https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 23:13:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344900 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:45:23 +0000 Dandelion 1344900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: The wild bird sounds more like the culprit, rather than the ice cream! Store bought eggs are usually pretty safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344890 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:41:11 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: now that you said that we did look after a wild injured bird after the big storm here.... Urgh maybe we got it from that. I guess we'll never know. We just have to clean everything about be careful. </p> <p>Geeez my bub isn't even mobile yet, how do you stop a toddler getting it!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344887 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:37:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1344887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: yes. I only know that because that is how my sister got it as a baby. Our pet cockatiel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344878 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:32:51 +0000 kjpugs 1344878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This kind of stuff happens ALL the time. You are NOT a bad mom! This could happen to anyone... a bad mom would not be so proactively taking care of their LO and cleaning/trying to prevent it again. That shows you are a GREAT mom. Steam clean and then move on knowing you did the best job you could! No one can protect their kiddos from EVERYTHING. I say you are above the curve for great-mom-ness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344868 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:25:53 +0000 erwoo 1344868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not a terrible mom at all! Accidents happen and all that matters is that now you know what it is and can treat it and be on the mend very soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344865 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:22 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: urgh. Really? I read about reptiles but not birds. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344859 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:18:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1344859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: birds can be a big carrier. Even washing out their food or water dishes in the sink can bring it in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344843 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:10:41 +0000 yellowbird 1344843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not a terrible mom! These things happen. Hope everyone is on the mend now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344829 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:01:15 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: dogs which live outside and birds but he isn't near them at all. :-/ I guess we'll never know. I just hope he doesn't ever get it again. Poor little guy, hope his medication works quick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344814 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:52:16 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1344814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: Do you have any pets (birds, turtles, etc)? Those are all often carriers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344812 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:50:41 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: true. true. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344803 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:47:03 +0000 Dandelion 1344803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: I might not have even been your house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344801 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:45:40 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: yeah we both ate it - it was delicious! Apparently not everyone who contracts it shows symptoms though so I may have just been a carrier. :-(</p> <p>I'll be steam cleaning everything in sight tomorrow. My house is clean already though... I don't understand :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344792 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:35:17 +0000 Dandelion 1344792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you eat the ice cream? If so, it might not have been the ice cream. Usually everyone who eats something gets it. It might have been from your DH handling something and touching the baby. Not to blame your DH, but it's possible that you had nothing to do with it!</p> <p>LO will get better, though! Keep nursing, it's the best thing for him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344784 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:32:37 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1344784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: it can come from so much. A paci set on the counter or a toy on the floor. All things that are really hard to prevent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344781 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:30:56 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@char54: don't worry about passing it through BM apparently you can't. My doctors doesn't know what's she's talking about apparently- that's a worry in itself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344777 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:26:47 +0000 Charm54 1344777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not a terrible mom! Omg - I eat raw cookie dough ALL the time now that I'm not pregnant, I never even thought that I could pass salmonella to her through my milk! This totally could have been me. This is a good PSA for me!</p> <p>As for the blocked tear ducts C had them also about a month ago. She would wake up with lots of yellow crusty puss each morning ... The dr gave me some drops and it cleared up very quickly. I also massaged a her ducts with a drop or two of breastmilk. </p> <p>Anyway point of my post is .. You aren't a bad mom!!you love and care for your sweet boy and that's the tell tale sign of a superstar mother :-) hope you are all feeling better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344767 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:19:32 +0000 Mrs. Taco 1344767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: Please don't feel bad! It happens regardless of how careful you are. My coworker's son got it at 12 weeks. She thinks from daycare but really, it could be anywhere! You're a wonderful mom for figuring out what's wrong and doing everything to help LO get better :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344752 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:03:20 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: woah. My so called doctor told me through the milk but I just a googled it and your right it can't be - breast milk actually prevents it. So E is exclusively breastfed. So then he must have got it from my hands? Oh that's horrible. I wash them all the time. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344745 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:50:45 +0000 swedishfish 1344745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are a fantastic mom because you persisted and made sure your DS had the proper tests performed. Things happen. Everyone's ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344731 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:39:38 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1344731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not a terrible mom! Things like this happen. Your LO will recover just fine! The most important thing is you got him medical attention when you thought he needed it. Try not to beat yourself up. No one's immune to these kinds of accidents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344726 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:37:18 +0000 Smurfette 1344726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not a terrible Mom!!! Accidents happen. All that matters is LO gets better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344725 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:36:35 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1344725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's very easy to get so don't feel bad. Has anyone told you it can be passed through milk? I didn't think that would be possible. </p> <p>A friend of mine said her baby had it bad and she was able to get a small vile of colostrum from a new mom and her daughter was better overnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344719 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:31:31 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: @Beyond2: thanks... It's just so hard not to feel terrible :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344715 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:29:01 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ironically I never showed any symptoms but LO &amp; DH did. It really is my fault. :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344714 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:26:11 +0000 LovelyPlum 1344714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are NOT a terrible mom! It happens to everyone now and then. The important thing is that you know what it is, so now everyone can start to feel better. Hugs, Mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344712 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:24:20 +0000 Beyond2 1344712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are definitly not a terrible mom! When I was a kid our well water was contaminated with ecoli (earwigs had made a nest in the well cap and enough fell into the water to cause contamination as they decomposed!- so rare) and we drank it FOR MONTHS. We were older and no one actually got sick amazingly but for months we consumed ecoli and had no idea. Stuff like this happens... Don't beat yourself up. No matter how careful you are these little bugs have a way of working themselves into the food chain occasionally :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/im-a-terrible-mum#post-1344708 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 06:19:37 +0000 Mrs squirreld 1344708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok I'm a step up from a terrible mum because Atleast I took him to the doctors persistently until they did tests. E has salmonella :-( 4 months old and has salmonella. Oh and his blocked tear duct is also infected. I made some homemade Icecream which had raw eggs in it and I must have got it from that and passed it onto him in my milk. :-/ DH also got it. I can't believe I made my little boy sick. :-( </p> <p>I am now a germaphobe. </p> <p>Please tell me it's more common than I think. </p> <p>I am grateful we have an answer to the blood in his stool though and it's nothing more serious. </p>