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A paediatrician at Baby and Beyond Clinic, Publika with close to 2 decades of experience in child health.

My passion is to share knowledge and empower families even while navigating my own journey as a mother of 3.

27/10/2025

It's been a little over a week since we got hit with the news of the tragic death of a teenager in school from stabbing by a fellow student. It made the episode from "Adolescence" not just a scary plausibility but a heartbreaking reality. Too close to home.

As parents, there are so many deep questions we need to ask ourselves in response to what happened but the most immediate response I got from parents was that the first thing they did was to give their kids tighter and longer hugs that day. 🥹 My oldest schools nearby and so, I too was concerned about what my boy had heard and how he was processing it.

Having a clear and calm strategy, it gave me an opportunity to have a meaningful conversation with my son - to objectively assess how he was or wasnt affected, see his perspective and answer his questions. As tempted as I was, it wasn't the time to jump straight into nagging about screen time or online games - these issues matter, but not just yet. It was a time to get a pulse on his mental and emotional health and have a deeper conversation depending on how HE steered the dialogue.

My only goal was this - to let him know he is safe with me and that he can talk to me about difficult things openly and honestly with me.

Here's a step-by-step guide to help us talk about violence and tragedy with our kids. Save and share it - only God knows when we may need it again in the future.

Sources:
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
American Academy if Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

PS: It was inspired by a conversation kit released by the children's ministry of my local church which included some biblical guidance to help bring some comfort and faith. If you'd like a copy of it, do DM me.

PPS: Have you spoken with your child about recent tragic happenings in schools?

23/10/2025

Parents often ask me,
"How old should I give my child milk until?" or "When should I stop giving my child milk?"

My honest answer is, "Don't stop."

Milk is still an key part of their daily diet for strong bones and teeth, to support growth, immunity and brain development.

For kids 1 year and above, give 2-3 servings of milk a day between 150-250ml per serving along with their meals or snacks.
Keep the milk, keep them strong, keep them growing!

Enfagrow A+ Malaysia

22/10/2025

Can you pick up what I really want to say? 😂

With Deepavali celebrations and short school break almost over, let's be vigilant looking out for our children falling sick, which almost never come with a warning. Please don't be too quick to send them back to school.

Oh, and have you gotten your child immunised with the flu vaccine yet?

21/10/2025

October 2025. We are experiencing an influenza surge in Malaysia and here are some practical tips I want you to know so that your child gets diagnosed early, treated promptly and correctly and in doing so, help to reduce the spread to people around. I want you to be smarter than some of the doctors you see.

1️⃣ Ask for the influenza test to be done. Don't take antibiotics unnecessarily!

I am quite fruatrated about this because I have had sooo many kids coming in after 5-6 days of unresolved fever who turn out having influenza and the common reason I get for their delay in coming is that they were given antibiotics by a different doctor but without flu test first being done. While what I am advising here is NOT a blanket statement for every month of the year but during this period when you get notification from school that 1/2 the class or over 100 kids in school are down with flu, you must agree with me that the diagnosis of influenza must be ruled out first so that we can be treated correctly. For influenza, unless there is evidence of a co-infection, antibiotics won't work. A specific antiviral called Oseltamivir does.

2️⃣ Timing of the test done matters.

Here's an interesting fact for you. The flu rapid test that is commonly done at clinics (because it can give results quickly compared to other methods) can give a false negative result (ie says negative for influenza when in fact the patient does have it) when done too early, too late or if the swab specimen is of bad quality.

And so, again in the background of an outbreak in your community, if your first flu test is negative, please consider repeating it in 1-2 days, not 5-6 days later. Why? 3 main reasons:
- when tested too late, it can also be a false negative and cause a diagnosis dilemma
- if antiviral medication is required, it is more effective started earlier in the disease rather than later
- reduce spreading the virus when you can be diagnosed and treated earlier.

Got questions? Comment below or DM me.

I've got 2 more points. Will roll the video out soon.

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Hi! Welcome to my crib!

I am a wife, a mother to two beautiful children #popiahndumplingyong (not their real names...lol!) and a community paediatrician at Baby & Beyond Child Specialist Clinic, Publika.

I am terrible at keeping journals, but the one year I did, I saw the fruition of that journey when I read what I had written and I felt immensely grateful. I felt that those years, even the mundane moments, had eternal value. Such is our human nature that we need tangible physical things to reliably serve as our memory.

Hence, this space. A journal to write my journey as a children’s doctor and a momma. A platform to share my stories and my experience. An avenue to merge the medical sciences with practical parenthood and to share whatever knowledge I have in that realm. A way to connect with parents outside the four walls of my consultation room.