Our Trick AND Treat- DD's Surprise Bday Trip! 11/4 Get Movin'

[Lady Lallie]

Congrats on your ADRs! They look great.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

OK Soooo as you all know, I've was struggling with whether to pull Aisling out of school early on Friday. We had booked the 5pm flight out of Manchester originally. Well of course, Murphy's Law...now that we have decided to pull her out of school early (and made ADRs for dinner at Chef Mickey's)...the flight prices for that one way are up about $35/person from what we originally paid. Today the flight is down to an increase of $16/person. But we are still 3 months out. What do you think? Should we gamble it or pay the $48 (total) increase???

 

[Lady Lallie]

OK Soooo as you all know, I've was struggling with whether to pull Aisling out of school early on Friday. We had booked the 5pm flight out of Manchester originally. Well of course, Murphy's Law...now that we have decided to pull her out of school early (and made ADRs for dinner at Chef Mickey's)...the flight prices for that one way are up about $35/person from what we originally paid. Today the flight is down to an increase of $16/person. But we are still 3 months out. What do you think? Should we gamble it or pay the $48 (total) increase???

I would gamble it. IF the flight goes down you can always get a credit for the price...granted you have to use it within a year of when you bought your flights but it's something.

 

[jenb1023]

So I have a ton of work to do today that is stressing me out and this house selling thing is stressing me out so I decided to DIS to de-stress! Good solution - huh.

I would book the tickets now and pay the increase. They could go up again or flights could change. You can always try to get a credit if they go back down. I have been peeking at flights in case we decide to go on our trip and there are fewer direct flights to choose from then just last week.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Hi all!

I need cooking help! Does anyone have any fabulous burger recipes??? It can be any kind of burger. We are having a burger cook off and I need something fun and new!!!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Hi all!

I need cooking help! Does anyone have any fabulous burger recipes??? It can be any kind of burger. We are having a burger cook off and I need something fun and new!!!

Let me ask Marc, he's the cook in our family.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So I had a scary night with my baby last night.

A little background info is that Aisling is extremely allergic to bug bites. When she gets one, she swells up like a balloon. All her joints swell up and she gets big welts and bruises. Needless to say, a summer camp in the woods in NH...on a lake...with all this rain...isn't helping the cause. Of course I practically drown her in bugspray in the morning but they counselors are not allowed to re-apply it after they go swimming. The poor thing is getting eaten alive. Her pediatrician told me to give her Benedryl to help with the joint swelling. Obviously, I need to give her the Benedryl at night because it would make her drowsy during the day.

So last night, I gave her Benedryl before bed like usual. At about 11pm I heard a crash. I was convinced that someone had broken into my house. Then I heard a little noise from Aisling's room. I called her name and she didn't respond so I ran in there. She was just standing next to her bed, not making a sound. She was just staring. When I started talking to her, she started to scream...LOUDLY. She didn't say a word just screamed. Then she ran to the bathroom. Of course I followed her but she seemed totally confused where she was. She ran back and forth between her bedroom and the bathroom screaming. Then she took off all her clothes. Eventually she decided that she had to go potty but instead of using the toilet...she peed on the floor...like she couldn't find the toilet

Mind you, she was still just screaming during all of this. No response to me at all. Then finally she started speaking but she was yelling about kids being in our house and having balloons and them not letting her play with the balloons. At this point, she had been up for 15 minutes. I couldn't figure out if she was sleep walking or having hallucinations from the Benedryl or what.

Finally after about 20 minutes of not being able to calm her down, I told her that i was going downstairs to call Randy to have him come home because I was terrified (not to mention that I was convinced that one of my neighbors were going to call the cops soon as a child screaming that late at night)

When I started to head downstairs she finally stopped screaming and grabbed my hand. She still wasn't talking to me but was able to walk downstairs. I called Randy and of course, right afterward, she kinda snapped out of it and was able to talk a little bit. We waited on the couch for Randy to get home. She wouldn't talk to him other than to ask him to tuck her into bed.

This morning...totally fine

So I'm still at a loss as to what is going on?!?!

Benedryl making her hallucinate? (I couldn't take it as a kid because I hallucinated on it)

Sleepwalking??? (Randy and I were both sleepwalkers)

Some kind of Seizure??? (didn't think of this last night until several people pointed out to me at work that it could have been a seizure)

Random other reason????

Now of course Aisling is leaving tonight for an 8 day vacation with my mom in Maine. Better make sure I send her health insurance card just in case!

 

[Lady Lallie]

Oh my goodness, that is COMPLETELY scary. Are you going to put a call into her doctor to run it by them? I think I would do that.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Oh my goodness, that is COMPLETELY scary. Are you going to put a call into her doctor to run it by them? I think I would do that.

I was going to but I was afraid they would think that I was nuts!!! It sounds so strange.

 

[Lady Lallie]

I was going to but I was afraid they would think that I was nuts!!! It sounds so strange.

It does sound strange but I would call, nuts or not. That is scary.

 

[princessmom29]

That really sounds like a night terror. I had them as a child and so did my sister. The child appears to be awake, but is not really. It is like being stuck in a dream state. It is scary, but not harmful. The child will eventually snap out of it or get back in bed, and most don't remember what happened. They are totally not hasrmful to the child, but really scary for parents. I once spent 20 min telling my Mom that she was not my mother and I wanted my mommy!Ours were something that runs in the family. Some of my mom's siblings and several cousins had them as well. In her case I would suspect that the benedryl may have triggered it. The drowsyness from the benedryl may have made in harder for her to wake up?? I would check with her doc just to make sure.

 

[minnie2]

Kristine
Nikki has had those it sounds like a night terror. So scary! Last one she had was when she was really sick and had a 104 fever off ad on for about 4 days. Same kind of thing happened she woke up screaming no clue we where there walked around frantically. We thought she was awake so we tried to calm her and we did. The next morning she was fine! Still sick but didn't really remember what happened she thought it was a dream.

It could be the bug bite it could be the benadryl but it probably just a freak thing.
some info on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror

'Children from age two to six are most prone to night terrors, and they affect about fifteen percent of all children,[1] although people of any age may experience them. Episodes may recur for a couple of weeks then suddenly disappear.[citation needed] The symptoms also tend to be different, like the child being able to recall the experience, and while nearly arisen, hallucinate.[citation needed] Strong evidence has shown that a predisposition to night terrors and other parasomniac disorders can be passed genetically.[citation needed] Though there are a multitude of triggers, emotional stress during the previous day and a high fever are thought to precipitate most episodes.[citation needed] Ensuring the right amount of sleep is an important factor. Night terrors may also be caused by stress and constipation and other irregular bowel movements or lack thereof.[citation needed] Special consideration must be used when the subject suffers from narcolepsy, as there may be a link.[citation needed]'

 

[jham]

That is so scary Kristine. Seth used to have night terrors and what happened reminds me exactly of a night terror. He would kick and scream and walk around and freak out about random stuff and would not make eye contact or even seem to see that I was there at all. It was so scary because he looked like he was there, but he wasn't there, KWIM? It seems sometimes his night terrors would happen more frequently when he was overtired. He outgrew them, but your description reminds me so much of what they were like for me as a mom. I hope you can get some answers. I'm sure she'll be just fine.

 

[ireland_nicole]

I agree with princess mom; sounds just like a night terror; both my kids have had them and they would laleepwalk, talk, yell, etc too. Let your dr know to be sure. I would also talk to the camp. For her, that bug spray is a medication that she requires during the day; the camp needs to make reasonable accomodation.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

I think it was a night terror as well. It could be the activities at camp are really making her really tired.

I would call the pediatrician and find out if there was something else to give her for the bug bites besides the benedryl.

That sounds so scary

 

[Jennifer48]

Wow that is scary. I would definately make a call. It does sound more like a hallucination and give grandma the heads up in case it happens again.

So you are having an 8 day vacation too?! Anything romantic planned?

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Thanks everyone!!!

I did think of night terrors but for some reason, I thought those stopped at 2-3??? Guess not!

Oddly she is saying that she is remembering parts of last night but in her recollection she wasn't screaming...she was just "talking" to me Not even close! She doesn't remembering going to the bathroom either. I'm thinking that she might either be remembering AFTER she snapped out of it or she's not really remembering at all and she is actually just parroting back what she heard me describing to Randy and my mom.


Totally agree about the camp thing as well. I signed a medical release form letting them know that she needs bugspray re-applied but it isn't doing much good. Apparently it's a state law (like not having peanut products in schools- some kid may be allergic to bugspray). She can spray it herself but good luck getting a 5 year old to remember to do that!!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

So you are having an 8 day vacation too?! Anything romantic planned?

You can always tell the people who aren't married yet!!! I've been married for 7 years now. Romance (if it was there at all ) went out the window a long time ago

 

[MomTo4+more]

That would have scared me too!! I think I would go with calling the doctor just to get a professional opinion. I wonder if hallucinating on Benadryl could have a genetic link - something with the way your body metabolizes it or something? I am glad she is perfectly fine today! Hope her vacation is a fun one!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

UPDATE:::

You are all right. I just spoke to her pediatrician and they 99% think she had a night terror. Since she has taken Benedryl for so long they find it very unlikely that she could have a reaction to it now. Since night terrors tend to happen when you are over-stimulated during the day...the fact that she's at camp from 8-5 supports that.

If it happens again...they will send her for testing to make sure it's not some kind of seizure.

Thanks again everyone!!!
Kristine