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The Newborn & Toddlers Off-Topic Chat Thread
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My dude is usually so very easygoing. But, today, I can't let him out of my arms or he roars.
I don't think it's his teeth. Maybe a growth spurt or something.
It's nice and all that he loves me so much. But I miss being able to go to the loo. And eat.0 -
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Chattastrophe! wrote: »My dude is usually so very easygoing. But, today, I can't let him out of my arms or he roars. I don't think it's his teeth. Maybe a growth spurt or something.
It's nice and all that he loves me so much. But I miss being able to go to the loo. And eat.
Aaaand the two of us ended up in Temple St. I rang VHI nurse line and he had a bit of a rash, she asked me to hold him under a light and he was ducking his head every way to avoid it (he is usually obsessed with lights.) She said get straight to A&E. We were in and out in no time - very lucky! They said it's nothing to worry about. He was in great form smiling away at the nurses, absolutely roaring again now though, must be hurting his poor little throat. But vitals were all ok. Will be keeping a very close eye on him. 0 -
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Chattastrophe! wrote: »Aaaand the two of us ended up in Temple St. I rang VHI nurse line and he had a bit of a rash, she asked me to hold him under a light and he was ducking his head every way to avoid it (he is usually obsessed with lights.) She said get straight to A&E. We were in and out in no time - very lucky! They said it's nothing to worry about. He was in great form smiling away at the nurses, absolutely roaring again now though, must be hurting his poor little throat. But vitals were all ok. Will be keeping a very close eye on him.
Sorry to hear that. Hope he settled down and you both got some sleep0 -
Chattastrophe! wrote: »Aaaand the two of us ended up in Temple St. I rang VHI nurse line and he had a bit of a rash, she asked me to hold him under a light and he was ducking his head every way to avoid it (he is usually obsessed with lights.) She said get straight to A&E. We were in and out in no time - very lucky! They said it's nothing to worry about. He was in great form smiling away at the nurses, absolutely roaring again now though, must be hurting his poor little throat. But vitals were all ok. Will be keeping a very close eye on him.
Poor thing a&e is no fun even if you're in and out. Hopefully he's a bit more settled today. Don't forget the whole nap when (if) he naps thing 
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Chattastrophe! wrote: »Aaaand the two of us ended up in Temple St. I rang VHI nurse line and he had a bit of a rash, she asked me to hold him under a light and he was ducking his head every way to avoid it (he is usually obsessed with lights.) She said get straight to A&E. We were in and out in no time - very lucky! They said it's nothing to worry about. He was in great form smiling away at the nurses, absolutely roaring again now though, must be hurting his poor little throat. But vitals were all ok. Will be keeping a very close eye on him.
Poor little man And poor mammy! You must've got a fright. My little man has got hand, foot and mouth, it's doing the rounds here, wonder did your fella pick it up too? Rash and high temp. Lots of calpol and TLC for you both 0 -
Poor little man And poor mammy! You must've got a fright. My little man has got hand, foot and mouth, it's doing the rounds here, wonder did your fella pick it up too? Rash and high temp. Lots of calpol and TLC for you both
My wee fella got this when i was pregnant! Horrible horrible horrible virus! And I caught it off him as my immune system was crap because of the pregnancy. It was so sore and horrible. Hope he's better soon.
Chatt hope ur wee fella is feeling better soon aswell.0 -
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The_Conductor wrote: »If kids avoid light- you're advised to go to A&E immediately- as its one of the classical sympthoms of menningitis.
Half the kids are out in our creche- seems to be some sort of flu doing the rounds :mad:
I've heard before about avoiding lights being a symptom of meningitis, but he was just crying non-stop so I never even thought to check him under the light until the nurse said to. And my heart nearly stopped when I saw how he was moving away from it.
He's doing OK today, he's alternating between bawling and sleeping. Just keeping a very close eye on him.
As a matter of interest though, I know creches are (understandably) strict about not taking sick kids. But how do parents cope with this? I'm still on maternity leave so haven't yet been in this position. I mean, some days of the month, I guess I could ring in last minute and take a day's annual leave. But other days this would literally not be an option, I do all of the payroll and supplier payments where I work, leave around those dates is just not an option! My family all live over three hours away, and they all work too.
Basically I'm asking, what if your child is sick, nothing that requires hospitalisation, but sick enough that the creche won't take them. What do you do?0 -
Have to take annual leave, unfortunately.Chattastrophe! wrote: »I've heard before about avoiding lights being a symptom of meningitis, but he was just crying non-stop so I never even thought to check him under the light until the nurse said to. And my heart nearly stopped when I saw how he was moving away from it.
He's doing OK today, he's alternating between bawling and sleeping. Just keeping a very close eye on him.
As a matter of interest though, I know creches are (understandably) strict about not taking sick kids. But how do parents cope with this? I'm still on maternity leave so haven't yet been in this position. I mean, some days of the month, I guess I could ring in last minute and take a day's annual leave. But other days this would literally not be an option, I do all of the payroll and supplier payments where I work, leave around those dates is just not an option! My family all live over three hours away, and they all work too.
Basically I'm asking, what if your child is sick, nothing that requires hospitalisation, but sick enough that the creche won't take them. What do you do?0 -
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Chattastrophe! wrote: »As a matter of interest though, I know creches are (understandably) strict about not taking sick kids. But how do parents cope with this? I'm still on maternity leave so haven't yet been in this position. I mean, some days of the month, I guess I could ring in last minute and take a day's annual leave. But other days this would literally not be an option, I do all of the payroll and supplier payments where I work, leave around those dates is just not an option! My family all live over three hours away, and they all work too.
Basically I'm asking, what if your child is sick, nothing that requires hospitalisation, but sick enough that the creche won't take them. What do you do?
You just have to suck it up I'm afraid.. Its eased off now but at the start it felt like he was constantly getting temperatures and me having to go get him. We have muddled through. The odd time himself has "worked from home" but mostly I've taken either unpaid leave or annual leave. Some people are lucky to have a retired granny nearby but we dont.
Depends on the employer and your work really. If you have the option to make up the work from home or after hours thats great. Usually when the creche ring, we ring the other parent and decide who can leave work dependant on our individual deadlines of that day.
Childminders may not be much more flexible either. If they mind more than one child, they wont want the others getting sick too.0 -
Chattastrophe! wrote: »I've heard before about avoiding lights being a symptom of meningitis, but he was just crying non-stop so I never even thought to check him under the light until the nurse said to. And my heart nearly stopped when I saw how he was moving away from it.
He's doing OK today, he's alternating between bawling and sleeping. Just keeping a very close eye on him.
As a matter of interest though, I know creches are (understandably) strict about not taking sick kids. But how do parents cope with this? I'm still on maternity leave so haven't yet been in this position. I mean, some days of the month, I guess I could ring in last minute and take a day's annual leave. But other days this would literally not be an option, I do all of the payroll and supplier payments where I work, leave around those dates is just not an option! My family all live over three hours away, and they all work too.
Basically I'm asking, what if your child is sick, nothing that requires hospitalisation, but sick enough that the creche won't take them. What do you do?
It goes down as force majeure in my place! I assumed every employer offered that?!?0 -
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Seems from that you're only entitled to 3 days in a year or 5 in 3 years. Not a lot to deal with toddlers getting sick (my son has had nothing major in his year in the creche but I think I was called to collect him or had to keep him home about 10 days of that.0 -
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Thanks for replies. You're right, I'm not the first parent in my workplace. It's just it's the first time he's actually been sick, so I hadn't really thought about it before. I've seen colleagues getting calls from the creche telling them to come collect a sick child, and they've had big rows down the phone telling them that it's not an option and just give them some Calpol and they'll be there at the usual time. I just can't see myself doing that, ever.
I'd be a nervous wreck knowing he was sick and I wasn't with him. Thankfully I have loads of annual leave for this year, and hopefully it won't happen.
My own mum was on maternity leave for most of my childhood so it was never really a problem when one of us got sick. :pac:0 -
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