Kaden having diarhorrea (24th-28th May 2010)

Poor Kaden, duno for what reason he started to have diarrhoea.....
Could it be the food he ate? Forgot to wash hands before eating? Oh well, for whatever reasons, I just hope that this will never ever happened again! Just this once will do!

Brought him to see paed and he prescribed him some diarhorrea relieving medication in powdery form, to be mixed with water when consume. My $100 bill flying again....

Dear Lord, please watch over my little active fellow..pray that he will have good health! Amen! Mood: Worried Milestone: 15 months old

Hand Foot Mouth Diease (5-13th Oct 2009)

I got a shock of my life when the paed announced that Kaden has contracted HFMD. It started on Monday when he had mild fever but he recovered from it very quickly the very next day after having only 2 doses of panadol syrup. On Tuesday night, when hubby was changing Kaden into pajamas….he saw all the ‘bubbles’ and rashes all over his nappy area. We were stunned. The first thing that came to our mind is if that is chickenpox but that certainly doesn’t look like chickenpox! Insect bites? FIL concluded that it was some insect bites after taking a look at his buttock. We started applying papaya cream at his affected area diligently and at the same time searching our brain for any possible reasons for the unidentified rashes. On Wednesday, MIL and FIL came up with another possible reason – fish, was it the fish that he had eaten was ‘poisonous’? I told MIL it was impossible bcos those were the fishes he had been eating all along, I did not introduce new fish species in his diet. On Thursday, realizing that we are unable to identify the problem source…we decided to bring him to see Uncle Anthony. So imagine the shock we got…especially since he has not even attended playgroup or childcare!

Not without doubt, Trenyce got it as well. Since they have been playing together all the while and we did not isolate them. Trenyce had mild fever on Wednesday morning and like Kaden, she recovered from it very quickly, also after taking only 2 doses of panadol syrup.

Luckily, little Kayleen did not contract the diease. We quarantined her in the room. The kids and their caretaker (MIL) are not supposed to enter the room where Kayleen is sleeping as that is her only roaming area. Trapped in her own room for a good 6 days before she could get close to her siblings. This is also when I truly realized the goodness of breastmilk. I believe it is the breastmilk she has consumed all along prevented her from getting the diease!

All in all, their HFMD were considered mild. Kaden, the carrier, had the most 'bubbles' appeared on his buttock, some on his mouth, hand and feet. No wonder he complained 'mouth pain pain' but we dissolve his complain thinking that its impossible for him to have mouth ulcers since he did not consume anything spicy or fried. Trenyce only had 2 littler red dots appeared on her feet, one red dot on each foot and also with mild mouth ulcers.

Really thank god that theirs was a mild case. I have seen worst from the MOH website. It certainly looks many times more scary.

Thank you Lord for all the blessings you have bestowed to the family little ones. Amen. Mood: Sad Milestone: 20 months old

Kayleen has jaundice

As like all other babies, Kayleen also has this jaundice issue. In fact, paed doesnt encourage us to bring her home on the day of discharge and wanted her to stay in hospital for phototherapy but we insisted to bring her home to do suntanning for her ourselves. We believed that jaundice is normal for babies and with the help of the sunny sun in the month of june, we should have no problem helping Kayleen to fight this jaundice war. Her toleance level then was btw 8-9 and hers was 9.1 when discharged.

Kayleen was scheduled for visit to the paed's clinic though for review. I dont mind that. At least I get to bring my bb home and take care of her myself. Kayleen was a rather drowsy bb for the first few days at home. She could sleep for 4-5 hrs without waking up for her milk. We have to wake her every 3hrs for her feed cos dehydration will affect her recovery. I also do know that bf will hinder her recovery from jaundice so I allowed formula at night, also partly bcos I dont have much milk then. The first visit back to paed, her rating was 12.7 when tolerance level was 14. Paed asks us to go for 2nd review in 4days' time. Her rating was 11 at the 2nd visit to paed when tolerance level was 16. Paed clears the jaundice but warns us to continue sunbathing her for the next 2 weeks and ensuring she has sufficient fluid. Phew!

Mood: Worried Milestone: gg to one month old

Kaden弟弟 is sick

25th -29th Mar 2009, WEDNESDAY to SUNDAY, SINGAPORE

Kaden弟弟 was not feeling well for the past few days. He was down with mild fever due to teething. Although the western doctors do not believe that teething will cause fever, it really was indeed the case. It started on Wednesday when hubby and myself discovered that his forehead was a little warmer than usual. We alerted MIL to keep an eye on him as the fever is behaving like yoyo, going on-off. This went on for about two days and on Friday, MIL announced that Kaden 弟弟 was having fever and had given him a dose of panadol syrup. This syrup can only be given maximium 3 times per day, every 6hourly.

Poor boy having 4 teeth (2 upper & 2 lower) erupting at the same time. He must be under a lot of pain, so uncomfortable that the usual cheery 弟弟 is now a very grouchy boy. I quickly boiled Lingyong (羚羊水)and barley water for him over the weekend, hoping to help him ease the fever. Luckily, the fever ceased on Sunday but another illness striked the next day!


30th Mar – 3rd Apr 2009, MONDAY to FRIDAY, SINGAPORE

We noticed Kaden弟弟 was coughing on Monday morning. It got worst in the night as he kept coughing almost every other hour. It was so bad that it disrupted his sleep and as a result, he couldn’t sleep very well. I didn’t sleep the whole night as well as he was extremely irritable by the cough and I had to pacify him to sleep. This went on the entire night and by the time dawn came, I had to prepare for work. Nevertheless, I dragged my feet to work. I was so zombie man!

His cough turned worst on Tuesday morning and we decided to bring him to the pediatrician if his cough did not improve by the time we return home. Well, we had to bring him to see the pediatrician afterall. Made an appointment at 7.15pm, it was the earliest timeslot we could get. We didn’t even get a chance to have our dinner and had to leave immediately for the clinic when we reached home.

We waited at the clinic for almost 45mins before its finally our turn. Dr Anthony from ABC examined Kaden弟弟 and he concluded that Kaden弟弟 had caught the flu bug. His coughing was caused by the mucus that he couldn’t dispel since he neither knows how to blow nose nor spit the phlegm. But it wasn’t serious so he doesn’t have to go through the ‘face mask’ to relieve the phlegm in case it ‘clogged’ his lungs. As usual, it was another sleepless night for me…..

I went on child mc the next day cos I am going to pengsan (meaning cant take it anymore in hokkien) already. Im severely lack of sleep. Its very unhealthy for a heavily preggy to go on sleepless nights. Well, no choice. True enough, I fell sick due to lack of sufficient rest even the 1-day child mc couldn’t help to replenish the lost sleep. I was down with running nose and cough for the next couple of days. Its very troublesome for preggy to fall sick as it will take a long time to recover cos basically there’s no medicine to take (无药可救) and I have to rely on ‘inner self’ (靠自己) to recover. Well, its not the first time anyway............

Mood: Uncomfortable Milestone: 13 months old

Going in and out of clinics (8th & 9th Mar 09)

Recently, I have been going in and out of clinics frequently for my 2 kids.

Firstly, Trenyce姐姐 ran into higher fever of above 39deg. We quickly sent her to our nearby 24hr clinic. Besides giving us Neurofen, the doctor also inserted a med capsule into her buttock to help relieve the high fever. As usual, I didn’t sleep for the whole nigh, waking up every 2 hours to check on her fever making sure that she doesn’t run into high fever again. Luckily, everything went well. She was still slightly feverish when she woke up the next morning so I quickly gave her another dose of fever medicine. Thank god that she was alright after that.

The following day, we brought Kaden弟弟 to Hougang polyclinic for his chickenpox injection. As it was raining that day, so everything went pretty fast as there wasnt many patients. We were done within 45mins including the queue to pay for the injection. This was the fastest I ever get everything done at the polyclinic! =p

I was also happy to discover that the drapolene nappy cream sold at the pharmacy was so much cheaper than anywhere I can find now! It costs $8.60 per bundle of two where it costs me $11.50 at guardian pharmacy where I usually got my stocks from. Guess how much I bought? A dozen! 爸爸 was shocked that I bought so much and asked me if its really this cheap and whether it will expire before 妹妹got a chance to use them hahaha! Of course you bet it is! Things are expensive nowadays so if don’t grab while on sales then difficult to save $$ loh. Mummies all very calculative (精打细算) otherwise how to maintain the family expenses right?

Cure for Teething Rashes

I mentioned some time ago that Kaden has this teething rashes thingy. I havent found any cure for it yet. Went to the pharmacy last Saturday and the pharmacist advised us to use aloe vera or the nappy rash cream to apply on the affected area. As the nappy rash cream is not consumable, she advised us to apply a thin layer over it and make sure it 'blend' to the skin.

I went back home and followed her instructions, applied the nappy rash cream on him. And since I am using the nappy rash cream, I presume the same logic for the nappy rash treatment applies when it comes to caring for the teething rash. That is, to keep the affected area as dry and clean as possible.

I was very careful the entire Sunday, watching out his drooling, trying to keep his chin dry as as possible and changing his bibs dilligently. I am not sure whether it will work but think I wouldnt go wrong trying it out. Did see some results at the end of the day. His rashes were slightly better. But this isnt something that would get treated instantly so we still need to be on our guard.

Good thing hubby found this and it clears my doubt. Indeed, keeping the affected area dry and applying aloe vera helps! Although it didnt mention the nappy rash cream but I think it wouldnt hurt...afterall, its meant to be apply on the skin.

Anyway, we are still monitoring closely on his condition. Cos if leave untreated, the consequences could be terrible.

Oh, one thing hubby mentioned to me while he was surfing the net for infor. Someone ever mentioned in a forum that the urine of the child himself is actually the best medicine to cure this rash but nobody dares to try out! Just imagine, urine!?!?! Yuckie.....

Dear lord, pls pray that Kaden will recover from his teething rashes soon. Pls grant him peace so that he will be able to go through this uncomfortableness with an ease mind. Amen.

Mood: Worried

Trenyce coughing again

Trenyce is coughing again. She has been coughing since coming back from Labis and she only coughs at or in the middle of the night. People called this "cold cough". We have fed her with the chinese medical coughing syrup and hearing less coughs these past few nights. In fact, on certain nights, I dont recall hearing her coughing at all. So I thought she is alright already and have stopped the chinese medical coughing syrup. But heard her coughing again just now while in her sleep. Hmm..getting a little worried.

I remembered receiving an email that gives special remedy on curing night time coughing in a child by applying Vicks Vaporub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime then covered with socks. It was mentioned that "even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly."

Wow, sounds like miracle. Not too sure if it will work but am going to give it a try tonight. Cross my fingers she will recover soon from her coughing...plsplspls... Mood: Worrying