A health freak mom's thoughts on health and all things healthy
Ever since we discovered that Esberitox (made from the purple flower Echinacea) is effective in treating colds and flus, everyone in the family has been relying on this ‘wonder pill’. I swear by it and I think it works very effectively in treating colds and runny nose. For almost a year, none of us have…
I have been potty training Baby for the past 1 week and I realized a little problem. While Baby does not wee wee ‘in full’ in her panties, I find that her panties will be slightly wet every half hourly. I suspect that she is leaking urine and she is not even aware of it. …
Yesterday, Baby woke up with a tad swell on her left upper eye lid AGAIN! This left eye was swollen about a month ago. I had diligently applied hot water compress on that eye for about 3 weeks and the swelling was gone. A week ago, I decided to stop the hot water compress just…
Baby seems to tolerate soy bean milk better than cow’s milk. These days, I have stopped feeding her with Pediasure. First, Pediasure is for picky eaters / kids who do not eat well / underweight kids. Now, Baby eats everything and is gaining weight. Second, Pediasure is getting more and more expensive. I have since…
Despite taking psyllium husk and Duphalac (laxative) everyday, Baby still has constipation, though not as bad as without these laxatives. Yesterday, she did not move her bowels. Each time she does not move her bowels for a day, she will be restless the entire night. She will toss and turn and wake up really early…
Baby is no fruit lover. It is quite a torture – for her and for me when fruits are served to her. Thankfully she likes bananas. She loves them so much that she can chomp down 2 pieces of large bananas in one sitting. She even has space in her tummy for a 3rd one…
After applying hot compress on Baby’s swollen left eye for more than a week, the swelling had subsided. The ophthalmologist had advised us that I should apply hot compress on both Baby’s eyes to prevent occurrence of eye chalazion as she has a high tendency of getting this eye condition. All I did was to…
Remember I posted earlier that Baby’s other eye was swollen and the ophthalmologist said that one of the oil glands is blocked? He prescribed her with some eye drops but after more than 2 weeks, it still looks a tad swollen. I am worried that the eye drops alone will not bring the swelling down….
Baby was finally bitten by the virulent bug that had bitten everyone in the family and she’s the last one in the family to be down. She has phlegm and a slight stuffy nose. She had low-grade fever (37.5 to 37.8 degrees) for about 3 days and I finally brought her to the paed 2…
Baby has another eye chalazion after an eye chalazion surgery about 2 months ago. Lightning does strike on the same place twice!! This time it’s on her left upper eyelid. 2 months ago, she had it on her right lower eyelid. A chalazion is a lump in the eyelid caused by a blocked oil gland….