Oh girls, had such a scary experience today...Took River to have a shower with me, and it was all fun, washed our hair, had a cuddle, he started licking me, trying to lap up the water and got it all up his nose So I was moving myself to get us in a better position, looked back at him and he was PURPLE! :eek: And not breathing. So I chucked him upside down and gave him a whack on the back, and heard him struggling to breathe, so flipped him and whacked him again til I heard him breathe, and he had all this mucous coming out his nose...Oh man it was so scary. I thought he was going to die, I honestly thought I'd lose him...

Lucky my hospital appt was not long after, and she wasn't too concerned, though she agreed it was scary, said that the water up his nose, or the steam must have dislodged some mucous and he didn't know what to do with it...
But how the heck do I stop it from happening again??? I don't want to become paranoid..

The pharmacist suggested saline nose drops, which I have, and also burning eucalyptus oil in his room. I already have his head elevated in his bed... Any ideas girls?
I might put some eucalyptus on his spew nappy he sleeps on too...

But apart from that, I got some grocery shopping done, and Rans met me at the shops after work and we walked and got slurpees It's a really nice day here today, so different from chilly yesterday!

Bummer about the 3 needles Rikki, hope Ainsleigh's settled now.

Jodi, I've had the single mum thought too, though then Rans goes, but what about when I do this and this? And I go, oh yeah...but there's always so much more to be done!
What did the dr end up saying?

Wow Caddie, that's a long time to be settled! How did she go the rest of today?

Shell, the midwife suggested I visit my gp at 6 weeks for Riv to get a head to toe checkup, get bloods done (to check my iron...better get onto those supplements again!), have a pap smear, and discuss contraception options.

Oh Ambz and Rach...I've been guilty of telling River to just SHUT UP!! And I never tell anyone to shut up, just a me thing...And when he wants his dummy and then won't suck it, just cries while I'm trying to put it in...it takes so much self control to be gentle while putting it in and not to throw it against the wall! (Actually, I probably would, except then I'd have to go out and buy more, and who can be bothered..)

Well, probably a bajillion of you have posted while I've been writing this, but thanks so much for being here to debrief, I still get a bit teary when I think about how scary this morning was...
Take care girls! xo