Saturday, June 28, 2014

Many hospitals in Japan won't let you stay with your child at night: Red Cross, Hiro Hospital.


My 21 month son was hospitalized at Hiro Hospital for pneumonia this past week.  I was thankful that he was diagnosed properly, because he was told that it was just a cough at the local clinic.

napping together
He was admitted to Hiro Hospital, which I find has decent care. The only problem I had, was that they would not let me stay the night with him (Red Cross Hospital has the same policy). I tried EVERY ANGLE to get an exception. I said that I am still nursing and he will not take a bottle (which is actually true). I even tried the language barrier excuse, saying that he won't understand the Japanese being spoken to him. Nothing worked. So, I was gently kicked out every night for 4 nights of his hospital stay. The best I could do was nap with him during the day and put him to sleep before I had to leave. But, that didn't mean much, when he woke up without me there at night. :-(

salmon, soup, bean paste, kiwi, tea, rice
In the mornings, the nurses said that he was not doing well "mentally". Well. Let's step back and take a big guess to WHY? In a hospital. Sick. No milk. And, waking up to nurses in a strange metal crib.
Hiro Hospital Pediatric Ward

Other than that hiccup, the health care procedure itself was pristine. The nurses were efficient, like clock-work. And the food they provided was very nutritient rich (although my son refused to eat it).


But, to me, if you want a child to heal, you must nourish the emotional, as well as the physical. Not allowing a parent to stay the night with a scared and sick baby, does not make any sense to me.



Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Nail salon birthday party, in Tokyo, at JoliNails

I wanted to recommend JoliNails, for a nail salon birthday party.
http://www.joliarts-salon.com/#!birthday-party/cjmx


My daughter celebrated her 6th birthday party at JoliNails. They have a party room, which the kids played games and ate cake. The girls went to the nail salon area in pairs, with their mothers for pampering. It was a HIT.

The staff is bilingual and great with kids.

The party room is at JoliArts, www.joliarts.jp the 1st floor of JoliNails Salon, so the staff there are professional instructors and caregivers.


JoliNails

www.joliarts-salon.com
03-6721-9669
Monday closed.
Tuesday-Sunday open 10-8PM

Chess lessons, from international chess master in Tokyo

My husband is REALLY into chess. He is constantly on his phone competing with his friends.

So, here is one I found:

Lessons are 8000 yen a month, once a week, currently Thursdays at 5PM.

The chess instructor is EXCELLENT with children. He recently won a national championship in Japan. He assigns sheet homework, which he creates himself, according to the level of the children.


www.joliarts.jp