'All things fruit and vegetable all beetroots great and small' 10/10 Club - all welcome-

[Carotte]

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She's dozing and crying and coughing and puking and dozing. She's coughing non stop. But is asleep at the moment. Done the bathroom steam thing once tonight, but for about an hour. Shes propped up with pillows and eucalyptus and vic type stuff on her chest.

Doctor tomorrow then, I think. Poor you, poor her.

Going too. I hope the night is a restful one.

someone says ibuprofen as it helps to decrease the swelling in the larynx

steam bathroom yes but also dampen the air in the room so lots of wet towels strewn around the place on teh backs of chairs and stuff

They usually give her steroids - she's not had it since about april though. That was the first time they gave her antibiotics, and she had an anaphylactic reaction with the full on mouth swelling. Gawd.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/138/54016#1212492

this is the thread where is says cooling them down

Ok, will go scatter damp towels adn look for ibuprofen - thanks. Good night. x

oh boco I didnlt know you had been thourhg this before. So my thread advice is probably alraedy known to you.

franny - do you still take the Kiki superfood supplement? can you tell me a bit about how it has helped?

Morning BBB, it got me over that fearful virus thing I couldn't get rid of, do you remember? On a day to day basis it gives me energy (you can feel a real boost just after you take it, well I can anyway) and I seem to need less sleep and be slightly less moody when I remember to take it. I really believe in it - this winter will be the test I suppose. It isn't specifically claiming to protect from colds etc but I am hoping that and the elderberry extract are going to do the trick. I have the elderberry ready and am going to take it whenever we are with someone coldy, or if I feel slightly cold-ish.

Am eating plum, apple, pear, nectarine, raisins. We need a new thread soon don't we? Gosh.

Morning! Haven't had f or v yet. What do you all have for breakfast- I need to be weaned off Italian breakfast biscuits and coffee. Moody is my middle name from October to March (begun early this year) so I will be interested to know how your magic stuff does over the winter too,F &Z.

The croup sounds awful. Had it a lot with dd2, but never as badly as that, you poor things.

SK I have muesli, or just plain oats, with added dried fruit and seeds, lots of chopped fresh fruit and soya milk. It makes a big bowlful

Am hoping small Boco is better this morning. What kind of a night did you have, Boco?

I don't know if this is relevant to anyone but children can take the superfood, too, and the elderberry extract. Check with your own doctor or health food shop person, obviously.

That is more or less what the dcs get. With variations. Double standards or what. Although I often have it for morning snack. Must train brain to produce getting out of bed signals for muesli just as quickly as for coffee and biscuits!
I have two delicate dds who missed a lot of school last winter, so might try superfood thing.

morning. Am too tired to be on here long. Will regale you tales of Lunnon Town later if you want...
F&Z your festy looked beautiful
100 - hello my lovely, nice to 'see' you back
Tatties - ah, yes Full Moon time...me too

Why is it not All Peaches great and small...pouts)

Addled brain - whose child had croup? Poor poor you and her, ds had it once, very very firghtening. I thought he was having some kind of fit...

FK, Mrs C, Boco, Toots, Lionheart, BBBeee and anyone else who I have missed, huge big fat Monday mornings fruity hugs to you all. (I'm feeling tired yet expansive )

That obv includes Sauerkraut and Idris and PSW and anyone )

Why, thank'ee kindly, FMV! Although I don't mind being unobtrusive Hope you enjoyed yourself.

Morning FMF! Please regale us forthwith
sorry about the peaches thing, it was all a bit hectic at the end of the last thread - did you read it? There was dramatic cliff top rescues and all sorts. We couldn't leave the beetroots out after they had saved Carotte's life now could we?

SK am I right in thinking you don't want details of the meet up?

I have emailed everyone else who I think wants to know about the meet up. If you haven't got an email please let me know ASAP

Unfortunately you are right, F&Z, I am presuming the meet-up is somewhere in the UK. Although I would love to dump the dcs with Dh for a weekend and bugger off, I don't think he would think it fair. I took my Granny to Paris last October and he was very kind, better not push my luck! I hope I will hear all about it afterwards , though.

FMV, can't wait to hear about your trip, was it great?

DD was bad until about 2am, then slept really soundly. I was prepared for her being ill today, but she was bounding around full of energy this morning. I, however feel very tired and a bit grumpy. I had this horrendous dream that a werewolf was picking off all the male members of my family one by one, every night. I feel disturbed, it was very real. Unhinged.

Ooh, we want to hear about it fmv.

Afternoon .

Glad Boco-ette is feeling better today but not nice about the dream. I sometimes have hideous dreams which are very real.

Tomatoes, apple juice, raisins. So far .

Is it franny's birthday today?

Boco...so sorry to hear about your lil one...croup must be awful
Would medised maybe work....it's got antihistamine in it, which is meant to reduce swelling in general...

Toot...I am not glamorous at all...so don't you worry yourself...

Anyway...I have had some plums, a banana, a pear and carrots with..you guessed it by now...houmous again

It's ms first long day at school....he was sooo excited to be allowed to take his lunchbox today...lets hope he will eat his lunch though...