Monday, September 26, 2011

Aston's First Sickness...... :(

Never did I expected Aston's first sickness to be so severe.  I was expecting more common sickness like cold or cough but sadly Aston's first sickness was Urinary Tract Infection (UTI).  I was in shocked firstly to discover his urine was no longer yellow but brownish on the diaper and it has a strong smell.  I told papa about it and he said maybe he's heaty.  I knew deep down that something is not right about Aston because I also noticed that he showed discomfort for a few seconds and after that sudden outburst he will be fine.  So I told papa I suspect he's in pain when peeing.  Anyway, I didn't want to push it to papa to bring him to the hospital because I know papa will think that I'm over-reacting.  So I told him, we'll see what happens after lunch if still no improvement we will go see doctor.

After lunch, I told papa to check his diaper and he found a few droplets of blood on the diaper.  I told papa to just maintain the diaper as we need to show it to the doctor.  So off we went to Aston's paed in Pantai and told him what happen.  We had to take a sample of Aston's urine and the doctor suggested that we do an ultrasound to make sure everything is OK in terms of his kidney down to his bladder.

The urine test came back there's bacteria in the urine and thankfully the ultrasound shows that everything is normal.  So doctor said that it's probably a bacteria infection.  I asked how does he get the infection and doctor said Uti is hard to tell.  It's either through the blood it enters the kidney or through the penis up to the bladder.  He mentioned that there's always bacteria around that area and usually even if they go up to the bladder, the bacteria will be out when we pee.  The infections comes about when the bacteria manage to stay in the bladder and start to breed.  Anyway, doctor prescribe Aston antibiotics (Augmentin) for one week while waiting for the lab to culture the urine to see what type of bacteria it is.  It turns out that it is E.Coli.

Aston is a very strong boy.  Eventhough he was sick he didn't show any signs of sickness at all except for the discomfort.  Usually symptoms of UTI is unexplained fever (no cough or cold).  I guess it was a blessing in disguise that it was quite severe to the extend that there's blood in his urine for us to find out he was not well because he did not have fever.  Otherwise, we would not have known that he was not well and I cannot imagine if it was not detected early.  After the trip to the hospital his urine was back to clear yellow but the smell was still not normal.  Noticed that the smell lasted for about 5 days.  He was also very cooperative in taking in his medication.

One week later, we went back to check his urine and thank god that the bacteria has been cleared.  Yayyy!
 

Aston's Progress @ 6months

Aston turned 6 months last week and to me all of a sudden he sound so grown up.  He's no longer the small little baby that just eats, poop and sleep.  I must say he is one matured little boy.  He loves being around people but it does not mean that you have the permission to hold him.  Yes he has developed separation anxiety.  He just like to listen to adult conversations as if he's part of the conversation.  He will be even more delighted if we include him in the conversation.

I Tried watching babyTv on Astro with him but he don't seem to be interested at all.  I even bought Brainy baby DVD's and that also couldn't really capture him.  At most he will sit for 20 minutes but out of 20 minutes only 8-10 minutes he was watching.  The other times he will look around and try to squirm out of his chair.

Anyway, I decided to make his 6 months old a memorable one by bringing him to his first appointment.  The appointment is to the barber.  Yes, my FIL need to make appointment with his barber to cut Aston's hair.  Both papa and I was very excited for his first hair cut.  I even brought some toys for distraction just in case he started screaming at the top of his lungs.  When we arrived at the barber I carried Aston and sat on the chair.  (It was my first time sitting on a barber's chair too!!) The barber cover Aston up and we told him the style that we want.  Aston was trying to look at the barber when he started touching his head.  Daddy quickly took the toy out to distract him.  Half way through Aston had the urge to bite so papa gave him his fingers.  I think papa was very nervous I told papa to give him his teether he end up giving him his pacifier! Anyway, at the end of it all 3 of us yeh yeh, papa and me were so proud because Aston did not shed a tear.  We quickly went home and papa gave Aston a quick bath to rinse all the hair away and I also had to take shower because I was covered with Aston's hair and we went to Gardens to have lunch.

Before leaving the house to go for his haircut

After his first Haircut 

Another achievement at 6 months is mummy drove Aston to visit greatgrandpapa, grandmama & grandpapa at Bukit Rimau just the two of us! Aston behaved very well.  I was very nervous at first but when I arrived at Bukit Rimau I felt so proud of myself.  Anyway, I fed Aston his lunch and make sure that his diapers are changed before leaving the house.  I couldn't see him because the car seat is rear facing and he is sitting at the backseat.  I gave him his beanbag and a toy hoping that it will keep him occupied.  Anyway, he did not make a noise and somewhere in between he fell asleep.  It was a pleasant drive I must admit.  As for the returned journey, he fell asleep again.  I even went to Gardens once just the two of us to have lunch and we had a short walk because he started getting a little bit cranky sitting in the stroller so I left.  

Found him in this position after arriving home from one of our outing