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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 22:43:48 GMT -5
Carrot gets frequent nose bleeds in the winter and they can be pretty bad. When they start I set up the vaporizer in his bedroom at night and make sure the house humidifier always has water (I have to add about 5 gallons a day). He also sprays saline spray into his nostrils before bed. He was getting several bleeds a week when they started this year but he hasn't had one since we started the routine a few weeks ago.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 26, 2019 11:37:25 GMT -5
DH decided to go down to visit friends yesterday. Don't know if he is coming back this evening or tomorrow, he doesn't know yet either so the girls and I are just chilling at home watching how to train your dragon. YDD is becoming more and more of a mini-me we both are dragon crazy. Dumping out the crystal project we started during the snow days to see how they formed.
ODD has become a night owl, she wakes up when I get home, and then is normally up when I am getting ready for work. Checking her online stuff she is doing her school work at like 2 am. Part of me wonders if we should try to adjust her to more of a normal schedule. The other part is going she is getting a good 9 hours of sleep (it is just from 7 am to 4 pm), and then coming down and doing stuff with the family, school work all of that. I don't want unhealthy habits to form, but then I question is having that schedule really unhealthy or just not normal? This homeschooling thing is interesting to say the least.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 26, 2019 16:28:43 GMT -5
My DS would get nosebleeds at times, and I would too. Making sure the humidifier is turned up helps, as does an additional vaporaizer nearby. It also helps me to make sure I drink plenty of water, which I tend to be bad about. Actually, my DS is worse than me about drinking anything.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jan 26, 2019 16:29:36 GMT -5
Anyone have a kiddo with bloody noses? Anything you do to help prevent them? We’ve got a humidifier going in C’s room, and a larger one downstairs already. He gets them maybe every 2-4 weeks. They don’t usually last that long, but the school nurse called today to say it was “heavy” and took about 30 minutes to stop the bleeding. My niece got them regularly until they cut out dairy. If it is every 2 to 4 weeks, it probably isn't an allergy, but you never know.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 26, 2019 16:35:43 GMT -5
We had a busy kid day. Last week of basketball for the oldest, and there was a tournament that was a bit of a clusterfuck. It would've taken over the allotted time even if it hadn't started 20 minutes late for absolutely no reason at all. Then there was a mother/son bowling thing for a PTA fundraiser. SOmeone took my oldest's boots. I had just taken the tags off of them this morning. They were the next size up I had waiting in the wings, and he couldn't find his others this morning. It's a good thing the old ones were actually in the van we took there so he had something to wear home. We think his friend thought M's size 4's were actually his own size 3's. Hopefully, that's the case, or I will be pissed to have to replace brand-spanking new boots. Now my DH is sleeping, and the kids are playing although I told ODS to go take a shower several times.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 26, 2019 16:38:28 GMT -5
DH decided to go down to visit friends yesterday. Don't know if he is coming back this evening or tomorrow, he doesn't know yet either so the girls and I are just chilling at home watching how to train your dragon. YDD is becoming more and more of a mini-me we both are dragon crazy. Dumping out the crystal project we started during the snow days to see how they formed. ODD has become a night owl, she wakes up when I get home, and then is normally up when I am getting ready for work. Checking her online stuff she is doing her school work at like 2 am. Part of me wonders if we should try to adjust her to more of a normal schedule. The other part is going she is getting a good 9 hours of sleep (it is just from 7 am to 4 pm), and then coming down and doing stuff with the family, school work all of that. I don't want unhealthy habits to form, but then I question is having that schedule really unhealthy or just not normal? This homeschooling thing is interesting to say the least. I think it's okay to let her go with her natural inclination somewhat, but that is too much out of normal. It can be a sign of depression, or even the lack of light could lead to depression.
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Post by oped on Jan 26, 2019 19:37:56 GMT -5
DH decided to go down to visit friends yesterday. Don't know if he is coming back this evening or tomorrow, he doesn't know yet either so the girls and I are just chilling at home watching how to train your dragon. YDD is becoming more and more of a mini-me we both are dragon crazy. Dumping out the crystal project we started during the snow days to see how they formed. ODD has become a night owl, she wakes up when I get home, and then is normally up when I am getting ready for work. Checking her online stuff she is doing her school work at like 2 am. Part of me wonders if we should try to adjust her to more of a normal schedule. The other part is going she is getting a good 9 hours of sleep (it is just from 7 am to 4 pm), and then coming down and doing stuff with the family, school work all of that. I don't want unhealthy habits to form, but then I question is having that schedule really unhealthy or just not normal? This homeschooling thing is interesting to say the least. Teenagers natural rhythms are different. If its all good, no problem. Don't make one. Lots of people live their entire lives outside of a 'normal' schedule. Likely this will adjust naturally as her life does. No sense chasing problems. Disclaimer. We are all prone to creative fits in this house. Once over Christmas three of us bumped into each other around 3 am and were like, is it 3 am? ...
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 26, 2019 20:02:46 GMT -5
I had to have DS’s nostrils cauterized. It worked but it was horrible experience. Try anything to avoid that.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 26, 2019 20:04:35 GMT -5
I bought a car. I think I'm going to throw up.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jan 26, 2019 20:10:35 GMT -5
Dare I say congratulations?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 20:27:02 GMT -5
I bought a car. I think I'm going to throw up. Noooooo, don't throw up. What car did you buy?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 26, 2019 20:43:58 GMT -5
2012 silver Chevy Impala with less than 100k on it. Dad gave his stamp of approval.
It's going to make things not pretty for awhile. We won't have anything to spare till September when Abby gets in school. Which she should she's born four days before the cut off. If they give me shit I'll murder someone.
I don't like being this tight. We may even be in the red. But my car doesn't have much longer and despite sinking $400 into his DHs might be gone too.
So it's better now before we have no real choice because we need to get to work.
But we may be a one car family for awhile. No way we can afford two payments.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 26, 2019 21:37:03 GMT -5
On vacation this week and cleaning out the basement, donating a lot of shit we do not need. Should have done it back in the fall so we could get the tax write off in 2018 but oh well...
But best part got to spend a lot of time with DD which was awesome and the thought that she may be our only child make me value the time we spend together even more... since I may not get another turn.
Signing her up for Gymboree tomorrow to get her some activity during the week/weekends ($110/month unlimited passes) and come fall she will start Ballet ($200/per session, sessions are 8 weeks). I prefer gymnastic but have not research it yet...
In other news basement leak is more extensive than expected; come upon it while cleaning. Found some rotten wound/literally water around some of the foundations. Calling to get a a second opinion ... this house is turning into a money pit!
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Post by tcu2003 on Jan 27, 2019 1:10:21 GMT -5
Another bloody nose this afternoon. The nurse at the pediatrician ‘s office suggested putting Vaseline on a qTip and putting in each nostril before bed, so I’m going to pick up Vaseline and saline spray tomorrow. I don’t know how much he’ll like either, but maybe one will be tolerable and we can do it before bed for a while to see if it helps.
We have the vaporizer on in his room, and I had DH turn the humidifier up to a higher setting today.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jan 27, 2019 9:15:16 GMT -5
We put down our dog yesterday. He'd been failing for awhile. The vet was like well he hadn't lost weight since December and DH was like I'm feeding him 3 times as much. He lost all bladder control, couldn't hear, was in constant pain, etc. We could have limped him along on meds for a couple of months, but at 15.5, we said this isn't life for him.
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Post by taz157 on Jan 27, 2019 9:17:52 GMT -5
We put down our dog yesterday. He'd been failing for awhile. The vet was like well he hadn't lost weight since December and DH was like I'm feeding him 3 times as much. He lost all bladder control, couldn't hear, was in constant pain, etc. We could have limped him along on meds for a couple of months, but at 15.5, we said this isn't life for him. I’m sorry. He had a long life and I’m sure he knew he was lived by you and your family. ((((Hugs))))
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Post by oped on Jan 27, 2019 9:38:51 GMT -5
DH decided to go down to visit friends yesterday. Don't know if he is coming back this evening or tomorrow, he doesn't know yet either so the girls and I are just chilling at home watching how to train your dragon. YDD is becoming more and more of a mini-me we both are dragon crazy. Dumping out the crystal project we started during the snow days to see how they formed. ODD has become a night owl, she wakes up when I get home, and then is normally up when I am getting ready for work. Checking her online stuff she is doing her school work at like 2 am. Part of me wonders if we should try to adjust her to more of a normal schedule. The other part is going she is getting a good 9 hours of sleep (it is just from 7 am to 4 pm), and then coming down and doing stuff with the family, school work all of that. I don't want unhealthy habits to form, but then I question is having that schedule really unhealthy or just not normal? This homeschooling thing is interesting to say the least. Teenagers natural rhythms are different. If its all good, no problem. Don't make one. Lots of people live their entire lives outside of a 'normal' schedule. Likely this will adjust naturally as her life does. No sense chasing problems. Disclaimer. We are all prone to creative fits in this house. Once over Christmas three of us bumped into each other around 3 am and were like, is it 3 am? ... I will caveat this with a question about her social media... is she talking to people all night long and if so do you know who?
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Post by TheOtherMe on Jan 27, 2019 9:48:24 GMT -5
We put down our dog yesterday. He'd been failing for awhile. The vet was like well he hadn't lost weight since December and DH was like I'm feeding him 3 times as much. He lost all bladder control, couldn't hear, was in constant pain, etc. We could have limped him along on meds for a couple of months, but at 15.5, we said this isn't life for him. So sorry. It's always difficult to do this.
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Post by steph08 on Jan 27, 2019 9:49:42 GMT -5
So sorry about your dog, mutt.
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Post by chapeau on Jan 27, 2019 9:51:44 GMT -5
Very sorry about your dog, mutt.
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Post by geenamercile on Jan 27, 2019 12:31:02 GMT -5
Drama- I am going to say congrats on the car. We have a car payment now too, after years of not having one, but transportation is a need. Hopefully you can enjoy the car and all will balance out.
Mutt- Sorry about your dog. It is always hard to lose a furbaby but you made the right choice.
ODD doesn't seem depressed. Her computer is locked so I can go check it, and we have an admin account that monitors history so it isn't like she can go and delete that. She is on some gaming boards but I review them from time to time too. I have a parent app on her phone that lets me see what she is doing, how long she is on each app, it also allows me to unlock her phone and review it as well. DH doesn't come to bed until around 11 or midnight either, so there are times she is playing video games with him in the family room. Other times it is watching T.V. She does her independent school work from around midnight to 4 am and a lot of the time ends up taking an hour plus long bath before coming down in the morning having tea/eating with me as I get ready for work and then goes to sleep when her sister leaves for school. Sometimes there will be cupcakes or a cake sitting on the counter when I get up so she did some baking. She wakes up around the time her sister gets home, and they goof off for a bit. I come home, we figure out dinner. Go over any areas that she needs help in with her academics. She watches things like Steve Universe and Starr and the forces of Evil, things like that on the internet. She does have some online friends from the Animal Jam game, and she does some online roll playing with the Cat Hunter series on a discord site. They have whole clans, and stories they come up with. I monitor that pretty closely, more then she knows. But nothing that I would worry about as not age appropriate in the stories. Really the stories seem more like the make believe stories that I would expect from children then a preteen. I can see from working in middle school, that in some ways ODD just seems immature. I do think that caused one of the splits with a neighbor friend. Neighbor friend started really getting into boys, and wanting to date, dressing up and her looks ect, and ODD just isn't. Part of me wonders if that was an issue with school too, she just didn't fit into the cultural that seems to be around us and is in the schools. She still wants to just be a kid. And we are okay with letting her be a kid, I already have to many students who want to be mini adults, but I don't want to stunt her either.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 27, 2019 12:42:52 GMT -5
Middle school sucks. I was the one who was "behind" everyone else. My best friends from elementary school ended up ditching me because I was hampering their style.
I was friendless for awhile. Then I met S and we have been friends ever since. She has a daughter Abbys age and I'm scheming to make them BFFs.
We haven't talked for awhile but we picked up right where we left off. I haven't talked to or seen my elementary friends since graduating.
I landed in theater in high school which is nothing but make believe. They were just as weird as I am.
Middle school sucks donkey balls. You're not really a teenager but not a kid either and you're stuck with hundreds of others just like you for 8 hours a day.
ODD will find her tribe eventually. I did and went on to become a functional adult.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jan 27, 2019 12:43:37 GMT -5
I'm going with congratulations for NomoreDramaQ1015.
I'm so sorry, muttleynfelix.
geenamercile, are you able to track her work completion/progress? With our online school, I can track both minutes logged in and completion of assignments. I wouldn't worry about there sleeping schedule as long as she is getting enough sleep. I'd love to not start traditional school until 9:30am. That's what tweens & teenagers need.
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Post by tcu2003 on Jan 27, 2019 12:49:06 GMT -5
I am so sorry about your dog, muttley.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 27, 2019 12:59:28 GMT -5
Sorry about your dog Mutt. It's rough even when they've had a good long life. This is my first car payment ever. The taurus was a $500 unicorn. I inherited my current Impala from my dad for $1k. Dad pointed out that I drive my cars for a LONG time so if I spread the cost of the car over the amount of time I plan to drive it it's not that bad.
I could have tempted fate in regards to my current car but there are no assurances car prices will be better in a year or two, likely they'll be even more inflated. Current car needs a straight foward repair and dad said it should last another year, possibly more if the body doesn't rust out. So if the Pontiac is not able to be saved the plan will be for DH to drive my current car till it dies. If the Pontiac is fixable it's actually in better condition so we'll keep that and scrap the Impala. The goal was to not end up a no car family and we achieved that. I just don't like how close, and possibly over the edge we are going to be for awhile. Also not going to lie I'm pissed at DH for blowing all that money on kratom that would have been a $3k down payment. I know he's thinking the same thing so I'm not going to rub it in his face.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 27, 2019 13:01:17 GMT -5
We put down our dog yesterday. He'd been failing for awhile. The vet was like well he hadn't lost weight since December and DH was like I'm feeding him 3 times as much. He lost all bladder control, couldn't hear, was in constant pain, etc. We could have limped him along on meds for a couple of months, but at 15.5, we said this isn't life for him. My sincere condolences 😢😢😢 So sorry for your family lost ☹️😞
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 27, 2019 13:05:55 GMT -5
Sorry about your dog Mutt. It's rough even when they've had a good long life. This is my first car payment ever. The taurus was a $500 unicorn. I inherited my current Impala from my dad for $1k. Dad pointed out that I drive my cars for a LONG time so if I spread the cost of the car over the amount of time I plan to drive it it's not that bad.
I could have tempted fate in regards to my current car but there are no assurances car prices will be better in a year or two, likely they'll be even more inflated. Current car needs a straight foward repair and dad said it should last another year, possibly more if the body doesn't rust out. So if the Pontiac is not able to be saved the plan will be for DH to drive my current car till it dies. If the Pontiac is fixable it's actually in better condition so we'll keep that and scrap the Impala. The goal was to not end up a no car family and we achieved that. I just don't like how close, and possibly over the edge we are going to be for awhile. Also not going to lie I'm pissed at DH for blowing all that money on kratom that would have been a $3k down payment. I know he's thinking the same thing so I'm not going to rub it in his face.
Ok what did I miss? I thought your DH had a good job? And was promoted? And you had a good job too recently making like 50-60k? What happened? Why are you guys in the red? And what is kratom?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 27, 2019 13:15:04 GMT -5
He hasn't been promoted yet. We're not 100% sure it will happen. He works in a company of only 10 people. The president has to move on before his direct boss can move up and then in turn he can move up. . He should get at least a $1/hr more as a raise this year but he's shooting for more because he is currently the entire sales department and the company is bringing in significant money thanks to his efforts. It is a good job. I quit the hospital back in November. That job was going to kill me. Plus their benefits were ridicously expensive which ate up a lot of the salary increase. Where I am at now I make $5k more than I did at the university which is nothing to sneeze at but it's not a huge increase. Kratom is an "all natural" herb that is being hocked at vape stores and any gas station within spitting distance as a "safe" alternative to opioids. The reason it works though is because it stimulates the same receptors so if you are already an opioid addict guess what you'll be with kratom? It's stupid expensive too. DH was not as bad as some stories I've heard but when I add it up (which I don't do often because it makes me sick) he pretty much wiped out all the extra income I made at the hospital AND all but $500 of our savings AND I ended up adding more credit card debt to the mix to pay the shortages.
He is sober now and is attending NA but the damage financially is done. Having our cars both die at this moment was horrible timing.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jan 27, 2019 13:16:51 GMT -5
I am so sorry about your dog, muttley.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 27, 2019 13:32:38 GMT -5
He hasn't been promoted yet. We're not 100% sure it will happen. He works in a company of only 10 people. The president has to move on before his direct boss can move up and then in turn he can move up. . He should get at least a $1/hr more as a raise this year but he's shooting for more because he is currently the entire sales department and the company is bringing in significant money thanks to his efforts. It is a good job. I quit the hospital back in November. That job was going to kill me. Plus their benefits were ridicously expensive which ate up a lot of the salary increase. Where I am at now I make $5k more than I did at the university which is nothing to sneeze at but it's not a huge increase. Kratom is an "all natural" herb that is being hocked at vape stores and any gas station within spitting distance as a "safe" alternative to opioids. The reason it works though is because it stimulates the same receptors so if you are already an opioid addict guess what you'll be with kratom? It's stupid expensive too. DH was not as bad as some stories I've heard but when I add it up (which I don't do often because it makes me sick) he pretty much wiped out all the extra income I made at the hospital AND all but $500 of our savings AND I ended up adding more credit card debt to the mix to pay the shortages.
He is sober now and is attending NA but the damage financially is done. Having our cars both die at this moment was horrible timing.
I have missed a lot, I am so sorry! Glad he is sober now and getting help! Keep your head up and keep moving forward.
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