MSE Parents Club Part 10

SugarSpun

I think it's really interesting Susan, but the immune system development has so many potentially interfering variables that it would be almost impossible to exclude anything - the best we'd be hoping for is correlation.

Has Beenie been on? I was looking out for her but have been off doing work, good me.

I'm also feeling a bit Hmphy because I've been exhausted all day because I was up half the night with the monster, but for some reason I seem to wake right up around 8pm and OH takes Molly off to bed. So they get 3-4 hours sleep ahead of me and while I appreciate the quiet time and this is where I get most of my work done I find myself being a bit resentful that he's snoozing away and I'm working after 10pm because I was looking after Molly while she grizzled and her teeth caused her pain all afternoon and didn't have free hands.

AND my neighbour is playing music on his bastage stereo, and I'm so upset that anyone would think we'd hurt Molly, even though I know he didn't actually think it he was just making a malicious complaint.

Dylan is a tiny little rock star.

Buttonmoons

SusanC wrote: »

Children's clothing size make no sense to me at all. Alice is taller than average (between 75th and 91st centile) and wears 12-18m/2-3y trousers, 5-6 tights, 2-3/3-4 t-shirts, 4-5 coat and dresses ranging from 2-3 to 6-7 (and has outgrown some 5-6 dresses).

See Keira wears 4-5 knickers and 5-6 tights too, 1 of her coats is 18-24 months and drowns her still, she has a nice dressy purple coat, that's age 2-3 and still too big.

I wish they'd all just make the clothes the same! I would buy her nice dresses and things off ebay but I couldn't be bothered with the hassle of sending it back, though dresses seem to be okay as they don't need a waist!

So how tall is Alice? I really have no clue about percentiles! I rarely bothered to get Keira weighed :rotfl:

She's 3ft 2" and well 2 stone 5. Bet the NHS bmi thing says she is fat, Im away to check lol

Buttonmoons

59th centile, they say 14.9kg is 2stone 4lbs.

Im sure she was about the 50th percentile when she was born. I'd have to dig the book out. I still have her measuring tape with her length marked on it. I'm sure it was about 22inches, but that might be wrong haha!

ladybirdintheuk

well done MM and Dylan

Do you reacon there is some kind of instinct that makes babies wake up when Mum is about to eat? I'm not sure there would be any benefit to it (other than once they are weaned I suppose!) Izzy has a sixth sense for it. I've nearly forgotten what it is like to eat hot meals!

Glamazon

money_maker wrote: »

I think denial is the right word. It didnt really sink in at all how bad it was or could have been till much later !!
He is my little superstar

Go Dylan :j:j

I'm pooped - really trying to get the house into some kind of order so I can just keep on top of it before and when I go back to work!

had more to say but can't remember!

tiamai_d

Personally, I think that the sooner the problem(s) is identified and physio, OT etc started, the greater the potential for the child to improve and exceed expectations. With brain damage it's all about getting the brain to make the connections to do a specific movement elsewhere if the usual part normally responsible for that movement has been damaged.

Therefore, the parents who spend time at home working with the child has just as much right to be praised as the child and healthcare workers who get the child to reach whatever milestones reach.

And so, in conclusion, well done MM and Chris!!! (and all the other parents out there too)

Buttonmoons

and YEY for Dylan.

So, MM is reaching all his milestones etc? and what child doesn't want a cookie!! Did he gum it too death I love your new piccy of him btw, he looks so grown up!

money_maker_3

Glamazon wrote: »

Go Dylan :j:j

I'm pooped - really trying to get the house into some kind of order so I can just keep on top of it before and when I go back to work!

had more to say but can't remember!

Thanks hun xx
Oh, while youre here, I saw a breakthrough with OH this morning and he got up :j:j:j:j:j Sorry for this to sound bad, but its about bloody time :cool:
Now all you need is to get BIL out and OH making his own packed lunch and you will be flying :rotfl:

SusanC_2

money_maker wrote: »

Susan, do you know if there are any effects on kids that would have had asthma anyway ??

Jas has asthma, bad enough that we are in A & E 3-4 times a year for her to go on the nebuliser, bu she has never had an attack really badly thankfully. However, she was fairly pre-disposed to getting it as all the women in my mums family, including me had childhood asthma, and all started around 4 or 5 (which Jasmines did) and all grew out of it by the time we were early teens, so we have to wait to see if Jas does

There was no indication of how they selected people for the study so I'm assuming it was a general population study rather than a high risk population study. Without them doing a high risk population study (which is what Jasmine would fall under based on what you say) I don't think there's any way of saying whether there is any effect for high risk people. But as with all these things, it's averages and there's lots of potential for confounding anyway - all you can do is minimise any risks you know about and can control.

money_maker_3

tiamai_d wrote: »

Personally, I think that the sooner the problem(s) is identified and physio, OT etc started, the greater the potential for the child to improve and exceed expectations. With brain damage it's all about getting the brain to make the connections to do a specific movement elsewhere if the usual part normally responsible for that movement has been damaged.

Therefore, the parents who spend time at home working with the child has just as much right to be praised as the child and healthcare workers who get the child to reach whatever milestones reach.

And so, in conclusion, well done MM and Chris!!! (and all the other parents out there too)

aww shucks Although I will take more of the praise than Chris :rotfl::rotfl:

Buttonmoons wrote: »

and YEY for Dylan.

So, MM is reaching all his milestones etc? and what child doesn't want a cookie!! Did he gum it too death I love your new piccy of him btw, he looks so grown up!

He is 8 months and is reaching the milestones of a 6 month old at the minute, which is beyond expectations. He was proper munching on the cookie, and only got a little bit before he dropped it, so the doc gave him another one and D didnt even wait to give him a smile like he normally would when you give him food, he just stuck it straight into his mouth like he had never been fed before :rotfl:

And thanks, I think it has to be one of my fave pics