Day 3 & Day 4

Day 3 was uneventful for me as I was working. Godma came to help out and of course was invited to play lots of chess. 

Day 4 was his 9 month check up which I took leave for. 

Previously, for Cayen, all his vaccinations were taken at PD as I didn't know better. But thereafter, I learnt that vaccinations is possible at polyclinics and quite a few vaccines are actually free. 

Hence, for Cayson, we didn't sign up any  PD vaccination package. Initially we thought of using Gp for the shots for convenience (just opposite our house & no queue), but the vaccination process was not smooth to say the least so we decided to go to the polyclinic after all. 

The experience was way better than all the 2 PDs and GP's this far. 
- there's no prolonged wait - we got to go in within 5 minutes of the appointment time (though we waited 15min as we were early)
- there's no vaccination at 9 months but they did milestone check like hearing and checking that baby's eyes follow object. And the usual weight, height , head circumference assessment. She also carefully plotted these on the head/weight/height chart (none of the others did the plotting). This plotting is important if we want to know how well baby is growing. 
- the nurse also gave us suggestions on weaning food, how to start trying eggs (eye yolks first, then eye whites), eating leafy vegetables like spinach too. 
- she also suggested not to let baby use walker as they may tiptoe later when they learn to walk, and may be easy to trip forward or be bow legged. 

She's so patient and kind - simply awesome experience. 

We were in there for around 15-20 minutes to go through all these. This is in stark contrast to all the other PD visit where we were in and out in 5 minutes usually. 

And most impressive of all, all this is free. 
As such, I highly recommend polyclinic for routine vaccinations. 




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