Is This Signs Of Dementia?

I had a recent event that shook me up a bit so I thought I would share my experience with you in this blog post.

I was in the grocery store and stopped at the section where the green bananas are located. I placed my shopping basket on the ground and proceeded to pack a plastic bag with some green bananas.

Then I walked over to the section with the potatoes, which was not far away. I packed another plastic bag with some potatoes.

When I was done, I looked around for my shopping basket and could not find it. I felt disoriented and just could not remember where I put my shopping basket. I even asked myself if I had a shopping cart. I proceeded to walk over to the section with the green bananas and looked down on the ground and there was my shopping basket. It wasn't a pleasant experience at all.

There was another time when I driving to a specific destination and I could not remember where I was going. This happened to me before but I was able to recollect myself within seconds but this time it took longer than usual and I had to drive my vehicle to the side of the road and stop the vehicle before I was able to remember where I was going.

My mother died on January 17, 2020 and had a bit of dementia. She would move things and forgot where she put them, then she would accuse family members for stealing her things. I am very mindful of her experiences.

I haven't gotten my annual medical check up as yet, when I do I will discuss this matter with my doctor and see what is recommended.

Migraines And Severe Headaches Maybe A Long Term Side Effect Of Hair Relaxers

My niece-in-law has always been complaining about her frequent severe migraines.  Recently we had a conversation and she told me that since we have been under 24 hours curfew due to COVID 19, in 2020, in the British Virgin Islands, she has not experienced any headaches.

Normally she would have already relaxed her hair.  But since we were not entitled to our regular luxuries of going to the hair dresser and to the spa, she was forced to allow her relaxed hair to grow out.  This ended up to be a blessing in disguise or my niece-in-law.  

I am so happy for her that she has gotten this relief from this pain and suffering.  She has gone to the doctor on numerous occasions.  She even went to have a MRI done.

As the relaxer in her hair began to grow out, it was challenging for my niece-in-law to style her hair each day.  She now had to deal with two textures of hair, her natural hair and the relaxed ends.  If not treated with special care, the relaxed hair end would break.

Now her hair is one hundred percent natural and she would mostly have braids installed into her hair or maybe a weave.

  

 

Tummy Time In Babies | My Story | What Is Tummy Time?

My second grandson was born on August 28 2018.  He is my daughter first child.  I travelled from Tortola British Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago to be there for her for birth of her baby.

It was my duty to show my daughter how to handle her baby.  She was on top of it though.  Any little concerns she had she would do her research on Google and also liaise with her doctor on WhatsApp which I thought was so cool and helpful. 

About a week after the birth of my grandson, Everyday after bathing and feeding him we would put him on his tummy to sleep.  This is the way my mother taught me.  So its understandable that I passed on this knowledge to my daughter. Then we learnt from my daughter's doctor that we should put baby on his back to sleep.

In doing so I noticed that when he was awake and lying on his back, he hardly made any effort to turn his head, he mostly moved his eyes.  This eventually began to be a concern for me so again we consulted his doctor and she said that maybe his neck muscles were still a bit weak and it might take a little longer for the neck muscles to get stronger.

Eventually I left Trinidad to return to Tortola, before doing so I reminded my daughter to monitor my grandson head movements.  We soon learned that the baby must be turned on their tummy for short periods as a form of exercise.  During these periods the neck muscles will develop.  This is called Tummy Time.

After about a month or so my daughter began to turn my grandson on his tummy for short periods.  This was done under strict supervision.  As time passed he was left on his tummy for longer periods.

Each time I spoke to my daughter I reminder her about the tummy time for my grandson.

Christmas Gifts Ideas From Amazon Under $25.00

Hello my friends, in this blog post, I share with you some items that you can get from Amazon that are great gift ideas and they are under $25.00.  The list consists of the product details, price and Amazon purchase links.  The great thing about Amazon, they can also wrap the gift for you too.

Item 1

These SD cards holder are great to store your SD cards.  They are water proof, compact and easily fit into a camera bag or hand bag.  Each case holds 8 SD cards.  The cases comes in a variety of patterns on the case cover.

Price $17.99

Honsky Water Resistant SD Memory Card Holder 

Item 2

I love this product.  I use it all the time to record videos for my channel, while I am driving.  The clip is very sturdy and allow me to adjust my cell phone at different angles.  After I have set up my cell phone on this holder, all I have to do is to press the record button and drive. Makes a great Christmas gift idea.

Price $9.99

Hzrfun Cell Phone Holder for Car Dashboard Clip.

Item 3

Another great product and very effective.  I like the fact that it does not rust and is very sturdy.  Note - the brand of the product link is not the same as the in the image.

$9.99

Professional Foot File Callus Remover 

Item 4

This journal with pictures of cute cats is one of my productions that is published on Amazon platform.  This is a part of me that my supporters don't know.  Each page of this journal is lined with an image of a cute cat.

$24.00

Cute Cats Journal (Notebook, Diary)

Item 5

So I just had to add this item to the list eventhough it does not fall into the category of under $25.00.  

$39.98

Kendal Leather Jewelry Box 

My Purple Kendal Jewelry Box

I purchased this purple Kendal jewelry box to store my Pandora Jewelry bracelets and my other gold and silver jewelry.  This jewelry box is spacious and I am able to store all my jewelry items very easily.

As you open the top of the jewelry box, the inside of the lid is covered with a lovely white soft velvet like fabric.  There is a mirror and under the mirror is a storage pouch.  

The top level of the box on the front right section there are grooves where you can store rings.  Behind that you can store earrings etc.  On the left hand side, back, there is a mini traveling box that you can store your most important pieces when traveling.  

To the front of that section is a small square area, that has a lid.  You can store anything here.   I store my gold hand bracelets and necklace in this area.  

When you open the box, top inside of the box is exposed and the front of the box falls down.  You will see some mini handles that opens to some drawers.  The first handle is a dummy and does not open to a drawer.  The second row has two handles that opens to two mini drawers.  The one to the right has 12 sections (3cm x 4cm).  I store my gold earrings here.

The third drawer had four equals sections (8cm x 10.5cm), great storage areas for my Pandora bracelets.

The fourth drawer, after the dummy drawer with handle, has two section (located at the back of the drawer) that is the width of the jewelry box and half the length of the jewelry box (21cm x 5.5cm). The front section of this drawer is in two parts, each part is half the width of the drawer and half the length of the drawer (5.5cm x 10.5cm). I use thus drawer to store my husband's jewelry.

The very last drawer is just one single compartment (21cm x 16cm). I use this drawer to store my silver bracelets and other miscellaneous pieces.  

The sides of the jewelry box opens out to more storage sections were you can hang long hanging earrings and maybe some fashion bracelets.  On the lower part of each of these section are storage pockets made out of soft white velvet like fabric.  

To get your own Kendal Jewelry box, CLICK HERE

Check out my post about my antique jewelry box.  CLICK HERE