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Posted: 15 years ago
Hey Mahika/Folks,
Sorry to hear you're not well Mahika. I'm in the same boat, which is why I've been off radar lately. Rish passed his bug onto me, and I've been down since last Friday... all the usual symptoms, high fever, cold, cough, body aches, sore throat, actually I've totally lost my voice and am operating with gestures and modified grunting... this is like Suresh's best dream come true, the one where I am not my usual chatterbox self, and am finally shut up!... just kidding, I think! 😃🤔 I've been wheezing as well, unusual for me, but I have been prescribed albuterol aand I'm using Rish's nebulizer to take it at home, I don't like it though, it makes me jitterry and on edge with my heart racing.
Rish is doing better and started back at school today. It took a while for him to get over it, and I hope that I'm not going to take as long! Actually I really want it over by Friday night since I have a girl's night out date with a bunch of friends that I sooooo don't want to miss!!!
Hope all's well with everyone else. I really hope your son's field trip goes well for him Mahika. I know how worrisome it is when we're not there to look out for them. Let us know how things went.
Take Care folks, I'm going back to my sick bed and my wishing for my mommy being here to take care of me... Boo Hoo! 😭
Swaps
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Posted: 15 years ago
Oh, poor Swaps. Hope Rish being back at school means you are at least getting rest during the school hours? Take care of yourself.

I am slowly staggering back to health, thanks to some major drugs. Have not been able to keep much food down for the past few days because of congestion. Sorry for TMI, gross.

My son enjoyed his field trip a lot! He was like a conquering hero when he got off the bus, and gave me one of his fabulous hugs. Ohh, it was stunning to see him. My daughter picked him up off his feet and swung him around, and he enjoyed that so much.

He has a new issue, though. It seems like he is more bothered by noise, music etc than before, and will shut his ears with his fingers and hummmmm loudly to block it out. He can do that for ages, and will go berserk if anyone messes with that. I will take him to the doctor to rule out ear congestion. Hopefully it's something simple. Selfish as it sounds, I am quite unable to deal with any mega behavioural issues till my health improves. As it is, we went out for dinner this evening, and he spent the whole time outside the restaurant, wouldn't even go inside to eat. One of us had to stay out with him while the other stayed with our daughter, and we fed him in the vestibule area. It was not a very pleasant time, given the cold, windy weather.

Mahika.


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Posted: 15 years ago
Hey Mahi/Everyone,
Hope you are feeling better. I'm getting there, I actually did go out to the party last night, and enjoyed myself immensely even though I was'nt up to dancing. It was an an amazing night 🥳, actually loads of fun. The theme was black and white, so everyone who came had to show up wearing either black or white, or a combination. I wore an all black outfit (shalvar, and my dupatta was mixed in with zari thread), and a string of black pearls, with a Swarovski crystal pendant, long chandelier earrings made out of black faceted onyx beads, and an armful of gold bangles. All in all I felt quite glamourous after a VERY VERY long time. I've not had much occassion to dress up like that in maybe 18 months or more, so I really, really enjoyed it, despite still being under the weather. My friends all danced the night away and really let their hair down!
I'm so glad your son's field trip went well. It is really great when things fall into place like that, and we get the feeling that they are making good progress. 😃 About your son's noise issue, sometimes the inner ear balance causes problems like that I've heard. A friend of mine had her kid looked at by an ENT doc, who removed a lot of wax out of his ears and that helped his issues somewhat... not sure if this is the same problem, but maybe worth a try.
Mahi please don't call yourself selfish, come on girl, we are human beings too! I feel exactly the same way sometimes, especially when Rish and I are both sick at the same time. He is normally very possesive of me, and when he's sick it gets worse. He does not like to let go of me at all, and literally clings to me constantly which can get cumbersome sometimes. I feel selfish when I have to detach myself from him and look after myself since I'm sick too, but what can we do, after all if we break down it causes a multitude of problems for everyone else, so we have to take care of ourselves, right. That's not being selfish at all, so don't beat yourself up about it, Please! BTW I did get some rest when Rish was in school, Suresh made life a little easier for me too, since he did not expect me to do cooking and all while I was so sick. We just ordered in and managed that way. I'm taking it easy a little today too, and I hope to be back to normal after the weekend is up.
Rish has early release days from Wednesday onwards for teacher conferences. Also this year we're not getting the whole week off for Thanksgiving like we normally do, and he'll have early release Mon & Tue. He gets off from Wed thru Fri. We're think of making a trip to my uncle in Pittsburgh if my b-i-l from Dallas does'nt make it up to NJ to visit. With him plans can never be concrete and it so drives me nuts, since I can't make proper plans to do anything! Anyway enough of me griping. Hope you're hol plans are set up and you'll get a chance to relax again like you did in the hotel with the pool last time. Actually, there's supposed to be a lodge in the Pocanos that has a complete indoor water park with heated pools and all that supposed to be awesome, maybe you could go there whenever you need to get away. It's not too far and it would have something that both your kids would really enjoy.
Well everyone keep well and take care, bye for now! ⭐️
Swaps
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Posted: 15 years ago
Hey Mahi/Everyone,
Just checking in... how are you doing? Do you guys have teacher conferences as well this week? We have an appt. tomorrow with Rish's SLP in school for a conference to talk about his progress, and then a home visit with his class teacher on Monday. Looking forward to both of those to see how he's progressing in school.
Just wanted to see how everyone was... gotta run for now. 😊
Take Care,
Swaps
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Posted: 15 years ago
Hi Swaps! I am glad you got out to that party, you Glam Girl!! 👏 Inquiring minds wish to know--did our young gentleman Rish dress up too?

This is the first day where I have felt some pep come back to me. Honestly, I don't know how I have dragged myself through the last two weeks. My daughter has almost hated me for my lack of energy to play with her, and I was ready to ditch the meds from all the side effects. How are you guys feeling?

So the first thing I did on my day off was to rush out and get a pedicure.😆 You can see what a profoundly intellectual person I am, no?

Good luck with the conference. We had those about two or three weeks ago. No home visits, though.

We took the kids to the Balaji temple over the weekend. My son kept trying to run up the stairs to visit with each deity (he loves stairs), so we had to inform him that it was not to be. He accepted it without a fuss, but then he ran around the corridors downstairs for almost an hour. Luckily it was a quiet evening at the temple, so he wasn't bothering anyone.

What are your Thanksgiving plans? My MIL is coming to town, so we will be cooking a big meal on Thursday. I wish my son would try some different foods, but he is just too suspicious. I'm sort of bracing myself for her visit; lots of "all about her" coming up.

Mahika.


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Posted: 15 years ago
Hi everyone,
Hope all of you had a good relaxing weekend. Ours was ok, sort of, the first half of it was great until Sunday morning when I got a call from home (mum in England) to inform me of my grandmother's passing away. She was my mother's mum, and she and I were very close. I'm quite shattered about it, and I wish I could go to India for the funeral, but obviously that's not possible right now, with all the responsibilities I have going on here. She was dearly loved and will be missed forever!
Anyway, Mahika how's things going? Hope you are all over the sicknesses and back in good form. We're going to Pittburgh for Thanksgiving since my b-i-l finally gave us the information that he can't make it here for the holiday! I'm quite looking forward to this trip since it will take my mind off things, and I'll be with family as well. I hope your Thanksgiving goes well with your m-i-l visit. Just remember, even though she may make things "all about her" , think about the big picture, and focus on your son and all the wonderful things and experiences he's brought into your life. That in itself leaves us a lot to be grateful for, even with (or despite) all the issues we go through otherwise!!! 😃
About your "inquiring minds" 😊 question, Rish would have loved to dress up since he is such a clothes horse, but it was a girl's night out party, so it was just my friends and I who went on the night. Rish and Suresh had a "boy's night out" at home. :) Rish LOVES (actually that's a real understatement when it come to this) clothes, he is so in his element when it comes to dressing ujp. He co-ordinates his wardrobe and ALWAYS makes sure he matches his colours, right down to the shoes he wears. The one exception to that is his socks, for some reason, his socks are never matching to the rest of his outfit, almost like he's deliberately leaving one thing to look whacky on him, it cracks me up since it's so like his personality since his sense of humour is whacky too! 😆
Take Care everyone,
Swaps.
Edited by s.munagala - 15 years ago
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Posted: 14 years ago
Hey Mahika/Everyone,
Just checking in to see how everyone is. Haven't heard from you Mahika in a few days, hope all is well.
We had a good Thanksgiving in Pitts with our family. The kids all had a great time with us too, since my aunt brought her karaoke machine along, and we spent a great time all four days singing Hindi and English songs and watching movies. It was a good, relaxing time. Hope all of your Thanksgiving hols well well.
Anyway, just wanted to touch base and see how everyone was...
Take Care,
Swaps
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Posted: 14 years ago
Hi Swaps! Sorry I haven't written in a while. Glad you had a blast in Pitt. We had fun too. We hosted for two days, and were guests at others' houses for two days, so it was a long celebration with lots of fun. It was nice to take a break from routine and catch up with people we hadn't seen for ages.

We are dealing with some pretty awful behavioural issues. Just lots of ritualistic behaviour, screaming etc, and the little guy seems to be raising the bar on us in many areas. Kind of exhausting. There is a sub in his class and she doesn't seem to have such a good handle on all this as the regular teacher, so I wonder if he is coming home and venting out his frustrations. The poor lady does try hard, but he is good at circumventing her.

What plans for the Christmas break? Will you be travelling?

Mahika.

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Posted: 14 years ago
Hey Mahi/Everyone,
Sorry to hear about your son's issues. I hope you are keeping your own spirits up. Things will get better, as my husband always tells me "2 steps forward 1 step back, but always going forward in the right direction, progress is always a good thing". He reminds me of this each time I get to feeling overwhelmed or down in anyway.
When Rish gets into the whole mode of ritualistic behavior the only thing that works with us is to keep him constantly with us to re-direct the behaviours. He has mostly stopped doing that, but at times when we have get togethers and there are a lot of people around he feels overwhelmed and copes by behaving that way. Generally it tends to last only as long as he's overwhelmed and it stops soon after he regains his composure. In your case it seems like it's lasting a long time, since he has a change of scene with his teacher in the class. When changes are going on it's the hardest thing for our kids to handle I think. Any change affects them a lot, and it's hard to cope with that, I know trust me. Hopefully your little one will come through it well and if he anything like my Rish, he'll learn to cope in his own way from the experience. Rish has surprised us many times this way. 😃
I also think age has a lot to do with it, as Rish gets older we do notice a lot of changes in his level of maturity and ability to understand things. I was/am really, REALLY worried about how things would/will be as he got/gets older, but he's actually getting calmer as he grows older, and more willing and able to listen to us and understand when we tell him things. So hang in there Mahika, it will get better. Let me know how things are going.
I'll be thinking about you. 👍🏼
Take Care,
Swaps
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Posted: 14 years ago
Hey Mahi,
Long time no hear girl. I hope things are going ok with you... how are all the issues going on with your son? Hopefully getting resolved. Send us a note and let us know how you are coping.
Take Care,
Swaps
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