Hi Everybody,
As the title suggests, this entry is esp relevant for parents of kids who are habitually constipated.....when your child is constipated - passes motions once in a couple of days, does not do it on the potty and the diameter of the stools are big if not HUGE, you can be sure that she has h c.
As a mother who has seen her child have this, the experience can be unpleasant for both - the mom and child...my 6 year old just would not sit on the pot to do the big job, she would end up doing it in small installments in her panty.
Traveling with her would be a nightmare, she would not eat well as her bowels would not be cleared and of course her panty would be soiled frequently.
There would be a kind of irritability and restlessness in her, when she would want to do IT but could not do it.
She would go from home in the evening to play with her friends and would have soiled her panty and not feel ANY sense of urgency in getting herself cleaned.
...to add to my sense of helplessness, my younger one who is three years younger than her had no issues at all and was toilet trained when she was much younger.
Doctors prescribed all kinds of medications that were basically stool softeners....that didnt help too. Highly fibrous foods and lots of fluids was the obvious advice given to me, but what does one do when one's princess just refused to take them!
They recommended Indian style toilet which is not built in my flat. And she would just not squat in the kiddy potty as it was below her dignity, when her kid sister had already graduated from it.
There were days when she would scream with pain when she could just not pass stools.
I put her on Aruvedic medicines which atleast relieved her of pain.
But the constipation persisted and she was still soiling her panty.
Light at the end of the tunnel came when a relative suggested I make her squat on the seat of a WC, this I tried and it worked like magic.
Now she has kind of settled down to do the big job on the potty though there are times when she does soil her panty, but they are really really rare now.
The sense of relief I have is HUGE!
As the title suggests, this entry is esp relevant for parents of kids who are habitually constipated.....when your child is constipated - passes motions once in a couple of days, does not do it on the potty and the diameter of the stools are big if not HUGE, you can be sure that she has h c.
As a mother who has seen her child have this, the experience can be unpleasant for both - the mom and child...my 6 year old just would not sit on the pot to do the big job, she would end up doing it in small installments in her panty.
Traveling with her would be a nightmare, she would not eat well as her bowels would not be cleared and of course her panty would be soiled frequently.
There would be a kind of irritability and restlessness in her, when she would want to do IT but could not do it.
She would go from home in the evening to play with her friends and would have soiled her panty and not feel ANY sense of urgency in getting herself cleaned.
...to add to my sense of helplessness, my younger one who is three years younger than her had no issues at all and was toilet trained when she was much younger.
Doctors prescribed all kinds of medications that were basically stool softeners....that didnt help too. Highly fibrous foods and lots of fluids was the obvious advice given to me, but what does one do when one's princess just refused to take them!
They recommended Indian style toilet which is not built in my flat. And she would just not squat in the kiddy potty as it was below her dignity, when her kid sister had already graduated from it.
There were days when she would scream with pain when she could just not pass stools.
I put her on Aruvedic medicines which atleast relieved her of pain.
But the constipation persisted and she was still soiling her panty.Light at the end of the tunnel came when a relative suggested I make her squat on the seat of a WC, this I tried and it worked like magic.
Now she has kind of settled down to do the big job on the potty though there are times when she does soil her panty, but they are really really rare now.
The sense of relief I have is HUGE!
Being rendered homeless
Posted 25th June 2009 at 11:45 PM by RadhaG
Updated 4th July 2009 at 12:52 PM by RadhaG (Making it less local in context)
Updated 4th July 2009 at 12:52 PM by RadhaG (Making it less local in context)
Hi everybody,
This is a story of my full time domestic help, Uma, whose mother and younger sister live in city out skirts.
Since new roads proposed to be laid will pass through the area they live in, the people in the dwelling are being asked to leave that area......those not complying and voicing out protests are in the police station badly roughed up
It all started with houses catching fire due to inexplicable reasons.
So, what does one do when one is rendered homeless??? Where does one go?
Uma is with her mother for the third day now, they have moved their stuff out in a maidan with other people...they are desperately looking for another place for rent, new options are expensive....her mother works as a domestic help too, I wonder how she will pay the rent solely based on her earnings.
Uma's sister goes to school, I again wonder how her expenses will be met
?..... the more I put my head, the more the situation seems beyond redemption.
I have offered her family to stay with us till they get a house, but I dont know if they will accept my offer, as my house is too far from the school and the houses the mother works for.
What will happen in Chennai or for that matter any city, when there is no more space for slums? Where will our precious domestic help work-force live? Will they pushed to the fringes of the city, how will they reach their workplace
I have too many unsettling questions.......... dear Reader-of-this-blog, I am looking forward to reading your views on this issue Is there any solution to this problem at all...
This is a story of my full time domestic help, Uma, whose mother and younger sister live in city out skirts.
Since new roads proposed to be laid will pass through the area they live in, the people in the dwelling are being asked to leave that area......those not complying and voicing out protests are in the police station badly roughed up
It all started with houses catching fire due to inexplicable reasons.
So, what does one do when one is rendered homeless??? Where does one go?
Uma is with her mother for the third day now, they have moved their stuff out in a maidan with other people...they are desperately looking for another place for rent, new options are expensive....her mother works as a domestic help too, I wonder how she will pay the rent solely based on her earnings.
Uma's sister goes to school, I again wonder how her expenses will be met
?..... the more I put my head, the more the situation seems beyond redemption. I have offered her family to stay with us till they get a house, but I dont know if they will accept my offer, as my house is too far from the school and the houses the mother works for.
What will happen in Chennai or for that matter any city, when there is no more space for slums? Where will our precious domestic help work-force live? Will they pushed to the fringes of the city, how will they reach their workplace
I have too many unsettling questions.......... dear Reader-of-this-blog, I am looking forward to reading your views on this issue
Is there any solution to this problem at all...
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Hi Radha
This is such a big issue most of the people living in dwellings face, it's really sad that government just ask them to leave the place just like that? Aren't they given any compensation or anything? Its really kind of you to offer your place till they can find a home.Posted 26th June 2009 at 02:48 AM by amihere
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I guess they MAY receive something, but I dont know when and how much, and we know how corrupt the "system" is.....Posted 26th June 2009 at 07:24 AM by RadhaG
Updated 26th June 2009 at 11:29 AM by RadhaG
