SIDEBAR #51 - Arias/Alexander forum

[neesaki]

I an not feeling well today, slept most of the day. The weather is just miserable here and calling for all the rains and storms from Tropical Storm Bill settle in tomorrow and stick around far a few days. It's so hot/muggy outside it is causing my o2 stat rates drop down and makes me so very tired. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.

I'm with you coffeejunkie, I've been so tired since we returned from vacation. I have absolutely no energy And it's so hot and humid, and now we have Tropical Storm Bill too. Poured rain all day today, but then started clearing off late this evening and it's been nice. Maybe things are looking up, hopefully for everyone who feels under the weather.

 

[neesaki]

The suction bulb was the old fashion nose sucker. And they didn't do any x rays or scans the night of the wreck. The dr. at Childrens say the healing is around that time, so it could of been before r shortly after. I guess we'll never know. She has had all kinds of scans and x rays on Monday when she got there. During the endoscopic (how I hate auto correct) yesterday they said that the tears didn't need repairing , that they would heal on their own. We've heard that she has a pik line in her leg and a tube down her nose for now.

Little mama met with the detectives this morning and they want to know if she trusts new daddy with Lily. She said they tried to get her to say she thought he hurt her on purpose.

They dr. opinion is (unless it changes in the final report) is that it happened as new daddy said and that he hurt her doing the suction and pounding on her back in panic. The blood coming up was from the suction bulb making the first tear, and he panicked and suction her three more times, each time getting more blood and he called 911. I don't know if the detectives are satisfied with that answer.

We've heard that they will have to take parenting classes, which is the normal process in getting Lily back from CPS, in the mean time my other niece and her daughter cleaned her clean home (I think it's more nerves. Our family tends to clean and cook in times like these) in case Lily goes there. She told her husband to get ready for a baby or little mama, that they were getting one of them.

I want to believe this explanation - but kinda holding my breath in case it wasn't an accident and someone got away with it this time and the next time the outcome may be far worse.

I'm still wondering about new daddy's mother and her "mental and criminal records". She's given up three children (or had them taken away from her?) starting at age sixteen when her parents told her to give the baby up because the father was black (Lily is bi racial, and so far we're not impressed with her straight hair, We want curls. I guess our playing dress up with be braids and ponytails) and the next two that she gave up for whatever reason. Then she had four more ( all girls so far) then new daddy her only son. New daddy's father stabbed the mother several times and has been in prison for that and a lot of other reason we don't know since new daddy was very young. New daddy is the only one that has anything to do with her. One daughter found her, and her mother took her checkbook and cleaned out her bank account. None of the other girls have anything to do with her.

I know we can't pick ( even though we picked Pop for Loli and wasn't going to let him go. There is a story of madness and murder and Loli sixteen and pregnant by a sociopath who killed his mother on Mothers Day (aunt who had been raising him when his mother committed suicide when he was three), and Pop falling in love with Loli and supporting and marrying her and raising her son. We'll discuss nurture v nature another time. I say nature in this case) boyfriends and spouses and the baggage they might bring Or their parents. I know even through all we've been through in our lives we're pretty decent folks. We're clean hardworking middle class who take care of our children and grandchildren, not one of us have had CPS or anyone declared our homes unfit or a person to be kept away from them. I don't understand people sometimes.

Also Zuri if you could ask your husband about a virus that is going around in the metroplex. My brother called and told my sister that his grandson and son had a virus that caused blisters and his son had blisters on his feet. Lily did go to her pedi for a upper respiratory infection two weeks ago with a slight temp and then the blisters. I've looked online but the photo's I've seen aren't like what was on Lily's arm.

BendPages, have you considered doing a back ground check on the new daddy's mother ? I don't think it's that expensive, and is readily available on the internet. At least last time I checked. Or you could get a PI to do it if you didn't want to do it yourself. Just a thought. (((hugs)))

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Pages, I will ask him tomorrow first thing. What came to mind was hoof, hand and mouth disease which is actually a virus. Can you describe the blisters or bites for me as best you can? Color? Raised or flat? Pattern? Size? Diameter? Location?

They didn't look like enterovirus that I found online. The blisters was only on her left arm. The first at the elbow, the second one about an inch further down her forearm. There were only two of them. They were not round, but more long, about as big as my little finger nail, and now their gone. Her pedi said it was an allergic reaction to what ever, but the blisters had a yellow sticky (serum?) substance when the first one burst? and the four little what I call pimples? in a square above the first blister. So I'm leaning towards a bite. My brother's son (twenty seven) and grandson (ten months) had it at the same time three weeks ago, with my nephew having it worse and on his feet, so that might of been the enterovirus. Alex saw Lily for the first time Mothers Day, so that would be a long incubation time wouldn't it? I think little mama has her pedi on speed dial and has been in to see him about every week or several times a week, but I chalk that up to being a new mama, and she may of picked up something there.

The thing about the nose sucker in the first story was Lily was so congested that he had to clear her nose during a bath ( they give her one in the kitchen sink with the sprayer to rinse her off.. I have no problem with that) ,and she started chocking so he put the sucker in her mouth to clear it and panicked when blood came up. Could he get the bulb that far down in her throat doing that? We hadn't seen any nasal congestion or drainage, but she had been to the dr. for what we used to call a slight cold, the week before, and it was saline and nose sucking.

My sister and I do have a concern that little mama says Lily sleeps twelve hours, and I wonder if new daddy or his mother may be giving her bendryl or something to make her sleep. He picks them up at midnight at Loli-Pop's and they go to his mothers apartment and back to bed, until they get up and he takes her to work at eight. I can see him being tired and being rough with her and losing it. He's also under pressure since he found a job a month ago ( two weeks after little mama went back to work) and we were picking up Lily from him and driving to Plano to get little mama. We asked him last week if he could bring her to us since his job is on the way to us, and Pop started picking up little mama and they'd come get Lily , and I don't know if that is an added stress of getting her and him dressed and to us.

Little mama was beside her self when she called her grandma yesterday. She said that they were running late and left Lily with his mother for the first time. So I think in the back of her mind she's not really on board with an accident by new daddy.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Thank God my post posted instead of being lost forever.

Neesaki, the police have already done that. She has a trail of mental and criminal records. We have no idea what they are, but because of them her apartment has been deemed "unfit for a child under eighteen. It wasn't dirty or unsafe other than her.

 

[coffeejunkie]

Link: pic

SUGAR TIME

Sugar in the morning
Sugar in the evening
Sugar at suppertime
Be my little sugar
And love me all the time

Honey in the morning
Honey in the evening
Honey at suppertime
So by my little honey
And love me all the time

Put your arms around me
And swear by stars above
You'll be mine forever
In a heaven of love

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Sugar in the evening
Sugar at suppertime
Be my little sugar
And love me all the time

Now Sugartime
Is anytime
That you're near
'Cause you're so dear
So don't you roam
Just be my honeycomb
And live in a heaven of love.

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Sugar in the evening
Sugar at suppertime
Be my little sugar
And love me all the time

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And love me (love me)
All (all), all the time

(Sugartime, sugartime) Sugartime!

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[coffeejunkie]

Did You Know
1. Kosher salt and lemons to clean your chopping board without leaving any chemicals.
2. Baking soda can be a great solution for cleaning your sofa.
3. Vinegar and baking soda can be a great combo for cleaning your oven.
4. Use a razor to remove paint from clothes.
5. Clean your blinds with a 50-50 vinegar and water mixture and an old sock.
6. Use your hairdryer to remove water rings from wooden surfaces and refresh them with olive oil.
7. Oil stains can be removed from the carpet with baking soda.
8. Use lemons to remove stains from faucets.
9. Use one teaspoon of liquid soap, a few drops of antibacterial oils, and baking soda mixed with water to create a paste to clean the tub with.
10. Use sea salt to clean iron dishes/skillets.
11. Clean stainless steel appliances with cream of tartar.
12. Protect your baseboards from hair and dust with dryer sheets.
13. Use chalk before you wash your clothes to clean greasy stains quickly.
14. Use your old toothbrush (washed) to clean your keyboard.
15. Use duct tape and vinegar to perfectly clean your toilet.
16. Use vegetable oil and baking soda on a toothbrush to clean your cabinet doors.
17. Use rubbing alcohol and a microfiber cloth to remove nail polish from the carpet.
18. Clean your grater by grating raw chunks of potato.
19. Use a squeegee to remove hairs from the carpet.
20. Use steel wool to clean your curling iron.
21. Coffee stains are a breeze to clean with baking soda.
22. Use a ball of aluminum foil with a bit of dish soap to scrub glass baking dishes clean.
23. Play dough can be used to remove spilled glitter.
24. Clean up your makeup brushes with baby shampoo and hang them to dry to avoid mold.
26. Use some Coca Cola to clean oil stains off your garage floors. (Yeah, this works!)
27. Shoe polish can hide the scratches in leather furniture (be sure to use appropriate colors and rub off any excess well).
28. Baking soda and bleach can clean the grimiest grout in your bathroom.
29. Fill your blender with water, add a couple of drops of dish soap, blend for a few seconds, then rinse.
30. Broken glass can be picked up by pressing a piece of bread on it.


*10. Use sea salt to clean iron dishes/skillets.
I inheartied my grandma's collection of iron skillets/pots when my mom passed away and this does work! Only thing grandma used for cleaning was salt and then she oiled them. Nothing fries chicked better than an iron skillet or makes a big pot of chili - yummy!! My fav food is chili, even in the summer! lol

 

[coffeejunkie]

DID YOU KNOW
Spider monkeys like banana daiquiris
Male monkeys lose the hair on their heads in the same way men do.
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
All bonobo chimpanzees are bisexual!
A male baboon can kill a leopard.
Sheep can recognize other sheep from pictures!
Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1
The bagpipe was first made from the liver of a sheep.
A spider's silk is stronger than steel.
All spiders have fangs.
Harrison Ford has a species of spider named after him!
Not all spiders spin webs.
Spiders are not insects, spiders have 8 legs while insects only have 6 legs.
Spiders belongs to the class Arachnida while insects are found in the Insecta class.
Spiders have transparent blood.
There are more than 30,000 species of spiders.
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!
Sandra Bullock is allergic to horses!
There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses!
A goldfish is the only animal that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light.
A marine catfish can taste with any part of its body.
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
A tuna fish can swim 100 miles in a single day!
Goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
Goldfish remember better in cold water than warm water.
Some species of fish have voices!
The lifespan of the common goldfish is over 20 years!
The lungfish can live out of water for three years in a state of suspended animation.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards.
Large kangaroos can cover more than 30 feet with each jump!
The faster a kangaroo hops, the less energy it burns!
A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
A rat can go without water longer than a camel can.
A rodent's teeth never stop growing.
According to scientific studies, a rat's performance in a maze can be improved by playing music written by Mozart.
Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.
Rats can't vomit, that's why rat poison works.
Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
Ants do not sleep
The ant can lift things 10 times its own weight.
The study of ants is called Myrmecology.
There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.

 

[coffeejunkie]

The Lego Hotel In Florida Has Finally Opened Its Doors… And It’s Everything You Could’ve Imagined

http://lightersideofrealestate.com/real-estate-life/cool-stuff/legoland-hotel-in-florida

amazing pics!!

 

[coffeejunkie]

Cant believe my video posted!! Must have been an accident, a one of a kind thingy lol

well it was good while it lasted...it doesn't play

 

[Dmacky]

Cant believe my video posted!! Must have been an accident, a one of a kind thingy lol

well it was good while it lasted...it doesn't play

cj ~ ONLY because the owner wants you to play it only on YouTube, it says
playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner
But you can play it from the link you provided directly under it. :smile:

 

[Dmacky]

cj ~ I always look forward to your did you knows, but this one has me really confused.
Use duct tape and vinegar to perfectly clean your toilet. lol

 

[Susza]

Very happy to know you'll get the sweatshirt, Niner. Quel beau souvenir!

However, I am shocked to learn that one of the docs seems to have done a tragic error. No words...

Thanks for the blog. I have no time to read it now but saw the pics - how beautiful!

 

[Spellbound]

cj ~ I always look forward to your did you knows, but this one has me really confused.
Use duct tape and vinegar to perfectly clean your toilet. lol

http://lilluna.com/how-to-keep-your-toilet-clean/
I found this demonstration/explanation for using duct tape and vinegar. I never heard of it, either. It seems much too intense for me, and I would have to stand on my head to find the little "ducts" under the rim to duct tape. Basically, turn off water, flush to drain, add vinegar, clean under rim, duct tape the spray ducts, scrub, let stand overnight .......

 

[Spellbound]

I saw this in the signature of a post by GGE .... I hope it is OK to copy it for those who have this problem (it is one I have not encountered yet):

GGE:
Getting the grey box of doom and can't post/edit/reply? Go here and disable javascript, it's like a whole new computer when you're done! http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-JavaScript - note, this will affect usability of many web pages including faccebook. I'd suggest toggling javascript off only for WS use and back on for all other sites if you try this.

 

[Zuri]

Pages, I asked DH MD about Lily's blisters. Hoof, Hand and Mouth, aka Fifth's Disease has blisters to the mouth, sole of feet and palms only. Sounds like new daddy was doing some aggressive suctioning and probably panicked. I am glad he is taking parenting classes as typically one doesn't need to use such forceful back blows that crack the cartilage. But Bless him, he called 911 and that just tells me that his intentions were good.

Sleeping 12 hours? A 3 month old? I agree That is atypical and that made me wonder about nutrition. Babies will start to sleep maybe 4-6 hours a night once they reach a certain weight. You may be right about the Benadryl drops. I can see that woman sedating Lily as she didn't want her sleep disturbed .

It must be such a relief to little mama to have such wonderful, lovely and knowledgeable mamas like you there for resources. I had no idea how to give my new born son a bath and was really scared. Fortunately, my DH could show me. Babies are so tiny!

 

[coffeejunkie]

cj ~ I always look forward to your did you knows, but this one has me really confused.
Use duct tape and vinegar to perfectly clean your toilet. lol

That one didn't make sense to me either!! LOL Might try and see what I can come up with on this one myself!! Will let you know...

 

[coffeejunkie]

http://lilluna.com/how-to-keep-your-toilet-clean/
I found this demonstration/explanation for using duct tape and vinegar. I never heard of it, either. It seems much too intense for me, and I would have to stand on my head to find the little "ducts" under the rim to duct tape. Basically, turn off water, flush to drain, add vinegar, clean under rim, duct tape the spray ducts, scrub, let stand overnight .......

well...who knew!?! Changed my mind...NOT trying this :laughing:

 

[Dmacky]

http://lilluna.com/how-to-keep-your-toilet-clean/
I found this demonstration/explanation for using duct tape and vinegar. I never heard of it, either. It seems much too intense for me, and I would have to stand on my head to find the little "ducts" under the rim to duct tape. Basically, turn off water, flush to drain, add vinegar, clean under rim, duct tape the spray ducts, scrub, let stand overnight .......

Thanks Spell. Too much work for me....
That aint gonna happen at my house. :smile:

 

[Spellbound]

well...who knew!?! Changed my mind...NOT trying this :laughing:

I figure hubby's power washer might do just as good, and clean the entire room and myself all at the same time. A real time saver. :giggle:

 

[Dmacky]

I figure hubby's power washer might do just as good, and clean the entire room and myself all at the same time. A real time saver. :giggle:

:lol: