and i will be back to work.. although i know my boss wants me to start work earlier, i couldnt bring myself to go back earlier as i want to spend more time with Ceph, i witness his first grab yes'day at the musical toy we tied on his cot.. and i felt so miraculous! haha.. Another reason why i refuse to start work early is also because i wanted to extend my breast feeding as long as possible, if i were to be back any earlier, i will need to stop the BF even much earlier.. i am now in the midst of extending the BF timing before going back to work.. but doing so just made me feel so guilty and sad.. i felt a sense of achievement whenever Ceph finishes up my breast milk in the bottle.. the thought of making him drink formula saddens me..but the thought of me carrying the pump and mini fridge back and fro to the office etc saddens me even more.. i do not want to end up hating to BF just because of the inconvenience it may cause me at work.. my parents are very understanding and told me that having fed for 3 months is already good enough.. last time, none of my siblings and myself were breast fed either!
Got the news from my colleague that i am 'losing' my job soon.. as i refuse to be back in time and my temporary replacement quit the job, my boss have to give my job to someone else and this time.. permanently.. so i am also not sure what else i will be doing back in August.. would i still be able to hold a secure job?? let's hope so..
Will be bringing Ceph to the Tiong Bahru Pediatrician this afternoon for the RotaVirus Vaccine.. was quite angry with the NUH PD that they never advise me to take this vaccine, it has been reported that almost every baby will be infected by Rota Virus (which will cause fever, diarrhea and vomit) by the age of 3, although it is not always life threatening, but it does cause severe dehydration or complications to baby if it gets too serious, in rare cases, it may cause death too. To me, since it is an inevitable infection that will be captured later in life, it is better to be vaccinated earlier, and the vaccination can only take place before baby reaches the age of 15 weeks!! Ceph is already going onto 11 weeks, and so we must really do it fast. Well being the modern parents, we would not want to take any chances on our baby's health right!
Hi, there are 2 schools of thoughts on infant vaccination.
The main group which include most of us believe infants should be vaccinated since that is required by law.
A small group believe vaccination may subject infants to develope autism.
In SG, based on the infant vaccination schedule, only some of the vaccination is required by law and must be administer to the infants. The rest is optional so these group of people allow their infants to be vaccine on the compulsory vaccine and leave the rest out.
I am not sure how true it is but you can look up the arguments on Singapore Motherhood forum.
Do a search on vaccination in the forum.