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原文章由 Isaac.cheng 於 08-6-3 07:50 發表
Hi Rose-mag, thank you for the information. I will check it out.
Yes, we don't have the sense of belongings. I studied in the States for more than 7 years. I went back to Hong KOng after I gradua ...

Yes, I believe that once we settle down and get used to the place, we may feel better. How's your house hunt? My boss lives in Fremont for so many years and all his kids went to the public schools there. Now, his oldest one is studying in UC Irvine and his second just graduated from high schools while the youngest twins are still in high school. He said that if he did not send them to public school, he might not be able to earn enough money to support the family because his wife needs to stay home to take care of the 4 sons. Once you settle down and have some free time, let me know, see if our kids can have a playdate or maybe we can go for lunch in the weekend.

Amanda is teething now and it really kills us. She becomes so fussy in the day, cannot nap long, struggle so much. In the last 4 days, she has mild fever in the daytime. She fighted for being carried all the times which made my mom so tired. Her eczema bloomed out on her face, her arms and her legs. Her poo became so hard which is not something we know about teething baby. Finally, I took her to see a doctor yesterday, afraid that she caught herpes from my son who just recovered. Doctor said that all these were different stories - the rashes were definitely eczema, fever from teething, constipation because of eating banana. It at least released us from the worry of herpes which would be really bad for her if she catches it. However, it means that the nightmare of teething has started. She still has no tooth even though she's going to be 10 months old soon.

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原文章由 pauline83y 於 08-6-6 01:43 發表
Rose-mag,
Try Aquapher healing ointment for Spencer's eczema. That should be more helpful than providing vaseline. this ointment can be provided to whole body and decrease skin's rash and dryness.

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Thanks pauline83y, I used to apply Aquaher on him but he does not like the stickiness. Anyway, I put it on him after he falls sleep so that he has no chance to complain. hehe

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rose-mag,
end up, we did not use any medication and did not follow up with the dematologist, as they can't help at all, bleeding all over Gabriel's face and body.
As Ying EE came back at April, she used the 3 pieces 庶糖,and a handful grap of 金銀花 boiled with big pot (about 3 gallons of water, then we filter the boiled medication water, and pour it into our bath rub and fill the water up to Gabriel's chest, then let Gabriel soak in there for 15-20 mins. After 2 treatment, Gabriel's ezcema disappeared. Even Gabriel's peds (a jewish russian doctor) said that it is wonderful. Although, Gabriel's skin is still dry on and off, but no more scar over his skin, his skin is smooth, so even he is itchy, he stretch, no skin break down.
I do not use any more steroid or let him take any oral medication.
If I know that.. this natural method can keep Gabriel free from bleeding, sleepless at night.. plus save all the trips to that dematologist, and save those few hundreds of dollar ($150 each visit plus all those medications which not covered from my insurance, plus they use the cutter to stretch Gabriel's face for biopsy every time, all those night mare visits). I sure will skip them.
Now, sweet lil Gabriel with smooth skin, we apply the Eucerin Plus intensive repair lotion (some times), other than that, we just use Huggies Extra sensitive. plus keep twice a week, with Ying EE's natural method-- medicine bath.
not so sure if it helps spencer, but it worths to try.

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-6 01:42 PM 發表

Thanks pauline83y, I used to apply Aquaher on him but he does not like the stickiness. Anyway, I put it on him after he falls sleep so that he has no chance to complain. hehe

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發表於 08-6-7 14:30 |只看該作者

Nillie,
My mom and I have tried something similar but maybe not as concentrated as that. We used only little bit of 金銀花焗水同佢抺面，另外我媽煲西瓜皮荊芥片糖水俾佢沖涼，不過係之後溝落一大盤水度，可能太稀成效唔太顯著，我會試下你個方法，如果得我會俾豬扒妹試埋，因為呢兩日妹妹Ｄ濕疹都勁咗，仲見佢不停抓，一定係好痕。我都好唔想俾類固醇ＢＢ用，始终都對佢地唔好，但又好怕會變嚴重，到時仲死，我朋友個女已經１１歲都唔好，一發就連夜晚都痕醒起身抓，Ｄ皮仲要成日紅腫脫皮又”鞋”。

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發表於 08-6-7 19:15 |只看該作者

rose-mag,
not just say that 11 years old with the ezcema problem.
like my younger sister, she is 32 years old, also suffers from mild ezcema, poor her, when you see her in the summer, wearing long sleeves.. because she doesn't want to show ppl with her old scars over her limbs, the worst parts are her 10 fingers. and hands..
my mom did not know how to take care of her.. really too bad.
when Gabriel soak into that medicine bath, we put Amanda in there as well, as Amanda's skin is not smooth as well.. Her peds told me that she will be an ezcema baby when she was born, so I use a lot of ointment, cream, lotion, if you knew us when Amanda was a baby, every one scream after I gave Amanda a bath, her lil body covered by the gerber cream (a white layer), every 3 weeks, I needed to buy a new bottle.. because of that, end up, Amanda never had a skin tear or skin break down, peds said.. a stay home mom really can help the child growth without problem shows up..
so somehow, I blame myself that I returned to work, and Gabriel has a lot of health problem. if our finance is ok, I believe that Gabriel will be healthier. I feel so sorry for him. however, both of us must work to keep our finanical running well.

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-7 01:30 AM 發表
Nillie,
My mom and I have tried something similar but maybe not as concentrated as that. We used only little bit of 金銀花焗水同佢抺面，另外我媽煲西瓜皮荊芥片糖水俾佢沖涼，不過係之後溝落一大盤水度，可能太 ...

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發表於 08-6-7 23:35 |只看該作者

Hi Rose-mag, I didn't know that baby will get constipation after eating banana. Isaac's poo poo was so hard that he had hard time poo last week. I thought it was just due to the fact that we changed his formula last week. I gave him Similac in the beginning and changed it to Efamil now. Lucky that our shipment had arrived yesterday and now he can drink his own formula shipped from Hong Kong.

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-7 02:41 發表

Yes, I believe that once we settle down and get used to the place, we may feel better. How's your house hunt? My boss lives in Fremont for so many years and all his kids went to the public schools ...

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Dear Pauline, thanks....I'll let u know if I need the shot. Thank you so much.

原文章由 pauline83y 於 08-5-27 00:19 發表
Isaac.cheng,
If you want the third HPV shot at new york, maybe I can help you because I am working at the medical office. As I explained to you before, HPV is noncovered by most of insurance or only ...

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發表於 08-6-18 23:56 |只看該作者

Hi, Any moms know how to give regular milk to the baby over 1 year old?

When the baby reachs 1 year, how to help him get rid of formula? For example, after Ivan passes the first birthday, stop formula today, begin regular milk tomorrow. Can I do that way? or is it wrong? or what I should do is to introduce regular milk to him step by step, using formula to mix regular milk together, first mix a little regular milk, and then add more and more regular milk. At last, let him drink whole milk, no more formula. Which way is right?

Second question, after the baby 1 year old, should he still drink sth by bottle? or need to stop it, only by cup? I let Ivan try the sip cup before. He can drink water from the cup, but most of time he plays with it, so the water is everywhere.

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發表於 08-6-19 01:43 |只看該作者

pauline83y,

I don't know if my way is right for you or not. Since we were almost run out of stock of formula, my husband bought a galleon of whole milk and gave it to Spencer. He liked it and drank the whole bottle. Then, we just gave him the last 2 times of formula the next day and he completely switched to whole milk. You can introduce whole milk to your boy before your last can of formula finished. If your boy likes the whole milk, there's no problem to switch. If not, you still have the back up and try later.

I did not wean Spencer from drinking milk from bottle until he started to go to preschool. He drank water and juice from sippy cups with no problem but not milk. To keep him drinking milk, I delay letting him drink milk from cup. A lot of babies I know drank much less milk once the parents took away their bottles. My sister even did not force her son to stop drinking milk from the bottle until he turned 2. You can look for some sippy cups or training cups which look like a bottle with a spout which can make the baby feel like sucking from a bottle. My sister in law gave me some used Nuby cups which include bottle-like ones, ones with handles. Finally, Spencer is okay with the one with no handles, long thin with a spout. He's willing to drink milk from it but still needs me to keep persuading and reminding him to take a sip. For drinking water, soup and juice, he does not need me to ask but drink it off very quickly either from a bowl or a cup. I think that all babies are stubborn and anexious to try new thing. Just need to give them so much time and patience.

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發表於 08-6-19 05:37 |只看該作者

pauline83,
same as rose-mag, for Amanda, we wait until we finished all the formula, and then we gave Amanda the whole milk, the day she started with her whole milk, she falls in love with it. she still has a bottle now before bed time (she is 4 years 10 months old), never have a tooth decay, and dentist said that ever seen a girl with good teeth like her, clean and no decay.
I guess, bottle is not the point to cause tooth decay, the main reason is.. parents did not instruct or help their child to build up the good oral hygiene. we clean amanda mouth very often and also after everything she eats, we offer water.
She did ask me sometimes that ppl told her not to take a bottle before bed, and she said that she is not happy about it. then I said, as long as she brush her teeth before bed, then take her bottle. She will wean one day when she is ready.
Gabriel is another story, he is a 100% BF boy, so when he is about 14 months, we added whole milk into his bottle to replace part of the BF. after 2 months, he can take a whole bottle with whole milk. and now, he is 18 months, he only takes 2 times BF in a day, and other times he takes whole milk in bottle. I will not offer him the sippy cup for milk.. as his ratio is only 50% on weight, once he uses the cup to drink the milk, he will not able to finish 7-8 oz in a role. If he is overweight, I don't mind, but he is not, so bottle will be better for him.

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-18 12:43 PM 發表
pauline83y,

I don't know if my way is right for you or not. Since we were almost run out of stock of formula, my husband bought a galleon of whole milk and gave it to Spencer. He liked it and dran ...

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發表於 08-6-19 23:03 |只看該作者

Rosemag and Nillie,
I see.

That means it is not a standard line to do that. The guideline is to keep the baby drinking milk. If formula need to be weaned off, then introduce regular milk. Always let the kids have milk every day.

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發表於 08-6-20 00:11 |只看該作者

Pauline,

I read some articles saying that child needs to drink milk everyday until at least she turns 6. She needs calcium to build up her bones. So, the bottom line is that she drinks milk everyday. My son's pedi kept telling us to wean him from the bottle since he's 1 and my hubby's best friend's wife stopped her son to drink out from a bottle also when he turned 1. Then, my hubby kept trying to take away Spencer's bottle but failed. Early this year, when we discovered that Spencer liked to bite the nipples of the bottles and made holes on it. So then, he could play with water or milk by holding the bottles upside down and the liquid dripped off on the floor. My hubby got so mad and then hide all the bottles away. He then forced Spencer to use the cup or he had none. Struggled for 1-2 months, Spencer only took less than 10 oz of milk everyday.

In the meantime, we tried different cups for him. Instead of forcing him to drink, I tried to play with him, drink milk in front of him, let him drink out from my glass, give him milk and tell him that he need to finish before I would give him his favorite raisin bread and so and so and so.... Now, he can drink 8oz of milk at night on his own and another 7-8oz of milk in the morning with my help. His daycare usually offers milk during lunch but milk price went up so much these days, I wonder that sometimes they just offer him juice.

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發表於 08-6-20 06:07 |只看該作者

rose-mag,
I am glad that our peds did not force us to wean Amanda off the bottle.. he said that she is a different girl.. thinks different, so a bottle may keep her away from night mare, she needs comfort .. that something she relies on.
We know, she will stop it one day.. any time, she will take about 13-20 oz milk from after dinner till bed time..
I also doubt if day care offers milk to Amanda these day, as she drinks more at home.. She did not tell me that she drinks milk... that is true.. she said that she drinks tea, and juice, water and soup only..

poor Spencer... but good that he learns how to drink from a cup.
Amanda.. she said that she only drink milk from a cup at school..

I believe that I will keep offer milk to Amanda until the day she gets married.. Milk is very important for healthy development. Very good protein, very good Vit A+D, and very good calcium intake.

pauline83,
keep going with breast feeding.. I still BF Gabriel.. although only 2 times a day.

Rose-mag.
I gain 2 lbs in 3 weeks.. may be because I did not skin to skin too often, but I did not cut down my calories.
I need to watch my diet again.
Also, my annual report came back today, my PMD said that my LDL the bad cholesterol gets up to 164.. she said that in this 3 months, if my diet doesn't help.. she is going to put me on medication like lipior..

also, Gabriel will be force to wean off from BF at that point..

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-19 11:11 AM 發表
Pauline,

I read some articles saying that child needs to drink milk everyday until at least she turns 6. She needs calcium to build up her bones. So, the bottom line is that she drinks milk everyd ...

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發表於 08-6-21 03:15 |只看該作者

Nillie,
13-20oz after dinner till bedtime is a lot! Amanda really likes milk! That's good. Spencer is willing to drink more milk before bedtime rather than morning and he may ask for milk after afternoon nap during weekend. True, milk is really a healthy food item and I wish that I liked that when I was young. I used to vomit if I took more than half of glass and I never made it a habit to drink milk until I was pregnant (all for the sake of the kids). It's so amazing then afterwards I don't have the problem on drinking milk and now, I keep it a habit to drink it almost everyday. My husband said that he used to drink at least half a galleon each day when he's a kid, he just loved it.

2 lbs in 3 weeks?? Did you exercise? I don't think that I have enough exercise either - the major one is to carry Amanda here and there and run after Spencer to stop here from ripping off the house. Possibly I have gained some too (have not get on the scale for a while) and my "spare tire" starts building up recently. After the 2nd delivery of baby, my muscale around the belly became so loose but I am too lazy and tired to do sit up. You just reminder me to make an appointment to my doctor to check my blood test - it has been done for almost 2 months but just hard to find some time to visit the doctor's office.

So, what kind of diet change your doctor suggested to you? Can you still have your ice-cream everyday?

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發表於 08-6-21 03:52 |只看該作者

Rose-mag,
Today I talked with the Pedi. He also forced us to wean off the bottle when the baby turns to 12-15 month old because of a lot of side effects, such as teeth decay, drinking too much milk and less other foods etc.

I will see what Ivan's performance is and then decide what to do. Until now he loves to drink milk by bottle more than by cup and eat solid food.

原文章由 rose-mag 於 08-6-20 00:11 發表
Pauline,

I read some articles saying that child needs to drink milk everyday until at least she turns 6. She needs calcium to build up her bones. So, the bottom line is that she drinks milk everyd ...

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原文章由 pauline83y 於 08-6-21 03:52 發表
Rose-mag,
Today I talked with the Pedi. He also forced us to wean off the bottle when the baby turns to 12-15 month old because of a lot of side effects, such as teeth decay, drinking too much milk an ...

pauline83y,
I don't understand those pedi in here always say that baby needs to wean off the bottle when he reaches 1. Teeth decay is caused by not cleaning the teeth instead. Yes, if you offer a bottle before bedtime and let Ivan drink to sleep without cleaning his teeth, I can guarantee that he will have teeth decay. BUT, if you give him water afterward and/or brush his teeth (you can just use a wet towel to wipe his teeth) before he goes to bed, he won't have teeth decay. Regarding having too much milk, I would say that in case that we feed the kids with health solid food and make milk the supplementary, it should be fine. My son still drinks milk everyday but only 2-3 times and 3 major meals and 2-3 snacks, he's not heavy but he's firm and strong.

Ivan's still young and he still need milk. Give some time to him to adjust his eating habit and he can be fine. Do your pedi set up a plan and follow up appointment for Ivan?

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發表於 08-6-21 04:36 |只看該作者

Nillie,
I didn’t bf Ivan after he turned to 5 months old because I didn’t have enough milk supply. I am so regret that I couldn’t know you and this website earlier so that I could get some help before I weaned off him. Any way, I am planning to have second baby next year. At that time, I can bf baby exclusively.

About my question of breast milk bag, I was asking on behalf of my brother’s wife. I encourage her to bf baby according to your information.

For your LDL result, don’t worry too much. Some of our patients have higher data over 200 or 300. The first thing doctor asks them to do is diet control. She said some diseases came from the diet and living habit. If changing habit can make patient recover, do this way since all medications have their little and lots of side effect. The most important think is it is natural, not harmful, the best and safest way for your health. After 3-month-diet, if you see data decline but not to the reference level, keep diet to another 3 months. And then you will see the data back to standard level finally.

原文章由 Nillie_Mami 於 08-6-20 06:07 發表
rose-mag,
I am glad that our peds did not force us to wean Amanda off the bottle.. he said that she is a different girl.. thinks different, so a bottle may keep her away from night mare, she needs com ...

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Nille,

Forget to tell you. Diet control that means you eat or no more seafood and red meat because they are high sources of cholestrol. you can eat white meat or fish, more vegetable and fruit. If you can, do more exercise. Eat some fish oil, it should be helpful.
Like Rose-mag ask you, less ice cream should be better.

原文章由 Nillie_Mami 於 08-6-20 06:07 發表
rose-mag,
I am glad that our peds did not force us to wean Amanda off the bottle.. he said that she is a different girl.. thinks different, so a bottle may keep her away from night mare, she needs com ...

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pauline83,
This month is the healthy Heart month in New York, so I have been traveling around in Brooklyn area to all senior ceter to give seminar about cholesterol and sodium diet, and healthy diet control.
Dr. He wants me on Lipitor because my LDL was 139 at 2005, 143 at 2006, 157 at 2007 and now is 164 in 2008.. which is gradually increase.. and will be kind of dangerous. As I don't eat seafood and red meat at home, less than 2 months to go outside to have dinner that I will eat seafood. once a month may only eat about 8oz red meat.
therefore, it means, those bad cholesterol comes from my liver instead of diet problem. I love veggies, very very much, fruits as well.. I can just sit down and eat for whole night
What I can do now, just complete stop eating red meat and seafood.
I do exercise, we go broad walk when I pick up amanda after school.. walk for about 30min to 45 min.. some times for 1.5 hours depends on the weather.
I love my ice cream as it is my calcium intake. because I can't drink milk from a cup.. I will throw up.

Pauline..
sure.. bottle won't cause tooth decay if you can Ivan teeth afterward. if you come at July's gathering, you can see.. Amanda doesn't even have a tooth decay, she is a candy girl, but what she will do--- after candies, drink water and brush her teeth. also, she needs milk after dinner, so, how does it effect her solid food intake? also, she may need a bottle at the after noon nap.. sure it will just prompt a good nap only.

原文章由 pauline83y 於 08-6-20 03:44 PM 發表
Nille,

Forget to tell you. Diet control that means you eat or no more seafood and red meat because they are high sources of cholestrol. you can eat white meat or fish, more vegetable and fruit. If yo ...

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