Little Italy 25

[Rosa]

Greetings, Ciao , Welcome , Benvenuto

Diddn't know that about strep... Yes get it all sorted out and clear !

I tried zumba last night , I think I liked it but will go again next week just to see !
Thanks for the reminder I booked Dd1 and minirosa for the yearly checks with the paed next week....

So, is the streptococcus the cause also of scarlet fever? Bloody strep!!!
Hope you all feel better soon.

The saggio di coro was amazing, they even sang Giorgia's "Di sole e di azzurro".

Then I met ds's teachers. Ds is doing well at school, but they are worried as he appears to be anxious and always in need to be reassured. I feel a bit worried. They are lovely and trying to help. I didn't really know what to say

Franca , were you aware or did it come as a surprise? What does ds say ? When he is with his amici etc does he seem normale?
However you say the teachers are being lovely about it , that must be reassuring.
Re meds for the US. Things like basic painkilers etc you can buy almost anywhere, i love wargrains farmacy they have everything there including milk!!!
If it was me I would take sachets of tacchip for the plane just incase, i also in my little plastic bag of 100ml things have , busta di nurofen x me! Arnica, those disenfectant wound sachets, small bottle of sanitising hand gel, lipsalve,ear drops for dd1 , plasters and a disenfectant cream, . In my rucksack I have a packet of wetwipes and wetwipes with disenfectant in them for airplane toilet seats ( it is phsically impossible to hold a toddler /3 yr over an aircraft loo!!)
When I go on hols I take a few of the most essentials like anti vomit stuff and rehydrating salts just a couple, basic painkillers, and thats about it as if needed you can get everything there.
Must go and do some cleaning.......
Sput how are the bugs in your house doing???

Rosa, it came a bit as a surprise. I mean, ds is a child who needs lots of interaction at home, but I've never felt he needed that much reassuring iyswim. He has lots of friends, not just in his classroom, but at football club too, where he usually tries to lift up the morale of the team. Therefore, yes, I wasn't expecting him to be so needy at school.
Perhaps it is just a phase, but the teachers would like to find ways to respond better to him and find strategies especially in view of the fact that he'll go to medie in sept 2013

Anyway, I will speak to the school's psychologist and she'll speak to the teachers. We'll see. Che palle!!!!

Yes, that's more or less what I was thinking to bring with me on the plane. What are the anti vominting meds, never heard of them.

Peridom......supposte easier to carry....Mind you I haven't used one on dd1 for a while...

I will ask the pediatra then!

They are for if you can't stop vomiting and everything you take down comes up again ..... NOt as anti nausea for flying IYKWIM. WHen minirosa has had the last 2 vomit bugs she was in risk of going into dehydration so we had to use them. WIth dd1 she is older and better at riding out the bugs....
There are anti nausea like travel sickness stuff.....but touch wood mine have never needed them !

Franca, did they tell you more precisely what your DS needs reassurance about? Was it school work or more general social stuff? Maybe it is kind of performance anxiety and perfectionism if it's for the academic stuff, hence why it wouldn't show much at home.
Coro sounds lovely :-)

I'm feeling a bit better today but I'm getting a sore throat so a bit worried that I have the strep too, I have to wait til Friday for my test results. Kids are OK, DH was a wreck earlier but looking better.We were well enough to go for a walk on the beach, first of the year :-)

I'm really glad my DCs inherited DHs iron stomach, they practically never vomit.

Yes, it seems to be related to school stuff. He seems to be over eager to show them he has understood all the time, or he wants reassurance for basic stuff, like "turn to page x". We have decided we will contact the "sportello psicopedagogico" that works at their school at the beginning of september, as they seem eager to want advise on finding better strategies to help him/reassure him.
Bizarre, as he is indeed quite quick and very good at things like maths for instance. I am happy to have a word with the psicologo as I think this might be related to his on and off anxieties about falling asleep.

Glad to hear you are all feeling a bit better. There are 4 children from dd's class with febbre. I am glad I have booked an apt with the pediatra.

Rosa, no they don't usually suffer from travel nausea. They had (well we all had apart from dh) an awful bug last year in January.

bless ds Franca, is he a bit of a perfectionist all round? good that you have the support of the teachers etc at school though. How is his sleep anxiety these days?
Sput hope your throat is better.

Thanks gio . In many ways he is not a perfectionist at all. Very disordinato, very loud etc. But it appears that he really cares about school (even if at home he is not one of those people who are eager to study, iyswim).

He is fine at falling asleep at the moment. But he went to a pj party on Saturday (we were away for a big party with friends) and at 11 he rang me in tears and so my dad went to pick him up! He gets very anxious when he is with other children, as most children usually fall asleep before he does, and this makes him feel different and he starts feeling he won't fall asleep ever again. Argh!

Hope all is well in Rome. Has master gio finished school yet or will he go until end of June?

until the end of June! until the last second!! Then we are in the UK for most of July and then mare in August. Are you doing mare this year or is the US your main holiday?
I suppose re ds Franca at least he cares about school. The anxiety isnt ideal but listening to 2 of my friends in despair re their ds's being bocciato from media this year mainly because they couldnt care less about school makes me wish materna could last forever!

Uk and mare best of both worlds I suppose!

We will spend July at the inlaws, in the countryside (save money !!!), it is only 1 hr from Milan. Dh will be working. Then 2 weeks of mare in August!

I have signed dd up for a laboratorio artistico first week of Sept.

Mine are going up to 23/6 but with this weather I am half wishing we had delayed the mare until later.... BOh . Next year we will be doing inverso 1st the Uk then mare as my sister has a big birthday and she is planning a big party ! Mind you the way the crisi is going we might not ...I think I will be doing more English somehow..
DH dentist gave him some fresh peas...I have now 5 bags of fresh peas in the freezer, my thumbnails have turned green and the rest I have given to neighbours and SIL...
DOmani gita for dd1 I hope its fun ..It is to a castle somewhere.....

I have one word: pidocchi. Again. Ffs.

Aargh Franca!
Gio has a point about your DS Franca, perfectionism can be a positive trait as long the anxiety is controlled, hopefully they can help you with it.
We did a trial run putting up the tent in Dsil's garden, seemed pretty easy. DS cried when we took it down again, I think he thought we would sleep there.

at ds Sput, he is going to have so much fun! when do you go?
Oh Franca I feel your pain. We havent had so many cases this year which makes me think one of the kids who went into prima wasnt treated mai because it was ridiculous how often it happened. Does dd have long hair?

We leave on the third, I am ridiculously excited as this is the first proper holiday we've ever had, not counting visiting our family etc.
DCs back at school today, I'm still a bit wobbly so taking it easy. Our house is a tip as you can imagine after 4 people at home for 5 days and minimal tidying up.

Yes, he does care about school, he says so himself

Kids adore sleeping in tents, Sputnik you are going to have a a lovely time I am sure. How exciting! (I am still trying to remember the name of a little village on the hills in Istria, really lovely place, but my memory is blank)

Gio, yes, dd has long hair. Just need to find a moment when she is nits free to take her to the hairdresser!!!

I have great memories of camping as a kid, luckily DH does too!
So my strep test was positive too, I'm glad I started ABS anyway yesterday without waiting, I knew something was up. I left my tip of a house and did some light retail therapy, did me alot of good, though I went probably a bit too crazy in DPAM

It is easy to loose one's mind in Dpam...
How are you feeling sputnik?

Sput: sorry to read re scarlet fever. We had it ( or were told we were likely to have it) in November and it was miserable, the sore throat being particularly bad. What antibiotics are you on? Some of the huger pills can be crushed and melted in water or also exist in liquid form...

Franca: I would also pack some antibiotics and see if your GP and paediatrician are happy to consult over the telephone for minor things. Some doctor friends found they needed a prescription painkiller while in the US and had to pay 300 USD to be seen, despite knowing perfectly well what was wrong and what was needed to fix it.

Back to bed for me now. DS2 woke up at 4.30 and then needed a nappy change, followed by throwing up in our bed, full change, dirty nappy, showering of mummy and bathroom while on the changing table, further full change, then a feed. And now that I have held him up for 20 mins post-feed and he is happily asleep on me I can try and sleep too.

Well thats all of you now ...so all you have to do is get better!!! Sue g sounds as if you have had a busy night, hope you get some rest..mind you with 2 you tend to survive on little or no sleep.
Very grey morning here, yesterday I had dd1 gita it went well and dd enjoyed it , fun and educational . Some parents wanted a water park or similar but IMO a castle with a percorso fairy tale and then the children making an afresco in the afternoon Was far better.
Franca have you packed yet...not long now...how long do you have on your own before dh joins you ?

Hello Suigeneris! I remember those kind of nights pretty vividly still .

I have just bought a bottle of Augmentin for the children, but now I am a bit about the doses, if needs be. My paediatrician never answer the phone, she has a segreteria telefonica and you have to leave a message... not really doable from the US, my mobile doesn't work there.
I do have an assicurazione. Boh. Aiuto!

Rosa, I am more or less packed and ready to go. I am sure I must have forgot something essential. Dh will arrive on the 14th, at night.

Bambini di eta' superiore a 2 a nni. 2 anni-6 anni, peso: 13-21 kg, dose: 5 ml ogni 12 ore; 7 anni-9 a nni, peso: 22-29 kg, dose: 7,5 ml ogni 12 ore; 10 anni-12 anni, peso: 30-40 kg, dose: 10 ml ogni 12 ore. Bustine bambini (400 mg + 57 mg / b ustina). 2 anni-6 anni, peso: 13-21 kg, dose: 1 bustina ogni 12 ore; 7 anni-12 anni, peso: 22-40 kg, dose: 2 bustine ogni 12 ore. Insufficie nza renale: adulti: gli aggiustamenti posologici sono calcolati sulla base del livello massimo raccomandato di amoxicillina. -clearance dell a creatinina: 30-10 ml/min 1 dose da 500 mg + 125 mg,

There you go .......... I am excited for you and wish we were going as well .....well maybe one year , possibly ! I have 2 english students lined up for 2012/2013 and more requests so think this is going to be the way I am going ! I think teh materne will be taking me back as well probably well 1 for sure the 2nd they have to decide if the genitori want to pay extra o no !