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  • Whose Face Is Resus Annies-Amazing True Story

    This is the DEATH MASK of a young woman who drowned in the River Seine in the 1880’s. As was customary in those days, her corpse was put on display in the Paris mortuary, in the hope that someone might recognize her and claim her body.

    The pathologist on duty became entranced by the girl with the enigmatic half-smile, and so he commissioned a plaster cast made of her face. This mask was replicated many times over. She became known as “L’Inconnue de la Seine,” or “The Unknown Woman of the Seine.”

    Whose Face Is Resus Annies-Amazing True Story
    Whose Face Is Resus Annies-Amazing True Story

    In 1955, a toy maker named Asmund Laerdal created what we now know as the CPR doll. Asmund wanted his mannequin to have a natural appearance. Remembering a mask on the wall of his grandparents’ house many years earlier, he decided that the L’Inconnue de la Seine would become the face of Resusci Anne. So you see, this anonymous woman who drowned in the 19th century is responsible for saving many, many lives the world over.

    It is said that she has the most kissed face of all time. I hope you enjoyed this little #histmed tale!

    Credit: The Chirurgeon’s Apprentice

     

  • Don’t Leave Kids Drinks In The Car Here’s Why

    Just in case you’re also one of those moms or dads who forgets to carry in all the sippies and bottles from the car after an adventure..

    the hubby pulled this one out before going anywhere else with the little one today, it’s got apple juice in it from an earlier trip out.

    I guess it was hot enough to spark his curiosity, and as we found is also hot enough to scold the inside of well anyone’s mouth, but most importantly the little ones. Thank god he found it before she did.

    Don't Leave Kids Drinks In The Car Here's Why
    Don’t Leave Kids Drinks In The Car Here’s Why

    I thought I’d share to help possibly avoid any burnt mouths and also to raise awareness on just how hotttt it gets in a closed vehicle in the summer time. Important to remember that the temperature could have been higher making it more dangerous, had the cup been left longer in the car. 🔥🔥🔥

    Thanks for sharing!!

    1. THIS CUP COULD HAVE BEEN HOTTER BUT WE ONLY LEFT THE CUP IN THE CAR FOR A SHORT TIME SO THATS THE MAIN POINT HERE.

    #2. everyone comparing this to a hot coffee, you’re point is null and void here. I don’t know anyone who sips their coffee right away at 150 degrees so they can burn the inside of their mouth, I mean the coffee cups literally say “caution, hot, will cause serious burns”. I surely don’t know anyone who gives their child a hott coffee. This whole post is about how hot a car can get, so not only are we worried about sippy cups, get ya damn kids out of the car, this is about how we as parents aren’t perfect, and how children can some times get a hold of things before we get a chance to.

     

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/monstrocity93

     

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  • Childminder Burnt Babies Feet Because She Kept Crying

    When a mum returned home to her six-month-old baby, she wasn’t met by a smiling happy bundle of joy that she had left earlier. As she returned to her house after being away for a few hours, she discovered that 36-year-old babysitter Ismelda Ramos Mendoza had harmed her daughter.

    The moment she got through the door, she knew something was not right. Upon looking at her baby, she discovered that the soles of her feet were covered in huge blisters.

    When she asked the babysitter what had happened, the babysitter said she had no idea. The mother was not satisfied with the answer and suspected the babysitter did something to her child. She called the police to lodge a claim of child abuse.

    She then took her daughter straight to the hospital after speaking to the police, where she discovered the real extent of her wounds. On both feet, she had severe burns, as if they had been cooked.

    After 36-year-old Mendoza was arrested, it was discovered that she had become angry while she was cooking when the baby didn’t stop crying.

    Mendoza then grabbed the baby and forced her feet into the frying pan as punishment, according to The Washington Post.

     

  • NHS Staff Being Fined For Parking When Working

    Sat in tears in my car after a long, hard 12.5 hour shift in A&E….

    and all for the wrong reasons 😰😢

    UHCW please somebody help !!!

    I’m absolutely losing my rag and don’t know what to do.

    For the past 8 years I have worked within the hospital and for those entire 8 years I have never EVER been given a parking pass despite multiple phone calls, emails, appeals, basically begging!!

    I have had countless struggles over the 8 years trying to get myself to work and back.

    These days I have to dump my car out side of the hospital and walk a good 20 min at least in all weathers & pitch black in winter.

    I’ve encountered trouble with youths, horrible weather leaving me soaked for 12.5 hr shifts and even had to waddle after my days at work throughout both of my pregnancies within the trust.

    More and more of the estates around the trust become covered in red/yellow lines making it next to impossible to find somewhere ‘acceptable’ to park, pushing people to park further and further away.

    Now for the past 2 shifts I have got back to my car, exhausted, and today soaked, to find 2 parking tickets AGAIN.

    Paying £10 a day in the visitor car park is not happening, I have 4 children to provide for!

    Please ffs someone help me resolve this utter nightmare I’m in ?!?!?!?!

    All to get myself to work and back…. does the hospital have that little respect for me that they think these daily struggles are acceptable for loyal dedicated members of staff?

    Honestly, please, someone offer some help or a solution because to be left in tears after a 12.5 hr day at work in A&E because of this is not acceptable.

    I love my job but this alone makes me want to look elsewhere 😰 The daily struggle is unreal.

    ?UHCW- Coventry council- Government – whoever is responsible for this should be ashamed of this poor treatment to staff 😭😭😭😭😭

    *******UPDATE*******

    Thank you so so much to anyone showing their support for me on this post. This was originally a private post to air my frustration to my friends. I was asked by a few people to make it public so they can share how bad the situation is and I never expected so many people to be concerned enough to share and comment!

    Just a few things to point out now though –

    – Please read the post properly and see that on this occasion I was not parked on hospital grounds so this is NOT a ticket from any of UHCW’s security staff.

    Although I have gotten many tickets on site before, this is not a dig at our security staff so please do not make this about them.

    – I was parking with a friends permit on these 2 occasions, on an estate near the hospital, which should have been valid – therefore I am in the process of doing an appeal for both tickets as I believe I should not have got them anyway! Thought I had a temporary solution to my parking issues… apparently I can’t even take my friends kind gesture of help now!

    – To the best of my knowledge, I believe the main problem is that the current car park is privately owned, NOT by the hospital. So it is the private company at fault for the ludicrous daily parking charges and fines on site. They have also introduced a new 10 minute rule where I believe you will be sent a fine even if you are not parked, and spend more than 10 minutes on site 🤷🏼‍♀️

    – And finally, again to the best of my knowledge, I believe the main thing UHCW needs is to build a whole new big car park for NHS staff, as right now the demand for passes much outweighs the current capacity. However I believe this isn’t supported by the council —— therefore it seems that these are the main ones needed to resolve the issue!

    Although really, this isn’t something a humble band 5 A&E nurse should have to think about. I certainly don’t get paid enough for that !!

    This should have been resolved years ago by all these high up, well paid decision making people 🤣

    I want nothing more than to drive to my place of work, do my 12.5 hour shift, and drive back home 😊

    Thank you everyone for showing some support 🙏💓😀 xxx

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/samantha.martin.7923

     

  • Would You Know What Do If Your Baby Was Choking

    Yesterday we experienced every parents worst nightmare!!!!

    While it’s still raw, I need to share my story to everyone with babies/children just so people know how quickly a child can choke & stop breathing etc in a matter of seconds/minutes.

    Theo nearly died yesterday 😭 because he choked on some food (uk guideline correctly sized finger foods of egg mayo sandwich soldiers & soft melon sticks)

    He has eaten this so many times before. Melon & anything on bread are some of his favourite foods.

    The reason I am telling you is because most of you know how Theo is such an incredible eater & I always had the attitude “It will never happen to me because I’m so careful” I Always sit with him when he eats, I always chopped his foods into “non choking small sizes”.

    I am always so careful, Yet it still happened & We nearly lost our baby.

    I was sat next to him while he was eating in his high chair when i accidentally kicked my coffee over. (I think at that moment I must have startled him while he had food in his mouth 😭)

    You know what it’s like when a drink spills, you naturally jump out your seat & leg it to the kitchen for some kitchen roll or tea towels etc. It took me seconds to run to the kitchen & back.

    I chucked down 5 squares of kitchen roll & that’s all it took time wise. I took my eyes off him for Seconds!!!!!

    I heard a muffled sound, I looked over at Theo to find him slumped to the side of his high chair, blue lips & eyes rolled to the back of his head, having a seizure.

    Some people don’t know the difference between gagging & choking and think they need to listen for a cough to know their baby is chocking.

    THERE WAS NO COUGH TO WARN ME!!!!

    Because there was absolutely no air going in or out!!!!

    He stopped breathing & his whole body went so blue & lifeless he looked dead 😭 An image that just keeps flashing back over & over in my head, that feeling of complete terror as my heart was ripping into a million pieces as I thought I was going to have to say goodbye to the most precious little soul in my life 💔 a moment I’m not sure I will ever get over.

    If it wasn’t for the fact me & Jamie knew first aid & knew to keep going with back blows & chest thrusts until he could breathe . And most importantly called for an ambulance immediately at the start, while I was doing the back blows etc, Jamie was on the phone. I think one more minute & he would have died 😭

    The moment I felt his little body give up, followed by blood coming out his mouth was the moment we both completely lost our shit with panic. I think the whole road could hear our desperate screams. Reality kicked in that we could lose him, because nothing was working.

    But amazingly we managed to get him back after jamie blew a hard, quick breath into his mouth, that must have dislodged whatever it was.

    HE TOOK HIS FIRST BREATH 🙌🏽 after what felt like forever trying to stop him choking. After a few more breaths, He came round all disoriented at first & just wanted to cuddle. Phew….

    But Panic wasn’t over 😫 5 minutes later he had another seizure I’m guessing from lack of oxygen. (Both thinking here we go again, screaming at the operator on the phone, begging her to help us)

    I had to Put him into the recovery position on the floor & had to sit next to him helplessly while he went in & out on consciousness until the ambulance arrived with some oxygen.

    We were taken to hospital & after lots of checks he was so incredibly brave & strong he was sent home later that same night.

    The photo is of him totally exhausted having a lovely snooze in daddy’s arms, having his final check before we went home.💙

    This isn’t an attention message in any way, because he is absolutely fine now!

    it’s purely to make people aware of how easily something like this can happen.

    And please please please do not have that same attitude I did that “it won’t happend to me because I’m so careful”

    It doesn’t matter how careful you are, accidents still happen & this happened in a matter of seconds!!!!

    If your baby was to choke & stop breathing would you honestly hand on heart know what to do???

    Because if you don’t….

    please take 10mins of your time to read the NHS advice for choking page.

    • https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/helping-choking-baby/

    And the short YouTube clips of what to do when a baby/child chokes including CPR

    • https://youtu.be/I3pvuYMcPg4

    • https://youtu.be/aXaLc-AwX2g

    I can honestly say through all the panic & upset that our slight memory of first aid helped us save our baby’s life.

    Our story could have been so different but

    We feel so incredibly lucky that he is still alive! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

    There must have been a guardian angel watching over us yesterday 💕😇

    Please feel free to share this story to all your baby mumma friends, I’ll make it public so people can

    ***EDIT*** also ask your friends and family that look after your little ones the exact same question above…. what would you do?

    If they can’t answer, get them to watch the videos too 😊

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/alex.skillen.1

     

  • Heat Stroke In Babies And Toddlers

    HEAT STROKE IN BABIES & TODDLERS

    Heat exhaustion and heat stroke don’t just appear out of the blue. There are signs of heat stress, which, if left untreated, can lead to heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

    The initial signs of heat stress include:

    • Heat rash that doesn’t go away when the skin is cooled, called “prickly heat”. This rash looks like a red cluster of pimples or small blisters on or around the

    NECK – UPPER CHEST – GROIN – ELBOW CREASES.

    • Heat cramps happen as muscles and bodily systems deplete their supply of electrolytes, particularly salt and water, and as a reaction to lower blood volumes. These cramps usually occur in the ABDOMEN – LEGS – ARMS and are accompanied by MOODINESS and FUSSINESS. If a baby, toddler or young child starts showing signs of crankiness or fussiness this can be an early indication of heat stress.

    • Watch for unusual erratic and repetitive behaviors, such as repeatedly standing and sitting.

    If the above symptoms worsen and start to include:

    • Intense thirst

    • Dizziness or fainting

    • Pale skin

    • Rapid but weak heart rate

    • Headache

    • Nausea and vomiting

    • Concentrated pee & decreased output (yellow/orange)

    Then your child is becoming dehydrated and likely has heat exhaustion.

    TREATMENT:

    • IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL ACTIVITY !!!

    • Remove clothing

    • Move to a cool place

    • Give cool water with a teaspoon of salt per quart, or sports drink. (Cold water and salt tablets can actually increase cramping symptoms.) (not for babies)

    • Gently massage child’s muscles

    • Elevate feet on a pillow if they will lie down

    Rest and rehydration is usually enough, though some children may need more time to recover than others. Hospitalization is rarely needed.

    DO call your family doctor.

  • Sting Zing-Read The Label First

    Honestly I’ve tried to write this so many times

    Guys I’m crying. Fucking CRYing

    We got given samples in line at like 6 this morning at the Sephora opening. Human got super excited by one in particular

    I looked at it. It was called Sting Zing and it had little jellyfish all over it. I assumed (silly me) that it was one of those gloss lip plumpers

    You know? Put it on your lips and it stings the shit out of them – to make them swell… So they look cute? 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

    “Mm no, I think that’s for your pimples”

    “Are you sure? Coz I think it’s for your lips”

    “Nah, I’m pretty sure, it’s like – sting or zing your pimples, you know?”

    Yeh ok, I don’t think so. But who am I to argue right? And there was nothing on the package about what it actually did

    We move on, she lives her best life – calculator in hand trying to figure out how she’s going to blow more money in one go than she ever has before. It might sound weird to be proud of a kid for buying make up – but she earned every dollar that she spent and my heart was so full 🖤

    Anyway after being home for awhile – she’s playing with all the samples and divvying them out. I leave her to it

    Some time later

    “Mum – my face is burning”

    She sends me a photo. Ok, looks like she’s having a reaction, no big deal. My skins mental too

    When I go to see her, her face looks wet. But weirdly only in patches – the patches where her skin looks like it’s literally burning off

    “Ellie – is it still on your face?

    “Yeh”

    “What the fuck? – It’s burning your skin! Take it off – now”

    “Well it’s supPOSED to sting – it means it’s working. Like, it’s CALLED sting zing”

    “Uhh no – it means your having an allergic fucking reaction – go and take it off!”

    “It’s really burning”

    Her face is literally on fire at this point. And entiiirely bright red. Ok noww I’m getting a bit nervous

    “It had jellyfish on the package”

    Oh my god. I thought the pictures were cute but – they’re actually putting fucking jellyfish in this shit now? wild. Not surprising, but wild.

    And now I’m like omg she’s having an allergic reaction to jellyfish venom all over her face and I don’t know what to do but I don’t want her to know that

    So of course I go straight to google – and type in sting zing – and before I could finish my sentence – it finishes it :

    “Sting Zing Lip Plumper”

    Holy shit team. I’m actually passing the fuck awAY at this point – because this is the moment I realise she has literally just applied lip plumper – to her entire fucking face

    Her entire face – EXCEPT her lips

    I go on to find it’s vegan

    “Ok it’s vegan, so it can’t be too bad -“

    alllll of a sudden miss judgy eco is all :

    “JUST BECAUSE ITS VEGAN, DOESNT MEAN IT DOESNT HAVE CHEMICALS”

    Well it didn’t have chemicals – but it DOES have ‘hot pepper fruit extract’ and THATS why her face was on fire

    Only – ONLY my child would do this. My friends would agree

    She agreed

    Can’t wash out what’s in the blood gf 💁🏻‍♀️

    And also – I toldasoe gf – I godamm toldasoe

    She’s fine – her face is fine. It’s completely gone away. She found it just as funny as we did 😂 And she now knows to google – what she puts on her bloody face 🤦🏻‍♀️

    This photo was just the beginning lol – when she wakes up 🙄 I’ll get the better ones 😂

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/growingahuman/

     

  • Breastfeeding Is Hard Enough

    First thing first, did you know that breastfeeding your child is the MOST nutritious thing your baby can consume?

    Did you know if your baby was to get sick the baby’s latch will send your body a signal and make NATURAL medicine for your child? Throughout Ariyah’s life i think she’s been sick about 3 times. which is GREAT for her to be 15 months old.

    Do you even know what breastfeeding moms had to go through to breastfeed? Do you know when i first had my baby nobody ever told be about how bad afterbirth was? ON TOP of cluster feeding (which is when your baby wants to be latched for hours and hours) do you know your nipples bleed and get scabs when you first start breastfeeding?

    Do you imagine how painful that is? Do you know when your baby latches it causes you to have contractions because the baby sucking gives your body a signal the baby is out and & May start the healing process? Did you think about sore nipples plus contractions and clusterfeedind all at once? Do you think someone that was this dedicated is gonna give a fuck if you want us to suffocate our child after going through all of that?

    Did you know we don’t give a fuck about your opinion 😊

    Mommiona In 100 degree weather 😫🌴🧘🏽‍♂️ #repost #Breastfeeding

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/jerrbear123

     

  • Baby Badly Bitten At Daycare

    So, I have really been debating sharing this or not. However, I feel that if someone I knew was looking into a daycare for their child I would want them to know NOT to use this one.

    My 3 year old daughter came home the end of May with 13 bites all over her body…. not one, two, or even 3, but 13! I was informed 10 minutes before I arrived to pick her up that day that she had been bitten 5 times on the stomach but that none of them broke the skin. Before I even got there I was furious. In my mind I was thinking five times is way to excessive for my baby to be bit while being under anyone’s “supervision “.

    When I picked her up and got her into the car I was distraught! I literally had no words… I couldn’t even make myself talk to the staff, not that they offered me any kind of explanation other than a little boy bit her and pushed her down outside, but the teacher didn’t notice the bites until they came in for snack. Ok, where were you while my daughter was screaming and crying in the dirt on the playground for help!??

    I called my mother crying and upset and asked what we should do, I could not send my baby back to a place where she had been allowed to be abused. So we made a report and pressed charges, all of which were sustained by DFCS and Bright from the Start. She had bites, and bruises, and marks on her face from what appears to have been caused by being hit in the face per her pediatrician. My 3 year old has teeth mark scars on her body now because someone wasn’t doing their job! Please ask around and research before placing your babies in a daycare! This was at a childcare network in Henry county on Jodeco rd.

    Credit https://www.facebook.com/greeneyedblondie16