Hi Everyone
Josh is now 7.300kg and this is very amazing... he is in the 90% percentile.
His height is 63.5cm... he is in the 75% percentile.
His head size circumference is 42cm... he is also in the 75% percentile.
I have learnt quite a bit in yesterday's visit to Toa Payoh Polyclinic.
Apparently, most babies lies in the 50-75% percentile... and for overweight babies, theirs is 97% and for underweight is 3%. So for Josh, he is relatively very good! Ha...
We did the 6-in-1 jab application for him yesterday and he took the first dose of the vaccination yesterday. And when he got back home, he had fever, which is a normal sign after a vaccination.
Eve and I were quite shocked about this fact about vaccination. Apparently there is a group of people who are against vaccination because they feel that it is part of the cause of autism amongst children. Their rationale is that the baby's immunization level is not built up properly and germs are vaccinated into them. To some, they feel it may lower the immune system level of babies. We are not sure either because on the other hand, around 13million babies are affected to diseases due to not having vaccination. But they are at underdeveloped countries actually. So in Singapore, it is less likely.
We have discussed that in the past, we actually didn't have this 5-in-1 or 6-in-1 jab and yet, most of us are healthy. Now, they incorporate Hep B jab in the package. This is actually given to us when we are in primary 6. Actually, I do not know the actual rational of it, but why can't we provide them at Primary 6? Hmm.. we have been asking some parents and they just took what is given in the health booklet, without asking much questions.
Well, we have already given Josh the jab. Hope that everything will be fine!
