Babies born~March 1st-15th 2008 #10

Bron, I think it is different, but might help you feel a bit better. Bri had colic for about 10 weeks when I first had her. She was a hard baby. When it started to settle her sleep was way out of wack. She'd sleep til 2pm, then be up til 3am.
I did start to give her panadol every night at about 8pm to get her into a better routine. I only did it for a few weeks, then when things were really hard, but eventually it worked.
Slowly we came back to 1am, then 11pm, then 10pm. Its taken 4.5 years to get her into a 8 - 8.30pm bed time.
Its so hard, & as I said I know its not the same thing, but it is only temperary & its for Will's health. You all need it :hug:

clover - i dont what you were thinking of, is a bad thing. your body could do with the rest and your unborn baby will need it too. no harm in going into hossy.
and if anth looks after the house and the kids, he might just appreciate you more and realise how hard it is.

Hi all :)

Just thought I'd come let you all know I'm still alive :) Spent about an hour in ED on a drip yesterday, but thats all I needed I guess. Kinda hoped to stay for a break coz I know Anth would get bored & sort the house out for me! But anyway.
On my second day of not throwing up. Still feeling it, but managing ok.

Jesse's kinda starting to come around :) He'll rub my belly & kiss it if I ask what he does if the baby cries. Getting kind of protective, but not liking the idea at the same time, lol.

Do yours refer to themselves in the third person? lol, Jesse does. I'll say who did that & he'll reply, Jesse did it! Or say Jesse's if the girls have something of his. Not mine or me.
He's so neat! Anth's been taking him every where & coz he wears a hat everywhere Jesse has to wear his hat too. lol. Loving it :)

Glad your doing better Clover...

Yep MJ refers to herselve in the third person all the time! its really cute isnt it.
Glad that Anth is around a bit more for you and Jesse is getting some daddy time

we are off tomorrow for a bit of a holiday - well deserved break all round i reckon.. been having a hard time coping lately, wish i had a DH that was around and predicatble, it would be better if i knew when he was and wasnt going to be home, but its day by day and its driving me insane.
I think that i need to get a bit selfish and start doing things for me, instead of trying to suit everyone else.
bit fed up with it all really, its hard being a giver sometimes :(

:hug: enjoy the holiday SJ.
Hope you all have a great Easter :)
We're not doing anything special, but the egg hunt will be fun. Might try to remember to charge my camera!

We might move again soon. Our house is being put on the market. We could sit around & hope an investor buys it, but then by the time a sale goes through I reckon I'll be just about to give birth & I don't want to be moving a few weeks before or after.
Will be checking out a house 5 minutes out of town next week, but very tempted to try harder to convince DH to build us a shed out at mum & dad's to live in for a while. It would mean change of schools for the kids & being about 30 minutes out of town, but so tempting. To not have to pay rent. At least for a little while. To have mum there on hand all the time...
Ahh, we have some thinking to do. I love it out there so much. So quiet & peaceful... But away from friends & the change of schools I don't really want to have to do. I dunno...

Hope all is ok with little MJ xx

Hi guys,

So we headed away for Easter, had a lovely first few days at the school house that we go to every year.... Sunday lunch time we packed up the caravan and moved up to the Murry with Mum, Dad and my sister and her DP.... that night MJ and Nina came down with a cold, typical i thought.
Mj being her usual self, solidered on and made the most of the holiday with a runny nose and frequent sneezes, no complaining, just needed to be always ready with a tissue!
Tuesday night she was a bit miserable, but with the clocks changing that weekend and being away we were eating at odd times for her and she was a bit over tired. She had developed a bit of a chest, slightly rattly, nothing bad though.
Just before bed she became clingy and told me that she had a sore tummy, i wasnt sure what was wrong, but as she is not a complainer a had a feel and a prod, nothing seemed to hurt, but i noticed that she was guarding just below her chest... a quiet game of cards and she was back to her normal self.
Wednesday morning, MJ woke at 5am and came into our bed, i noticed that her breathing was rapid and her heart rate was up a bit. Good thing that we were due to leave that day as i would have een asking to go anyway... putting the cold and these symptoms together i figured that she had a chest infection and would need antibiotics... Told DH that i wanted to pack up as soon as we had B/fast and then head off as i was a bit worried.
Mum and Dad helped keep her quiet (as in no running around - not gagging her lol) while DH and DSS packed down the caravan.
By the time that we were leaving, i could hear her struggling and was glad that we were leaving, as soon as we have phone reception i thought, i will make a Dr's appointment for her today.

She remained happy and as soon as we hit the nearest town i called our local GP and made an appointment for the afternoon.
By the time we were in Shepparton we decided to stop for some food... MJ barely ate a thing, was out of breath, but still happy (usually i use this as my gauge) so we packed her back in the car and headed back for home. I decided to sit in the back to give DSS some leg room and a break from wiping her nose! I was also a bit more concerned about her as she was breathing fairly rapidly.

DH must have been concerned too as he was driving a bit faster than he normally would when towing
It took us 3 hours all p to get home and as we were getting close i told DH that i wanted to go straight to Emergency with her. We hadnt spoken much, i knew that i couldnt freak him out as he needed to be sensible when driving but i was really concerend when she couldnt talk in sentances... then 20 mins from A and E she became really irritable and kept wanting a cuddle and crying Mumma...

DH dropped me at Emerg and i walked up to the counter, i didnt even know what to say, i just said, my daughter is sick (so unlike me to not have rattled off the problems) she cant breathe properly.
he checked her out then went back to his computer. At this stage i am still thinking chest infection, maybe bronciolitis... Then MJ asked to go to the toilet (bless her) so i spoke to the triage nurse and asked if he wanted me to go back to the waiting room after taking her... he was really blunt with me and said "No i would prefer you didnt"... at this i though, crap it must be bronciolitis as it can be quiet contagious, so off we went to the toilet.
By the time we were back the Dr was waiting for me and we walked straight round to Resus (OMG i thought) he was explaining that they were pretty sure that she was having an asthma attack and was asking about family history (None).

The next several hours were awful, As they were really concerned about MJ, there was no timr to explain to her about the ventolin spacer and medication, so it was pretty much forced onto her, she HATED IT, she kicked and screamed and begged them to stop (heart breaking). This went on every 20 minutes for an hour and then hourly for 4-5 hours.

She didnt respond well to the ventolin and we were told that we would be staying overnight. They checked her every hour. oNce they tried to do it ithout waking her and again it frightened her. I was angry after this, i had managed to get her to use the spacer (we did it together and the Drs and Nurses had to leave for her to be happy with it) and they undid it all... yep great that you want her to sleep, but maybe wake me and ask me what i think! Later when she went for an Xray they dumped the lead on her lap without telling her and that set her off again, poor thing was so exhausted and was just over it all. :(
6am they moved us to the ward, we had managed to get 2 full hours of sleep over night, MJ dozed a bit more than me, but we both slept on the emerg room trolley.

We finally got out at 4pm that day, she is still needing regular ventolin, but is improving heaps.

VERY VERY SCARY

I honestly feel like the crappest Mum in the world, I am a nurse for F*ck sake and i couldnt recognise an asthma attack in my own daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!

:hug: :hug: :hug:
SJ please don't be so hard on yourself. It doesn't cross your mind until you have someone say it, trust me. I've been there too, with Jaz, at almost exactly the same age. Heck I took her out of the hospital for an appointment with dept of housing when she was having an attack! Noone said thats what they thought, coz the doctor wasn't there yet. They just told me to bring her straight back!
I did the same as you. She'd had a few chest infections over a few months & all I was doing was trying to get another script for abs. They triaged her & called the doc in, but didn't do or say anything else til he got there. I had to wait, so asked if I could quickly go to my appointment & come back. She did look at me odd, but all she said was as long as you bring her straight back, coz her breathing is a bit fast.
When we walked back in & they put her straight in the ventolin. An hour later they finally said they thing the chest infection triggered asthma & they thought she had an attack.

Do you think she might take to a nebuliser better? You can hire them. I have one & always have ventolin in the cupboard just in case. Jaz is old enough for puffers now, but Jesse has had croup a few times & its come in very handy!

Did they put her on a preventative? :hug: she'll be fine.

Thanks :)
No she wont have a neb, they scared her with the o2 mask, so wouldnt have it, also the resp/pead drs said that the spacer was a better way for her to have it.
She doesnt have a diagnosis of Asthma yet, they wont do that until she has had several occurrences, i am sort of glad of that as so many drs are quick to label every cough asthma... Anyway

She is not on a preventattive, i think they need to see what she does over the next weeks/months before doing that.

She is almost back to normal, ventolin a few times a day when she gets wheezy, but less than yesterday which is great :)

Hopw everyone else is well

sj - hun. sorry to hear mj was crook. and glad she's recovering well. she's so clever to tell you what was hurting etc. and she's so brave.

and dont beat yourself up, these things happen. you're a mum first and ive heard even a mum who's a paediatrician not able to recognise signs when their child is ill. lakshman's pead told us this about a colleague so he said we shouldnt blame ourselves. it's one thing when it's a patient and another when it's your precious baby.

take care hun. just dropped in quickly, am having the flu so going to bed now.
lots of love

oh and skye how are you feeling? are you eating/drinking better? is anth doing more around the hse now?

Yeah, the spacer is better, but it can be helpful to have the nebuliser as back up. Thats what I use it for anyway. If they don't like the mask I take it off & hold the bowl under their nose & mouth so they're breathing it in. Not as effective, but better than nothing & can be done when sleeping.
I hope its a one off.

Prama - I'm feeling ok. Slightly better. Trying very hard to eat & drink better. I did lose about 5kgs, but I've started putting it back on. Still sick though.
Anth has his moments. Yesterday he was in a bad mood, but later on I think he realised he went too far coz he cooked a barbie for dinner before he went to work. But then he was the same this morning :rolleyes: He went & helped friends in town move & being smart said don't be suprised if I don't come home.
I just thought what ever til he rang to say he was staying the night. I don't really care, coz I sleep better with just me & Jesse in the bed anyway & maybe tomorrow my back won't be as sore from not being comfy :) I didn't let him know though. Let him think I was ****ed off. Will see how he si when he gets home & I have a go at him for helping them move when he won't help me getting the house looking respectable for the RE on Monday!

Anyway! Bit of a vent, sorry.

I've been in a fair bit of pain. My back is pretty bad & I'm having trouble walking coz one side really hurts when I do, but my spd hasn't been too bad. As long as I get enough sleep. Stayed up til like 11pm last nigh spot cleaning my carpet & now I need to get my kitchen done before I sleep. Had a lazy day today & the smell of not washing up is not pretty!

Sounds like everyone is having a bit of a rough time.

SJ: Last winter I had to give Jazz ventolin a couple of times a day because she had bronchiolitis last winter and the one before, but hasn't had a full blown asthma attack. She thinks its fun to take the ventolin with a spacer & mask. Hope MJ adjusts quickly and hopefully grows out of it.

Clover: hope you're feeling better soon.

Prama: how are you going?

I think I shared on here how I had hyperthyroidism. Well, now I have hypothyroidism and have started taking thyroxine. Currently 1 tablet each day. Had another blood test on Friday & getting the results on Tuesday to see what difference the medication is making. The doctor is concerned by how fast things have been progressing. I can't see the specialist until 7 May, but that's getting closer now thankfully. I've had so many blood tests in the past couple of months that I've lost count. Many more to follow - probably every 6-8 weeks for however long I'm on medication (probably months or years).

Anyway, on a brighter note, I got myself a new camera the other day - my first dSLR. I'm so excited and totally in love with it!

Wow Sammie you pour buggars how scary. It breaks your heart when they are sick and they go down hill so quick. I hate hospital..had some time there this week myself. HOpe it doesnt end up asthma I am the same when i get a cold I end up on ventolin 4 times a day and cant breathe.
Prama hope your flu doesnt get to bad bad enough if you feel tired with pregnancy let alone a cold get well soon.
Skye..oh hun wish things would just sort out fo ryou one way or another are you stil llooking at moving? At least you are abel to eat a it now and build up some strength.

Danni do you find your condition affects your moods much? I had a friend that it did..hope the meds help. Yay on your camera you take some wonderful photos the dslr will be great fun which one did you get? BEst investment I ever made I must say.

We had a good easter we painted Wills room and converted his cot into a junior bed..though still put a bed rail up as he is a bit of a roller during the night. Pics on FB he loves it still wakes up pointing at everythign new which is cute. We were movign furniture aorudn in our back room for a bit of a change and my aunty who was up for the weekend was helping us. SHe sat on the lounge and said " Thats crappy TV guys lets go get a new one." I said yeah sure I"ll just open my wallet let it all fall out shallI" she said she woudl buy it..can you beleive we came home with a brand new 42inch plasma. Was totally blown away..she is incrediblely generous..incredibley and we were so so thankful not something we were expectign at all.ENjoyign the big screen must say.

Was heading back tothe gym on Tuesday as had been slack on food and weight and let a little creep back on..between Nick and I . Niks job looking so unstabel and stress I have been eatign crap. Anyway woke up Tuesday morn with a pimple about the size of a 5c piece on the right side of my vagina..ouchie....sort of ignored it put some paw paw cream on it which usually helps. BY Wed night I ended up in Casualty on iv antibiotics and morphene with a cyst the size of a small apple..it was excrutiating to say the least. The infection had gone through my body and I was -pretty ill. They gave me a choice either stay in or come back in the morning. I cam back on Thursday and waited in Cas for 3 hours ended up in dam surgery having a general and having it lanced. Turned out it had started to weep before I got in and it wasnt as big by the time I got in there. Not the nicest experience I Must say and am still alittle uncomefortable but is gone down dramatically. So a fun week allround.
Lets hope this week is better for all.
Bron xx

Oh Bron, Thats awful, glad it is all sorted out now... how horrid for you :( How are things with Nick job, whats happening there.

Clover - sorry things are still all up and down, it must be so hard for you being in limbo, especially when you are pg.

Prama, hope you are doing OK.

Danni - why do they think that it has switched from hypo/hyperthyroidism? We also have a dSLR, had one for a few years now, must say i am not as good at it, dont have the time to learn all the functions, but DH is pretty good with it.

Take care everyone, here to a better week this week!

SJ: It probably switched from Hyper to hypo because my thyroid was working so hard because I wasn't getting enough of the hormone and then it over compensated by producing too much hormone in reaction.

Bron: yes, it is affecting my moods and that sucks because when I'm having a mood I want to snap out of it but it's not something I can control. I really feel sorry for my DH when I'm having those moments.

The camera is a Canon 1000d twin lense kit and I'm totally loving it. Really looking forward to shooting a wedding with it in October.

Bron: that sounds aweful. Hope you're recovering quickly. Do they know what caused it?

Danni they arent sure could have been an ingrown hair orsomehtign called a bartholins cysts usually harmless just uncomefortable. I have the 450d the one before yours Love love love it. got a flash for xmas..not a canon origional in fact only $70 brilliant for weddings..and also some macro lense filters much cheaper than full lense. All ebay buys had no trouble at all with them also a remote to self portrait shots so many toys its great fun.

oh bron - how awful.. what a scare. hope you are ok now.. i feel so awful that have to make trips to hossy so many times for so many different things. i hope your body quietens down and is good to you.

Thanks prama..I had been doing so well actually hadnt been to hospital for ages or had any major procedures. Must say when I came out of anasthetic though I had to spend quite abit of time in recovery becasue I lost the plot. Its a combo of the drugs and a build up of stress it bought back so much. Think although it was a small procedure the fact that Will is here now all the bad stuff kept going thorugh my head when they said I woudl ahve to have a general. Anywa drama queen me settled down and all is fine now *L* Thankyou though. HOw you liking working part time ahs it happened yet?