Surprises From My 7 Months Old

The very first day I am completely well after being ill for 2 week long, there is a surprise waiting for me. The not very good news is that my baby kinda forget her mommy already, after her mommy "disappear" for 2 weeks. She used to always smile so widely and kicks her legs in excitement even at the glance of my silhouette from far away. But now, she is just looking at me with big question mark in her face, and followed by a frown. Ouch. Apparently it doesn't take very long time for a baby to estrange her own mother!

This doesn't make me sad though, as I am so happy to be able to kis her, cuddle her, and hug her in my arms again.

Another surprise awaits me. When I fed her solid, and she wasn't in a very good mood for food, she cried so loudly with her mouth wide open. Then I saw two white spots at her bottom gums. Wow!!! Her teeth has finally made their appearance! Luckily she sail through her teething process, no crankiness or fussiness, no fever or diarrhoea. Now I must start buying gauze cloth to clean her teeth. Back then, I was advised by my dentist not to brush baby teeth and better wait till at least 1 year or more, just to make sure the teeth will sit well in her vulnerable gums. Okay dentist. Mama will do whatever needs to be done!

Infant Fall

It has been almost 2 weeks my maid has to take care of my baby for me. And it was on one sunny day, I was at the kitchen doing some cooking and cleaning, while my maid just finished giving milk to my sleeping baby (yes, she's sleep drinking) and put her on my bed, instead of in baby cribs. My baby is still sleeping in my room, in her own crib. But when she's awake, usually we put my baby on my bed. My bed is a King Size bed, around 60cm high from the floor. And being 7 months old, my baby can do a little crawling, but most of the time she will fall down on her side and then she will roll on to her tummy again.

My apartment is quite small, that usually when my baby cries, we can still hear it from kitchen. So I almost never turn on the baby monitor.

Thinking my baby is still sleeping, my maid did some cleaning.

A while later, when both me and my maid were in the kitchen, we can hear a very loud cry from my room. My maid rushed to my bedroom, followed by me as I need to put down stuffs I was carrying. When I got into my room, my maid was carrying my frantically crying baby. I could see my maid trembling, and a bolster on the floor near where my maid was standing. I knew right away my precious baby must have fallen from bed to the floor.

I could feel my blood flowed so fast, my face flushed, my heart beated so quickly. My maid, in trembling voice, told me that my baby Raelene fell to the floor. I quickly took Raelene from her, and hold her in my arms. She was still crying so loudly, I've never heard her crying that way before. I quickly put her down on my bed, checked for any bruises or injury. I remembered people telling me that if a baby fall from high place, I must make sure that she didn't vomit. If the baby vomits, then I should call my pediatrician right away.

My maid then told me that Raelene fell on top of the bolster, she was hugging the bolster when my maid found her. I felt a bit relieved, but still continue on checking. My husband was at home by then, and he came over and did some tricks in his attempt to make my baby stop crying and hopefully laughing. His tricks worked, and my baby stopped crying. I hold her body, pressing on her body, little by little, to see if she cries if I touch on certain spots. Luckily, she didn't cry at all. She is completely uninjured.

I was sooo thankful for God's blessings on her. It was a miracle that she could fall exactly on top of the bolster! Thank God for His blessings on my baby. I will not let this thing happen nomore, and will always stay with my baby when she's awake and playing.

Taking Care of Baby When Sick due to H1N1 Virus

It has been 7 months into motherhood, and I am loving every minute of it. Looking at that toothless smile is so priceless, wipe away all my stress and sorrows. My daugher, Raelene, really loves to play and I should say, very sociable. She loves playing with people, even strangers.

Anyway, I have been sick for almost 2 weeks now. A very bad flu, possibly H1N1. Can't confirm since I didn't take any blood test to confirm it. Anyway, it was a very bad flu, nothing like those I've had before. I suffered from headache, very bad sore throat, cough, phlegm, chills, nausea, vomitting, joint aches, lethargic. I was so sick I slept for 2 whole days, only woke up for meals and medicine.

This flu is so contagious that my husband also catched it from me. I am not very concerned about me nor my husband getting sick, we both take Tamiflu for the H1N1 virus. We both healthy adults and not in high risks groups. But our biggest concern is about our baby. She's still so young and Tamiflu is only for 1 year old and above.

First 2 days when I was sick, my baby also suffered from cough, fever, and lots of vomitting phlegm. I was sick worried but I can't do anything as I have to stay away from my baby. Luckily I have maid at home, and she can help take care of my baby the whole time I was sick. I gave her chinese medicine, and after 2 days, her fever went away, left a bit of coughing and phlegm.

And the fact my husband was also sick, just elevated my level of worry. I prayed every day for her well-being. May God always protect and bless her with great health.