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StuntNun · 26/03/2013 13:40

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Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 22:31
Grin
LuisGarcia · 31/03/2013 22:36

Curry for dinner. First time I've been able to cook for a couple of weeks, and only a few times since L was born.

I went a bit overboard.

It was good though.

ValiumQueen · 31/03/2013 22:37

sophia he will feel cold even though he is hot. Medicate if temp over 38. I alternate pcm and brufen if child can eat a bit for brufen. I dress them in something light, and put just a sheet or cellular blanket over them. I would shut the window personally. I would not want them in a draught. Regular fluids, monitor output. They wee less but should still wee. Ice lollies are good so long as no gastric element. Watch for a rash. Hope he is soon well and you and LO do not get it x

Bryzoan · 31/03/2013 22:40

Chasing, could you and o go to your mums for a while? It really sounds as though you have got to get out of there and get some support while you put yourself back together. I hate the thought of you being there with him and feeling like this. It really isn't healthy. Re your post above, what you're forgetting is that once you are better you will actually be happy the majority if the time. That is what life should be like.

And you're right about the importance of remembering what a relationship should be. It should have mutual love, respect and support. Anything else just isn't food enough and will do you no good in the long run. Most have a little bickering and the odd bit of frustration around the edges from time to time, but at the core should be something that makes you feel good and strong and special. You deserve that, everyone does. Don't settle for anything less.

Pikz - you're doing so well. Celebrate what you have acheived.

Vq - rock on. Bought stuff to cook here for my folks - and ended up getting a takeaway cos I lost track of time. Hoping for sleep dust tonight but if that fails I'll have some of your domestic goddess dust.

But no strawberries please. Strangely I think I might have gone off them [buwink]

Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 22:42

Thanks vq he has done really well with his fluids and has munched on toast and a Thomas yoghurt. He keeps smiling bless him but he is rotten really. I will shut window. He had nurofen at 21:30 ish and had some Calpol around 3:30/4:00 ish do you think I am ok to give soe more Calpol as well now?

Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 22:44

He had a lot of bad nappies yesterday and very very sore nappy rash then it all kicked off in the middle of the night with the temp. I will grab some lol,oes tomorrow assuming his bottom seems better.

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 31/03/2013 22:46

I wouldn't give more calpol so near to the brufen I don't think. If I'm taking both I normally leave a two hour gap between paracetamol and brufen so would assume same or more applies with kiddies.

I am hoping for another miracle with j and sleeping. I'm in for a let down aren't I?!?

Bryzoan · 31/03/2013 22:46

Sophia, yes, but check the packet for max dose in 24hrs.

I would keep the room reasonably warm (18ish) but keep covers light. Hope he feels better soon and you all get some rest.

Bryzoan · 31/03/2013 22:49

You can give both at the same time but may get more benefit from staggering them (according to the nurses after dd's hip op).

Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 22:53

I would normally wait a bit but have only really done this for chicken pox before and he is much more poorly than any of them have been with the pox. I am just desperate to get his temp down.

I have shut the window and put a cellular blanket over him, he is in some summer pjs. I have left the duvet ver his feet though.

Thanks everyone. Sorry for being a wuss. You would think whenst on number 4 I would be more confident dealing with this but I feel very rubbish. also yw am reading Life After Life and all the flu related deaths are in my head. Ok so I Know it was about 1918 but still....

Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 22:56

Thanks Bry he is within the limits on the labelling. Though i don't worry about an adhoc dose of Calpol here or there, I am paranoid about using this stuff in anger when they are properly poorly. Real flu is horrible. I think have only ever had it once.

TheDetective · 31/03/2013 23:14

When the fuck do you people have time to read, or exercise?! Where am I going wrong here?!?!?! Confused

I don't have time to shit FFS!!

I'd give the calpol now, before you go to bed, yes. I find alternating the best.

Sophiathesnowfairy · 31/03/2013 23:18

I read when I feed and because DH drove all the way to Northern Ireland so got a good old catch up

Night night detective.

Sleep well all.

Xx

TheDetective · 31/03/2013 23:23

Ah. I see. O is still a crap fussy feeder, he either feeds quickly - so no time for reading, or he needs me singing to him because he is fussing like a fussy wee shite!

I just read MN when feeding mostly, as I don't need to concentrate!

Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 31/03/2013 23:23

Right he's had another wee feed and has conked out again. I'm terrified!

Also I have fucked my back somehow. Totally killed it. Have had hot bath, brufen, pain relieving gel and gonna try deep heat now. Nothing is helping :(

Brockle · 31/03/2013 23:32

I tried the fifty books in a year thread and realised that was too optimistic Smile. if I don't read I.don't feel myself serious book geek

chasing I think you are amazing. you know what you need to do its just going to take you time and that's ok. you are brave and strong. you just don't know it. maybe try a thread in relationships. there will be lots of people who have gone through or are going through what you are and will make you feel less alone xxx

Y has my PILs around his little finger. he has been on superb form laughing and smiling and then puking when they have left for the day Grin. had two days with SIL and her pfb though. my DN has an obsession with dinos and my SIL did not take too kindly to my ds2 saying he would hit DN if he said T Rex anymore. he would never have done it but I let her tell ds2 off whilst secretly giggling. I know, I'm a bad mummy Grin

TheDetective · 31/03/2013 23:58

DP is watching something, my ears prick up. I hear something, and feel the need to share...

You cock juggling thunder cunt.

I thought of you fuckers.

Shame it isn't wednesday! Grin

LuisGarcia · 01/04/2013 00:04

chasing You can hit reset. Where do you want O to grow up? Where do you want to live? What are your dreams?

Like, I'm not being funny, but if you really have no ties other than the idiot to Northampton, and no family to fall back on, then why not move down this way for really real? Your childhood memories are not illusions, and you would have a couple of the quiche to call on.

I don't know... just bear in mind that that is your worst case future, I guess, Hampshire with a welcome. Milford and Blackgang with someone to go for coffee with... that is your new last resort way out, because why not?

ChasingDaisy · 01/04/2013 00:24

Thanks Luis, it sounds idyllic. It just seems impossible. I think I need to get out of the flat and the clutches of his family first and then concentrate on leaving Northampton. But you are right, if I am going to move I may as well make it worth it and live somewhere I actually want to live.

I can only imagine the shit I would get for taking O so far away from his dad and the in-laws though Confused

LuisGarcia · 01/04/2013 00:36

It's not impossible at all. It may take a few steps, but it's p easy, actually. We're not on a foreign continent. It's not some faraway dreamy eyed fantasy, it's just a pack and move.

And they've p much forfeited their right to complain about you moving, and if you come here I will stand with you and say that to their faces.

kirrinIsland · 01/04/2013 02:38

chasing what Luis said ^^
you are at a crossroads now, and you can choose any direction. Yes, it's scary, but it's also exciting. Why not move somewhere new? What do you have to lose at this point? A deadbeat DP and his family? Bonus?!

Welcome back GT Nice to hear from you again :)

Second feed here - so better than last night so far. About to attempt transfer....

Lily311 · 01/04/2013 03:12

Every odding 2 hours. I just want to cry. And she is so angry when she wakes, is it the dreaded sleep regression?

Bryzoan · 01/04/2013 03:40

Oh lily. No idea re sleep regression but I'm up too.

Chasing - phone womens aid. They might help you find a way to make a move seem more achievable.

YellowWellies · 01/04/2013 03:43
PurplePidjin · 01/04/2013 04:06

Daisies - what Luis said. Im not anywhere as posh as Milford but there are good groups here i can show you. You have friends.

Waking every 2 hour for a 10 minute feed. MILs must think im the worst mum in the world. Dp decided he wanted to stay an extra nigh to visit his dads grave tomorrow (would have been his birthday) but im the one dealing with the fall out.