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Latest post on 25 November 2011 - 00:36
Thank you, Busybee. Wow, wasn't prepaired for that answer! I don't want a maid...my friends don't have children I can use...I don't know my neighbours yet as we just moved...oh, well looks I'll not go out for a romantic dinner anytime soon ;(
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Latest post on 14 November 2011 - 01:46
Thank you for all ur replies! I am in complete fog about the AC system but DH says that most of the buildings in Dubai and the new ones in Abu Dhabi ( we are in the new towers on the Reem Island- Abu Dhabi) run on chilled water and yes, there is the auto button. I don't have the AC on during winter here. So there is a plan: 1. Clean the AC filters ( have to ask the building maintanance about their schedual on this) 2. Try my hand on the house plants. I new about NASA study but somehow house plants are intimidating me, I don't know if I am able to take good care of them :( 3. Buy the air purifier. IQ Air is sold in the UAE. I will see if I will go for it or other one. 4. Up vitamin D for my DD by sun exposure. I will take your word for it Icecat :) It is a good idea all around anyway. Anything else we can think about? I would love our home to be as safe as we can make it.
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Latest post on 13 November 2011 - 12:51
Thank you, Mariana. Is the IQAir purifier available in UAE? I ,too have the same Karcher and know how heavy it is :( but still happy with it trying to minimize the chemicals while cleaning.
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Latest post on 14 March 2011 - 09:13
:)My DD did the same and used to keep me awake,too. I asked the paed. and he said not to worry about it, it will stop. It did and from what I remember she did this sounds till she was about 9, 10 weeks. DD used to strech for ages ,too. Nothing to worry. I know how you feel. Every little thing DD used to do was sending me researching it.:)
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Latest post on 12 February 2011 - 13:40
Shaf, maybe you should take it easier on yourself these days. I know you are following your passion of photography and for sure this is keeping you very occupied and it distracts you from the little one and even if is for a little bit he feels it and is demanding your attention. Plus, as I remember my last month of pregnancy I was very cranky, the hormons were up in the sky. Try and relax more. Off topic, I already have a canvas made with one of the photos you took for my DD. It looks amazing!
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 23:17
I am not good at politics...Can someone explain for me why Saudi is taking in all these murderers?!
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 22:22
God is Great! I am sooooo happy! Swiss frozed all his possible assets and Dubai did the same. I don't think he will enjoy his last days on a sunny island. What do you think will be his future?
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 18:12
He can't afford to go outside the country now. Sometimes (rare times) money are not enough. But who knows...maybe he is ouside Egypt already.
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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 17:43
It's interesting, isn't it, why someone would want to hang on like that...if I had all his cash, I would definitely be off and not in Cairo. Only if his cash is legit..IMO he is afraid to end up as Ben Ali. His fortune is under magnifier already.
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Latest post on 02 February 2011 - 13:32
no wonder... the maximum Vitamin D deficient live here :) Muslim Ladies, if you think that vitamin D is low have it tested at the doc. and then take vitamin D tablets if needed. Also you don't need to expose your whole body to get enough vit. D , your face and hands can do the job, too :) but then again, for your skin sake it is better to apply SPF lotion every time you are out ( or in ) and this is not helping with vit. D at all! So, the tablets can be a good solution out of this. Vit D is very important for our body.This is how it works for me.
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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 23:29
Thank you Shaf, I'll pass the kiss, my pleasure:) Yeahh, the words : artificial feeding and hospitalization can do funny things to a mother's mind! But I am very relaxed now after seeing Dr. Delphine. All the best for your delivery!
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Latest post on 26 January 2011 - 23:04
I saw Dr. Delphine Dupuis today and I can't find enough words to praise her. She is so amazing, kind, patient. Thank you for recommending her BFC. As all of you ladies suggested My DD is just a case of a small baby:) with some little concerns about the fact that she was given antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection she had when she was 6 months that might impacted on her weight gain and a heart murmur which has very little to do with the situation. Dr. Delphine also told me to practice compression of the breast while breastfeeding and massage of the breasts before feeding in order to get the fats which are attached to the milk conducts into the milk flow. Something I think is very helpful to know by mums is that you need to keep offering to the baby the food that she is refusing at first for about 10 times till the babies got used with the sight of it and begin to accept it. No formula was suggested, of course and no hospitalization;) DD is fine, Al Hamdulellah! I feel so relieved. Scarlett78 if you wish to know the doctors I saw before give me ur mail so I can write to u. I don't think it is ok to post it here..
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Latest post on 25 January 2011 - 13:03
hey sippycup, this is exactly what i am going thru with my daughter. she is 10 months and weigh 6 kg!! the paeds made us worried n did all sorts of tests on her, chest xray, different sorts of blood n urine test and found nothing!! it was just a waste of thousands..not to mention tht we were extremely worried sick. my DD does not take formula either so i try to give her a lot of cheese, she doesnt like yogurt too.. but after months of being worried..i have stopped making a fuss...i just feed her what she likes..if she is hungry she eats...if not then she ususally eats better at the next meal.. i have noticed she eats table food better than the food i make for her.. i know we shouldnt be giving salt to LOs but atleast she eats it. i hope things get better but u need to stop worrying soo much. if she is reaching her milestones then she is FINE. Mast-mom we should get together. At least no one will comment on how small is the other ones baby:) I get comments from everybody when I am asked about DDs age but I can't get upset on them. She is really small :) I need to come to terms with the idea that she is just tiny, too. I will just see Dr. Delphine tomorrow and let you know what will be the conclusion. All the best for u and ur DD.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 22:50
Hello.Kitty thank you for checking the charts for DD! I looked into them before, too many times and I know she is at the bottom and within normal limits but from time to time I have a worrying attack (if this even exist) and asking myself what if i don't do enough and there is still place for more to be done so she can gain better...It is then that I take her to pedis ( the wrong ones seams) and they are washing the floor with me even saying she needs to be feed artificially! Then my trust in my abilities is hitting the bottom hence I asked your help ladies. Guinnees she is having cereals with fruit in the morning, veggies with egg yolk and yogurt at lunch and she has turkye with rice and veggies at dinner for example, but she has days on the row where she hardly gets 2 spoons of food and a biscuit all day. OMG! Artificially feeding her! Honestly... if she's gaining, albeit at her own pace, then she's fine. Imagine what force-feeding would do to her association with food? OH! Actually, on that point, there was a Supernanny episode on exactly that! A British couple had (have) a daughter who was underweight and had got into the situation of force feeding her, which had grown with time to the extent that they didn't realise how horrid it was. The Jo came along, filmed it and set about change. Basically, it was a downward spiral because the mother was so concerned, she was making too much of a big deal about eating, and then force-feeding made her daughter hate mealtimes even more, so she would eat even less. Well worth watching, even though the daughter was about 3. As for your DD and what she's eating, try cooking "naughty" - cook with butter and cream, toss the veggies in butter (I like butter) and use full-fat yoghurt and milk. Lamb is also very good. Try to eat with your DD and relax at mealtimes - make them fun and interactive. Don't make a big deal of it if DD doesn't eat all her food, but instead choose an appropriate pudding (so for example, if she's eaten all her veg, give her yog as pudding, but if she left the veg, give her fruit). Lastly, remember that some people are just natural size 6 (grr, why aren't I?!) and are perfectly healthy at that size. Any professional who ignores the evidence of a happy, healthy, bright-eyed child in front of them and tells you that they are failing to thrive should really reconsider their job! I really don't know what's wrong with the pediatricians I saw. The last one was at Medcare and this was the one saying he would hospitalize DD in 10 days time if she is not taking the formula he indicated to me to buy. I went out with my head spinning but I never intended to go back to him.On top of that I never been able to find the formula called Infantrini. All the pharmacies told me is out of stock. I will take your advices and I will see Dr. Delphine and try to relax about it. Thank you ladies again.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 21:20
Hello.Kitty thank you for checking the charts for DD! I looked into them before, too many times and I know she is at the bottom and within normal limits but from time to time I have a worrying attack (if this even exist) and asking myself what if i don't do enough and there is still place for more to be done so she can gain better...It is then that I take her to pedis ( the wrong ones seams) and they are washing the floor with me even saying she needs to be feed artificially! Then my trust in my abilities is hitting the bottom hence I asked your help ladies. Guinnees she is having cereals with fruit in the morning, veggies with egg yolk and yogurt at lunch and she has turkye with rice and veggies at dinner for example, but she has days on the row where she hardly gets 2 spoons of food and a biscuit all day.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 16:49
Sippycup, DD is 10 months and weights a bit over 7kg. She was breastfed exclusively until 5 months and then with formal top up until she was 8 months. She is now on formula and solids. She lost some weight when was very sick with salmonella. Dr. Shola from DLC is her paed and no concerns re. her weight. DH and I are both rather hmm... petite too. She is a happy baby. We did struggle with introducing a bottle (we offered it to her way too late). It took my MIL about 3 days to convince DD to take it. She would offer the bottle before DD was hungry, than there would be tears, so MIL would sooth a little girl and introduce a bottle again. It was not easy and I couldnt be even near DD, but since your LO is much older than my girl at the time maybe feeding her with a spoon is a sollution? All the best! Edited to add that DD is on Aptamil and we use ''pigeons'' wide teats for the bottle. xo edited by JoannaS on 24/01/2011 edited by JoannaS on 24/01/2011 Hi Joanna For a little while I settled thinking DD is just small (I am but my husband is not ) but then I get to see all the plump babies everywhere. We are enrolled in a swimming class and is hard to not notice that she is the smallest even she is not the youngest..and then she is not keen on the solids,too. I wish I had MIL or My mom here but this is not possible. I hope Dr. Delphine will tell me what's going on and what to do to improve my DD's weight.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 15:41
Have a friend going through something similar. I sent her to Dr. Rajkumar at Unicare in Burjuman. The Dr. ran some blood tests and a urine test, but I dont know what happened after that. I know also that there is a preemie formula (Enfacare or something like that) that adds extra calories to babies diets. I know its crazy trying to get them to take formula, my DD tried 5 or 6 diff ones before she settled on Apatamil. My DD also went through a 'bottle rejection' phase and what worked for me was holding her in the same position as bfing her and putting in the bottle like it was my b00b. I tried the bottle as the boob,too. I tried getting her really hungry and then leave her with DH to feed her, let her to play with the bottle maybe it will make its way into her mouth, changed the nipples to different hole sizes and what not! When I introduced the sippycup she realy took to it and had water so I thought it will work with the formula ,too. It didn't. Now she is weary of it cause she thinks it has formula and not water! Thank you ladies. I had her iron level checked at 8 months and it was fine.I booked with Dr. Delphine and keep u posted.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 14:27
Thank you so much for the recommending a good pedi. I didn't see a LC...I read almost everything related to breastfeeding, Kellymom and such. I would say that DD is getting enough milk cause her diaper output is good, I didn't quite like to express milk partlly becouse DD doesn't take the bottle, she is pushing it even before touching her lips..but when I squeze my nipple after she is done eating I still can see milk getting out. I try to feed her solids which are high in fat and calories but sometimes, many times she doesn't want them. It is so hard to pt something in her mouth and her being so small stresses me to the maximum.
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 14:13
No, I didn't. Is it hard to get an appointment with Dr. Khan?
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 10:12
I was so scared trying to imagine how to escape from the 32nd floor with a baby!
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Latest post on 11 January 2011 - 14:34
I have something called hernieted cervical disk. I think this is what you are discribing thou i am not sure. Anyhow, I was scared when I heard this from my doc. too but he didn't go so far as to mention surgery..but maybe it depends on the severity of the case. How far is yours? Do you have pain in your arms? How is it manifesting? I went to the doc. cause I had pain in my upper part of my back since I was pregnant and after delivery and I had MRI done . This is when we discovered the hernieted disk. Curently, I am taking some medication and have a neck brace I need to wear 15 min. every morning and evening for a year. I was very sad to hear I have this from a young age , I am 32, but I need to deal with it.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 21:46
This is what we reached : Britax Evolva 123 plus High Line 2011 model it takes the baby from 9 kg. to 36 kg.( doesn't exist here yet ) will cost us after shipping 1474 Dh. A Britax Safe Fix from 9 to 18 kg. is 2 380 in Mothercare. Now, if you want a smaller one around 1000 dhs it doesn't make sense to pay the shipping.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 21:01
we checked the boxed item weight on Amazon UK and it's 10 kg, which we checked it on shop and ship and it gave 602 AED. At any case even if it's 28 lb, samilir at mother care are more than 2000 AED
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 16:45
forgot to add, the site has sale at the moment on carseats. It is soooo expensive to buy in Dubai. Why??!! I never understood why everything is so expensive here. I know is Dubai and everything but still..
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 16:32
m_king do you have a shop and ship account? We had the same problem with finding a car seat in Dubai. Our daughter will grow out of her maxi cosi soon and we were shooping for a bigger carseat and after researches we concluded that we will buy from the uk and ship here a britax. The funny thing is that will be even cheaper than buying here and they have a big range to choose from! We will buy from preciouslittleone.com
 
 
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