False Measles?

On early morning of Christmas (abt 3.30am), realised Shawn had fever when I woke up to his crying for milk. Scare me, quickly fed him paracetamol. Then brought him to our bed to sleep so that i can monitor his temp.

He seems ok in the day. Fever came again at nite.

I was on leave on Fri, 26 Dec. Had wanted to bring the kids out with my mum. Since Shawn was unwell, we stayed at home. In the evening, my FIL came to fetch us to YC's grandma's hse.

That nite, Shawn temp went up very high. His whole body was very hot (compared to earlier where only his neck/body is hot, hands and legs were not). I took his temp and the reading was 40.2 degree. I didn't sleep well the whole nite as i kept sponging Shawn. Poor boy, must had been very uncomfortable. What made things worse was that Cherylin suddenly cried in the middle of the nite when she couldn't find me in her room. Went into her room to console her, tell her mummy gotta go to attend to didi as he's sick. She refused to let me go initially. When i asked again that she sleeps on her own, she nodded her head. I asked again and she nodded again. Hence, i kissed her goodbye and went back to my room. A while later, i heard Cherylin crying. She's asking for mummy (though she earlier agreed to let me go but deep in her heart she wished mummy had stayed). This time round, i decided to sleep with her and brought Shawn back to his cot.

YC and I had thought that Shawn's fever was due to teething (he had loose stool too, which is also a symptom of teething). When we saw that his temp was so high, we decided to bring him to the PD in the morning (his temp in the morning was 38.4 degree).

After asking some questions and examining Shawn, Dr Heng said it could be false measles. He confirmed that it's not due to teething as usually temp will not exceed 38 degree. We felt more at ease after bringing Shawn to see his PD (though i understand fever usually last for 3 days and it's the 3rd day when we went to the PD), even though Shawn would have recovered even without seeing the PD (which is true cos i only fed him one dose of paracetamol after that and he was ok since then).

Shawn developed slight cough. Hope he'll recover fast. Hate it when he had cough.
Hmm...maybe it's not false measles afterall as I don't see rashes on Shawn's face and body. *touch wood* - hope the rashes don't come late (cos PD said will be very ugly :)

Some updates to Shawn and Cherylin's height and weight after visit to PD on 27 Dec:
Cherylin - 100cm, 15.8kg
Shawn - 75cm, 9.32kg

I need my sleep

Cherylin will be starting nursery 1 come Jan. Her class starts from 8am to 11am. Because it's so early, we decided to let Cherylin stay with my mum and bring Shawn home on weekdays.

Peng san, me going to be a super duper black eye panda if Shawn still can't sleep thru the nite. imagine 7 days a week without a good nite sleep for at least once, how to tahan? hope i don't sleep during work else jiat lat. Shawn, Shawn, pity mummy k? can try sleeping thru the nite from now on?

what's the reason for him not sleeping thru? i think it's because he didn't get the amount of milk he required for a day before he sleeps. now at close to 11 mths, his milk intake is only 150ml max. most of the time, he can't finish his milk. my mum said he always don't want to drink his milk. wonder if it's because he prefers latching on or wat.

Pray hard that his waking up at nite will stop soon. else i really don't know how i can survive at work.

Retail therapy

Went shopping at Vivocity last Sat (20 Dec). Bought some clothings for myself, YC and Cherylin last weekend (Sorry shawn, will get something for your next time). Five pieces for about $141. Haven't been buying clothes for myself. Kept wearing the same old clothes over and over again. So decided to pamper myself a bit. With the sale going on, the clothes are quite worth buying. bought a red top and a black knit skirt. YC said the top is just nice for CNY. Good, i'll have new clothes to wear on CNY. I usually don't bother getting new clothes on CNY. So for some years, i'll just wear my old clothings.

Bought two tops for Cherylin - 1 in turqoise and 1 in purple. We had a hard time trying the clothes on her. She kept fidgeting and can't stand still.

As for YC, it's a black stripe shirt. he wanted to get maroon colour but his size is not available.

Christmas' Eve

It's Christmas eve today and I only need to work half day. Earlier was thinking if i should ask my mum to bring the kids out in the afternoon. Decided not too since i have so much barang barang to carry (my milk bag, christmas gifts and laptop). Oh, i brought my laptop home as i'll be on leave from fri till next tue. super long weekend for me :)

Am surfing net at Gloria Jean's now. (keke...not a bad idea to bring back my laptop).

Been very busy at work lately. Hardly have time to idle at work nowadays. So taking the chance to catch up with fren's blog and update mine :)

Fever due to teething?

Shawn had fever on sat (13 Dec) nite. Discovered at 12am plus when he cried for milk. Fed him medicine (got it when he last went 4 jab), and took temperature. 38.1 degree. Think his fever was due to teething. Shawn slept w YC n I dat nite. Easier for me to monitor him.

His fever was gone on Tue morning. :)

The Coffee Nations

Haha...promoting for my brother in law. He opened a cafe called The Coffee Nations in Aug 08. Officially opening was in Sep 08. Though newly opened, his cafe was featured in the newspaper at least 2 to 3 times so far. Not bad huh for a new start up cos it's free publicity for him. Too bad it's location is not that centralised (it's at Bali Lane, diagonally opp Gateway/Raffles Hospital), else i would bring my friends there for coffee when we have our usual gatherings. There's a coffee that's quite unique, it's laced with peach liquer and honey. Too bad i can't drink too much now cos I'm still breastfeeding. :)

Toothless no more? Soon...

Shawn is already 10.5mths old, and is still a toothless baby (when majority of his peers already have at least 2 teeth). This weekend, YC discovered two white buds on Shawn's lower gum. Hmm.. both me and my mum didn't spot it at all (some more, YC is the one who spent the least time with Shawn and yet he can see :P). True enough, when i look closely, i can really see the buds. Yippee! Shawn will have his teeth soon. And that means he'll be able to eat more types of food. Shawn always make noise when he see us eating and he was not given any. Since he has go no teeth, we are more wary of letting him try our food. So, i always tell him "you can't eat cos you go no teeth. next time when you've teeth, mummy will let you eat, ok?"

What should I do?

I was reading the blog of my fren whereby she commented that she’ll allow her kid to enjoy herself/be herself (i.e. let the kid do whatever that she likes) as long as the kid doesn’t overly disturb others. She doesn’t want her kid to grow up being shy or timid. After reading this, something struck me. Whether I had been too restrictive on Cherylin’s behaviour when she’s outside.

Nowadays, YC works late every day till 11pm. Hence, I will bring Cherylin home on my own. We will take a direct bus from my mum’s place. Cherylin likes to sing loudly when she’s on the bus. Afraid that she’ll disturb others, I always ask her not to sing so loud. She doesn’t like it when I said so. She’ll be unhappy and ask me why she can’t sing loudly on the bus. This is one of the reasons she quoted for not wanting to follow me home lately. So, I tried to turn a deaf ear when she sings. Somehow, when she gets really loud, I can’t help but to stop her again. Do you think I should let her be and ignore others who may be annoyed by her? I thought I shouldn’t. Just want to know opinions of others…

Dental Visit

I went for my yearly dental visit on Mon, 24 Nov. Heehee...it's been more than a year since i last visited a dentist. Blame it on my laziness, excuses. High price to pay for skipping 1 visit last year. Do you know how much it cost me just to have my teeth cleaned, polished and two fillings done (and 1 of the fillings is really very minor). A whopping $300! My most expensive dental visit to date. Haha..i think the clinic assistant was also paiseh when she told me the charges. Want to know the details? Here you go:

1) Consultation $20 (this is the minimum amt that the clinic charge. think the other items are too ex hence they decided to charge bare minimum? why did i say that. it's because the whole process took me 1 hour, so logically consultation charges should be high for such long duration)
2) Cleaning $80
3) Polishing $40
4) Fillings (for 2 teeth) $160

YC said it's very ex cos the clinic is located at Orchard. Perhaps bah cos I've been visiting the clinic for the past few years when they were at Raffles Place (cleaning and polishing only cost me $40 back then). This is the first time i go to them after they've shifted to Orchard.