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RudolphtherEDDASnosedreindeer · 02/12/2007 21:36

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NorthernLurkerwithastarontop · 04/12/2007 21:52

Oh Ellie - I'm so sorry you have this worry. Will pray here too. How is M - it must be so hard fo you - lean on us - is there anything practical we could do? If you have even a sniff of trouble getting seen at the hospital let me know - hospital admin is my thing!

PillockOfTheCommunity · 04/12/2007 21:52

off to doc tomorrow, saw hv tonight
last month he had stopped gaining, this month he has lost, and not just small amounts

i know he's not right too, he just looks so ill

NorthernLurkerwithastarontop · 04/12/2007 21:53

Is he eating or had you notice that dropping - will he have milk?

PillockOfTheCommunity · 04/12/2007 21:55

can't lean on you
they might be reading
he is threatening court as it is
although is strangely absent when it really matters

have told no one except my friend ben, he was expecting to see justin tyonight but he never turned up

Sexmasonlegs · 04/12/2007 21:57

Oh Ellie, my heart goes out to you - you sound absolutely distraught. Really hoping he is ok and that you get some answers soon. Is Skott with you?

I know you don't do hugs, but I am sending you and Joe one. And M and S.

Off to bed now, as am bloody knackered. Got the joy of having a smear test tomorrow - I know how to live!

See you lovelies tomorrow.

Love you all. xx

PillockOfTheCommunity · 04/12/2007 21:59

i'm doing hugs at the moment!
skott is on way here so i can drive his gf home but have not told him whats going on, am telling no one
i need some normality, i will tell people when i know what is wrong, i can't deal with getting the how is he questions when i have no answer, i will feel even more useless

NorthernLurkerwithastarontop · 04/12/2007 21:59

indeed

I hope you get some answers and progress from the GP tomorrow.

PillockOfTheCommunity · 04/12/2007 22:01

he is still feeding from me, seemingly noramlly, and having one bottle of formula, but not eating axs much and very few wet nappies

have to go now

will be back when i can

DippyChristmas · 04/12/2007 22:01

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NorthernLurkerwithastarontop · 04/12/2007 22:01

Oh ok {{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}} - that was an especially soppy one!

You are not useless - you are a wonderful mother and your boys are very lucky - whatever they come up against I know you will get them through.

Here have another one whilst you're in the mood

{{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}}}

elkiedee · 04/12/2007 22:10

Ellie, sorry to hear Joe is so ill, will be thinking of you now.

If you can't post on here because of others who might read, please let one of us have updates so we can pass on as appropriate (email?) We'll all be thinking of the three of you and hoping for better news soon.

liath · 04/12/2007 22:24

Ellie - how worrying. If your instinct is that something isn't right then get Joe seen ASAP, don't wait for referrals. Go to A&E with him and don't leave until he's seen a paediatrician, had bloods tests etc. It's good that he's feeding but if your GP doesn't send you up to see a paed tomorrow then please go to A&E.

Thinking of you and a great big hug.

AndaPinionsinaPearTree · 04/12/2007 22:31

Ellie Please get some help tomorrow, first thing. Whoever you feel is the best at this stage, doctor/hv/paed. If he worsens or you are worried about him during the night please do not hesitate to go to A&E.

We are all here for you.

AndaPinionsinaPearTree · 04/12/2007 22:39

Sorry just re-read and hv already advised you to get referred to paed via doctors.

Please keep us all updated.

tcmummy · 04/12/2007 22:43

Ellie - that sounds very worrying for you. . I'm only 1 hour away if there's anything I can do, even if it's just come and have a chat and a listen. E-mail me if you want me to pop over.

Thinking of you sweetie xxxx

PillockOfTheCommunity · 05/12/2007 00:45

honestly Pinions, read first speak later, how many times

am now laughing and crying at same time

maybe I'm being paranoid but I know his SIL uses MN and his family went almost overnight from being very friendly towards me to having absolutely nothing to do with me

I've not worried and have ignored my suspicions up to now, but it looks like it may go to court over access, long story, will explain in a mo, and if it does I need to be keeping everything quiet so there can be nothing to use against me.

Joe slept 7-10 and has gone back down again after a feed, but he did keep this feed down when he's been throwing up immediately after feeds previously, and he seemed to eat at teatime so fingers crossed he will start to pick up.

I need to try harder to eat properly myself to ensure milk is as good as it can be, and I need to cut as much stress from my life as I can

The access thing - Justin has a new gf. she has not met Joe yet. I have agreed that she can, but that it is to be when Joe is with me, I am not leaving him alone with Justin and her to start with. I said this months ago, and he has still not arranged for it to happen. On saturday I let him know via text that I would be able to get Joe to see him at 11, but that I would not be going into town so would meet him elsewhere. This was at about 9am. I then get a phonecall from Matthew's dad to say he is ill, has just been sick. M has never been sick before, ever, so was a huge shock for him and he really did not understand what was happening to him. His dad was also not sure but thought there may have been some blood in it. So now I'm trying to make sure M is ok, and still I've heard nothing from Justin. At 10:40 I finally get a text saying where are we meeting and gf will be with him.I got angry and sent one back saying she would not, as if that was the case we would not be meeting. I was happy for her to meet Joe, but not to be there for the entire time he has him. to cut a very long story short, much angry discussion, he said he would be taking it to court, put phone down. I spent a few hours thinking. As much as my instincts tell me that I should not let him have any more than I do already, I do not want to put either of my children through the stress of court, and am not sure I would cope well with the experience, so I reluctantly called him with a suggestion. He can have Joe to stay on a Friday night, but he does a few weeks at his parents house with him and no gf so they can both get used to each other, then he can take him to the house they share from then on. He says he will think about it and talk to his parents then call me Sunday. He didn't. I finally get a call late last night. He has spoken to them, yes they are ok with it but are restricting it to 3 weeks, we then discuss practicalities etc. As he is ending the call he says there is one last thing. They will only agree to it if the gf is there too. I say no way. I made it clear that the offer was dependant on her not being at his parents and I will not be bullied into changing my mind. It won't be happening then he says. I have now suggested to him that maybe he could ask our mutual friend (B) if he could stay there with Joe for a few weeks.B's gf is also best mates with Justin's gf (complicated I know!) but B agreed that it could work, and maybe the girls could go to Justins place, then his gf isn't on her own and I am confident that Joe is somewhere safe where there is back up if required (B has a dd so been there before). I have not heard bugger all from him since. I got off phone last night in tears, rang B and talked it through with him. B was expecting to see Justin tonight but he didn't turn up, he is not answering his mobile to B or my texts. I sent him a text this afternoon asking when he would be making a payment to me and nothing.
I sent a text at 6 saying that I need to speak to him urgently (after I left HV) and have heard nothing.
I am that he is playing at being a father, it suited him to be the one that was 'suffering' and made me out to be a bitch, then that backfired when I offered to let Joe stay there, so he refused to meet my conditions, and yet again he comes out glowing and I am the bitch, then I hear nothing, and when I am trying to contact him to let him know how ill Joe is I can't get him.

I wish he'd just bugger off completely tbh, If he wants to be involved then great, but it's becoming obvious that it is just for show and when effort or compromise is required then he can't be arsed.

I am not going to give in. He gave me so much emotional abuse that I agreed to the overnight stay, but he can abuse me all he likes I am not going to give in to something that I know is wrong for Joe. I am only asking for 3 weeks doing it my way, before he got exactly what he wanted ffs

sorry, I know this is really long but I am really stressed and upset by it all, which in turn isn't helping Joe get better. I have no money, barely what I need to put electric and gas on the meters, and not enough to pay rent or buy food. I am feeding boys but I am falling by the wayside, which isn't helping the milk either, I'm sure.

And now with Joe being so ill it is sooo much to cope with at once. I will cope, because my boys need me and I would go to the ends of the earth for them, but it isn't easy.

and do you know what? FUCK his family, I don't give a stuff anymore if they are reading this, maybe it would do them good to see what he is doing to me

I have spoken to the docs today, I have to ring first thing to get an appointment with the doc that has seen Joe over the last few months, the HV wants me to try to see her as she will be able to physically 'see' the difference in him rather than reading notes on a screen, if we can't see her we will see whoever we can, and I will push for him to be seen at hospital now, not after christmas.

I want my healthy, bouncing, happy baby back

ARSE. am crying again now

PillockOfTheCommunity · 05/12/2007 00:46

sorry
feels a bit better to have emptied my head though!

weewishyouamerryonion · 05/12/2007 00:55

oh potc.
what a bloody nightmare. you have always been so positive about your two boys and work so hard at keeping it all together for them. far too much on your plate already to be then landed with this from j and others.
poor m being sick, poor joe getting poorly and yep - most of all poor you having to cope on your own. is there anyone (B??) that can help take the reigns for a while til you get joe sorted. i know skott is great but it sounds like you someone else to tackle some of this while you get the wee one to the docs/ paed. as you have said - you have fallen by the wayside in the past while when you are dealing with stuff for the boys.

this thread and those on it are meant o eb a support for you. this is your space and it is worse than inconsiderate for others not to respect that for you, if they come on and read about your life. they will be hard pushed to find anything that is not positive about/ for you.
x

RudolphtherEDDASnosedreindeer · 05/12/2007 08:25

oh POTC, not sure what to say J sounds very unreasonable. How can he not understand your concerns about your son seeing another person who you don't know. Like you said it was only for a while. And you're not confident in him being on his own with ds anyway so you need to feel that he can cope before getting his gf involved. It must be so hard for you. Please make sure you stick to what you think is best. I know you will. But don't do anything you are not comfortable with. If J was any kind of person he would understand that you want the best for your son and he would want that too. Am really that he ignores you. Very childish. How on earth will you sort anything out if he behaves like a 5 year old ignoring messages.

I hope you are able to get Joe seen today. I'm sure you will. It sounds very worrying. Please let us help in any way we can

Sorry have forgotten everything else now. Was going to post about my crap night but inlight of POTC post I feel strangely unworried about that now. But it was the worst Am now very tired with 2 very tired looking dc's who i'm sure will be delightful by about 4

Thanks for all the thoughts on carseats/pushchairs. I'll let you know what I decide on.

The car is not definately a write off yet but it's looking likely from the book price and what the car looks like I will take pictures today as i'm hoping that the garage will actually call today and arrange to pick it up so hopefully it won't be here much longer. Also hoping to here from the solicitor that my insurance compnay said would call me yesterday and maybe a hire company to get my a bloody car It's such PITA. Good job that so many kind people have offered help getting dd to preschool. I know she doesn't have to go but she really would be climbing the walls and i just don't need that.

It's actually quite weird for me not to be able to use a car. Since I learnt to drive when I was 17 i think i've driven pretty much everyday. TBH I would go mad not being able to drive. It's nice to be able to go wherever I want without planning buses/trains. If the public transport was better to my house then maybe we'd use it but it's rare so just so unpractical.

Aynway I fear i'm waffling again. Best get dd and me dressed before she gets picked up

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leakythesnowman · 05/12/2007 09:01

POTC we are all thinking of you and your boys and are here if you need us.

You are a great mum and you always put J&M first. J is behaving like a child and if his family can't see that you're a fantastic parent, then let them get on here and we'll tell them!

Make sure that you get the help you need today to you and your boys.

Thinking of you and praying for Joe.

RudolphtherEDDASnosedreindeer · 05/12/2007 09:51

Right been looking at carseats have decided on this one for ds thanks Nl and quite like this one for dd

What do you think? Might change the colours. Fancy the red for ds? and maybe not pink for dd but she would love it!

Off to search pushchairs

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Idreamofchocolate · 05/12/2007 10:13

Trying desperately to catch up, seive brain, can't remember much and only got as far as last night and need to go and get on with some jobs...

Dippy - sorry about your BFN. Can't believe no-one on here is pregnant again yet. Keeping my fingers crossed that you get good news next month

Eddas - poor you with the car crash. I speak as the veteran of 2 crashes, both of which resulted in my/our car being written off. I suffer from neck/back/shoulder problems as a result of these crashes (none of which were my fault I should add). I am waiting for a date for an op on my shoulder to repair the damage caused by a bastard lorry knocking us off the M25 4 years ago. And still waiting for some compensation from that one too. Tis a nightmare, so I hope the woman who hit you owns up and her ins co pay up.

As far a buggies go, I have to say I love my Microlite, it is completely fab, really really light (no, really?), can be pushed one-handed, folds up very easily to pretty small, good for off roading as it has big back tyres, the rain cover is the easiest one I have ever used etc etc. It is fab fab fab!

SOL - hope work is going OK for you. Must feel very odd to be back. I only have 1 month left of ML .

Well we stayed in Bath over the weekend (without the girls). It was lovely, hotel is just wonderful (a real treat I have to say). Got loads of Christmas shopping done at the market, ate and drank far too much, had a massive lie-in with the papers and breakfast in bed on Sunday morning. But boy did we miss our little ones!

House still on market, getting to the point of thinking maybe we'll give up this nonsense for a while as nowt is happening either on the selling or finding another house front. We might just stay here and do all the jobs we've been putting off, treat ourselves to new curtains etc, and ride out whatever is happening with the economy and and housing market.

Sorry, rambled on, apols for not many personals, will go and do my jobs and carry on reading later. xx

Peshanearth · 05/12/2007 10:17

Ellie that sounds so much like maia's dickhead of a a father, he's only interested when it suits him. He thinks oh i know I'll play at being daddy for a while but very soon the novelty wears off and he loses interest. I am beginning to woryy that that is happening again already I think if it wasnt for his wife he would have stopped seeing maia already. Text/ring/msn/email me whenever you want. Fwiw I think you're doing the right thing re the gf and he's being totally ridiculous by not realising that. It shows his lack of understanding of babies.

How is M? Nathan was never sick until he was a about 2 and he was so freaked out by it, he kept trying to swallow it

And I hope ypu've amnaged to get a drs appointment today, have texted you btw!

Dylan has just sat up on his own for ages!!!!!! Well a couple of minutes. Up til now he's been getting close but he has such a big head in proportion to his body it just pulled him down like a little upside down weeble He's also trying desperately hard to crawl to get to things. He's not made it up onto his hands and knees simultaneously yet, its either one or the other! I'm not sure I really want him on the move Oh and I just managed to get him to drink some juice and swallow it Normally he takes it in his mouth, swirls it around abit then lets all dribble down his chin And he's done the first normal looking poo for a few weeks aswell! It really is a day for first here today, lets hope it continues with him sleeping through tonight after faling asleep nicely on his own [fingers crossed]

Last night I just sat on the bed with my hand rubbing his tummy while he screamed and shouted at me to pick him up till he fell asleep after half an hour although last 10 mins he was quiet just fighting sleep. DP thought I was being very cruel but it wasnt an in pain cry, I knew he was tired and he'd been asleep when I put him down just woke up as soon as he realised he wasnt being cuddled anymore. It really was a very angry and frustrated cry cos I wasnt cuddling him but I was still there just not doing anything. Will keep it up and hopefully he'll soon go back to settling on his own.

Have to go he's shouting at me for milk now! (That and I've prob bored you with enough waffle already!)

zazas · 05/12/2007 10:24

POTC so sorry to hear what you are going through. Personally I wouldn't be spending any more effort or time in trying to compromise with regard to Justin at this stage in your life. Your priorities are your sons and you and you need to to care for you all on your own terms. Joe is a small baby that needs you, he doesn't need to be off visiting his Father for over night stays at the moment especially as you do not feel that they are in his best interests. Do not let them bully you. You spend your precious time and energy on getting your child back to full strength and looking after yourself. It makes me so mad hearing 'fathers' not putting the interests and welfare of their child first. Being there, learnt my lesson. Rant over!

In retrospect my night up dealing with S with croup / stridor and DS with vomiting bug seems a walk in the park

Idreamofchocolate · 05/12/2007 10:25

Oh Ellie, I just read your posts and I'm so, so sorry things are going so badly for you and your boys right now. Justin is being totally unreasonable, you are absolutely right to be so protective over Joe. Of course you are not setting these conditions to be awkward, you are trying to set up an environment in which J is safe, feels secure and which is the best for his well-being. Justin must accept these conditions, you are Joe's mum ffs, you know better than anyone else what is best for him.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you through this.