horrible facebook update...
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marley2580
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To be fair, Blythe has puked right after a fall head first. She only did it the once and it was due to her crying so hard. That said, if a parent is worried they should get their kid checked out. I took the 'going for a ride' thing to mean they'd take the kid to the hospital surreptitiously. Accidents happen, but a pattern should be reported
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the puking afterwards is a sign of head trauma!!!
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Not always, if it's once and happens when they're crying really hard they may have puked because of crying - you have to watch for further puking and other signs such as drowsiness etc
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True, but with a head injury you can never be too cautious.
My nephew fell out of a shopping cart when he was around 2 or just before he turned 2, and he ended up with a skull fracture. He acted fine in all other ways besides the obvious pain.
yesterday evening the parent was visited by Child and Family Services. The parents will be under supervision for a year. Regular visits... that sorta thing.
She's pretty pissed about it and thinks it's because the child fell out of the cart. She fails to see that that isn't the problem... the problem is that the child wasn't taken to the hospital immediately afterwords.
Hopefully Child and Family services will be able to educate these parents... that is, if they're willing to listen and not grind their teeth whenever a worker visits.
She's pretty pissed about it and thinks it's because the child fell out of the cart. She fails to see that that isn't the problem... the problem is that the child wasn't taken to the hospital immediately afterwords.
Hopefully Child and Family services will be able to educate these parents... that is, if they're willing to listen and not grind their teeth whenever a worker visits.
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Yes accidents happen to even the best parents! But its up to the parents to know when a child should be seen by a Dr.
How is the child? Any serious injuries?
The child is doing fine now. He was looked over yesterday and appears to be doing well.
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Yeh I think the parents should have taken their lo to hosp straight away, but doesn't anyone think it is sad that they felt they couldn't go because they were scared their child would be taken off them?
It must have been an awful feeling for them to decide to risk not going over risk of losing him to the authorities!... Yes I'm sure people will think that the child should be taken away, but who exactly will that benefit? certainly not the child!!!.....
The authorities need to be there to protect the children but to also educate the parents. It is good that they are supervising the family over the next yr, if the family knew that that was all that was going to happen then maybe they would have taken him in the 1st place.
Also OP, you reported them but were you a friend and advise them?
It must have been an awful feeling for them to decide to risk not going over risk of losing him to the authorities!... Yes I'm sure people will think that the child should be taken away, but who exactly will that benefit? certainly not the child!!!.....
The authorities need to be there to protect the children but to also educate the parents. It is good that they are supervising the family over the next yr, if the family knew that that was all that was going to happen then maybe they would have taken him in the 1st place.
Also OP, you reported them but were you a friend and advise them?
The last family member to offer up any advise that wasn't too her liking got an earful. If I knew she'd listen to me, I would have offered up advise rather than report her... I think this was the only way to get results though.
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I would have done the same thing. poor child 
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That's kind of what they are doing here by NOT taking him though. I think taking him for a 'ride' means taking him to the hospital without her husband knowing. Maybe she posted it for people to side with her?!
Good on you for saying something though, it could've been really serious
. I remember Jacob falling of our step and landing head first on concrete about a year ago...I felt physically sick for days and took him to hosp straight away as he swelled up pretty bad ..so I don't understand how she couldn't have done the same?! Nothing could get in between me and a doctor if it was my LO, hope the litte one is ok now!
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^^ my son did the same down concrete steps onto concrete when he was about 3 , the swelling was terrible, a long oval came straight up on his forehead
we rushed him to hospital by the time we got there his face was swollen too n even the staff were convinsed he had a fracture n he was sent for an xray immediatly
there was no fracture thankfully he was fine, hes 16 now nn u an still see where the swelling came up,, theres raised bit on his forehead
accidents do happen but as a parent its your resposiibility to get them checked over, its not the fact lo's get hurt its our responce to it we all want someone to tell us they are going to be ok
we rushed him to hospital by the time we got there his face was swollen too n even the staff were convinsed he had a fracture n he was sent for an xray immediatly
there was no fracture thankfully he was fine, hes 16 now nn u an still see where the swelling came up,, theres raised bit on his forehead
accidents do happen but as a parent its your resposiibility to get them checked over, its not the fact lo's get hurt its our responce to it we all want someone to tell us they are going to be ok
Good on you for saying something though, it could've been really serious
There were other incidents she posted on facebook in the past as well. This was the last straw for me. She lives about a 45 minutes out of town so even asking "facebook's" permission was kind of messed up. Now I can feel reassured that she will get the guidance she needs to become a better mom.
The child is doing fine, so I wish their family the best of luck...
