About Allergies

Last week, approximately on Tuesday her legs are suddenly full of red bumps. Signs of allergy. My kids get small allergies alot. It usually comes out and once we stop the allergens it will jz disappear.

But until thursday it's still spreading. On friday it spread to her face. And I thought oh well it should subside soon. On saturday it was worse. Half of her face was swollen. She couldn't open one eye. I panicked. We were in Batam, I was sick too and didn't know where to go. I only brought zyrtec with me.

So I went to local pd. I suspected he doesn't tend to kids with eczema problems often.

This is my first time turning to steroids. I didn't want to use it but it was really bad and sudden I was scared it would spread elsewhere.

One of the few things that made the flares worse was the heat in Batam and the dusty air. It made it all really bad. Her face becomes more itchy when we went out of the air conditioned room. Plus I stopped all her dairy products temporarily. Especially her cow milk. Yogurt is still fine, cheese as well..

Now back in Singapore. First thing I did on Monday morning was...I took her to her usual Pd. She gave me the same type of steroid but made by original manufacturer in FRance, cream for the face, lotion for legs. She never gives steroids to my kids, ever. Just this once. She told me no more than 5 days. I used the steroid from the Indo pd for 2 days already so I can only use the new one for another 3 days. She gave me physiogel AI cream as well. The super expensive cream which apparently works even for Rana last time round. For antihistamine she told me to give 2 diff types. Aerius for morning and Zyrtec for night.

Alhamdulillah she looks better now. Plus today Allah gives me a cool wonderful weather to help her heal her eczema.

I did ask the PD abt the trigger cause I myself have no clue what it was. I suspected it was the chicken seaweed that we bought. She said it could be the additives. I don't think it's MsG. There must be another stronger additives inside it. Or maybe a preserve additive.

As far as I know, Asha is sensitive to shellfishes. But now I realize I must be cautious when buying frozen foods as well. And any other things with additives. This one when I looked it up was a product of China. So never ever buy anything from China!

I didn't enjoy my holiday in Batam. Even though I enjoyed the hotel. But left me with footnotes and lessons learned for next trips.

Rana 17months, Asha 4yrs 4 months

Asha

She's in K1 now. She's learning spelling, writing and spelling in school. Arabic and English. Reading... We'll get there eventually. Speaks mostly in English. With some mixed bahasa.

She enjoys outdoor playing more nowadays. Lesser ipads. She gets along better with her sis. She loves apples and watermelons.

She still nags for attention and whines. Still hard to wake up and get ready for school. Still listens more to the teacers compared to us. She is now 105cm and 18kg.

Aura

Rana is active. Likes to wrestle. Loves hanging around with people. She eats whatever her sis eats.

She speaks randomly for words. But ibu is very difficult hahahaha. She is about 10kg now. She walks everywhere run everywhere and so lovable.

She still sleeps early and wakes up early. Still allergic to cow formula. She is small in stature big in energy. She's a very expressive girl. Her biggest milestone is her increasing vocabs, and she can tell when she wants to go poo poo. Her frequent word is "mau mau".