Halifax Playgroup - Page 10

[Alison]

Originally Posted by Mrpeabody'smom

The one that was being discussed in the email was from Susie at the Extraordinarybabyshoppe. She hasn't posted them on her site yet but said she will be doing it today.

"One potty for $13, 2 potties for $24. I have them in
white and clear blue (kind of cool looking)."

Considering I paid over $30.00 for mine that is not user friendly, it sounds pretty good. I would like to especially see a picture of the clear one. Much easier to look in and see if baby has actually done anything

I think the idea behind these potties is that they are the one-piece old-fashioned squatting potties that we probably all remember from our own potty training days (if we remember that far back, I certainly remember my brother and sister potty training, not sure if I remember my own, since they trained you early in the UK in those days!). So Xtian, it might still be light enough for Callum to put into the shower with you and carry around with him!

Alison

[Alison]

Xtian, did you hear from Natalie? If so, then can you give me a call tonight so that I can get my order placed? I don't have a catalogue any more, but I do have my list where I wrote down what I wanted, so we ought to be able to figure it out.

Alison

[xian]

Alison,

i called and left a message on natalie's phone, but she hasn't called back. can i call her at work?

[Alison]

Don't know. I don't know that number. I told her you were ordering Wednesday night, so she probably thinks that means she can call you this evening. I'll call her tonight too, and if I don't get a hold of her, then we'll put in my order and she can always just order direct from you herself later.

Alison

[xian]

[spacecdt]

Originally Posted by Krista Voth

O also my ob said that I could try a VBAC! I did not think it was an option for me. Any doula recommendations?
Krista

Howdy ho! Sorry it's been so long, I've been temping hither and thither. Not terribly happy about leaving Sweetie-Pea but I have to make a living somehow.

I had 2 midwives at Doug's birth, Louise MacDonald and Jen White. Jen also does doula-stuff (she's around Port Williams, I think) and was a fabulous coach.
The Single Parents Centre in Spryfield has the volunteer doula program. They're at 479-3031. Ask for Hilary Marentette (the coordinator). Actually, she won a prestigious women's award last year for her contribution to women's health. Check out the calendar of stuff offered at the Centre. They have a great Monday morning toddlers program and Thursdays are sanity days where the public health nurse does check-ups and weigh-ins and the kids get to play and have some great snacks.

Anyone up for a Sunday ma and tot swim at the wave pool for 11:30? I can pick 1 ma and tot up (around Halifax) as long as they have their own car seat.
We could have a convoy (woo hoo!). :horse2

[Alison]

That sounds like fun. I'm not sure if we can make it, but I'm certainly going to try if it's raining on sunday!

Alison

[Krista Voth]

I cannot make it to playgroup today. I have a Dr. appointment.=( See you all next week. Krista

[Alison]

Hi guys. I'm missing playgroup today, it's my Monday to work! But Andrew and I will be there next week. Andrew's tube surgery is on Wednesday, so we'll be home on Thursday, and probably at loose ends, if anyone wants to drop by or go out for a walk or something! Just LMK.

By the way, Andrew and Jeff went swimming yesterday, but I guess nobody else made it? They had a good time though!

Alison

[MyBaby'sSmile]

We won't be there today either. I had a Halloween party here for the little ones (and big ones too :LOL ) and I'm tired out

Reece has been doing very well with his new supplements and I've been very good about his diet. He did have one bite of pita bread yesterday, and a piece of gluten free cake that a friend made (it did have icing so that may have been the problem) and we are back to tummy troubles. I know he would be treating himself to the crackers and things at playgroup so I'm going to keep him home and give his new supplements a chance to do some good.

Hopefully we will see you next week though

[spacecdt]

Oops!

Howdy! I wasn't able to tear myself away from my Sweetie-Pea for the weekend so I apologize for being a no-show at the pool. We wanted to go but Doug has this weird rash all over his arms, torso and legs. No raised bumps, no fever, coughing, runny nose, absolutely nothing but this red rash that has started to fade. Hasn't stopped him at all, he's still a bundle of energy. It's the weirdest thing. I went over his food intake for the past few days, nothing out of the ordinary. We only use Phosphate and scent-free detergent (the refillable kind from Great Ocean). No new clothes either. However, he just got over this nasty diaper rash/yeast infection and it's starting to come back. I've rinsed his diapers in vinegar since day 1 and do a double-rinse in hot water. I'm stumped . If it's still on him today, I'll take him to see our GP and/or Naturopath this week.

Any ideas?

[Alison]

Don't know if this could be it, but that's rather how Andrew was when he had hand foot and mouth. Each kid at playgroup that had it seemed to have it differently. With Andrew, what we first noticed was what I thought was a yeasty diaper rash, but turned out to be the hand foot and mouth marks. He had them on his bum, arms and legs, and they weren't really raised like they were on Mandhi. It just looked like a heat rash or something, except only on his limbs. None in his mouth like Reece had. Check to see if the rash is on his palms and soles, and if it is that's probably what you've got (our neighbour, who's a doc, says that there are very few rashes that appear on soles and palms, so when they have them there it's almost always hand foot and mouth). Even just one or two bumps on his palms or soles.

If he does have that, it's one of those things that if you get it now, you don't end up getting it later.

Alison

[spacecdt]

Nope, he didn't have anything on his palms and soles but now he has a really really beefy red diaper rash all over his bum and scrotum, poor lil thing. And when I go to air him out, he can't sit down properly, he cries. I'll try to get in to see my GP tomorrow (ha ha ha). This mothering thing without a dad (most of the time) and temping really really SUCKS when it comes to wanting to stay at home with the weeble

[Alison]

Hope Doug is feeling better! Did you get him in to see your doctor? Andrew had his ear surgery today, and you would never know he'd been under general anaesthetic. And the whole thing only took about 20 minutes from leaving us to being returned to us--barely long enough for me to go to Timmy's for a donut! Anyway, I still don't know if we did the right thing, but at least it wasn't a horrible painful thing for him! Now we'll just have to see how this winter goes for ear infections.

Anyway, we're home tomorrow if anyone's in town. And we'll be at playgroup on Monday! Andrew keeps talking about Callum, Xtian--well, he says "cammum", but that's who he means!

By the way, Andrew had his first kiss this week! Yes, he's starting young with the ladies! I'm blaming the young lady in question however--yes, it was Mandhi, for those of you who remember her from playgroup! Actually, it was the cutest thing. Andrew arrived at daycare, and was clinging to Jeff, while Mandhi was being held by the daycare staff, and also crying. Jeff told Andrew that he needed to stop crying and cheer Mandhi up, and the two of them looked at each other, leaned towards each other, and kissed! Then they both giggled. My son, the ladykiller!

Alison

[xian]

Woohoo! The books have arrived! :LOL Wah! I broke my foot! (running upstairs to look at the books) I'll bring LA's and KZ's on Monday. They be lovely.

Tsamaya sentle

[MyBaby'sSmile]

Ke a le boga Xian!

I can't remember what I ordered, but I do remember trains
It will be hard to keep them from Reece!

We'll hopefully see you Kamoso for Tee!

Salang sentle

How did I do? :LOL

[MyBaby'sSmile]

:LOL And banana means girls????? :LOL :LOL
That is so funny!

[xian]

you did very well indeed!!! banana is people, basically 'guys' (non-gender specific). where did you learn tswana? girls would be... um... basimane, i think (unless that's boys, i really can't remember), and women bomma.

make sure you bring pearls of wisdom to write on my cast! we'll try extra hard to have only reece friendly foods tomorrow!

[MyBaby'sSmile]

My curiousity got the better of me :LOL
I went here http://www.sesotho.web.za/greet.htm
and here http://exploringtheplanet.com/botswana_setswana.htm

I can't believe you broke your foot!!!! Now I expect to see a really artistic design painted on your cast tomorrow ..... or I could bring paints and paint brushes and let the little ones decorate it for you

That would be wonderful if the snacks were Reece friendly LOL! He has done SO well this past week!!!! Everyone has made comments. And I see such a huge difference in his diapers :

Hopefully if we can keep this up, his gut will have time to heal and we may eventually be able to re-introduce gluten products again. So I'm really trying hard to keep him GF right now

Hopefully we'll see you tomorrow!

[xian]

what should we bring for reece? if i can have a list of the best snack-type foods he can have, then i can get them. would the caramel rice chips be ok? is it just gluten and dairy, or is he sugar restricted as well? i'm very glad he's feeling better! and the nappies are less scary.

very resourceful, looking for tswana!