(2009/03) March 2009 MTBs


hi Lenny,

thanks! will check out JG when i can
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oh ghee mummies, can't sleep tonight. was frightened awake by a huge cockroach crawling on my arm, literally scared me awake! screamed and woke up both my bb and hb. so guilty i scared bb awake with my scream and made him cry. luckily managed to coax him back to sleep. am so so so terrified of cockroaches. to find one on my arm in the middle of the night is a pure nightmare
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am so glad hb managed to catch it after a half hr of shifting furniture and spraying shieldtox. now all of us camped in the living room liao, room smells of dettol shieldtox and i'm still terrified to go back in to sleep. step in reminded of the cockroach...sigh, phobia man. can't sleep now, already 3 hrs since it happened but my heart still thumping and like wide awake...aiya! i hate all these insects! hope they dun ever come into my house!!

haha, lol, what an opportunity to come post in the middle of the night. sorry for my ranting...
 
re. scotts cod liver oil
pd said ok to take after 1 year but just 1 tbsp a day. will prob start my boy later this mth since he juz had a bad bout of diarrhoea last mth. oh yeah, also mentioned on the scotts cod liver oil box bb above 1 year can take hee now they giving a bb measuring height chart with purchase but very big bottle...thinking of checking if any smaller bottle to try with since not sure if he will like the original flavour (i hate it!) :p
 
hmmn going do update on my boy and ask lots of qns haha, mummies share if you can? hee pardon me, can't sleep so just post and post.

update!
my boy's 13 mths liao. can walk very well and is starting to climb everywhere, big headache. caught him trying to climb onto my coffee table, tv console, etc. he can climb onto sofa easily and knows how to come down slowly using his legs first. but still like to try coming down head first everytime on our bed. got to catch him before he does it, else sure big bump on head and big scream + cry! he's babbling alot esp when he's happy and loves it most when i babble back to him in his language haha. no recognisable words that's used consistently yet. still, can totally understand him nowadays. he using alot of pointing, urghh urggh, arghh arghh and of coz, shaking of his head to indicate his wants. and yes yes, crying too, when he can't get his way. trying to teach him that he can't always get what he wants with crying but he doesn't actually understand it yet. so using distraction and comforting most of the time. his cries always very pathetic type, will come with lots of tears and muscus + a very red face. hee actually find his crying quite cute (sadist mummy here) esp when he's hungry and i wasn't in time to feed him, he will just pop down on the floor, put his head btw his stretched out legs and cry face down, very very sad type.

questions mummies
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1) how much milk do your little ones take now daily? mine's abt 600-900ml with 2/3 solid meals. too much or too little?

2) how do you wash your little ones' hair and how do you stop them squirming when doing it? carrying mine to wash as he hates water in his eyes but he squirms a lot and if too long, will cry and rejects his bathe.

3) any exp mummies know will the little ones self-wean themselves off latching at night? or how can we help them do so?

4) sahms, do you find your little ones very clingy and sticky to you? mine's refusing to let me do chores, just want me to sit down and play with him or walk with him around the hse. once i settle him on his playmat to let him play on his own, he'll come walking to find me crying. any tips?

finally, just want to say "Thanks" to all the mummies who helped with my query on the dry scalp issue earlier. am using cradle cap shampoo and diligently applying olive oil very day, seeing some improvement
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Thanks!
 
sung,

C is drinking about 500ml to 600ml a day (spread over 3 feeds)together with 3 main meals of solids (B, L,D) and 2 snacks of solids (Afternoon Tea plus supper). So total i think through milk intake is less, she eats quite a lot. I think intake wise depends on the child. More milk = less solids,vice versa.

For washing hair, we dont have problems cos she loves being in the tub or using the shower head on her. She is ok with water in her eyes as long as not soap. In fact,she screams unhappily when it is end of her bath time.

Cant advise on self-wean. Not SAHM cos cant comment on (4).

Hopes this helps.
 
sung, your bb drink alot milk which i think is good as long as he is still eating well i think is perfectly ok cos milk got calcium! N i think the range is ok cos above 1yr bb i think only need 480 to 720ml of milk.

mine nowadays dun like to drink milk only drink around 500ml per day. how?
 
sung
my boi hving 4 milk feeds per day, each feed abt 180ml... plus 2 main meals of solid (L & D)

For washing hair, he dun like me to use shower head to wash for him, but he's ok if water in his eyes... i only use shower head to wash his body...

blurjen
yr bb eat a lot of porridge or cereal?
 
sung, i use showerhead to wash her hair. She lovessss it!
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haha especially when water gets into her mouth. she loves to spray and spit out the water. HAHA. probably it's because i've been using spray to bath her since she was like 7 to 8mths old. and she's used to it already.

as for milk, she's taking only about 500 to 600mL a day, with 3 meals, breakfast - cereal, lunch - porridge, dinner - rice/porridge/mee sua

As for selfwean, i think you should be the one giving the signal that it's time to stop, if you want them to stop. else, i doubt they will grow out of it, perhaps when they are much older then they might feel paiseh or something. hehe sorry can't help much on this one.

last (4), though i am not SAHM, i empathise with you cause trishelle does the same thing to me! when i come home, that's it. she is STUCK with me for the whole time till she sleeps. When i eat, i have to carry her sit on my lap. cannot be out of her sight, else she will go HUMBAO! haha! jialat.
 
Sung,
During the day, he will take 4 feeds @ 180ml + 3 solid meals, night(9pm, 1-2am & 5-6am) @ 210ml.
Afternoon, we'll feed him cheese or some fruits - kiwi, papaya, apple & strawberry. He loves kiwi very much.

Next Fri, Ryker will be having Pnuemococcas, will consult PD whether can start giving him cod liver oil.
 
My boy don't really stuck to me, every morning when I go to work, he will wave hands (bye bye). When I back from work, he just smile at me when I call him, never run to me but to hb. so sad....
 
sun, my boi same as urs, 180ml x 4(2bot in the day,1 bot b4 sleep, 1bot midnite) + 2 porridge (L & D)..i will feed him bread/cake/biscuits + banana/apple everyday ard 7.30-8pm.during the weekends, i cooked bellamy's pasta with soup..he loves it.

im still carrying him to wash his hair as he don like water in his eyes..he is very funny boy..like ah girl ler..must use the same face towel and towel. if i change to other color/face towel, he will scared n don let me clean his face, keep throwing the face towel out of his bathtub..if use different towel he will scared n cry also! hmm..wat happen to him?

bb Jo also very notti..only bully mummy and daddy..when he see us back from work, he will wan to come out of the playpen..to walk ard the house...during the daytime when my mil looks after him, he is ok to play inside the playpen...weekend is worst..he will not want to sit inside the playpen even for 1seconds! scream out loud when we try to put him inside!
 
Sung,
I asked my pd min. milk intake for his age. She said min. 400-500ml. My boy drinks abt 5-6oz, 3 feeds a day + 1 latch when he wakes up in a.m. Started intro Karihome goat milk to him recently and weaning him off BM.

Jac,
I brought my boy to Yu Guo tui na b4. Its near kembangan MRT. Best to go weekdays, cos weekend is mad house.

miss83,
My boy has recovered. Ya I will NEVER let him take 2 jabs at a go in future.

Mummies,
How much meat do u feed your kiddo each meal? I not sure if I giving too little or too much meat for my boy.
 
Piggysg
me too my boy will also run to hubby and very happy to see him to...to me he just smile or just ignore me..he at times call him daddy but not mummy so sad
 
Sung,
Few weeks back me too, cockroach crawling on neck & than my arm, at 1st I felt itchy at my neck and just fling my hand on my neck than its get to itch on my arm. We slept with a small lamp on so when I get up I saw a black thing drop on my bed and my 1st action is to use my cushion to press it down. I call out to my hubby who sleeping on the mattress on the floor as my gal is sleeping with me, lucky he heard me and quickly help me to kill the insect, I was telling him wahlou must go buy the insect prison to put in our room liao. Lucky it didnt go into my gal ears or mouth coz sometime she sleep, she tend to half opened her mouth.
Cod Liver Oil, At 1st I start giving the original 1, my boy finished the 1st bottle, 2nd bottle he took half now like refusing to take liao, so I gave the orange flavour which my gal didnt continue the other time he loves it wor. They do have small bottle selling, U may want to try if your boy dislike the original 1, the smell is very fishy don't know why some baby like it leh.
Milk intake: My boy drink around 400-450ml per day (3 feeds) with 1 cereal morning, Lunch and dinner porridge, in between meal he will take bread stuffs.
 
Sung,
My boy auto after his 1st birthday no more night feed, got twice he woke up we thought he wanted milk so we make for him but he just push it away, so from there on he don't wake up for night feed after his last feed at 10.30pm. Now he is 14mths.
 
Yu Guo tui na is good. Both my kids also been there as my elder not eating well and also do it for my boy who is not eating well for a period as I think he is teething. It do work on them, have improved their eating. FYI they're close on every wednesday, try to go during weekdays avoid weekends for the crowd.
 
mummies,
those whose BB taking rice, how u cook everything in 1 pot? My boy not into porridge already and wondering if can cook rice + steam meat & veg with slow cooker? Rice cooker too big to use with such small portion leh. Don have time to use pots and don wanna use a few pots to cook, lazy to wash

st,
u bring ur boy go regularly for "maintenance" purpose or only when sick?
 
teddy
only when sick but if i can i dun mind bringing him for maintenance but the place too far for me..i stay at SK..
cos i think the massage is good
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sunshine, normally morn she will have cereal then porridge for lunch n dinner.

any mommies, start to intro rice to your bb? My girl basically dun wan to take hard stuff, i tired mee sua n Macaroni but she just dun like. cos everytime she eat, she will just shallow n dun chew! headache dunno how to intro her to other type of foods.

teddy, u can try to use those 3 tier streamer, it can stream rice, vege n meat at one go hee hee
 
milk intake
Aiyoh, dunno what's wrong with my boy!! Used to be able to take 240ml/feed at least 3 times a day. Now dunno why.. Dun even want to take a drop.. Make milk for him, can sit there for 1 hr and not drink a drop. Didnt even try sucking... Sianz from trying to make him drink milk.

Food intake
Totally dun wan food. No cereals totally! Porridge/rice can feed 1 hr and only take alittle.. Haiz.. Dunno how long is this going to last!!

Only wants our food. But I'm taking tingkat dinner so cant feed him that. Doesnt want bread, biscuits or his puffs. Now me so tired... :..(
 
minnie,
my boy milk intake tends to drop when he teething. As for semi solid, he has to be entertained if want him to eat well

blurjen,
thks for the suggestion. Haha will try. I have one sitting at home for yrs, never use
 
blurjen, my girls love to eat rice. Now they have gotten sick of eating porridge, they love to eat mee sua and rice. Whenever they see me eating, they will walk over and screech at me to feed them what i am eating. They also love steam egg and one of my girls love fish a lot. They love to eat hard things, Eg: rice, biscuits. etc

Alas, my pd told me my second girl is seriously on the lightweight side, he advised me to feed her more meat and full cream milk. But she don't like to eat meat, how????? She will always spit out the pork and beef that i feed her.
 
sung
read about ur cockroach incident! freaks me out! I'm scared of cockroaches too!

Teddy
ya, his milk intake will drop too from teething. But NOW he practically DUN WAN milk!! Aiyoh..

Sticky Tot
yah, i had him doing that since the day he can crawl..Doesnt wan to stay in playpen or even walker.. so i just leave him on the playmat with his toys, thinking he'll b occupied with his toys.. But the rascal wan me to sit there n play with him *faint*

So now I just do my chores with him around ie
- cooking with playing IN the kitchen (Have to be EXTRA careful with hot stuff). He knows where he can go/touch in the kitchen since I have taught him so.
- Cleaning the floors with him on high chair with me in sight while singing along as I do my chores (He'll scream for me if I'm not in his sight) or alternatively clean them when he's napping
- Laundry in the washing area with him playing with the pegs (gotta pick up the mess he made after that)
- Toilet breaks : open the door with him in sight (no choice coz if I close the door, he'll cry/scream)
- Other than all the above, he will just cling on my leg and I'll just continue to do my chores..

Hahahaha... Woes of a SAHM...
 
minnie, my girl also got the same problem when teething so just need to be patience lor.

Northvirgo, ur girls are good leh, can eat rice already. ha ha but my girl like biscuits, i think tat is only hard stuff she likes!
 
jo - kirs is like ur jo.. lolx... when my mum look after her, she will take her naps and behave herself... my mum always says she sleeps from 9+ to 11plus.. then after lunch bathe then play a bit.. milk n slp again... then wake up play play... dinner... then il be home... then i tk ovr ... this is for weekday schedule.. for the weekend... aiyooo she hardly sleeps.. shes busy playing this n that climbing.. screaming... -_-" my mum always says she slps this time to that time but i nvr see that happening with me leh... basket...

when kirs sees papa..she gets very excited... screams n runs... she knws by now see who means what... if wan to eat.. she will look for me.. if wan to play will look for papa... change diapers n milk is still me... sigh... but when no one ard... then stick me to like koala bear.. where i go she will follow... -_-" sometimes she will walk behind me n cry... lolx

her face when she fakes her cry is a classic! buay tahan lolx
 
RE: milk intake
1) upon wake up 7oz FM
2) before nap/lunch 6oz FM (sometime skip)
3) before nap/dinner 6oz FM
4) before sleep 6oz FM stage-3
Total = 750ml (max)

RE: food intake
My tot seem to eat more porridge since she started walking. She love to walk around in the house as well as outside.

RE: wash hair
My mum will use small pail to pour water over BB head whileas I will lower BB head backward and rinse off some shampoo first.

RE: weaning
When should tots switch from bottle to drink milk from cup?

RE: sticky tot
My tot starts to show seperation anxiety when I leave her with my mum for work.
 
mummies
I wanna check did u all buy toothbrush/ toothpaste for ur baby??
tot of buying e 'first teeth baby toothpaste" and pigeon toothbrush.
She got only 5 teeth so far and we dun wipe her tongue also..
 
pigpig, i am using the first teeth n pigeon toothbrush, so far so good but my girl seems like sick of the toothpaste already nowadays dun like to brush teeth. i think it is important to start young cos my sis told me tat kid teeth will got hole on it if dun brush cos the milk is sweet
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Northvirgo,

U tried blending the meat/fish with other veggies into a paste/sauce? I blend the equiv size of a third of a whole chicken breast (like abt 7x8x2cm) of whatever meat/fish along with sweet/tasty veggies eg tomato/leek/pumpkin/carrot/potato, and if I'm feeling creative, a little bit of herbs eg basil/coriander, +/- olive oil or sesame oil(if I am making something more chinese tasting). Makes a nice pasta sauce or with to go with rice/porridge, or on its own- all without any added seasoning. And its more than enough protein
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Sung..

Regarding bb clinging to us.. yep, i know what you mean.

i am a SAHM.. Bree is on a schedule which allows me to do things at home while she is asleep.

morning nap - 10.00am to 11.30am
i have my brunch, pack up the house after the mess she created (Bree wakes up every morning at 7.00am then i will take her out to neighbourhood for a walk and for me to get my food

afternoon nap - 3.30pm to 4.00 or 4.30pm
i take a coffee break.. snack to last me through till dinner

bedtime - 7.00pm earliest or latest 8.00pm
i have my dinner, do laundry, watch TV, read a book, surf net etc.

i don't cook my dinner.. i ordered tingkat delivery and i had a part time cleaner coming to my place once every week to vacuum and mop.. the rest of the days.. i use magic clean and do bits and pieces here and there..

i do have her with me when i am cooking her porridge.. she will be on the kitchen floor if she is happy.. else.. i do carry her and do stuff with one hand.. if i need both of my hands and she refused to play alone for a while..then i strapped her on baby carrier or put her in her stroller and push her to service balcony / kitchen so she can see me while i get busy. i do keep talking to her.. telling her what i am doing at the moment..like the process of cooking.. take rice from bin, wash rice then put into rice cooker.. switch on the main switch and press the cook button.. blah blah blah..

those that i can get her to do it, like switch on the room lights, turn on the fan , air-con via remote for me.. open the cap of her diaper cream / her avene facial spray, hold on to facial cottons so i can spray it wet etc.. i get her to participate so she don't fuss and drive me bonkers

she refused to sit in her stroller out of the house but at home.. if i am lucky.. she will do it. hahaha..
 
Tristan is not that clinging to me ever since he can roam ard himself this early apr.. But when he goes to IFC he will crawl asap to e window whenever he sees any one of my family be it hb my parents or me (but seldom as I hardly go off on e dot to fetch him)

rice: he has been taking it since we went Korea.. The steam rice is oo so nice hehe. But his meals is mainly porridge still unless when we are out I will serve him some noodles like fish thick bee hoon and he loves e chinese style pasta I made for him.
He loves strawberry and yogurt ..milk wise he's not drinking very well in IFC.. Maybe due to the fact he's still adapting w e environment.

Weaning: had to admit this but I'm tryin to wean him off by dragging the serving times gradually .. Now he only latch on me after 11pm onwards after he falls aslp Until 6am.. IMO , some bbs can self wean but some juz can't. So moms have to decide which approach to take. I saw one mom still latching on her 3yo son coz she don't know how to stop.. Poor mom

bathing
I use alternate methods. Bathing him in a tub or ask him to stAnd and hold on to a big pail while I shower him.. I started rinsing his head quite late maybe about 11months , only until now he's able to get used to the water over his head hehe..

Sleeping
he no longers latch to slp now but another problem arise from here, he has to be carried upright and patted to slp! If he gains any more weight my back going to breaks! Bad habit need to be changed .. Got any tips mommies??

Sung and another mommy
all I can say is ARGH..... why the roach can enter ur hse? Eeek I think I will be like sung unable to slp due to e phobia.. Omg I seriously hope that won't happen to anyone of us anymore ..

Hehe ok la I got a super long post early in e am le.. I'm getting off mrt to wrk le..

Have a nice yakking here k i come in later lunch or after wrk
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muacks all babies n mommies
 
hi mummies,
hop in here to see who is available for lunch on 16th Apr Friday...lunch hr lunch hor...me and hazel meeting at Macd (Springleaf building) at 1pm.
who else working nearby? join us!

1) Ivy
2) Hazel ( whats your nick? alfafa?)
3)
4)
 
sun, the pasta with soup is like how we cook noodle soup ler..

1st boiled de pasta in boiling water for 8mins and with a drop of olive oil so tat it will not stick to each other. drain it, put aside & start cooking de soup. i put all the vege (pumpkin,green vege, corn,potato) to boiled until it turn soft, add in meat,fish,pasta and an egg. cooked until de egg is totally cooked. i taste it myself, de soup is really sweet without any soya sauce/salt. u can try it!!
 
blurjen / st

think i ll buy tat same toothbrush then. juz tat dunno iff she ll allow me to brush her anot..she ll want to hold it herself..

e toothbpaste is edible rite? as in dun need to let her 'drink' water?
 
queenie - meet me la! =P lolx

oh ya.. read that some babies refuse milk.. is it via bottle? hw abt tryin to feed with cup or straw...
 
teddy, hee hee my girl also dun let me brush for her. she wan to brush herself. The toothpaste is edible. but i will give her some water after she brush her teeth
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blurjen - hw abt cup? if u imitate drnking will she follow? kirs likes to drink frm cup n straw... haiii then drink too fast then cough n choke -_-"
 


St,
Yah lor, sooo sad he dun miss mummy when he need food or go out..... now he likes to go out,always point outside wats to go out... die lah


Jasmine, so envy you no night feeding. My boy will cry till we give him the milk... think he must be hungry, don't know when he can sleep thru' out the night. Btw, where is Yu Guo? I may like to bring him there to try... may be after that he can sleep thru' out the night ...heee..hee...
 

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