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Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Babygigi/whalebb,
Sorry to hear that u both are sick. Hope u’ll get well soon! Both the pediatrician and family doctor told me it was ok to keep nursing while I was sick. If u need to take medicine, make sure it’s ok to breastfeed. My ex-pediatrician told me basically all the OTC drugs are ok for breastfeed (although it might said that it might pass into the breastmilk in small quantity). I guess most pediatricians don’t want u to stop breastfeeding since it’s good for yr baby especially if u’re sick.

Babygigi,
For the antibiotics, there’re certain kinds which are ok for breastfeeding. U should double check w/ yr family doc. I had antibiotics twice while I was breastfeeding (once right after my delivery since my incision was a bit infected and once for the bronchitis/bad night-time coughing).

LittleFatMan/Natmama,
We seldom hold our bb to sleep after he turned 6m/7m. my 99 trained him to fall asleep by himself. She would be very mad if we held him to sleep or even pad him to sleep (she said we wasted her time to train bb to fall asleep by himself).
So, for the first few night we started doing that, we just ignored his crying. Then, he played for a little while in his crib and fell asleep. Now, a little harder since we’ve switched him to twin-size mattress after 1 yr old; he can get down from the bed very easily.

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發表於 05-2-22 14:17 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Nillie_mami,
I think Amanda is also cute … it’s not necessary that only those with big eyes are pretty. I think they’re just beautiful in different ways. Anyway, I think babies/kids are most beautiful! Plus, girls always change their look so quickly (Chinese said “Girls change their look completely after 18” if I interpret it correctly). I wish I could type in Chinese too. I used to type Chinese (in “Chong Kit”) very fast when I was in high school. But now I completely forgot abt it since I haven’t used it since I came to US. Even if I had the Chinese writing pad, I think most likely I would be too lazy to write in Chinese.

Am I the only can’t type in Chinese now?! He … he ..

Meemee,
Wow … Candice already knows how to type?! Smart girl! She’s as sweet as her name – Candy.
Btw, there’s an open house at Fremont Christian school this Fri. probably we’ll go there to check it out. I think most likely we’ll let bb go to pre-school after he turns 2 (maybe in June). However, we haven’t decided on the schools yet cos most preschools nearby will take 3+ yr old only or 2-yr-old with potty-trained.
Also, FCS is kinda far from us (probably abt 30 mins driving each way).

Do u or yr husband work in Fremont? Otherwise, Castro Valley is not very close to Fremont either.

We’re in north SJ, so kinda in between either “Wong Chiu” dim-sum restaurant in So. SJ or Cupertino. A couple weeks back we just tried having lunch at “Wong Chiu” in So SJ after we took bb to Japanese garden close to there. It’s good to me (maybe my standard is not that high since I lived in Alabama before where there’s no dim-sum at all). However, my bb also ate there so I think it’s not too bad since he’s such a picky eater.
I used to work across the street from Joy Luck Place in Cupertino. However, I only been there once for dim-sum lunch w/ my French coworker.
(Most of the time we ate at the company’s cafeteria.) It seemed like their dim-sum was more Americanized (maybe I was w/ my coworker).

For those who're in the bay area,
maybe we should get together sometime to hv lunch or something ...

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發表於 05-2-22 15:37 |只看該作者

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SY_MOM,
Fremont Christian (Fremont Blvd. campus) accepts pre-school students at age 2 who are in transition of being toilet trained for $75 extra a month.
Fremont Christian School website

My sister-in-law's younger daughter goes to Rainbow Bridge Academy School in Milpitas (they have campus in San Jose). She started pre-school there and they like it a lot. SInce u are in San Jose, u may want to check it out as well.
Rainbow Bridge website

My office is in Fremont and my husband's office is in Union City. Do u or your husband work close to Fremont? If not, why consider FCS? Traffic on 880 is pretty bad in the morning and afternoon.

I'm sorry, I lost track on the moms who live in the bay area.

Meeting for all moms & bbs sounds lots of fun!!

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發表於 05-2-22 19:02 |只看該作者

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Nillie_mami,
Thanks so much for your professional advice. I will continue feeding ryan breastmilk =))
現在你打中文好呀﹐親切D。
哎﹐我老公同你BEARBEAR老公一樣星期六要返工﹐星期日就隔個禮拜返﹐SO我地永遠無LONG WEEKEND架﹐慘~

NATMAMA﹐
NY早幾日凍左﹐係CALI吹過黎的風﹐你地個邊落左勁雨跟著吹到過黎便落雪。
99 TAKE CARE BB? 嘩嘩嘩﹐唔好啦掛﹐﹐哈哈。。唔係呀﹐尋晚老公同BB力戰到天光﹐今日朝早請假。

CLARAB﹐
好﹐等我巢返D口罩出黎先。
你女女上個禮拜生日﹐有無慶祝

小肥佬﹐
好D﹐已退燒﹐不過仲有喉朧痛&流鼻水鼻塞等。

MEEEMEEE﹐
Hi all moms,
i am candace and i am typing this by myself! mom i love you
你女女好SWEET﹐幾大啊?

WHALEBB,
你好返未

SY_MOM﹐
嘩你奶奶噤既~ 肥唔一定健康啦。噤講做媽咪既邊好受。
我沒有去看我個家庭醫生﹐因落雪又凍。我是TAKING TYLENOL & AMOXICILIN﹐The antibiotic was prescribed by my previous boss and I was told that I shouldn't be taking that while pregnant/nursing.. so I thought I had to stop breastfeeding lor.. luckily I ask you guys @BK here.. otherwise bb ryan will be fed w/ formula. =) thanksssssss hehe..
:-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P

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發表於 05-2-23 02:11 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Natmama,

我冇1099架, 我幫佢地做野算係好似contractor形式, 咁有冇得deduct好多expense? 挨, A/C, Taxes, 呢D對我黎講簡真係為難, 我以前讀書既時候 accounting 成屎日都唔及格, 就算及格都唔高分!!! 我睇過IRS話要用1040SE既FORM, 係劃一既%, 好似大概係15%. 3個月交一次, 但係details 就唔清楚, 你知唔知有無地方可以詳細咁講清講楚?

SY-MOM,

B女係都好active架, 睇少佢一陣都搞到間屋好似打完扙咁, 我俾多咗含鐵質多D既野食俾佢食, 同埋教佢唔好搞我D盆栽, 唔好搞泥囉, 要話佢好多好多次... 仲長氣過我阿媽!!!

meeemeee,

Candice 真係好乖, 幫你湊仔仔都真係唔話得囉! 我現家有時仲係將B女放係playpen, 俾多D玩具同書仔入去, 分散佢既注意力, 咁我就分身去做家務!! 講真, 都幾辛苦! 點解其她媽咪咁叻可以生2個都頂得住? whalebb仲話想3個..... 好叻... 支持得住... 可能我開始老啦.... ?-( 你 in-law 既地方真係好乾淨, 好正, 我屋企都係狗X 咁, 冇計, 老公係收集佬, 乜狗C垃圾都唔捨得掉, 話30年後可能變古董.... 搞到我屋企有D似垃圾婆既屋企....

Nillie,

黎啦黎啦, 同你去行街啦... 哈哈!!! 等你老公同我老公睇女, 我地鼠去買野!!! 哈哈!!! 我都想有個同聲同氣既朋友係呢邊行街食野!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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發表於 05-2-23 03:07 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Clarab,

My husband receives a booklet from IRS each year with a quarterly stub. We just put down the amount of tax and send in the check each quarter. I don't do a form until the end of the year. I believe you can still deduct as a contractor using the schedule-c. You can discuss with your accountant and see what expenses are reasonable for your job

If you have a specific question, I can try to research for you.

Little Fat Man,

We've decided to move Natalie's crib over from her nursery and have her stay with us for a little longer. We have a single bed in her nursery so sometimes my husband sleeps there if she is too noisy.

I don't want to walk across the hall in this cold weather if she cries at night

Babygigi,

I think the storm should die down by Wednesday. One time I was sick and my husband took care of the bb for me...I think it was really stressful for both of them becuz the bb was so used to me

I talked to my husband yesterday and complained I feel burned out sometimes. He told me to leave the bb with him each weekend so I can have my life back....Now I have to figure out what I want to do this weekend :-P :-P

Whalebb,

I emailed you the tele number already. Next tues/wed is fine....rain or shine :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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發表於 05-2-23 04:00 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

SY_mom

你就好啦,有99幫你train 你個b 瞓覺覺豬..我就無啦,每次亞仔瞓到半夜, 一喊, 喊得耐d, 嘈醒咗我老公,我老公會衝出嚟, 話"WHY don't you stop him ? " 我就會發晒皮四咁話番佢架...講真, 我同我老公都係算好心軟既人, 睇住亞仔喊,真係好心痛架...I'm afaird that we will spoil him and he will be a mama boy...
你講得岩架, 中文唔打好易唔記得,仲要係倉頡..所以,有D字,我唔係成日打,我都唔記得架...

Natmama

咁又係呀,一凍真係唔想起床架..但係唔知點解,我覺得自從嚟咗美國, 都幾抵得凍.以前係香港, 出少少街,都要著到成隻嘢咁, 又sweater, coat, scarf 咁.但係喺呢度.就咁t-shirt 加件jacket, 咁就行街(講緊夜晚)..你都知LB 近海,我都係咁著咋...我老公都話買個single bed for nursery. 但係我唔鍾意,所以拒絶咗啦.. :mrgreen:

Clarab

我老公就同你老公,剛剛相反, 乜都話要掉.. :evil: ...不過,有次佢話想買成set 既 bedroom 嘢,係古懂, 我即刻say "NO", 太貴啦... ?-( ....你老公都好呀,第時真係值錢既話,就發逹囉...

meeemeee

你signed up 咗...不過,聽你咁講,又真係幾嘛煩...唔知到時會唔會見到你... :mrgreen:
多謝你個女女讚我隻mini-matt 豬..同我錫佢一啖啦..唔該.

我老公又係self-employed, 次次去親CPA 度,都係最後一刻先做, 又係做到媽媽聲..

...

all,
Do you think about which is your baby's dominant hand ... Sometimes mini-matt will use both hands to grap the toys, but he will transfer the object to left hand if he graps it by the right hand.Yesterday , I threw the ball to him, he would try to catch it with left hand...My husband and his sister say he's left-handed, but I don't think so.. One of my brothers is left handed, so I'll see ..

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發表於 05-2-23 04:18 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Natmama
Thanks!!!
The pre school Tel 909 444-9340
Walnut United Methodist Pre-school/Daycare

Pls幫我問下在今年8or 9月new semester讀要幾時register??
Also if只是識小小英文得唔得???
thanks!!!!

不要比佢知是我呀!

學懂凡事感恩和感謝,孩子終身受用不盡

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發表於 05-2-23 04:20 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Babygigi
I feel better la!! What about you???

學懂凡事感恩和感謝,孩子終身受用不盡

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meeemeee

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發表於 05-2-23 05:04 |只看該作者

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Little fat man,
I didn't sign up because I didn't want to give out too much personal info.

I was up until 3:30 a.m. to finish all my stuff then went to sleep for 3 hrs. Got up at 6:30 a.m. to get everybody ready to go to school/babysitter/work. I also had to make breakfast & lunch for my daughter and pack bb's food bag to the babysitter. Ah! headache ah!

I heard people said," left-handed people are relatively smarter." Congratulations!! You have a cute and smart boy!

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發表於 05-2-23 06:09 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Natmama,
肥bear bear 老公是self employed做銀行收屋佬, 有人唔pay homeload到幾個月,銀行就會揾我老公去check屋,有人就落court order 俾佢,冇人嘅屋就釘板封屋..日日早出去,晚歸返, 做足６天...嘻嘻 ?-(

?-(

對白係咪好熟呢?

聽住喇...跟康泰旅行,日日早機去,晚機返,玩足７天.....哈哈

:mrgreen:

whalebb,
祝你早日康復咯,天氣唔好啊,要小心啲,尤其係我哋全職媽咪..

飲多啲水, 檸檬水都有用, 加小小蜜糖仲好。
meeemeee,
Candice 好sweet 啊,又係一個好家姐,唔通！真係要生多個Amanda 先會乖啲？ ?-( ?-( ?-(
但我個尿崩症都未stable...

Clarab,
咁就要佢哋２個大男人得閒至得.....唉!唔知等到幾時 ?-( ?-(
SY_mom,
肥bear bear 老公話no problem 喎!我點樣俾個電話你呀?
babygigi,
好番啲未呀???今日天氣都好啲,廳曰要出唐人街follow up同睇報告...希望尿崩症受药物控制啦!

星期日晚塲雪嚇死我,我哋去咗new jersey食日本餐buffet....走時橫風橫雪,好恐怖..
小肥佬,
亞B 3歲前未定呀,佢只會用方便o果隻手o架咋!
同埋佢會想用你用o果隻手做重心手,因為佢想同你一樣咯!
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請與我一起走過我在紐約黑暗無助的日子
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發表於 05-2-23 06:31 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

meeemeee

你好勁呀, 如果比我,就發晒皮四啦...
你未sign up 都唔緊要呀,不如你下次去san diego時,順便楂車去睇吓,賭吓,順便先register 囉...

Nillie_Mami

我睇書講,佢話六至九個月, 其實都可以有some clue 睇到亞b 係邊隻手係dominant..但係我哋都係估估吓...我哋仲開賭, 如果亞仔係right-handed, 就我win, 如果係left-handed, 就佢win 囉..我老公跟住就講," 你既錢咪又係我比你既.." :mrgreen:
你個邊落大雪呀? 我呢邊落大兩呀...真係好得人驚架,如果係横風橫兩(雪)楂車...

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Natmama

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發表於 05-2-23 06:40 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

小肥佬,

Yeah, people in america can stand the cold weather much better than hk people. When my sisters in law came, they always wear big sweater/jacket. I only wear a cotton long sleeve and already okay. I think also becuz i have more FAT "fei go" than them

....retain more body heat

Whalebb,

I call for you already la. The lady told me Methodist is exactly the same as Christian and registration begin on 3/29, 10:00am...no need to add name to waiting list. The waiting list for just for ppl to put their names down before registration begins

I ask the price...pretty reasonable...$3xx for 5 days/morning, $510 for 5 days/full day. :lol: :lol: It's okay if your daughter doesn't speak english...they have many students like that :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Nillie_mami,

So your husband does bank repo :exclaim: :exclaim: It's sad how so many people cannot make the mortgage payment and lose their homes. :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Natmama

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發表於 05-2-23 06:54 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

小肥佬,

From observing my daughter, I think there is a big chance she is a lefty too. She loves kicking her left foot when she is mad and if she picks up a toy with her right hand, she will give it to her left hand....let me observe her a little longer

I heard lefties are more creative and artistic. Maybe mini-matt and natalie can be artist/designers. We got the single bed for the maid. It was actually an old bed from my parents old maid :lol: :lol: didn't have to pay for it :exclaim: :exclaim: :exclaim:

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發表於 05-2-23 14:35 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

Meemee,
Wow! U’re really a superwoman … only slept for 3 hrs!
Thanks for the pre-schools info. Yes, I also heard abt Rainbow Bridge. However, I think I might like FCS better as I think the kids study there might be more discipline. I don’t know anybody’s kids go to rainbow bridge but I know several go to FCS and they seem to be quite behaved. I seldom drive on 880N during that time on weekdays. My husband said it might be ok on our way to FCS but it might be getting worse on our way back home.

Babygigi,
Was yr boss a doctor/pharmacist? R u sure u hv to take antibiotics now?
I just took AMOXICILIN recently for bad cold/flu/coughing. my pharmacist friend told me I might need antibiotics for my case although I thought I might not really need it, so I called my family doc (I just switched to him) and asked for it. It just happened that he’ll be taking vacation the next day, so he prescribed Amoxicilin for me for 10 days. Per my pharmacist friend, it’s quite mild compared to other antibiotics and that’s why I had to take it for 10 days long.
When I picked it up at the pharmacy, I asked the pharmacist if it’s ok to take it in case of pregnancy (I’m kinda cautious although I definitely not planning for another one) and he’s said it should be ok. I’ve stopped breastfeeding for abt 6 months now. But I guess I should be ok for breastfeeding if it’s ok for pregnancy.

Nillie_mami,
Pls pm me! Meanwhile I’ll pm u too. I’ve also added u to my msn messenger.

Little fat man/Natmama,
If I remember correctly from what I read, the earliest hints for telling left/right-handed are shown after 18m.
I also used to think my boy was left-handed since he used his left hand only until 13m/14m when he had his left index finger trapped in the bathroom door and fingernail fell off. Before his left index finger was recovered, he’s stopped using his left hand for a little while and started to use his right hand. So, now his uses both his hands and I’ve stopped observing if he uses which hands more, cos it really doesn’t matter to me.
I also heard some Chinese said that left-handed ppl are smarter. But my ex-american-roommate said that’s not true. Anyway …
Nillie_mami is right. I think it’s easier to tell if bb is left/right hand after they turn 3 when they can write in meaningful words.

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發表於 05-2-23 15:05 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

To All Mommies,
Just curious if anybody has even been to HK in Mar/Apr … ? I never been to HK in this timing (usually went there around Christmas time). my hubby kept saying he wanna go to HK around end of Mar and probably will stay for abt a month. his grandparents (bb's great-grandparents) are 80+. i also kinda miss my friends and family (haven't been home for almost 3 yrs now since i got pregnant). However, I still a bit hesitated w/ those the Meningitis in mainland China and the Japanese Encephalitis and the Avian Influenza in HK. Seems like there’re more diseases during spring time in HK.
Any comments?

Do u know if the Meningitis vaccines given to the babies here in US will cover for the Meningitis in HK/China?

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發表於 05-2-23 18:20 |只看該作者

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Natmama,
你老公真係錫你。噤你稔著去邊玩
我都覺佢地兩個都辛苦﹐哈哈。
老豆﹕我最怕BB屎屎﹐好臭
BB﹕老豆﹐你換條片換噤耐架﹐凍死我啦~

WHALEBB﹐
OK啦﹐不過未清晒囉。

NILLE_MAMI﹐
我星期日個日無出去呀﹐病左呀嘛
可能NJ勁D﹐CITY呢邊1-3吋不過唔係勁野。
我星期四FOLLOW UP﹐嶄下眼原來生左6個禮拜了
點解有尿崩症?

SY_MOM﹐
你可返HK玩噤好﹐嘻嘻
我PREVIOUS BOSS係牙醫﹐所以可以開藥囉。可能佢唔SURE大肚食唔食得所以叫我唔好食囉﹐D DENTIST係噤﹐費事有咩事要上身嘛
以前我在pharmacy 做technician 0個時個PHARMACIST話候隴痛發燒是因發炎﹐因我一向好易候隴發炎﹐所以屋企成日都有ANTIBIOTIC看門口囉。
如果你TAKE緊ANTIBIOTICS﹐記著要FINISH個療程﹐要ON TIME食呀﹐如果唔係要START OVER過個療程呀

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發表於 05-2-24 00:34 |只看該作者

Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

SY_mom,
04年３月尾,我哋一家三口返香港,因為Amanda出咗世,老爺話要清明上山拜太公,通知太公曾孫女出咗世,所以便返去,３,４月天氣忽冷忽熱,凍係濕凍,熱係回南天....講真,好難頂住...
終於我和ＢＢ清明後３曰便病咗...記得要帶齊冬天夏天衫,我8年冇o係香港過清明...以為16-20C(攝氏)好暖....冇執冬天衫...終於仲咗"蕉"....唉！真失"冊".....
小心香港流行病,美國疫苗未必對香港大陸嘅腦膜炎有效,當然,注意個人衛生,洗多啲手,唔用公共毛巾,多帶紙巾和消毒濕紙巾就very good la..
香港high chair係好"牙煙"...見意自備.. Fisher Price 有一張protable high chair... USD 20.. (babyrus)如果冇記錯...
好輕好方便.
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Re: Any mom living in USA now - Part III

babygigi,
醫生話...係產後腦下垂體機能不足....原因是產後無調理加上產後抑鬱症....
希望尿崩症受药物控制....咁我就可以做番個普通人
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