Hey ladies, here's a shiny new thread for us to discuss, query, whinge about and rejoice our high-need bubs!
Pretty bad night last night, bleeding exhausted. Can see why so many of you co-sleep. We haven't gone down that route, but it's never looked so attractive...
Gawd, grizzly DS. Poor tooths. Hope you have had a decent night!
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tickleme63 · 22/01/2012 09:22
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LittleWaveyLines ·
22/01/2012 17:03
Yay!
Well I have a poorly baby so not so goohd here atm, but previously following her TT snip she had almost stopped being high needs, and has put on nearly a pound and a half in the month since her snip, compared to 4 ounces in the previous 2 months.... hmmmm wonder if there's a connectio there! 
SpannerPants ·
23/01/2012 01:54
Marking my place...
Just had night feed no 1 - despite taking 2hrs to put to bed last night he went for 6rs between feeds which is almost unheard of
buttonmoon78 ·
23/01/2012 07:01
Hello! Yay! My computer likes this thread and the letters appear as I type them rather than in slow motion cos the thread is so long!
Two reasonable nights here.
That's the good news though. On Saturday he had a reaction to something. I gave him his fish pie but didn't have enough of the one I'd made before with just sweet potato, carrot and cod so I topped it up with one I had just made with all that and also some potato (my next food to try). DH then decided (not knowing this) to give him some mashed banana. He loved it but then half way through was violently sick and within 10 mins he had the usual rash all over his chin and around his mouth. He was really unsettled through the evening and seemed to have tummy pains. His eczema has flared up again especially around his shoulders and ankles etc. But of course, the real problem is that I don't know whether it was the potato or the banana! 
I like the lentil idea with veg soup on the last thread Spanner. Everything else is too stressful as it involves suspicious new foods! I'm not sure my nerves can take the strain! I'm going to ring the hospital today as they rang me on Tuesday to say there were no scheduled clinics at the moment . If they can't give me an appointment today or at least the promise of one then I'm going to ask where the next clinic is geographically and get our referral transferred there. I'm getting too frightened to introduce anything new and a diet containing less than 10 items hardly constitutes varied!
Expressos and chocolate to all those in need!
JeewizzJen ·
23/01/2012 12:01
queen I think my DS is doing something similar, at least some of the time. Since starting solids he definitely doesn't want to eat as much at night, but it doesn't really stop him waking anyway I'm actually quite convinced that he could sleep through without feeding, it's other things that keep him waking up - sometimes those things are a total mystery to me though! He does, however, quite often try quite hard to get himself back to sleep. Sometimes he manages it with some moaning and wriggling, and sometimes he just gets hacked off and cries until I get up out of bed and rock him back to sleep. The past few nights however, he's been skipping straight to the crying! 
It is quite encouraging when he does try to settle himself though, even if he doesn't quite manage it. He clearly wants to be asleep - at least he doesn't want to be up playing or anything stupid like that.
tickle Yup. I feel exactly the same, and also find myself stopping my moaning with the resignation that I have no choice but to carry on! I do so, so wonder when on earth it will get easier though. Seems like forever. I find myself having low expectations most of the time, but then he'll have a good (ish) night and it gives me hope, only to be dashed the very next day with a shocker. It's so disheartening.
button what a nightmare I really hope you get somewhere with the docs/clinics soon, I can't imagine how difficult it must be having to deal with all that!
QueenKong ·
23/01/2012 15:26
Had my first BLW compliment today. Was at a garden centre and DS was smearing half a jacket potato with cheese around his face. A lady asked how old he was and when I said 7 months, she said "wow, doesn't he feed himself well?!" [chuffed emoticon] 
buttonmoon78 ·
24/01/2012 13:37
Me too. He's just howled himself to sleep because I had a 'there's nothing else I can do' moment . He seemed just as miserable whether I was holding him or not so I just decided to leave him. And now I feel terrible. Every now and again there's a little sob down the monitor but he's fast asleep [bad mum emoticon].
In an odd way, the fact that I haven't felt this bad in a long time is something that I'm using as a positive. After all, previously this was a normal day so I'm trying to focus on the fact that must mean that most days are getting better. Do you follow or am I rambling?!
buttonmoon78 ·
24/01/2012 21:03
So now I'm totally confused! He had another reaction tonight after eating the fish pie with potato. But was ok yesterday
We've had another puke fest too including my sheets that were clean on after last night's marathon effort 
Still, I'm on my second glass of wine which I guess is more than most of you will have. I guess ff does have some benefits 
SpannerPants ·
24/01/2012 22:45
Oh button - sounds rubbish and I can't believe how expensive those tests are!
I think I've figured out why DS has been so grumpy for the last few days - we almost have a tooth! It's right under the gum and feels quite sharp so I hope it will be through soon. I had a little cry to DP tonight because my baby is growing up too quickly 
We've got buggyfit tomorrow - god knows why I signed up for it as DS hates being in the buggy and just screams and screams for an hour while I push him up and down muddy hills and feel like a bad mother for upsetting him :(
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