MSE Parent Club - Part 2

Welshlassie

We've just got back from the Dr with Rhys as his cough still hasn't gone after 6+ weeks and 2 courses of antibiotics. They have suggested he may be asthmatic and prescribed an inhaler. We're to try it for 2 weeks and see if it improves his cough.

He's only 19 months and there's no history of asthma in the family so no idea where this has come from. Poor dab. We had no problem giving him the inhaler through, he thought it was a game and sat there breathing it in like a pro. Hope it continues.

lwcus78

Nadnad, I was BF my LO to sleep before naps. I decided to stop so I put him in the babybjorn sling to settle him. It took over a week to break the habit. Now I settle him by just holding him and gently rocking. He's 5 months and only 14lbs so was easy enough. Dont know how I'll manage when he's heavier! Stil cant put him down awake in his cot.:o

lwcus78

Welshlassie, My DH was "diagnosed" with asthma and was taking the inhaler for a few years. Then a chinese doctor looked at his tounge whilst we were on hols in the far east and told him he had dairy intolarance, he cut out dairy products and stopped using his pump.
Hopefully its just a lingering cough Rhys has. x

Krystaltips

nadnad, are you wanting to wean him completely or just drop the 2 day feeds? If it's just the day feeds and they're not currently a problem then I would be tempted to just leave them... Once he's with a childminder he won't be expecting the feed from her and will settle in a different way...

If it's a gradual weaning him off then try dropping one feed at a time over a few days... Change your routine... If you usually feed him to sleep on his daytime nap try taking him a walk in the pram to drop off... Or in a sling like lwcus suggested... If he's swinging off your clothes then stand up,... Distract him etc...

And I fed Aimee until the Jan before she turned 3 because I didn't want to be the one to stop it... But I didn't always feed on demand... If I didn't want to, she understood no... I found she was worst when she was bored so I just found something else for her to do...

Sami_Bee

Becles wrote: »

That was me! I'll have a look out for a sort of game we had with pictures and letters that fitted together like jigsaw pieces. I think it might be up the loft.

Things not going well with James. He's still struggling badly at school and he's very withdrawn and really unhappy and angry all the time. Been into parents night this evening, and got the usual it's all his fault and my fault :rolleyes:

Been to the GP this evening who said he's seems quite down. He's referring him to a local children's mental health team and we'll see what they say. He said to also push with school for a dyslexia test and to ask for a consultation with the educational psychologist.

I thought it was u beccles, didn't want to say ur name just in case tho
Mum wasn't surprised that ur having trouble getting them to test him, she said its all about costs :rolleyes: she said if ur getting nowhere with school then try contacting ur local educational support team. The one she deals with is here just thought it might help you when googling etc to see how to contact urs.
I am surprised his teacher isn't helping as although my mum is not allowed to ever say "your child has dyslexia" she does know and has some tests to proove it but she doesn't have the piece of paper to allow her to say it :rolleyes:

Sami_Bee

nadnad wrote: »

i have decided i am going to try and wean Oz off my boobs!! I'm looking for a new job and whilst I would prefer part time there are some jobs i'm interested in that keep popping up that are full time and so if he goes to a childminder I need him to be weaned. He only feeds twice a day (during the day) from me - the rest is early morning, before bedtime and during the night (still!), so I havent decided yet whether I should stop altogether or just the day ones. The problem with one of them is I feed him about 9 or 9.30am before he goes for his nap and I'm not sure how to stop that one.

I will probably keep the others because i dont have a problem with it (yet!). So any advice ladies would be very welcome. I'll probably be a chicken and feed him til he's 4 or something ridiculous, I just can't seem to say no, especially when he pulls at my top and looks at me all big pleading eyes lol.

you won't be a chicken if you did feed until he's 4, you'd be the opposite!
I'm not sure I could carry on that long even being as lazy as I am (Chris still has a bottle before bed coz I just can't face the battles )
If its all going smoothly I'd be tempted to carry on and try expressing milk for the childminder, I'm sure as Krystal says he'll just come to accept that when mummy isn't there milk comes in a bottle

Mazcabs

Welshlassie wrote: »

We've just got back from the Dr with Rhys as his cough still hasn't gone after 6+ weeks and 2 courses of antibiotics. They have suggested he may be asthmatic and prescribed an inhaler. We're to try it for 2 weeks and see if it improves his cough.

He's only 19 months and there's no history of asthma in the family so no idea where this has come from.

Welshlassie I've been through that with Henry. He had a constant cough for months, I think we had 6 lots of antibiotics plus inhaler 3 times a day from A&E dept, infact they put off his MMR because of it. Finally went back to A&E and the dr said dont give him inhaler anymore unless he really needs it cos cant tell its asthma until he is 3!! I gave up after that.

Quick question: after your Lo's turned 1 have you bothered to get them weighed ? Last time for Henry was Oct last year.

Curious_George_2

lwcus78 wrote: »

Welshlassie, My DH was "diagnosed" with asthma and was taking the inhaler for a few years. Then a chinese doctor looked at his tounge whilst we were on hols in the far east and told him he had dairy intolarance, he cut out dairy products and stopped using his pump.
Hopefully its just a lingering cough Rhys has. x

thats amazing!
he just looked at his tongue and told you that? and it was right?
is that as bloody impressive as i think it is or is it just that we are all used to being fobbed off with "its a viral infection" as a standard answer to everything over here?

Dormouse

Re: strawberries, both my boys have had them from pretty small (well before 1). In fact, it wasn't until now I remember that my Mum has said I had an allergy to strawberries (and chocolate! :eek: ) as a toddler, but thankfully my boys have been fine. Feel like such a numpty that I forgot, but in hindsight it's probably a good thing as I would have probably worried myself sick. :rolleyes:

Nadnad - obviously it's up to you, but if I were you I'd keep the morning and night feeds for a while longer. Based on my own and friends' experience, I found giving up the day feeds is actually easier than expected - little people are actually more flexible and easy-going than adults sometimes! :j Good luck - I'm sure you'll be fine.

chocaholic110

Tom had strawberries from being fairly young - maybe about 9 months - seeing as my mam gave him one just to suck and he loved it. At the time he wouldn't take anything from a spoon but didn't mind finger food so anything he would eat was a bonus as I thought he was never going to eat anything.

Can hardly believe that now as he has an insatiable appetite and will eat anything. He kept helping himself to the leftover garden peas after dinner tonight much to the disgust of vegetable hating DS1. Also he regularly forages in the fridge, finds yoghurts and holds it out with a hopeful "Eh?" and is forever taking us to the fruitbowl and asking for bananas or to the cupboard for rice cakes. I think he'd eat all day long if we let him - yet he's still wearing 6-9 month, or some 3-6 month clothes at 14 months old!

Didn't even think about allergies with strawberries but he's been fine.