feb 2011 - waving those pom poms

[slowangels1]

just to start a new (and possibly last) ante natal thread - come on knitta

Hi angels!

Come on knitta!!

Hello, hope we start hearing from knitta, dreya and the prof soon. It seems like ages ago.

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Hi ladies...angels thx for starting new thread.

angels Nate has oral thrush & was prescribed nyastatin for him & daktarin cream for me for bf. He hates the meds-smells like sambuca so god knows what it tastes like?!

Hello!

I'm certain this will be our last antenatal thread as anyone who was due end of feb will be getting/have been induced by now. I imagine that they're just too busy to post .

Come on knitta!

Thanks for thread angels

wiggles the gp gave me anti biotics as it's a sinus and chest infection. I can't wait for them to kick in. He didn't even listen to my chest of check my BP though... Hope yours passes soon, it's not like we can take to our beds!

40 no wonder you've been feeling under the weather. Hope the abs kick in soon.

granny Alice has been given that nystan stuff too for thrush - smells really odd and I just have to rub the usual canestan cream on my nipples - thought it might be a different cream for nipples but just regular thrush cream .

We've had another fretful night with alice refusing to sleep (is sleeping like an angel now though!) but are hoping it's just her being in discomfort with the thrush (at least that's the hope so there will be an end to this)

ledkr when is it you're off to the races? not today is it?

I remember prof saying she thought she'd be the last to pop rom all of us - wonder if she's had her LO yet.

thanks for the new thread angels i hope the cream works, does alice have a white tongue as ben has one and wondered if it could be thrush?

been wondering about knitta, really hope all is well for her.

did anyone see obem last night? i was that 18 year old with all the water (in size if not reality)! felt so sorry for the other woman consoling her husband, she was so strong.

oh problems again yesterday, he had a day off and didn't get up till about 2pm. i just took ben out as didn't want to be stuck indoors when the sun was shining, he claimed to have a bad throat and chest ggrrrrrr! i did all the housework, made dinner and washed up and he didn't have the strength to put the toilet roll tube in the bin (right next to the bloody toilet). i told him off and he apologised but he just doesn't get it. he's started asking me things to do with ben like 'do you want me to change him?' he'll be asking whether i wat him to babysit next, honestly. i told him he's his son too and he should just do what he feels needs doing, we'll see how that goes though.

sorry, fed up and needed to rant. still getting up each night having panic attacks in the back garden but have contacted my CBT woman and seeing her next week.

.... oh and it looks like we have to move soon, great!

sorry again, shall go and sit in a quiet corner and calm down, i hope everyone else is doing okay, haven't had time to catch up yet but will do soon.

sympathy for needto why can DPs be such pains when you need them most?
Can I too have a moan? DP went back to work after a blissful 4 weeks off together, so Cassia has now decided she is nocturnal. Was awake with her from 12 til 4 and up again at half 6. Feel and look like the walking dead. Sleeping in the day starting to seem tempting but have DCs to pick up from school later then after school activities. Plus I am a slightly OCD type and can't relax if there's mess or jobs to be done in the house so if I do rest I feel more stressed?
Last night I was actually in tears from being so knackered. I felt like getting in my car and driving to a hotel so I could sleep uninterrupted and no one could disturb me (this has knocked Bret from flight of the conchords off my number one fantasy!!! In fact given the choice of any man alive or 8 hours sleep there would be no contest whatsoever).
Sorry for being self obsessed but if I could sum up how I feel in one word it would be WAAAAHH!!!!!

Hi all,forgive any typos ive been awake since 4am !!!! D seems to be sleeping 8-4 and then goes back to sleep at 5 and then wake bak up at 6 for another feed,going to have to put a stop to that.
40 poor you,i used to get those all the time (i have a phobia of nose blowing-boak)I found that lomg term,taking garlic helped loads.

4am ledkr (yawn). We have the opposite problem at the min - alice won't go to sleep at night for hours (and hours and hours) but then once she's off, so long as she still gets fed regularly she has long lie ins (still asleep now). Seems I'm programed an early bird and she's a night owl .

sending lots of to all the useless dhs out there.

mizk a long deep uninterupted nights sleep sounds top of my wish list too - if possible with a nice long deep bubble bath first and maybe a massage and big box of chocs too - I could daydream about big fluffy pillows in a quiet and uninterupted bedroom

has anyone filled out any child allowance type forms yet/getting any benefit type money? We got a form when we left hospital on something like that but don't know where it is and suddenly had a thought maybe I'm missing out already on a weekly child allowance (if they still do it). Just thought I'd check and see if you've all filled it in already and if I'm missing anything.

slowangels I've been claiming child benefit from the minute Anna was born - you can claim child benefit which is universal. They will only back pay up to 3 months, you can get the child benefit paid fortnightly/ every 4 weeks (think you have to be on benefits to get it fortnightly). We updated our child tax credit info as well although we don't get very much but its better than nothing. The baby element of the child tax credit is disappearing in April but you can claim it until then. Get on the phone!!!

40weeks thanks think I might be holding Anna awkwardly when feeding her at night, might be more muscle pain, going to keep an eye on it.

Yes angels 4am-twice.I have been getting very shirty on the bf/ff thread

dd is annoying me today,wont settle,dh has his sgts exam at the mo but i will be passing her back asap.Tried to sleep but some moron is doing diy down the rd hence bang bang bang grrrrr.She has now poohed and fallen asleep.

races friday i cant wait,have my spanx at he ready.
tomorrow am out in the day,pub bookies and hopefully a few free drinkies from the irish,i am so naughty.

dd is more settled on new milk but her pooh stinks

Hello ladies. I wanted to come on here and recommend a bfing class to everyone. I just got back from one at the local sure start centre and it was amazing. I've had a few problems getting Sophia to eat enough, plus she's been massively, massively favouring one boob over the other and the class really helped on all fronts.

Angels I know Alice has been pretty cranky for you and I don't know if it's anything to do with her eating (Sophia was REALLY cranky just before we realised she wasn't getting enough) but if it is, a bfing class might be worth looking at.

Hope everyone else is still going strong. Presumably knitta must have popped by now but we just haven't heard from her yet....?

Hi all,

angels I wondered if you were thinking colic for your lo, we have also guessed dd might have colic but might just be super windy. Bought some gripe water but cannot for the life of me get her drink it - she just spits it back out! Saw hv today and she said even tho they aren't meant to recommend any milk, she has heard good things about Aptimil so have bought some of that too. How are you getting on?

MizK I know what you mean about feeling more stressed if you don't get things done - I have to get the washing up done and have kitchen sorted otherwise it just annoys me. This can be difficult to do when dd won't let me put her down in the day! Hope you have a much better night tonight - same goes for anyone else with a nocturnal baby.

needto I am also on your behalf - and grateful for my dp when I hear the way some of the dp/dh's have been acting on here

ledkr You sound very determined to stop your dd's waking at 4am - mine has been doing the same so anything you do that works please share! And enjoy Friday, have a few for me

Ponyo i am very determined when it comes to sleep,had to be with five of the bleeders,i have just ordered a special wedge for her to sleep on to help with reflux and i shall be doing a nice slow nappy change mid feed to ensure she takes more than her usual few sips.
My house is a tip as so tired,only reasonwe will eat is cos i made dinner in slow cooker yesterday and it got switched off for the steriliser thus didnt cook
Any baby smiles yet amongst our moody lot? I think Delilah has done a couple-she did her first one to my ex husband

Ledkr I think Anna has started to smile, although she's only a month today!!! at D smiling at ex.

The dds are driving me mad at the minute, they're being really silly, I know they're only babies themselves but seriously!!! DD1 (5) has turned into a tweenager complete with eye-rolling and whatever expressions and dd2 (3) has started copying everything I say especially when I'm telling her off but what's worse is that I realise I'm turning into my mother, using phrases such as "less of your cheek madam", "don't use that tone with me" etc I'll be putting a demi wave in my hair next and extolling the virtues of BHS before I know it

ledkr I bet it was a smile of relief that he's not her Daddy Samuel has given us one or two lovely smiles which make up for all the night waking. If it's not him waking up it's the other two at the moment and dh is away. Not too tired yet, but sure I will be by the time he gets home again.

I used Aptamil when I had gave up bfing ds1 due to PND. He took to it right away, but was over 20 weeks at the time.

Slow cookers are wonderful for getting dinner on when you have a spare 20 mins in the day! at all the crap dps/dhs around. Step up, it's your baby too....

I second that emotion wiggles as my 2 eldest are the same. I caught myself saying 'don't you speak to me like that, young lady' in the exact same tone as my Mum, the other day. Did you read the thread on phrases you can only say post-35? Hilarious!

I meant, the same age as yours! Perhaps I'm more tired that I thought!

Hi ladies

I sympathise completely with the 4am babies - nice to know we're not the only ones wondering why on earth we're awake for such a long period around that time!

Zero I'm so impressed with you sticking with the bf - I saw your thread on it and it sounds like just the problems I was having. Unfortunately I didn't realise that it does take time to get it right and had a complete panic at DS losing 14% of his weight and the mw talking about taking him into hospital, so we pumped him full of formula (resulting in an astounding 13oz weight gain in two days!) and then I lost my nerve to keep going with bf as he was so anti-latching on he never seemed to be taking any in. Plus my DH - who has been so good about so much else - didn't see why ff wasn't the obvious answer and I was too tired and stressed to string a coherent argument together. DS seems perfecttly happy though!

Where on earth is Knitta and her LO? Really hope things are working out okay for her.

at all the rubbish DHs out there. We should start a thread with advice for any DHs facing the arrival of a LO - "what your LO's mother REALLY would like you to do in the next four weeks"...

tadjennyp just found that thread, so funny, although slightly scundered that I do use a lot of the phrases on a regular basis. Mr Wiggles refers to the Top 40 or "hit parade" on a regular basis although he does it as a point of principle, oh is that another over 35 phrase

zero we went to our sure start bfing thing last week and bfing counsellor visited me at home at the week end - same as usual though - everything works fine when they are here to help/show me what to do but as soon as I'm on my own it never works as well . Think the nipple thrush isn't helping though

ponyo we think colic too and have been using infacol for a week or so. We brought gripe water but can't use it yet as not suitable according to me for under 1 months old (not sure how old your lo is). I am crossing fingers for a better night tonight but who knows

wiggles lol at turning into your mum. I worry about the day \i start saying 'you're not going to a fashion parade' (my mums favourite saying when I was a teen )

we are on actimel too btw (I know actimel is a yoghurt drink, I just forget the name of the baby milk and keep calling it actimel )

I got lots of smiles when alice was sleeping earlier ater a feed, but think it was just REALLY bad wind Also, she held her bottle on her own when I was feeding her a top up earlier . I don't think she realised she was quite doing it and it was through clenched fists, but she deinately managed to hold the bottle herself whilst feeding

hope knitta doesn't end out with a week long failed induction attempt like me

Ponyo when I say not suitable according to me I meant mw, lol

hit parade?How old is he 50? My dd1 had been a bit lairy too,i think its maybe me who is tired.I actually said "how dare you?"
Dh went out in the garden ages ago to muck about with dd1 and left me in here for ages with d,i really hate the assumption that the baby is my responsibility,id never fuck off for that long without checking he was ok with her,he then came in and asked if he should "dish up" wtf?there was a stew on but not thickened or dumplings added and dd1 needed something else as doesnt like it.Hate this time of day too,baby is grisly and we want to eat etc,i am off to bed at 8 not to read or mn but to sleeeep zzzzzz as there is no shameless,life is over on a tuesday