Flying visit, but couldn't not post to you S- What a terrible couple of days. Hope your Mum is ok. Poor A his bum must be killing him. :(
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Flying visit, but couldn't not post to you S- What a terrible couple of days. Hope your Mum is ok. Poor A his bum must be killing him. :(
Trill, big hugs. Sending a big bubble of stable green healing energy for your mum. xxx Poor little A, sounds miserable. Take care and try to get some sleep :hug:
MM we've had the fruity fishies (older kids version) and I think they work a treat. DH used fish oil to get him through his study, it made a real difference.
PP - enjoy your day out, sounds lovely!
oh sherie! i have tears in my eyes. what a stressful and scary day on both fronts. i can't believe how full all the testing is that A has to go through, :pray: that it is nothing serious...
and your mum! how scary...good that she listens to you though! had to giggle that both her partner and your bro couldnt talk her around but a phone call from you had her packing her bags LOL!
PP: i *think* that was HUGE moment! how fantastic that you had both boys in rhythm!
MM: i should get those vitamin thingys for leila after all this sickness business. should do her the world of good.
MD: that is what i am hoping to do. hoping that the GP will give us the all clear tomorrow, but i have a feeling that it aint going to be.
AFM: well, our days are tough ATM. leilas mouth has broken out into full-scale warzone. with blisters all over tongue and top lip and all behind her teeth along the gumline. like pussy looking too. it looks (and smells!) terrible. the GP reckons it's all to do with the thrush, but i dunno. looks more like a hand foot and mouth thing to me.
ALSO, mega upset today as when we took the dog for a walk at the dog park a young jack russel came up and bit leila IN THE MOUTH. the dog jumped on her and snapped! leila was completely covered in blood and it was streaming down her chin and front...and you know what the owner did??! scooped up her two kids and dog and ran! she FRIKKIN RAN! i am sooo angry. an apology wouldnt have gone astray. just because you have a small dog doesnt mean that it can get away with that.
beh, vent over.
OMG Clare thats disgusting that she ran. Is L ok??? Poor little thing, the last thing she needs is a god bite and to the mouth of all places. Hopefully the dog gets her thrush now lol.
I got some of the fishy vitamins for L today will add it to his breakfast tomorrow.
yeah thankfully they were only superficial cuts to her mouth. on her lips and inside cheeks. but man oh man, the timing couldnt have been worse! that dog soo deserves a good case of thrush LOL!
Clare, I just saw your FB status! :hug: That is absolutely disgusting that she ran like that and I would be contacting either the police or the council (assuming they run the dog park?) because even though she ran, there will be a record of her dog biting your child because it will happen to someone elses child and if they report it too, the person will get totally reamed for it. I really hope that L isn't affected by it to the point where it makes her scared of dogs. My mum used to be a nurse years ago (oh the irony, considering her current situation :rolleyes: ) and she got quite savagely bitten on the back of her ankle by a silky terrier and she was very lucky that it didn't damage the tendon. And a friend of mine when I was a kid had a chiuawa (sp?) and it would always snap at me when I would go there.
Jaz, how have things been with Miss J the past few days? E is going through a similar stage of just doing what e wants to do as well, which makes life very hard as she is even doing it with her homework ("oh, I didn't want to do it that way, so I am just going to do this instead") and it's driving me mental. Luckily she isn't taking money though, but kids I know who have done that do it because they were told no, they couldn't have xyz, so they took the money to get it themselves kwim? have you talked to her about and explained that even though it's only out of your purse, that it's stealing because she may not realise that and if she gets to the stage where she is doing it all the time, it becomes almost normal for her to do it and starts taking stuff from other people and that's where it gets bad for her. With the handstands while you chastise her for stuff, what works for me with Erin is sitting down with her and gently holding her shoulders so she can't move or turn away from me and calmly talk to her, otherwise she just gets a glazed look in her eye and tunes out to what I am saying.
MD, so roid rage hasn't exactly been conducive for you this time? :hug: How many more treatments do you have left now? And did you end up getting all your work done? ;)
I hope Kate is alright, saw her FB status and she said she was sick.
PP, I hope the smooth sailing of the bedtime routine continues for you hun!
H, I read your other thread about M's behaviour and sometimes it can also be due to what they see at childcare as well. They see other kids doing that and successfully getting the toy they want, so they mimic that behaviour so they can get the toy that they want. it is absolutely not a reflection on you as a parent for what you do, or that you have to work and use cc, or a reflection on M, because it's not. Children are such amazing copycats at this age and they soak up everything they see like a little sponge, but they don't have the though processes yet to be able to understand that 'bullying' isn't the right way to get what you want
While on the subject of irony, how ironic would it be for a farmers son to have a condition that forbids him to eat cereal grain? I really hope it's not that, or anything for that matter. But we get the results on Monday so not too long to wait.
I did manage to have a solid 2hrs sleep though which was great - I feel refreshed now. So I will shortly race around doing a clean up before getting the kids from the IL's and heading to town to get the other two from school so the girls can have a dress fitting - it never ends! At some stage over the weekend I will have to go back and see Mum again too. She's very tired and weak so she will spend today resting with no visitors. Thank you for you support though :hug: it means more to me than you will ever know.
Clare, if L's mouth is getting worse then take her back and make them do a swab to test for both bacterial and viral pathogens.
DD1 had the total ulcerated mouth thing too - it stank - one doctor suggested she might even have trench mouth (disgusting but possible) & put her on a course of flagyl. Another suggested oral thrush, another suggested it might be the primary outbreak of coldsores (yes first outbreak can cause lesions all thru the mouth/gums etc). In the end it healed up with a combination of treatments and then the viral pathology came back - the only thing active in her system at hte time was chicken pox. Which she had been vaccinated for a few years earlier. Go figure. In the end we didn't know but my point it is could be a number of things so you might want to get her reviewed.
BTW I'm so totally overwhelmed by the whole dog attack thing I can't even write anything. So just, :hug:.
Trill, glad to hear your mum is better (stable), I know from personal experience from caring for a diabetic friend who had a bone infection how scary the BSLs can get. :hug:
PS no I haven't finished my essays yet, the roid rage isn't cutting thru the fatigue as well this time. Am settling in for a productive afternoon (or maybe just a nap) right now. :p
omg clare! i cannot believe that dog owner, i just can't believe it! i would've been screaming my head off, you poor thing! poor leila, i'm just so upset about it.
sherie- big hugs to you,what a terrible few days. how is your mum now? is coeliac allergic to wheat?
Ginger: i kept kinda quiet yelling (ITMS!) "omg omg omg there's sooo much blood omg omg omg"...but i didnt want to go too troppo in case Leila thought i was doing it at her, and i was kinda scared of getting her even more scared. so i just scooped her up and took our dog home and shouted leila a bubbacino. it worked a treat. but i will still report it. probably to council...
clare - that is sooo outgrageous and scary and awful. i dont know what to say, it sounds like you handled it perfectly though.
Sherie - hugs to you. so awful about your mum, hope she is ok. and poor A. I hope they get to the 'bottom' of it quickly.
sorry no other personals just on quickly while boys are sleeping. had a fab morning... bubbacinos deluxe at our fave little cafe then kids burned off HEAPS of energy at questacon and then lunch. N was bushed!!! Now Mum is going to cook us a yummy roast for dinner - lucky PAP!!! J's skin is looking a bit better today, think the new cream regime is working ok...
hope you are all having a good day, ummmm - where's arte?
Clare - I am so shocked that she ran off, how disgusting is that? & she is a mother herself, how would she feel if another person's dog bit her child & ran? The least she could have done is come over, said sorry, checked that L was ok etc etc. What is wrong with people? As for her mouth, ouch sounds like its getting worse & not better. Maybe another trip to the doc is needed, or even go down to the children's hospital this weekend if need be. Poor thing, she must be miserable.
Trill - Wow I am so sorry to hear about your rough couple of days. When do you get A's test results? Poor little mite. As for your mum, oh no I cant believe how stubborn she was to not go to the hospital when she was in such bad shape. Thank goodness you called when you did. I am glad you have had the chance to sleep a bit. Yes I agree they learn so much at daycare. TBH lately I have been thinking of leaving work & doing uni & only sending M one day a week, as she does enjoy it. She is there 2.5 days a week atm & I hate it. I think its too much & I think it has a huge influence on her behaviour & its not always for the better. Also I dont really like the way they talk to the toddlers sometimes in her new room, they havent said anything directly to M but I've seen them boss the other kids around so I'm sure she has had it too. I am thinking of saying something as I am a bit dissapointed, it has been a great centre so far & on the whole I think M does enjoy it.
MD - Thats so interesting about the fish oil & good to know. Havent started it yet, but I will start tomorrow morning. My mum swears by fish oil.
PAP - Enjoy your roast, mmmm would love a roast tonight its such a wintery day here. Well done on getting the boys routine down pat as well! Thanks for calling me a great mum in the other thread, for the record I think you are supermum! hehe
Yeah where is Arte....oooh!
Had a nice day today, but M fought sleep like no other this arvo, so we went to the park instead. Got back at 5.30ish & she took herself straight off to bed. That would be right. She definately wont be sleeping for too long otherwise she will be partying to the wee hrs of the night, last night she fought it till 10pm!!!
MM: :o 10pm? i'd being crazy in da coconut! LOL! i do love it though when they decide to go to bed...some feeling of satisfaction there LOL!
ARTE: where are youuuuuuuu??! te he he! *stalk stalk stalk*
Clare, **** about the dog!! I would have gone off my rocker! And right when her mouth is so sore, I just can't believe it! Poor Leila. It certainly sounds like she has more going on than just oral thrush, did they do swabs etc? Hope it clears up soon. OMG I am p!ssed off about the dog. And the owner running away, what a b!tch! Sorry, I am sooo over people that don't control their dogs.
PAP, no news here. Baby firmly in place, which is good because I am not really ready for it yet lol Well done on getting them both to bed by yourself :clap:
Trill, my mum used to have a boyfriend with Type 1 diabetes and he used it to manipulate people - if someone upset him then he refused to take his insulin and would end up nearly in a coma so people always gave in and he got what he wanted. Thankfully mum kicked him out in the end. Hope that A is alright.
MM, I have been meaning to reply in the other thread: W is the opposite of M, he is the kid that never stands up for himself and I have to constantly watch that the other kids don't take his toys/push him etc. I just wanted to let you know that I don't automatically blame the parents of the more forceful children - I can accept that it is just different personality types emerging and that kids this age just don't know social protocol yet. What does annoy me is when the mums sit there and either don't pay any attention to their kid bullying or see it but don't do anything to rectify it (in which case I tell them off myself). I know that you would be the mum that tries to correct M's behaviour and/or apologises to the other mum, which actually does make it all better - if the other child can learn from the situation then at least some good might come of it iykwim? What about another care center? Or FDC? Maybe she would react better in a smaller care group, she might not need to be so rough to get what she is after/ have more carer input and outgrow it sooner? Did that make sense lol?
Cally, how is everything going?
Ozstar, yay for meeting up with some BB ladies! That is really cool. I have a NZer in my belly buddies group but she is still 5 hours away.
I had a whole day to myself today. DH looked after W and I went to town shopping. It is so nice to get nearly everything off the list without having to rationalise after the first couple of shops because W is getting too bored. I had an acupunture session, I did it last time round and was 3cm dilated at 39 weeks when I went for induction so I think it might have helped. Anything to give a shorter labour lol.
Back to square one with the birthing plans - I thought that if bub comes during the day that mum could watch W for a couple of hours so DH could be there for the actual birth and if it was at night then we could just stay at the house. Turns out that DH is adament that W would wake up if we stayed at the house so I will have to go to the birth center by myself if it happens at night. He is also not keen to have my mum look after W during the day even if it is only for a couple of hours. So basically he isn't willing to look at any compromise and is going to miss the birth. At this point he is going to find out he has another child via SMS.
Thanks for the labour stories - so basically I could have mucousy warnings or it could just start happening. I don't like the waiting.
Arte: re your DHs birth 'plan'...can i just say it sucks LOL?! is there no way that W can be there even for a small portion and that your mum can be around to take him out and entertain him if/when it all gets too much? have you spoken to the hossy about it? surely there has to be a way?
Clare, I agree with DH that I shouldn't be around W while in labour because it will upset him, and I don't mind labouring alone but I really want him to be there for the actual birth. He is just being difficult - W is doing much better with his sleeping now and I am sure DH could get him back to bed without him even seeing me if we were at home. He is being a bit over the top about mum not looking after W too- she does tend to be a bit cold but she is certainly capable of watching him for a couple of hours without causing any permanent damage! Anyhows, it all ended in tears last night (well, me) and we haven't talked about it since. I thought we had it sorted out, it was a bit of a shock to discover that we somehow crosses wires really badly and both heard what we wanted last time we talked about it.
BTW, sorry about AF coming. I reckon that October is your month - they say 'new house, new baby'. And TBH, there seems to be something seriously wrong with the house you are in now- bad Feng Shui/Karma/energy or something. I predict a serious uprise in good health and positivity when you finally get into your new place.
Just a quicky here.
Hugs out to Trill and Clare!!
Have had a ****ty week at work and been flat out and Miss K is back to early wakeups which hasn't helped. She's camped in front of Dora at the moment and we're about to go for a walk then meet DH in town for breakfast (he went out with the boys last night and slept at his parents as they are much closer)
Will try and be back later.
Katie-i had a dream last night that you gave birth to a gorgeous little BOY!!
....and i was thinking that we both have dh's that are sparkys, and their names both start with j and our sons both have names that start with L so it's only fitting you have a boy with a J name!
arte- sorry about all the hoo-haa with your dh and the labour. i felt horrible leaving lewis too cos he was so little, i was away from him for 3 whole nights and it was horrible but he survived and went we met up again it was like we'd never been apart! LOL. i really hope you can work something out hun, i wouldn't have coped very well without justin there in my labours.
cally- we're back to 6am wake-ups here too! i'm hating it
hi everyone,
sorry just a quickie - just noticed your post Clare. I'm FUMING for you!!!!!! Poor little L :( Good idea to be reporting the silly cow. It must have been terrible for you - seems like you remained calm though - hats off to you. Was there anyone else there to witness it?
Lots on today - but will be back later for a chat :)