(2008/11) November 2008

yeah lor.. virus everywhere.. first i am sick now brandon is down with fever and flu and my bad cough.. haiz... n friday he need to take his jab.
 


Last friday, PD from Kidslink gave Lucas paracetamol and brufen. We fed him both at 8pm and he vomited all his milk at 8.30pm (I suppose together with his medicine). 12.00am gave him paracetamol and brufen at 3am (I thought since he vomited all out, shld be ok to give him an hr earlier). 4+am when we were checking on him, realise his both eyelids, fingers and palms were swollen and brought him to Mt A immediately. He was actually allergic to brufen and doc didnt even want to give him voltaren cos they are from the same family.
 
Jo, oh dear! U must have been so worried right?
Is Lucas OK now? Was his fever v high that t doc need to give brufen?
Aiyo.. So many kids fell sick after 1st wk in CC. Haiz...

BabyZel / Ali, is the mainland fish farm open to public? Need a fee to go in?
 
good morning mummies!

jo,
gosh..is Lucas okie now liao? so he can only take paracetamol for his fever in future? Hope he have a speedy recovery. you take care too,mummy!

lian,
yah,alot of kids all falling sick recently. my hubby's niece and my boy both caught the flu bug when they went for a 1 week enrichment class at zoophonics last week. heard from my SIL that one of the kids got runny nose then it started to spread to other kids. wonder why they din keep that boy off the class when he's sick. now my boy is so grouchy for the whole nite when his nose gets really blocked up.
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Ah yen: I shd have followed u & bot 2 cans. In the end, cldn’t use my $5 coupon cos forgot must be at least $50 worth & I only took 1 can. Aaargh!

Ah Minky: take care of urself. I went to c my cousin & her baby yesterday. Gosh. Can’t imagine my kids were so tiny before.

Mummy2nia: ayden sounds like an ang mo name. ur kids all have quite ang mo names hor? I remember nia’s name is same as liv right?

Wtan: tell me about it. But after this weekend, I can finally understand why my mum keeps quarrelling w my dad. Haiz. & now my husband also angry w my dad.

Bear: u r finally back! Don’t work so hard k?

Ah lian: ya. I was even thinking maybe she uses friso to make cereal for all of them but no leh. She says she uses the cheaper milk like dugro & nespray to make cereal for them. & now gerard’s milk intake has increased, she feeds him friso too & says the 1.8 kg can finishes in a week! *faint* I really suspect now tt she has been drinking my friso secretly. Asked my younger maid if she has been drinking the baby milk & she made a disgusted face. Duh.

Poor ah jo. But actually try not to give 2 fever medicines together. My ex boss was v paranoid abt giving her daughter fever medicine cos she herself is allergic to paracetamol.

Ah Zel: my R is like ur R lor. Big & chubby. Think if she sits on ah yen’s jalen, she will squash him flat. Last time we weighed her @ clinic 2 mths ago she was almost 12 kg. now maybe closer to 13? She’s bigger than all her brothers. Even my full term kai was probably 2 yrs old when he hit tt weight.
 
mornin~
jo
is lucas better today? aiyo so poorting to see his eye swollen .. must ensure he still active... he will recover soon..

lian
the fish farm is free to go for ev one.. the most u spend on the fish food nia..
 
Jo
oh no.. poor lucas!! U mean all this happened last Fri/Sat?? Or yesterday?? Anyway how come u fed him both para and blufen at 8pm, tot it should b jus either one cos blufen is really v strong..
 
ya lor. i tot paracetomol(6hrly) den after 2hr brufen (4hrly).. if not wrong.. forgotten the intake. cos my sil strongly dont advisable to give brufen for young kids.. cos it's v strong..
 
Ali,
The nurse say go home take paracetamol and brufen concurrently means at the same time leh.

Paracetamol is every 4-6hrly and Brufen is every 8hrly.

My MIL called and told me she notice a white spot on Lucas's lips this morning .. I hope its not HFMD!!!

peanut,
Over the weekend loh.

Sms u two no reply de.
 
Olwen,
Yup. Since R drinks so fast, u need to top up real quick :p U will need to buy another 2 tins and utilise by 23 Jun cos need to spend >$50. Now $44.95 x 2 = $90 -$5 only abt $85 for 2 tins/ $42.50 per tin. Its the cheapest I can find. The next discount coupon is for Sheng Siong.
If u are staying near to hougang ave 8, u can buy cheap friso in this shop call ang mo super market. Used to sell $44.xx but recently increase to $46.xx.
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Mamy poko oso quite cheap.

The way u describe my Jalen and R is funny. Cannot imagine they sitting on a see saw. LOL
He has been small even in my tummy and everytime during my gynae visit, dr will tell me he is behind the growth chart again. I tried to eat as much as possible but still small. Because of this, my gynae visits are bi-weekly, instead of the normal 1 mth visit. Guess he inherited my genes of being small.

Jo,
Brufen is a strong medicine, normally PD will not recommend unless really high fever.

Lilian,
Yes, only 8.5kg (only 3 or 5 percent tile, can't rem) when we last brought him for the 5-in-1 jab @ 19mths. I delay for almost 1 mth cos he is down with flu and cough. Small but strong...
 
jo
oh it's 8 hrly for brufen.. u smsed about the avent btl & head support mah last night. haha.. intend to reply u today.. i will take the avent btl. head support shld be no need.. u bring it for me tmr ok.

ur mil saw white spot on lucas lip? ulcer?? hopefully is not HFMD.. monitor & see how.
 
Yen, haha if Jalen is small but strong then OK. K's PD oso said most likely K small size is inherited.

ah Jes, is V ok now? conjunctivitis is eye infection? Sore eyes?
 
Lilian,
the fish farm is free of charge. U should bring ur daughter there. Both T n R had fun feeding the fishes.

Olwen,
ur R is chubbier, my R weighs only 10.7kg Nia. I want to see R's picture. Must be very cute.

Jo,
what I understood was paracetamol is given 6 hrly n iprobufen 4hrly but not to be given same time. I am allergic to bufen as well, eyes will swell up if I took them. So I can only take panadol. Hope L get well soon.
 
Zel, Ali, thx for t info on t fish farm
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Interested to go, coz its near my place. N t place (from ur pix) looks spacious and clean.
 
Lian,
The farm is generally clean. But the section when there's hen n chicks slightly more dirty cos they are free to walk around n thus got poops here n there. Keke.

R hates to brush her teeth. She will clamp her mouth shut when it comes to brushing. How to make her open her mouth to brush? I used new tooth brushes n show her when I'm brushing but she is not interested. Scare her teeth will rot if she dun brush. Haiz.
 
babyzel
u can try to brush teeth together with her? actually ev night, he brush together with me de... & i have a bad habit... like to walk here & there.. & he follow me.. lolz... when i try to help him brush.. he also try to help me brush.. funny...
 
bbzel
same la.. till date me stil using cloth to clean her teeth ony.. if this continues i tink sooner or later they'll rot man.. not forgetting she has taken into the likings of icecreams, sweets and other junk food..
 
babyzel,
It also took me abt 3 wks for Jalen to brush his teeth. We made it like playing water and which he likes then slowly brush his teeth. We demo how to brush teeth and we will do the same for him. We brush his teeth before he bath at night.
Of course, the 1st few attempts, he will cry and refuse to open his mouth and otherwise bite his toothbrush or bite my finger when i want to check his yellow teeth.
Just have to keep trying.
 
ah lian, ya V seems ok liao. yes, conjunctivitis is eye infection oso known as sore or red eyes. dun know what she's seen, haha... brought her to PD and was given sterilised wipes and eye drops, works wonder
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brush teeth
previously V oso hates to brush teeth. i tried all methods and all dun work - brush with her, she brush for me i brush for her, let her see me brush, let her play with her brush herself etc.... then finally 1 fine day my patience run out and i jus forcefully open her mouth and brush for her, of cos she cried and screamed like hell but i dun care lah, better than she doesn't brush at all. so i concluded this is the best way, haha... i know it's very bad but no choice leh. then after some days V decided that she's going to co-operate and she guai guai open her mouth when i wanna brush for her, and aft each brush i will praise her and smell her mouth and tells her "nice" so i tink she's quite happy from then to let me brush most of the time.
 
how ah? any mummies here give so called "nickname" to your child?
my hb did when my gal is still very very young. when she is 4-5 mth, my gal love to baby talk.. and she always love to babble "neh neh neh neh" so my hb start to call her "neh neh" & i also follow coz i think it very cute to call her this name, little did i know i will 改不了口. me & hb have been callin her this name since then. even though i have been teach my gal her real name since she is very young, but she more attached to "neh neh" name.
whenever, i show my gal her photo on my iphone, i will ask who is this? she will point to herself and say "ME". but recently, think 3 week ago, when i show my gal her photo & and as usual i will ask her the same question, but this time round, she will point to herself & say "neh neh". i was so overjoy but yet confuse. really have mixed feeling coz i dun want her to learn this "neh neh" name.. how ah..
 
Darlest,
Lucas is at my mum's place now napping ... will call my mum later else he will be awaken by the phone call.

Abt nicknames, we dun have any nickname for Lucas but he has been calling our names. A couple of times when my MIL is calling mi 'Jolene', Lucas heard that so he also follow call 'Jolene'. And when I ask him huh what u call mi then he will say 'Jolene' and when I ask him again fiercely, he will say 'Mummy'. Yesterday he was playing and I heard him mumble 'jolene' few times.
 
darlest, no nickname for my gal too. we have been calling her by her name since birth so now she knows how to call her own name which is good. if u wanna change the habit, better change it now than later perhaps still can?

jo, kids learn what we say, good and bad... i guess that's perhaps why many parents address each other as "daddy" and "mummy" is for the kids to follow what they should call their parents.

haha, Lucas very funny, think maybe he likes yr name.
 
Re: brushing
Do u give nice smelling/tasting toothpaste?
K is OK with brushing, thou she dun really like it

ah Nut, tink its time to use brush for nini liao.

Jo, Lucas so cute & clever. hahah..
Me still waiting for my K to call me mama
 
Lian,
Had not start giving toothpaste yet. Just tap water.

My son calls me "army" instead of mummy.
Guess his pronouncation is still not accurate.
Sometimes he calls my mum mama, esp when he heard me calling my mum mama.
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Yen, haha.. 'army' is a very appropriate word to describe mummy.

ah Jes, me oso using 1st teeth. If not for t toothpaste, i dun tink K will want to open her mouth for brushing!
 
Good afternoon!! EErks... had a not so nice bak chor mee.. somemore so many people buying..

toothpaste.. me also bot 1st teeth toothpaste lei.. but she jus dun wan to brush her teeth!! No matter how much i try to coax her... e most she tip e toothbrush on her front teeth then no wan liao.. haiz..

Jo
heez... see.. our kids can b so sweet at times..
Lately my gal aft wake up like to laze on my bed with me close by her side.. then we'll side way look at each other - 0 distance.. hahaha.. then she'll touch me face and call mama.... kakaka....
 
Hi Jes

I went to Seimpi at Hougang Mall for the trail class during the weekends. It is located on the 5th floor.

It is a music school and there have classes for tots, to introduce to them music early.

I didn't really enjoy the class. If i compare it to the Postive Tots class in Tanglin Mall that i attended to this, this class only score 5/10. Reason being : 1) the teacher is not spontaneous
2) No interaction with child 3) Teacher is just conducting the class, once time up. The teacher will just go.

whereas for Postive Tots, the teacher is spontaneous . Teacher give feedback and my girl enjoy the class.

Next week , i am going to STACCATO at Turf Club for their trail lesson.
 
Lilian,
I guess he can't differentiate sound alike words. Example light vs like.
I ask "Do u like ....?". He points to the light above.

Objects with 4 wheels and can move are cars. Lorry, pick up, truck, etc are all cars to him
Animals with 4 legs and a tail is dog (woof woof). Funny...
 
My gal till now does not like to brush her teeth, didn't really enforce it cos still cleaning her tougue and teeth wif cloth. Everytime, when i took out the toothbrush she will hide her face on the wall.

Me and my hubby call our girl "en en" and she will call my hubby "Dad... di" or "Ah pa" , intially call be " Meh Meh " now slowing " Ma..mi". Very cute.. now missing her so so much.
 
lucia, thanks for the feedback.
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i guess i won't bother to find out more abt Seimpi then.

Yen, haha, tink it's normal that our tods still can't differentiate words tat sounds alike. there's once when we pointed a "crab" to my gal and told her tat's a "crab" but she went on to "clap" her hands instead.
 
Hi mommys

How long does it take you to feed your BB. My BB will take an hr or longer. From her food being hot to cold.


When we are out eating , i need to walk in and out of the restaurants to feed her. Kind of embarrassing, but ever since I became a mummy. I don’t know the word “pai say”.

My mummy always say that feeding my ger need a lot of patience. My ger can eat a bowl of rice ( normal rice bowl size) sometimes one and a half, just that she take very very long. How to make her eat faster…
 
Lucia
My girl takes 45min usually -_-
So for her porridge, i scoop them out in 'batches' to prevent them from become cold -_-
Wah, u bring your girl to a lot of places!
 
Jes,
Yup, that's wat I realise too. Tots can't differentiate words that sounds alike.

Lucia,
Depends on the food he eats.
If he likes, he will finish within 10mins.
Some fav are sponge cake/cookies/brown rice cereal/plain rice/adult food, he will finish fast.

If is his porridge, he will take abt 30mins-40mins to finish.
Same as Lilian, I also feed in batches because he don't eat cold food.

Try giving her fav toy or something to play.
Otherwise will be on her fav programme(if @ home).
 
Yes, Toys/TV/Adult food is a must
Without t above, she'll be running around

Yen, Jalen still likes cereal ah? Mine dun like le. I have to add raisin inside then she eat
 
My ger don’t like porridge, she only eats rice but must be soft and moist type for lunch and dinner, sometime will be noodle. For her main meals, it will be an hr, snacks usually finish in less than 15 mins. For her snacks, it will be cheese, yogurt bites, 4 pieces of cookies or fruits snack or cereal bars or bread or corn/tomato crackers.
 
Anyone's child not taking rice/porridge? My gal for 3 weeks or more not eating rice, but only bread and milk sometimes biscuits...Wonder if its normal? She seems to be extremely selective and likes fried chicken but not pork?

Hiyoh...i have been having headache trying to feed her, but ppl have been telling me so long as she drinks milk is ok..? true..?

Any food/ methods u use to feed child who is fussy?
 
So happy today , my ger went to the altar and say "Amen". My mil said can start teaching her prayer like " Our Father" but whenever I sing to her she will shake her hand asking me to change song . Btw, we are catholic .

I am already very happy that she know how to kneel and do the pray gesture and now saying "Amen" , just double my joy.


Hi soho: have u tried bake rice, cos my ger is also fussy eater but she cannot resist bake rice.
 
lucia: my son take 1 hour to finish his food.. same from hot to cold.. so i use the thermo flask to keep his porridge/rice to keep it warm.. if he likes the food, he finished faster but still close to 1 hour, if he don like.. is more than an hour.. haiz.. and he only like homecooked food.. we try giving him "hor fun" outside, he spit it out.. haiz..

brushing teeth: mine too, don like to brush teeth, still using the cloth to clean his teeth.. and very scare to clean his teeth, cause he really BITE HARD!! ouch!

soho: my boy also very fussy person.. he don like leafy veg.. like peas, or brocoli etc except no leaves.. ever try to bluff him by putting the chopped leaves into his omelete.. but then the moment goes into his mouth.. he spit it out. my boy like cod fish than threadfin..
 
ah lian! my FB has a pix of her sitting on my MIL's lap helping to pluck tow gay. my MIL loves her to bits. i find my MIL v fond of girls. now my mum also starting to be nice to her, maybe worried she'll be too close to her ah ma, haha. my mum calls her 大胖猪.

K is like u lor. next time u have a son, wah, will be super big like ur hubby.

ah jo: the nurse sounds rather careless. i remember @ KKH A&E they told us cannot give brufen & paracetamol together. pat pat lucas, take care. but he is so funneee!

ah yen: i think if R & J sit on see saw together, J will go flying once R bounce the see saw down. yes, i agree tt mummy = army, good description.

it's nice to see u here again everyday. re-surfaced VIP.

BBzel: izzit? always thought the 2 R the same weight. anyway confirmed mine is fat lah. i checked w my maids, the number of scoops they use is correct too. hmmm... well, i can't help if they r secretly drinking it. better they drink her milk than they be mean to her.

darlest: urs is neh neh, peanut's is ni ni
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hi lucia: welcome! er, sorry when did u appear? i must be getting old. i missed u. i'm catholic too. quite a few here.
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olwen, oh no, i dun want any of my children to inherit t (fat) genes of my hubby! He used to b firm & muscular when i first met him... now all melt down n turned into fats
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I saw the FB pix of R liao! She dun look fat lah. Chubby i would say.
 
morning mummies!

sigh.. last week was a bad week to me...becos...

1. so qiao, my boy also diagnosed as allergy to ibuprofen.. fever, rashes, swollen eyes, hives after his nap @ childcare.. got a shock when teachers at cc called us.. so poor thing.. but good thing is he's still active and noisy lah..

2. then my hb sick and down for whole week so got to sleep in seperate room .. I din sleep well last week at all cos need to wake up and monitor my boy's fever, can only use paracetamol to control it.. on and off.. on and off...

3. my potential maid which we confirmed and paid the agent fee backed off! Her current employer agrees to give her more off days.. so she agrees to stay .. walao.. so got to restart my maid hunt again...

welcome new mummy!
 



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