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hi girls!
wow! new thread! so happy today as my internet is back up and running...and we don't have to pay for it this month!
gosh i have totally forgotten EVERYTHING from the last thread...
renee: great to hear from you again! and i agree with the others: scary stuff with the reaction.
PP: hope this mastitis exits the building babe. that cannot be cool at all. xx
Ange: i was thinking of you today...Leila has throat thrush LOL!!!!!! oh the joys. holbrook: bakery is fandiddlytastic. not a bad cuppa either.
Oz: all the house cleaning (read: nesting!) is certainly taking its toll lol!
Arte: labour for me started with G.U.S.H....
G: that is SO FRIKKIN COOL on the sleep front! you must be so stoked! how is L today? we are still in battle zone.
noni: glad that you can see the sunshine again xx and awesome that both you and W are getting a pattern going. must be such a weight of your shoulders to see him thriving again.
AFM: well our weekend from hell continues. leila broke out in a mouth full of ulcers and blisters that went all the way to her throat (and across her tongue) to the point where her cheeks swelled. i thought it was hand, foot and mouth...turns out that she got a bacterial infection probably caused by the now 5 teeth cutting through (there has been blood!!) and has now got a very nasty thrush infection in her throat. so we are on a mega regime of 4 times a day drops to clear it up. the poor baby is on a diet of COLD food and ice-cream and yet she still screams in agony. pretty distressing stuff i must say. but at least now we know what we are fighting...
other big news is that the sleeping bag is gone! leila told me last night that she was a big girl and didnt need it...so weird when i go in there and see her lying in her cot without it...ahhh another passing of time...
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Oh my gosh ClarePoor Leila! I hope it clears up quickly. I couldnt even imagine how distressing it is for you to see her go through that. *hugs* I was a mess with Rory's rash and it didnt even both him. Thinking of you xx
Oh I stuffed up a earlier post. I accidentally posted to Clare instead of Angela LOL!. Cant tell I haven't been around in a while *rolls eyes*
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lmao -i had to go back and have a look! Should have guessed, unless Clare's been hiding her second daughter!Thanks
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oh no clare, that sounds horrible. give her a big scoop of strawberry ice cream from her aunty ginger.
arte- the 'nasty' girl has completely transformed and is now quite sweet. tbh, i think it was a case of her being in love with him. can't blame the girl really
heading off to the dr now, bbl xoxxoxox
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Clare- totally missed your entire post! Poor Leila, what a rough time she is having. The throat thrush was horrible, it felt like my throat was swelling and it was making it hard to breathe. hope the drops are working.
G- how is L this morning. poor little guy. let us know how you go at the drs. x
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Clare I hope L recovers quickly, that sounds so nasty. I love the photos you put up of L on FB she is so gorgeous.
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clare - move some of those pics into our group - aunty pregpan is missing out!!! I hope she is doing better soon, that sounds SO awful - poor little thing (and you). keep your hands out of her ice cream mumma!!!
Arte - eahc of my labours has started differently. Noah my waters broke and then it was all on immediately with cx about 1 min apart and INTENSE!!! he was born 3.5 hrs later. with J i started having cx not too intense and about 8 mins apart and then 10 hours later he was born. I guess i had 'warning' with both of them in diff ways. with N i had already dilated 3cm (ob found this in an exam) so i knew when it happened it would happen iykwim. with J i had a lot of mucous the night before - constatly - so i knew something was happening even if i didnt know when. when the cx started iw asnt sure bc it wasnt too much and not too full on but something was def different that night to others.
G - how was dr, hope L is OK
oh better go - J is awake and needs booby!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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oooh PP! of course you cannae see them!!!!!! I'll pop em over right now!
blergh not feeling crash hot today. hope i'm not getting throat thrush!
Ange: thanks for the insight into what leila is feeling. i had a look at her throat yesterday and it def looks swollen. i feel so sorry for her. but she LOVES the nilstal drops (cherry flava!).
oh and that's the other thing...i need good tips for food for her. obviously i dont want it all to be yoghurt and ice-cream. much to leila's disappointment. so was thinking of pureeing sweet potato and potato etc...i guess fruit is mostly outta the question due to the acids...i am stumped well and truly...
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pot and leek soup (i think you can eat that cold)? egg custard (cold)?
smoothies - you can add weetbix or other fibre to this?
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oh yes! smoothies should be a winner! and yeah, i guess some cold soups...she loves soups....
oh and i added the photos to the sept group on FB!!
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Hey there GINGER!!! You definitely win the prize for the sexiest sept thread name! LOL Hmm might have to think up a new sexy incarnation for MD too....
Clare - ah poor L! Totatlly know your angst, DD1 had a horrible mouth full of ulcers a coupla years back. Rang my friend the dietician who advised to mix a fortified milk using skim milk powder blended into regular milk. Because it's high in protein it's a wonder food. You can then add to anything soft and bland to turn it into a more nutritionally complete meal. Eg blended potato, sweet potato, (you can melt some cheese thru it to make it more palatable & richer), slushy rice pudding, make it into a baked egg custard (with or without blended pears - don't use the canned sort as they are more sour than when you cook them up yourself), soft scrambled eggs, baked bread & butter pudding (not too sweet), etc. We then progressed onto slightly more structured bland food like overcooked instant noodles, pasta, rice, etc, then finally once it was getting better, soft fruit, soft whole veggies, etc. HTH BTW glad she loves that nilstat (*makes gagging noise*).
Well am just jumping on to get my fix. Love to you all, I can't linger, must be away to finish those essays! xxx
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MD, why is your green light still on!!!
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not that i am any better...i am doing 'thesis' work right now.. bwah ha ha ha ha!!!
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It's because I had chemo yesterday and I'm on steroids which means i have ZERO IMPULSE CONTROL (she says with a piece of chocolate cake hanging out of her mouth). LOL
Yeah Clare, bet my essays are finished before your next chapter is LOL.
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LOL MD, you know that no one is going to be hard on you when you rip out the chemo excuse! Hope you are feeling alright. BTW, I don't even need steriods to have zero impulse control atm, yesterday I ate an entire bag of M and M's and I am halfway though a pack of chocolate biscuits today. Thank goodness I don't have GD this time.
Clare, I have found that most PhD students spend 90% of their time procrastinating rather than actually doing their thesis lol
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md - how many more treatments have you got left?
clare - poor little L
arte - my styling session was great. She's really given me the tools i need when buying clothes. Pretty much all of the things i bought i can mix and match, which makes getting ready so much easier.
afm - I'm finding being a Mum to a 7 year old really difficult at the moment.
My baby girl has grown up and i'm having trouble dealing with it. She's being sneaky - taking money without asking for tuckshop, hiding vitamin c tablets to take to school, and just not listening properly. She does bloody handstands just about every minute of the day (even when i'm trying to discipline her!!) and doesn't really get the whole being compassionate and showing empathy towards others. I feel like crying every day - because i seem to yell at her daily. I have to learn that she is her own person, and i cannot be in control of her every thought and action.
Sorry everyone, I'm just not sure how to deal with it. This is unchartered territory for me....anyone have a Road map????
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JaZaH,I don't have any advice to give, just a load of sympathy.
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My dear Jaz
I wish I did have a roadmap for you - but as a newbie I have no advice, in fact you are one of the 'experienced' mummies I look to for the way ahead... It must be so awful for you but I am sure you are dealing with it better than most people would, even the way you react and feel about it.
My mum told me she used to ask 'will it matter when she's 30?' i think it helped her get through sone of my naughhtiness
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