Your Asian mom

Baby fell sick about two weeks ago but resolved few days later, she was not that severe but the chesty cough persisted till she had another round of high fever of 39 degree celcius this week. It was frightening as she was hardly responsive to antipyretic, cold patch on foreheads and tepid spinge that I was afraid she would have a fit.  The situation went on for five days that I had to take three days emergency leave to take care of her. babysitter got panic also whe she took care of her alone at home. A lot of thought went into my mind on what's wrong? Could it be dengue? Or other more severe diseases such as Thalassaemia, cancers, and others?  I prayed hardly on her third night to St Jude to lower her temperature and shed light on what's going on. Surprisingly, it helped. She was okay the next morning, her head felt warm and was more cheerful. Not long after that, before night bedtime, few spotty rash appeared around jawline and behind ears. Whole body was full with rashes bu...

Baby is turning one in few more days, but she still prefers having milk directly from my boobs. I am okay with the situation as direct breastfeeding saves time as I don't have to sterilise bottle and prepare the milk in the midst of travelling or at night time. It is just that baby is getting taller/longer that breastfeeding would preferably take place at spacious area. On which brand breastpump that I used to express milk at workplace? I bought Medela, an electrical single pump worth about RM100.  But found out that machine could not yield as much milk despite I'd spent about half hour in washroom, perhaps its my technique or small boobs size also that there was still incident of engorgement after pumping.  Other thing that bother me was the availability to sterilise the equipment. It was by accident that I chose to hand-express milk until today, I left pump several time as I rushed to work. And as I had no choice that time, I just use hands to do the job. Surprisingly,...