Baby scolded by boiling water. Please help.

[A1983]

Just got back from hospital yet again-i sent pics to outreach nurse of DD leaking dressings and after saying they're ok over the phone, on seeing them she said to come in. Biobrane still on but has come away at the top of her leg where it's wet and was oozing from. Dr made me feel better by saying 1) although she can see the deeper areas, she doesn't think a graft will be needed and 2) they will put a silver dressing on too which will kill off any bacteria to prevent infection as infection will make wound deeper and scar worse. Then nurse made me feel worse by saying were still in limbo as every day it can change and the biobrane fall off. She also said she'd have expected the biobrane to have dried by now ie no oozing. Its been on since Thursday morning. Then DD was screaming during the dressing change where they also 'applied pressure' by washing biobrane/burn and said that the fact she's crying means she's in pain and therefore the biobrane isn't doing its job as burn too deep. For goodness sake!!! I asked her if she based that on her crying and she said yes-so I said I think she's crying because she's hungry. Who knows. The worst bit is not having any answers still!! And every day has been a trip back there for unexpected dressing changes which is making me feel like we're taking one step forwards and two back. And im just so exhausted. Sorry to vent x

 

[deafgal]

My kids cry over minor burns. It hurts.

 

[Sqwidge]

Massive hugs to you and your little girl. Poor thing

I hope it heals well and there is no need for a skin graft. Being in limbo must be agonising xxx

 

[KayBea]

i expect a burn like that would still hurt, i burnt my hand on my hair straightners a few months ago, i touched them for 2 seconds by accident, and it killed for 3-4 days!

and she may well have been crying from just having the dressing changed, being moved about & not knowing whats going on etc.

i hope you get a straight answer soon xx

 

[lewood88]

I feel for you hun i hope her leg heals xxx

 

[A1983]

Exactly-it's hard to know as babies can't tell you-especially when it could be various things-she was hungry and tired too.

I think the nurse meant that in that the biobrane is supposed to stop pain in mid burns, but in deep burns it doesn't. However after the op I distinctly remember the dr saying it stops 70% of the pain. Just so tired of each day being potential bad news and agonising over the wait rather than each day progressively meaning it's getting better

 

[superfrizbee]

Hugs and best wishes. The waiting must be horrendous but you and your DD are being so brave x

 

[SjandPeanut]

Sending major hugs to you and your baby.

My dad had 60% 2nd and 3rd degree burns about 18 years ago. You wouldn't know to look at him. bonfire accident something exploded and set his clothes on fire- a neighbour heard him scream and jumped the fence and put the hose on him.
He was in the burns unit for a few weeks before he was allowed home, and it took a long time to heal up. He has no hair on his legs or left arm and when you look closely you see it but it honestly healed amazingly well.

I hope you don't mind me asking but what was the flask for? I don't understand why your mother said it's someone else's fault for not screwing the lid on?- did she ask them to fill it or something?

X

 

[Wriggley]

Sending major hugs to you and your baby.

My dad had 60% 2nd and 3rd degree burns about 18 years ago. You wouldn't know to look at him. bonfire accident something exploded and set his clothes on fire- a neighbour heard him scream and jumped the fence and put the hose on him.
He was in the burns unit for a few weeks before he was allowed home, and it took a long time to heal up. He has no hair on his legs or left arm and when you look closely you see it but it honestly healed amazingly well.

I hope you don't mind me asking but what was the flask for? I don't understand why your mother said it's someone else's fault for not screwing the lid on?- did she ask them to fill it or something?

X

i am sure OP will answer this but We take a flask of water out with us to make up bottles (formula feeding) as you cant just make up a bottle and take it out with you as once you make up a bottle its only good for an hour

to the OP thinking of you and your little girl

 

[deafgal]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

 

[Wriggley]

Haha I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

We were advised you need to make bottles up as you need them so that bacteria does not build up in the milk. :/ faff! or what lol

if we are in doors we do make up 3 at a time and put in the fridge (advise when my 3 year old was a baby so not that long ago) but when we are out for the day or a few hours we take a flask of water to make up as we need them as we cant keep made up bottles cold like the fridge does

 

[deafgal]

The "haha" was not suppose to be there. I was typing ahh and my darn phone auto corrected it (probably pulled it off from my "add to" list).

Anyway, they should make pram just for flask storage since it is common there.

 

[catty]

My friend uses a flask to sit her cold bottle in to heat it up. I take a bottle out in an Insulated holder thing so it stays warmish but probably not advised to do this.

hope your girl is getting better, every mums nightmare!

 

[Wriggley]

The "haha" was not suppose to be there. I was typing ahh and my darn phone auto corrected it (probably pulled it off from my "add to" list).

Anyway, they should make pram just for flask storage since it is common there.

mine does have flask storage but its not very common i dont think - our buggy is from the states :/ lol

 

[deafgal]

My friend uses a flask to sit her cold bottle in to heat it up. I take a bottle out in an Insulated holder thing so it stays warmish but probably not advised to do this.

hope your girl is getting better, every mums nightmare!

yeah, it's the same here, not advised to do this. I mean they take room temperature water ...then they mix it up to serve it immediately. Or use ready to serve formula (no mixing required)

 

[jd83]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

This is what we did. I usually made them up at room temperature once he was older.

I also now feel a little stupid because it didn't even occur to me the flask was for the baby's milk. All I could envision it being for was for tea or coffee or something.

 

[misspriss]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

This is what we did. I usually made them up at room temperature once he was older.

I also now feel a little stupid because it didn't even occur to me the flask was for the baby's milk. All I could envision it being for was for tea or coffee or something.

In the US, our water has chlorine in it so we are not advised to use boiled water to make formula. In the UK, the advice is different because the water is treated differently. There is more of a chance of bacteria being in the water because it is not treated with chlorine, so it must be boiled , AFAIK.

 

[Wriggley]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

This is what we did. I usually made them up at room temperature once he was older.

I also now feel a little stupid because it didn't even occur to me the flask was for the baby's milk. All I could envision it being for was for tea or coffee or something.

dont feel stupid hun! - the only reason i do this is because i saw other parents doing it at baby groups when my first son was a baby - previous i had planned trips around feeds or brought the ready made stuff and found somewhere to heat it

its just one way for sorting bottles out, like others have said there are other ways of doing it

 

[jd83]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

This is what we did. I usually made them up at room temperature once he was older.

I also now feel a little stupid because it didn't even occur to me the flask was for the baby's milk. All I could envision it being for was for tea or coffee or something.

In the US, our water has chlorine in it so we are not advised to use boiled water to make formula. In the UK, the advice is different because the water is treated differently. There is more of a chance of bacteria being in the water because it is not treated with chlorine, so it must be boiled , AFAIK.

I did know that from other threads on here about boiling in UK vs not boiling in US, but I guess it still just wasn't what went through my head reading about a flask. One of those cultural differences I guess; you tend to think about it in the way you would use it. I only ever use them for coffee, so that was immediately what came to mind.

 

[misspriss]

Ahh I see. Some women I know would serve it cold for older infants (in a insulated pack) when they are out.

or room temperature or microwave it.

This is what we did. I usually made them up at room temperature once he was older.

I also now feel a little stupid because it didn't even occur to me the flask was for the baby's milk. All I could envision it being for was for tea or coffee or something.

In the US, our water has chlorine in it so we are not advised to use boiled water to make formula. In the UK, the advice is different because the water is treated differently. There is more of a chance of bacteria being in the water because it is not treated with chlorine, so it must be boiled , AFAIK.

I did know that from other threads on here about boiling in UK vs not boiling in US, but I guess it still just wasn't what went through my head reading about a flask. One of those cultural differences I guess; you tend to think about it in the way you would use it. I only ever use them for coffee, so that was immediately what came to mind.

Yeah, it really is one of the cultural differences!