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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 13:59
Ended up rushing her to the doctor on Saturday as she woke up in the afternoon with a blood stained nappy. Turns out she has vaginitis poor little thing. Alhamdulilah shes on the mend now. Thanks for your replies x
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Latest post on 15 February 2011 - 08:54
Hi Shaf, which Mothercare did you see this in??? I've been looking for one here and was told at Mothercare in Ibn Battuta that they don't stock them anymore. Would love one for my little boy for when we are out and about! Saw this yesterday at Mirdiff City Centre Mothercare.... on a seperate note - has anyone used this one before? http://www.mothercare.com/Potette-PLUS-Travel-Potty-Trainer/dp/B001CFQWHW/sr=1-10/qid=1297685863/ref=sr_1_10/276-7697898-9831637?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=42858041&mcb=core I have this and since we started potty training we don't leave home without it. We've used it in the park behind a tree, in the car park, in the car before a long drive home. its a travel potty and a toilet seat. i love love LOVE it! DD is just getting over an infection down there and a cold poor thing and has been super cranky. She's not been wanting to go to the bathroom but happy to sit on that
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Latest post on 12 February 2011 - 13:00
Thanks for your reply flossie... spoke to a doctor who said try daktarin so fingers crossed that'll help. Poor little thing :(
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Latest post on 12 February 2011 - 11:18
nope she's 2 with all her teeth so not teething
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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 22:51
Oh cr@p Farasha, that's awful! :( Tell me about it! Not had the guts to tell my MIL yet... if you've ever been to a local wedding and seen the jewelry the bride wears it'll give you an idea how amazing these earrings were. God only knows how she got them. My own stupid fault
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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 19:59
thanks so much Icedqueen. Very kind of you to take the time to tell me the steps - so helpful!!! I will take her tomorrow but think i'll do the typing and then leave her there. She can call me when i should go back for her... or do i have to be there?
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Latest post on 09 February 2011 - 19:54
i have to agree that once the trust is broken, its very very hard to rebuild and your original post makes me think that deep down you're not comfortable with her. Listen to your gut - i didn't with my last maid and it ended up with her having a screaming tantrum at my 2 year old DD, then me, then my MIL, then my mother and now i am a tiffany bracelet and my diamond and ruby wedding earrings lighter :'(
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Latest post on 08 February 2011 - 13:52
I have seen pad/sheet things that go between seat and babyseat - they are for sale in Babyshop, they also protect the seats from food etc. Maybe for foot marks buy a car seat cover and put on for duration of the stay or put a blanket over the seat, or chop kid's feet off. the brand is sunshine kids. i have it n it works. has a bit that protects the seat in front too from kicks!
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Latest post on 08 February 2011 - 11:50
we did rewards but DD can be difficult with these things sometimes - she loves stickers and always seems proud of her drawings i've stuck on the wall. so we sat down and made a sticker chart one day. As soon as it was done and i put it on the wall she wanted to tear it down, she stopped wanting the stickers etc. i guess its just patience and perseverance!
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Latest post on 08 February 2011 - 11:40
im desperate for some more! DD loves them and they're already looking shabby!
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Latest post on 07 February 2011 - 20:37
i try to take her every 45mins but sometimes she'll fight big time and other time she'll tell me "its not working" and jump off the loo, despite my efforts with toys, stickers, sitting on the floor reading her books... only to wet herself 5 minutes later :s Thanks for the tip...might give it a go!
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Latest post on 07 February 2011 - 20:26
I've seen him a few times because my pregnancy has been very bumpy so far and my doctor at Al wasl is on maternity leave. We were very impressed with him, especially his professionalism. He was very respectful also of the fact i was a covered woman which i noticed and appreciated. He is a worry wart i agree but better to be safe than sorry right? He deals with high risk pregnancies so i guess he will always want to rule out the worst. I would recommend him highly... i wish i could turn him into a woman so i could stay with him! lol
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Latest post on 02 February 2011 - 12:01
hun you've tested waaay too early! Stay positive... visualise ur little embies implanting themselves/itself... fingers crossed when you test in a few days time it'll come up BFP!
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Latest post on 02 February 2011 - 11:59
DD was 4 days old. i drove her home from medcare to our apartment in marina... i then drove her when she was a week old for her check up coz she was jaundice
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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 11:57
AnonDubai - as many have said, you're not alone. Ladies who know me on here might remember a few threads of mine when i was struggling with DD. DH had been away for over a month when DD decided to be a little monster and i was at my wits end. He couldn't understand at all when i said that sometimes i didn't like her. I adore my daughter, she's my world but at that time i was struggling so badly i couldn't see the wood for the trees. i'm so glad that i took that step to get help to help me start enjoying her again...x
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Latest post on 28 January 2011 - 11:36
DC i was incredibly depressed when i stopped feeding DD. DH thought i'd be relieved as she never took a bottle and nursed a lot. i gradually weaned her off 2 months before she turned 2 and although she was absolutely fine i was a mess... so bad i thought i'd have to go and see someone. After a week or so everything calmed down a bit... i think it's perfectly natural to feed sad. but your DS will start a new phase now and you'll find your special time in there too (HUGS)
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 21:17
thanks for your kind offer... just got home from the supermarket so all ready to make them :)
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Latest post on 24 January 2011 - 18:39
how do you roll a date into a ball? do you cut it up first? You can buy those packets of dates in the supermarkets where the dates are all tightly squished together. They're very easy to peel apart one by one and as you roll in your hand you can remove any hard skin or stones Any recipes anyone?
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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 21:50
Thanks Hello.Kitty. you're post made me feel a bit more normal! Today i needed to run some errands so my mum said she'd babysit. She was delayed so my in laws maid watched her till my mother reached. Apparently she was good as gold, a complete angel for the whole time i was out... until about 30 minutes into me getting back! :'( As nice as it is to hear that she is good with other people, i would love to have some of that too! She got herself in such a state by bed time where she wouldn't even let me touch her that i had to shut her in the room for a minute at a time to scream it out (obviously there wasnt anything she could hurt herself on). Eventually she started screaming "i love you mummy" "i want you mummy" so we sat down and had cuddles (and i secretly had a little cry too! Hormones!) My mothers friend said that as much loving positive attention you throw on her, it seems she is getting something out of this negative attention. As for the biting, earlier in the day i had to tell her off for something. She got clearly frustrated, and bit the paper she was holding in her hands so i know its not intended to hurt the person, its a way she's found to release that feeling of frustration...we'll get there... just sooner rather than later i hope!
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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 10:55
Well, 4 days later she bit another little boy! Apparently they were drawing, he took her picture and wouldn't give it back so she bit him. the teacher looked far more serious when she came out to tell me. She wasnt there at the time so the kids were just with the assistant and i feel that, had the teacher been there, this would have been the perfect opportunity for DD to see there was another way to get her picture back as the teacher would have been able to intervene... DD came out of the class, i asked her what she had done that day and she told me playing, painting and that she bit. She said she likes nursery so the teacher said she can't go again if she bites. In the past i've told her off properly when she did it but then after wouldn't talk about it directly because i didn't want to give the act attention. But this time i spoke to her in the school and then when we got home. I honestly don't know what to do other than show her that it doesn't make me happy and tell her its bad and wrong. We're still at my in laws so i think i'll just have to take a bit of a chance and move home. She's really been acting up - feels like we're telling her off from morning till night. I get nervous if i have to take her anywhere with me because she just seems to refuse to listen - something that i miss because since she was born she came everywhere with me. in fact the morning of the day i first got admitted into hospital she threw the most disgusting tantrum in the supermarket that resulted in me carrying her literally kicking and screaming to the car - the doctors think this triggered everything :( i get anxious at the idea of playdates in case she doesn't "play nice". Its tearing me up because when she's a good girl she's the sweetest, most loving. Sorry, i've gone on and on... time to sign off!
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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 10:32
Hope all is under control today forever_21 xxx
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 11:02
Congratulations on your pregnancy. If you're looking for bedside manner give Dr Luthra a miss!
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 11:00
(just seen the thread title...oops! Should be "DD hurt another kid...")
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 08:58
SQ - she is 2 and i have explained to her that we use our teeth to eat etc (trying a new NLP approach where we don't use words like 'don't' as it highlights the act that we dont want etc) Hello.Kitty - my SIL said the same thing, that its social boundries... she feels its not to do with the changes that have been going on... i dunno. Dropped her off this morning and there was a little boy arriving at the same time. i introduced myself to the mother and sure enough it was that mother of the boy she bit. i couldn't not say anything. The kids went in so i apologized and she was very sweet about it... it did seem that she knew already that it was my daughter that did it so i'm definitely glad i spoke to her. Fingers crossed this morning goes ok!!!
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 08:46
My mother used to do the same when we were kids...not that i remember. Over here there is this habit for the maids to chase the kids around the house with a spoon to eat and my mother flatly refused to do that. We sat at the table and ate or we didnt eat at all. I don't remember it, i don't feel i was uncared for. I think as long as they understand that this is why its happening ... like others have said, its hard. We do what we feel is right at the time xxx
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Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 22:51
thanks for the replies ladies. i nearly burst into tears when the teacher was talking to me (she was very sweet though). There have been a lot of changes at home over the last few months - since her birth i have never left her for a day, let alone a night. in the last 2 months i have been taken into hospital 3 times rather suddenly (not that even if i explained to her she would've understood properly) and now that i'm home can't be as physical with her at all... and we're not even home. We're with my inlaws. She's so good at articulating herself mashallah and WAS a biter... perhaps all this change has brought back old habits :(
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Latest post on 09 January 2011 - 19:09
DD has just started last week and settled in really well from day 1. I went to pick her up today and the teacher came out to tell me she had bit another child! I'm very upset about it and wondering how to handle it now with the mother of the boy. I've never met her before and pick up/drop off is always so quick... do i hang around and apologize to her? Do i write i note and ask the teacher to pass it on? Or do i leave it? DH worried i'll make it a bigger deal than it already is... :s TIA
 
 
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