November 2012 - Bring out the paddling pools

[StuntNun]

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Pass yes it does complicate things if s/he doesn't turn as I'd not be induced for GD at 38 weeks just given an elective section. The biggest worry is if I go early and if my waters break before contractions - like with J, then I'd have a 15-20% risk of cord prolapse. This is why I wasn't allowed to go to Orkney. I've been told to call 999 and lie down or with my bum in the air if my waters go. Despite being able to see the hospital from our garden we were warned not to attempt to get there ourselves just to call 999

You are never dull Pass, and Kyz you are awesome always x

I visited my neighbour with the 7 kids today as our girls are pals. She is my new hero.

The selling is going well. £155 in the warm and waterproof and wind proof clothes and shoes fund. Clothes and shoes from herein will be functional, not fashionable. My eldest may protest.

YW I think it is time you started to slow down a bit. When do you finish work?

I ache. Again having two babies has helped as I've come home early well 9pm. Not used to being active all day and having to carry A a lot as he was weary of new surroundings.

Off to bed to do it all again tomorrow.

VQ I'm working until I pop but only do 3 days a week and am increasingly working from home. Work days are muuuuuuuuch easier than days at home with J!!!!

So reducing the Omeprazole has failed. After three days on the half dose J had a bad night last night in pain again. Trouble is it's getting very difficult to get him to take his Omeprazole, I'm having to force feed it to him every morning. I'm wondering whether switching back to Ranitidine might work?

Welcome back to the sleep dodging reflux club Stunt. How do you give it to him? F has the capsules opened up and mixed in a teaspoon of mashed up fruit, or wetabix or similar.

We add it to 1tsp of fruit pot or jelly and then let him serve himself the pot so he seems to look forward to it. For now!

Apparently the best way for absorption and effectiveness is to mix with Apple juice. J loves it. I give the whole dose after tea as it is night time that he suffers the most. I give it in a syringe and he has about 30 mls of Apple juice with it.

Yes it has to be mixed with something acidic or else its efficacy is compromised. BP I wonder if giving it with weetabix might be part of the problem for F? I doubt its sufficiently acidic?

I dissolve the tablet in a teaspoon of apple juice then mix it with some Organix fruit puree. He used to wolf it down but now he's resisting it. He has been accepting it mixed with Ella's Kitchen Mangoes Mangoes Mangoes lately but that's rather expensive to use every day.

Stunt try more apple juice than a teaspoon. Maybe his dose needs to go up rather than down? Fat boy is on 20mg.

10mg was enough to control his symptoms VQ, it's only when I started titrating his dose that the symptoms returned. A three quarter dose was okay but a half dose wasn't enough. It's just that the diarrhoea is getting out of hand to the point that we can't leave the house until he's had his first dirty nappy of the day so that I can change all his clothes. Also he's drinking loads of water all the time because of it.

The diarrhoea puzzles me Stunt. Is that definitely a symptom of omeprazole?

VQ it can be. It could also just be linked to gut damage after a period of eating allergens - my niece still has it despite no longer being on omeprazole - her paed reckons it was from the time she ingested problem foods before anyone realised the issue.

It was there before he started Omeprazole VQ but has got much worse since he went on the Omeprazole. His dietitian is concerned that he isn't getting proper nutrition because of it; her solution is to give more vitamins. He has a bottle of Koko at bed time but also needs a full sippy cup of water in the night as he's so thirsty.

Oh and the dietitian is also considering testing for coeliac, that might explain the diarrhoea. I'm not sure it's only due to the food intolerances as it started abruptly in February. Clearly he still needs the Omeprazole though so I'll just have to persuade him to keep taking it.

You are in a terrible situation stunt. You must feel caught between a rock and a hard place. I remember coining the phrase "reflux cluedo" or something similar and it sounds very much like this is where you are at. Has the dietician suggested probiotics for j? If the problem is damaged gut lining he may need something to help rebalance things. I know p's dietician was very keen on them for wee ones with gut problems.

Last weekend before family crisp returns to the grindstone and DH spent all day working! Had to be done though and it was largely sorting out the flat we rent out so it was all worthwhile. P and I went on the search for cherry pills which apparently work wonders for gout. Thankfully holland and Barrett have their penny sale on as that stuff doesn't come cheap!

P in bed and we are trying to find some telly to watch . . .

Reflux Cluedo is right Pass and the game goes on for months. J has already had probiotics but with no joy. What breaks my heart the most is seeing how happy he can be now he isn't in pain any more. It makes me appreciate how tough life for him must have been before, when he didn't smile or laugh much or even seem to be happy. It's a bitch of a illness to have, that's for sure.

DD1 was briefly suspected of having coeliac last year stunt as she had runny pale poos. Cleared up when we cut her milk down (which i know isn't your issue) and have not had to worry since. I think the fact it was pale was the "worrying" symptom though. I think you should get him tested. I know people as adults who have been found to have gluten intolerance and their lives from health to moods have been transformed.

Alex Gazzola has written a book or two on the subject, but not sure if he touches on child gluten intolerance.

Sounds very stressful I have to say. Since the newborn poosplosions I have become v wussy about diarrea and it is thankfully quite rare in the Raleuse household.

Not much else to report here. Shopping, swimming, lovely cool weather.

I dropped off a bag full of pjs at the red cross bin today (they are next to the bottle bins in the village I assume tis similar over there) and was pursued by a very angry wasp. Had to run round in big circles to shake it off before I could get in the car. I am allergic, it was quite scary. And embarassing.

We have a 1st birthday party tomorrow. Have never met the baby, his dad is one of DH's former colleagues. I met him once. Not met the mum. It is the birthda I asked for quiche advice on a few months ago but it got postponed due to a death in the family.

Watching Twilight 2 tonight. Looks like Film 4 are showing one a night. Have to admit I enjoy a bit of fluff but omg couldn't bella be a little less wussy?

In the car today dd1 announced, out of the blue, that pink is for girls. I have obviously since insisted that DH google and buy, and then wear, a wide selection of pink men's clothes. She's 3!!! Too young to put herself in a box. And keep boys out of that box.

It is quite something, isn't it pr. Thankfully DH is partial to a pink shirt and I have very little pink so we shall see what that results in. P has, however, taken to identifying all children as a girl or a boy. I am not sure how she decides but I think it is based in hair length. She also refers to people and things as bad. I cannot think of a single time I have called something or someone bad. Amazing what they pick up. They grow up in spite of us indeed!

How are you feeling about the party pr? What is the deal with 1st parties likely to be?

That's interesting pass & pr. We get things labelled as Mummy or Daddy, occasionally Gran. Usually pictures of people although I am also a monkey in the Drusilla's guide book and one of the Wild Things. Thanks kid.

We are very anti gender stereotyping but I am sure L will pick things up from elsewhere, I read that 3 is a very sexist age as children want to understand their identity so will look at what defines a boy or girl and refuse to have anything to do with things associated with the opposite sex! I guess what matters is how they come out the other side of this phase and that's where long-term parental reinforcement and example will come in. It's so hard as we live in a world where stereotyping is more rife than ever in terms of pink/blue etc. But I think the quiche has some fantastic strong women (and lots of strong men) who are great role models so our kids will all be fine and rise above it!

I have no idea. We are taking a present for the kid and flowers/plant/whatever the nearest florist had to offer for the parents. I have never been to or heard of a 1st birthday party out here. In fact until we were invited I was unaware there actually was a wife and baby :o

Honestly I am feeling meh. It is interupting our Sunday routine and we can't take the dog. It's half an hour away and walking into a roomful of strangers plus tinies is quite a nauseating prospect.

DD1 also painted all her nails today with felt tips. She needed my help to do her right hand. She said it was because she couldn't find any varnish in the house. Varnish is not a word she has ever heard here. I told her I would buy her some for her tenth birthday. She knows she has a few birthdays to go before that but I doubt she understands how far away that is. She mentioned a particular friend from creche during this particular discussion who has pierced ears and painted nails. I'm not judging, each to their own etc, but really cba with make up so soon.

Hear hear ms!

P is also obsessed with things being labelled as mummy's and daddy's. The Hoover and the antibac spray is DH's interestingly. But not so interesting as for her little life he has been the one to clean and Hoover in her presence.

Recently I went to pick p up at nursery and there was a wee boy dressed in a satin and frill mini-mouse type ball gown. The next day I picked her up and he was wearing a super hero muscle suit. I love how flexible they still are. I resisted buying a buggy for p for so long but she loves it - I wouldn't have resisted had she been a boy. Those are my issues right there - not hers

Jupiter we are v free and easy re nudity here (sorry to those that are eating their Sunday breakfast when reading this) and DD1 and to a leser extent LO are aware of physical differences. I am v uncomfortable with the pink label. DD1 has picked out a pink backpack for school but we have never made an issue of it. I am not girly at all but got married in hot pink. I like pink. Just uneasy about it being a girl's colour when one is 3 iyswim.