Musings Of An Engineer Mom

I’m a Pakistani engineer SAHM of a 13mo daughter.

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I’ve been MIA for quite some time now. But I’m hopefully back with my musings. Went to megazone in F9 park today. They have these rides at the entrance. You get 3 coins for rs 50 which I think is so cheap. 3 coins allow you 3 rides. Although the rides are just structures moving to and fro but I think it’s a fun experience for our little Tods. Something other than ordinary but not extraordinary :) #momlife #desimom #toddlerlife #islamabadimom #islamabadimommy #toddlerdayout https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1mqaUAoLO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f0105f7el1k1

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Why your baby’s oral hygiene is crucial and what you can do for it

I’ve been having one of the worst days in my history of worst days. Sorry if this post is half PSA, half vent out and half of sob story all over the place but I have to write it all and maybe feel a little better

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For the last 2 weeks my daughter (who’s 15mo) was having a low grade fever - somewhere around 99-100 F. We first thought it was a UTI (she had one 2 months ago) so got a urine RE twice in a week but it was clear. Turns out 4 of her pre molars were being cut so I figured that was causing the fever. We gave her bio 21 and applied teething drops and Alhamdulillah her fever went down. But since 2 days I was in pain every time I breastfeed her. I didn’t pay much attention to it thinking her new teeth are causing it. Last night it got so bad that I saw scrapes on my skin and almost dreaded feeding her. While searching online for solution etc I came across a post that said her child’s eroded tooth caused her scrapes. Now I had noticed discolouration on my daughter’s teeth a few weeks ago. I even asked her paediatric about it and he said not to worry since these are milk teeth. But I noticed last night that her front upper teeth was getting eroded from bottom and had a pointy edge. That was causing all the pain and scrapes on my nipple! My daughter’s beautiful teeth were eroding right in front of my eyes! I’ve never felt this bad in my life about anything :/ she had such beautiful teeth, such beautiful smile.

I immediately called and told my husband about what I thought and he also came on the same conclusion about my pain. I took a few pictures of her teeth and compared them to previous ones and the difference was clear.

A google research and posting my query online confirmed she had bottle caries. Although my daughter is exclusively breast fed but she still has it. My utmost belief on the benefit of nursing got shook to its core. The cause is probably night time nursing and apparently the milk pools in the mouth and causes decay - or that is what one of a family orthodontist told my husband. I thought nursing was the most natural thing in this world. I thought responding to your baby’s needs were a mother’s first job and all of these believes were just shattered.

I took to google again and read some articles that stated the link between tooth decay and breastfeeding to be a myth (faith slightly restored). It claimed that breast feeding plus other food can cause decay - not breastfeeding alone.

Now I’ll come to the point why I feel so terrible about all this. It is because I’m guilty of never really cleaning my daughter’s teeth or gums. Yes, I being a mom and being an avid internet researcher knew oral hygiene was important but I never applied it. Not because I was lazy but because no one really ever put any emphasis on it. Not my mother not my husbands mother not even our paediatric. I specifically asked him on my daughter’s one year appointment about brushing her teeth and he said not to till she’s 2 years old. And I just relaxed about it - my mind never going in that direction again. At most I’ll clean her teeth and gums with my clean finger but not religiously and regularly.

I regret it all the most now. The only advice I have for new mothers is to please please pay attention to your child’s oral health. Clean their gums even if you do it with your finger or a Muslin clothe. Do it after every meal, last thing in the night and first thing in the morning. I really hope and pray no mother and child has to go through this.

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So I got my suit exchanged for these 2 shirts. Everyone thought beige was too light a colour. Talking about these: the grey shirt has beautiful embroidered neck. It has thread plus tilla embroidery. It also has marching organza extension. The other shirt is plane digital print shirt. Retail price is Rs 1680 and Rs 1380 respectively. What are your thoughts about these? #bonanza #satrangi #eid2018 #shopping #reviews #pakistanibrands #pakistaniclothes #desiclothes #desi #desiblogger #instagramblogger #momlife #mom #mother #pakistanifashion

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Winfun Rhymes and Musical Car I thought I’d review a toy today because intelligent, sturdy and attractive toys are hard to come by. I bought this fun car for my daughter when she was around 11 months old and it’s been a hit ever since. Babies are attracted by sound and music and it sure has both. But the reason I call this an intelligent toy is because it also serves as a sorter. We all know how crucial the early years are for babies to develop their gross and fine motor skills and this car toy can surely help in that. Let’s begin with what it actually does. It’s a car where the windows are actually 4 shapes: Heart, square, triangle and circle. Inside the car we find these 4 plastic shapes. The aim is that the kid pushes these shapes in the car and learns that the heart shape can only be pushed inside from the heart window. He thus learns to sort these shapes :) The intelligent feature is that the windows have buttons of sort so when the shape is pushed upon it, that shapes name is called out. Word association! So when you push the circle inside: it says circle! The top of the car had 3 buttons, also in the form of shapes. These are oval, star and flower. When you push these, there names are called out along with a little rhyme :) The car has two modes: learning mode and musical mode. Pushing the buttons in learning mode produces sounds like names along with rhymes. Pressing the buttons in musical mode produces musical sounds. The 4 shapes are all in different colours and has the alphabets printed on them so you can teach your baby color names along with alphabets. In front of the car are two huge cute eyes which moves left and right when car wheels are rotated. The car also has a string attached so the baby can crawl/walk and pull the car along :) My daughter and I love this toy! I play a game with her where I place the shapes in the windows and ask her to ‘push’ them inside. I only had to show her twice how to and now whenever I say push! She promptly pushes the shapes inside with her little finger. The best part is how sturdy this car is. It’s been pushed off the bed and sofa but no harm has come it’s way! The shapes are also in a very reasonable size so even if my baby try’s to put them in her mouth, she can’t - a win for me! All in all this is a wonderful toy which can offer so much in terms of learning. I purchased this from Jinnah Super F-7 for rs 2000 but I also saw it linked on daraz.pk and other online store. I’m linking them down below :) https://www.daraz.pk/winfun-rhymes-sorter-car-7506016.html http://www.symbios.pk/Winfun%20rhymes-and-sorter-car-0659 https://www.goto.com.pk/winfun-car-rhymes-and-sorter-pink-560534