TAIRVLYN: chicken pox vaccination

Brought Rachel for her chicken pox jab on Friday. she screamed when the needle went in and cried for only 2-3 seconds. after that she was smiling again. she was so attracted to the huge doggy soft toy in the paed's room until she didnt want to go out from the room without it!

she now weighs 10.49kg and she's 76.5cm tall. head circumference 46cm.

her paed says that rachel is slightly overweight for a 13 month old baby. and she blames it on the milk powder. what she was about to tell us next really gave us a surprise. she said that kids after 1 year old does not need so much milk! they only need to drink milk once a day and for the rest of the day, the child shd be eating food just like adults do! she said that milk powder like Mamil Gold, etc are called follow-up formula. although these formula contain lots of supplements, however the content of the supplements are more than what a child needs. therefore, excess supplements will make the child fat! and she said that being fat will lead to the child developing health problems at an early age. honestly speaking, i was totally shocked by what the paed told us.

all these while i've always thought that milk is good for kids and i still do think that milk is good for kids. i disagree with her abt the fact that rachel shd only be consuming milk once a day! of course i didnt tell the paed that i disagreed with her, i just listened to her.

anyway, the whole visit to the paed cost RM136.70. The chicken pox jab itself cost RM101.70. the other RM35 was the consultation fee. i think the money spent on the chicken pox jab was money well spent. Althought it covers only 95% (there's still a 5% chance that the child may contract chicken pox), at least it wont be that bad.

When we got home, i plotted rachel's weight and height against the growth chart and found out that BOTH her weight and height is slightly above the average line which i guess balances out right? therefore, i dont think she's overweight at all! i've asked around for opinions and so far everyone tells me that a child needs to drink milk more than once a day! and they say rachel is not overweight! yeay! i feel so much better already.

anyway, with rachel being such an active girl (she just cant sit still), i think she'll burn off all the fats. haha.