Hard knock life

When we celebrated the new year with the kiddos, we drank sparkling apple cider out of plastic wine goblets and made ginger bread cookies.  The kiddies went out around 10:30pm while we tried to find live coverage of the ball dropping in New York.  To our dismay we didn’t find it, darned Internet!  Oh well.  I go upstairs to hear a choir of snoring children all snuggled on the floor with our dogs, verycute. 

Fast forward a few weeks and I’ve noticed a few occasions where my oldest is chewing gum or the smell of sweet bubble gum.  I’m thinking to myself, I didn’t buy any gum and neither did anyone else…where did this gum come from?  One day I see all thee of my”angels” chewing away and leap into the abyss by asking what everyone wants to know.  Clearing throat.  Um..Denali, where did you get that gum?  Silas quickly pipes in.  She took it!  What?!  You mean she stole it?  Yup.

My daughter is a thief.  Dear Lord!  I was so not ready for this day, ever to come.  She took the gum I told her she couldn’t get because she had money at home and she could get the gum next time she remembered her $$.  I realize that I am a trusting and often not observant mom but she has always respected my decision when it came down to it.  I also (slightly)  understand that she really wanted the gum and doesn’t understand fully what she has done.

So the next time I go to this store I talk to the one of the clerks, in hushed tones because I am way embarrassed to ask the questions “Who do I talk to?  Should I bring her in and have her pay for it?”.  The clerk is really nice about it and tells me to bring her in to talk to the manager.  This should “teach” her a lesson.  I am dreading taking her there.  I’m not sure what I’ll do, cry or laugh?!  I am realizing more and more my children’s autonomy.  It’s kind of scary.

Has anyone else experienced this?  What did you do?

Liar..liar MOM!

Come on kids!  We gotta go!  Silas has a dentist appointment and were walking there, so lets go, go, go!  Mom, I don’t want to go to the dentist!  Silas all they are going to do this time is put a spacer in your mouth.  Why?  So when the new tooth grows in it will have room to come in.   Why?  Denali-Mom just told you, to make room for your other tooth to grow in! OK, thanks Denali.  So your just gonna be in and out.  Its gonna be quick.  No numbing gel? No.  No shots? No.  Jaeden get your shoes on!  I don’t want to go.  What?!  This is not an option, lets go.  Mommy I want to stay here and watch Shark boy and Lava girl!  We can watch the rest when we get back OK?  No.  Come here you.  Here’s your shoes..shove, shove and you need to listen to mommy or no movie when we get back. Whimper…OK mommy. 

Mom, come on, were ready!  OK, I was just helping Jaeden, lets go.  Walking through the neighborhood, avoiding cars, we arrive at the dentist.  Hi, where here for Silas’s appointment.  Oh, good we finished up early.  Silas, come on back.  OK, Jaeden and Denali we can read a book while Silas gets’ his spacer put in.  Denali-I can’t find the tooth fairy book we were reading last time.  OK, well find another book.  Jaeden-Can I ride my scooter?  Where?  Outside, not around cars.  I won’t get ran over.  No.  We will be gone soon and you can ride your scooter then.  Denali-Here read this.  OK.  The Real Tooth Fairy.  Oh good you found another tooth fairy book.  “Elise was listening to the story when one of her teeth fell out.  This was her first tooth that she had lost and she could hardly wait until the story was over to share her news.  The teacher finished the story and told everyone to get ready for recess.  Elise showed all her friends her tooth.  Wow , Elise, now you get to put it under your pillow and the tooth fairy will come.”  Excuse me.  Yes.  Silas has another abscess.

WHAT!?  Really?  OMG!  Come with me and I will show you.  O K.  See right there, its on the opposite side of the first one.  Oh, baby, I’m sorry.  I had no idea.  Mommy, I don’t want a abscess.  I know.  Is this why you didn’t want to come?  Was it hurting?  Yeah.  Well the dentist is going to have to take it out to help you.  Nooo!  Do you remember when he took out the other one and how good you felt after wards?  Yeah.  Dentist-Were going to prep for removal, get the numbing gel, blah, blah ,blah…He’s gonna do the same thing like last time.  Here, Silas put the nose mask on and breathe through your nose.  OK.  Denali can you get the book and we will read with Silas?  Ok mom.  Silas were going to take another picture of your tooth.  Open up.  OK.  Beep.  Good job.  What’s that?  Its the numbing gel.  I hate numbing gel!  Noo.  It’s OK honey.  I’m gonna go and sit with Denali and Jaeden.  Assistant-OK, I thinks that’s a good Idea.  Is there a way to avoid getting abscess teeth?  Assistant at the front desk-Sometimes the cavity that is filled is so deep like the 2 he had, they were so close to the nerve it becomes a infection at any time or not.  There’s not really any way to know.  I feel so bad.  I saw his mouth last night and this morning I didn’t.  It just appeared like last time.  Assistant-Were not judging you.  I just feel so bad.  Maybe this will help him learn the importance of brushing even more so.  Maybe.

Screams are faintly heard from the room and a couple minutes later Silas appears from the room.  Small tears at each corner, hand full of toy bugs and a small treasure chest with his tooth in it.  Hey, buddy.  I’m sorry you had to do that again.  I didn’t know.  OK mom.  Can we go.  Yeah.  Let me make the appointment for your other spacer and we will go.  OK.

Poor guy, he is definitely gonna have trust issues now if he didn’t already prior.  I keep telling him information based upon what I know and the unknown always happens with him.  The thing is he had a  x-ray a week prior and the abscess wasn’t there and it just appeared that day!  Silas, were just going to the doctor for physicals, no shots.  He got 4!  Silas were just going for a cleaning, no shots.  He has a tooth pulled.  Silas its just a spacer, no shots or numbing gel.  He has another tooth removed! 

I am just unknowingly lying to my child and his life is filled with fear already of doctors and dentists!  There’s just nothing I seem to say or do to the contrary!  Does anyone else get caught in this situation?

This is the video I showed him prior to his first tooth removal.  Could this have scared him enough not to tell me the second go round?

Drive Thru

A small list of what I’ve heard via family at the drive thru:

Kid 1-I’d like  a cheese burger, no pickle, no mustard and with everything else.  Should she just say w/k & o?

Kid 2-I’d like a hamburger, no onions, no mustard.  Again should he say just ketchup?

Kid 3-I’d like a cheesburger,in his cute 3 year old (now 4) voice, no pickle.  Ok, he’s getting the jist of it.

The adults order and in the back ground the kids are still ordering, while we are ordering.  Just to make sure they got the order right I guess?!  Well, out of the blue Kid 2 (ie Silas), says “I’d like (the above mentioned) a hamburger but with no peanut butter!  HAH!  I kid you not, the person on the other end of the intercom thingy and those within hearing distance all laughed histerically!  Good times!

Dad, Hubby and I go gets some lunch one day.  Hubby and I order, blah, blah, blah…Dad gets ready and after studying the never changing menu states his choice.  “I’d like a Big & Nasty, please,” He says ever so politely and quite seriously.  WE lost it, hubby and I, as well as the employee and again whoever was within hearing range.  What makes this even funnier, Dad had no idea what he had just said and we explained amidst snorts and chuckles his blunder.  Sigh..my stomach hurts just thinking about that one.  I think we cried, laughing so hard.

To be continued….

Pin Worms..what is their purpose anyway?

Over the past year someone in our family has had these awful squiggly wigglers.  They are more annoying than anything else, due to itching rectum and like lice are highly contagious.  Whats amazing to me is the debate between health care professionals on how these things are transmitted.  Obviously its hand to mouth but where do they come from?  They can only live in someones colon and the eggs survive up to 2 weeks on surfaces.  They don’t come from cats or dogs, they carry a different kind of round worm that doesn’t inhabit people.   Great!  To make things even more interesting-You may have pin worms and not even know it!  Like cooties!

Mild pin worm infections, or those with no symptoms, may never need treatment, as the body eventually rids itself of these parasites.  

http://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-edge-newspaper-2006/nov-5.html

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/stomach/pinworm.html

My question is kind of like the egg and the chicken.  Which came first and who was the unfortunate one to begin it all?  How would you like to be that person?  What did the community do?  Were the infected ones banished like those who had leprosy?  How did they rid themselves of the annoying rump itching?  This seems to go back to ancient Rome.  How do we know this?  Some luck palentologist found evidence!

http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2006/Enterobius/history.htm

I really hate these things because right when we seem to have conquered them someone else shows signs of infection.  We have done everything we could possibly do to rid ourselves of these parasites but to no avail.  We wash our hands before eating and after elimination.  Everyone showers/bathes on a regular basis.  The kids aren’t as apt to bath everyday but definitely getting the whole hand washing thing down.  I wash linens, clothing, and toys almost weekly (which is really annoying mind you). 

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic424.htm

The gravid female migrates to the anus and deposits eggs in the perennial skin folds, usually at nighttime. The movement of the female and the ova cause intense local itching. Ova may survive for up to 3 weeks before hatching. The hatched larvae can then migrate back into the anus and lower intestine, causing retro infection. Embryonic eggs may be released into the air or onto fomites(ie: bedding, clothing, toys, paper money) or onto hands and then placed directly into the mouth and swallowed (auto infection), after which they settle in the small intestines

  So not to gross anyone out but this is our ritual for about a year and the lovely view. 

I will examine for these wretched  things but refuse to touch them!  They just creep me out!

http://www.parasitecleanse.com/pinworms.htm

http://www.parasitecleanse.com/purify.htm

 

After reading these articles and link to The Life Tree “Purify”.  I may order this parasite cleanse for the intestines of our whole family.  I will consult a Naturopathic Doctor of course because regular Doctors are idiots and have told us conflicting information too many times!  

Here are some quotes from the above links. 

Over 200 million people worldwide are thought to be infested by pin worms with 30 to 40 million living in the United States. This worm is found in both warm and cold climates and no socioeconomic group is immune to infection. It is commonly found in crowded institutions such as day-care centers, schools, hospitals and orphanages. It is most prevalent in children. They are tiny, 2-13 millimeters, and ivory or pearly-white in color. Eighty percent of the children between 2 and 10 years of age contract pinworms at some time.

…there are over 3000 varieties of parasites…

 

 

…all of the natural components and herbs in the Purify formula have been used for centuries and centuries. They have proved to be extremely beneficial in the cleansing of toxins and parasites out of the human body throughout the times of Chinese Empire, the Egyptian Empire, the Greek Empire, the Roman Empire, the old Turkish Empire, and through the history of the Mediterranean cultures.

It does, however, make me feel better to know that this isn’t reflective of my house cleaning or mean that we are dirty people!  We are like everyone else but just know we have parasites vs others that have them and are oblivious!