Wah more mummies are preggie! Congrats Blustar!
Fifi, must finish by Dec. so far i m still on track. might be able to finish earlier. I have 2 supervisors, one told me i can another baby while the other one said NOOOO! it is tiring lah.. esp in the light of the terrible slp Z has been having, i dunno if i can tahan another kid.
Must tell u all what happened last evening. Decide to bring Z to a PD to see if i can get something stronger for Z's teething. I never met such a rude doc! i know there is nothing wrong with Z as far as i can see, but his slping pattern changed so drastically overnight. she asked me what's wrong and i told her Z hasn't been slping well. Before i can say anything further, she immed said, "that's becos u pamper him. u should leave him in the cot and leave the room". U guys know me, and u know how i treat Z when he refuses to slp. I can safely say that i am one of the most heartless mothers, if not the most heartless, when it comes to letting my son CIO. I was dumbfounded for a second but told the PD that i let him cry until he fell out of the cot.
Then she changed her tact to say that i don't have a routine!!! Again she nv ask me for more details. told me that if i want him to slp at 9pm, i shd let him wind down at 7pm, no tv, to games etc. That i must bathe, massage, read books and give milk. AGAIN all of u know how ANAL i m that Z slps at 8pm. So much so that i have been sacrificing my own nights out. Furthermore, u guys also know that I dun allow Z to watch TV at all! Imagine that PD ASSUMING that i did everything that i DON'T DO!!!
By this time i was quite annoyed already. Shdn't a PD obtain facts before making (or in this case, jumping into) conclusions??? I told her off, that I did everything she mentioned. She just SHOOK her head at me!!! then she proceed to examine Z. Z hated her. she was so rough, no interaction with the kid at ALL. She checked his mouth and said she only saw 1 tooth coming out when she couldn't see the molars and she didn't notice the red gums at the canines, all she saw was a partially erupted incisor. She said, "one tooth only, where will pain???" And then continued her one sided conversation abt the routine. Said routines need time to establish cos she ASSUMED that i only put my routine in place recently!!
WAHHH I VERY HOT by then. I told her his routine was in place since he was 4 wks old! AGAIN she gave me the disbelief look and shook her head!! I asked her if she thinks is teething, she said one teeth sure not pain. then i said i gave him paracetamol and it helped a bit. She immed asked "no fever why u give?" i told her my other regular PD said can give. Then she said "well if u think got pain then u give lor" KAOZ!! aren't u supposed to tell me when to give and how long to give for?????
So i gave her one last chance by asking what else can help. she said she will give me teething gel i.e. Detinox! i told her no need, i have it at home. Then she said "u need to just leave him to cry. there is nothing else u can do" I asked her what abt separation anxiety cos CIO actually worsen separation anxiety. She said, 'its nothing. just leave him". i asked how long she thinks he shd cry for cos Z cried 2hr 15 mins before. She said 3-4hrs is ok!!! then i said sarcastically "ya, i let him cry until he fell out of the cot LEH." She said for a kid his size, make him slp on mattress and shut the door on them!
Everything she said goes against safety tips other PDs and experts recommend. cot is still the safest until they can climb out of the cot at the lowest rung. the most infuriating thing abt her is that she ASSUMES that i m the worst type of parents. I think she saw that i was abt to blow up cos she gave me her attitude face, like challenge me to blow. I stalked out of the room and said very loudly, "waste my money to come and hear things that I am already doing". I paid $37 to hear a PD tell me to let Z cry it out for 4 hrs!!
The PD is Tampines's Baby & Child Clinic's Dr Ho.