December 2012: The one were they are stubborn Monkeys

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Wow good luck beasty sounds like a nightmare

Fingers crossed WL! LARC is long acting removable contraception the quality and outcomes framework (qof) is something many surgeries participate in. Basically you get money for doing certain things like recording people's blood pressure, smoking status, if you've given advice on LARC and then the annual checks like asthma, contraception, thyroid etc. see you think the doctors are looking out for you but really then just want the money it rewards good practise I suppose.

Interesting spotty!

Good luck with the job WL, keeping my fingers crossed.

We survived the party. I am drinking wine.
The only crying was from children when they were told to leave, so it must have been good. An an early night for our 2.

Qof doesn't quite work like that. ie gp doesn't have an incentive to give just long acting. Qof points work if someone has any contraceptive review not just long acting. Important for someone to be reviewed not only for qof but because contraceptives can have side effects, affect blood pressure etc. Plus most gp's are salaried not partners so their salary is same regardless of qof plus given most doctors do work by an ethical code they really are normally looking out for what is in best interests of the patient. You can always ask your practice manager to go through how qof points work.

The only thing that restricts us is really the money nhs has so ie just not allowed to prescribe certain branded medication etc

Glad party went well beasty perfect weather for it!

We've got a 5:3 ratio on partners to salaried GPs plus the practice manager is a partner and then another two gp's who retired. No wonder they can't all agree on giving us a pay rise I was joking about them not caring btw. They do go out for a celebratory meal when they reach their target though, obviously no one else gets so much as a biscuit

Dads we have some patients who get private scripts for items that the NHS won't allow and then they order them online from America.

I understand government drives to encourage 'good' options but I was a bit meh that Dr didn't mention other period management options even when I said I wasn't keen on hormonal options as is always been really sensitive.
beasty glad you all survived/enjoyed the party.
T decided that the best dress at a party today was her birthday suit! It was a school friend of dd2s - so lots of amused 5 year olds - I was chatting to another mum and behinds back T stripped off!
Dd2 took delight in showing all her friends and it ended up a bit like the pied piper with some of the boys following little miss naked around!

WL what about a copper coil? I've been vaguely considering it.

It doesn't help with the periods. Dr gave me tranexamic acid to try, and I'm on the iron too.
Got a bargain dress in tesco today - £10 in the sale, perfect for summer work with a jacket. Love it!

Oh ok so would you still get normal periods? Not sure what else to suggest they're all very similar aren't they? As in, I think they all release the same hormone. I love a bargain

There's another non hormonal I can try if this one doesn't help - it should lighten the flow, but yes more or less normal periods.

I just booked a sun holiday for next year. It's in term time but dd is only five.... Anyway it's our only chance of a holiday if we're going to try and buy our house in our dreams

Beasty, i'm glad the party went well.

Spotty, are you going anywhere nice? I know its controversial but me and DP have already decided we will be taking H abroad in term time if thats what we can afford. As we went on holidays in school time when we were little and it didn't harm us.

H did amazing at dance today and even did the splits

Just the Isle of Wight. It's right on the beach and has a massive play ground.

We need to get ourselves together and book this summer holiday. Just so busy with work I worry it'll get forgotten in the mêlée.

Can anyone help? Last time pils came to visit O had a couple of episodes playing up massively in a totally out of character way.We chalked it up to the fact that fils faffing about tends to make dh stressed and O may have picked up on that, as he was a bit hair trigger all weekend. This weekend we've been up visiting them and he had another really bad meltdown, awful behaviour, and again no obvious cause. Any ideas? We can't think of anything linking it to pil really, except it doesn't happen with anyone else/anywhere else..

Spotty, it sounds perfect.

Utopian, i find just being round some people makes H react in a different way than she will with me. I think it sounds like O is just over excited to see his grandparents.

utopian kids def have some people that just sort of upset them. T has been a bit like that with db - dd1&2 love him but he T always turns into a clingy whingey monster when he's around. Sure it will pass!

Maybe O gets pissed off with them faffing too?

Woo-hoo T seems to have decided now is the time for potty training. Imagine my delight at the thought of a near future with no more nappy paraphernalia!

Ds seems way off potty training. Maybe I need to just bite the bullet?

I've decided no more dc. I'm very sad as its not what I want but it is what's best for the family.

Utopian it sounds like they make him anxious and he has trouble expressing those feelings.

Excitement at seeing relatives he doesn't see often, plus your/DH stress (especially the extra stress of knowing how he reacted the last time....) sounds like a perfect cause. Do they react and escalate it?

I think we'd be completely sorted with potty training if DH didn't insist on putting A in a nappy whenever he's got him alone .
I sit him on the toilet before I go out and he'll happily do the drive to school, drop DD off and then go off to preschool with no issues whatsoever. DH puts him in a pull up because he "doesn't have the time to deal with it if he has an accident". While I would just drop A off and either change him there or ask staff if they could help him, when he had an accident months ago DH changed him at the car, made DD late for school and just can't handle it.
It's just so confusing for A. I'll have to lock the things away and let 1 nappy out each evening!!

I think our school is about to crack down on absence and holidays. Just from illness this year DD is less that 1% better than 1/2 a day off every week.

Bless you spotty it's a tough decision to make and I hope you find your peace within it soon. Personally I wouldn't bother potty training unless you think he's ready. Ime it isn't worth it. I tried with T a month or so ago but she wasn't interested so stopped until she started it of her own accord this time.
beasty dhs can be so annoying! Mine is a bit like that - often ends up making things far bigger than they need to be!

2:30am playtime, I'd forgotten what a killer it is!

Luckily dd isn't too sickly and she's doing well with learning plus as she will only be in year one I can't get worked up about it. I really am on the fence wrt to term time holidays. If they had the choice of half term I obviously would have paid a bit extra for it but they only had until 23rd may.

Thanks WL it helps that we've got a three year plan and another dc would scupper that.