(2008/02) Feb 2008 MTBs

风寒咳嗽
 1.生姜+红糖+大蒜
孩子患了风寒感冒,喝温热的生姜红糖水能起到很好的治疗作用,如果孩子同时还伴有咳嗽,可在生姜红糖水里再加2~3瓣大蒜一起煮,要用小火煮10分钟,把蒜头的辣味煮掉,这样孩子才肯喝。

 2.蒸大蒜水
取大蒜2~3瓣,拍碎,放入碗中,加入半碗水,放入一粒冰糖,把碗加盖放入锅中去蒸,大火烧开后改用小火蒸15分钟即可。当碗里的蒜水温热时喂给孩子喝,大蒜可以不吃。一般一天2~3次,一次小半碗。大蒜性温,入脾胃、肺经,治疗寒性咳嗽、肾虚咳嗽效果非常好,而且方便简单,孩子也愿意喝。

 3.烤橘子
将橘子直接放在小火上烤,并不断翻动,烤到橘皮发黑,并从橘子里冒出热气即可。待橘子稍凉一会,剥去橘皮,让孩子吃温热的橘瓣。如果是大橘子,孩子一次吃 2~3瓣就可以了,如果是小贡桔,孩子一次可以吃一只。最好配合大蒜水一起吃,一天2~3次。橘子性温,有化痰止咳的作用。吃了烤橘子后痰液的量会明显减少,镇咳作用非常明显,而且孩子都愿意吃。

 4.麻油姜末炒鸡蛋
将一小勺麻油放入炒锅内,油热后放入姜末,稍在油中过一下,随即打入1个鸡蛋炒匀。孩子风寒咳嗽及体虚咳嗽时,每晚让孩子在临睡前趁热吃一次,坚持吃上几天,就能收到明显效果。

5.梨+花椒+冰糖
梨一个,洗净,横断切开挖去中间核后,放入20颗花椒,2粒冰糖,再把梨对拼好放入碗中,上锅蒸半小时左右即可,一只梨可分两次吃完。蒸花椒冰糖梨对治疗风寒咳嗽效果非常明显,但有的孩子不喜欢花椒的味道,家长可自己选择。

以上是治疗风寒咳嗽的食疗方,家长在运用这些方法治病的同时,还应注意以下性寒凉的食物不能让孩子吃:绿豆、螃蟹、蚌肉、田螺、蜗牛、柿子、柚子、香蕉、猕猴桃、甘蔗、西瓜、甜瓜、苦瓜、荸荠、慈姑、海带、紫菜、生萝卜、茄子、芦蒿、藕、冬瓜、丝瓜、地瓜等,这些寒凉的食物在孩子受凉感冒丶咳嗽的时间,尽量避免吃。
 


风热咳嗽
1丶梨+冰糖+川贝:
梨洗净,靠柄部横断切开,挖去中间核後,放入2-3粒冰糖,5-6粒的川贝,川贝要敲碎成末,把梨上部拼对好,也可用牙签插紧,放入碗中,上锅蒸30分钟左右即可,分2次给孩子吃,此方有润肺丶止咳丶化痰的作用,是一个非常普及的治疗风热咳嗽的食疗方,有的家长孩子一咳嗽就做给孩子吃,有时挺管用的,有时孩子却越吃咳嗽越重,所以家长一定要注意,不是什麽咳嗽都可以用此方法的,必须是风热咳嗽,孩子的舌苔是红的或黄的,痰是粘稠发黄的,孩子的内热重,咳嗽还伴有咽痛,胸痛时,可用此方,效果较好。还有各种的消炎药及多数的止咳药都对风热咳嗽有很好的治疗效果,所以在多种原因引起的咳嗽中风热咳嗽是最容易治愈的。而现在的孩子普遍贪凉,热了有空调,一年四季都在吃寒凉的水果,一年四季都在吃冷饮喝饮料,所以现在风热咳嗽的孩子明显减少。家长在选择食疗方时应注意看孩子的舌苔,如果风寒咳嗽,舌苔是白的,而川贝苦丶寒,吃了此方,是寒症以寒凉药治,尤如雪上加霜,适得其反。

2丶煮萝卜水:
白萝卜洗净,切4-5薄片,放入小锅内,再加大半碗水,放火上烧开後,再改小火煮5分钟,关火,等水不烫了,温的给孩子喝,对风热咳嗽丶鼻乾咽燥丶乾咳少痰效果是不错的,特别是2岁以内的宝宝,就单煮白萝卜水给孩子喝,就能起到顺气丶化痰丶止咳丶消食丶健胃丶清热丶生津的作用,可以一日喝2-3次。

3丶还可以给孩子吃下列食物

①杮子:性寒,能清热丶袪痰丶止咳,但孩子一次只能吃一只杮子,因杮子性大寒,吃多了孩子会肚子不舒服。
②西瓜:性寒,夏天孩子有风热咳嗽,可多给孩子吃西瓜,西瓜能治一切热症。
③枇杷:性凉,能润肺化痰丶止咳,适宜热咳吐黄脓痰的孩子吃。
④荸荠:性寒,家长可以了2-3只荸荠去皮,切成薄片,放入锅中,加一碗水,在火上烧5分钟即可。给孩子喝荸荠水,能化痰丶清热,对热性咳嗽吐脓痰者效果好。
⑤还可以给孩子用冬瓜煨汤丶炒丝瓜丶炒藕片丶炒苦瓜,同样可起到消内热丶袪火丶止咳的作用。
孩子风热咳嗽时,辛辣丶容易上火的食物不要吃,如羊肉丶狗肉丶乌骨鸡丶蚕蛹丶鱼丶虾丶枣丶桂园肉丶荔枝丶核桃仁丶樱桃丶辣椒,应禁止食用。
 
内伤咳嗽
就是指那些长期的反复发作的慢性咳嗽,或是因感冒发烧引起的,感冒丶发烧症状已消失丶咳嗽就是一直不好,各种消炎药丶止咳药都用了,仍止不住,虽然咳嗽的程度有所减轻,但孩子仍会常常咳嗽,这时家长可以运用食疗的方法帮助孩子恢复。反复咳嗽的孩子,使用的消炎药和止咳药多,这类孩子的胃口较差丶没有食欲。舌苔也几乎都是白苔,所以家长先要调理好孩子的脾胃,配合补肾丶补肺丶补血的食物,提高孩子的身体素质。具体的做法如下:

1丶前面介绍的治疗风寒咳嗽的食疗方,都适合内伤咳嗽的孩子食用,而风热咳嗽的食疗方对久咳不愈的孩子应避免食用。

2丶煮山药粥:
取山药一段,去皮,节成小块,放入食品粉碎机内,再加半碗水,将山药加工成稀糊状,倒入小锅内,放火上烧,一边烧一边搅,以防糊锅底,当山药烧开了,冒泡了,关火。最好是在孩子空腹吃,喂给孩子吃,做好的一碗山药粥可以分2-3次喂孩子食用。山药健胃丶补肺气丶益肾精,滋养强壮,适合脾胃气虚,肺肾不足所致的虚劳咳喘。但山药内所含的淀粉酶,又称消化素,能分解成蛋白质及碳水化合物,所以有滋补之效,这种淀粉酶怕高热,在持久的高热中久煎,功效可以丧失。因此,在煎煮时,不可过久。运用此方法加工的山药粥最适合婴幼儿食用,不但能止咳治哮喘,还对小儿的厌食丶虚汗多丶流口水丶气虚胆小等病症也有很好的治疗效果。

3丶红枣+白果:
此方适合2岁以上的孩子食用。取红枣3粒丶白果3粒去壳,放入小锅中,加上大半碗水,放火上烧,中火烧10分钟即可。让孩子吃红枣丶白果,并喝水,每天一次,最好是每晚睡前给孩子吃。红枣性温,益气补气,健脾和胃,白果性平敛肺气,定咳喘,并有固肾的作用,所以对一些久咳不愈,反复感冒丶发烧丶咳嗽的孩子家长每晚给孩子吃红枣白果汤效果是很明显的。还可以同时治疗遗尿症,但红枣和白果的量一定要掌握好,只限於3粒,量多了孩子容易上火丶气滞。

4丶核桃+芝麻+红枣+蜂蜜或黄酒:
核桃仁半斤,黑芝麻2两,红枣半斤,核桃仁和黑芝麻可以放入粉碎机里碾碎,红枣去核切碎,将这三样放入大碗中搅均匀,再放入一饭勺的蜂蜜(夏天用蜂蜜,冬天用黄酒),3饭勺的水,因蜂蜜比较难搅均匀,所以先将蜂蜜和水在炉火上加热,蜂蜜化开了,趁热倒入碾碎的核桃仁丶黑芝麻丶红枣中,用筷子搅拌均匀,在大碗上要加上盖子,再放入大锅里去蒸,大火烧开後改小火40分钟即可。每天早晚给孩子吃一勺。核桃仁性温,有补气益清丶润肠补肾丶敛肺定喘丶止咳化痰的功效,芝麻性平,有补血丶明目丶祛风丶润肠丶生津丶补肝肾的功效,大枣性温,有补中益气丶健脾和胃丶补血的功效。这三样常用的补品合起来可以起到补血丶补肾,调理脾胃丶润肠的作用,再加上蜂蜜的补虚丶润燥的作用,可以使此方补而不燥,冬季用黄酒可加强补肾丶养血的功效。此方不但能治小儿久咳丶支气管炎丶哮喘,而且对小儿的便秘也有非常好的治疗效果,同时此方小儿可以长年食用,对增强孩子的体质效果很好,那些热衷於给孩子吃补品的家长不妨动手自己做。
 
genice,
this morning my mil called to tell me the rash subsided le. dun think it's roseolla coz her fever wasn't high. phew... might be some insect bites.

re: bf
A no bf but she surprised me by saying "Marcus" last night when i drew a picture of boy on a piece of paper. there is really a marcus in her class.

fairfield,
thanks
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Genice, is G still going to CC since there's hfmd and chicken pox?

Bx, issit roseola? did she have high fever the previous few days?
 
stephie
dun worry so much. if claim wrongly they'll just inform u that u made mistake and got to pay them $XX back.

last time i claim parent relief for my father for many years, then FIVE years later they say the last 5 years i've been claiming him but he gets more than $2k in income. actually my mum and i also dunno where it's from, maybe interest or what lah. so they just ask me to pay $1k+ back to them.
I feel like asking them to pay ME instead or waive the charge since they so bloody slow! LOL.
 
iso,
that's what my colleague exprienced some time ago!!
he applied long term social visit pass for his parents to come staying singapore. and he has been claiming the parent rebate for his parents. till 5 years later, IRAS got back to him saying that the parents not spending enough time in singapore then cannot claim.
in the end pay the $ back too. >.<
what's this magic 5 years time gap?
 
how to tell 风热咳嗽 or 风寒咳嗽 ? H having a chesty cough now. i only let her drink the dried ivy leaf extract cough syrup.
 
<font color="0000ff">如果舌苔是白的,则是风寒咳嗽,说明孩子寒重,咳嗽的痰也较稀、白黏,并兼有鼻塞流涕,这时应吃一些温热、化痰止咳的食品。</font>
<font color="ff0000">如果孩子的舌苔是黄、红,则是风热咳嗽,说明孩子内热较大,咳嗽的痰黄、稠、不易咳出,并有咽痛,这时应吃一些清肺、化痰止咳的食物。</font>

<font color="119911">内伤咳嗽多为久咳、反复发作的咳嗽</font>
 
iso
iras also send me a letter last year, telling me that my mum earns more than $2k so cannot claim the parent relief. my mum is a marginal case. she works once a week only and so i also don't know if hits $2k. good that they have increased to $4k liao
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because of the above incident, i'm afraid iras will 'blacklist' me if i make another error. so stress to file tax. claim more scared kana penalise, claim less than lugi :p
 
XY
haha maybe it takes them THAT long to catch on??

stephie
yah! i'm glad they increase also, just in case they do have some income that they can't really remember about. maybe it's from bank interest or stocks or something. they themselves also dunno! lol.

tongtong
now it's 4k a year.
 
the parenthood rebate of a sump of ( issit 5k?) can be split between hubby and wife, is annually 5k one or total 5k only, but can be used for unlimited years till u finish up all the 5k??
 
tongtong
the amount is in total. the unused amount is carried fwd to the next YA. once finish, then no more le. and the amount is depending on the birth order.

stephie
i read that if last year you hb submitted 100% PTR, you can only use the PTR upon write-in request to share/transfer the unused PTR this year. IMO, if after your all relieves e.g. QCR, WMCR are included and still need to pay tax, then you write in for the transfer. Else, i think don't need to spend time to write in.
 
Thanks Xy/sunny. How do I know how much left I have for the parenthood rebate? We coudnt remember whether we claimed last year. Where to check the balance?
 
BTW, anyone claim for spouse relief?? appraently its something new this yr, u all noe how much? I couldnt make it in time to claim, just filed my income tax but have to call to "activate" the spouse relief thingy.. and they are closed already..

Anyway like iso dun think will kena much tax.. low income.. haha plus got PTR still got quite a bit to deduct. Most impt, i just wnat to get my 2 mths Maternity benefits from gov.
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tongtong
can check the PTR balance online by logging into your IRAS a/c. It's on the left hand column.

tongtong
most hotels don't charge kids of our age for buffet. different hotels have different age limit (some 2 yos, some 3 yos, some 5 yos). so far i only go to those that don't charge for my kids. else v bo hua cos my girl hardly eat anything at buffet :p

sunny
i refile my income tax to remove the PTR claim. Noticed there's an option for us to transfer the PTR balance when i check the PTR balance
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stephie
wah. $20k. like that, maybe don't need to pay tax for very long time le. planning for 3rd kid?
i was giving my kids old clothes to my sis who is due soon. my hb kept asking me if i wanna hv #3. tempted but worried that i can't cope. haha...
 
Stephie, can refile ah? I put my PTR wrongly, put myself as 1k and hubby as 4k like last year but I forgot that I'm not working definitely no need to pay tax. Should have given all 5k to him instead. :p
 
hi mummies...

Need some help and advise..
Does anyone have a PT cleaner willing to work in West to recomend?

My maid screwed up big time - she's been stealing money from us.

dunno what got over me just decided to spot check her things tonight...and i found lots of things! my discarded moisturiser, make up, pouch and a few pieces of clothing.
It can't be that she didn't know she should have asked, becos she had done so before for some clothes...these are those that she didn't ask.

the deal breaker is the money i found. though it's not a huge sum of money but even stealing 10cents is theft. given the length of time she's been with us (7 months), she is very bold.
 
hi mummies,

sharing good deals... there's a shop called twinkle thinkers at forum orchard B1 and they are having massive sale to clear their stock... lots of wooden puzzles (good for young kids) and some other wooden toys at 40-60% off and what's good is that they have 40% for all their books (from what i can see they have quite a good collection of books)
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the other one which is worth it if you like is books with sing a long cd, selling about $15, usual price around $25 and hardly see these books in BPs
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piggletail, sorry to hear that. Lucky you decided to spotcheck. I haven't spot check my maid for long time. Too bad, I don't have any PT helpers to recommend you. THe one I liked went back to Myanmar... :p
 
Hi Piglettail
Clover has a PT helper recommendation. You can PM her.

Good thing u checked her. It's always past the 6 mth mark that the nonsense starts. Why can't they just put in an honest day's work? I can't understand!


Hi Tute, thanks for the tipoff! I might pop by to check it out. The shop has pretty interesting titles, I've gone in (but not bought anything before).

DUCK TOUR
erm...so how? no resolution ah?
Shall we split into 2 groups then? One weekday group and one May Day weekend group?
 
Filing tax
Yup can refile but only one chance to refile hor.

20K huh? well...even that ain't gonna make me have a 3rd man! All that work and heartache over childcare arrangements, sacrifices made, sleepless nights, PD visits, just doesn't make up 20K lor!
 
Hi pauline and Bkkgal,

Thanks...ya lor until now i still find it a bit unbelievable when she behaves so innocent in front of me.

Theft aside, her attitude is also getting worse. I've more or less made up my mind the only turning point would be IF my ils said they gave her the money (but highly unlikely lah, whatever for...??)

Just worried how the next one will turn out, should i look for experienced hire instead or will it bring about more problems? Current one is fresh.
also headache abt logistics in meantime...cos maid plays a big part during the car ride from my house to il place every morning w/o me. now i'll have to travel up and make a detour back to office... will be a tight rush!
 
Tried to refile but cannot, can only send an email.

bkkgal, LOL, I like your vivid description. But the money is never the carrot. It's the way your gal smile when they wake up and see you in the morning. The way they run to you when you fetch them from school. And of course, the way they hug you tight and kiss you because they don't want to lose you and love you so much. That's the real reason why we have no. 2 and some even have no. 3, 4, 5 lor. ;)

Piglettail, sigh, if you are scared of those who will steal $, better to get fresh ones though I know you were not lucky with the first one. But if you are afraid of the blur like sotong ones who cannot even operate electrical appliances, better hire experienced.
 
Shucks just realized after Reading the posts on income tax that no PTR and the personal tax rebate this year. Sian....

Re tax rebates for kids. Guess govt can only offer monetary incentives to pple lor. But these will only motivate those who already want to hv kids but concerned about affordability. Don't think they can do v much to actually make pple wanna start a family apart from mushy ads like the funeral one. Wonder how effective that was!
 
garfield
why no PTR and personal tax rebate for this year?

pauline
if you had already filed the PTR last year, you can transfer your PTR balance to your hubby thru IRAS online website. i tried that option and it showed balance of PTR you have and the amt your wish to transfer to your spouse. keke. think last year i didn't know about the spliting option hence all the $10k comes to me :p
 
good morning!!

am on MC today. *again*
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experienced stomachache + backache + vomitting last night.
baby was kicking vigorously too.
not sure what happen.

later will go see gynae and check it out. hope it's not early sign of labor.
 

XY - keep us posted after u seen gynae, don't worry!! i think vomiting is also as good as LS, perhaps your body is rejecting the wrong food taken.

I am counting down to my ML..keke..or rather i aim to take MC (or HL if gynae is ok) after this friday..keke..my backache getting bad,now everyday have to rub muscle cream to relieve pain.

hoping to go swimming but cannot find time. walking is too strenous on my back.
 

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