(2010/07) July 2010 MTB


PACIFIER

i've started giving my baby pacifier actually cuz CL started it... but it seems to pacify my baby and at times there really doesn't seem to be any other way to do it. Also i'm trying to get him to sleep himself instead of carrying him to sleep so I find that the pacifier helps.. Altho dunno if that's a good thing!



CRYING

How long do you all let ur babies cry? I'm trying to 'discipline' him abit like not always have to carry when want to sleep but afraid if he cries too much he loses his voice or umbilical cord starts popping out more?



DIAPERS

Can go JB buy.. haha heard it's half price! External one should be safe lah... but i wouldn't buy milk powder from there!



HUNGER

How do you all know if your baby is hungry? Sometimes he automactically wake up 3hrs from previous feed and starts crying and CL will assume that he is hungry and will feed him. But not really sure.. If he can be 'tricked' by the pacifier.. does that mean he is not really that hungry? hehe.. but when you put your finger next to his mouth he will want to suck it. Then again, he is always wanting to suck stuff?!?





Ceres - Good riddance to your CL!

 
Claudia,

have u trained or give u bb a routine feed??

Like say, every 3hrs, on the dot feed him?? or wait until he cry for feed than give??



Coz i trained & give a routine feed to my boy from 3 hrs to 4hrs.. so now once the time is up, my boy will cry or cranky or wake up by himself.. and wait for me to get prepared to feed him..



SO if u train & give routine feed to ur bb.. than that should be okay ba..

 
Hershey thanks

Yeah.. in a way, last time when he was feeding 2/3hourly, if 3 hour times up in the day, i will wake him up to eat. Hmm... maybe that's why!

 
Jasmine: I gave my CL $20 & Ah ma give $50. Don't give too much if u feel she is not up to expectation. Just a $20 or if you wantgive 28? nicer figure with an 8.

 
hi cheese,



yup...I just switch the milk powder. the pd say those milk powder not HA one, quite heaty, difficult to poo.....and true enough, change to NAN HA, the 2nd day after the change she poo....but the minus point is this milk powder, when bb fart, very very smelly....super smelly like rotten egg.



dun worried too much, my bb record is 9 days then poo.

 
Pillow,

I'm also using the telon oil to massage my boy after his afternoon and evening bath. Ya, bb will fart. I use it for both my boys and must say it is really good.



Sean,

my masseur also sells this oil. She has a shop at bedok reservoir.

 
Fazzy,

I have a friend who sells the milkbags. Actually she's my pri sch friend. Let me know if u want get from her. She usually posts the wts section

 
Today took my boy to polyclinic for rotavirus vaccine.

Still thinking if I shld continue at poly or gp. Took me 2 hours. Luckily boy was sleeping all the way.



At 7wks, my boy is 5.5kg and 60cm long. 97percentile.

Feel gd tt he is growing well on my bm [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]

 
Hi for mommies who gives fm, wanna check how u mommies measure the ml? Let's say for similac, it's 1 scoop per 60ml of water, but after u add the powder, it's more than 60ml. My boy is now on 90ml of ebm, so how should I prepare the fm? My ss has been dropping since my CL left.. I think is becos of not enough rest n stress which caused the drop. Have been putting my boy on fm for the nite feeds for the past 2 days, but he always cannot finish n now having problem poo-ing.

 
Sun tan,

Measure the water 1st, then add formula. Say if u want to give baby 60ml, then the water must be 60ml. After adding in powder, it'll be more than 60ml. It's like that. No worry

 
Milk powder from Msia,

The nutrients composition may be slightly different but still ok. However it really depends on your baby. Mine is on Enfalac. Initially got them from supermarkets here but since relatives came down from KL, got few tins from KL. Baby is ok with it - poo, pee everything as per usual



Changing formula,

Some babies will 'lao sai' if introduced to new formula. What you can do is mix the new with the old, then gradually decrease quantity of old formula



Mongolian birth mark,

My baby has them on her ankles - very light greyish blue. Thot they were bruises but baby doesn't cry whenever I press on them. PD says if it goes off, perhaps by 3 yrs or never

 
suntan

90ml is 1.5 scoops. u add water into bottle then u add powder. it will come up to abt 100ml cos the powder adds weight to the mix...



keep latching ur bb... mine ss up n down as well

 
Hi,

I have a lamaze mirror best for tummy time for sale at 30% off. BNIB, just that the box not in good cond( abit squeeze cos of packing) Retail 29.90. Will let go at $20. Perfect for tummy time. PM me if keen. Thanks

 
Yesterday my hubby’s fren who is also a father called him to tell him that I complain about him on the forum haha. His wife happened to see my post and told him. And I was just beside my husband when he called. Then my husband made me show him the post and complained “how can u complain about me on the forum” (in a joking tone). I’m quite glad that someone “enlightened” my hubby about my unhappiness and hopefully this will also put some peer pressure on him to improve himself =)



Fazzy: for breastmilk storage bag you can explore the following website. Personally I’ve bought from lovegreeneumma and I find her service very good.

http://motherorder.weebly.com/milk-tray--milk-bag.html

http://lovegreeneumma.blogspot.com/search/label/Breastmilk%20Storage%20Bags



Diapers:

So far I’ve used huggies newborn, Pampers & Drypers. Huggies newborn has served us well when bb was just born cos my bb was less than 3kg so the other S size diapers are too big. But now that bb is bigger, we have moved on to S size. For drypers, somehow it always leaks and like not very absorbent cos bb will cry to change diaper even when it is not very heavy yet. Pampers newbaby is good as it has the wetness indicator so we know when the diaper need to change and seems to be more absorbent and don’t really have leakage issue. We will most likely continue with Pampers, at least for the day usage. We have a pack of Huggies & Mamy Poko haven’t try yet. So far our friends say mamy poko is the best but expensive so advice to use at night.



Pacifier:

we have bought a pacifier to stand-by but haven’t use yet. Intend to use ard 2-3 month if bb suck his finger too often. Our friend strongly recommend tommee tippee.



Minyak telon:

My massage lady Mdm Suria was very kind to give me a bottle of Minyak Telon when she saw that my bb has a lot of wind. She mentioned that better not to use ru yi oil on newborn as it is too hot for them and they might feel uncomfortable. Us, including my parents who have been using ru yi oil on me when I was young, find the minyak telon good to use. It is commonly used by the Indonesian/malays and I read on M&B magazine that it is a must-bring item for a mother which indicates that it is very good. It can be found in those Indonesian/jamu shops.



Saving on FM & Diapers-Some of the tips given by our friends who are parents:



-Buy in JB: for diapers can buy in JB, much cheaper. We will probably adopt this as my hubby works in woodlands and has many colleagues living in JB. But better not buy FM in JB to be safe.



-Supermarket promotion: from time to time, supermarkets will have promotion for FM & diapers. It would be a good time to stock up.



-Samples: usually companies will give out free samples of FM & diapers which they will publish in magazine. Similac, enfa eg do give out FM samples of 400g, which is worth ~$20.



- http://luvbabies.weebly.com/delivery.html saw this website which sell diaper, FM & other bb items at a lower price. Eg many poko only $14 per pack. But need min $200 for free delivery else $10 delivery charge



-Alternate use of diapers: most ppl find mamy poko better but more ex. So what my friend did was use Drypers in the day & mamy poko in the night.



oops..sorry for the long post

 
Hi all ,

am going bk to work on mon. Any good reco for girdle or similar for post natal huh? Hope tummy will be smaller after wearin it. Tia!

 
Phy: Hey Phy, my son is also 7 weeks old but so far I only brought him to the PD when he turned 1mth for his Hep B second jab. I've not brought him to any other jabs... how do we know when r we supposed to bring him to jabs? His medical booklet shows next jab only at 3 mths old leh ?



FM: Mommies, I have a small tin of unopened Similac infant (the blue one) as well as several bottles of similac formula given to me by TMC, also unopened. As baby is on BM.. does any mommies want them? Self collect at sengkang, pm me.. FOC. I guess first come first served?

 
Jaclyn: Same as you, I went for the Hep B second jab some time back. Based on my appointment card, my next visit is when bb turn 3 months. I am going for the rotavirus jab as well.

 
hi all

sorry have not been online much lately ... my number one has been down with HFMD & #2 has been having stuffy nose, which affected consumption of milk. husband been away for work so i have been over my head with "home" work.



irene

agree with u that diapers JB is cheaper. other than there is aggressive promo here in sg lah [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] frm time to time NTUC or some supermkt has promo then i usu stock up..



ica

my little one had mongolian birth mark on arms but now has disappeared. i also thot it was bruising at first bec #1 didnt have this when born



sillyhp

how much of the telon oil to use? just 1,2 drops and massage direct on tummy? i use ru yi oil but i find it is a bit too 'hot" and burning





ceres

yr CL sounds awful! where did u get her fr? if fr agency u could have requested for change of CL right?

 
Jaclyn,

I went polyclinic. Hep b 2nd jab and rotavirus vaccine can be taken together at 1.5 mths. Think this is the new/modify 6in1 schedule. Fewer visits. Apparently the health booklet we have is not the latest one. The nurse at polyclinic showed me a new one with slightly diff schedule. We can check it out at

hpb website. Package quoted for 6-in-1 is $360.



Last time took #1 to pd for 5-in1... Think spent more than 1k, excluding the pneumococcal jabs



Jasmine,

the nurse did the check against the chart in the health booklet and told me tt. Shld be an estimation looking at the chart/curve.

 
TeK Koh,

I put abt 3 to 4 drops onmy palm, rub a bit then proceed to massage boy's tummy in clockwise direction, starting with small circular motion near the belly button then graudually massage outwards. Also will straighten boy's legs and massage both his legs. My boy loves the massage wor. Always gives me the happy look.

 
Irene,

I'm starting yoga tomorrow morning. Hope to be determined to get my old bones to move! I'm doing it while my #1 is attending playgrp at the same cc. After class, I can just pick him up... So it's convenient exercising for me [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]



Actually forgot to ask gynae if can start exercising.. I think shld be fine bah...

 
I'm getting lazy at pumping. Talked to my boss and am given leave till late November... Which means I can resume freezing bm in early oct.. Now only express to keep supply going and for some1 else to feed bb while I'm away.

 
pillow/telon oil: where in parkway exactly? Is it in the parkway parade shopping centre or the shop house ard there? or anyone knows where else i can get it?



vacination: do you all bring bb to pd or to poly clinic for vaccination? What is the difference? I heard polyclinic free leh

 
sillyhp

i didnt know there is new schedule for jabs! we went to PD all the way for #1's jab schedules bec so ignorant then. wrt to polyclinic jabs is it a long queue to get jabs? need referral or anything? the last jab my little one got was her HEP B jab @ 1 mth

 
kepsis, it's inside parkway parade shopping centre. the indo shop is just outside the Wan Yang Foot Reflexology. not difficult to find.

 
hi,

For those who want to know more abt immunisation schedule

http://www.nir.hpb.gov.sg/nir/sv/eservices/eservicesv?ACTION=DISPLAY_IMMUNSCH



The schedule includes Pneumococcal jabs (each jab is $160 which we can use medisave).

Rotavirus is $90 per vaccine



Rotavirus vaccine 1st dose is from 1.5 mths to 3.5 mths while 2nd dose is from 1.5 mths to 6 mths



According to nurse at polyclinic, a child can take 2 vaccines in a visit. Vaccines taken must be abt 1 month apart.



The package quoted by polyclinic nurse for 6-in-1 is (excluding rotavirus vaccine and pneumococcal jabs)



1.5 mth - 6-in-1 + rotavirus first dose

3 mths - 6-in-1 + Rotavirus 2nd dose + pneumococcal 1st jab

4 mths - 6-in-1

5 mths - 6-in-1 + pneumococcal 2nd jab

15 mths - pneumococcal 3rd jab

18 mths - 6-in-1



6-in-1 package is $360 which we can use CDA

 
sillyhp,

Do u have a pic of the telon oil???

Where to buy??? If gd i also will wan to change to this brand instead if ru yi oil....



Btw mummies:

1)When do bb stop wearing mittens???



2)Now my BB is 2mths 1 day, he is using the Avent bottle N the no. 1 tips... When do we start changing to no. 2 tips???



3)As for pamper, anyone start using M size already?? When we change to M size too??

Mine is now 4.2Kg only & still wearing S size, Mammy Koko...



Thanks... =)

 
Jasline,



Mittens - I stopped mittens when bb reached 8 weeks but have to regularly trim his nails. I remembered Mrs Wong BB mentioned until 6 weeks but I let bb wear till 8 weeks. He just scratched his face today. Arrgh!



Avent Teat - I changed to Teat 2 when bb is about 1.5 mth. Find that bb managed to finish his milk about 2 minutes faster as compared to Teat 1.



Diapers - Mine still wearing S size when he was 4.4kg. Think he should have reached close to 5kg now and still on S. Wondering when to change to M too.

 
tek koh,



Queue is not long coz it is by appt only. I only waited for 15minutes to see nurse to get vaccine for my boy.



Yesterday it took me 2 hours coz I wanted to see a doc for my son's baby acne. So after the vaccine, the nurse who administered the vaccine gotta put on us on queue to see doc. Then hor, see doc must queue, collect medicine must queue, payment also queue.

 
Was surfing the internet and suddenly realised i might not be doing the sterilization of bottles right.



How often to you all sterilize the bottles n teats etc? After every use? or once a day?



After sterilization how should i keep them? I use the avent electric sterilizer and after that i just cap the bottles but i realise that there is water vapour inside. Sould i continue or should i let it air dry?

 
HELLO MOMMIES



Just brought bb for her 6 in 1 and rotavirus at PD's. Checked on their injection package.. they quoted me $1200+ for her jabs till 18mths. Is that price ok?



Bb inherited sensitive nose from hubby.. which is affecting her sleep and she will cry at times during feeding as bb doesnt know how to use mouth to breathe at this point of time.. was prescribe medication to ease the stuffy nose.



PD say sea salt help to wash away but doesnt "cure" i can cont to use both sea salt water and the medication [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]



I deposited $$ in CDA too late la.. had to pay cash today.. heart pain man!! argh... I deposited this mth, the govt $$ will come in next mth..



I was thinking.. if i take the package, i jus need to put in $600+ cash for the package and govt will pay for the other $600+.. quite wu hua right?



Im gg to take off celeste mittens by next week liao. jus cut her nails nia.. i think its time to train her sense of touch [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]

 
Kepsis n vernie: me too.. bb have been drinking milk with the condensed water vapour. I think it should be ok ba.



For the CDA account, are we supposed to receive something from the bank first ( standard chartered / OCBC) before we can deposit $$. I have yet to receive anything



serene: I think the price for the jabs at PD is about there. I remember Eliss was also quoted ~1000+



My Bb is about 40 days now.. I took off her mittens already.

 
Serene,

the package includes pneumococcal jabs and rota virus vaccine?



Poly will be 360+90+90+160+160+160. = 1080

 


Sterilization: Oki, i thought i was doing it wrong. Okie thanks!



vaccine: My pd quote 1500+ leh. do not include rota n pneumococcal. hmmm i thought at poly clinic its free?

 

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