Tag:baby, breast feeding, first doctor visit, humour, jokes, underweight

I received this joke in my email and I would like to share with all. Once in a while it is good to entertain ourselves with good jokes and have a good laugh. Laughter is still the best medicine.

Take a break from taking care of your little ones. Enjoy it. 

A woman and a baby were in the doctor’s examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby’s first exam. The doctor arrived, and  examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed?

“Breast-fed,” she replied.

“Well, strip down to your waist,” the doctor ordered. She did. He pinched  her nipples, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both breasts for a while in a  very professional and detailed examination.

Motioning to her to get dressed the doctor said, “No wonder this baby is underweight. You don’t have any milk.”

“I know,” she said, “I’m his Grandma, but I’m glad I came ” .

Tag:baby boy, baby girl, gender selection

Boy or girl? That’s what in every parent’s mind when it comes to having a baby.

Our first baby is a girl. We do not really care whether it is a boy or a girl. We just prayed that the baby is healthy. God has blessed us with a beautiful baby girl. After our first baby, my wife had two miscarriages. When my wife conceived again for the fourth time, we prayed that the baby will be healthy and normal. The gender of the baby did not matter anymore after the two miscarriages. This time round, God blessed us with a healthy baby boy who is now almost 15 months old. This blessing is more than what we can ask for. Now we have a boy and a girl. We don’t plan to have another one anymore.

My circle of friends have different experiences altogether. My cousin has 2 boys and has given up. My 5 other friends have all girls in the family. All of them have decided to put a stop to their production chain. There was no proven method available then for gender selection. Nowadays there are methods that can help in baby gender selection. I guess my friends would be delighted but it is a little bit too late. 

But as it is now, they are happy with the girls or boys that they have. I believe that gender is not that important. As long as the baby is born healthy, it is much more than one can ask for. To have a boy and a girl is an extra blessing. For those of you who are trying to have a mixture of boys and girls, wish you all the best. But if it turns out otherwise, do not be despair. There are still help available in gender selection.

Tag:diapers, diapers dependence, potty train toddlers, potty training

My little prince is now going to be 15 months old and I think it is time for him to be potty trained.

At times he can tell when he wants to pass urine by pointing to his bottom. But at times he will just wet himself. When it comes to doing his big business, we can tell by the expression of his face when he sits still and starts to push. There are occasions when we didn’t notice his expression and he soiled his diapers.

Potty training is not easy and it takes a lot of effort. We have to take note of the time he pass his urine and encourage him to do it again after a few hours not knowing whether he has anything to let go. It can be quite disappointing at times when after taking all the trouble to take off his pants and taking him to his potty, he has nothing to let go. Worst still is when after all the encouragement and his business not done, we decided that it is not the right time yet and put on his pants and immediately he let go and wet his pants.

Well that’s the challenge of potty training each and every parents have to go through I guess. Sometimes we felt so exhausted that we just let him soil his diapers. It is much easier to change his diapers than to potty train him. We know we are not doing any good but making the diapers companies richer. I guess they know it too well and that means a lot more profit for them. Have you ever seen a diaper company advising or encourage you to potty train your child? I guess it is hard to come by. Now that they make the diaper so comfortable and dry, most parents are even lazier to potty train their children. The trend in the western world shows that children are potty trained at the age of 3 or 4 nowadays compared to 2 years old revealed by studies released by Harvard University in 1956.

It looks like more and more toddlers are “diaper dependence” nowadays. This is largely due to more comfortable diapers compared to the old days where cloth diapers were used. The diapers nowadays give you the dry feeling and you don’t feel the wetness and there is no incentive to change them. “Diaper dependence” is not good for the child as it may lead to psychological issues later on and to the parents, it is going to cost more in diaper expenses. To the environment, it is going to be another source of pollution as it contributes to the waste landfill.

So potty train your child today. I am going to do just that.

Tag:baby underweight, more calories, not gaining weight

Our little prince is now 14 months old. Went to his doctor 2 weeks ago and was told that he is underweight.

At 14 months old, he only weighs 7.85kg, up 0.85kg since February 2008. 0.85kg over a period of two months is nothing to shout about. He should be weighing at least 9 to 10kg by now. The doctor is very concern about his weight gain. He is on solid food with cereal for breakfast and porridge for lunch and dinner. We cook the porridge with either meat, potato, carrot or spinach. And he is eating well with a big bowl of porridge per serving. The only thing he does not like is drinking milk. He prefers breast milk as he was fully breastfed since birth, but at this stage there is not enough breast milk to keep him satisfied.

The doctor advised us to fry the meat and other ingredients with good cooking oil first before putting them into pot to cook his porridge. This will add more calories and hopefully he will gain weight. If after a month of trying out this method, and he still does not gain weight, he would have to go for medical check up to determine the cause of not gaining weight.

Beside not gaining weight, he is fine and very active. He is a fine little boy and we have a tough time keeping up with his activities. How we wish he grows up faster so that we can have more time for ourselves. But on the other hand, we treasure your baby look and baby talk. You are our joy.