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Mummy ... can we bring this back to England?
Er no, because we only have 20kg limit and besides, it'll be too cold at home to sit in this! (maybe Ikea Thurrock will have it?!?! yeah, right.)
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Thursday 30 October 2008
Monday 27 October 2008
update on hospital...
apparently the spots are not a viral rash afterall...but 'heat rash' (at the start of winter?!)... oh well. They've discharged us now, and G's been declared well and fine. I guess seeing that he's bouncing and smiling and shrieking (in a good way) - they think he's bril. we think so too!! ha!
on a separate issue - we watched 'Sicko' on the weekend (a film by Michael Moore). And it was really interesting. I'm sure Michael Moore's really controversial (there are anti-MM websites out there!) but if even what he says is a mere dramatisation of the facts, then it's really spine-chilling, that in America, people get turn away from medical help because they don't have health insurance.
What I don't get about health insurance is this: surely after one has declared a known illness/symptom, then insurance should cover whatever illness you get afterwards, no? Perhaps one pays more for certain illnesses (like say cancer, in my case), but surely they'd get treated? There was a case of a man who had to decide whether the hospital should sew back one of his two finger tips that he'd sawn off. The price difference was 12K v 60k. He went for the 12K one (which incidentally is the ring finger). He now walks around without a middle finger tip.
MM then went to check out the Canadian, British and even Cuban health services....which did not discriminate between rich/poor and the like. I guess we experienced it first hand during the journey of G's conception till now. Every visit to the midwife was free, as was when we had the early contractions and got admitted to the hospital at 30weeks (and the proposal that I stay in hospital for 10 weeks till I gave birth!?), as was the final delivery and now, the 8/12/16 week immunisations, BCG, and even this recent hospital visit with x-rays. I've had a endoscopy done on the NHS and another one's on the way, this time at the private wing, but paid for by the NHS (because the queue's too long!).
We're proud of the NHS...! :)
p x
ps: G was weighed as a result of today's hospital visit, and he's now 8.82kg (back on the 50th Percentile).
on a separate issue - we watched 'Sicko' on the weekend (a film by Michael Moore). And it was really interesting. I'm sure Michael Moore's really controversial (there are anti-MM websites out there!) but if even what he says is a mere dramatisation of the facts, then it's really spine-chilling, that in America, people get turn away from medical help because they don't have health insurance.
What I don't get about health insurance is this: surely after one has declared a known illness/symptom, then insurance should cover whatever illness you get afterwards, no? Perhaps one pays more for certain illnesses (like say cancer, in my case), but surely they'd get treated? There was a case of a man who had to decide whether the hospital should sew back one of his two finger tips that he'd sawn off. The price difference was 12K v 60k. He went for the 12K one (which incidentally is the ring finger). He now walks around without a middle finger tip.
MM then went to check out the Canadian, British and even Cuban health services....which did not discriminate between rich/poor and the like. I guess we experienced it first hand during the journey of G's conception till now. Every visit to the midwife was free, as was when we had the early contractions and got admitted to the hospital at 30weeks (and the proposal that I stay in hospital for 10 weeks till I gave birth!?), as was the final delivery and now, the 8/12/16 week immunisations, BCG, and even this recent hospital visit with x-rays. I've had a endoscopy done on the NHS and another one's on the way, this time at the private wing, but paid for by the NHS (because the queue's too long!).
We're proud of the NHS...! :)
p x
ps: G was weighed as a result of today's hospital visit, and he's now 8.82kg (back on the 50th Percentile).
Sunday 26 October 2008
viral rash...
we have a check up appointment at the hospital tomorrow - 2 weeks after the last appointment. which is great, because G appears to have a viral rash! We discovered it yesterday during bath time when having stripped him off, we saw spots, and spots and spots on his tummy and his back!
First thought was 'oh no, it's chickenpox'... (followed by: 'how many meetings do I have next week that I can cancel??'). So we rang NHS direct (who were very busy but still called us back after 3/4 hours, at about midnight!?) and then rang our surgery who had an emergency number and they rang us back after half an hour. They confirmed it wasn't meningitis (thank God), and they also didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about as typical G, he was still bouncing about, and being generally quite cheerful.
They told us to watch to make sure his rash didn't get worse. And it didn't (or hasn't).
So, I guess it's a viral rash. We'll confirm it tomorrow at the hospital.
p x
First thought was 'oh no, it's chickenpox'... (followed by: 'how many meetings do I have next week that I can cancel??'). So we rang NHS direct (who were very busy but still called us back after 3/4 hours, at about midnight!?) and then rang our surgery who had an emergency number and they rang us back after half an hour. They confirmed it wasn't meningitis (thank God), and they also didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about as typical G, he was still bouncing about, and being generally quite cheerful.
They told us to watch to make sure his rash didn't get worse. And it didn't (or hasn't).
So, I guess it's a viral rash. We'll confirm it tomorrow at the hospital.
p x
Thursday 16 October 2008
Tuesday 14 October 2008
to the hospital...
we go.
We were at K&C hospital yesterday because G's cough wasn't getting any better, and if anything, it was getting worse. It developed as a slight cough, into full blown phlegmy cough, and then it turned a few days ago into a hoarse, sharp and 'harsh' (quote from nurse at hospital) cough. He was coughing so badly, he was throwing up his food/milk :(.
I made an appointment at the Dr's surgery yesterday, and saw the same doctor we saw 3.5 weeks ago, and she remembered him. As usual, he was his bouncy smiley self, and so she said he was looking well (I guess when one is used to seeing listless babies, then a bouncing one tends to be viewed as a 'healthy' baby!). But she did think that because his cough was deteriorating, we should get him checked out at the hospital where they might do an x-ray!
It was great that we got to see the Paed at 2pm (our dr's appointment was 11am - go NHS!). She sent us for an x-ray, thought his ears were slightly red, and his throat was slightly red but nothing scary. The x-ray was clear-ish, meaning there was no bacterial infection, although there was white stringy bits in the x-ray (which she said might be due to the viral infection). hm.
So, the conclusion was, we got given some antibiotics which she said will hopefully clear up the atypical bug which she thinks he's caught. I guess it's all down to the fact that he's in nursery and mixing with a whole load of other babies and their infections!! :(
We go back to see her in 2 weeks time, and hopefully, he'll be much better then.
He was also weighed - and he's now 8.49 kg! (18pounds 11 oz). Which puts him between the 25-50th percentile. He's dropped slightly in weight but I guess it's due to his illness!
p x
Edited: to say that on his check on thursday with the HV, he was 8.52kg! yay! every little helps!
We were at K&C hospital yesterday because G's cough wasn't getting any better, and if anything, it was getting worse. It developed as a slight cough, into full blown phlegmy cough, and then it turned a few days ago into a hoarse, sharp and 'harsh' (quote from nurse at hospital) cough. He was coughing so badly, he was throwing up his food/milk :(.
I made an appointment at the Dr's surgery yesterday, and saw the same doctor we saw 3.5 weeks ago, and she remembered him. As usual, he was his bouncy smiley self, and so she said he was looking well (I guess when one is used to seeing listless babies, then a bouncing one tends to be viewed as a 'healthy' baby!). But she did think that because his cough was deteriorating, we should get him checked out at the hospital where they might do an x-ray!
It was great that we got to see the Paed at 2pm (our dr's appointment was 11am - go NHS!). She sent us for an x-ray, thought his ears were slightly red, and his throat was slightly red but nothing scary. The x-ray was clear-ish, meaning there was no bacterial infection, although there was white stringy bits in the x-ray (which she said might be due to the viral infection). hm.
So, the conclusion was, we got given some antibiotics which she said will hopefully clear up the atypical bug which she thinks he's caught. I guess it's all down to the fact that he's in nursery and mixing with a whole load of other babies and their infections!! :(
We go back to see her in 2 weeks time, and hopefully, he'll be much better then.
He was also weighed - and he's now 8.49 kg! (18pounds 11 oz). Which puts him between the 25-50th percentile. He's dropped slightly in weight but I guess it's due to his illness!
p x
Edited: to say that on his check on thursday with the HV, he was 8.52kg! yay! every little helps!
New addition to the family!
My cousin's baby was born today - George has lost his USP as the youngest member of the family (that lasted all of 8 months!)!
Welcome to the beautiful world Caitlyn Kho!! (2.96kg)
p x
Welcome to the beautiful world Caitlyn Kho!! (2.96kg)
p x
Sunday 12 October 2008
Sunday 5 October 2008
My son...
the beng wanna-be..! (taken in Orchard Road, Singapore)
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And a brilliant side profile, of G sitting upright! (outside Metro Paragon, Orchard Road, Singapore)
food...
that G eats... include chicken with sweet potato and apple (his current favourite), chicken casserole (leek, carrot, potato, chicken), and lots of food at the nursery including cheese scones, fruit, yoghurt, petit filou and various vegetable combinations, and fish pie!
Didn't think I'd like making food for him, but it's great and it's my mission every week or every half a week to make up a batch of food for him which we freeze and take out every day for him. He's on 3 solid meals a day and his meals typically look like this:
Breakfast: breast fed, then cereal (or currently, super porridge with apple and apricot from Plum) http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/baby-food-range/#Four%20grain%20super%20porridge%20with%20apple%20and%20apricotTitle
We mix that sometimes with a fruit puree pot.
Off to nursery (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays) where he eats a mid-morning snack of fruit and yoghurt (I was told that they'll give him an extra pot of yoghurt because they think he's hungry and that's why he's upset! - hm).
Lunch: Currently, home made chicken with sweet potato and apple (or whatever the nursery feeds him, last friday being fish pie!) plus yoghurt or fruit puree.
then breast feed (depends on what time I get down to the nursery during my lunch break!)
Tea: mid-afternoon tea. At nursery he gets scones, or biscuits. At home, he gets biscuits, or fruit.
Dinner: home made chicken with sweet potato and apple (this week's menu!)... or Plum's Parsnip, carrot and cheddar mash http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/baby-food-range/#Parsnip,%20carrot%20and%20cheddar%20mashTitle or any other variation. Plus yoghurt or fruit puree.
Before sleep: breast feed.
Sounds like a lot, huh? I think it's alot - but seeing how much he moves, I'm sure he'll eat more if he could. At the moment, he's eating about 100/120g of food (size of a small jar) plus dessert. And tonight, he had home-made cheese onion bread. Which he completely enjoyed chomping on! yum yum!
ok, gotta go have my bath. Before baby needs his feed!
p x
ps: If we're feeding commercial food, we go for Ella's Kitchen http://www.ellaskitchen.co.uk/, Plum http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/, Hipp Organic http://www.hipp.co.uk/, Organix http://www.organix.com/ or the Boots Organic Range. We feel they're the best and so far, touch wood, he's taken to their tastes!
pps: and our home made recipes are courtesy of Annabel Karmel..! http://www.annabelkarmel.com/
Didn't think I'd like making food for him, but it's great and it's my mission every week or every half a week to make up a batch of food for him which we freeze and take out every day for him. He's on 3 solid meals a day and his meals typically look like this:
Breakfast: breast fed, then cereal (or currently, super porridge with apple and apricot from Plum) http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/baby-food-range/#Four%20grain%20super%20porridge%20with%20apple%20and%20apricotTitle
We mix that sometimes with a fruit puree pot.
Off to nursery (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays) where he eats a mid-morning snack of fruit and yoghurt (I was told that they'll give him an extra pot of yoghurt because they think he's hungry and that's why he's upset! - hm).
Lunch: Currently, home made chicken with sweet potato and apple (or whatever the nursery feeds him, last friday being fish pie!) plus yoghurt or fruit puree.
then breast feed (depends on what time I get down to the nursery during my lunch break!)
Tea: mid-afternoon tea. At nursery he gets scones, or biscuits. At home, he gets biscuits, or fruit.
Dinner: home made chicken with sweet potato and apple (this week's menu!)... or Plum's Parsnip, carrot and cheddar mash http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/baby-food-range/#Parsnip,%20carrot%20and%20cheddar%20mashTitle or any other variation. Plus yoghurt or fruit puree.
Before sleep: breast feed.
Sounds like a lot, huh? I think it's alot - but seeing how much he moves, I'm sure he'll eat more if he could. At the moment, he's eating about 100/120g of food (size of a small jar) plus dessert. And tonight, he had home-made cheese onion bread. Which he completely enjoyed chomping on! yum yum!
ok, gotta go have my bath. Before baby needs his feed!
p x
ps: If we're feeding commercial food, we go for Ella's Kitchen http://www.ellaskitchen.co.uk/, Plum http://www.plum-baby.co.uk/, Hipp Organic http://www.hipp.co.uk/, Organix http://www.organix.com/ or the Boots Organic Range. We feel they're the best and so far, touch wood, he's taken to their tastes!
pps: and our home made recipes are courtesy of Annabel Karmel..! http://www.annabelkarmel.com/
surprise pressie!
from Dan... :) we took this picture when we were in Bintan, Indonesia for a 2-day break when we were back in Asia. He surprised me by blowing this up into a canvas and printing it at the photo shop. We're running out of walls to stick this - I hope we get to move house soon so that we can put up all the photos/pictures/portraits we've done! At the rate we're going, G will be at university by the time we get round to printing and putting them up!
p x
Thursday 2 October 2008
A-crawling...part II
Since the last post, he's been crawling all over the place and he's quite hilarious when he moves. He moves his arms rather deliberately, such that he looks like he's doing a march - a rather extreme march. (been informed it's referred to as 'goose-stepping'). Will try and get a video of him doing it. He's pretty fast too, so the gates have to go up ASAP.
One of his favourite toys at the moment is a remote control. Not any ordinary one that works with the TV/DVD players...rather one that makes lewd comments (rather like a Bart/Homer Simpson type). It's quite funny. Let's just hope his first word isn't from that repertoire!!! Edited: the remote control was NOT purchased by us...it was from my brother-in-law. yes... such warped sense of humour eh uncle stu-ey!
p x
One of his favourite toys at the moment is a remote control. Not any ordinary one that works with the TV/DVD players...rather one that makes lewd comments (rather like a Bart/Homer Simpson type). It's quite funny. Let's just hope his first word isn't from that repertoire!!! Edited: the remote control was NOT purchased by us...it was from my brother-in-law. yes... such warped sense of humour eh uncle stu-ey!
p x
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