November 2012 - What are your New Year's resolutions for your baby?

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Zamboni that sounds really shit. Why wouldn't they take a second to check his neck? Sorry if you have said but has he had the MMR? L's neck came up in lumps a week or so after it and he had high temp etc, woke screaming at night and had streaming cold. However I'm sure that was glands not lymph nodes so prob not the same.

We have had quite a lot of poo and smelly farts in the last few days. Have put it down to teething but today his poo is very pale and creamy in colour & texture (also plentiful). Anyone else had this? Dr Google says pale colour is from not absorbing bile, so could be anything from food intolerance, virus or liver prob. He seems ok apart from the poos, bit ratty/tired but again had put that down to teeth. No temp or jaundice. Not worried as such but seems odd.

I take it there aren't any smokers in your house Zamboni? My SIL had terrible chronic coughs and repeated infections and they miraculously ceased when she moved away from home so it looks like she was very sensitive to secondhand smoke.

D'oh posted too soon. Zamboni the swollen lymph glands are a sign of chronic infection, they're swollen because they're constantly having to produce antibodies etc. to fight off the infections.

Thanks all. No, no smokers stunt and he's never around any. DH is asthmatic but S doesn't wheeze, the inhaler they tried before the paed apt made things worse and his breathing is fine. MMR was mid-November.

I called the surgery and explained I wasn't happy that my concerns had been properly addressed, that I was making this call reluctantly and I didn't want to be difficult but I wanted to see mine or an alternative GP if mine wasn't available. I have an appointment first thing tomorrow. The receptionist was really very nice about it. This is fine because I'll speak to my DSis tonight and make sure I know what I want to say and how. I would never have been able to sort of challenge this without the power of the quiche and didn't cry during the call, oh no not me. FFS I am a grown up and spend nearly all of my professional life having difficult convos so why am I such a shite advocate for me and mine?

Anyhoo - how do you search threads for a particular poster's posts? I want to compose a history of his cough and abx so I have facts to hand about the persistence of this cough.

I fucking love this quiche. Am feeling quite empowered now, like I could chop wood with my head, karate stylee. Instead I'll put S to bed and watch some Fireman Sam with DD. Rock and roll. all

What would a nice started be to go with a venison and Guinness stew for main. Not necessarily fish as my DH worked In The fish factory as a teen and has been out off fish for life!

Starter.

Sophia how about deep fried haggis balls with a whisky cream sauce? Or baked Camembert? Anything with cheese to appease my cheese frustration! oh no am not becoming a dairy feeder noooooooo

Zamboni glad you've got a second appointment. It could be temporary reflux triggered by the MMR and the cough / raised lymph nodes could be because some reflux has been aspirated and caused a chest infection? I admit I see reflux everywhere! But raised glands aren't a typical symptom unless some vom has gotten into the lungs.

Baked Camembert might be nice with caramelised red onions. Yumster.

Good on you zamboni! I am genuinely very impressed at your balls. Your treatment was clearly not good enough. As for the searching I think you just enter your name in search and you can narrow it down to this section as well.

sophia I love that you capitalised The Fish Factory! It might have been an accident but it made me chuckle as I also worked in a place known as The Fish Factory or more colloquially The Fishy. It was shell fish and has put me off.

Well done zamboni, I'm so glad you have another appointment.

Is it normal for toddlers to be very tired? Not complaining but O has slept 12 hours overnight and so far 3 today.

The year is nearly over, I can't wait. 2014 will be better.

Same pass. I can get him to eat salmon if I do an Asian noodle brith type thing, he will do fish and Chips and that is it. I think he would do scallops so I was thinking of that but have invited SIL, though not sure if she is coming, I am also not sure if she would do them. I want something quite light and easy.

We have found p to be exhausted the last few days lily. 13.5 hours last night then 2 hours this afternoon. She is already rubbing her eyes and she has only been awake an hour.

I would have agreed about the tired-toddler thing, but Fs 10 min power nap pre lunch has caused her to totally nap dodge this afternoon. I guess thy are suddenly doing and learning so much more?

J is exhausted but does not sleep. If the sleepy ones are sleeping then they clearly need it. Do not worry. Be happy

Well done Zamboni. I totally understand what it is like to be confident in your work and feel like I fail me and mine with the GP, and I work in Health Care. It is very different. At work you are kick-ass worker. At the doctor you are mummy. Like being a patient in hospital you are almost stripped of your identity. We are also brought up to have the utmost respect for Drs and they are brought up to think they are God-like. (Present company excluded obviously BP)

I think the smeared baby snot/dribble/food on my clothes helps to dispel any god-like perceptions here!

You'll always be my deity bp

Today we discovered that Stirling's only soft play is in a pub. Genius. We were told by another diner that there was a long waiting list to get in to the soft play so we decided not to bother. However, while doing circuits of the place p spotted her pal from the CM and went bat shit crazy when I tried to lead her away. Cue much crying and trying to run away. There is no waiting list and p is now in there looking like she has gone to ball-pit heaven. DH is supervising while siblings from CM lead her through by the hand and take it in turns to report back what is happening "p has a ball!" "P just gave me the ball!" "She had a blue ball now!" "Does p like stwabewwies?" Etc etc. all this is happening while I sit alone. Bliss

BP is a total goddess.

My DSis saw S yesterday and has offered to call my GP and is tracking down a paed at her hospital to have a "quick chat". My GP is going to hate me after tomorrow!

Thanks VQ.

Pass the best soft play is at BK. They are doing a re-vamp. Not sure it is finished. There is also a small one in the bowling alley and Bear Castle. BK is the best as it is free, good parking, and they sell reasonable priced food that kids actually eat (judge me if you want I don't care)

My city is finally getting a soft play place in early 2014 and I can't wait!

DH has a pb at work and has to stay late.

Took kids to gp this morning. Looks like LO has an ear infection. Resolved not to tell ils. All hell would break loose. I only went in about conjunctivitis but dr noticed the ears. No symptoms though. Treating her anyway with the midweek holiday plus il m by proxy can't risk illness.

DH has just gone to visit his parents with all three DSs plus a DVD for them to watch with their cousin. I told him to tell the ILs that I wasn't coming because I was depressed but he said he wouldn't tell them that because it would worry them.

Now I feel lost without J when I should be revelling in my temporary freedom to do the ironing.

Great zamboni can!the wait to hear the next installment.

I usually race for the ironing too stunt if I as much as smell freedom.

You are a goddess in my world bp

I have ironed all my wraps Sophia! Now on to the boring clothes ironing with a little bit of Castle to keep me going mmm Nathan Fillion.

I love your cry ogpf the ironed wraps, looking so neat and stacked and ironed. I am going to do some in a minute though am sure it won't look so uniform. Need to just throw O into Bed.