tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post7586132980425450045..comments2023-09-02T07:03:19.479-07:00Comments on jurlpower: Sleep Deprived JurlMisti D. Mostellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18168890895324316292noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-90843228370965227022008-04-25T08:41:00.000-07:002008-04-25T08:41:00.000-07:00Jurl, I would kick my husbands butt if he didn't h...Jurl, I would kick my husbands butt if he didn't help me with the baby he wanted to badly. Next time smack his butt and get him to help out. Your blogs are hilarious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-27197884177226107862007-11-07T10:23:00.000-08:002007-11-07T10:23:00.000-08:00NEW USE FOR VICKSIt works 100 percent of the time,...NEW USE FOR VICKS<BR/><BR/>It works 100 percent of the time, although the scientists at the Canada Research council (who discovered it) aren't sure why. To stop nighttime coughing in a child (or an adult, as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapor Rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime and then cover with socks.<BR/><BR/>I'm told that even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about five minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. This is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly. I heard the head of the Canada Research Council describe these findings on the part of their scientists when they were investigating the effectiveness and usage of prescription cough medicines in children, as compared to alternative therapies like acupressure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-80377069818804629182007-10-30T14:03:00.000-07:002007-10-30T14:03:00.000-07:00You are so tough with making baby sleep in his own...You are so tough with making baby sleep in his own bed..make Sam do the same thing!! She's got to learn and you've got to sleep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-40385712175304690452007-10-23T08:31:00.000-07:002007-10-23T08:31:00.000-07:00For the record, the medicine I administered to my ...For the record, the medicine I administered to my child was under the instruction of his pediatrician and contained only ONE type of medicine. It is not the combination drug that Anonymous wrote about in her comment.<BR/><BR/>"The recommendation applies to medicines containing one or more of decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines and anti-tussives."Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368381159659869040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-76395557167265907732007-10-22T14:50:00.000-07:002007-10-22T14:50:00.000-07:00uh...read the copyright much?uh...read the copyright much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-37298601436369463542007-10-22T12:44:00.000-07:002007-10-22T12:44:00.000-07:00I too have had too many of those nights (last nigh...I too have had too many of those nights (last night being one, albeit not for as long a time as yours-- mine was only for 2 hours) where the idea of your kid is much more appealing just then than is the screaming, crying reality. And what the HECK do you DO when neither bottle nor pacifier works??? Here's what I do: (1) sing the lullabies that my mom and granny sang to me- this stage is very very brief; (2) keep trying and trying with both bottle and pacifier, and she spits both out and screams louder; (3) crawl on the floor in frantic effort to re-locate the discarded pacifier or three; (4) break out in a sweat hoping that my husband sleeps through it and doesn't come in to start giving advice; (5) plead with a 13 month old to please please please work with me as we are a family and we have to respect each other; (6) kinda want to yell at a 13 month old and explain why this is unacceptable behavior; (7) walk around in circles in hopes that motion will help, even though I know it won't; (8) pray for sleep to rescue my wee one- and me- from the discomfort or WHATEVER THE HECK THE PROBLEM IS; (9) close my eyes and feign peacefulness, thinking baby will see what I'm doing and try to imitate me; and finally (10) become a zombie, just sitting there- perhaps making some rocking efforts- but not seeing, hearing, or feeling anything at all. And, after some period of time, if nothing else works, usually start back at #1. Isn't it amazing, too, afterwards, you can't remember how long it was and what actually did the trick, but suddenly they just collapse back into sleep w/o any rhyme or reason. Babies are insane. But as I sit here in my office, looking at a photo of my sweet one, all I can think of is how darn cute and sweet she is. And how friggin tired I am. And, I'm off to Starbucks...again. Cheers, moms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-4435134402963319392007-10-22T08:45:00.000-07:002007-10-22T08:45:00.000-07:00CBS/AP) Cold and cough medicines do not work in ch...CBS/AP) Cold and cough medicines do not work in children and should not be used in those younger than 6, federal health advisers recommended Friday. <BR/><BR/>The over-the-counter medicines should be studied further, even after decades in which children have received billions of doses a year, the outside experts told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels of outside experts but does so most of the time. <BR/><BR/>"The data that we have now is they don't seem to work," said Sean Henry, a University of Pennsylvania epidemiologist, one of the FDA experts gathered to examine the medicines, peddled as treatments for common cold symptoms. The recommendation applies to medicines containing one or more of decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines and anti-tussives. <BR/><BR/>The nonbinding recommendation is likely to lead to a shake-up in how the medicines - which have long escaped much scrutiny - are labeled, marketed and used. Just how and how quickly was not immediately clear. <BR/><BR/>In two separate votes, the panelists said the medicines should not be used by children younger than 2 or in those younger than 6. A third vote, to recommend against use in children 6 to 11, failed. <BR/><BR/>Earlier, the panelists voted unanimously to recommend the medicines be studied in children to determine whether they work. That recommendation would require the FDA to undertake a rule-making process to reclassify the medicines, since the ingredients they include are now generally recognized as safe and effective, which does not require testing. The process could take years, even before any studies themselves get under way. <BR/><BR/>Simply relabeling the medicines to state they should not be used in some age groups could be accomplished more quickly, FDA officials said. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, the drug industry could further revise the labels on the medicines to caution against such use. The Thursday-Friday meeting came just a week after the industry pre-emptively moved to eliminate sales of the nonprescription drugs targeted at children under 2. <BR/><BR/>Pediatricians pushing for greater restrictions told the FDA advisers Thursday that the over-the-counter medicines should not be given to children younger than 6, an age group they called the most vulnerable to any potential ill effects. <BR/><BR/>FDA officials and panelists agreed there is no evidence they work in older children, either. <BR/><BR/>Still, panelists held off from recommending against use in older children. Some said they feared such a prohibition would not eliminate use of the medicines by parents. <BR/><BR/>"They will administer adult products to their children because they work for them or feel they work for them," said the panel's patient and family representative, Amy Celento. <BR/><BR/>The drug industry says the medicines, used 3.8 billion times a year in treating cold and cough symptoms in children, do work and are safe. It says that more parent education is needed to avoid overdoses that in rare cases have been fatal. <BR/><BR/>A group of pediatricians petitioned the FDA this year seeking action on the medicines. <BR/><BR/>An American Academy of Pediatrics official told the experts Friday that the medications should be relabeled to tell parents they do not work in children under 6 and may be dangerous. <BR/><BR/>"Why not label these products with what we actually know?" asked David Bromberg, a pediatrician. <BR/><BR/>CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews reported that the cold and cough medicine industry admits that 92 deaths are connected to combination cold medicines - but claims 79 of them were due to misuse or overdose. <BR/><BR/>Drug manufacturers continue to maintain that administered correctly, the medicines are safe and effective for sick children over two years of age. <BR/><BR/><BR/>© MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3306717246702686100.post-73315708163615966452007-10-22T08:11:00.000-07:002007-10-22T08:11:00.000-07:00Jurl, I'm right there with you. My little hot poc...Jurl, I'm right there with you. My little hot pocket decided to have one of those cough-laden nights where in order for one of us (parents)to have some sleep, I reluctantly volunteered to go sleep in the guest bed room so husband doesn't have to hear the coughing through the monitor. Ugh. Cough medicine dosing at 8 wears off by midnight. The midnight dosing wears off by 4 a.m... more coughing... and just as I have finally dozed back to sleep, husband wakes me up 30 minutes before I actually have to get up to tell me he's leaving for work. =( So now I'm tired, awake, pregnant and pissed! But still you sound like you had a worse night, so I won't complain (much).Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368381159659869040noreply@blogger.com