Ashlynn's First 5-in-1 Vaccination

We brought ashlynn for her first 5-in-1 vaccination on saturday at TMC. She started wailing the moment she entered Dr Keoy's clinic all the way until she finished her jab and out of the room. She was expected to have fever but thank goodness don't have, though she was cranky the day after. Not sure if it was due to the jab.

Kinda disappointed to know that she is only 5.75kg at week 13. She had only gained 700g since her last visit to the clinic at week 8!! Dr said that it is ok for a baby girl's weight gain to be slower. I hope so. As for her terrible redness all over the folds in her body, it was the same problem - her eczema. Dr advised us to switch to goat's milk for her. Both daddy and mummy was quite hesistant to adopt this suggestion. Moreover, we just bought a brand new tin of similac. Dunno why I not favour the idea of feeding ashlynn goat's milk. Perhaps both daddy and mummy are never a mutton lover and daddy is a goat!! No offence to those who are feeding your children goat's milk. Just a personal preference. We decided to monitor her skin condition further. If it improves with the medication, we will stick to similac. If it doesn't, we have no choice but to switch. We checked out at the supermarket. One small tin (400g) is $19!! Besides suggesting goat's milk, dr also gavea checklist to mummy on foods to avoid as ashlynn's diet is still mainly breastmilk. It is basically asking mummy to starve herself. There are so many things which have to be avoided. Anyone interested can find out from me by perhaps leaving your email in my comments. Mummy decided that basically I will try to avoid dairy products, seafood and nuts as much as possible. The rest like apples and sweets seem to difficult to strike out from my diet. Anyway, I will probably be breastfeeding for about 2 more months before I wean ashlynn off breastmilk due to work commitment which do not allow me to pump so frequently.

Mummy