Comments on: one sick mother (and child) http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/ i will NOT scribble on the children Sat, 19 May 2012 03:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Motherhood & Maternity http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-17240 Motherhood & Maternity Wed, 09 May 2007 14:50:56 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-17240 Motherhood is not a simple, but unqiue time in life. It changes so many things and the way how you see the world. It is interesting to participate in the experiences of other women. Cheers Lisa Motherhood is not a simple, but unqiue time in life. It changes so many things and the way how you see the world. It is interesting to participate in the experiences of other women.

Cheers
Lisa

]]> By: Redneck Mommy http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11751 Redneck Mommy Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:47:42 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11751 Good going O!!! Yay! It won't be long before you will be chasing him down the hall trying to get him to sit still long enough to put on his socks. And I hope the ick leaves you both in time for your flight. Good going O!!!

Yay!

It won’t be long before you will be chasing him down the hall trying to get him to sit still long enough to put on his socks.

And I hope the ick leaves you both in time for your flight.

]]> By: Poopydigs http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11740 Poopydigs Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:12:04 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11740 we travel next week, and I'm beside myself with worry and excitement. I wish us both luck. I have a 13-hour flight, but it's at night, so I'm crossing my fingers that Ella will sleep through at least half of it. -ems we travel next week, and I’m beside myself with worry and excitement.

I wish us both luck. I have a 13-hour flight, but it’s at night, so I’m crossing my fingers that Ella will sleep through at least half of it.

-ems

]]> By: Mad Hatter http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11733 Mad Hatter Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:32:11 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11733 Did you just say "douche bag"? This crush just gets bigger. I've flown a lot with Miss M but never more than 6 hours. It can be a challenge but the trip is entirely worth it. I hope the ick clears up in time. Did you just say “douche bag”? This crush just gets bigger.

I’ve flown a lot with Miss M but never more than 6 hours. It can be a challenge but the trip is entirely worth it. I hope the ick clears up in time.

]]> By: e http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11647 e Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:48:58 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11647 I once saw a very nice cabin attendant help ease a poor little guy's ear pain by taking a cloth, running tea water over it, wringing it out and putting it in the bottom of a disposable cup, which she promptly held against the kid's ear. It seemed to clear the congestion and was a fun game, although to be fair I was a spectator and not the poor child with a stranger shoving a hot cup onto my head. Also, I was a fan of the regular dosing of my little sister with various kid-friendly drugs when we went travelling as children. She hated travelling anywhere until she was old enough to buy candy, and with some judicious pre-K pushing she'd sleep all the way. Just in case, I'll have tissues and germ-killer waiting with me on the ramp at Heathrow, and some hot tea and whisky for the tube ride into town for any residual ick that isn't confiscated at customs and immigration. I once saw a very nice cabin attendant help ease a poor little guy’s ear pain by taking a cloth, running tea water over it, wringing it out and putting it in the bottom of a disposable cup, which she promptly held against the kid’s ear. It seemed to clear the congestion and was a fun game, although to be fair I was a spectator and not the poor child with a stranger shoving a hot cup onto my head. Also, I was a fan of the regular dosing of my little sister with various kid-friendly drugs when we went travelling as children. She hated travelling anywhere until she was old enough to buy candy, and with some judicious pre-K pushing she’d sleep all the way.

Just in case, I’ll have tissues and germ-killer waiting with me on the ramp at Heathrow, and some hot tea and whisky for the tube ride into town for any residual ick that isn’t confiscated at customs and immigration.

]]> By: slouching mom http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11636 slouching mom Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:44:22 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11636 Hah! Still laughing at this: <i>you ungrateful bovine</i> Congrats. on O's wonderful milestone, and on the nomination. Good stuff, my friend. As for advice, none here. I don't think anything really works but time. Maybe it will be gone by the time you have to leave. Have a fabulous trip. And if you want to know how <i>not</i> to travel with kids in Europe, click <a href="http://www.slouchingmom.com/2007/01/just-one-of-host-of-reasons-you-cannot.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hah! Still laughing at this:

you ungrateful bovine

Congrats. on O’s wonderful milestone, and on the nomination. Good stuff, my friend.

As for advice, none here. I don’t think anything really works but time. Maybe it will be gone by the time you have to leave.

Have a fabulous trip. And if you want to know how not to travel with kids in Europe, click here.

]]> By: Oh, The Joys http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11633 Oh, The Joys Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:29:43 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11633 Ugh. I have it too. Ugh. I have it too.

]]> By: Christy http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11632 Christy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:27:55 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11632 Being sick sucks. Having a sick baby is pure torture. I am jealous of your trip to Europe, yet at the same time I am glad I won't be on that plane. HA! Good luck with your trip! And your ick... Being sick sucks. Having a sick baby is pure torture. I am jealous of your trip to Europe, yet at the same time I am glad I won’t be on that plane. HA!

Good luck with your trip! And your ick…

]]> By: mamatulip http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11629 mamatulip Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:10:02 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11629 Oh, ick. Sorry you have the ick, both of you. I hope, by the weekend, you're feeling much better. The first steps, and the Blogging nomination? CONGRATS! Oh, ick. Sorry you have the ick, both of you. I hope, by the weekend, you’re feeling much better.

The first steps, and the Blogging nomination? CONGRATS!

]]> By: Peter Rukavina http://cribchronicles.com/2007/04/17/one-sick-mother-and-child/comment-page-1/#comment-11604 Peter Rukavina Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:04:01 +0000 http://cribchronicles.com/?p=105#comment-11604 When we flew to Thailand with our own O in 2002 (when he was 16 months old) we saw some parents give their child Gravol before the Toronto to Chicago leg of the trip and quietly thought them to be barbaric drug pushers. When we arrived in Thailand a seeming eternity later (Chicago - San Francisco - Tokyo - Bangkok), and checked into our hotel and found that Oliver, after having slept most of the way on the plane, was raring to go and not disposed at all to sleep, whereas we were both catatonic, we guiltily slipped him some Gravol to knock him out enough so that we could all get some rest. The alternative would have been insanity. Oliver has always been a good flier -- ears have never bothered him, etc. We've always had the luck to be able to strap him in his car seat in an airplane seat of his own, which is really the only reasonable way to fly long distances, even if you do have to buy another ticket. I've always found that we're much more tired, grumpy, jet-lagged, afraid, etc. than he is. The thing that's never factored into the pre-travel with children worries is that the mere fact of the wonder of travel changes your state of mind and gives you super-powers as a parent that you don't usually have at your disposal. By the way, the "ick" has passed through our family now: Catherine had it for two weeks, a week later I caught it and it stayed for two weeks, a week later Oliver caught it and he's through week one. Coughing, sore throat, and more mucous than I care to contemplate. It passes. When we flew to Thailand with our own O in 2002 (when he was 16 months old) we saw some parents give their child Gravol before the Toronto to Chicago leg of the trip and quietly thought them to be barbaric drug pushers.

When we arrived in Thailand a seeming eternity later (Chicago – San Francisco – Tokyo – Bangkok), and checked into our hotel and found that Oliver, after having slept most of the way on the plane, was raring to go and not disposed at all to sleep, whereas we were both catatonic, we guiltily slipped him some Gravol to knock him out enough so that we could all get some rest. The alternative would have been insanity.

Oliver has always been a good flier — ears have never bothered him, etc. We’ve always had the luck to be able to strap him in his car seat in an airplane seat of his own, which is really the only reasonable way to fly long distances, even if you do have to buy another ticket. I’ve always found that we’re much more tired, grumpy, jet-lagged, afraid, etc. than he is.

The thing that’s never factored into the pre-travel with children worries is that the mere fact of the wonder of travel changes your state of mind and gives you super-powers as a parent that you don’t usually have at your disposal.

By the way, the “ick” has passed through our family now: Catherine had it for two weeks, a week later I caught it and it stayed for two weeks, a week later Oliver caught it and he’s through week one. Coughing, sore throat, and more mucous than I care to contemplate. It passes.

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