7th wedding anniversary

On last Saturday, we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. It was really amazing.

My mother in law stayed with us to take care of my daughter when I and my wife went out to dinner and to have some fun. We left at 8 pm.

I booked a table at restaurant Villa Tevere in advance. Our table was at the second floor, which was refrigerated by air conditioner. We were properly dressed using sport blazers. It was cold inside the building.

For entrance we ordered Neapolitan rissoles. The main dishes were two parmigiana filets with pesto risotto. For dessert, we ordered profiteroles with ice cream and chocolate syrup.

During the dinner, we renewed our wedding votes. As a magic, I did a solitaire ring to appear behind her ear. So I put it on her finger and I said some words about our past, about how important she was to me and to my daughter. She made a beautiful speech to me as well, she made special that moment with some key words.

After dinner, we passed by some points of Asa Sul's night, but nowhere catch too much our attention. Therefore, we went to Pontão of South Lake.

We spent some time together, close to each other, looking to the landscape: lake, garden and sky. We didn't stop in any bar or restaurant anymore.

At 12 pm we were back at home. Our daughter and my mother in law were sleeping. At the other day, she said that the night had been calm and that our daughter had slept the whole night since we left.

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Via HCE 1, Brasília, DF, Brasil

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My toddler has sinusitis

For those who don't know what is sinusitis, there is a video done by Khan Academy that explains clearly how it occurs.

What is sinusitis?
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My little daughter has coughed since the 20th April. At first, we went to doctor pediatric. She prescribed an anti allergic medicine, which reduced some symptoms. However, the cough didn't stop

At last week, we went to an pediatric Otorhinolaryngologist. She prescribed an anti-inflammatory, but the cough persisted again.

Yesterday our daughter did some exams : X-ray of lungs and blood test. It is really difficult to convince a toddler to do this exams. She was afraid and cried a lot.

The technician that did the x-Ray didn't know anything about child psychology and terrified our daughter. My wife was obliged to deny what the technician was telling to my daughter. Actually, she said that she would apply a big injection if my daughter didn't stay calm and stop moving. She didn't realize that my daughter was two years old. The x-Ray was done when a second technician tried.
X-Ray results were pretty good, no secretion, but leucocytes in blood sample were in high level .

Therefore, the diagnosis was sinusitis.
It is bad to a toddler. The nose secretion goes straight to throat when she is sleeping, causing cough at the end of night.

For now, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic. She will take it for 10 days, twice a day, plus an medication anti inflammatory used in phytotherapy to improve body immunity.

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Mother's Day and final match of Rio de Janeiro's Soccer Championship

For today, I ordered a breakfast basket to be delivered early at morning. It was a great surprise to my wife. I and my daughter gave the basket together with a card. Regarding the gift itself , we gave it in advance during the week. It was a blazer.
At lunch, I prepared myself our special meal of Mother's Day. We had salmon covered with toasted garlic and fettuccine with pesto sauce. Everybody liked it. My daughter repeated the salmon more then once.
During the afternoon, we put some painting stuffs at our terrace and stayed painting with our daughter on canvas and paper. Actually, she painted at our bodies as well.
It was really amazing. We had a great time and funny day.
At the end of afternoon, we watched on television the final match of Rio de Janeiro's Soccer Championship. I was trying to motivate my daughter to cheer to Botafogo.
The match was between Botafogo and Vasco. Botafogo made the first goal, but Vasco made one goal just a little bit later. The match broke even. And, as Vasco had won the previous game, it won the championship
At least, my daughter saw Botafogo's goal. She is lucky. When she was watching the game, Botafogo made a goal. After the goal, my wife took her to have a shower. She loved when I commemorated screaming. She is learning to cheer. I hope she will cheer to Botafogo.
Despite Botafogo's loss of the title, it was a great day.
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First School Presentation of my daughter at all

Since yesterday we have been commemorating Mother's Day. Yesterday we, my mother and my brother spent the whole morning at my daughter's school.

Her group was the second to perform a dance presentation. Her teacher rehearsed her group to this presentation on Thursday.

The presentation was really nice and my daughter was successful in each step of the presentation, what is a memorable achievement for her age. She is 28 months old. She danced, turned around, clapped her hands, gave a hug in her colleagues and put her hands on her back to say thanks to the audience, always guided by her teacher who was singing a music with their instructions in English, which is her second language. The school is bilingual.

After presentation, we had a picnic at school's garden. Most of student's families did it, what was a school's suggestion. We bought a picnic basket at school's canteen.

It was a really nice commemoration.

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Allergic rhinitis in children: symptoms and prevention

Right now my daughters is in crisis.

http://revistacrescer.globo.com/#/noticia/Criancas/Saude/noticia/2016/05/rinite-alergica-em-criancas-sintomas-e-prevencao.html

Rinite alérgica em crianças: sintomas e prevenção

Os pais que têm filhos com já sabem. Vira-e-mexe o nariz da criança fica entupido e coça, ela espirra, tem pruridos na garganta e ouvido. Mas além desses sintomas mais comuns da alergia, estudos mostram que desconfortos como dor de cabeça, de ouvido e pressão facial também aparecem nas crianças que sofrem com o problema.

"Uma das consequências da alergia é inchar a mucosa da pele. Se esse inchaço acontece, por exemplo, na cavidade dos seios da face, há uma obstrução da saída do ar e das secreções dessa região, o que causa a pressão facial", diz Victor Nudelman, alergista infantil do Hospital Albert Einstein (SP).

Segundo Olavo de Godoy Mion, otorrinolaringologista do Hospital Santa Catarina (SP), a rinite crônica acaba trazendo ainda outros problemas para a criança. "Ouvido, nariz e garganta estão interligados. Se o nariz da criança está entupido, a sua comunicação com o ouvido fica afetada e podem surgir infecções e problemas de audição, por exemplo", afirma.

E, claro, essas manifestações da alergia prejudicam a qualidade de vida da criança. Como ela tem dificuldade para respirar, dorme mal, o que interfere em seu crescimento e no aprendizado escolar. Por isso, o ideal é ficar atento se esses sintomas surgirem e procurar um profissional o mais rápido possível.

O que é a rinite alérgica

A rinite é uma inflamação do nariz e das mucosas dos seios paranasais de origem alérgica. É uma reação às proteínas de seres biológicos, como o pólen e o pelo de animais. Mas há uma rinite que não é a alérgica, e sim irritativa por conta de um agente químico. "Quem não é alérgico não vai ter problema ao cheirar uma flor. Mas a fumaça de cigarro, por exemplo, vai gerar uma rinite independente de essa pessoa ter ou não alergia", diz Olavo.

Vale lembrar que a alergia pode surgir em qualquer momento da vida. Se a criança nasce com o gene para ter a reação, o problema vai se manifestar somente quando ela entrar em contato com o alérgeno. Porém, isso não acontece de uma hora para a outra. A doença vai se desenvolvendo aos poucos à medida em que há exposição ao que provoca sensibilidade.

O melhor quando se fala em alergia é a prevenção, ou seja, ficar longe do que a provoca. Mas isso não afasta a necessidade do uso de medicamentos em alguns casos. Uma dica do otorrinolaringologista é lavar todos os dias o nariz com soro fisiológico para dificultar o contato dos alérgenos com as mucosas.

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Mother's Day at school

Tomorrow, our daughter will take part in a presentation commemorating Mother's Day at her school.

It will be really important to us. The school presented a a link to a teaser of students' preparation to the presentation. Our daughter was dancing there.

Actually, she told us each detail of her preparation. She said that she went to the stage and that she danced there, shaking her body during our conversation. It was amazing and cute.

We are looking forward to this day. I will make a movie and take some photos. My mother and my brother were invited.

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Via de Ligação SENE, Brasília, DF, Brasil

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