Yaer, don't be discouraged.
I think sometimes babies are just "mang chang" or very frustrated. I had a few incidents where Isabelle just kept moving her head, fidgeting and kicking that the bottle flew out of her mouth and fell on the floor. She screamed the house down of course. This always happens at 3am in the morning. So you can imagine the irritation we face when feeding.
But keep feeding and saying positive things. Babies can feel the tension and if you feed calmly, she may respond.
iceblue, just trust your instincts. If you feel comfortable with the GP, go ahead. Maybe for more serious cases, you may want to go to the PD who is more experienced in dealing with children.
I went to the hospital PD (Singapore Baby & Child) for baby's 1st mth jab. But i was quite put off by the sheer number of kids there - it's a fish market! Also, the doctors weren't very personal, I felt. I decided that I had to choose another PD for 3rd mth jab and finally got one I could trust. Very often, I have 1,001 questions. Esp since baby born early and has GERD but the PD is patient and factual. She even calls out baby's name herself when it is baby's turn. I know, it's like no big deal but I saw older tots (about 3 or 4) running in to the room and they actually are happy to see the PD, even if they are sniffing, etc. That's a good sign right?
However, I have also lined up a GP who can do family medicine and administer such vaccines if I can't get to the PD.
Other than that, you wouldn't really need regular checks apart from the checks which the PD does during the vaccinations. Those are to ascertain that your baby is meeting the age milestones. But again, the milestones are +/- depending on individual babies.
SY, completely agree with you! Every time I send my girl to my mum's, I feel like hugging her and not letting go. I actually put up a few pics of her in the office so I can look at her but it's best to keep occupied!
Guess the strategy is to be productive in the 8-9 hours you're at work and then rush home and concentrate fully on baby.
I work in retail
so some of my weekends are burnt at the shops, esp now is GSS. So every waking moment with baby is important!
