Hi ladies,
Had MIA for a while..the past weekend was a horrible cos Lucas vomitted around 5 times on sat. He also had fever. Brought him to KK and he was given some meds and we could go home as he managed to hold down 2 milk feeds prior to that. After we got home, he started throwing up again 2 times and none of the medicine went in.
So we went back to KK at 1am, intending to admit him. When we reached there, the doc told us to let him try the anti-vomitting medicine, wait 1 hour after that then feed him this glucose drink every 15 min to see if he still throws up. That 2 hours was a nightmare cos we were surrounded by other vomitting kids and we also had to coax Lucas to sleep for that 1 hour and then struggle to feed him the glucose drink which he hated. Haiz...anyway, the good thing was he did not throw up after that, so we could go home. BUT, as we were about to leave the hosp, he started to have diarrhea!
By then it was 4am, hubby and i were both concussed.
Luckily by monday, his diarrhea has stopped and today his stools returned to normal. He has also gone back to school today.
But on Mon, I was infected by the stomach flu. Threw up my dinner and had stomach cramps and fever. Then yest was hubby's turn. This stomach flu thing is very contagious. My fren told me that her entire family was also infected when her daughter had it. Apparently, its important to keep washing your hands with soap, basically up the hygiene level should there be cases of stomach flu in the family.
feifei,
i can totally empathise with you. Lucas has been falling sick very often ever since he started cc. in fact, he just had fever 3 weeks ago and then this weekend again. he has already been on 2 rounds on antibiotics. and now he's still having runny nose and cough...
but i take it as he's building up his immunity cos the pd told me 1st 6 months will fall sick very often. sometimes i think 6 days of childcare leave is not enough lor, need like 12 days!
for feeding med, i usu resort to force. he's selective about it, he likes the cough and cold one (thank goodness) but hates the antibiotics. he will usu use his teeth to block the syringe. so no choice lor, maid will use cheese to coax him to take but he will still struggle. once he open mouth, we will pump the med in. sometimes, we also pinch his nose to make him open his mouth.
hope char will recover soon.
maybe u can try coaxing her with her fav food? either feed the medicine a bit by bit and give the food or feed one shot and promise the food. is she drinking well now?
Eve,
Spenser ok le ma? As in the watery stools? Sorry i din reply u cos too tired le this weekend.
felicia,
my boy will also not sit in high chair for long, depends on his mood also. but usu once he's done with his dinner, he would want to get out. the phone can only delay it slightly but doesn't work all the time leh. after a while will get bored, hehe. my boy also dun like to hold hands when we are out, just like to run amok. and he will not hesitate to lie down when he's outside so got to carry him by force. quite a nightmare bringing them out now.