Baby Sitting Again...

Huh... I'm on leave baby sitting again. I guess my leave entitlement this year will be used mostly for baby-sitting the 2 lovely kids - Uaua & Momoi. Darling hubby mentioned - hopefully when both of them has grown-up they will be strong as the immune system defense mature.

Well, Momoi was down with Coxsackie Virus (a.k.a Hand Foot and Mouth) this time. Well, that's the down side of sending the kids to nursery - they can always catch funny viruses from other kids.

I was pretty annoyed and frustrated when Momoi got another virus again. Two days before she got the virus I saw another baby already having fever for 2 days but still being sent to the nursery.

How irresponsible some parents can be!

How can you let someone take care your own child when they are sick and let virus got into another child who is healthy (in Momoi's case, she just recovered from Chicken pox then tummy upset and now this Coxsackie Virus). For all I know, for the month of July alone both me and hubby been paying doctor's fees and medicine, losing precious working days and paying the nursery for nothing.

Anyway, Momoi is showing signs of recovery now - thank God. Finally, she wants to drink her milk and eat her porridge and less cranky and clingy. The ulcers in her tongue are gone.

There is no medicine for viral infection - we can only soothe the symptoms - like ulcers. For the past few days, I've been giving her stepsils and some gel (Medi-gel) on the ulcer but it made Momoi shuts her mouth even more. Maybe because of the numbing sensation. So yesterday, I stopped giving the medicine to her and start offering her what she likes - fruits like Papaya and today watermelon. Lucky me it works - at least she can eat something and helps her recover too. It's pretty sad to see her hungry for 2 days but not able to eat anything because of the painful ulcers in the mouth.

Today, a few medical officers from the Hospital came to our house to do some investigation and I found out from them that the virus is currently active in Kota Kinabalu town area. So for those kids and adults who have not caught the virus - watch out! Stay at home as much as possible and avoid crowded places like shopping complex. Anyone can get the virus- adults and kids and spread it to someone else unknowingly.