Month: August 2006

It’s been a busy week.

Lauren had her first cold, and unfortunately, both JY and I caught it as well.

It all started on Wednesday 08/23/2006, around the time she was supposed to have her rice cereal, we noticed that there is clear liquid coming out of her mouth, and upon closer examination, we thought it was not water but nasal discharge that indicates the onset of the cold.

I immediately turned to my trusted book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5. It seems like there is not much we can do as parents other than proving her with enough fluid and plenty of rest. I called her Pediatrician’s office, and that’s what they told me as well.

On the second day, she developed a fever, reaching 102.5 degrees. I called her pediatrician’s office again, and was told to give her Infant Tylenol drops if she becomes uncomfortable and fusses too much.

Her fever lasted couple of days, and it was so sad to see her in pain. JY and I as first time parents have no idea how hard a common cold is to deal with in a baby. It’s indeed a good learning experience for both of us.

My mom, our care taker, as well as my father-in-law all helped out during Lauren’s cold, and they made it much easier for JY and I.

Lauren’s back to normal again, and please keep her in your prayers.

Lauren is now almost 7-month old.

We are in the process of weaning her, and here is her daily diet.

Milk (expressed or frozen from before) – 15 oz
Formula – 15 oz
Gerber Applesauce – 0.5 oz
1/4 egg yolk
Porridge – 2 oz
Gerber Rice Cereal – 2 tbsp

She seems to be happy with the diet now, and had no detectable food allergies yet.

She’s had fewer and fewer bowel movement though. Before, she had bowel movement about 3 time a day, now it’s down to once a day, some maybe even once every one and half days. Hope she’s still normal. I bought some prune sauce just in case though.

We’ll introduce more solid food and wean her off milk graduately, and we also want to give her all the frozen milk from before.

Please keep Lauren in your prayers.

Here are couple of her recent photos.
  

The past two weeks have been quite rough.

Lauren’s grandma has to go back to China because her Visa. JY and I were desperately searching for a care option for her that would work out for us.

Thankfully, there are two qualified family-care centers around my house, however, we still would prefer a live-in option. We searched up and down and couldn’t find anyone who’s both qualified and available. Then one week before the end of our search, we found someone who’s had experience and available for the time period, and we were delighted.

JY’s father is also here to help, but because of the problem with his burns, he couldn’t change or feed Lauren. However, he’s been a tremendous help in helping Lauren’s new care taker to meet her daily needs.

It’s now been two weeks since Lauren’s grandma left, and she had some problems adjusting to her absence, and she was crying nightly. Since then, we’ve got her to accept the fact, and that she’s back to her normal self again.

The new caretaker we hired, is quite good, he had experience taking care of his two grandson, and he’s very loving and patient.

Please keep our whole family in your prayers.