i feel like shit now............oh if only she could talk

[2shoes]

dd seemed off this morning. after lots of digging she "said " she didn't feel well. so I talked to the driver and decided to keep her home. when I told her he hd gone she went mad and wanted to go!!!
I had to run out and get him back. I have rung the nurses at school to warn them. wonder if I will have to pick her up later.
I so wish she could talk...........

2shoes
although dd does talk she is also unable to tell us when she is feeling ill and we have to pick up on signs like you do.
its heartbreaking isnt it?
just shows what a wonderful mum you are to pick up on the tiniest thing that your daughter is unable to tell you.

just rang the school and she is not feeling well(think it is the same cold I am now getting!!) so off to get her(30 mile round trip) and yes I am picking ds up on route.....bad mother alert. but if I don't she will then have to go out again

No not bad mother alert!
I havwe the same thing and two sibling occasionally have to get juggled. I guess some may resent it but my two have no problem at all - iots just the way it is. And the constant guessing and trying to second guess if something really is wrong is heartbreaking.
My son can only communicate that he is unwell AFTER it has happened which is HIDEOUS! I have gone in to him in his bedroom and he has said "ow all better" and pointed to sick on the floor. He can't even come to me when he is vomitting ! And latest "ow all better" was accompanied with pointing in the mouth. I got him to the dentist and he has had a tooth come through the roof of his mouth - and how painful must that have been for weeks and he couldn't tell me!
You are doing your best - your doing fine

oh it's a nightmare isn't it. I find it so hard to tell whether ds1 is just tired, or feeling ill. Hope she feels better soon.

I have absolutely NO idea what this really feels like

but it sounds appallingly hard to deal with

sympathies

Been there. Embarrasing when you get that call from school though isn't it-at least youd' phoned and warned them. sometimes I put a note in DS's book to say he seems under the weather and for them phone if they think he needs collecting and then he's fine.

Not a bad mother, we make decisions on the best interpretaatiion of communication we can 7 it can be such a guessing game.
Hope you all feel better soon.

she is full of cold..bless her. she was so pleased I picked her up early(more pleased to see ds i think) funny thing was i asked the teacher what sign dd uses to tell them she feels ill....turns out that was what she was doing last night..oops
pagwatch omg that must be so hard,

Huge sympathies.

Lottie is just about able to tell me lately by pointing into her mouth and saying 'sick, sick' even though she hasn't been. Last time it was scarlet fever she had. I was horrid not being able to ask her how she was feeling etc. Now DD2 has chicken pox so at least I can watch Lottie and act rather than hoping / waiting for her to tell me.

I'm dreading it though as GP says if she gets it she'll get it pretty bad. I hate that I won't really be able to chat to her about what's happening, explain and have her tell me how she feels etc

Hope she feels better soon, xx