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CantSleepWontSleep · 29/04/2010 08:24

We filled up a thread without even noticing!

Primary school outcome for dd today . They say that the emails will be sent out by 6pm (though may take longer to get through to us).

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pepperrabbit · 08/06/2010 22:34

ekka - poor DS, did he settle in the end through exhaustion? Hope your night isn't too bad.

StarExpat · 09/06/2010 07:21

oh poor ds Is he uncomfortable with eczema? I know how awful that feels and I didnt even have it as bad as your ds. Poor little guy. I hope he settled in the end, like pepper says, from exhaustion and that your night wasn't too horrendous.

Good luck today pepper

ronshar · 09/06/2010 10:47

I am alive. just.
Good luck today Pepper. You wont see this until after now but I'm sure it will all be over quickly.

Right first up Star. What on earth are you playing at? Please get a coil or an implant or something. I would say that as you had a negative test the chances of an early loss are small. Not impossible though but please dont add it to all the other things you have to worry about at the moment. I say these things with love.

CSWS crickey a few weeks and you will join the I have three children and I cant remember when I last washed my hair or brushed my teeth brigade. At last the baby has turned. Or did the MW get it wrong. Surely you would feel a baby turn at 36 weeks?(ouch)
Good luck lady.

Pistachio your DD is very clever riding her bike and also Ds for using the balance bike. I am getting one for W for his birthday (which is very soon)
I would also get rid of the nappies. I have started my campaign with W but so far he doesnt seem to be understanding the whole wee in the loo not on the floor concept. Oh well this way I get a new floor quicker

Myjob are you better? You are in the battle zone at the moment. Tiredness makes it all much worse as well.

50ft. How are you? Survived the half term ok? Only a few weeks until summer hols

Ekka, poorly boy. It is horrible when you are helpless to make it better. The meds will kick in soon and you wil get your happy boy back.

CF, did you say a while ago you are using the Persona sticks? If so are you ov'ing regularly? TTC get ridiculous doesnt it. The best advice for me was to not think about it too much. Let go and you will conceive. I also found going out and getting smashed works wonders too

HMM. You must be knackered. Are those hours compulsory or can you cut down? Please take care of yourself.

Ksal. Was it you who asked about Febrile convulsions? If not then ignore this
The best thing to do is to keep a poorly child cool, which is obvious but if it is due to high temp alone then not much you can do to prevent it other than keep 2 hourly dose of alternate Paracetamol and Ibuprofen.
If a baby/child goes into a fit then the best thing to do is cool flannel to back of neck, open all windows, strip down to all bare skin (including nappy as wet nappy is hot) and just keep them safe.
If it goes on for more than a min call an ambulance. Dont bother with NHS direct, they will just phone for ambulance but will take longer to get the call through.
If baby seems lethargic after a fit I would also get them to A&E. Especially if temp is still high.

The most important thing to do is to try and get temp down quickly. No cold baths. The shock is not very good.

Now I have lectured I shall go again.
The children are all being very challenging in their own separate and special ways.
Either way I really need a holiday. Alone. In silence.

CantSleepWontSleep · 09/06/2010 14:03

Hope all is going well for pepper.

Good to see you ronshar. Registrar did mini-scan to confirm position, so had def turned. I was v surprised not to have felt it either!

Dh has new contract starting next week. He's going to be in Greece next week and the week after. If the baby is more than 3 days early (not expecting it to be, but you never know) then he will miss the birth and I will be screwed for childcare and birthing partners (in-laws away for second week too).

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StarExpat · 09/06/2010 15:27

csws if baby arrives early, I'll be out of school end of next week and will drive to you and help out with your dc or... well.... I'll be your birthing partner... but I'm afraid I would be a horrible birthing partner. I could fetch you things and help make you comfortable... would be fine with contractions but I'm not sure how I'd deal with the actual baby coming out part and may pass out if anyone examines to find out how dilated you are. Sorry, I'm worthless. But a good midwife and I could take your dc!

StarExpat · 09/06/2010 15:28

sorry, that should read, "But if you have a good midwife, then I could take your dc!"

coconutfeet · 09/06/2010 19:32

Ronshar - It was me who asked about febrile convulsion. Thanks for the advice ? v useful to know.

And Ronshat again - I?m using a Clearblue Fertility Monitor, and I?m ovulating like clockwork, so all that seems fine. Interestingly though, this month is the first cycle where I?ve not been BFing during the day at all (only morning and night now) and I?ve seen quite a big difference in my chart. So I definitely think that BFing was suppressing my hormones. I definitely agree that trying not to focus on it is good advice. We?ve not been trying for that long so I?m trying not to stress.

Star ? I?ve been reading a great book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility and in it she talks about stress delaying ovulation which makes your cycle longer, but she also talks about stress causing anovulatory cycles which can also lengthen your cycle, so that could be another explanation for your weird, late period.

Oh dear CSWS ? You?re going to have to keep your legs crossed. Were either of your other two early?

Pepper ? How are you?

StarExpat · 09/06/2010 19:59

lol at "ronshat"
I am so very immature.
Thank you cf, that makes a lot of sense, actually. I am really, really worried that dh's assessor will fail him for his NQT year. I trained in the US, so have little info on all of that but this lady just has such a big superiority complex and is so negative (even though others that observe dh think his lessons are fine). She made him re-do his pdp file because she said his handwriting wasn't legible I saw it - it was fine. The head is also friends with her... and others are intimidated by her or will back her from what I gather... blah sorry to ramble. Just can't afford to lose dh's salary as we need to eat.

coconutfeet · 09/06/2010 20:51

Ha ha - Ronshat. Sorry about that!

Oh Star, that's awful. Have they told him that he's in danger of failing, or are you just worried. Is your dp in a union? If not, he should join one. Doesn't matter which one, but they should help him fight his case if there is a problem.

They have to have very good reasons to fail an NQT, and they can't do it on a whim. He must have had lesson observations over the course of the year (one every half term, I think). How have these been?
Did they deem his progress in terms 1 and 2 to be OK? If not, then his mentor should have given him clear guidance on what steps he needed to take to improve, and exactly which standards he isn't meeting. Have they done that? If there is a problem, the school should have notified the LA who should send someone in to ensure that steps are being taken to ensure that he is supported and knows what he needs to do to improve. Has this been done? He has a legal right to this. This is the statutory guidance. Get your dh to read it and ensure that he has fulfilled his responsibilities and whether the school has fulfilled theirs.

ronshar · 09/06/2010 22:06

CF, I have been called worse!!

CSWS I meant had the MW got it wrong before and baby turned a while ago? I def felt W turn at 33 weeks. Hurt like no ones business!
A bit crap about DH. I suppose he has to keep you in lovely garden benches

Star I guess you wont be looking for a career in midwifery then???
Dh will be fine. Encourage him to get some backup. That is what the unions are there for.

pistachio · 09/06/2010 22:30

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CantSleepWontSleep · 09/06/2010 22:44

Ah, see what you mean ronshar, but no, it was confirmed breech by a full scan at 34 weeks. I felt ds turn 3 times between 31 and 34 weeks, but I wouldn't say that it hurt at all. I must have loose insides .

ROFL at the thought of you as a birth partner star . But very kind of you to offer. I will bear you in mind for child care though, thank you. Worst days possible for me would be 21st or 22nd, so keep your phone close on those days!

cf - both the others were late. dd by 6 days, and if you recall my epic labour thread with ds, my induction started at 5 days over, but he took til 9 days over to arrive! A couple of days over this time would be fine, as it's dd's school play one day over, which I'd like to see.

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StarExpat · 10/06/2010 08:34

21st and 22nd I have a meeting each day and I'm meant to be cleaning out and packing up stuff in my classroom for the summer (I'll have Q with me, so we'll see how that goes ). But I can get out of that if there is an emergency - like you having your baby with no one around!

Yeah, I think your DD would be a better birthing partner than I would, csws

Ekka · 10/06/2010 11:28

Well, CSWS, if you are stuck I'm sure we can make a dash to help out with childcare (not sure about birthing partner as I've no-one to leave my dc with, so it might be a little crowded!!!!!

So, I finally took ds to the docs today as he STILL has this temp and apparently he has tonsilitis so I'm now feeling like a bad mummy for not taking him earlier, I just assumed it was teeth (his 4 pre-molars are all poking through now) . On the plus side he now has ABs and hopefully should start feeling better soon. He is asleep upstairs, snoring away so loudly I think half the street can hear him . Dh has been complaining about a sore throat and feeling rough - looks like he may have caught it too!

Honeymoonmummy · 10/06/2010 21:44

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Honeymoonmummy · 10/06/2010 21:46

Hahahahaha at you being a birthing partner Star!!!

Honeymoonmummy · 10/06/2010 21:51

Aww x-post Ekka, sorry to hear about your DS and his tonsilitis, how awful for the poor love. Plenty of fruit juice ice lollies! I ate nothing but ice cream and lollies when I had tonsilitis! (any excuse)

CantSleepWontSleep · 10/06/2010 21:52

Would rather eat my own head.
Would rather eat my own head.
Would rather eat my own head.
Would rather eat my own head.
Would rather eat my own head.
Would rather eat my own head.

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CantSleepWontSleep · 10/06/2010 21:54

A x post with over 10 hours between them - that's a new one on me .

But I'm sorry to hear about the tonsilitis too, although glad that at least there's a good reason for his misery which the abs can fix.

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pistachio · 10/06/2010 21:56

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Honeymoonmummy · 10/06/2010 22:41

Thanks Pistachio

Honeymoonmummy · 10/06/2010 22:48

How do you get your kids to keep hair clips/ bobbles in their hair? I noticed you two started on this early MyJob/ 50ft and now I know why - Poppy won't keep anything in her hair!!

I'm off to Cornwall (St Ives) for a week from 27 June - anyone within meeting distance?? We're staying over somewhere between home and St Ives on the 26th too if that helps?

StarExpat · 11/06/2010 07:26

I didn't see your reply yesterday cf. to me!
Thank you. I'll check with DH that all has been done. This lady is really, really up herself with her new "AST" status and I'm afraid she's gathering evidence upon evidence of every tiny little thing she can nitpick about him. She's very meticulous and although others observe dh and he's fine on those observations, she'll pick out the one thing they said to work on and say he's not met the standard and is in danger of failing...etc. such a cow. She just hates him. But he actually is a good teacher. I'd say if he wasn't... truly. I can name dh's bad qualities and not afraid to.
Too much at risk for him here if he doesn't pass I just hope he does

50ftQueenie · 11/06/2010 08:06

I have big fat elephant sized internet problems at the moment so for a change it's not me being lazy, I really can't come on and chat.

StarExpat · 11/06/2010 08:23

I hope you get it sorted 50ft. How annoying for you!! It is very, very irritating having internet problems.

How about you camp near Horton Park Farm? They have a site. And then I'll meet you there for play. after next week please

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