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My kids have to be BLEEDING and an arm bent in the wrong direction before I took them to A&E....

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Tallulah72 · 12/10/2007 21:23

... and still I was reluctant. AND, once, I even went to bingo and got a bit tiddly rather than take one of my children to A&E after they broke their elbow . AND another time, one of my children fell off my bed (after using it as a trampoline), cut their lip/mouth open and it was only because I thought it was a bit wide that I took her to the doctors for some butterfly stitches . AND, yet again, another of my children fell over a football whilst playing, he was lead on the pavement sobbing and I told him not to be so soft and to get up. We had to go to A&E for this one as we thought he might have a broken kneecap

I believe that kids should be allowed to run about, fall, hurt themselves and shouldn't be wrapped up in cotton wool. Let's call it "character building"

Are you a panicky parent or am I just so laid back I'm almost horizontal? And what the frig did we do before NHS Direct? I can honestly say that I've never phoned them. At all. Ever!!!!

*I was just discussing this on another forum so I am not taking the piss out of anyone, OK?

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ScaremyVile · 12/10/2007 21:44

Oh, I misunderstood...

In that case, hahahhahahahahahahahaha. Donk.

orangehead · 12/10/2007 21:45

oh I get it hilirous...... NOT

GibbonInARibbon · 12/10/2007 21:45

I'll hold my hands up...I don't get what's funny about telling a sobbing child in pain to 'get up and stop being soft'

nice

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Tallulah72 · 12/10/2007 21:48

T'was a mistake posting here. I expect to have my membership revoked asap . I'm obviously not going to be "welcome" here any more. Plus, another forum member elsewhere, whos opinion I respect, has just bollocked me for posting this here!

poof Gone!

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themildmanneredaxemurderer · 12/10/2007 21:49

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Tutter · 12/10/2007 21:52

fuuurrrreak

pastilla · 12/10/2007 21:52

know what you're saying, tallulah (well, I'm assuming you didn't actually know your children had terrible injuries etc when you went out on the lash? just thought they'd be alright in the morning kind of thing?)
yeah, i've made those kind of calls as well. we tend towards the tough it out approach rather than the panic and dive for the calpol approach. ds1 is a real toughie as well, never used to let on he was feeling ill until about to peg it. one time my dh had to take him to hosp straight from the playground as he ran round like a mad thing then suddenly dropped down with chest pains. turned out he had pneumonia . poor thing hadn't said a word about feeling ill all day. nowadays he puts on coughs to get out of school so all that has changed

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Tallulah72 · 12/10/2007 21:54

MMAM - In response to your genuine question (yes, I'm still lurking ), I forgot that I haven't posted here in a LONG time and forgot that there are people here who don't post where I usually post iyswim.

It was a pathetic attempt at humour that was wine-fuelled. As I said - I expect to be modded forthwith. In fact, I'm surprised that the thread is still here, tbh

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Tallulah72 · 12/10/2007 21:55

see - there you go - pastilla gets where I'm coming from

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themildmanneredaxemurderer · 12/10/2007 21:57

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NotAnOtter · 12/10/2007 21:57

this thread is trying to get a rise but i remember a thread a while back on who had taken kids to hosp in an ambulance and i was horrified at how common it was

pastilla · 12/10/2007 22:01

yeah, we can both stand up for the bad parent of the year award together
omg, better put hard hat on in case of flaming now!

emobob · 12/10/2007 22:03

Goodness me ladies (ahem!), you are some harsh b*tches!!!

Tallulah is a good friend of mine, and she is neither evil, negligent or a Bad Mum!

I have met her children, and they love their mother very much, as she loves them. She was simply pointing out that not everybody decides to cling to their children to prevent them even getting the tiniest little scratch! It has been well documented in the news recently that children are not being allowed to play properly as their parents are fearing too much about them getting hurt!

I really feel for all your children, because when Tallulahs kids are grown they will have a decent sense of danger, having been allowed to experience it, whereas yours will all be neurotic and scared to even go outside. You may think you are keeping them safe, but you are damaging them inside more than you will ever know!

one last thing: HOW VERY DARE YOU speak to my lovely friend like that

chankins · 12/10/2007 22:04

I'm guessing you didn't realise the elbow was broken - my mum did the same thing with my brother, he broke his arm and she was in a mood and told him to stop moaning - she felt terrible when it had swollen twice the size by morning! I'm not a panicky parent when they fall over etc - I do tend to say o you're al right up you get -but I do worry horrible when they are ill, feverish etc, I just hover and worry and wait for the signs of meningitus to set in! My worst fears really.

mrsmerton · 12/10/2007 22:06

Emobob, I understand where Talullah is coming from, in fact I agree with her and try not to wrap my kids up too.

Maybe it was just the wording of the post came across as a bit too tough, almost like she was bragging about not getting to the hospital. Thats obviously not how it was intended!

Tutter · 12/10/2007 22:06
themildmanneredaxemurderer · 12/10/2007 22:08

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Piffle · 12/10/2007 22:09

oh get off that horse in the sky
You do not know what some of us have been through
Oh never worry she is a little bit blue round the mouth and nose...
let's have another drink and game and see hw she is later
Well thank god I never did...
Some of us have had such occurences that we are not fortunate enough to know hoe to be complacement
And I will never never apologise for keeping my dd safe, because she needs it

ScaremyVile · 12/10/2007 22:09

2 things...

Which other forum' are you going on about?
and
What response did you expect?

ScaremyVile · 12/10/2007 22:10

....ok 3 things

arf @ emobob

LadyHex · 12/10/2007 22:11

emobob, if your "friend" is so wonderful and loving, why did she go to such great pains (sic) to appear like a heartless, uncaring old trout, I wonder?

orangehead · 12/10/2007 22:12

Is emob right were u trying to make a point but in jokey way or was it just all a joke

LoveMyGirls · 12/10/2007 22:15

I can see both sides of the arguement here, I thnk in this day and age with the resources we have available there is no need to wonder if you should ask for professional advice, my children have always been to hospital in record time if needs be BUT back in the day when myself and partner were children (less than 20yrs ago) i think it was more common not to seek medical advice for broken bones. I broke my arm at about age 6 and wasn't taken to hospital until the next day and my partner wasn't taken when he broke his wrist aged 12 until the next day either and i also re call a time when i sprained my ankle and my dad took me to hospital a couple of days later. So i don't think parents worried so much back then.

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Tallulah72 · 12/10/2007 22:15

Cavalry? hahhahah don't make me laugh. I can fight my own battles, thank you very much . If they want to come over here and tell everyone what a wonderful person I am, then who's stopping them? I'm certainly not making them - I don't control their posting history!!!!

I suggest you stop second guessing about my life:

ASSUME = you make an ASS out of U and ME

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SpookyDooooo · 12/10/2007 22:16

Ha fucking ha i am falling on the floor with laughter...