{"id":8763,"date":"2010-04-20T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/04\/20\/from-infant-care-to-nannies\/"},"modified":"2010-04-20T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T09:49:37","slug":"from-infant-care-to-nannies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/04\/20\/from-infant-care-to-nannies\/","title":{"rendered":"From Infant Care to Nannies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"blog-OLYP0634-hannah\" Hannah was pulling another fever-level temperature on Sunday evening of about 38.5\u00b0C which got the both of us both worried and resigned to that despite our best efforts, our little girl still wasn\u2019t recovering. She\u2019d been going through a string of illnesses that\u2019s lasted for more than a month \u2013 it started off with diarrhea, then running-nose, then coughing. Basically, Hannah would be alright if she\u2019s still taking medication: but the instant she\u2019s off it, she\u2019d be ill again.<\/p>\n

We paid another visit to our PD last night, and the latter decided that the underlining causes of Hannah\u2019s illnesses needed to be treated \u2013 since fevers that is in the fifth running week basically indicate that current treatment methods weren\u2019t working. She wrote up a prescription that was the equivalent of a medicine cocktail, not all of which was going to be sweet-tasting (you can imagine how babies would take to bitter drugs).<\/p>\n

When we got back home, we got Plan B in motion too. Ling was weary of having Hannah returned to what she was calling \u201cthe germ pool\u201d at infant care, and we\u2019ve been getting in touch with nannies around the Sengkang and Punggol areas. We called up a nanny that was referred to us by Ling\u2019s ex-colleague with to see if she would be alright helping take care of our girl on an ad-hoc basis starting tomorrow on Wednesday. It was indeed a blessing that the nanny was able to at short notice, and moreover was one that Ling was very comfortable talking to.<\/p>\n

Admission regulations at the infant care require a month\u2019s notice for child withdrawal, so it\u2019s going to be additional costs for the nanny assistance on top of the infant care fees. But looking at the PD consultation and medicine costs that we\u2019ve chalked up already in the last couple of weeks \u2013 and I think it\u2019s already in the four digit figures \u2013 frankly, the costs of engaging nanny assistance right now is peanuts compared to it. Lentor parents are abroad on vacation right now, so when they\u2019re back we\u2019re going to see if we can get their help on selected mornings too.<\/p>\n

All said and done, despite that our girl\u2019s not been well, we\u2019re still grateful for the fact that she\u2019s still her happy self, eating and (mostly) sleeping well. And for that, we\u2019ll have to thank the many friends and family members who\u2019ve prayed for us.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hannah was pulling another fever-level temperature on Sunday evening of about 38.5\u00b0C which got the both of us both worried and resigned to that despite our best efforts, our little girl still wasn\u2019t recovering. She\u2019d been going through a string<\/p>\n

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