They said hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is a very common disease among children attending daycare. I was hoping that by breastfeeding, my son would not catch this contagious disease. But one day, his caregiver suddenly called at 9.30am to tell me that he have a fever and some rashes on both his knees. So I brought him to his paed and it was confirmed as HFMD. There were also blisters in his mouth. Poor baby. And the next day was his first birthday somemore. Luckily he still want to nurse. My mom came to take care of him at home.
And then there's my supply. It's been going down and down. The last time I pumped at work, I'd only managed to get 2 oz! It was so frustrating. I planned to fully bf Bono until he's 2 yo. But I failed!! And there's not much I can do because it's hormonal (this will be in another post). So we decide to introduce formula for his feed at the daycare.
Do you know that choosing a formula can be sooo overwhelming? We went to Servay on Friday night, after almost an hour at the formula aisle, we chose Mamex Gold Langkah 2. It was the same brand that he took almost a year ago at the clinic - while I was hook with the drips both left and right :(.
We tried to feed him 4 oz of the formula on Saturday afternoon. He took it but than vommited it all out after about 2.5 oz. We thought his guzzling down the milk causes this because after that he still wants what was left in the bottle. So we let him finished it. Within minutes, hives appear on his cheeks, neck, and behind his ears. It was terrifying!
We rushed to his paed again. And it was confirmed that my poor, poor baby is allergic to cow's milk. After about 2 hours, hives started to appear all over his body and he was so flushed that it scares the hell out of me. He screamed and tried to scratch everywhere until he fall asleep because of the Dexchloramine. I felt so sad and cannot help feeling guilty for not being able continue bf him fully.
The paed suggested we switch to goat's milk instead. And this is what he's been taking until now:
Very expensive formula (huhuhu). But yesterday we went to see the paed again for Bono's jab and he was concerned that Bono is not gaining weight. He's been at 8.75 kg since he was 9 mo. He kept reminding us to feed him well and to include both meat and eggs in his diet. Both of us were like, "Yes, doc he is eating all those" but he kept giving this funny look. Ciss, tak percaya ya? He should see Bono eat, this boy could REALLY eat and he want to eat everything that mummy is eating. So no more junk food for me (well, at least not in front of him hehe).So we were asked to switch to another brand of goat's milk formula. It's called 'Carina' and only available at pharmacy. I tried googling it and failed. Maybe it's Karihome?
Never mind lah, we'll visit the pharmacy next week. There is still one full tin of the Why Not? But why do people feel immediate concerned to see a smaller baby? It's like chubby is equal to healthy. Because as far as I can see Bono is healthy, happy, reaching all milestones and he's growing taller instead of gaining any weight.Okay, this post is getting too long that I feel I'm writing a school essay. So before I stop here's some differences between food allergy and food intolerance, in this case cow's milk.
P/S: How do you make a post in a table form? I typed the above using Word and then copy it to Paint and saved it as image so that I can upload it here. And now it's sooo small. So click on it to make it larger.
