Thhhhhhursssssday

[britterrss]

Dec 8, 2016 20:49:35 GMT -5 chocolate said:

MH is a prick. Last night I went up to bed and he came up about 5 min after me. Right after he got in the room DD started stirring and crying, which I was brushing my teeth so I don't know if he was noisy coming up or what. I partially blame him for waking her, but whatever. So I go in there and she's instantly fine for me to hold her, passes out, but gets ticked the second I move and want to put her down. We go through this for like an hour, and I did change and nurse her as well to see if that would do it. No. Clearly she just wanted me. So finally I put her down and go in my room and wake up H and made him go in. He was super annoyed but I figured if I sent him in she'd give up and go to sleep. Which she did, after he rocked her for a while but she at least let him put her down and then slept the rest of the night.

Since coming home from work tonight he's mentioned it twice, how it was annoying and unnecessary to wake him since I was already up. This is the first time in DD's almost 10 months of life that he's had to do any sort of MOTN wake, and it was 11pm for crying out loud. It was supposed to be a work day for me and I got up and ready like normal (plus my alarm goes off 45 min before his). He's being a jerk about it and has absolutely no valid argument. And he's stubborn so he won't listen to me explain why I made him go in. I'm not interested in speaking to him for the rest of tonight. Or tomorrow.

Tell him "too bad! I did it and I'll do it again!" 😜

[rivers and roads]

chocolate, what an ass move. Welcome to parenthood, even when it's not convenient.

[leahks77]

chocolate you and I can sit together tonight. No boys allowed. They're the worst.

[tkford216]

Dec 8, 2016 20:52:35 GMT -5 britterrss said:

Dec 8, 2016 20:49:35 GMT -5 chocolate said:

MH is a prick. Last night I went up to bed and he came up about 5 min after me. Right after he got in the room DD started stirring and crying, which I was brushing my teeth so I don't know if he was noisy coming up or what. I partially blame him for waking her, but whatever. So I go in there and she's instantly fine for me to hold her, passes out, but gets ticked the second I move and want to put her down. We go through this for like an hour, and I did change and nurse her as well to see if that would do it. No. Clearly she just wanted me. So finally I put her down and go in my room and wake up H and made him go in. He was super annoyed but I figured if I sent him in she'd give up and go to sleep. Which she did, after he rocked her for a while but she at least let him put her down and then slept the rest of the night.

Since coming home from work tonight he's mentioned it twice, how it was annoying and unnecessary to wake him since I was already up. This is the first time in DD's almost 10 months of life that he's had to do any sort of MOTN wake, and it was 11pm for crying out loud. It was supposed to be a work day for me and I got up and ready like normal (plus my alarm goes off 45 min before his). He's being a jerk about it and has absolutely no valid argument. And he's stubborn so he won't listen to me explain why I made him go in. I'm not interested in speaking to him for the rest of tonight. Or tomorrow.

Tell him "too bad! I did it and I'll do it again!" 😜

Yes. And every time he whines about, two more nights get added. Suck it up, daddy! You were part of the night time shenanigans that got you here; now you get to be a part of different night time shenanigans.

[mrssmith613]

Dec 8, 2016 19:35:17 GMT -5 leahks77 said:

So, SO stayed home today so I could sleep after work since Lu couldn't go to school. I've had a few days where I've had to pick them up on no sleep and it's just sucked. And I've called out to stay home too. He has sick days to use anyways. What a GD waste. Ugh. I got 2 hours of sleep before I heard her crying and could tell from her sound she felt awful. Took her temp and it was 101.5 (axillary, so higher than that any other way). Apparently he had taken it and gotten a lower reading and just trusted the thermometer. No. trust your hands if she feels that hot! He's a smart guy. Why does he do such dumb stuff sometimes?!? Vent over.
In happy news, we decorated our tree and it's pretty and L loves staring at it. Also, I work tomorrow and then have 4 nights off so YAY!

I give you major props for working nights. Whenever I work a night I feel sick to my stomach around 4am and I'm an awful day sleeper.

[chocolate]

Dec 8, 2016 21:24:36 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

chocolate, what an ass move. Welcome to parenthood, even when it's not convenient.

Right...I always get the whole "work" excuse but I work too! And today I got up for work! I couldn't sit in the chair with her all night.

[chocolate]

leahks77 yes always trust your hands! This is why I don't get too caught up over the forehead thermometer, because I can usually tell myself anyway.

[trtlcrzy]

chocolate TP to him. I would tell him to kiss my ass, personally. Lol

[trtlcrzy]

leahks77 sorry you didn't get much sleep. I hope little miss is feeling better in the morning, poor girl.

[trtlcrzy]

I have a question for the nurses: if a fever is high does that mean it's bacterial automatically? Once when H was sick a nurse or PA or somebody told me that.

[britterrss]

Dec 8, 2016 22:32:41 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

I have a question for the nurses: if a fever is high does that mean it's bacterial automatically? Once when H was sick a nurse or PA or somebody told me that.

Not a nurse but I don't believe that's true. The body makes a fever to fight any invaders. You get a high fever with flu and viral meningitis also.

[musicalsilver]

Dec 8, 2016 22:32:41 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

I have a question for the nurses: if a fever is high does that mean it's bacterial automatically? Once when H was sick a nurse or PA or somebody told me that.

Also not a nurse, but this is definitely wrong.

Good example in kids: roseola. Scary high fevers ... and a virus.

DD's last bought with fever (in the 103s) - deemed to be a virus.

Flu ... virus.

And lots and lots of others. Fever is just one way your body tries to fight infection. It's actually a really good way to fight viruses, as it makes them replicate less.

[trtlcrzy]

Thanks for the responses. I think, if memory serves me right, that it was a nurse on the phone whom I called the morning after H woke up MOTN with a fever of 104. She said anything over 103 at her age I should bring her in because it's probably bacterial if it's that high. Or something like that. I obviously am questioning what she said.

[rivers and roads]

Fevers are so fascinating to me.

They're sad, and I'm okay to not see them frequently, but so cool.

[rivers and roads]

Dec 8, 2016 23:37:06 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

Thanks for the responses. I think, if memory serves me right, that it was a nurse on the phone whom I called the morning after H woke up MOTN with a fever of 104. She said anything over 103 at her age I should bring her in because it's probably bacterial if it's that high. Or something like that. I obviously am questioning what she said.

Our office was unconcerned about X's 103.9, which seemed crazy to me. What is the cut off?

[trtlcrzy]

Dec 8, 2016 23:39:05 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

Dec 8, 2016 23:37:06 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

Thanks for the responses. I think, if memory serves me right, that it was a nurse on the phone whom I called the morning after H woke up MOTN with a fever of 104. She said anything over 103 at her age I should bring her in because it's probably bacterial if it's that high. Or something like that. I obviously am questioning what she said.

Our office was unconcerned about Xavier's 103.9, which seemed crazy to me. What is the cut off?

This is what google tells me:


However, I do think you can bring a child in too early. Back in January, when this high fever happened: the fever started on Thursday, wasn't that high at that point. I brought her in to the pedi on Friday, he checked her over and determining it was likely a virus and to bring her back in if she wasn't feeling better by monday (I brought her in because I didn't want to end up at acute care over the weekend). Saturday night, MOTN, she had the 104 fever so I chose to take her to acute care on Sunday. She was then diagnosed with a bad double EI and strep. Her ears were perfectly fine on Friday. If I had just waited then I wouldn't have wasted our time and co-insurance.

[leahks77]

Dec 8, 2016 22:32:41 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

I have a question for the nurses: if a fever is high does that mean it's bacterial automatically? Once when H was sick a nurse or PA or somebody told me that.

Already answered but definitely false. Strange info.
Speaking of fevers, Lu finally doesn't have one. But it's been coming back around nap time so I'm not holding my breath yet. I might call if it does, because this is day 3 (and a half, since it started overnight). Ugh. Poor girl.

[leahks77]

Dec 8, 2016 23:39:05 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

Dec 8, 2016 23:37:06 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

Thanks for the responses. I think, if memory serves me right, that it was a nurse on the phone whom I called the morning after H woke up MOTN with a fever of 104. She said anything over 103 at her age I should bring her in because it's probably bacterial if it's that high. Or something like that. I obviously am questioning what she said.

Our office was unconcerned about Xavier's 103.9, which seemed crazy to me. What is the cut off?

Our dr follows a similar thing to what trtlcrzy posted, but I also know that kids spike much higher fevers than adults. So while they want to know about it, as long as baby is having wet diapers, is eating, and isn't having any other unusual symptoms, and the fever is responding to meds, they are pretty unconcerned.

[musicalsilver]

Dec 9, 2016 8:21:50 GMT -5 leahks77 said:

Dec 8, 2016 23:39:05 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

Our office was unconcerned about Xavier's 103.9, which seemed crazy to me. What is the cut off?

Our dr follows a similar thing to what trtlcrzy posted, but I also know that kids spike much higher fevers than adults. So while they want to know about it, as long as baby is having wet diapers, is eating, and isn't having any other unusual symptoms, and the fever is responding to meds, they are pretty unconcerned.

This. When DD's was up at 103.7 I was starting to get a little concerned, and they said not to worry about the number, just treat the symptoms. So don't even medicate if they're acting happy/normal and let the fever do its job. Lol at that, because DD was definitely a mess when her fever was up that high.

I think they just like to rule out EIs with high fevers in the 6-12m range because they're so common and can impede speech development. At least that's why I figure they want to see them.