Pigeon Medicated Compact Powder Review

There are some claims on the internet that Talc is harmful for babies especially when its inhaled. Baby powder usually contains Talc.

I use the Pigeon Medicated Powder for Jaron as it prevents him from getting heat rashes which he usually will get in hot weather. As I puff him down after a bath, I try not to get powder puffed into the air so as to prevent him from inhaling the powder.

Recently I saw this in Nex's Isetan. It's still Pigeon Medicated Powder but the powder is compacted into a small case, something like a woman's makeup compact foundation. So I bought it to try it out.

I used the puff and pressed against it to get some powder.

I applied it on Jaron's leg and it looked like this.

The powder applied does not look as thick as the normal baby powder after puffing but it covers well. And of course no powder is puffed into the air, which means Jaron will not inhale any powder in.

Gundam Exihibition at Ngee Ann City 4 – 28 Jun 15

Jaron was very excited when he saw those huge robots.

He shouted, "Wa! Robots SO BIG!" and kept pointing to the robots on display. At one point, he was even dancing with excitement in front of a green smaller robot.

Haha, he is like a little red bean in front of a basketball standing in front of the two huge ones.

Daddies to the Rescue!

I always believe that daddies should step up to help mummies with the toddlers in various tasks. Nowadays, both daddies and mummies work too, so helping out is a great thing to do.

For me, I always help my wife and share the burden with her. The help I gave her includes changing diapers, bathing, picking out outfits, choosing books, choosing the school, choosing toys, putting my 2.5years old son to sleep, reading to him, etc. Especially when my wife is pregnant with our dear baby girl! :D

I do realised that some daddies have some trouble dealing with their toddlers in different tasks, so let me share my experience in completing various basic tasks.

Changing diapers

Constantly anticipate and distract the toddler/baby, it helps a lot.

Yes,  your kid is going to reach for that toilet paper in the diaper room near the changing table. Yes, your kid is gonna fidget or try to touch the poo in the diaper. And many yes-es to many more incidents. So what do I do? Anticipate. I know my son gonna do all these stunts, so I anticipate. I slightly push his hands off when I see that he is gonna try something funny. And I took out many pieces of baby wipes (to wipe his poo) in advance and passed him the whole baby wipes (or a toy) as a distraction.

Bathing

Put some of your kid's favourite toys in the shower room.

As my wife is pregnant, she is unable to bathe my son as much as before. We used to share the task but I'm doing it 90% of the time now. If my son wants his mummy to bathe him, I will try to find ways to coax him so as to let me bathe him. For example, he likes rubber ducky. So I ensure that there is a rubber ducky in the shower room. Then I will say things to him like "Remember? Rubber duck? He needs his bath. Do you want to bathe him?" Or take the rubber ducky out and mimic Donald Duck's voice and say, "Jaron. Help me! I need a bath!"

Putting your child to sleep

Be firm and put your kid in the bed at the same time everyday.

Make it a habit of putting your kid in bed at a specific time everyday. Be firm even if your kid refuses to. My son answers "No" to sleeping when I asked him. Or sometimes he answers me "Play cars" and is unwilling to go to his room for bedtime. But I remained firm, I turned down the lights and put him into bed. He starts to enter to the dreamland after some coaxing and singing. Very soon, he has the habit of going into bed during that specific timing.

Sometimes, things are not as difficult as it seems if you put a little heart into it. GO DADDIES! You can do it! :)

Sick babies in child care centres

Most parents should know that babies get sick easily in child care. But some parents blame it on the parents who bring in sick babies to child care.

Usually, child care centres let babies come in as long as they do not have fever. So a baby may have flu or cough which he or she will then pass on to the other babies.

But some parents have no choice if they do not have someone else to take care of the babies.

Its difficult for parents as the leave we have is just not enough to cover the amount of days the babies are sick.

Parents taking no pay leave may be subjected to average or bad appraisals which means less bonus.

And funds are essential to pay for BBs in child care n bringing them to doc when they r sick.

But you want to be a responsible parent and takes no pay leave. No pay leave is less money. And the cycle continues.

Its a vicious cycle. But can we do anything? Not much.

So its probably no choice for some parents to leave sick Bb at child care . Sad to say.