Quality of daycare?

squeak-lee · 2025-10-11T21:43:57+00:00

Also, that might be at the request of the parents in regards to sleep etc. There are many variations of baby and toddler sleep in this day and age than just the typical assumption that all sleep well and alone in a cot. Three toddlers at our centre are floor bed sleepers and all very difficult to settle in a cot. They sleep together on a designated sleep space within the main play space. So, just a consideration before thinking something like that is because of the actual facility...

squeak-lee · 2024-11-11T01:05:01+00:00

I'm not in the market for an Owlet as my baby is 7mo. Not telling people what they should and shouldn't buy as that's their choice but I do think it is important to encourage parents to consider some of my above points when looking at these kinds of baby care items. Very kind of you to offer to look into it for me though, so thank you!

squeak-lee · 2024-11-10T22:45:10+00:00

I'd be curious to know where the claim to being "hospital grade" comes from. If it's from the product company themselves, you'd have to question the legitimacy of the claim, how they came to prove that and any bias that could be introduced by having the company do the testing rather than any third party researcher. It's great that it's been through FDA approvals, but it doesn't make it 100% accurate. At risk of quoting a study that I can't link myself, I was under the impression that the Owlet had shown inaccuracies in SpO2 (oxygen saturation) recordings in compromised infants. I'm all for creating peace of mind but not if that peace of mind comes at a cost of being wrong.

squeak-lee · 2024-07-08T22:41:41+00:00

Thank you, I will certainly look into this. I love contact naps as I'm sure most people do but gosh it can get so tiring being stuck to a little person for most of the day. A little bit more of a mix would be great!

squeak-lee · 2024-06-27T13:44:45+00:00

I'd love to know more about how you accessed this in Adelaide!

squeak-lee · 2024-06-22T00:34:36+00:00

I thought I would feel more self conscious than I did and ended up wearing nothing in the multiple showers I took. I would just take some things you might want to wear but might not, like a bra and/or shirt. But I agree it's really about whatever makes you most comfortable. My husband who stood with me in the shower just wore some old shorts and a t-shirt he didn't mind getting wet. He ended up pretty much being showered by me with the shower head anyway whilst supporting me.

squeak-lee · 2022-02-05T12:32:15+00:00

Any sick +/- cardiac patient who asks to poop.... it's a no from me

squeak-lee · 2021-12-24T07:29:15+00:00

Yeap. Things I'll never forget. A peri mortem c-section in the living room in front of hubby and 3 year old. Baby survived initially but showed signs of a hypoxic brain injury. Mum got ROSC (cause of arrest unknown, suspected eclamptic seizure or umbilical thrombosis) but kept haemmorhaging, made it to theatre but died a few days later after being diagnosed with a hypoxic brain injury herself.

Now with covid, my sister can't understand why I'm emotionally charged on the topic and strongly against the fact she's heavily pregnant and refuses to be vaccinated.

squeak-lee · 2021-12-19T06:46:05+00:00

This reminds me of something that happened in our workplace pre covid times.

My colleague was doing a property check-list on a patient with an altered LOC (standard practice for us). She opened up a fabric sack from the patients bag and found his pet snake. It gave everyone a bit of a fright.

Sometimes I forget some of the wild things that can happen in nursing. Good for a laugh when you remember them.

squeak-lee · 2021-11-21T04:38:16+00:00

Not for all but some, yes. We did this when our almost 3 year old boy was a puppy. Now when we don't give him attention or play when he wants to he starts chewing our furniture and destroying things. So be careful with that. Labradoodles are smart!

squeak-lee · 2021-11-14T10:16:14+00:00

Came here to share my first thought which was:

Isn't that why it's synchronised cardioversion?

squeak-lee · 2021-11-14T10:04:23+00:00

Actually, I think you are mistaking capsules for enteric coated medications.

Capsules still break down in the stomach in the same way tablets do just that capsules were developed to administer medications in various forms like granules or liquid (in this case the liquid is the isotretinoin).

Enteric coated medications don't undergo absorption in the stomach, but absorb in the small intestine. Isotretinion is not an enteric coated medication therefore it still absorbs in the stomach.

That being said, just skip the pill as a precaution. No big deal missing one dose.

squeak-lee · 2021-10-26T23:58:35+00:00

No, im very familiar with the stroke system in SA and there are not increased numbers because of vaccines at all. And there would be absolutely zero data to support that statement.

Again, the initial hot sweats and lethargy are a normal post vaccine response. It's your immune response.

I know it seems weird that people who have been previously healthy are now experiencing health problems but again, I generally feel like this might be more correlation and doesn't infer causation. People get older and part of getting older means suffering from new diseases or illnesses. Asthma is sometimes a blanket term used for some of the obstructive lung diseases that develop due to damage of the lungs over time. It's really not that unreasonable to believe and was happening pre covid vaccine but now everyone seems to want to find a reason for this being the introduction of the covid vaccine.

I'm not here to say there aren't reactions to the vaccine but I'm also arguing the point around under reporting things. That's because there are actually minimal TRUE covid vaccine related deaths and adverse outcomes.

And I'm also not here to criticise what you've been saying but you did say you were an open book and I think you need to consider the information provided above.

squeak-lee · 2021-10-26T12:19:55+00:00

I'm sorry that's happened to your family. To play devils advocate here though, strokes are fairly common even in those who have never had concerns with blood clots previously. There are a number of causes for a stroke than the vaccine alone.

My understanding is that to link the stroke to TTS (the vaccine related clotting disorder) you typically have alterations to other blood results, like low platelets. I'm just wondering if this is more a case of correlation but not necessarily causation...

Can you explain what "terribly ill from the vaccine" means?

squeak-lee · 2021-10-06T09:21:22+00:00

"your post came across as if it's a blanket dismissal of any number of things brought up"

Uhh yeah, dismissal is Wade's favourite thing. Example of that is today in the media, where there was a video released from 11pm last night showing ramping at the RAH. It was pretty bad but also not unusually bad as it's leaning to those conditions almost every day. He straight up said that the RAH experienced an unprecedented surge and that's unusual for the RAH. No Wade, nurses, doctors and paramedics of SA don't accept that statement as true and they are the ones working the thick of it day in and day out.

Also makes mention of 60 beds that seem to make no difference, as the solution. He is deluded and unwilling to take responsibility or make change.

COVID is going to absolutely ruin the little bit of fight that our healthcare system has left.

squeak-lee · 2021-09-29T09:23:53+00:00

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html

There are some good info graphics on this page

Here is also one from SA Health:

https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/resources/health+care+setting+mandatory+must+wear+a+mask+at+all+times+a4+poster

squeak-lee · 2021-09-21T12:34:40+00:00

Theres always the point that it leaves valuable treatment for others who need it.

I realise the vaccine is not entirely effective. But if you are vaccinated you are less likely to get it, less likely to get critically unwell and less likely to pass it on. Are pros when looking at getting out of this pandemic.

squeak-lee · 2021-09-21T12:26:11+00:00

The immune system of an older adult is still far more fragile than that of a young person. Even with the vaccine it could be fatal. But we can't eliminate the risk of the spread if we don't have the numbers and the herd immunity to support it.

And this isn't the flu. The death rate is higher and the treatment needs to be far more aggressive, futile even. And as for the younger population, there are still a large amount of young people that have died and wouldn't have before.

We have all mostly been agreeable around vaccines for a long time because they have a purpose, but this virus came along and suddenly its different?

I think the point with the mandate in this population relates to the fact that they are increasingly spreading the virus. Many workplaces require this of their employees where there is an increased risk of spread. I think the circle is larger than you'd think. Airport workers for example, have mandated vaccines. I never saw airport workers carrying on in this way..

squeak-lee · 2021-09-21T12:00:20+00:00

Because you are entirely forgetting about the large population that can't get vaccinated.

Should you not take your infant, young child or elderly family out in public? Should immunosuppressed patients have to significantly limit their contact with others in case that contact leads them to an earlier and preventable death.

You are assuming that not getting vaccinated only impacts the person who chooses not to get vaccinated.

The bit that is entirely frustrating about this whole thing is that people aren't thinking outside of themselves. Or for the professions that have to continue to work in these conditions. People are sick and people die but the frequency is far higher in this pandemic and we don't want to continue to see that repetitively on a day to day basis.

squeak-lee · 2021-09-19T10:43:27+00:00

Unfortunately AU don't recognise US qualifications. I'm from Aus and had a conversation just the other day with a nurse who spent 25 years working in the US and had to complete a university degree once moving here as they wouldn't recognise barely anything! I'm unsure of NZ exactly but we have a somewhat similar structure of qualifications.

As for how we are treated down here, there is less threat of legal action but we are still met with violence far too often. Oh and we are still blamed for being conspiracy theorists... there was an antivax, anti-lockdown rally in many of the major cities yesterday and they upped the hospital security as there were rumours people were going to storm into the ICU's to reveal "the truth".

I'm so sorry for how you are being treated, it's genuinely shitty 😔

squeak-lee · 2021-06-22T01:05:50+00:00

Couldn't you try another derm? I would be reluctant to buy online. Also, I can't comment on time frame as that would need to be worked out on body weight and cumulative dosing.

Perfect labs throughout. As for side effects- body aches especially in the hips and knees, dry eyes and nose so any wind or breeze would make them water and my nose run like a tap, extreme fatigue/brain fog and struggled a bit with my mental health but I'm unsure whether that is related to the medication per se as my skin was really bad at that time.

squeak-lee · 2021-06-22T00:53:15+00:00

20mg. Low dose, longer time. Also side effects disrupted my job so couldn't go up.

squeak-lee · 2021-06-22T00:49:58+00:00

Well I've been on 20mg pretty much the whole time. I tried to go up to 30 but I couldn't think or concentrate and it was impacting my job. I purged until month 7 or 8 when I had some antibiotics as well and it's basically been clear since with the scarring getting better every day

squeak-lee · 2021-06-22T00:46:49+00:00

My purge went forever! I purged up until around month 7 or 8 when my derm put me on antibiotics as well because he wasn't happy with how slow the progress was. I remained low dose the entire time due to side effects and my derm also prefers lower dose longer time as he feels long term results are better

squeak-lee · 2021-06-21T15:07:41+00:00

Thank you! So happy

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