(2008/06) June 2008

felicia,
yeah, the waiting time at KK can be quite bad. but this time round, we saw the doc very fast. i think its cos i mentioned that Lucas has been vomitting non-stop so they prob are worried of dehydration, so the dr saw us very fast.

yeah, as long as our babies are fine, its all worth it.
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tinkerbelle,
thanks babe. my boy is ok le except for running nose.
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as for antibiotics, usu the pd will prescribe if it is serious or the illness too long le. so far my boy got it when he had fever and this recent round of stomach flu, he was also prescribed. my pd told me that antibiotics work only for bacteria infection, not virus.

ellysia,
hope your boy is ok now. are u feeding him calpol or liquid paracetemol? i find my boy ok with calpol but not ok with paracetemol prescribed by KK. i tried both and i find calpol sweeter maybe that's why.

feifei,
good to hear that but just to share that some meds cannot add to milk, eg certain antibiotics cos the calcium will cancel out the med effects. best to check with pd. also, the problem with adding to milk is that must ensure they finish the milk lor. but i can understand your struggle..sigh. i am sooo glad he finishes his antibiotics today! yay!
 


Tera,
Ya lor,dats y if she doesn't finish her milk, then the effect not there lor..really headache..Realised that SBCC dun open on wkends hor..So tmr morning will call them hopefully we can go in e evening cos tmr char will be going to her cc le so just wan to bring her see again cos see her so poor thing...Now she starting to hv heat rash cos we dun on naircon for her to sleep anymore..hiaz...

Hows ur boy?
 
Ellysia,

You might wanna try my method for feeding medicine to my sil's daugther. Try to spoon feed your son a few spoons of his favorite drink, water or ribena/juice. Then using the syringe squirt a drop or 2 of the med into the spoon with the drink and slowly feed. At least the drink kind of dilute the taste of the medicine.
 
hi, u can buy flying man brand tapioca starch, dilute with some water and apply to heat rash with cotton buds. u can see the effect after few applications.
 
Feifei,
u can try applying "dou fen" (some used it for chicken pox）my boy the same as your girl.. Heat rash after taking medicine.. Dunno is it coz of aircon or rashes after med. But I always apply that and it works. Maybe u can give it a try? I got it from Chinese medical hall

Tera,
your ah boy Lucas better le mah?
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tera,
I managed to call SBCC just now and made an aptt of tonite 7.30pm with Dr Goh wor..I hope the wait is not too long cos today char just go bk to cc, so i guess she shd be tired by the evening lor =)...Does this Dr goh has a way with kids?cos hor, char always refused to let docs check her mouth le..hiaz...Ask u hor, are their charges ex?
 
Connie,
tks ger..

For the brown rice hor, which brand u buy?Cos i buy the new rabbit brand frm ntuc, it states instant but I still boil it for awhile cos find that it dissolves better when boiled =)..
 
<font color="aa00aa">Connie,
I bought EYS brown rice. My MIL is expert in the cooking for EYS brown rice. I failed twice when try to cook , it got burnt. hehe...
I saw my MIL pour the brown rice into a pot, then add some warm water and stir it with a spoon, then boil it over the stove with low fire. Must continue to stir, then add water as necesary. It got burn very easily if did not take notice on the fire.
I got one friend, told me she make a burnt 'brown rice prata' for her ger from this EYS brown rice. haha...</font>
 
Felicia,
Aiyo. Thought only boil it will do. Thanks. will try out a bit these few days.


feifei,
SIL bought it from medical hall. They grind it instantly for her.
 
Connie,
Oic...hmm, or mayb u try out like wat felicia has mentioned... =).

Tera,
Today is the 1st full day cc for charlotte. I just called the cc, was told that she is ok except bathing time, she refused to let teacher take off her top but after that was ok lor, ate her lunch and drank her milk. Now napping le =)...I hope she will be like that always...hehe...
 
<font color="aa00aa">Hi feifei,
I was rather busy at work oso, so only occassionally check in here. Yalor, have been very very quiet nowadays.
FB's photos? nowadays i was trying to record all my gers activities in the FB, coz i hv no time to do blog for them. Hope FB is always free. hehe....

Btw i realised Leng Leng is missing</font>
 
Morning ladies..

Eve,
Tks ya... =)..Just brought char to SBCC to see Dr Goh , he is bery nice..and cos char scare docs putting on mask, he say its okie lor, then he dun put...then he try to coax char to open her mouth...Surprisingly, my ger really open her mouth big big...The nurses are very friendly too..

Tera,
Do u rem the consultation charges of the first time when u went to SBCC? I just saw my bill and its $70 lor...Duno is it first time more ex hor..
 
feifei

Yes first time visit at SBCC is this range. 2nd n subsquent i tink is cheaper.

Did Char cry in the morn when u put her at sch?

I have a hard time feeding medicine to my boy tis weekend, previously he is ok one. I can't add to his milk bec' i still latching him at night. and i dunno if it be strange to add to breastmilk bah.

During the weekend his temp shot to 38.8 degrees on sat night, we give him Ibuprofen on top of panadol and he manage to recover on sun, but having flu since then, and yellowish bi shui, so i suspect is heatiness.

His appetite isn't good too, suddenly a lot of food reject.. porridge also dun want. then now start full day cc and my MIL resting at home after op, i have to cook his dinner.. by the time fetch him back, cook dinner etc, is ored v late at 8pm he is eating dinner lor.
 
Mummies,
long time nv post here. Last 3 days my ger got fits due to fever. Today she starts to cough mainly because of me. I see that u all have been talking about some tonic from medical hall. What is it? Get from any medical hall? Easy to prepare?
 
Connie,
Thanks for teaching me how to deal with hua jiao. Haiz, my gal dun like the cough soup, 1st day I give she asked for more, 2nd day MIL house she cook n give, she said my gal never drink much, haiz, means my MIL drink liao lo. 3rd day I give, she drank 2 cups. But reach my mum place dun wanna drink. I'm thinking how to coax her to drink.

I went to SBCC Mt E, they state the price of each medication clearly. But I know some docs they never state out cos from wat I heard from my friend who works in a clinic before, she said some GP they will nt state e price cos it depends on WHO is seeing the doc, those can claim one, same med but different pricing...

Tera,
I didnt know antibiotics is meant for bacteria n nt virus. Means e GP anyhow do one loh. Viral fever oso anti-biotics. Lucky I threw away all e anti-biotics so far.

Feifei,
SBCC 1st time is 70 bucks for consultation, subsequent is 50 for consultation. And the good thing is the 1st time consultation applies only 1 time, doesn't matter which clinic u go to later, it'll be 50 throughout after that.
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Ellysia,
How is your boy already? As long as he eats, dun need to worry abt the timing. My gal was like that last wk. Her bi shi all harden up n yellowish in colour. After I finished with the med from dr, I followed ur method to give the cough soup. It seems to help to clear the yellowish bi shi. Oh, on top of it, I also use the rice water from her porridge to make her milk. THe TCM person told me its gd to give rice water to our kids on a regular basis. Esp when they are sick.

Sharon,
How is your gal now? U need to monitor her fits n her frequency?

The soup we are toking about is call "Zi Ke Tang" that is available from ZTP and Hock Hua. You juz need to tell the person you are looking for the soup, den they'll pass u the ready package. But I didn't follow the instructions on they gave cos I find that after cooking for 30-40 mins under low fire, the soup still dried up. SO I added 1100ml of water instead of 600ml they stated. THe person told me it's fine to add the amount after I told them 600ml of water I left wif sticky ingredients in e pot only. Haha...

After cooking, put the soup in a thermal flask. Give it to your child throughout the day in small amount.
 
Ellysia,
char din cry lor coz my mil sneak off
when she saw char playing
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. But I called e
cc at noon, teacher told me char napping Liao.
She finish her lunch n fruits and also her milk.
Then during shower was ok cos she allow them
to wash her hair for her
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.

Re: rejecting fd
rem wks ago I was so headache over char rejecting fd?
I tink she was having her last molar out. And plus she was
sick since last wk lor. Nw her appetite beta le. Mil told me
yest char was asking for fd when she was bk
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.

Hmm or can u add e med to his favourite drink?
 
Eve,
Sorry for late reply. Lucas is ok liao, left a bit of runny nose. Thanks dear!
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Actually, today when i dropped him off in school, i stayed around a while to chat with his teacher and i noticed the kids there coughing and sneezing away. haiz, difficult not to fall sick lor.

Feifei,
I think the consultation charges is around there. But like what tinkerbelle mentioned, subsequent (hope not that frequent la) charges will be cheaper.

Great to hear that Char is coping well in cc. ;)
 
Connie,
I think she throw pattern lah. At home she oso dun wanna eat porridge, but go my mum house my mum will force her n she can guai guai finish 1 bowl sometimes. My gal getting more n more difficult to handle nowadays. Everything wanna do herself. Diaper wanna wear herself, feed wanna feed herself and made a big mess sometimes n even feed her hair, den drink water insist on cup, n last nite even draw on e wall. Kanna jia liat jia liat from my hb, I also nt spared cos hb said I left e pen ard. Sigh. Sometimes 1 pair of eyes n hands really nt enough...
 
Tinkerbelle,
Haha. Same as my boy lor. Eat till hair also got rice. Monday nite, after he put his hand into his bowl of rice to play, we move him away from dinning table n he kept crying. End up HB bring him to bath. After that I feed him rice with soup, he want to feed himself. He accidently hit the bowl half way through the meal n his whole body soak with soup. Send him bathing again. After come out, I feed him the balance soup, he play with our chair and trip end up the soup hit his face n his body wet again. So 1 meal he went bathing 3x. Nowaday, so hard to feed him.

Whenever I remove his top, he will remove his bottom n diaper and go toilet to bath. REally can't stand him lor

Toilet training
My boy still not train yet. How? He not cooperating with me lor. poo without letting me know.
Anyone trained already? How you train?
 
Connie

I dun bother to toilet train him.. i tink it be easier when he is ready or show tat he is ready. Got a few times he will tell us tat he want to go pee. But poo poo he still dunno how to say yet.

ZTP told my colleague tat the cough soup is for 1 yr n above. Her boy is below 1 yr n ZTP recommend another for her.

feifei

Recently he dislike porridge again. Yest my first try on spaggetti for him, i put tomato sauce a little bit for taste.. didn't put any salt or soy sauce. But i over cook the meat and veg so he only like the noodles. haaa.

I also suspect it could be teething as he is digging his mouth many times since last week n it coincide with the appetite loss + fever.
Anyway his appetite in sch seems to have improve but at home he still dun want to eat much, i tink is bec of the food menu so i am revamping it atm.
 
Tinkerbell

The cough soup can use for running nose also? I only use for cough leh. Its slow but i see the igredients like tonic lah, not as harming as medicine lor.

His running nose i didn't see it yesterday night but got hear a bit of cough in the morn.. dunno is allergic or really cough. Must monitor and see how leh.
 
hi, my 16-mth old gal oso down with running nose, cough and phlegm just few days after recovered from fever. like to know how and if you suction out your bb's wet and dry mucus from nostrils. We've tried many times while she's asleep and awake but bb simply pushed us away. what would happen if we just leave the dried mucus alone in nostril? it sometimes make me wonder if we can leave the dried mucus alone and would bb be in danger of suffocate as a result or their body system will naturally purge out via sneezing???
 
onsansg

I dun tink there is a problem to leave the dried mucus inside. We have bot a nose suction from mum n babe n try to use it but he doesn't like it, so we didn't manage to use it. So usually is wait for the mucus to dry up and then it will fall off. Won't block breathing cos my boy will use his mouth to breathe. But a lot of disruption in his sleep if blocked nose, so we got ask PD to give a nose drop which can melt the mucus and unblock temporary for relief.
 
Ellysia,
Think mine also due to the menu thus always not eating much at home. Now still soup n rice lor. Meat still throw but he do eat vege.
My maid ask me to set menu for her. haha. Now coughing, no chicken no fish no egg no prawn. She don know wat to cook. Now, everyday is hua jiao soup with rice.
My spaggeti is plain one. No sauce at all. Got once I add light soya souce only. No meat etc since he throw all to my dogs.

Hand mouth disease
My son child care kanna 1 case. According to them, the child is resting at home upon detected. Hope my son will not kanna. haiz....
 
<font color="aa00aa">mornig ladies!

Leng Leng,
actually keep wanting to tell u, that u r a great organiser and a great mummy advisor too. Is very hard to please everyone. Some ppl just too demanding and inconsiderate. I met some mummies oso inconsiderate, just over a $2 item wanna me to met her at certain MRT station. She tot i dont ned transportation fee meh. Anyhow, just call off that deal, term and condition oredy stated so clearly. So, take it to heart.

Tera,
It take almost 1 year for my #1 to get more immune to all the virus in the CC. I heard from some mummies at least 6mths onwards (from the time enrol to CC )only can see 'improvement' on our kid's health. Their frequency of fall sick will slowly reduce. But for my #1 is almost 1 year lor. Hygiene is very important. Teach him to always wash hand, i believe he'll loves it, coz can play with water. hahaha....</font>
 
Felicia,
Morning and Happy Belated Birthday! ;)

Thanks for sharing.
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wah, 1 year. i hope i got enough leave to last me, hehe.

yeah, i guess with childcare, it really depends on the parents' to be socially responsible. like yest, i saw a baby in the infantcare having very green mucus. also, as i was writing the medication for my boy (must clarify tat he's already well but we are giving cos the pd said to give till end of this week, hehe), i noticed his classmate had to take like 5 different meds, one of which is calpol which means quite likely she was having fever. also dunno why the mother still let her go to school..i can understand some ppl have no one to help out at home but still not fair to other kids mah. haiz.

today i checked, no more calpol but still a lot of medication. i guess since i have decided to send to cc must be prepared for this.

thanks, i will remind helper/hb to get him to wash his hands more often. recently HFMD is spreading again.

btw, is ur perth trip is confirmed? when u are back, please give me your feedback ok? i'm thinking of going end of this year.
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<font color="aa00aa">Tera,
Be prepared to see more uncomfortable case. hehe...
Last year, when it is also around HFMD peak period, my MIL told me she saw one Ah Ma brought her grandson to CC despite he's on low grade fever with blister on hands! The teacher dont allow him to enter the CC and when was asked why stil come to school, shld go to see doc. Guess what is the reply?
The Ah Ma said her grandchild insist want to come to school. *peng*

Yup, oredy confirm on the trip. Will go around end of May. Another month! hehe...
Now left with some itinenary not yet plan. Planning is really not easy lor especially travel with 2kids. And this is the 1st trip via plane with 2 kids! I'm kinda excited and worry as well.</font>
 
Felicia,
Need 1 yr. Oh dear. If I send them to playgroup, will I have the same issue?

He always bring disease back and both me n my ger will kanna. The medical bill is inclining for 3 of us. Wonder should I stop n change to playgroup but he sure miss his friend there lor.
 
yest nite ah boy start to have cough quite badly until he cannot sleep during the night n keep crying. so tis morn bring him to kkh cos suspect he is wheezing again. doc says it bronchitius again n given inhaler &amp; steriod med. but the last bronchitis is jus 2 mths ago, so doc arrange for follow-up visit w specialist 1 mth later.

i myself having body ache n last few days LS on and off so i took mc today n hb took leave n cancel his meeting.
 
connie

why cough no fish n prawns? i tink shd be fine. but in cc he oso eat chicken when he is coughing, no choice cos cc menu is fixed.

felicia

aiyo 1 yr so long. yest my boss ask me my boy how come always sick.

since he attended cc he ored cough for 1mth plus then recover 2 weeks n brochitis again... sigh.
but hb say no choice has to put at cc now tat mil can't take care leh.
 
these few days since he start full day cc me v tired.. got to rush back to cook his dinner while hb fetch him, so he ate his dinnner late then v soon sleep time leh. poor ting he at cc for 12hrs frm 7am to 7pm.
 
<font color="aa00aa">Mummies,

Every kids is diff. Some can 'adapt' quite fast, so dont be scare off by my 1 year case.
Well, i think is quite common for kids to fall sick no matter they r in playgroup or CC.
We can only help to build up their immune system and practise hygiene all the times to reduce the frequency of falling sick.

Connie,
U know now my #1 occassionally will still hv mild coughing case, or flu, but quite fast recover. But then my #2 will kena the virus and got sick for a longer period. So in comparison, my #1 immune system is getting stronger, but #2 is still building up her immune system.
Even heard about when one fall sick, their body is actually building up some good virus to attack bad virus, so they can be stronger.
But of course when the sickness is getting worst then is not a good news anymore coz that means ur body good virus is not able to defend the bad virus. Thats when normally doc will prescribe anti biotic. Thats wat i heard from a doc oso. </font>
 
<font color="aa00aa">Ellysia,
If u still remember that when my #1 enrol into CC, i also always complain in here about her keep falling sick. I was a frequent KKH visitor since then. And is always a sure monthly visit.
My gers oso been diagnosed hvin mild bronchitis , so is quite common they hv cough, phelgm and flu. Coz all this is a result from weak lung.
From TCM view, chicken meat is a no no when one is coughing. Egg oso. So normally i'll avoid this food when my ger is hvin coughing.</font>
 
hi mommies, like to find out the types of medicine that your bb used to take. mine at 16mth old now, is given oral syrup of Klacid antibiotic, oral syrup of Ventolin, oral syrup of Actified and oral syrup of Rhinotiol Plains. The PD did not prescribe her nebuliser this round. If your bb is on this medication as indicated, can let me know the effectiveness and how long your bb takes to recover from the medication? does your bb has difficulty with breathing (with mouth open to breath and the "hehe" sound) as well as phlegmy chest even when on the oral syrup medication?

My bb previously at 3mth old was given nebuliser by dr ngiam at sbcc, but this round switch to another new pd at sbcc, she is given medication all on oral syrup form instead.
 
Connie,
Although I knw its nt advisable. I got fed up n made her stand in e corner. Actually I dunno why standing at corner is a scary thing, but its a sure work method to punish kids for their mistakes. Haha. I think I better go buy the super nanny book soon.

Aiyoh, ur boy power leh. Like Lengleng suggest, insist he finish e meal before u change him. My gal if wet herself with water or soup nowadays, I let her soak in wetness for awhile to punish her so she knows. SOmetimes she play with water n wet herself, she knows she'll nt get change, so she dare nt tell me nowadays until I discover it. And she goes, "Wet wet. Notti." I dunno to luff or to be angry sometimes.

Ellysia,
I know promethazine is commonly used for running nose n cough. So if your boy is taking tt, den should be fine. But if it's nt, better call e clinic n check.

Onsansg,
The reason why I switch from Dr Ngiam to Dr Phuah or Dr Ong is becos Dr Ngiam like to prescribe nebuliser, which contains ventolin tt some drs claimed to affect growth in height in children. So the other time when he made my gal go for that, I rejected it n tell myself its the last time I'm there. I like Dr Ong n Dr Phuah frm SBCC, at least they dun prescribe nebuliser.
 
Tinkerbelle,
Your gal so cute. My boy ok wif wet wet lor. Last nite, let him drink water before sleep. He got the bed and his top wet. He was playing with the teats until tired and almost fall asleep. When he crawl to lie on me then I notice his cloths all wet. Change for him but the bedsheet, I don bother and let the aircon dry it.


Meal time
I do shout on him occassionally cos he is beyong my control. He want to play with food n soup nowaday. Can't get him sit properly to eat a meal. Yesterday, I give him a few soup of rice to feed himself but once he saw his soup, no rice liao. Want the self feed soup. Only start feeding him after he is enough of all the nonsence. So I told my maid, only take some soup will do. Balance leave to the end. It do works. At least I won't waste so much food n I don have a hungry boy lor.

My gal also want the soup.will shout if don give her. Only give her a few spoon cause she is only 7 mths. Some say infant can only take chinese herbs after 4 yrs old. So blurr...... liao.


Ellysia,
As what felicia said. TCM don recommend chicken n egg. Some food to avoid as below :
Chicken : cough
Egg : Phegm
Rice :fever (same for adult)
Prawn : Not TCM said one, my maid said not good. forget why liao.
Fish : cough (u can see the EYS also state that in the baoyindan package)
Bocoli/onion/cucumber : Stomach wind (If I take, my ger will have stomach wind so I reduce intake. Not sure does it affect infant if they take)


Do add on if you know.
 
Hi Tinkerbelle, pls share with me what type of medication did Dr Phuah and Dr Ong prescribed for your bb? Now, since you mention about growth and height affected, i oso dun't know for how long i should let my bb takes the oral syrup ventolin prescribed? what kind of recovery signals that i should know to stop bb from the ventolin as this doctor never say when to return for follow-up? how long more to take the ventolin syrup? Please advise me. thanks.
 


ongsan,

my boy had brochitius and wheezing (the 'hehe' sound), presribed roughly the same med as yrs. it took him 2-3 days to recover but he oso had a neburaliser taken at kkh b4 the medicine.

the oral syrup for tis time is for 1 week dosage i tink. the last time is 5 days dosage.
 
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