Mommy diary: Aedan against Roseola

It has been sometime since my last post on our day trip to Tel Aviv. Many things had happened over the past weeks. Both "Good" and "Bad". 

From the title of this post, the bad news - Aedan was down with fever and rashes. It had been a tough week. He was soooo uncomfortable that he couldn't sleep well at night and he woke up frequently for nursing and comfort. He was uncomfortable through the day too and we had to carry him almost all the time. Just when his fever subsided, he developed rashes all over his body. Luckily, it did not itch. 

We went to see the doctor twice and he was diagnosed with Roseola which is a viral illness that commonly infect children between 6 months to 3 years old. The symptoms include sudden high fever which typically lasts for 3 -7 days and rashes right after the fever. The only good thing about getting this virus is that he'll most probably develop a lifelong immunity to it. #tryingtobepositive

Roseola is a self-recovered illness and there is nothing much we could do except to wait for Aedan's immune system to fight the virus. “加油加油”

The only thing we could do was to reduce his discomfort by nursing him and carrying him.. 

Our hearts ached so much when we watched him suffer as he fought the illness. This was the FIRST time he had fever. He did not develop fever from all his previous vaccinations. I never knew that handling a baby with fever could be so hard both mentally and physically. 

Kudos to all parents who had dealed with it!

We brought Aedan to a hair cut during his rash episode... cause we were worried that his hair (which had touched his eyes) will irritate his rashes. So Aedan has a new look!

He still has a little rash on him when I took this photo. 

Okay.. now it's the good news .. Twentysixoctober is planning for a month visit back to Singapore in Sept during Daddy's school break! 

What's better?! 

Before flying to Singapore, we will be visiting Greece and Italy and will document the whole travel journey. I'm so looking forward to this trip! Will share more about our travel planning and other stuff in another post. 

That is it for today. 

Bye! 

Mommy eve

#Mommydiary

Travel with baby. Alma Beach. Old Jaffa City. Manta Ray

Hello!

Here's another blogpost on one of our day tours in Israel!! 

One of the MUST do things when you visit Israel is to go to their beaches to enjoy the sun, sea breeze, salty air and of course look out for the hot babes and hunks on the beaches! 

Remember some time ago, I posted a blog post on our celebration of Purim (a festival in Israel) at Holon city?

On the very same day, after the Purim Parade, 

we went to Alma beach at Tel Aviv! 

We didn't bring our swim wears as we were not planning to bring Aedan for a swim when the temperature was still pretty cold at that time. So we just strolled along the beach and enjoyed the breeze.

We had a very late lunch cum dinner at this restaurant named Manta Ray located along the beach. 

The guy in the red shirt is the owner of the restaurant. He was really helpful and friendly. He helped us to get a seat with good view and we learnt from him how he was an engineer before becoming this restaurant's owner. 

We didn't know the owner before we arrived but had decided to dine at Manta Ray as it is situated at a strategic location along the beach. And we heard good review of it.

"If you come to a beach but do not wish to get sandy and wet, the best thing to do is to hang out at a nearby bar or restaurant... enjoy some cold beer, seafood, breeze, sunlight and check out people on the beach."

And that's exactly what we did! Except mommy couldn't have beer while breastfeeding so I had cold water instead... Still it felt awesome. :)

The view from our seat! :)

Wefie time! But Aedan was not very cooperative and refused to look into the camera. 

Another failed attempt where his face was blocked by the crab! Lol

A mandatory Aedan selfie so that we can show this to him next time when he grows up as proof that he has been to this place since he will most probably not remember. 

We ordered their Sharing Seafood which comes with mussels, shrimps and crabs, sweet potatoes, pineapples. This sharing platter costs 175 shekels (S$61.25).

We also ordered their Balkan bread that costs 19 shekels (S$6.65).

The food turned out better than expected as we didn't set high expectations since we were there not for the food but for the view. The seafood was fresh and the serving was so big that we couldn't finish it.  Later we checked on Trip Advisor and realized that it's ranked #18 of 1147 restaurant in Tel Aviv. If you are not sure what to eat when u visit Tel Aviv, this place is worth a try for both the food and view.  

After our meal, we visited the Old Jaffa which is just walking distance from Alma beach.

Me with my ever increasing load. The best thing about baby wearing during our trip was that we could travel freely (uphill/downhill) while he slept in it. 

 

#Baby travelling tip: To reached Old Jaffa, you need to climb uphill so if you are bringing your baby along, I'll advise you to bring your carrier and leave the stroller in your car. 

We took a few pictures of Aedan at old Jaffa. Enjoy his cute photos :)

To the Old Jaffa sea port 

Aedan with the red St Peter church 

A good view of the beach and Tel Aviv 

and ended the day with ice cream at Anita! 

I love recording these travel memories. It felt like I have revisited the place. 

If you are interested to visit Manta Ray at Alma beach. 

Here's the address:

7 Koifman St, Tel Aviv 63305, Israel 

You can find your way in Israel via Waze App (if you drive) or Moovit App (if you are taking public transport). 

It takes only about half a day to cover these places. :)

"Smell the sea and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly" 

#LifeinIsrael 

Enjoy traveling! 

Twentysixoctober 

All photos are credited to Twentysixoctober
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