Stella,
Like what zuen had said, you have to close 1 eye when u want your in law to take care of the bb when you are back at work. Unless you can foresake your job. If you send for infantcare or nanny, is extra expenses outside.
Infantcare and nanny may have more than 1 bb on hand, they may not have full attention to your bb. But for your in law, they can fully attend to your bb. No matter what, is their grandchild, they wont do "anything" to harm him/her. I find that, If they want yao lan, just give it to her, taking care of bb is not easy. You will learn to appreciate them when you dont stay with them in future.
Woof/Metta,
My bb have the same symptoms when she was 1 mth old - cough n runny nose.
I first brought her to kk A&E (not admitted) - they only prescribed nose drops and did suctioning for her cos we felt that they are alot of phlegm at the back of the throat.
We felt that she didnt recover and we were attended by a Filipino Dr in KK. I dont trust the Dr and send her to another PD at Tampines. The PD said is small problem - continuou with nose drop and added flu and cough medications.
Taken for 2 days and she didnt recover. We brought her to my elder daughter regular PD and she represcribed new cough and flu med to my bb and did suctioning and gave ventolin nebuliser to open up her airway. Dr said to take her med for 2 days and go back for check up - she worried bb maybe kenna infection of the lungs.
One stat dose of suctioning and ventolin did not help her. When we went for review at the PD, she said bb kenna infection of the lungs already!!! We have to admit her or if we take care ourselves, she will take longer to recover.
So we dont want bb to be so "xin ku" so we admitted her to Mt Alvernia Hospital. Bb was admitted for 3 days. She was given 24 hrs oxygen, cough & flu medications, ventolin nebuliser every 4 hrs and after 3 days of hospitalisation, she felt better and her this cough/flu took her 2 weeks to recover.
I forgot to mention my bb was also taking milk well. If bb is cannot breathe, they wont even drink her milk! They are smart bb!
Hope my experience help you to decide what to do for your bb...[IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]