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Latest post on 15 April 2014 - 20:03
My daughter is in the same age and we were fighting the same horrible night cough from August until December. If your LO doesn't have fever all this time it is most likely allergic, even if initial cause was viral. I suggest you see a pediatrician specializing on asthma and allergies. The cough might be coming from the nose (allergic rhinitis), when mucus is coming down into the throat and lungs causing this cough. My LO was treated with Nasonex, Seretide and then Singulair for 3 months, when winter came the cough was gone. I still don't know whether it happened because we had our ACs cleaned or the medication helped or air in winter was better. This cough is hard to get rid of, I hope your doctor will establish the cause for it. ^^^^ this Our daughter was also diagnosed with bronchiolitic cold induced asthma by Dr. syed Ahmed at kids first clinic. So yes, the trigger was in fact a cold or viral infection, but this was an allergic reaction, and had to be treated as such.
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 11:38
Let's do it the old fashioned way lama dot Cookson at gmail dot com all small characters :)
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Latest post on 13 April 2014 - 10:43
Hi nickyb, I tried to see if I could pm you, but don't think the feature is available here. Are you by any chance using Toscana as landscape developers? They've come highly recommended by Roger, but I found their quote quite expensive considering we only want to put in something simple, as we plan to rent out our property.
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Latest post on 12 April 2014 - 22:23
Nicky, our property is in lime tree valley too. Thanks for the heads up re the landscaping. Can you send me the details of your landscaper?
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Latest post on 10 April 2014 - 18:30
AHHH!!! Sanddy_Dogg and BM!!!! Blast. From. the. Past!!! It is really wonderful to hear from you ladies and thank you for the great tips. It's a bit disconcerting that that the handover period may take longer than we anticipated. DD1 is taking time away from school and I would like us to get back in time for her Ballet RAD exam. Thank you for the recommendations for agents and landscapers. I am going to contact everyone of them to set up appointments when we arrive. Sanddy_Dogg, it's always the entertaining ladies who get banned. Yourself and BM case in hand :D :D You don't get a following when all you discuss is BPA free bottles on Babes and Bumps! :D
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Latest post on 07 September 2013 - 20:18
Pls do, my email is lama dot Cookson at gmail dot com. I live in Singapore now and that is where we received all the services, but will help any way I can.
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Latest post on 02 September 2013 - 20:03
Well it's been at least two years since I've been here, and I'm truly sorry for not seeing this earlier. DD2 will turn three years in a couple of months and just two months prior graduated from feeding therapy. She is still a very very picky eater, for all intents and purposes, and there are clearly sensory issues and oral aversion issues. But she finally responds appropriately to her hunger cues and has a relatively reasonable food repertoire. It took us 15 months of dream feeding and 18 months of therapy to get here though. My first recommendation is exclude medical causes as reason behind the refusal. I was told by a ped GI in Singapore where we now live that dresmfeeding and refusal to eat are normally indicators that there is some discomfort. Reflux is normally considered a common culprit. Second consider your feeding therapy options. If you are still located in Dubai, I would highly recommend you contact Dubai autism centre. Most autism therapy centers have tremendous experience working with feeding refusal and sensory issues. We had the best results using a combination of ABA (applied behavioral) and SOS (sensory integrated google SOS toomey), but only once the reflux was resolved. HTH Good luck. It does
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Latest post on 09 February 2012 - 16:48
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Latest post on 24 November 2011 - 11:07
Personally, I think you are going to struggle with that kind of income. Rents are very expensive here... A good place to get a feeling about prices is property guru.com.sg. Prices are pretty close; you might get a couple hundred knocked off if you sign a two year contract. Cars are also really expensive here; you need a certificate of entitlement along with the car you purchase, and for a new certificate that now goes up to sing $ 60k. That said public transport here is very efficient and affordable and you'll find you do slot more walking here. I would also say that groceries are 10% more expensive than Dubai, ESP if you crave your uk or us brands. You also need to factor in that you pay income tax in Singapore. Healthcare is also more expensive although is of excellent quality so make sure you have a decent healthcare package.
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Latest post on 29 October 2011 - 10:51
Thanks for the info ladies :) I would love to simply increase his existing formula however 210 Mls with 7 scoops is the max recommended on the packaging. He has 6 bottles a day already which is recommended for 6 months and he is only just 4 months. I thought perhaps a more substantial formula at night would be more satisfying. Thanks again :) OMG! NO! That is completely wrong! There is no such thing as a maximum amount of formula (or minimum) that a baby at a certain age should drink. The amounts listed on the can are only recommended quantities and if I'm not mistaken most tins also state that the amounts they've listed are only guidelines and depending on your baby he/she could need more or less. At that age, you should feed your baby on demand, if he's asking for more you should give him more. Don't let him go hungry because he's gone beyond the guidelines listed on the tin.
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Latest post on 18 October 2011 - 19:19
My 14mo DD has all of a sudden decided she doesnt want her lunch and dinner. She always used to be a good eater but last week she got a tummy bug and ever since she has been off her food. When she was ill i was trying different things and she liked rusk mixed with milk. Ever since she now refuses her food and i give in and give her rusk and milk. Is she playing me?? She cant live off this all the time! I feel as though i need Supernanny to come round and show me how its done!! I just feel like crying. She is whinging when i give her a sandwich (which is what she usually has and eats) and batting my hand away when i try her with potatoes etc! Arrrgggghhhhhh!!! Im refusing to do dinner time.......daddy can do it!!! Any ideas to get her to eat properly again or shall i just do the 'if you dont eat this, you wont get anything else'. But is she too young to understand this?? tia Don't have much to add to HAK or Kiwispiers, except that it takes a while for little ones to get their appetites back after a gastro bug, even if it appears that their symptoms have subsided. Sometimes, it may take up to two weeks. I personally wouldn't push and would just give it time. HTH
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Latest post on 10 October 2011 - 12:47
Also, are you sure the reflux is under control? If not, ask your doctor to prescribe a PPI for your LO like Losec or Nexium, but make sure the dosage is enough to control the reflux - 10 mg a day broken into two doses to begin with, and increase if needed. Also ask about motilium to speed up gastric emptying. And if your DD's reflux is very bad, I recommend you see a pediatric GI. <em>edited by lemondrops on 10/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 09 October 2011 - 16:39
I'm kinda surprised by all the people saying ignore it/don't return it. Whether it is a pittance to your employer or not, it was paid in error and is not your money. If you have legitimate outstanding expenses then by all means claim them. But keeping money that is not yours because you feel it is a drop in the bucket to him doesn't sit right with me. It might be a small sum but it is HIS money. If you felt you weren't paid fairly or due a bonus etc the time to address that would have been when you were employed - not by keeping this amount. I completely agree. If this was turned around, and your maid decided to keep some change that you'd left around because you wouldn't miss it, and it was a pittance to you but made a difference to her, the ladies on the board would be all over it. The same principal should apply. If you didn't earn it, you shouldn't keep it.
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Latest post on 09 October 2011 - 09:22
I know it's a measly sum but if you didn't earn it, you should return it. It would be the right thing to do, as annoying they have been about this. Besides, you really don't know their circumstances or how well/poorly their business is doing at the moment, maybe there is reason why they're scraping after every 123 pounds.
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Latest post on 06 October 2011 - 20:36
I have had many meetings including job interviews in hotels - this was while I was working for one of the big four as well as a Private Equity firm in Dubai; needless to say, they have all been above board As PP said it's sometimes easier logistically, and makes for a more casual set up. I think locals in particular prefer the casualness of hotel lobby meetings to the stuffiness of an office space. Meetings in hotels are really just BAU in Dubai - just walk into the lobby of Emirates Towers Hotel, Ritz Carlton DIFC, Monarch SZR, etc. etc. in the morning, and you'll find it teeming with business professionals meeting over cups of coffee. The set up is still relaxed, but the atmosphere is much more professional than a round the corner coffee shop. From what I understand from your initial post, the interviewer made no mention of hotel room; you did in a subsequent email asking for clarification - and I think that's where you went wrong. If I were in your shoes, I simply would have asked where the meeting would have taken place in the hotel, and the interviewer would have likely responded in lobby or xyz conference room, etc. If he'd come back and said 123 hotel room, then I would know better than to accept. And if I were to look at it from the other side, if a candidate asked me whether the interview was going to take place in a hotel room rather than the lobby, I too would have been offended by their "attack" at my integrity. It may also indicate to the interviewer that you do not understand the cultural sensitivities of how things are managed in the Middle East - namely willingness to meet clients in various (yet appropriate venues), and your ability to ask questions or clarify issues without offending anyone. JMO <em>edited by lemondrops on 06/10/2011</em>
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Latest post on 04 October 2011 - 10:24
Just want to know if this is too off.... DD drinks at most 400 ml of milk a day... we compensate with lots of yoghurt and cheese, but she doesn't drink much other fluids... a sip of water here and there... she doesn't appear dehydrated... but was wondering what the "norm" was if there is any such thing... TIA
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Latest post on 27 September 2011 - 13:04
Thanks for all the advice ladies. Lemondrops - DD has no issue drinking her milk, she has been on the bottle since day 5 as I couldn't BF. Based on your advice below, do you think I should try the other formulas now rather than waiting for the 4 month mark? I could try mixing it in with Neocate just in the same way I am doing with Aptamil. It's good that she's drinking now, but like I said, drinking at this age is more reflexsive, than proactive, once babies hit the four month mark, drinking becomes more proactive, i.e. they decide whether they want to drink or not, and if they've begun associating drinking with pain/discomfort that's when the refusal kicks in. This is my advice, but if I were in your shoes I would go back to the neocate for at least two weeks (that's the minimum amount of time required to get the offending milk proteins out of her system), then if you want to move her to another formula do a trial with that. If that fails, then switch back to neocate and try another brand in another two weeks and so on. If you keep switching from brand to brand, you're not going to really know which sits well with her becomes sometimes it can take up to four weeks until she's comfortable again. And if she's being continuously subjected to formulas that make her uncomfortable, she might start resisting. And given you suspect both MSPI and reflux, then I think a consult with a ped GI is warranted. He might even prescribe for you something that would help with the constipation, because there are a lot of safe options out there.
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Latest post on 27 September 2011 - 10:22
As a mother of a reflux refuser, here's my advice: 1. Go back to Neocate, and if possible stay with Neocate until your LO is well over 4 months and you're not dealing with bottle refusal issues. Your ped is right in that switching to too many formulas could make matters worse, but as your LO has clearly failed the Aptamil comfort trial you need to bring her back to what you know her system cn manage. Plus, If you move from Neocate and mess around with different formulas only to find out that in the end you do need to return to Neocate you're going to find it much more difficult getting your LO to drink it due to taste as well as other things. The four month mark is an important milestone because your LO's eating moves from being reflexsive to proactive. So if she starts associating feeding with pain/discomfort you could be dealing with a refusal issue as well as the reflux and right now you want to avoid that at all costs. 2. When you are ready to switch formulas move to a hypo allergenic formula; the milk protein is not as digested as the elemental formulas but should be enough to help manage most MSPI issues. Aptamil comfort is NOT an HA formula; I have no idea why your ped recommended that. Apatimil does make an HA brand however. 3. Ped's are useless when it comes to reflux and feeding issues; if you're not comfortable with the advice he's giving, don't follow it. Question everything you're being told. 4. A few resources to help you with dealing with your LO's reflux. This website happens to be great, you can even post a few questions, the advice will be US centric so they won't know what formula brands you're dealing with, but the essence of the advice should remain the same. http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a3937145/surviving_reflux_dealing_with_the_other_colic---reflux_mspi_and_other_gi_issues
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 20:40
Infant Gaviscon has never been available in Dubai or the UAE for that matter. Your best bet would be to order them online from the UK (I used chemistdirect.co.uk) and shipped to Dubai through Aramex shop and ship.
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Latest post on 13 September 2011 - 05:54
A few years back, we took our landlord (a local) to the rental committee as he wanted to illegally evict us. We won, had the contract renewed at the same rate as the year before and the landlord had to absorb all the legal costs we had put in to file the case. The rental committee are fair, impartial and will follow the letter of the law regardless of whether the landlord is local or not.
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Latest post on 10 September 2011 - 21:38
For DD1 (born 2008) didn't need an attested marriage certificate, for DD2 (born 2010) we did.
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Latest post on 10 September 2011 - 16:54
Queen Rania Al Abduallah of Jordan
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Latest post on 09 September 2011 - 21:06
I used a 10 ml syringe with a really big opening. I would put half a tablet in and then add 3 to 4 ml water, wait for it to dissolve then shake vigorously and quickly squirt a small amount into LO's mouth. Repeat until finished. Then check the syringe to see if there were any granules left over, if so then I would add another 1 to 2 ml water and repeat. Check again and repeat. I normally managed to administer all the granules by the third attempt. Also, you need to be aware that Losec only works on an empty stomach, so should basically be administered at least an hour and a half after the last feed and at least half an hour before the next.
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Latest post on 02 August 2011 - 23:12
I was a low risk pregnancy... until my waters broke at 30 weeks. Thankfully I was registered at Al Wasl and I delivered my pre-term baby there. I also know of many mothers who had low risk pregnancies, developed complications or had preterm deliveries but were able to deliver at Al Wasl by the grace of God. Al Wasl didn't have to accept them as they weren't registered, but thank goodness they did, because it could have ended quite differently for them and their LOs. I would think of the registration fee as one would car insurance. You certainly wouldn't want to be driving around without one, even if you think it's unlikely you'll be caught out in an accident. Why wouldn't you want a similiar safety net for your most valuable cargo? It is true that several hospitals have NICU's that can accommodate you at 30 weeks plus (I think American and Welcare are the only ones that can take you in even earlier), but if you have no insurance you're looking at a bill in the hundreds of thousands as opposed to the tens of thousands Al Wasl would cost you. Something you also need to factor in. <em>edited by lemondrops on 03/08/2011</em>
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Latest post on 31 July 2011 - 09:42
Thanks Kiwi. Solids are going well as long as its fruit/yoghurt. She isn't taking a liking to veggies, but that should be expected. She still has what I guess is a liquid aversion. If it's too fluid, she won't take it, but loves yoghurt and fruit from a spoon. Last night DH gave her some buttered toast, and she really seemed to enjoy that, until she started gagging, but I suppose that is all part of the process. Thanks for the tips. I've already tried formula yoghurt and you can't make that. Will try EBM yoghurt today and see how it goes.
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Latest post on 31 July 2011 - 08:02
thanks again for the tips. typing one handed ad holding dd in the other! i have decided to get a second opinion and am going to the doc today. infacol has helped with the gas and the other two reflux meds have reduced the arching of the back and wild screams but she still cries during and straight after a feed. DD is on formula as i cannot bf : ( she has been on sma for five weeks now. latest developments at my end are that dd is only drinking half her formula but is not feeding more frequently. i'm quite worried about this ... SG - hang in there and hope you get some good advice on tuesday. Shaf - how did your DD get over her symptoms/distress? Kiwi - great advice as always, gives us new mums loads to consider : ) Hi M, Sorry you're going through this. It's imperative that you get the reflux completely under control for feeding to go back to normal. Zantac is an H2 blocker, but the body can tolerate a tolerance to it, so gets less effective over time. Most reflux moms resort to a Protein Pump inhibitor such as Losec or Nexium. Nexium comes in sachet powder that is easier to administer than Losec. I highly recommend Dr. Tarek Saleh at Dr. Suleiman Al Habib clinic. He is a GI, but also sees infant cases. After seeing numerous Ped GI's, he was the only one who mentioned Nexium and took my DD's lack of feeding seriously. Good luck.
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Latest post on 30 July 2011 - 23:53
Hi my monitor has broken and on to my third pregnancy im looking for the above, I ve seen it on amazon just wondered ifvanyone has seen it in Dubai looked everywhere, for a new monitor and a mat and found nothing :( I'm selling mine for AED300, it's brand new never been used. Otherwise you can buy them new from babyandme.net for AED500; they deliver in the UAE Fab has it been tested all working ok? I'll def have it. :D Yes. Works just fine. We just never really used it. Ended up using our old monitor instead - less "technical" for us! ;)
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Latest post on 30 July 2011 - 23:16
Hi my monitor has broken and on to my third pregnancy im looking for the above, I ve seen it on amazon just wondered ifvanyone has seen it in Dubai looked everywhere, for a new monitor and a mat and found nothing :( I'm selling mine for AED300, it's brand new never been used. Otherwise you can buy them new from babyandme.net for AED500; they deliver in the UAE
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Latest post on 14 July 2011 - 12:57
Sorry RT... it's gone now :( You can still buy it online though...
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 16:55
We do a lentil soup that goes down well with the entire family, baby or adult. Saute red lentils in one onion (olive oil). You can add a carrot to get more variety, add some vegetable stock for flavour, rolled oats to thicken and cumin to spice it up. This is a very forgiving soup with regards to relative qauntities but I go with one onion, one cup soup, one carrot, one cup vegetable or chicken broth, a handful of rolled oats and one heaped teaspoonful of cumin. Blitz to make a smooth soup/puree. I love this poured over white bread with lemon juice and tobasco sauce on top
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 16:47
As a mother who's breastfed her DD for over two years, I frankly don't see the need that baby/toddler must be permanently attached to the b**b to maintain a BF relationship. I think the notion that the mother must be constantly present by her LO's side like some 24 hour gas station makes BF nigh near impossible to maintain. This maybe why many mothers feel they need to give up BF because work commitments or the idea that they need to be available 24/7 seems difficult work, when in fact BF is neither that difficult nor demanding. You don't need to have your b**b on tap day and night to maintain your supply. The days or constant feedings are only required in the early days to establish supply but once that is in place it is safe to drop feeds without supply being affected. I would know. I pump exclusively for DD2, and although I've reduced the number of pumps from 8/10 a day to only 2, my supply has gone down by maybe only 100ml. I still pump out over 1,300ml a day almost enough to feed twins, and I take no herbal supplements or medications to maintain supply. So surely if I can do that with a pump which is much more inefficient than a BF infant, it would be reasonable that as long as the infant is feeding well even with a reduced number of feeds, his/her intake won't necessarily go down. To answer the OP, my DD is three years old, and although I don't have her in nursery or summer camp, I know she would benefit immensely if she were enrolled in one. There is only so much stimulation I can provide her at home when I have a 6 month old infant to look after as well, and going outdoors is difficult with the heat. The only reason I don't have her in one is because we are leaving to Singapore in a month, and it doesn't make sense to acclimitise her to a new routine only to uproot her in a few weeks time and set her on a entirely different one. And as for backing up arguments with scientific studies, I find it best to get it straight from the horse's mouth rather than a website which had cited the article to make its point, maybe up to the point of out of context. Citing from the article: Once again we are left to conclude that early child care is [b'>associated with both advantages and disadvantages[/b'>, having discerned evidence of consistent ([b'>but small[/b'>) effects of child-care experience through the primary grades. I highlighted small because while the difference may be there, they are ever so slight between the two groups. The study itself cautioned against taking the correlations for face value as they do not take into account, other factors including family background and child-care experiences. The entire article is here: http://www.imfcanada.org/article_files/Omnibus2-without_tables.pdf
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Latest post on 13 July 2011 - 14:25
Pigeon teats also fits on medela bottles and they're very similar in shape.
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Latest post on 10 July 2011 - 20:21
We've had this issue travelling with DD1 when she was a baby even in child friendly hotels in Switzerland. Trying to find something appropriate in their children's menus was impossible and even then, regardless how many times I had asked for no salt, no salt, NO SALT... they just wouldn't get it! If it were me, I would pack heaps of baby food just in case.
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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 14:12
Try buying from Dubizzle loads of good quality furniture for really good prices. www.dubizzle.com I for one have a dining room table and chairs from The One available for sale :) http://dubai.dubizzle.com/classified/furniture-home-garden/furniture/dining-sets/2011/6/29/solid-wood-dining-table-and-matching-chair-2/ edited by lemondrops on 09/07/2011 Your chair numbers don't add up! "Eight matching rattan chairs with cushions, consisting of two "head chairs" and 4 side chairs."-that makes 6 not 8-no? Eeek! I'm glad someone's counting! :D
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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 12:43
Try buying from Dubizzle loads of good quality furniture for really good prices. www.dubizzle.com I for one have a dining room table and chairs from The One available for sale :) http://dubai.dubizzle.com/classified/furniture-home-garden/furniture/dining-sets/2011/6/29/solid-wood-dining-table-and-matching-chair-2/ <em>edited by lemondrops on 09/07/2011</em>
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Latest post on 09 July 2011 - 08:23
Congratulations Farasha! A beautiful birth story!
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 20:30
Thank you very much ladies. This is very useful.
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 20:28
Won't be long before that horrible man puts another new one to print though! edited by MrsMopp on 07/07/2011 How about "The Sunday Sun"?! I agree just a matter of time before it's resurrected with a new name...
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 12:05
Bump anyone?
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 10:12
Dr. Whatley won't be back until September. Too Late for us. Dr. Moosa Kazim won't be back until the end of this month. Anyone else available?
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Latest post on 07 July 2011 - 10:05
My mother needs to have revision hip surgery done as she has caught an infection in the first site. Can I have any recommendations on the best hip ortho surgeons in Dubai, and their contact details (email preferably) if available?
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 15:48
Can some yummy mummies please share with me how much formula/EBM your LO takes in a 24 hour period and what the meal routine looks like with or without solids? Just want to make sure I'm not overfeeding my LO. TIA
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 10:40
It should never have been taken to trial........the girl is obviously barking, of course she killed her baby....but in a more civilised legal system she would have been deemed not fit to plead. She belongs in a mental institution, not in jail. And in spite of a total circus of a trial, twelve ordinary human beings had more sense and compassion than all the lawyers, and all the legal and media pundits - it's not an ideal verdict, given the choices they had, but a fair one. The saddest people in the whole case are the poor, poor grandparents. My heart goes out to them. It had nothing to do with the jury thinking she was mad. The web of lies she spun after the poor girl's disappearance indicate she knew right from wrong. In fact not pleading not guilty by reason of insanity was the smartest thing she did, because that would have been an admission that she had murdered her daughter. In the end it is difficult to find someone guilty of murder when you can't even prove that the little girl was murdered. The entire case fell because no cause of death was given.
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Latest post on 06 July 2011 - 09:03
It is obvious that they think she did it.. Otherwise, she would not have been found guilty on all four counts of lying to the police. But at the end of the day, the prosecution had gaping holes in it's case, one of which was a cause of death. It's because of this, the jury could not find her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the yard stick for all trials in the US.
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 23:41
Would you consider getting temporary help for a few days so you don't hold them as much? There are home nursing services that supply qualified pediatric NICU nurses or agencies that supply babysitters? Can your DH maybe take time off or maybe bringing in another family member to help? Otherwise wearing long sleeved shirts? Good luck, after you've come so far with the girls, this must be a very worrying time for you. xxx
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 19:25
Lemondrops can I ask you a question please? Did she give you wrong advices regarding bf ? Again congrats for all what you did for your two girls . For DD1, Cecile's advice was relevant, accurate and up to date. If it weren't for her support, I doubt very much I would have breastfed exclusively as no one showed me what a correct latch was and how to do it. I also had a lot of resistance from my family that my milk would not be enough and that I would need to supplement. Cecile demonstrated that that was not the case, and that I would be able to exclusively BF. DD2 was a whole different story. She was born two months premature and for some reason had developed an oral aversion. Despite consulting two LC's one of which was Ceci and another was an IBLC (?), I could not manage to BF. But CeCi's support did help me to exclusively pump for DD2. BF advice from both was consistent, although I would say that Ceci was more persistent with the BF because she knew how much I wanted it, whereas the other LC helped me to come to terms with the fact that it was not to be. In the end, however, both agreed that I needed to accept that I wouldn't be able to BF and that exclusive pumping was the next best alternative.
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 14:38
Apologies in advance if I am on the wrong track here... but a new poster posting such a 'sensitive' suggestion... hmmmm!!! What do you mean ? I am trying to help the OP. It has worked for me. I give extra cash to my Nanny. I was so sleep deprived , my husband also ... my baby needs attention on night also. We found a solution . Everybody' s happy so what is the problem ? This didn't sound like a joke.
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 14:33
And what ? dis you come to my home to see if this is true or not ? Wasn't that your recommendation? To hand over the baby to the maid, if he wasn't sleeping through the night? Didn't you say it worked for you? Also get your facts straight here: I never went to Cecile for sleep training advice, and I didn't hand over my LO to the maid either. I dealt with it myself. <em>edited by lemondrops on 04/07/2011</em>
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 14:26
That BM is high in sugar and yes she also stated that by giving her too much bm at this point I could be setting her up for obesity and diabetes later in life. ! You should have told her that, surely, she received received too much breastmilk when she was a baby, that' s why She is obese ! lol ( joke) What a stupid joke! Pathetic actually. I agree. I was quite disgusted actually. To D.babe and GreenQueen, did Cecile cite any of the medical literature that she based her advice on? Just curious... You should be disgusted by her behavior and the wrong advice she is giving... It was just to show how stupid is her advice ! Regardless whether or not you agree with her opinion, ridiculing someone because of their appearance or weight is disgusting. JMO. Her opinion is against ALL Current MEDICAL RECOMMANDATIONS. We are not living in the '70 anymore. her opinion is stupid, and replying by this at least, she will think twice before stating such enormity. Says the woman who touts her baby to the maid!
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Latest post on 04 July 2011 - 14:19
That BM is high in sugar and yes she also stated that by giving her too much bm at this point I could be setting her up for obesity and diabetes later in life. ! You should have told her that, surely, she received received too much breastmilk when she was a baby, that' s why She is obese ! lol ( joke) What a stupid joke! Pathetic actually. I agree. I was quite disgusted actually. To D.babe and GreenQueen, did Cecile cite any of the medical literature that she based her advice on? Just curious... You should be disgusted by her behavior and the wrong advice she is giving... It was just to show how stupid is her advice ! Regardless whether or not you agree with her opinion, ridiculing someone because of their appearance or weight is disgusting. JMO.
 
 
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