1727, ney i think it's alright to pat our kids to sleep. I don't do it but that's because patting doesn't work on my boy. For months, i trained my boy to fall asleep on his own. However, he must be tired then can. If he really is not sleepy, no matter what i do also no use de lor....
winnie, sounds serious! Hope Mal gets well soon! Mummies are also very tired out when their kids are sick, so hope you take care of yourself as well...I'm so paranoid now, everything i hear my boy cough, immediately give him ventolin ^^
elise, my boy's poo no standard texture one leh. Sometimes pasty and watery, sometimes dry, sometimes hard, sometimes like lao sai! As long as the stools are not those small small ji liap ji liap type, it's fine i think.
chloe, personally i really take my hats off you for giving him BM for soooo long. I express one month only i surrender liao. Frankly, mummies who give 100% BM must be super duper strict with their own diet. Really cannot anyhow eat. If not strict with own diet, i personally think the babies are better off with FM. Seriously, BM is best but we cannot expect miracles ah because babies are human afterall [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] Sure will fall sick de and it's through falling sick and getting well, then their immune system starts to work mah. And i always hear people say kids who go centres sure fall sick all the time but i can tell you, i've seen many others who are home with nannies or grandparents and they too fall sick...every child is different. There is this female baby in my boy's class, she hardly falls sick! Ever since my boy attended ifc in Nov last year, i've not seen her miss a day! Power or not? Now she can sit up on her own liao. Every child is different and for you to be able to give BM for such a freaking long time, you should give yourself a pat on the back instead! I give my boy Childlife Colostrum for more than half a year already but i always stop when he is ill. Now, i've just started him on cod liver oil strawberry flavour
I don't intend to give vit C yet....why vit C all orange flavour ah? I don't like oranges and grapes!
babeE, welcome home!!! How is it like there?? My husband going San Fran in 2 weeks...
serendipity, it's true that dairy products can contribute to phlegm man. Last Sat i brought my boy to Yu Guo again. Liu yishi is much better than Xu Yishi. But too bad everytime i go, it's Xu yishi. Now my boy on goat's milk and i find that it's much much better. I've totally stopped giving him puffs as well. I think it's the freaking weather too. I myself feel damn pek cek so i can imagine how the kids feel. So hot until i get headaches. I never monitor how much water he drinks per day leh. The normal mag mag sippy cup, i think in centre he finishes 3 at most? At home maybe 2? Yesterday brought him to Vivocity and he went mad at the water fountains and he drank my coffee bean ice blended double chocolate *oops* Now hoping he won't fall sick ^^ I agree with Toray about glucolin. I give glucolin to my boy sometimes as well. If you've noticed, hospitals give glucolin to dehydrated patients. I remember when my boy never poo when he was a newborn, the polyclinic doctor told me to try giving abit of glucolin water [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
jmmabb, my boy was on singulair when he had bronchitis the last round. It's EXPENSIVE.
