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Old 08-20-2015, 02:33 PM   #15
Sundae
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Really stalled on what to buy Dad.
Mum's list is already much longer (un-bought, so I can decide not to buy some).

I don't want to buy him "tat" as they'll have to get it back home, and Mum will have to dispose of it.
Yeah I know, over-thinking. I should have done this years back.

Will get Steven to do a recce and find out what toiletries he uses - I know he now has very sensitive skin. That way I can wrap things like talc*, shower gel etc separately, whereas I'll make Mum's into a bundle. He never was one to count presents I suppose, I realise I think of him as very childlike these days, even though he presents as an older slightly-befuddled man.

* I'd get him some anti-Monkey Butt Powder, one of my fave pressies ever (thanks Bruce) but he's so cold and dry most of the time. I was fat and sweaty at the time and it got me through TWO Summers, used sparingly!

Anyone who's been through dementia with parents (in the early to mid stages) have any ideas? He's not at the comfort-blanket stage, but I fear he's past the Newspaper from When You Were Born stage.
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