De'Little Ones

Changing the Avent Isis valve

ellyn — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:02:42 +0000

Last week I was complaining that my Philips Avent Isis manual breast pump gave me problem. While pumping, the white star valve will popped out from its position and that really destroys my mood to pump. Time is wasted on fixing the pump’s valve and the quantity of expressed breast milk also reduced drastically. I was lucky that this valve was the old valve I have been using since I have Kylie. I have been using it for 3 years (for Kylie, Kylin and now Kyson).

When hubby bought the pump years ago, I remembered seeing a spare valve. So I changed the valve and was so happy with the results. No more “POP!” from the pump and no more “ARGHHH!” and “$%^*#” from me. I can also press the handle down with ease and no more worries.

The first period stain after a year

ellyn — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:34:53 +0000

…I gave birth to Kyson. On 11 Oct, a day after the perfect ten of 10.10.10, I stained the toilet paper with pinkish red color. I let out a deep sigh and thought to myself, “My menses is coming. No more pad free until menopause”. I love the thought of having no menses throughout the 1 year and 19 days. In fact, this is the longest period free I had. My period came back much earlier when I was breastfeeding Kylie and Kylin.

I was hoping that my menstrual period will only be back after 2 years of breastfeeding Kyson. But I guess I have to face the fact now.

DePuy Hip Replacement lawsuit

ellyn — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:04:41 +0000

On August 26, 2010 DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. announced a recall of 93,000 hip replacement systems due to a higher than expected number of people experiencing pain and swelling so severe that a second hip replacement surgery became necessary. DePuy Hip Replacement lawsuit are being filed for patients nationwide who are affected by the recall. The hip replacements have been found to fail at a very high rate and often results in the patient needing to have the device removed and replaced in a revision surgery.

So, if you have had a hip replacement since 2003 and are experiencing pain, then you are being urged to contact your orthopedic surgeons or the hospital where the hip surgery took place to find out if the DePuy ASR Hip was used in the hip replacement surgery. If the answer is YES and you are suffering from this defective DePuy Hip Implant, you may be eligible for compensation due to the defective DePuy ASR hip replacement. Past and future pain, suffering, medical bills, lost earnings, and disfigurement are among the damages that you may be entitled to recover.

My manual Avent breast pump is acting up

ellyn — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:39:31 +0000

My manual Avent breast pump is acting up on me lately. I have been using this manual breast pump since I had my #1 girl and have been serving me diligently until 2 weeks ago. For the past 2 weeks, the valve will pop out from its position whenever the suction is tight. You need the suction to be tight in order to pump the milk out but I cannot press the handle too far down. It will “pop” out and then I have to dismantle the whole unit to fix the valve back into its position. At first, it was one to two times per pumping session I had to endure with this situation. But now, it is about 6-8 times per pumping session. Have you had this kinda experience? It is messy and frustrating, as my time is wasted on fixing the valve. What I dislike most is when I am having milk letdown and pops it goes the valve. Milk and time is wasted. Then I have to wait for the next letdown to collect at least 8 ounces of milk.

Kyson loves music

ellyn — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:12:01 +0000

When I was pregnant with Kyson, I brought Kylie to music classes and coached Kylie every week. Only in the third trimester, I stopped accompanying Kylie to music classes. Hubby took over the job of fetching Kylie to and fro. However, I am still the one overseeing Kylie, making sure she practices playing on the keyboard once every week.

Now that Kyson is 1 year old, he is capable of doing few things that I didn’t see with his 2 elder sisters. When he hears any music (as young as 9 months old), he will stop whatever he is doing, search for the sound and then smile. Now that he is bigger (1 year old), he will crawl nearer to the radio or tv, shake his legs (at times), shake his body (at times too) or claps his hands. And when the music ends, he will “communicate” with us by saying “err…. errr…..” and pointing to the radio. That is his way of telling me that he wants to continue listening.