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Monday, March 23, 2026

3月23日~~

How to manage a coughing baby with phlegm

Step 1 - feed milk as usual
Step 2 - burp as usual
Step 3 - notice baby starts coughing, pat back anyway
Step 4 - notice baby is in a coughing fit (sounds like phlegm), starts crying and turns red.
Step 5 - move away from couch and to easy to clean floors
Step 6 - pat baby while he vomits milk and phlegm, whilst continuously soothing them 
Step 7 - wipe clean baby, self  and floor. Change where necessary
Step 8 - get baby to sleep (they are tired after the episode)
Step 9 - make coffee and think "the f just happen?", shudder at how scary it was


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How to cool down a baby with fever

Step 1 - wake up in the middle of the night from a screaming baby
Step 2 - feel how hot they are as you try to rock then to sleep
Step 3 - put them back in the cot and get a thermometer
Step 4 - measure 3 times hoping to see a result other than 40 degree celsius
Step 5 - pee and drink water fast (its going to get real soon)
Step 6 - prepare room temperature bath water
Step 7 - strip down screaming baby and keep sponging them
Step 8 - take off shirt and keep hugging them (skin to skin) every now and then so they know it is safe. 
Step 9 - prepare wet Handkerchief for forehead dunking and flipping every 5 mins because its hot like teppanyaki
Step 10 - measure temperature again an hour after sponge bath 
Step 11 - change shifts with partner and think "the f just happen" and be scared at what just happened 

In both cases go to the paediatrician as soon as its open to get medication