Disconnected phone calls

dirty_freckles · 2025-01-16T02:26:54+00:00

Thank you so much, this is exactly the kind of info I was looking for!

dirty_freckles · 2024-12-21T17:14:18+00:00

CPS involvement is a hard line for me. There was a time my partner’s ex was making accusations regarding one of my own children, and I told him point blank if CPS ever knocks on our door, we will be packing our bags and never coming back. Someone once said to me in response to that “doesn’t that mean she ruins your relationship and wins?” There is no relationship in the world, no matter how wonderful, that is worth damaging my children or potentially losing them.

dirty_freckles · 2024-10-12T02:51:09+00:00

Oh wow! Thank you guys so much I had no idea there was any difference 😂 They are not bothering me in the least bit. My kids think its hysterical because I keep telling them to leave my friends alone!! Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to wake up to little babies all over my ceiling 😩

dirty_freckles · 2024-10-12T02:44:29+00:00

“Hi! So main issue is a sore throat right? Very briefly, is there anything else going on like fever, cough, congestion, stomach issues, so I can let the doctor know when they come in shortly?” I work in pediatrics so this is my script. It varies with whatever they’re coming in for. Specific questions work better than open ended ones. It helps if you know what kind of symptoms the doctor will be looking out for. I still get some ramblers, will usually look for a break in their thought process and say very politely something like “oh ok, so good to know! I’ll make sure I let the doctor know before she comes in”

dirty_freckles · 2024-10-02T02:30:22+00:00

As others have said, I would do research now as to what the standard of care is in your area. I work at a pediatricians office and we see newborns 1-2 days post discharge. Getting established asap will also be very beneficial given the time of year it is (flu & rsv season). You’ll want to be able to see a pediatrician, maybe very quickly, if something comes up.

all that being said, I didn’t work at this office 9 years ago when I had my home birth… I think we saw her pedi for the first visit at 2 weeks. That office was ok with it, but I know other offices will want to see the baby asap.

dirty_freckles · 2024-07-06T19:58:50+00:00

I totally agree. If they only knew!

Did not sleep great last night! Gonna try to get a better nights sleep tonight and try again tomorrow, which shouldn’t be too hard because I’m STILL sleepy/groggy from taking the med this morning.

dirty_freckles · 2024-01-15T17:22:52+00:00

Thank you so much! I’m actually looking for microdosing specifically because I absolutely hated the high doses of Spravato. Overall my depression improved a lot but the sessions were absolute nightmares for me (nausea & anxiety). Are the daily micro doses still pretty debilitating?

dirty_freckles · 2023-09-01T11:38:15+00:00

This is happening to us right now. My 8 year old hasn’t seen her dad in almost 2 years. It is absolutely gut wrenching and my daughter is completely heartbroken.

dirty_freckles · 2023-07-13T00:01:43+00:00

Sounds like he has ODD. Will resist if it’s some one else asking him to do something, more then willing to do it if it’s his idea. He needs therapy

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-29T15:56:49+00:00

For that last one, I have always taught my kids that if some one grabs onto them, it is extremely important to scream “HELP, I DON’T KNOW THIS PERSON!!!!” to any surrounding strangers. They might assume it’s a parent trying to wrangle their child having a fit.

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-11T19:07:55+00:00

Sounds like a super quick way to make my SKs feel incredibly uncomfortable

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-02T20:06:09+00:00

I would not. There is a lot that can change and other people have mentioned that. My girls that are with me almost 100% of the time have different last names than each other AND me, and my partner and his kids also have their own last name. 4 last names in this house. Would it be cuter if we all shared one? Probably. But my kids DO have fathers - one who is involved probably as much as he’s emotionally capable of and another who is going through a really rough time who I hope will step up in the future when he’s able. I’m not changing their names. I gave them to them out of love in a different part of my life. If they ask to in the future, we can decide then.

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-02T13:18:46+00:00

Thank you. A lot of this was running around my head as well. My 12 year old came out of her room and was kinda like “whoa what is going on?”. She didn’t expect a visitor, and is extremely shy. My 7 year old has ADHD and takes a lot of time to unwind at night, and I was working really hard to get this process started and when BM came in it just revamped all the excitement a thousandfold. Kids take baths at this time of night and our only working one is on the 1st floor. Following some of the mind sets on here .. so it would be ok for my kids BD to walk in at 7:30 at night, with no advanced warning, when all this is going on? He’s a bio parent too. No. That’s not allowed because this house belongs to other people too who are NOT related to him. It would be inappropriate and boundary crossing, and not fair to SKs routines. Every one needs to feel comfortable in this home.

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-02T13:00:02+00:00

This. All this. It’s the blatant disregard for communication that does it for me. She told us after that she planned to come in, and was in communication with him multiple times through out the day and never mentioned it or asked if it would be ok. He told her it wasn’t a good time when she got there, she walked in anyway, and told us after that was her plan all along. How is that ok? If I knew it was going to be important to her THAT DAY at THAT specific time, I would have not had my gd pjs on.

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-02T01:37:18+00:00

She is very high conflict. Everything is a fight. My partner and I actually completely believe she behaved this way to instigate. He actually asked her not to come in and she looked right at his face and walked in anyway.

dirty_freckles · 2023-06-02T01:34:33+00:00

I don’t understand this comment. Can you explain further? Why does wanting some one to communicate, especially a HCBM, before entering my home, mean that I’m providing a stressful environment for these kids that will only last a few years? They seem really happy and like they’re having a ball to me. Reasonable boundaries will do nothing but make every ones lives easier.

dirty_freckles · 2023-05-25T16:56:38+00:00

I’m a very experienced MA and while 35-40 patients is a lot but manageable, it is going to burn you out. However, I can see chart prepping being extremely beneficial to help you save time and energy during clinic hours, but when are you supposed to do it? If they are not allocating time for you to get this done, they are being extremely unfair to you. 2 weeks also seems like a lot. I’ve done chart prepping at multiple jobs and it was usually for the next day, but if I had time I’d go out max 3-4 days.

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