About BB Oraljel

Nat has developed an ulcer on her lower lip. Cause might be due to hot food or accidental biting during mealtimes. It has been about 4 days since we discovered the ulcer. Am really tempted to place some salt to kill off the bacteria but this would instill quite a bit of pain.. not sure if she could take it. Anyway been googling on other methods and it seems that commercial products do have their side effects. Below is an extract, am keeping it as a reminder..
Active Ingredient

•The active ingredient in Baby Orajel, in any form, is benzocaine. Benzocaine is a commonly used pain reliever, because it numbs nerve endings. Parents need to check what the active ingredient is in any medication they give their children because it is that ingredient that will most likely cause a reaction.

Serious Side Effect of Benzocaine

•Benzocaine has been linked to a condition called methemoglobinemia. This is when there is too much hemoglobin in a person's red blood cells. According to the FDA, this complication tends to only occur when the medication is used incorrectly, either from too large of a dose or if used for a longer period of time than recommended. If the patient gets a gray/blue skin color during use of this medication, it is possible that she has too much hemoglobin in her blood.

Swallowing Medication

•If while using Baby Orajel your baby gets hives, has difficulty breathing or swelling of the face, lips, tongue or throat, call 911, or your local emergency services, immediately. These side effects can be caused if your child is given too much Baby Orajel and swallows some, which could numb his throat.

Other Common Side Effects

•Some side effects from Baby Orajel are not life threatening, such as a mild burning or itching to the area the gel is applied. Some children might get red in the area the gel is applied or white flakes will appear where the gel was applied. These side effects are not overly dangerous, but parents should stop treatment and discuss future use with their doctor before using Baby Orajel again.

The new year

There are good news and not so good news to share..

Good news is i'm pregnant! About 8 weeks now... So edd probably in July/ august. Hopefully my new boss would allow me to take my maternity leave all at one shot. Anyway am gaining weight real fast on this one. But baby seems to hate the smell of steam fish, and beef cooked with butter. Still having morning sickness, but realized a good method around this is to eat before you feel like throwing up, which explains the weight gain. Am feeling super thirsty all the time and had to pee like a zillion times. One doctor to be friend said it's pretty normal as my uterus is expanding. So my body needs loads of water at this stage. But I would need to monitor my diet and not overeat in order not to get gestational diabetes.

The not so good news is.... Maid wants to return home to get married and I've got to retrain the new maid. Had some earlier issues with getting her across before Christmas as agent kept telling me that there are no flights out from serembang. So we had to wait till end next week before she arrives in Singapore and hopefully passes the singapore's foreign domestic helper's assessment. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one as she had failed the test once. Perhaps with the delayed entry, this would give her more time to practice and remember her training. Can't really do without a helper at this Stage. So we really hope she could start work with us soon.

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Ipad updates

I've given nat the iPad in the afternoon and she didn't quite demand for it at night so this kind of worked for me. I've also realized that playing the iPad in the afternoon doesn't seem as fun since she hoas other toys to tend to... So this really seems to be working. Her posture when playing with the iPad has improved from the slight slouch to proper seating at the play bench. I'll test this strategy out again today. Hopefully it's sustainable.

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ipad and nat

The fantastic thing about iPad is the wonderful applications that users are allowed to download. There are so many educational apps to select, and many comes free if you wait long enough or if its the lite version but of course one could always pay or upgrade to a full version if you want instant satisfaction. Nat has a couple of favorite ones and like a savvy iPad user she is able to zap through the applications quickly, flipping the pages with ease after 1 or 2 tries.

However on the flip side it's highly addictive! Last night, I've decided to go cold turkey on her and she cried and cried for half an hour. I couldn't appease her with any other toys. She just wants her iPad! She started with whimpers, trying hard to muffle her cries by using her hand to cover her mouth... I tell you this makes her look so super poor thing that my heart aches as she kept saying 'ipad' between her tears. After 10 mins of whimpering she realized she is not getting her way she decided on performing the full outburst! She cried like she lost her favorite friend! I endured another 20 minutes of this before her daddy came running into the room to find out what's wrong. And you know what.... He gave in immediately to her request! This is what happened:

Nat: pa pa pa pa....
Dad: nat what happened why are you crying?
Nat: no iPad sobs sobs...ma ....sobs....
Dad: so poor thing ...come papa give you some huggies
Dad to mum: why don't you give it to her? We bought the iPad and should maximize it's value right! I don't understand why you must put her through this?
Mum: she is over relying on the iPad and doesn't listen when I say stop. We should just stick to the conventional story books, else she doesn't even wants to read any other books except ebooks.
Dad: you are ridiculous make her suffer like this. I don't understand you. Just give it to her.
Mum: you give it yourself, I told her have ipad no mummy.
Dad: I need to send your mum home...she has been a good girl don't make her cry like this
Mum: you over pampers her!

So I ended up putting her to bed with the iPad that was handed to her by her father.

Hate it when one parent doesn't support the other.

He should not have given in to her tears! And I ended up going against my instructions. All her crying for nothing!

And Chris did not send mum home that night as she wanted to go shopping on her own.

Today I'll let her play with the iPad in the afternoon, a reward for good behavior. So daddy won't have the excuse to say " you never let her play in the day and you never let her play at night. So why buy the iPad? " .... My answer to this has always been.... It's for my blog :) , our entertainment and reward for her goodbehaviour.

Anyway Let's see how long we could endure her cries before the 'filial' father gives in to his princess tonight.



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