Why do mums put those large beaded necklaces...

[TheFancyPants]

..around their babies necks? Surely its not safe? Why are they fashionable?

Exactly-as a long term sufferer of evil headaches and migraines (my skull really wanted to give me the double whammy in life) I know I have to get at it as soon as possible. So it made sense to me to do the same for my babies.
As it turns out my now 6 year old seems to be heading down the same path as me unfortunately and vomits if his headaches get too bad. So he's being trained up to let me know immediately if he starts to feel a headache. Poor bugger can only have calpol which for me with my headaches would be like putting a plaster on an amputation (all hail the triptans) so he needs it ASAP

all hail the triptans

I found these later. I literally couldn't believe the effect. From 'oh crap there go the next three days' to 'twenty minutes completely normal'. They are like magic.

Well not magic because they actually work.

Well not magic because they actually work.

🤣🤣

I agree with the getting the painkillers in early thing, although for some reason DH feels I should just try to put up with it until it gets too much
If I can feel a headache starting I can take a couple of paracetamol and ward it off, if I try to just “be brave” within an hour it will be Ibruprofen or even codeine time. As for going for a lie down that’s never cured one of my headaches. I get not taking painkillers unnecessarily but DH thinks they are some great evil - he was sensible enough not to express an opinion on it when I was in Labour twice though. Although maybe I should have rubbed amber on my ankle rather than go for an epidural

@Hoppinggreen

I agree with the getting the painkillers in early thing, although for some reason DH feels I should just try to put up with it until it gets too much If I can feel a headache starting I can take a couple of paracetamol and ward it off, if I try to just “be brave” within an hour it will be Ibruprofen or even codeine time. As for going for a lie down that’s never cured one of my headaches. I get not taking painkillers unnecessarily but DH thinks they are some great evil - he was sensible enough not to express an opinion on it when I was in Labour twice though. Although maybe I should have rubbed amber on my ankle rather than go for an epidural

In his teen years my husband freely admits that he took every drug going.

Yet he still doesn't like taking OTC painkillers as "he doesn't know what's in them"

I can't quite work out that logic.