MSE Parents Club Part 10

karen1907

Uh-oh Emlou lol we just have a filter jug it helps our kettle live longer but obviously doesn't help LOs

Right I need to get organised. In my bid to break out of my blues I need to plan where I am going groupwise over the next couple of weeks to keep T entertained plus make myself some kind of rota to keep my house tidy and stop relying on DH doing so much, so when he gets home from work he can rest.

Why is it that no one is answering phones for any of the groups ?!

elle_gee

Sami_Bee wrote: »

I think you need to check, I have it in my head that you shouldn't use filtered water because it contains higher levels of sodium (aka salt)

elle - sodium level is also why you shouldn't use reboiled water to make formula

One to avoid for us then! :cool: Have always used fresh water anyway, just curious why you're supposed to. It was me only putting the kettle on for Rhys' bottle last night, leaving it too cool for a bit (aka think I was reading here and didn't want to jump the second the kettle clicked ) and Craig then deciding he wanted a cuppa too so he went to reboil the kettle and I told him to pour Rhys' bottle out first

Well the play specialist has confirmed I'm more than capable to play with my own son! *rolleyes* :cool: She didn't do anything we don't already, turned up with a bag full of the toys we have doubles of and isn't at all bothered he doesn't want to roll or sit and it's just fine to let him carry on only standing if that's what he wants to do.. :cool:

emlou2009

Are you proud of being deemed capable of playing with a small child :rotfl: what was the visit for elle?

Krystaltips

When I had Aimee christened, her Godparents had to be christened themselves but not confirmed...

Mfd, what happened with MIL?

got-it-spend-it

MFD- I forgot to tell you that I picked up some of the posh tampons in the tins reduced in Boots. *Hopes MFD remembers mentioning them on here otherwise I will look like a feminine hygiene weirdo* No TOTM for over a year, and I already had about six packets but better to be safe than sorry :rotfl:.

Just found out my cousin's wife is pregnant. Only six weeks so still early days. Is it wrong that the news has made me think about having another ....

Which brings me on to something that has been playing on my mind. Who would I need to speak to about finding out if I would be able to choose to have an elective c-section with my next pregnancy? I'd like to find out whether it's possible before I get pregnant again, not that I have decided whether I would choose one, but I would like to have the option...

Becles

Been to the doctors and it was a complete waste of time.

Told her all my symptoms and said the symptoms had gone on long enough and they were making me feel depressed. She ignored all the symptoms and went straight for the depressed angle. I had to fill in one of those crappy question sheets that asks how many times you have cried and if you've tried to kill yourself etc., which I didn't want to fill in, so I just ticked it randomly.

She said yes, you're depressed. Here's a card for Mind. Give them a ring and come back in a few weeks.

I asked about the physical symptoms that are bothering me and said I would feel happier getting them sorted out, but she said there is nothing else wrong and I'm just depressed.

There is no way I'm going to Mind. I went there once before when I really was depressed and it was awful. The lady was all touchy feeling and kept holding my hand and rubbing my arm and thigh in a "there there" way which made me feel really uncomfortable. She was asking what was bothering me and I was saying stuff and she would say "oh well you could do this, or you could do that, or you could not just do anything, it doesn't really matter does it?" Errrr yes it does matter as I like plans and knowing what to expect and it's the sitting on the fence worrying about stuff that makes me feel anxious!

I've made an appointment with a different doctor but the earliest I could get was the 23rd Feb.

I've been looking on BUPA and a private GP consultation costs £61 so I'm thinking about trying there instead if I can scrape the money together.

Tigsteroonie

I think we all need a big group hug

elle_gee

emlou2009 wrote: »

Are you proud of being deemed capable of playing with a small child :rotfl: what was the visit for elle?

Completely!

Play specialists are supposed to bridge the gap between monthly physio visits. I was never convinced we really needed them but willing to give it a go, but now I'm pretty much convinced that we don't. We're at the physios next week so I'll ask them if they think we really need to continue :cool:

Just left Rhys nappy free for a while - for the first time He laid there almost completely still, star-like, just muttering for ages, then came alive again once I put his nappy back on him. I have a child with nudity issues :rotfl:

feelinggood_2

Becles - I'd be tempted to phone the surgery again and ask to see another GP. Two weeks is too long to wait for an appointment, if you can, try and be firm and say you really can't wait that long, and want an appointment this week. Might be worth a shot before forking out.

Glamazon

becles - agree with feelie, ring them back.
there are guidelines which state anyone with any signs of depression have to fill out one of those questionnaires, based on answers offer counselling THEN antidepressants. If you feel your problens aren't depression then go back & ask for a blood test.

hopefully be back in abit -try to have something to eat & J is still very whingey & clingy