Why is it that children go pee when and where you don't want them to...like yesterday on the kitchen floor--which I stepped in...but when you want them to go they don't...like today at the doctor's office. I knew they'd need a clean catch urine specimen at the doctor's for Nathan. (Possible UTI--but now unlikely.) So I planned ahead and gave him lots of liquids right before we left. He decided to pee, though, within the 5 minutes between when he had just been changed and when we arrived at the clinic 3 miles away. No biggie; figured he'd pee soon again anyway with all that liquid he'd had for breakfast. They even gave him his own bottled water at the clinic. I gave the girls water, too, and we played 'Simon Says' with a lot of "drink some water" commands. Waited and waited until enough cheerios had been spilled and crunched on the floor and then somebody dumped their water over and mom had had enough.
Went to do errands. Pediatrician recommended good old straight cranberry juice so we went and got some of that for later. Also splurged and got the kids the $1 hot cocoa drinks at Starbucks--Nathan can down one of those faster than anything. Then Putzed and putzed at the store trying to kill time. Still nothing. Finally went back to the Dr's office to get the clean catch cup for at home--to dump the pee in from the little sticky bag thing they attached to him inside his diaper--that they forgot to give me the first time. Went home to wait. I told Nathan he can have a sucker as soon as he pees and he sure hasn't forgotten. But it's been almost 3 hours.
Then I returned a call from my clinic to reschedule (for the second time) my ultrasound for next week because the OB who does ultrasounds scheduled a surgery for the same time. Waited on hold 20 minutes and was transferred 4 times, only to receive a voice mailbox.
Oh, hark, the girls are yelling and cheering that Nathan peed!!! We'll be hopping in the van again soon. Betcha the nurse from my clinic calls back when we're gone at Nathan's clinic and doesn't leave me her direct extension like I asked.
OK, so today hasn't been as fun of a day with the kids off from school as yesterday was. Oh well.
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That sounds like a really stressful day. And a very tricky thing to have to catch some pee. I hope everything works out okay and that you can unwind a little this evening.
All that for a little dribble, but what can ya do?
Hint about the cranberry juice: if you get the capsules (in the supplement aisle), they don't have any sugar in them. Better for the healing and you can add them to some water.
Just my two cents.
Thanks, Kelli! Actually I did find straight bottled cranberry juice with no sugar added, too. :)
What a day!
I gotta go lie down after reading that.
I gotta go pee after reading that.
And wouldn't ya know after all that waiting for a little pee, when he did go he filled up the whole bag thingy (which I discovered doesn't really hold any of it in when a 2 year old is playing) plus his whole diaper was sogged to the core. Even leaked through to his pants. When it rains it pours. After all that, I was only able to "catch" about 1/8 inch of pee. Just enough.
I think these are the things "they" say we'll laugh about later, I don't really believe them. You deserve a gold star for that day, for sure.
Oh, honey--just cherish these days--they'll be gone so fast!
HA! What some women forget!!
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