Grr I’m SO Over it!!!!
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Topic: Grr I’m SO Over it!!!!
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Subject: Grr I’m SO Over it!!!!
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:42pm
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Right now I am so over being a mother. Don't get me wrong I love my little man but he has been screaming ALL DAY LONG!
And we are not talking a normal scream, I am talking 'screaming like he is being murdered'. No temperature or symptoms ... very swollen gums and two teeth are just sitting waiting to come through, one of them actually looks like it has pierced through already. I'm totally at my wits end, my parents are getting sh*tty at me telling me to shut him up, no help whatsoever and I just feel like breaking down crying. The kid won't eat, he didn't sleep last night and I can tell we are in for the same ordeal tonight. Bonjela & Pamol are useless. Sucks being on my own at a time like this. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:44pm
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there are other teething remedies. weleda do a powder.
maybe an ice block to help numb the pain for a while and to give you some rest from the screaming.  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:44pm
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Big Hugs Steph. Have you got Brufen that would help him. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:47pm
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Oh poor you and lucas. I feel for both of you, Im getting a wisdom tooth at the mo and geez louis it hurts.
Cant offer much support, none of my Nanny kids suffered with bad teething... bonjela did the trick. Im sure someone will have a wonderful trick to help you out hun. Good luck
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:48pm
as you can see bizzy and mummy_becks were well ahead of me.
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Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:48pm
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Yeah, i hear ya on the being alone part. Its definitly hard at times! Briahna hasnt gotten to that stage yet but im dreading it. Sorry i am not much help. Hope he feels better soon! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:02pm
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Pamol does nothing much for teething here either. Weleda teething powder is pretty good though.
Hugs! I hope he is back to his sunny self soon. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:02pm
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Go and get him some lemonade iceblocks to suck on. Tell your parents to give you a break that you are doing everything that you can to help him and it would be good if they could be a little more supportive! It might not only be his teeth, it could be his ears as well. If all as fails go for a drive around the block a couple of times. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:08pm
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hey steph, i have heard the baby nurofen is really good for teething, i have the teething powder which is meant to be great
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:41pm
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Sorry no useful tips from me, but I hope things start getting better soon.
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:41pm
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I second baby neurofen! Great if pamol is doing nothing.
Big hugs to you also...I ADMIRE single mums...I don't know how you do it...I would be a wreck. -------------  
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:47pm
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 8:59pm
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:03pm
Thanks, sometimes I think we don't get given enough credit with the social stigma that surrounds us. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Peanut wrote:Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:13pm
At the risk of sounding cheeky maybe you should just book in to get them done. Tell the olds it's now urgent and ask them to look after Lucas while you're in hospital and recovering - that way you get rid of your tonsilitis and get a bit of time being looked after. -------------  
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:19pm
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:21pm
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I think you could Steph, if it was the first surgery of the day you could get home in the afternoon. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:21pm
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Mine was done during the day but they kept me in overnight. Mind you I had excessive bleeding and was only 10 at the time.
You will be really sore afterwards, woozy from the general aneasthetic and not in any state to care for Lucas. -------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:24pm
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so know where your coming steph , the single parenting , the parents using that as an excuse to say "you decided to have him " etc, all of it-been there done that!
Hope you get him sorted, his ears arent sore are they ? |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 10:10pm
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aww yep being on your own is hard big hugs hunn ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 10:26pm
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I've only got a small taste of what you have to go through at the mo (Dh away all of this month) so big hugs to you! Jack cut his first tooth yesterday and the 2 weeks leading up to it were absolute hell.
If it gets really bad, there's always baby fenergan  its what mum used to use on us. It's like a mild sedative. Wish she'd told me this BEFORE Jack got his tooth, oh well there's still a few more to come I guess. 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 8:55pm
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Hugs to you hun.
FYI I had surgery under a general anesthetic when Char was about 5 months old. It can ve done, the feeding etc, it is hard though. You need to talk about it with the anethetist, but it can be done, I promise! You can eithr pump and dump for a bit or wait 6 hours to feed or somethign like that. I had first surgery of the day (9.30) and fed her around 4pm. I did find the night times hard though as you have to work your pain meds in around your feeds and I was woozy and needed someone to sit in the hopsital with me to hand her and help postiion her. I did have abdominal surgery though. The morphine made it hard to stay awake, but I did it, and the next day I was fine and went home. It is worth checkign out. AND I totally reccomend brufen as well for teething. XX ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 4:00pm
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Hope Lucas has settled for you a bit Steph, I completely agree with the baby nurofen - its great and much better for teething, and the welda powder is great too.
We freeze banana's (or 1/2 the banana) on an Ice cream stick and its fantastic for teething, meant she is getting the coldness of it without all the sugar. As for the operation, I was pretty much going to say what Annie said, it can be done so would try talking to the surgeon /docs about what the options are. Hope your parents help out a wee bit - I admire you heaps! Oh and the baby Phenegan - you can only get it with a perscription as the don't sell over the counter for children under 2 (I asked the chemist when Elle was younger as she was teething/not sleeping) ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 29 May 2008 at 4:19pm
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We use fenpaed for teething now, pamol doesn't do jack these days.
When you take him to the docs ask for Phenegan, I agree that it is great stuff. Daniel screamed literally for 6hrs straight one night and we went and got this from the hospital. 15 mins later he was out to it for hours lol. |