Well... two days down into the current school term and I'm already feeling ready for a holiday. Doesn't help that we are dealing with timetable changes, technological glitches and I still can't confirm exactly WHO is in the new class I have taken on this term. Oh yeah, and a couple of teachers stranded in the UK and obviously no work to do with their classes... Not their fault, I know, but it is hard on those of us who have to try to figure out what to do with their classes for now.
Anyway, the chatter of recent weeks is coming to an end, I guess. I just want to make sure people know that it's not because I don't love you any more, it's because I'm just completely swamped at work - and term 2 is always a rough term with half yearly exams and reports to write.
I'll still be reading - just finding the time to reply often will be difficult.
BG - I hope today went ok and that it wasn't too traumatic on any of you.
ok so i need some help and your ideas here girls...
well as you know today miss c had her ears done and the chemist here in town has none of that ear spray left,nore did the beauty salon so im useing medi wipes is there anything else i can use ??
i would just use salt water - alcohol wipes may be a bit too drying on sensitive ears. E had hers done at 12 weeks and when i left the spray at mum's, that is what i used
oh thanks bg i really appriciate your help as i had no idead ,and i was truely hopeing you would answer knowing e had hers done ,so thanks hun and salt water it will bewhat about if i even took her down to the beach and used some of that water today ?
I'm still here, just been very busy lately. Just a question for our mums with older bubs..... Tara was up about 3am last night vomiting and also had a couple of bouts of diarrohea (sp??). She didn't have a temp and she wasn't upset or cranky about the vomit everywhere. After I stripped her down, gave her a wash and dressed her again she thought it might be a good time to have a play and she even had 1/2 a bottle at 5am this morning, which she never does but I think it might be because her tummy was empty. So anyway this morning, she was up bright and early and seems like nothing is wrong at all. She has had her morning bottle and is now back in bed catching up on the sleep she missed last night.
Any ideas what it might be??? Maybe just a bit of a tummy bug, or could it be teething?? The MCHN told me last Thursday that Tara has no sign of any teeth at this stage and she thinks she is a long way off getting them (I was 18mths before I got my first tooth)... but could she have been wrong..
Anyway off to get the washing out of the machine, had to wash al the spewy clothes and bed clothes from last night .
Hi Kelly, I guess I'd keep an eye on her and definately watch out for a fever or anything else untoward. Sometimes they just throw up or have the runs, and then seem fine, so hopefully it's nothing to worry about.
i probably wouldnt go out of my way to go to the beach - if you make a salt water mix at home, you'll know it's "clean" - at the beach, there is a risk that there may be some contamination. plus, you make up one lot, let it cool and cover it, and you can use it for days and days at home
Kelly, it sounds like a bug hun. keep an eye on Tara and if she is in any way different to her normal self (less energetic, more sooky, temp or spewy/runny nappies) pop off to the doctor to get her checked. i know she's only six months, and from memory i can't recall what point you're at with introducing other fluids, but i would suggest having some water available for her to sip at all day and keep an eye out for signs of dehydration (sunken fontanel is a key sign, dry mouth if she puts her finger in your mouth...). if she wants more drink today, do small amounts so as not to overload her little tummy - it will be rather sensitive and if it gets overloaded she will just sick it all up again.
hope she is doing much better through the day today
AFU - started back at work yesterday. no tears, no tanties - hell, i don't think she even noticed i was gone!! i guess that's the upside of gradually increasing the time we spent with my folks the past few months - spending a day with granma wasn't abnormal! work was as BORING as all get up - i missed the interaction with my girl - but i survived. they're not fully retraining me, which annoys me (not trying to brag, but i'm good at my job) - they're paying me good money to be a glorified receptionist. oh well, at least i'm still getting paid good money! E is in a fantastic mood today - she slept 12 hours last night with two feeds (dream feed when i went to bed, and another when Daddy got up for work) and is so chipper today. i was worried she'd be over tired after her day at Granmas, but she had a sleep for 20 mins yest morning, 2.5hours at lunch, and then 10 or 15mins in the car on the way home - so she obviously found a sleep pattern that worked - she's now on the other side of the foot stool from me, doing all she can to get at my drink - laughing, chatting, smiling - sooooooooo glad i'm not having to try and "sort" an overtired monkey today - i've got MY girl! woot!
Last edited by briggsy's girl; April 21st, 2010 at 10:13 AM.
Smithy I think anything like medi wipes will work ok, did you order some spray too?
BW teaching is hard work, hope it all settles down for you.
BG glad your first day back went well.
Hi To Kelly and Marcellus.
ATM wonder week alert. Linc is very clingy and very fussy, he wants to be fed when he wakes only about 20mls then play for a bit (not long) then change then another 80mls then screaming and very fussy, put him into his sleeping sack then he wants 20+mls while being rocked in his room. OMG I'm exhausted, he also woke up at midnight last night, 3am then 5am and was a big fussy boy till he finally pooed at 6.30 (STINKY) and it's been fussy pot since.
I start work tonight and have nothing organised cos he wouldn't settle for DH last night at all. I'm exhausted. and so is Lincoln that's why he's cranky I think.
Kelly - sounds like a bit of a bug. Not nice, but the fact that Tara is happy and her behaviour hasn't changed is a good sign. They are pretty good at picking up bugs, but pretty good at getting over them too. Not fun for you though!
BG - aw, I'm sure she missed you lots. But easier to know that you have such a balanced settled wee girl that she is content when she is with grandma and you are gone. Mr L still is funny sometimes when i drop him at ODC, but i know it's good for him, otherwise it's just mummy all day every day.
BW - I want a holiday too - and I don't even work! Teaching's a tough job, and I respect all those who do it, especially with some of the behaviours that teenagers seem to think are acceptable these days.
Green - good luck at work tonight. I'm sure Linc will be settled and fine - they always play up for their mummy!
afm.. well im signing out for a week or 2 as were mooving tomorrow and will have no computer till they reconnect us.i will miss you all and be thinking of you all until then girls i love you all and please take care.
smithy and charlie.
ps..bg the salty water must be doing its thing hun as we have no red ears here and they look great,thank you bye bye girls im off to do some last minuet stuff awww im sad im gonna miss bb
Thanks, guys. I really appreciate having messages of support like that... Some days are rough, and I think today was worse than yesterday, and I'm just exhausted. Teenagers are hard to work with, but the job is rewarding as well. It is nice to hear that the teaching profession is valued by some - even if it's not necessarily the parents of the kids I teach!
Funnily enough, we just had the conversation about how if it weren't for the money we wouldn't do it... but a lot of that feeling here is from the extra stuff we have to do - paperwork and the political nonsense in schools.
Hopefully DH will arrive here very soon to pick me up and I can get my fix of Sam cuddles... and then get back to preparing a lesson to be observed by my HOD tomorrow.
BW I couldn't be a teacher and especially not a High School teacher, so my hats off to you girl... I think teachers are so unrewarded for the time and effort they put into other peoples kids... So no matter what you always have us girls cheering you from the sidelines..
Not their fault, I know, but it is hard on those of us who have to try to figure out what to do with their classes for now.
ok so i need some help and your ideas here girls...
what about if i even took her down to the beach and used some of that water today ?
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Teaching's a tough job, and I respect all those who do it, especially with some of the behaviours that teenagers seem to think are acceptable these days.
and will have no computer till they reconnect us.i will miss you all and be thinking of you all until then girls i love you all and please take care.
bye bye girls im off to do some last minuet stuff awww im sad im gonna miss bb
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