What to bring if child falls sick in the night

Before leaving the house, you need to
A. Grab your handbag with the following:

1. wallet with some cash, NRIC or identification card

2. Mobile phone fully charged and/or charger

3. Child's BC and health booklet

4. If paying medical fees by nets, bring CDA card (and remember PIN)

5. Child's diapers and bb wipes (if you don't want to be charged for using those provided by the hospital which are more costly)

6. child's bath towel or big blanket (it could be very cold at A&E and may be a long wait)

7. water bottle and some biscuits,nuts or bread (to keep you awake or 'stay alive')

8. Child's water bottle and milk bottle

9. a set of child's clothes
10. House keys

B. Bring along a sweater for yourself.

C. Bring along some plastic bags and tissue paper if child is feeling nauseous.

D. Note down the recordings/history of the child's discomfort


Upon arrival at the KKH Children A&E
A. Press for a 'Q' ticket on the right hand side upon entering the glass doors.
B. Wait for your no. to be called (4 partitioned-rooms in front of the seats)
C. Let the nurse know if your child has any known allergy after she checked the child's bp, heart rate and breathing (lungs) etc
D. Advance to the Registration/Payment counters to wait for your no. to be called.
E. Let the nurse know if your child has hospital insurance policy

39th week Dearest Bb TK

31may - 6jun'11

267 days' old, you stay at Grandmum's place instead till you're better; you poo 4x;
268 days' old, you will attend your Lil' cou J's bithday bash this weekend if better; you poo 4x;
269 days' old, you din will go to the motherhood fair if better as Marmy has to go for work; you pooed at 130a and quietly lie there without 'calling' Marmy; Marmy fed you glucose drink before gg for work; you pooed on Granddad and soiled his pants;
270 days' old, you stay w Granddad and Grandmum while Dardy and Marmy attended Dharma meeting after work; you poo 2x; felt better on Day 17 of diarrhoea and finished 24.25oz of milk and 2oz glucose water in all;
271 days' old, you finished 31oz of milk in all; you poo 2x; Dardy brought you your fav Lion toys;
272 days' old, you finished 33.4oz of milk in all; you poo 3x; napped 2.5833h; Dardy came to visit and you started on TCM;
273 days' old, you finished 34oz of milk in all; you poo 1x; napped 2.917h; Grandmum made sweet potato soup and fed you the watery puree;

39th week of motherhood

30may - 5jun

- went to work feeling shoulder and nect ache for the whole day (luckily runny nose stopped in the day)
- came home after TK pooed and ready to be put to sleep at Mum's place by public transport
- dozed off for the entire journey and bumped loudly against the window once
- was locked in for the first time after the bus captain shut down the engine, switched off the lights and closed the doors at the bus interchange at 1120p
- called out twice to the bus captain before he left the bus but he did hear me
- after knocking for a few minutes at the glass and door (bus captain lighted a cigarette and started smoking)
- do you know you can press the EMERGENCY button to open the door to 'escape'?

- took MC to rest (sleep deprived for goodness-know-how-long) and still having runny nose
- throat was so painful on Fri nite and thank goodness I don't have a temperature
- thankful for having Mum around to take care of TK and Dad is doing a wonderful job to assist
- decided not to send to infant care after hubby suggested to keep TK at home (had persistent nappy rash and after discharge from hospital)
- Mum and Dad are more than happy (their idea too) and determined to feed TK to become 'rounder'

- looking thru the photos of TK since Bb shower and checking emails (sent some bb shower photos to friends)
- hope to complete sending all photos (ready to be sent out months ago)
-sent out 'eThank-you' for Bb TK 1st mth bb shower before it's too late and become Bb TK 1st birthday instead
- gg to rtn the NLB books after feeding TK the medication at 8plus in the evening
- staying at Mum's place till at least 2wk 3wk more??

A New Start Day 4 (TK PAPA LAM)

After working from 9 to 9 today, i feel tired but great at heart as i know things are starting to move in the happy direction. We may not be able to make everything perfect, but we can choose to be happy with what we have and move on with a heart full of gratitude, greatness and energy.

Fear will no longer be the limit! Thanks TK Lam and Mummy Lam for making Dardy's life even more meaningful.

A New Start Day 3 (TK PAPA LAM)

Today's main topic is you, my darling TK Lam. Dardy Lam reflected much when sleeping and these are the main things i want to tell you:

Sorry for not insisting strongly not to let you be alone on grandma's bed in April. Or else you won't had a fall.
Sorry too for not doing my homework well and failed to educate myself, mummy and the people helping to take care of you about saliva contimination on your milk when we put your unfinished milk back into the refrigerator.

As mummy is also on the road to recovery, Dardy should assume full responsibility of both your safety as i am very remorseful for seeing the seed of bad things that will happen and still allowing it to ripen. Dardy should be much more insistent despite scoldings. Get past the personal the feeling part, Dardy! Let them be the poo-of-life and heighten my wisdom & compassion!

So, to set things straight, Dardy will not retract anymore what i think is right from the start and i will voice out and insist things are done right. Your Safety and Health is top priority. You will only play on the floor with supervision and no more on adult's bed. Your milk would be make but only half would be given to you. If you want more, then we'll give you the other half. And if you dont want the rest, we will keep it in the refrigerator.

And yes, i will insist your barricade is up when we leave you in your baby cot. Most of all, as energy is limited (once used, its less for other things...that's a fact), dardy will remind mummy and myself to ignore chicken-feather little things and keep mind back on important things such as your well-being.

May Buddha gives Dardy the clarity of mind and wisdom to overcome all obstacles that sometimes come all together at once. Om.

A New Start Day 2 (TK PAPA LAM)

Saturday has always been the most productive day of more regular week. Today is no exception. While the little ones camp at my in-laws house, opportunity to clean up our House in a big way arises.

First, of cos, I make sure i had a long sleep to replenish all the energy lost to work during the weekdays and coupled with 2 shots of coffee, my grand reworks began. House-cleaning, clothes cleaning, bed cleaning and dish cleaning is done by half day and I had all 'flags' flying before heading for late lunch.

At 5pm, I continue my rework on my data center with the newly bought NAS and meddle with ticks and tocks of initial business planout. With everything in house organised, it's indeed much easier to strategize for the great battles ahead.

A New Start Day 1 (TK PAPA LAM)

Leaving my darling TK and mummy baby in the hospital overnight by themselves is the last thing I ever want to experience. But things happen and we just have to deal with it. As veterans in emergency response now, the family A-Team (me, mummy-grandma and my 2 brothers) had swiftly analysed the case, make decisions, and did what we can for TK now.

I couldn't fall sleep when i reached home alone and the more i think of the whole intertwined work-family relationships (this is in fact a very complicated organic-in-nature Rat Race and probably getting worse as work load gets more and more for bosses promotions and the appearance of more and more 'sway-inflicting' people), the more intense my mind raced.

So after morning prayer, i decided to go for a jog at 4.30am around Toa Payoh to signify a kick start to a new determination of change. 'If things are to change, i need to change first' is the only thing that kept me focused for the entire early morning.

Now, I am even more determined to make my business models work and free all of us from the blood suckers..You-Know-Who. TK and mummy baby, here i come!