Dave 18 Months

Updated: 20 April 2009

Dave is exactly 18 months today. So, what are the things that he has achieved so far? Not much though and I can't really make a comparison since he's the first.

Finally, I brought him to Dr. Johannes at Gleni International Hospital. The reason is because the time just suits me. I brought him after his class from Little Lamb and we reached the hospital at about 12 plus. It's more than half an hour journey due to the traffic. Our queue number is 40 and at that time it's only 25 (the queue number).

It's not fun to handle Dave alone in the waiting room. Finally at 2 o'clock, we went in and consult with the Doctor. As usual, the Doctor asked him to lie down and he cried. Remember the trauma that he had in the hospital the other time?

Well, then the Doctor checked the stomach and the anus. Dave has an acute constipation. Thus the doctor had this prescription Lactulax or lactulose. It's so called to make the feces softer? Everyday 10ml for a week, then reduce to 5ml for another week. If it's getting better than we can just stop the medicine.

Another thing is we have to control his diet. The doctor suggests the following things to be done:
1. Drink milk that you can get in any cold storage in the market, mall, or anywhere. Just like Ultra milk. Drink it every morning for 75 ml only.
2. Feed him with the fruits that full of fiber everyday, such as papaya, soursop, prune, jelly, etc.

Oh yah, the constipation is actually not a big idea. The thing that make it worse is, he's reluctant to poo coz it hurts everytime he poo. Thus, the feces is getting harder and then the same cycle repeat again and again.

So far, there are a few things that Dave loves to do or has achieved. He loves to clean up the floor by using his cloth or anything he can reach for. (He sees our maid clean up the home too much). He also loves to spray the water by using the hose. He can say mama, papa, nai-nai (grandmo from Mr. said), wet, duduk (sit in Indonesia), minum (drink in Indonesia), star, moon, cat, pig, car, book, blue, water, flower, two (he just miss one), bye-bye, bird, ear, nose, mouth, head, and so on... Oh yah, the favourite word... Bath...

Then he is able to complete the following word when we sing Twinkle twinkle Little Star... Star, Are, High, Sky....
and then One little two, little three, little Indian.... and he finishes the last part... "boy"...