Hittin' the half year mark with the July Mamas - Page 14

[TanyaS]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

Poor Juice. Here's a squeeze

Originally Posted by elsanne

A squeeze for Juice!

Freshly squeezed Juice.

Originally Posted by witt

I'm sure I could have made to a toilet in time:

I've been there once in my life and I never want to go back. Let's just say we made it to dh's work (it was a weekend) and I'm glad the outside camera's were broken at the time.

Originally Posted by kimya

the doctor said it looked more like a hobo spider bite than a burn to her!!! :
She said it is abscessing and infected!!!
....
I guess I am most afraid of it getting worse and a doc telling me I need to stop nursing.

If they do, nod and come straight back here and have me look up the drug for you. Most likely it's safe, and if they're alternatives than Dr. Hale's book will list them. You can always call back and say that you changed your mind about weaning, even temporarily so will you please prescribe X instead?

Originally Posted by witt

I just have had one of those "why can't someone look after me" days.....

I've been getting worse with this cold all day and needed some of that myself. I called dh and stressed the importance of not working late today. The baby was NOT napping all day. He was home just a little early. He cooked, he played with the older dc. I finally got the baby to sleep. I fell asleep putting dd1 to bed and woke up 30 minutes ago. My baby slept the entire time I crashed with dd1. I got a huge glass of water, came here and am going back to bed. You know what else he did for me? He filled up the cool mist humidifier in my room and had it running. I my dh. He really came through this time. I just felt the need to share that so that you don't think he's awful when next week I post that I dh

One more thing before I pass out. All this coughing and sneezing has made me wish there was a kegel thread to bump.

[JoyofBirth]

Hi, all. Mattie has Roseola. I babysit for my friend's baby on Tuesdays and of course she has no spots till we get home. So I had to call her and tell her. I don't think she's contagious anymore since the fever broke over 24 hours ago.
We have no news on the bank situation. Dh doesn't want me to make calls from home. He's afraid they will track us. So I have to wait till I can get to my mom's. He also doesn't think it's a great idea for me to go into the bank because he thinks they'll call the cops. I don't wanna take chances so I'm gonna go to my mom's and call, hopefully tomorrow. Can you tell my dh has had a few bad experiences with cops? He's so paranoid. But I have to be with him on this and err on the side of caution.

Kim-I love when you share about Emma. When you just talk about how she didn't have teeth or when she did what. I think it's good for you and all of us. Someone told me recently that without sorrow in our lives, we don't know real joy. I hate that phrase. Because of losing my brother recently. I'm pretty sure I knew joy when he was here. But I guess if you really think about it, there may be some truth to it. Or maybe it's just something people say when you hurt so much you can't see straight and they wanna help. I don't know why I shared all that, except that I want you to not feel like you have to hold back with us. I'm sorry your other online "friends" were so selfish.

I was thinking about what someone said about people who schedule elective c-section. I don't remember the comment. I was just thinking about how we all think bad things, but sometimes it's not a bad thing. My sister scheduled her 2nd c-section. I didn't know as much then as I do now about birth to help her through her first birth. I'm pretty sure she was emotionally traumatized by her c-section and thought she shouldn't be. She never talked to anyone or dealt with the emotions. I think when it came time for her 2nd baby, she couldn't even think of going through labor and then ending up with a section anyway. It makes me sad for her. Her doctor asked her and was very encouraging about having a VBAC, but she just said she wanted the extra time off work or something shallow like that. But I know she just really had a hard time with everything the first time. Anyway, just wanted to add my 2 cents. I'm exhausted so I'll have to come back and answer questions later.
I gotta go get my spotted baby in her too-small bed.

[JoyofBirth]

I wanted to give a caterpillar(my dd's way of saying big, fat) thank you to Cori/soapdiva for the great thing she has done for my family. She has given us a great holiday gift. And the letter you wrote and put in with it just melted my heart. Thank you for helping my family and remembering my brother. It's a hard time without him. I think now we might be able to get Emma her Diego Rescue Center she wants so bad. She sees the commercial and says I want that. I ask her at other commericals and random times, do you want the DOra magic castle, she says, no I don't to. I ask do you want the Dora talking House, she says No I don't want to. I just want Diego rescue center. I ask do you want anything else. She says no I want diego rescue center. Although yesterday at Walmart she saw Dora knows your name doll and said I like that, I want to take it home. We just tell her they live at the store. Then she went back to the diego rescue center. My niece is 4 and wants every toy she sees. I'm so glad that my dd doesn't do that. And that I really know what she will like. And nonw I maybe can actually get it. And my dh is stressing so much less. You are awesome.

[JoyofBirth]

And I also wanted to thank Pav for the great diapers I received. I have an e-mail for you. I can't send it tonight. I am trying to find a MIN home for a few GUI I have. Oh, I hope I can swing the shipping. I love you guys. I feel so close to all these women I don't really know. It's so great to have such awesome friends. Let's all move somewhere and live in a community together and be the village it takes to raise our children. Anybody? s

[~pi]

I posted DS' birth story. Very, very, very long. (Mental note, don't take 5 months to write something. It is apt to grow to be unweildingly long.)

[kimya]

I feel so crappy and freaked out that I can't sleep.

If anyone wants to see my bite there is a picture here...

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...panda005-1.jpg

Thanks for the hugs and support.

[PancakeGoddess]

oh kimya, that looks painful. I hope the meds work quickly.

So, today I'm stewing over last night's episode of Boston Legal, which featured a homeschooling family as white supremacist bigots. A few episodes, they had hsers who were incestuous murderers! It's getting old. I posted on their boards, if you wanna go agree with me.

http://o.forums.go.com/abc/primetime...readID=1435767

[Yin Yang]

Originally Posted by kimya

I feel so crappy and freaked out that I can't sleep.

If anyone wants to see my bite there is a picture here...

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...panda005-1.jpg

Thanks for the hugs and support.

OMG that looks ugly!! Kimya ~ please GO RIGHT now and buy homeopathic remedy called Ledum 30C and take it every half-hour (5 pellets under your tongue) up to six times. It will antidote the spider poison (if it is a spider bite) unless it was Brown Recluse Spider or Black Widow.
Antibiotics will help with the infection but will NOT intidote the posion which can cause you problems for a VERY long time.
It only costs about $8.

[kimya]

There is nothing open in Olympia yet. I will go to the co-op as soon as they open and get some. Thanks for the advice. I hope they have it.

[Yin Yang]

OK ~ here is more remedies for bites and stings that you add to the Ledum 30C:
If there is bruising, swelling or pain around the bite take APIS 30C
Rapid swelling with bleeding beneath the skin, discolored, possibly purplish red sin color: LAchesis 6C
Anaphylactic shocks from bite or stings: Apis 30C or higest potency available (obviously this is not your case but I thought this is good remedy to have at home in case your DC develops something like that after being bitten) If you are allergic to any kind of stings, you should always carry the hightest potency possible such as Apis 1M or 10M. This WILL save a life no matter what the reason for the allergy reaction, it does not have to be from a bee sting. It can be fromm food or drugs, too.

[Yin Yang]

Originally Posted by kimya

There is nothing open in Olympia yet. I will go to the co-op as soon as they open and get some. Thanks for the advice. I hope they have it.

They should have Ledum - it's a pretty common remedy. If they don't have 30C (which they should) get 6C - just take it longer and meanwhile try to find 30C.

[Yin Yang]

SOmeone here asked about help for burns - so since I have this great book in my hands I will post some remedies:

Stinging burn: Urtica 6C
First-degree burn: Cantharis 30C (up to 6 doses)
Second-degree burn: Kali Bich 6C
Infected burns: Hepar Sulphur 6C, also clean with non-alcoholic Calendula (make sure it is a glycerin and Calendula solution - not an alcohol base)
Sunburn: Urtica Urens ointments directly on burned region.
Itchy, red swollen: Rhus Tox. 30C
Poison Oak or Poison Ivy: anacardium 30C or Rhus Ven. 30C If they don't work try Sulphur 30C

There you go. Something for your first aid cabinet!

Also for those living in the area where they are poisonous snakes, have Lachesis 30C at home

[fenwickmama]

maria i'm glad you are beginning to heal!

kimya :

[Miss Juice]

Originally Posted by TanyaS

Freshly squeezed Juice.

That almost put coffee on my keyboard. Which, elsanne has taught us, would be no laughing matter.

Kimya, ouch! I'm so sorry. I wish I could give you more than a In addition to Pav's suggestion, you might try some rescue remedy for your frazzled mind.

Maria, I'm so glad you finished the birth story. I want to read it but probably won't be able to until after the kids are in bed.

Tanya, yay for DH. Part of my problem yesterday was that mine said he was going to come home early, and I really needed him and told him so, and then he not only didn't come home early he got home later than usual. It was bad all around.

all around, sounds like we're all going through it right now.

[Miss Juice]

So here's the deal with me. I cannot keep up this pace. I have hit the point where Something Has To Change. The chaos has overwhelmed me, I run and run and run and I can't catch up. I don't have time to do the things that would make the day flow smoothly. Like since I don't have the time and free hands to fold all this d@mn laundry, I have to pick through baskets looking for matching socks for my kids. And since I don't have the time and free hands to fold my diapers and get them put away (they're clean!) I grab a sposie and then we have a poop blowout and have to change the baby before we can get in the car to take the kids to school, and meanwhile the toddler has taken OFF her hat and gloves, and so on and so forth. I multitask every single minute of the day. I swear, if I have to go to the bathroom I am looking for something to take with me so that won't be wasted time. My house is complete and total chaos, my office paperwork is backed up, I'm paying the mortgage late. I am heading for a nervous breakdown, or a physical one, really soon if I don't watch out.

And my mother, bless her, is taking my brother to the Bahamas for a week for Christmas. Because they're very stressed and they need to sit down for a week. (he just moved in with her and is, as far as I know, not employed.)

Well I have squandered another half hour. But I'm nursing the baby at the same time, so it's not like I could have been folding laundry anyway.

[TanyaS]

Originally Posted by JoyofBirth

HSomeone told me recently that without sorrow in our lives, we don't know real joy.

I think that phrase is said because we really appreciate the joy in our lives more after something sorrowful has happened. I think it makes the joy we have post-sorrow more joyful, and sometimes bittersweet.

Also, I just wanted to add to your comments about c/s. There's this rumor going around that women are having elective c/s. It's actually not true. OBs are pathologist and they look at pregnancy waiting for the worst to happen. Dontcha know we're all just ticking time bombs when pregnant? The sad thing is that there is no check box for coerced c/s, so they check the elective box. A woman who's told errantly that her "baby's going to die" if she tries for a VBAC, or who's "baby is too big" via US and has a c/s to a baby much smaller than predicted did not truly elect c/s. They were not given true informed consent to elect the surgery. I know there are high profile women like Britney Spears who get c/s to avoid the pain of childbirth, but in reality most women do not choose it without the outside influence of an OB.

Originally Posted by JoyofBirth

Let's all move somewhere and live in a community together and be the village it takes to raise our children. Anybody? s

Kimya, that looks a lot like my dh's staph infection he got last summer. He got it after a nasty case of poison ivy. It was so hard to treat. It looked nasty for a very long time. It also hurt him really bad. It did eventually heal, though.

Amy, I think the media thinks it's fun to portray hs'ers that way. It's completely stereotypical and makes me sad for all the hs'ers I know. I was almost one of you! There were a couple episodes of Wife Swap (: I watched it when it first came out) that had hs'ers and they made them look awful.

[TanyaS]

:guh, :guh, :guh, Jessica.

I'm sorry you are going through all of this. It seems like just when we think we are handling things again it all comes crashing down. If it makes you feel any better I have clean laundry piled up, too. I hate that crazy feeling digging for socks. I also hate folding laundry, so what's a mama to do? :

It will get better. It can't stay bad forever. I've found that I just have to let go of some things until it does get better. I know my family functions better with chaos somewhat under control, but sometimes I just have to let it go until I'm in a frame of mind to get it under control. Do something for yourself. I found that sewing a couple days ago helped me a lot. I ignored the laundry and dishes and sewed a little. I felt better and the dishes and laundry were still patiently waiting to be done. Heck, the laundry is still waiting, clean, but waiting.

[JoyofBirth]

I'm so with you girls on the housework stuff. My house is a disaster. And I'm now often up till 1 or 2 straightening up enough b ecause we live with my aunt. Which by the way, I've been feeling sad aboutwith the holidays coming. For some reason this season makes me miss having my own home. Okay, back to houesework tatlk. My dh often walks around mumbling to himself about not being able to find anything, nothing's ever picked up, he can't ever walk without stepping on stuff. Well, babe, that's life with small kiddos. He's a little more sympathetic now though. Our friend who's baby was due the same day as Mattie but came 6 weeks early is losing her milk. Partially I think because her baby is on a schedule. And gets a pacifier a lot. I'm not bashing pacis. Mattie gets one too. But it's different. SO I think now dh understands why I nurse every hour if that's what Mattie wants and nurse half the night too. He understood before but now he really gets it.

[ksjhwkr]

Originally Posted by kimya

I feel so crappy and freaked out that I can't sleep.

If anyone wants to see my bite there is a picture here...

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...panda005-1.jpg

Thanks for the hugs and support.

OUCH! I was bit by a brown recluse about 11 years ago...it looked a lot like that, but worse. I'm sorry, that totally bites. Pun intended

Originally Posted by Miss Juice

So here's the deal with me. I cannot keep up this pace. I have hit the point where Something Has To Change. The chaos has overwhelmed me, I run and run and run and I can't catch up. I don't have time to do the things that would make the day flow smoothly. Like since I don't have the time and free hands to fold all this d@mn laundry, I have to pick through baskets looking for matching socks for my kids. And since I don't have the time and free hands to fold my diapers and get them put away (they're clean!) I grab a sposie and then we have a poop blowout and have to change the baby before we can get in the car to take the kids to school, and meanwhile the toddler has taken OFF her hat and gloves, and so on and so forth. I multitask every single minute of the day. I swear, if I have to go to the bathroom I am looking for something to take with me so that won't be wasted time. My house is complete and total chaos, my office paperwork is backed up, I'm paying the mortgage late. I am heading for a nervous breakdown, or a physical one, really soon if I don't watch out.

And my mother, bless her, is taking my brother to the Bahamas for a week for Christmas. Because they're very stressed and they need to sit down for a week. (he just moved in with her and is, as far as I know, not employed.)

Well I have squandered another half hour. But I'm nursing the baby at the same time, so it's not like I could have been folding laundry anyway.

Juice - man when it rains it pours huh? : Your toddler and mine sound strikingly similar...are you sure yours isn't a little boy named Seth??
I feel like my life is in an uproar too. I've been knitting every spare second I have lately (not just for enjoyment, I'm trying to raise some Christmas $$), so my small little apartment is a disaster area. I have clean clothes, just in baskets or strewn about all over the living room...I try to fold them..it just doesn't happen.
it can't last forever, right???

Maria - I'm going to read your birthstory when I have a few minutes and not a squirmy 2 year old on my lap wanting me to get done so he can play his computer game.

Ok, here's my question today...Seth has a sore on his foreskin. It's right on the tip and is actually bloody today. I've been putting neosporin and lansinoh on it for a while, should I take him to the doc? It's actually worse today than it has been at all. Any and all advice is welcome and needed.

Ok, I better go before the locals go wild.

Oh yeah, JJoy - sorry about Mattie! I hope she gets feeling better fast! I'm going to the PO on Saturday, I have to mail some hats I am making. Is it ok if I wait until then to send your diaper bag??

[MsGrizzle]

Originally Posted by Yin Yang

SOmeone here asked about help for burns - so since I have this great book in my hands I will post some remedies:

Which book do you have? I have the Complete Homeopathy Handbook by Miranda Castro for my class....

Originally Posted by kimya

There is nothing open in Olympia yet. I will go to the co-op as soon as they open and get some. Thanks for the advice. I hope they have it.

Kimya - that looks awful - please do find that remedy! Ouch!!!

Originally Posted by PancakeGoddess

So, today I'm stewing over last night's episode of Boston Legal, which featured a homeschooling family as white supremacist bigots. A few episodes, they had hsers who were incestuous murderers! It's getting old. I posted on their boards, if you wanna go agree with me.

OMG! How ridiculous! I can't go there from work - but just, wow....ABC shows are on a roll this year....

Tanya - I'm so glad your dh helped out. hope you're feeling better this morning.

JJoy - and you're welcome...