Mamu

I need to act and one thing that takes up our budget is my little girls milk. The biggest can of Gain Plus 1.8kg is now at P1400 something and my daughter consumes two cans every month, wew. I am thinking of changing her milk to something affordable and one thing that comes in my mind is Nido. One can of Nido Jr 2kg is P800 something only, its really a big savings. I compared the label and find out that of course Gain has more nutrients... I guess thats why its expensive. But then I find out over the net that you only need expensive milk if you have a hard time feeding your babies solid and nutritious food. Growing children needs solid food much more than liquid. Switching to Nido is not a bad idea, I just need to give my daughter multivitamins and have more patience feeding her during meal time. I just bought a big can of Nido and two weeks ago and so far so good. There is still 1/4 left which I hope would last until the next pay day, 1 week more. I pray to God that my daughter will grow up a loving child. To God be the glory!

Rhaine Danielle is 1year and 5 months old. She has this favorite yellow pacifier. I tried giving her other pacifier but she doesn't like. She just threw them away. She used this yellow pacifier when she's sleepy or if she wake up suddenly while sleeping. I find this very helpful, without it we are having a hard time putting her to sleep. But then a few days ago I saw the side of the pacifier already has cut on it. I guess because she was biting it. I am afraid that she might swallow it if it falls off. I think its time for her to get rid of it and use a different one. My husband cut the end of the pacifier so that she can no longer use it. We give her a new pink pacifier but she doesn't feel like using it. She would still attempt using the old pacifier but then she cannot use it at all. I don't know what will happen in the next few days. If she would accept the new pacifier or it is us who will deal with this problem. Last night before going to work she fall asleep while sitting on my lap. I hope she will not have a lot of tantrums because of the lost of her favorite pacifier.

I was one of those very few people who have RH negative blood type. Because of this I am given a special vaccine during and after my pregnancy. On my first baby I was only given the vaccine (Rhogam) after giving birth since I change my OB and she find out about it a little too late. Then on my 2nd child I was given Rhogam I think on my 28 weeks. When I was about to give birth, Makati Medical Center got out of stock of Rhogam so I need to look for an alternative. I was able to buy Winhro but it is twice the price as Rhogam. I remember we bought Rhogam at Makati Medical Center for about P6+++ while we got Rhogam for about P15,+++. I don't know what is the difference between the two. One thing that I noticed though Rhogam is in a ready syringe while Winrho is in powder and needs to be diluted. I tried googling it but most of the forums are very old, way back 2000-2007. I am not sure if we got scammed by the price of Winrho or what makes it more expensive than Rhogam.

Rhaine just celebrated her first birthday last week, July 10, 2010. We visited her pedia last Sunday for her chickenpox vaccine. It was funny because she did not cry a lot. She was so brave, as soon as the doctor removed the needle she also stopped crying. This vaccine cost P2500, wew. I find vaccines very expensive. In September she will be given PV13, a booster for Pneumococcal. I was told to prepare P4800 for this. I know these vaccines are very important but I hope our President Noy Aquino would do something about this very expensive medicines. I've heard that in other countries medicines are not that expensive compared here.  

Last Friday we visited Rhaine Danielle's pedia for a vaccine and a check up on her weight. Supposedly her schedule is Sunday but we have to go to Batangas on Saturday. From 7.5kg to 7.6kg, aw! Not consider as a progress. Nothing to worry the pedia says. Although her gain is not improving she does improve on her height. Two more months and she will be 1yr old and I hope everything will be alright. She will be more active then and I hope her weight will not go down.

I noticed yesterday that my baby Rhaine has a lot of "bungang araw" around her nape going down to her neck. There are also few on her head. I guess it was because of high temperature for this past few days. It gets really hot especially during noon. I've read online that bungang araw is caused by prolong exposure to perspiration. Some of the remedy that I read online are:

- pure conrsntarch

- vandol cream

- curash powder

- calmoseptine ointment

- anti-rush powder

- 1 glass of water with 1 tsp of baking soda

We just visited Rhaine's pedia yesterday and she was advised to take Heraclene 1mg every morning for 1 month. The reason is her weight stays on 7.5kg for the past 2 months. She is 9months old and approximately drinks 5-6 bottles of 6oz of Promil gold every day. Dra. Estorninos says that it looks like she burns all her food intake every day and nothing is left for her to gain weight. 

In addition to her vitamins, cherifer and ferlin, Dra. Estorninos prescribed Heraclene 1mg. It is a capsule and she told me to mix the powder in a small amount of water and use a dropper to give it to my baby. I checked online and find out that this medicine is used to increase appetite of a person. Dra. also recommended to give Rhaine fried egg yolk in the morning (using corn oil for frying). She also recommended rice with star margarine to give her more fats. We will visit her pedia after 1 month and I hope there is progress in her weight.

Last Sunday we had visited Rhaine's pedia for her 2nd booster of pneumococcal vaccine. We ask her doctor if we still need to bring our baby to a surgeon for an operation. Dra. Estorninos told us that maybe we can wait since she cries very loud maybe she will not have a problem. She also told us that the tie is very very small. Most of the time she doesnt recommend operation unless the tongue is really moving inwards. I thank God for that and I pray that she will not have any problem in speech.

I mention that we got worried about a growing flesh instead of tooth on my little angel. Well, yesterday when I got home my husband told me when he woke up, the flesh is missing and there was a white part now showing. I am happy for my baby's first teeth. Though I find the size of it too big compare to other little baby. Anyway, once it is fully out I will take a picture of her and post it here. A lot of first things to wait for. I love your Baby Rhaine!

My baby, Rhaine Danielle, is now 8 months old. Recently we noticed she is already teething. She drools a lot and loves biting things. We also noticed that her lower gum is swollen. I already noticed a white thing on her gum but then all of the sudden a flesh started to grow. Looks like it is being pushed going up. If you take a look at it, it a gum that is growing instead of a teeth. My husband is quite bothered about it because sometimes it bleeds too. She has a scheduled vaccine this coming Sunday so we will also consult our pedia about it.

Last Sunday we brought Rhaine Danielle to have a measles vaccine. While she was crying after the shot, her pedia, noticed that she has a tongue tie. I don't know what it means but hearing what she said I know there is a problem. She continued and said there might be a need to cut a small flesh under her tongue. This is needed so that she will not have a speech problem when she grow up.

That really scares me. Just thinking of painful it would be for my little girl makes me teary eyed. I've read online that is a very quick surgery where the patient can go home after that. The baby will not have even have a problem drinking milk. One of our neighbor said that their brother undergone that procedure when he was still a baby and they are thinking that is the reason he was very talkative.

I am planning to talk to our pedia next month to schedule the said operation. Though I am scared I don't want my little princess to have problem in speech. I hope everything will went well and there will be no such problem.

For the past month I noticed that Rhaine enjoys biting his pacifier. Instead of sucking it she would bite it using the side of her gum. Yesterday my husband said that she has a high temperature, around 38 celcius. He gave her paracetamol to remedy it. I told her maybe she will have a teeth because it looks like her lower gum is swollen. I searched online and some pediatrician says that teething should not cause diarrhea or fever. Most of the symptoms are below:

Rhaine at 6 months is now starting to talk little by little. At first she can only say "ta, ta" but now she would say "da-da-da" followed by "di". His dad is very happy because she can say "dadi" even though we are not sure if she is calling him.

We visited Dra. Estorninos at SM South Mall Casa Medica last Sunday. She was also Ron David's pedia when he was still an infant. We left our house around 9am so that we can have Rhaine listed right away since her doctor always have a lot of patients. We arrived at 10am which is the start time of her clinic and we are already number 6 on the list. Good thing two patients are unable to wait for her since she is a few minutes late and Rhaine got called right away.

She now weights 7.1kg and the doctor said she is longer compare to other kids at her age, 6 months. Rhaine started crying when the doctor lay her down and started to measure the circumference of her head and her height. She cried much louder when she was given a shot for Pneumoccocal vaccine. The doctor said she will not get fever which is very good. Aside from her cherifer vitamin I was told to also give her Ferlin as an iron supplement. Our next visit will be on February 21 where she will be given a measles vaccine. Thank God it is much cheaper, I was told it would cost only P1200.

Dra. Estorninos also said we could give solid food gradually to Rhaine. We can start with plain rice flavor of Cerelac with an increasing amount everyday for a week and then we can start giving her other veggies like mash potato or squash. After two weeks we can give her mixed flavor of Cerelac like wheat & banana etc. I am very happy to see my baby growing up, I am excited to see her walking and calling me Mommy.

Rhaine Danielle is 6 months old now and is scheduled to have Pneumococcal vaccine this coming Sunday. It is quite expensive because the previous vaccine that she had comes with 6 vaccine in one only cost P3500 while this one cost P4500.

I found online that this is a good protection against septicemia and meningitis. Right now she has colds and I think I read somewhere that vaccine should not be given if baby has colds, I am not sure though. I hope she will not get fever after the shot. I will prepare her milk before taking the shot to calm her down and stop her from crying after the painful prick.