Spoiled Rotten

[Princess81]

Yes, and it's about how the NHS is under strain rom preventable 'illnesses' in children, such as underage drinking and obesity.

The parents are the ones I'm shocked at!

One Mum was looking for her son, who was 13. They drove all over the city looking for him. Apparently he's a heavy drinker, has an ASBO and is never home. The Mum was laughing about this is the car, and when they stopped to talk to one of her son's mates, she asked the 13 year old child for a light for her cigarette

This is the kind of little darling that I have to deal with on a nearly daily basis. My parents would have lynched me if I was like that!
As for the rest of the programme, the parents all seem deluded! Especially the chunky 5 yr olds mum. It was a lesson fir me tho, just assumed it would be ok to send a toddler robed with a bottle.

 

[Princess81]

Should say toddler to bed - lol

 

[Tonks]

I was very surprised a 4 year old was still on bottles of milk through the night!

As for the 13 year old drinker, it really saddened me how the Mum said she can tell him what to do and control him in the house, but not outside. Bloody try harder then! Didn't matter where I was as a kid, I knew my parents would scalp me if I was naughty when I got home!

 

[Princess81]

Hence I spent most of my teenage years grounded/in trouble

 

[Tonks]

Me too

Love how you're in the Police now, and I'm in the TA. Gluttons for punishment?!?

 

[charliebear]

So I decided to change AJ's routine because of this.

Used to be, bath/teeth/pj's/bottle/bed.
New routine, bath/pj's/bottle/teeth/bed

Guess who forgot teeth because of the change?? I had to brush his teeth when he was in bed Silly Mammy

 

[charliebear]

Ok ladies, I have a question!

If we're not to brush LO's teeth within an hour of eating because of possible damage to tooth enamel . What about after his last bottle of milk?
AJ is having his milk and is obviously tired and ready for bed so will have his teeth brushed more or less straight after.

Thank you

 

[PippaJ]

I don't know whether it damages the enamel after milk, will watch replies to this with interest though as we have the same routine as you - bath/jammies/milk/teeth/bed and we are brushing Evie's teeth about 10 mins after her bottle so I really hope it's ok to do that

 

[mel_ed]

hi
that should be fine to brush them after milk. its normally just drinking something that is acidic that sticks to the enamel like coca cola or pure orange thats causes problem.
hope that helps any more dental questions let me know he he x

 

[mel_ed]

That programme was awful poor little children. The little boy at 5 was getting way to much food, but the mother thought that because she was feeding him "good" food she could give him as much as he wanted, what that child ate in 2 hours would last my 12 year old all day !!!! The kids getting teeth out didnt shock me at all, I am a dental nurse and once worked in a dentist which was placed in one of the worst areas for dental care in belfast, so I saw things like that 5 days a week for 5 years. The parents would insist their children ate healthy with NO sweets, then I would go to the shop to get my lunch and the kids would be standing drinking fizzy drinks and eating bags of sweets, one little guy (age 5 who was up for a dental clearance) came to his appointment with a bag of 50 fizzy jellies, we know there was 50 because we took them off him and ate them when he left !!!!! lmao There is no talking to some parents, what can you do ???

i'm a dental nurse 2 . didnt suprise me either weve seen so many kids like that its awful isnt it. makes me laughwhen they walk in with sweets and ribena!
we had an older patient in the other day she was 24 needed a full clearance due to drinking 2 litres of coke a day!! how the hell do they drink that in a day???? i hate the feel of all the sugar on my teeth

Yay for Dental Nurses We had a girl of 19 get braces on, we had to send her to the hospital and get all sorts of approval becuase she was over 18 took us a whole year to fight to get her the braces but we got them in the end she is now 24 and still has the braces on She wont go to the dentist and get them off, her teeth are rotten under them, its awful because she has already lost 6 molars and she is defo going to lose a few front ones now, so sad

OMG! thats terrible. i remember a patient that had fixed appliances and the ortho practice that she went to went bump. she came to us and had, has dteh ppliances on for 4 years as no 1 would take them off for her. she ha tried her self and got a few brackets off. felt sooo sorryfor her.
i don t think i could do GA i think LA is bad enough sometimes. poor kiddies havin teeth out so young.
its only the parents to blame i say!!!

 

[megsmeadow]

I have to say all those things shocked me but my OH also smokes at the moment, had given up for 2 years before I met him so I'm not sure what that says about our relationship
Anyways, I didn't realise that the kids still suffered from passive smoking even when the parents didn't do it in the house! My OH always washes his hands after smoking but the fact it stays on the breath and clothes for up to 2 hours afterwards shocked me, and I pointed this out! He has been intending to stop for some time, and says def before bubs arrives, I hope this has hit home the importance to him!!