Fits aka seizure

Thinking is good to share with my blog reader n make a note to remind myself.
1. What are fits?
- A seizure happens when a piece of the brain turns on when it isnt supposed to. During an episode the child becomes unconscious and usually stiff, with jerking of the arms and legs. It is caused by an increase of electrical activity in the brain. The words ‘convulsion’, ‘fit’ and ‘seizure’ all mean the same thing. It is commonly found in child aged 6 months to 6 years.

Is it epilepsy?
Epilepsy refers to fits without fever, usually in older children or adults. Convulsions rarely lead to epilepsy – 99 out of 100 children with febrile convulsions never have convulsions after they reach school age.
[Yvonne] Doctor had not conclude her having epilepsy.


When a child has fit, you should
1. Don't panic
2. Put the baby down, turn her to side way. This is to prevent choked from her salica or if she vomited.
3a) if the fits lasted for a few seconds, bring her down to PD/GP after the fits ended.
3b) if the fits lasted longer, bring her down to PD/GP and call for ablumance.

If any steps I missed, or wrong please highlight to me.

Janelle admitted to hospital again

Yesterday janelle had quite a few time of fit n was admitted to hospital

9am - wake up from sleep. Lasted for few second n back to self
12pm - when bathing. Last sightly longer by another few second n back to self
1pm - mil called asked if I have scared janelle over the weekend. She blaming me of scaring her. Asked her what happened, she say she scared. N had fallen a sleep. I tot nothing serious, n continue to work. Can't concentrate. Was thinking abt janelle
5pm - janelle woke up from sleep by the kid downstair. This lasted for a mintue.
5.30pm - mil called me n say my girl is having jinfeng ask me to come immediately. Called Kogan n we rush home. On our way, bil called, asked us to head down to kk. My mind was thinking of prev adimission in kk so asked bil bring down to Tmc instead. When we reached Tmc, dr Ong asked us to come down to kk. And on our way down, the 4th time happened again
7.30pm sleeping in mummy arms. Kogan saw it n hit the horn n rush over the traffic light and stopped outside a clinic. I carried janelle n run to the clinic, they told me doc not in yet. Then run to the next clinic lucky doc was in, immediately doc injected medicine for her to calm her down. This lasted for a few min but to me is like an hour. We went down to kk immediately.
9pm, resting on daddy arms n it happened again. Lasted for a few sec.

In kk, she went for blood test and ct scan, result was alright. Now waiting to collect her urine for urine test and in hospital monitoring.

Please help to pray for janelle. Good Heath.

milestone check

Yesterday, took janelle to Dr Lee for 7mth jab, and also assessment:

 

YES. Turn - From Tummy to Back

YES. Turn - From Back to Tummy (Seldom)

YES. Sit without support (for about 10 sec)

No.. Reach out for things.. (she cant be bother, she just enjoy her thumb)

No.. Trying to move forward when on the tummy (when i turn her over, the next few second she is on her back again.)

This morning saw my IN neighbor and had a chat with her. She was telling me that the baby she is taking care nw (5mths old) know how to flip, reach out for things, moving forward when on tummy. She also told me that the baby is very easy to take care, leave her there, and she will self entertain. Actually am so envy... Every baby brought up is different, janelle is brought up by her granny, who give all her time to her.. hence, janelle get used to going out, ppl giving in to her, etc.. I choose to let her take care, so i cant complaint. Things will get better.

cracking my brian

Now Janelle is on porridge, i am cracking my brian to introduce janelle to different type of veg and fruits in order to get a well balance diet.

What i see from my MIL on last friday, she will boil the porridge with tomato and dry scallop.. and when about time to feed janelle, she add in fish/pork.

So over the weekend, i changed the menu.. no tomato and dry scallop. 

I give something green instead. Noticed that my mil didnt give janelle any green.

I have intro her with Garden Peas, tofu, Spanish.

Working from home..

I have a early morning call, so decided to stay home and work. Haiz, quarreled with my mil again. Told her not to introduced janelle to 2 porridge a day and she don't listen. And she started to give janelle 2 porridge a days since days ago. And my maid afraid she will get scolded, so never tell me too. Old people just don't like to use their brian?? Never come to their mind that baby stomach is so tiny, by replace 2 cereal to 2 porridge a day is too much for the baby?? angry till i want to explore.

finally internet is back

Yes, finally.. after all the trouble.

Starting on porridge

My mother in law started Janelle on con-gee 2 days ago. She started white rice with fish 'Ngoh Hee' She loves it.

Today i will prepare for janelle, but using japanese rice with fish. I read from brenda's blog, she mentioned that japanese contain more nutritious compared to thai's white rice. I'm not a good cook, hopefully the porridge will be nice for janelle. :) i'm going to follow the below steps (modify abit to suit her age)

Copied from Brenda's blog for reference:

Main Ingredients (yields about 1-1.5 Chinese Rice Bowl of Cooked Porridge)
1 Chinese Spoon Japanese White Rice
1 Chinese Spoon Brown Rice
300ml Clean Tap Water (for slow cooker usage, use hot boiling water)
300-400ml Chicken/Beef/Pork/Veggie Stock
1 big slice Ginger
Lots of love! Heehee

Types of Meat/Fish Used
Pork: Pork Fillet. It comes in a strip, very red in color. Only 1 piece in each pig. Chinese is known as Zhu1 Jing3 Rou4
Beef: Either Tenderloin or Striploin
Fish: Silver Fish, Cod or Threadfin, at wet market is known as 'Ngoh Hee'
Ham: for babies above 24 months

Types of Veggies or Fruits Suitable
Carrot
Parsnip
Pumpkin
Yam
Radish
Turnip
Winter Melon
Sweet Corn
Baby Corn
Garden Peas
Sugar Bean
French Bean
Chickpeas
Lentils
Potato
Sweet Potato
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Spinach (Chinese, English or Baby)
Chinese Cabbage (Sio Pek Choi)
Kai Lan
Celery (for 18 months and above)
Water Chestnut
Apple
Pear

Other Stuff
Tofu
Hard Tofu (Tow Kuah)

Utensils
1 small heavy bottom pot or slow cooker
1 ladle

Garnish
Spring Onions/Chinese Celery
Ground Pepper White/Black

Cook
1a. If using a POT, add the ginger and both rices into the pot with the water to boil in high heat. This will take about 15 minutes.
1b. If using a SLOW COOKER, add the ginger and both rices into the vessel with hot boiling water and bring to boil in high heat. This will take about 20-30minutes.
2. Turn heat to low, add in the pork and half the stock. Allow to slow cook for at least 45minutes. During which, stir as often as you can. If the porridge is getting dry, add stock bit by bit.
3. Add in the sugar beans and cook for another 30 minutes or until tender. Add in stock and stir as it cooks.
4. Cut/Blend the porridge to desired bite size. Shred the pork with a fork to hairline size. Serve warm with or without garnish.

Sweet things to share about joelle

Yes, mei mei joelle never fail to surprise me.

I was at my mama place on wed evening after my mom ultrasound session. Still early so I hang around by mama place before return home.

Meimei always like to ask me what is this?
So today also without fail, she saw merlion on the news. So she asked GuGu what is this?

Me: this is merlion
J: what happened to merlion
Me: o, on a raining day, lighting hit the merlion head. And the merlion head pain pain, now merlion doctor is checking her
J: merlion head pain pain
Then she paused, watching the news, 5 min later she turned to me
J: GuGu, merlion head pain pain
Me: yes
J: can bring mei mei to see merlion?
Me: sure but not today
J: ok. Promise? Bring mei mei to see merlion
Me: yes
Then she bring her little finger up and want me to gogo her little finger to promise her. I was so surprise, a 3 years old girl use this to let adult to keep their promise. Ha ha. Guess need to bring her there this weekend

Don't have a clear mind to think

This week my home Internet is down ended up my work was piled up not able to clear them even I skipped lunch break or work till 8 evey night. This make me sleepless night for the whole of this week. When I was about to fall a sleep, janelle wakes up, when janelle back to sleep, I can't get back to my sleep anymore. This had happened almost everyday. I am very tired.

And things just don't seem to right.
1. Internet down
2. Made a big fuss to get singnet in to solve it but their earlier slot for me is one week later
3. Kogan packed the singnet modem in the box n place it beside the dustbin n my maid went to throw it away
4. My mother is diagnosed with diabetes, doc suspect she had hep c so arranged her for ultrasound. Took a few hours from work on Wednesday to bring her for scan. God blessed, result is negative but doc says her liver contain some oil.
5. Janelle teething, so she is kind of cranky. Crying n screaming till she lost her voice again
6. My mil push the blame of janelle cranckness to me. She keep saying in the daytime she take care, janelle was alright. Is me work overtime, too late fetch her home. Is me scared her when cleaning her nose. Is me
7. Keys to my mother house store room is missing. My maid was the one last touched. Bb matteress n sarong are inside. Need to spent a $50 to get locksmith to open the door
8. At work, haiz just don't have time for my project, now over due
9. Kanna escalate by kr user because issues not able to resolved on time which they only give me 2 hrs
10. Though coldwar with mil had ended, she throw in her flag after a week. I have to listen to all her complaints again.

Kogan not in town again. I have to take care of. Everything myself. This time worst not able to rant to him, no skype. He will call home, but most of the time I will try to cut short our conversion cos phone bill very exp.

Home Internet down

Too many things happened this week, but have no time and no internet to blog. Will do so when my home internet return.

Is this a Blessing or a problem? Problem as in not able to work in the night at home, hence work piling up and need to work longer hours in office. Blessing will be I have more time spent with Janelle once i reached home.

janelle teething

reached home, and saw two white white things in her mouth. Ops, janelle is teething.

Janelle flipped

after one week having the world of ourselves in the night in the room, i helped janelle with more tummy time without mil rescue, she finally know how to flip. :)

First try on pumpkin

Yesterday went cold storage in the evening and got pumpkin for janelle. Got my maid to steam it for her today and she loves it. :)

I have prepare green peas and bananas for this week in take and from next weeks onwards planning to mix food. and slowly introduce con-gee for her. 

Nitrate

What are Nitrates and What is Blue Baby Syndrome?

 

When we first hear of nitrates and carrots, “Blue Baby Syndrome” and homemade baby food, it is often with a bit of fear and trepidation that we proceed to make baby’s food. We wish to do the best for our babies and we certainly do not want to poison them! Let’s take a moment to look at the facts about nitrates, infants and making baby food.

 

Nitrates are naturally occurring nitrogen/oxygen salt compounds found in almost every vegetable that we eat and the soils they are grown in. Nitrates are also laboratory formulated and used in fertilizers. Nitrates are ingested either from vegetables or drinking water. Nitrates/nitrites have been found to be responsible for "Blue Baby Syndrome." Adults are not affected by nitrates or nitrites because their stomachs produce acids that fight the bacteria that help convert nitrates into nitrites. This conversion, and the resulting nitrite, is what allows for nitrate poisoning or “Blue Baby Syndrome.”

 

The name “Blue Baby Syndrome” stems from the fact that nitrites hinder proper oxygen transportation in the red blood cells. “Once in the blood, nitrite oxidizes iron in the hemoglobin of red blood cells to form methemoglobin, which lacks hemoglobin's oxygen-carrying ability.”1 Without proper oxygen saturation in the blood, the body’s cells become oxygen deprived and the skin takes on a blue or purple hue. This oxygen deprivation may lead to the slow asphyxiation of the person poisoned.

 

What are the Symptoms of Blue Baby Syndrome?

"The most obvious symptom of nitrate poisoning is a bluish color of the skin, particularly around the eyes and mouth. This is called cyanosis. A baby with these symptoms should be taken to an emergency medical facility immediately. The doctor will take a blood sample to be sure the baby is suffering from nitrate poisoning. The blood sample of an affected baby is a chocolate brown instead of a healthy red. Nitrate poisoning can be treated, and in most cases the baby makes a full recovery. http://ohioline.osu.edu/b744/b744_2.html

What are the odds that my baby will get Blue Baby Syndrome?

 

It is important to note that the odds of your baby getting "Blue Baby Syndrome"  nitrate poisoning from Carrots or other veggies is about 0%.   By the time you introduce solid foods to your baby, his tummy should be developed enough to handle "normal" nitrate exposure.

 

"Around the age of three months, an increase in the amount of hydrochloric acid in a baby's stomach kills most of the bacteria that convert nitrate to nitrite. By the time a baby is six months old, its digestive system is fully developed, and none of the nitrate-converting bacteria remain. In older children and adults, nitrate is absorbed and excreted, and Methemoglobinemia is no longer a concern." http://ohioline.osu.edu/b744/b744_2.html

 

Yes, while nitrates are an important issue, they are highly unlikely to poison your baby from the carrots that you make!  Many pediatricians will tell you to not make homemade carrots while many other pediatricians will shrug off Nitrates and tell you there is no issue and no risk. 

 

Nitrate poisoning is very very rare and when it does occur, it is typically traced back to ground water contamination – specifically from contaminated private wells.2

Intro new food

Yesterday morning, i went to supermarket and saw avocado, and i got it for janelle but who knows, the avocado is not ripe, so didnt intro avocado to her. hmm, how to choose avocado??

Wanted to intro Janelle some green veg, so thinking of broccoli. But when i surfing for steps to make broccoli puree, i came across this:

Broccoli is not a good choice for one of Baby's first vegetables as it may cause gas and may be a bit hard for a young infant to digest. Broccoli is best given to an infant between 8-10 months old.

Six to Eight (6-8) Months old

Continue mixing together the foods that you have already introduced without allergies or reactions 

Try a Banana-Cado mix of Bananas and Avocado for example

 

CEREALS

 

Continue with Rice

Barley

Oat

 

 

FRUITS

 

Apricots

Avocados

Nectarines

Peaches

Plums

Prunes

Pumpkin

Mangos

 

 

VEGGIES

 

Carrots ** contains nitrates.. refer to the next post.

Peas

Yellow Squash

Zucchini  

Parsnips (8 months)

 

 

PROTEIN

 

Chicken

Turkey

Tofu

*8 Months for Meats/Protein

DAIRY

 

Plain -Whole MilkYogurt (NOT whole milk for a drink!) 

* 8 months or when your pediatrician says it's ok

What a busy week..

last week is a super busy week for me... i have took on adding new projects.. not an easy task.. so busy busy busy... 

last weekend, we met up with my sis in law's family... and from one mother of four, she taught me if baby is not sleep well, maybe cos in the day time she heard and remembered what the adults says.. maybe mummy's or daddy's bad words, so in the night baby will tends to be a bit cranky.. she says if so, can try pulling her ear and tell her dont remember those words.. it does not meant for her... hmm.. so i tried on monday.. guess what? my mil blowed up..

she thought i ask Janelle not to listen to what she says.. pianz... and we had a argument, in the result since monday we have never talk. morning, before we go out, my maid or kogan will bring baby to her before we left the house, then in the night, once i reached home i bring janelle back into the room. haaa, now when i give janelle tummy time, she will not come in and "rescue" her. good good i like it.. :P so peaceful..

Weaning

Yesterday, My maid told me the brown rice cereal my mil bought has worms in it. omg, i discarded it immediately. And went to buy Frisocream rice cereal for Janelle. Although is instant but it is better than with worms.

When i was at the supermarket, i cannot decide which brand to get as i didnt do any research before hand. I smsed amanda for help. :) thanks for amanda recommendation, i go with Frisocream. 

Till now, i have intro Janelle the following

1. Rice cereal (Nestal, Frisocream)
   
2. Brown Rice cereal (Nestal, required to cook)
   
3. Apple
   
4. Banana
   
5. Bread with milk
   
6. Steamed Sweet Potato

Next will be starting on some vegetable: baby carrot and broccoli