Indonesia offers free polio inoculation to kids in Bali

The Indonesian government is giving young Indonesian kids a free polio inoculation after cases were reported in Java. Yesterday Ika heard about it and asked if we should take Jevon. He has had one already as part of Puri Bunda's childcare plan and will get another one next month. The polio inoculation is painless as it is given orally. Jevon is pretty good with injection too though, he cries for about 30 seconds then is back to normal.

Tourists are often worried about taking their young kids to tropical countries, but Jevon has been healthy so far. We have a little bed for him, which has its own net. We can leave him there and mosquitoes won't touch him. During the daytime when he's awake the mosquito level is low anyway and we can do without the net. He is enjoying a diet of mother's milk and formula and the other day Ika said "He doesn't cry so much anymore and doesn't need to be held all the time. Now he likes it when I talk to him." Its good to know that Indonesia is tackling the polio problem.