out that my parents think it was my cooking that had caused dd's gastroenteritis! they decided not to send us back to kl with some fresh fish fry as they thought i would make a mess of cooking it and poison their granddaughter.

anyway, needless to say, yesterday was a bad bad day with nasty vibes from people i had least expected.