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to use a buggy for 8 year old

207 replies

ghostspirit · 31/05/2015 16:50

my 8 year old is not well. but i really need to go out tomorrow. as i need to registar babys birth. its meant to be done 42 days after birth but hes 6 weeks so im already late doing it and i cant council because it would take to long for the next appointment. plus i need to go to the council and could be sitting there for hours.... i dont have anyone to leave him with.

or do i give him calpol and get him to walk as he 8 after all

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Sallystyle · 01/06/2015 14:17

This thread is horrible! Fgs when you need money coming in you do what you have to do, even if a load of people on the internet think it's a bad idea! I'm sniggering at all the hand wringers who would take their DC to the doctors for a standard virus. Am now suddenly understanding why I can never get an appointment at my surgery, they're clearly all taken up by precious DC who seems a bit under the weather.

Nah, I bet you if the OP had started a thread saying she was taking him to the GP the same posters would have told her she was being pathetic for taking him. They saw someone struggling and wanted to kick the boot in and picked anything they could to use against her.

Icimoi · 01/06/2015 14:32

^

What U2 said.

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 14:52

off to name change and start a thread about taking kids to gp...haha joking

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ilovesooty · 01/06/2015 14:58

I think you've taken the snide and unsympathetic posts here very well ghost
You might be struggling alone with several children but at least you can maintain some humour. Hope today went ok.

wanttosqueezeyou · 01/06/2015 15:10

Hope all is well ghost.

I know its done now but I wouldn't hesitate to pop my 8 year old in a buggy if necessary.

Some total knobheads on here who really need to RTFT.

For those worried about the buggy collapsing, I regularly used to pile my buggy with bags/stuff that weighed as much as an 8 year old. No problem.

Thanks
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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 15:52

probably would upset me if something very personal but it was about a buggy so not sensitive to me. anyway have to laugh or go insane.

my mate weighs 8 stone and she used to sit in her daughters buggy when there were not any seats it never broke

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sleeponeday · 01/06/2015 20:43

Glad you found a babysitter. And when life seems crappy, remember how many women posting on AIBU try to hurt total strangers, just to get a boost through their shitty, miserable, empty little lives.

You aren't like them, so things could always be worse. Wink

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 21:45

he was a sort of baby sitter he was still sleep in bed when i got back and so where the kids haha...so all worked out well.

yeah i guess life must be quite boring i feel the need to do that.

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ReginaBlitz · 01/06/2015 23:30

Millie, Wish I cared I was being honest. And as for why it's selfish it is selfish taking a sick child out to infect the public.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 01/06/2015 23:37

Big difference between your every day common garden variety bug and something like chicken pox or Ebola.

ilovesooty · 01/06/2015 23:38

Whatever you think Regina your comment about benefits was snide and horrible.

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 23:40

germs/virus are everywhere. like someone above said if you have more than one child how do you get the other to school. and theres no one to have the sick child. by law they have to be in school. so there are situations when children have to be taken out even when ill

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Lookatmyredtrousers · 01/06/2015 23:46

This is really Strange- OP you're getting really carried away and dramatic about something simple. It's almost like you want to make it into a big drama.

God only knows where you live to wait that long to register. I did mine last week and got an appointment next day. The maternity ward was so busy last week it closed.

DixieNormas · 01/06/2015 23:49

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 23:50

:/ i only asked a question...about an 8 year old in a buggy that was my only question. i never asked anything else its other posters who have added to things and i have responded to them...

i cant answer on why it took so long it just did i can only take the appointment im given

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ilovesooty · 01/06/2015 23:51

I don't think the OP has been particularly dramatic. She's certainly not been as dramatic as some of the people who've criticised her.

DixieNormas · 01/06/2015 23:52

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ilovesooty · 01/06/2015 23:52

Exactly ghost

You posted a thread and responded to the replies you got and the questions posed to you.

Lookatmyredtrousers · 01/06/2015 23:53

But can't you decide yourself whether to take him in a buggy? You've dismissed all the posters who said not to anyway Hmm

DixieNormas · 01/06/2015 23:54

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 23:55

dixie yes i do dixie but some people dont have that.

oh real world...that fantasy did not last long :(

needs defo pooped with chickenpox thats catching before there are any sort of symptoms

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Lookatmyredtrousers · 01/06/2015 23:57

What do you mean Dixie? That's what OP asked

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ghostspirit · 01/06/2015 23:59

yeah but look i did not dismiss the ones who said it was ok. some people said go for it some people said no. i then made my choice. although in the end i did not need to as i got baby sitter in the end.

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DixieNormas · 02/06/2015 00:01

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Icimoi · 02/06/2015 00:02

Oh, fgs, LookAt, get over it. There's nothing exciting or mysterious about the Registry Office giving an appointment a long time ahead, OP isn't being in the least dramatic about a basic practical problem, and she's perfectly entitled to canvass opinions before making a final decision. It's all done now, she hasn't infected the entire country with bubonic plague, move along.