February Fabulosity with the fledglings, Flylady Feb 2018 thread

[CotswoldStrife]

Hello all - welcome to our February thread for 2018. Everyone is welcome and it's never too late to join in. We are decluttering our homes and keeping them clean and tidy(ish) as well as having some general chat as well.

We follow the Flylady method, and will post links daily to the missions via the Flylady website. For more information, have a look at www.flylady.net/

Here's to a fun February for all of us (with the occasional prod from the pointy stick of motivation and visits to the naughty corner )

Dd2 was a wilderbeest/tearfest.scarlet sweaty face.more chins than ever(glands up).I don't need a look at the throat (sigh)I feel it's going to be a long day as she's not an easy patient....
Lil zoo and D's on second large bowls of cereal and nut butter toast with apples slices is in progress
Pack ups made

You know that I have been complaining about work? Can I just redress the balance by saying yet again it helps to have a good boss. Told yesterday that I can say no to overtime and that I should if I need to.

Anyway another long day today. Everyone fed no one dead kinda day.
Day off tomo. Looking forward to it but not the to do list that has grown to monumental proportions after being neglected for a week.

Dd deposited at nursery just writing my list before I head to the supermarket for nappies!

Ta da
Nearly finished daily routine
Posted parcel (anti procrastination!)
Got stuff out of freezer for dinner

To do
Finish daily routine (just last bit of tidying upstairs)
Pack swimming stuff for later
Fridge
Declutter in kitchen
Go to supermarket for few bits don't forget the nappies!
As much anti procrastination as possible!!
Swish and swipe bathroom

Checks naughty corner for it's one of my "work" at home days rather than housework days.

Ta dah
Dehumidifier on in my room
Breakfast
Swish & swipe
Dry laundry away
DD to school
Orders packed
Repeat prescription ordered

To do
Laundry
Dehumidifier on in DD's room
Ring doctors after 11
Ring mother
Ironing
Data inputting
Post Office / collect DD
Dinner
Washing up

Forgot to add to To do list

Clean fridge
Pack away veg box order
Do something with last week's kale

goth mine like mash with kale and spring onion..
Tadas(cont)
Littertray
Bins emptied
Wash in drier
School run
Pop quick top up shop
My breakfast
Wash folded and put away
More wash on

Greetings Fledglings! I am sat in doc waiting room waiting for DD to be seen. Beautiful sunny (but v cold) day here!

Hello, have been out all morning and just about to hit the Wii Fit - will be back to check the thread properly over lunch! See you in about an hour or so!

Wish dd would eat kale! Zoo

We are back home and dd is underweight again and has a bad case of "bronchiolite". No antibiotics as yet but checking again in two days.

I feel very badly about the weight issue but she has not eaten properly for about eight days now and has just refused lunch. She has a temp so I don't blame her but don't want her to lose any more.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks Zoo will try that.

SC you can't make them eat. I know we all lost our appetites during this lurgy. DD was on noodles and jelly. It's all she fancied. I think getting liquid down them is the most important. Fingers crossed she picks up soon.

Next Ta-dahs

Laundry
Dehumidifier on in DD's room
Rang doctors
Ring mother
Ironing

Still to do
Data inputting
Post Office / collect DD
Clean fridge
Pack away veg box order
Dinner
Washing up

SCWould she have a smoothie/milkshake?
When DS is out off food((also has weight issues))dietician told us ram those in if poss.you can sidle in a clump ice cream or cream for calories,use banana as a base fruit as highest calorie fruit.he likes nut butter/tahini.half teaspoon or some nuts/sunflowers seeds if your blenders powerful enough,or ground almonds if not?
Failing that I would just concentrate on fluids or whatever she fancies til on mend then pump get full of butter and cream😁
We were told meat+dairy very good(think lasagne) for building calorie requirements
It is a horrible worry though.i all but pull out my hair with D's.today he's only one not with a sore throat and he ate 2huge bowls rice Krispies plus 3slices toast with almond butter and apple slices(grateful for small mercies,but where there Dickens it all goes in his scrawny frame I will never know)
Remember also how active they are when well.(he's a total sloth)and stressed(he's a worrier) all burn calories like Billy goats
If you want PM me please so

I've had a nap as dd2 asleep since 10.30.shes still asleep
In my defense I did wash all lower floors before I nodded off

Is there an issue with her weight in general, SC? When my DD was ill all last week she didn't eat either tbh, just didn't feel like it. Didn't drink much most days although I did try and encourage her.

Really must sort out the kitchen, will do roll call later!

Ta da
Swimming bags packed
Cleaned fridge (didn't quite finish)
Shopping
Got.some bits for party bags which was on to do list

To do
Swish and swipe bathroom
Finish daily routine
Finish fridge
Declutter in kitchen

Off swimming with the dc now just waiting for ds to wake up!

Thanks all! Much appreciated! And love all the food suggestions!

DD is a good "doer" generally (as we say in the horse world ) and eats quite a good range of food now (can't fail to be influenced by dh and my piggy influences and the constant cooking that goes on here/where we live - often three of the top news headlines are food or drink related !) but she feels full quite quickly so her portions are quite small. So you have to make whatever she eats count ifyswim as you only get one chance!

Cotswold despite eating well/having a good appetite, she has always been a string bean and on the lowest weight for her height percentile but we have managed (apart from a few dips) to keep her just on the right side of the line with a few noticeable dips. And, blow me, she is still growing! She is 170.5 cm now but only weighs 49 kilos. Which is a BMI of 17 which is too low apparently (should be 18.5 to 24.9). She looks like skin and bone today

Goth I think drinking is the issue now you mention it. She is not good at taking in enough liquid at the best of times and if she doesn't drink, she doesn't feel hungry. And noodles - in chicken broth maybe - is an excellent idea.

Zoo sorry, should have explained properly, that is the problem. Neither of us are keen on dairy but dd is better than me with milk (I never touch the stuff). But she doesn't feel like drinking anything milky atm. She could be tempted by an ice cream/fruit based smoothy though- thanks!! I am intrigued by the nut butters too (not sure if they have arrived over here yet).

Sorry everyone. I know I am being overly obsessive/very PFB about this but it has been a constant worry. She is lacking in iron too despite supplements and eating shed loads of mince beef/steak with red peppers and broccoli.

It is still a shock to me that she is so thin as she was so very chunky as a baby. One of those baby's that people look at and say "gosh, she is looking very healthy" I couldn't see it at the time but looking back at the photos she was a right little beautiful porker

Apologies! I'm just worried because she didn't have that much to lose in the first place and this bug has really set her back. Back to Flying ... !

Think you are heroic to go swimming in this weather Foxes! Well bloody done!

Thank you for the reassurance Zoo - those are very good points about activity levels and stress - I will pm you after this week about this probably when things calm down a bit! Ta very muchly! Sorry to hear your two are still battling with their throats and are generally under par. I hope they both feel substantially better soon.

Great lists Zoo/Goth/Foxes!!!

Whoknows Glad you are feeling better. That's a great idea about writing down one great thing and one thing achieved every night. I am going to borrow it. I am finding that my own anxiety is increasing atm (must be my age) and little things floor me now that I would have breezed through in the past. I am glad you are finding these strategies helpful as constant anxiety is horrible and draining. I am also in admiration of Cag's coping techniques and the steady determination with which she is carrying them through!

[Btw - I am very conscious of when you come back on here intermittently - that I am probably wittering on about something that I was wittering on about last time you visited ie dd's weight - so many apologies !!] Must curb wittering tendencies ... . I blame it on dh who has is shall we say very objective focused and not generally a big talker Not after a long day in the office when he is talking constantly anyway!!

Yay to understanding and reasonable bosses Hills!!

Waves to Afresh Cordelia Bowerbird Whispers Honu Toostressy Foolandfitz and Cotswold and to everyone else I've missed!

Must stop agitating and go and do!!

Oh no - I've more kale in the veg box.
Think this batch will be heading for the freezer.

goth perhaps the kales breeding in the box!!
SCpm me whenever lovely!(i drink nut milk as fortified calcium and lil zoo has it.i hatedmilk as a child and custard/rice pud etc were only exceptions!!)

Remembered gather rest antibiotics for her from chemist
Picked up lil zoo
Started soup for dd2 as chewings hurting jaw where glands are swollen.i have selection of med type veg going roast then blend with stock as ovens on for tea anyways
(Tonight's tea-jacket potato,lamb mince with garlic and rosemary.roasted mushrooms and squash((adding peppers and courgettes to my portion))have ice lollies for the girls with poorly throats and yogurt for D's

((Need get round to baking something for a pud one night this week))

sc haven't fully caught up but just wanted to say my bmi is also under 18.5 (not sure exactly what it is at the moment but it since I've had the dc it has pretty much always been around 18 or less) and I would say I'm in pretty good health generally! I know totally different when its your kids and my mum is always trying to feed me up!

Oh that's interesting (and reassuring!) thank you Foxes! Gosh I envy you your figure too They are very rigorous/precise about their figures here - maybe I am worrying too much - or it is the fact that she is a teen or something as you say.

Zoo I used to run out of the room when rice pudding was in the oven as a child! Couldn't stand the smell of warm milk (still can't) and certainly cannot stomach any "wobbly" creamy foods ie custard, blancmange, pannacotta etc.

Goth Jamie Oliver eight killer kale recipes here

Yes, I am procrastinating, list is not getting smaller ... .

SC warm milk-bleugh...too many years try be force fed warm school milk in summer and half frozen been put on radiator to melt the frozen bits in winter...
I can eat cheese as an adult.made me sick as a kid.yogurts ok.i only drank milk in dd2 pregnancy skimmed and by the pint(looks back in disgust at myself)I had BMI 17 when fell pregnant lil zoo(lost loads due to stress after had D's)and was monitored as considered underweight...my issue with D's is he has very little,if any body fat so if he's I'll and goes off food he's no reserves(guessing you have same problem with dd)

Tadas
Soup for dd2 made and devoured with gusto-bless her she loves her food and finds bad throats and huge glands that affect chewing sheer torture!!
Mince is on.nearly ready.
Jacket spuds done
Re mop living room floor as kitten decide drinking water wasn't to standard and tip it over(I suspect as scoutcat cat had been in there slurping and he dribbles his spit in it)

Dispatched dd2 for a comforting bubble bath as she's demanding a bit hardworking wanting cuddles and reassurance when out if sorts,despite be near 14..that's go buy me at least 45 mins break

sc sorry I had to rush the last post because of dinner being ready...I was going to say I've always been of slim build and was certainly a skinny child/teen but I did love my food so nobody was concerned...I don't remember really being weighed ever growing up. In fact I never knew my weight until having kids and the midwives weighing me and telling me I was underweight! For that reason I don't tend to worry too much about the figures for stuff like this. I don't know the dc weights either but I guess they will tell me when they start school!

Anyway I'm rambling. It certainly is a good idea to keep an eye on teenage girls I think but if her attitude to food hasn't changed then it may well just be where she is run down. If she didn't have weight to lose in the first place an illness can make a big difference!

Oh and don't be envious honestly !!we all have things we don't like about ourselves and whilst I'm fairly happy with my figure I think my upper body just looks scrawny sometimes especially as I'm pale too! I end up looking wishy washy if I'm not careful!

Right. Really will stop wittering now!

After saying I'm in good health generally I seem to have caught another cold maybe I need to eat more fruit , I pick up a satsuma and then ds comes along and takes it off me! I hope I am in general good health anyway - touch wood!

Swimming wasn't great it was actually really cold in the pool! Ds wasn't impressed (again!). Cafe was nice though!

Ta da
Finished daily routine
Dh has done more laundry

Just about to get the dc to bed..no decluttering today but never mind.

foxes if you have decluttered anything from your thought s I'm sure that still counts😂

Oh and Swish and swipe bathroom

I'm going away now!

Haven’t caught up just popping on with a list. Waiting for friend to arrive, we are going to another friend for takeaway curry and cards against humanity 😀

ta da
✅got dressed as soon as I got up. It’s funny I don’t normally do the putting clothes out the night before because I don’t have to be smart for work etc, and I really don’t give a Flying fuck what I wear (Jeans. T-shirt. Hoodie. Repeat.) so it’s not like I spend time deciding in the morning. BUT I’ve realised I do have an issue with actually bothering to get dressed... so maybe it’s worth putting something out at night simply to make it less effort 😳😂
✅went to library
✅got tiny baby swimsuit 😍 and a couple of other bits we needed
✅daily focus - ordered something for someone, returned things for other people, filled in a form. All things I’ve been anxious about and avoiding.