wah, very busy these few days, manage to finish reading the post...
MVH,
sorry to hear that both gals are down with hfmd...
my elder gal kenna once, first 2 days, she was okie can still eat and drink normally, but reach the most painful day where the ulcer in her mouth is the bloom, she can't eat or drink anything, she can't even open her mouth, what I do is let her drink from straw... for ange maybe your method is correct to feed her from syringe but for my gal that most painful day only last for 1 or 2 days then she can drink normally liao... frankly speaking, there's no med to cure hfmd as mention by the doc, even anti-virul med also no use, js let it recover by itself... don't give too hot water, also for high fever I heard someone mentioned before giving porridge water?? does that helps?? drink herbal drink??
glamgem,
my elder gal go gug trial before... that's a zoophonics class... in fact zoophonics can start from as young as 6 mo old, then they have simple art and craft...