January 2014 Thread 17 - and the final babies will be here any day now!

[Frizz1986]

Thought i would start up the last thread before we move over to postnatal thread.

We have ran out of the infant gaviscon just used the last sachet as she was screaming the house down and hadn't taken a bottle all afternoon, and she was like a different baby afterwards and drank a whole 5oz bottle. I'm scared that she's going to start crying again when she's next due a feed. Does anyone know If you can buy it over the counter without a prescription? We recently tried to buy some Colief and the pharmacist wouldn't sell it to DP even though it was just on the shelf, and told him to get a prescription from the GP. I'm worried that this will happen again and they won't sell him any

Humpty that book sounds good, I might look it up.

angel she just said they usually like to wait 6/8 weeks then mumbled something about the accelerator! She did say my uterus hasn't gone back yet but surely that would be the case with a normal birth too. He's a giant so it's hardly surprising!

humpty I can just imagine you out in your dressing gown! But if it works then I don't blame you

Henry just chuckled in his sleep! I felt him moving so looked down and he's smiling and full on chucking :)

felix the gaviscon is prescription only, but I bought colief in Boots off the shelf. Your pharmacist was being weird. Could you call the gp in the morning and have the prescription sent straight to the chemist?

humpty I haven't read that but a friend sent me a link to something really interesting along those lines yesterday. reckons all babies use five standard noises to communicate needs. Sounds like bollocks, but so far it has been reasonably accurate with Percy although I might just be hallucinating through lack of sleep

I've got a bit of a dilemma. A very good friend died earlier this week, and although her funeral is family only there will be a wake in the evening from 6-9. DD won't take a bottle, so would have to come with me. I'm worried that a) it is too late and cold to have her out (the trip door to door by train would be around 1.5 hours each way), and b) she is likely to have her evening squawk when we're there. I'm devastated that I might miss this, as I'd like to support her family, but it doesn't feel workable - do you think it is inappropriate to go with her? For complicated reasons DH refuses to come with us, so he won't be able to help.

Ah bollocks, the doctors is closed until Monday now!! Shit, I really don't know what I'm going to do now

Book, if you think you can manage it, I think you should definitely go and take her. You may regret it if you don't, and I don't see why you shouldn't take a baby with you!

How odd they wouldn't sign you off! My uterus was back in my pelvis fully at 2 weeks and the mw wasn't that surprised.

we went to the Trafford centre with dh and ds1 and 2 today. We did so much walking! I'm on day 2 of a my first period (actual first) it's awful. I've leaked through a super tampon and super pad. So I'm changing every couple of hours. I hope my period isn't gonna be like this forever.

tomorrow we're going to Bury to get the steam train for a bit. Ds1 will love it!

book do you have the ladies name please so I can look up as the link isn't working on my phone. I'd heard about the eh eh noise for when their hungry which seems to be right so would be interested in the others too

Crisis averted! DP went to the local late pharmacy and they were really nice and had no problem selling him the gaviscon. I was convinced they would say no. Phew!

mrsvdb I'm the same as you - I felt I could drive a few days after surgery. However, most insurers won't cover you unless you are 6 weeks post OP. I saw dr at 5.5weeks and she said I was clearly fine but she can't officially clear me until 6 weeks ( which was today, so I made the most if it!)

mythree loving the blog link. The one about FH feeling knackered rings particularly true. I know it's not a competition, but I'd win hands down!! Whenever I'm awake feeding/ changing/ settling he's in the land of nod.

humpty I've got that book! Read it with DS and even took notes...loser I know but think I need to dig it out as Lara obviously hasn't read it and we need a but if baby whispering here!

I've had a temperature and a sore throat and I'm guessing she hasn't been feeling great as she's super clingy. In the last 24 hours think I've held her for 20 hours with DH taking her for the past 4 hours.
Toby I sometimes think we have the same baby! Your night sounds similar to ours...but I didn't have the wrong boob feeding issue! I'm sometimes a bit lax about remembering which one and don't have my obsessive feeding/pooing/weeing/everything log I had with PFB DS so this has happened more than once!

What's this about free cake as waitrose?! I knew I could get free coffee but free cake!! Might need a trip!

book I'm sorry for your loss, thats really sad. Would your friend have minded a crying baby around? If not, I'd go, as a wake is about honouring the deceased, and I think if she wouldn't have minded, everyone else should respect that.

I'm not going to follow the zBaby Whisperer ideas slavishly, but I do like some of it, like the advice on calming an overstimulated baby (the crying will crescendo three times before it stops; most parents are so upset by the second crescendo that they end up restimulating the baby! So true of me. Also, naps in a quiet, calm place - I was so concerned that she be able to sleep anywhere, I wasn't thinking that maybe a bright room with the tv on wasn't helping with her lack of daytime naps. Going to buy a Snooze Shade to help!

Finally managing to post! This is exciting. I am constantly reading mumsnet while feeding, which at eight weeks still seems like always, but my one handed posting skills are sadly non existent. I have nicked DH's mobile for this one.

N is much more unsettled at eight weeks and is not really settling at all except being carried. Of I had the energy I would be disappointed but I am just too tired. On the positive side, his travel cot and a television have arrived,so DD is a bit easier to entertain and I have a proper place to change nappies on the clip on changing table that came with the bed. We got this one which is cheap and really sturdy. I would have no qualms putting 3.5 yr old DD in it, though it is too heavy really for trips by public transport. It looks much better than in the pictures and I found a small crib sheet fits over the changing table for poonami protection. Asda has them for £45 but wouldn't deliver internationally.

book I am sorry things are so hard at the moment. My DD was like that, I don't think I slept for more than two hours at a stretch for almost a year. I did find that by three to four months I was better able to function with no sleep though.

With regards to your friend's wake, I would definitely go. Are you ok bfing in public, and does this reliably calm her? I would just plan on plugging her in when the crying gets out of control as at least it would reset the crying to the initial not so frantic kind. Both mine also slept in slings and baby carriers as they were being held upright. Does this work for Percy? These may be no use at all, but generally I have found N much better when out and about, and given the tiny bastards don't sleep anyway I doubt the late night would bother them.

frying I hope you are feeling better and have a nice weekend planned. You are not a bad mum and don't ever think that! I remember you mentioning church. My brother and sister in law are members of LDS and there seemed to be quite a good support network among the mums there. Would they be able to help you out if you needed a break?

MrsG good to hear from you again! Sorry things have been so tough. I hope you and Leah are having a good weekend.

mythree that link is excellent. I don't think DH would understand it but I wish he could. For me, it needs an extra section about talking about work and how important it is and how he is doing it to put food on the table blah blah and that is why he can't help more or take time off. I am planning to withdraw these services myself when I go back to work.

I'd go, Book, if it were me. I BFed Meredith on the train last week and the young lad sitting next to me chatted to me throughout, which would suggest that he didn't even realise I was feeding her (IME people get a bit flustered if they realise you're feeding a baby next to them and do that obvious 'not looking' thing).

:o @ having the same baby, Pidgy.

The free cake is in John Lewis café, not Waitrose. You just get a card, the same as with Waitrose, and they send you vouchers for a free hot drink and cake once a month.

book I second going. I'm sure no one would mind and you might regret not going

toby I like cake.... Thanks for the tip

Get online, MrsV, and get your JL card!

Speaking of cake, I've just made some sweet potato brownies and they smell delicious!

Yum! I've been out for breakfast today and taken duvet to laundrette after sick explosion the other night. We're usually just getting up and sorted now so feeling very productive :) especially as dh stayed out last night so we were on our own

I want cake tooooo!

I am kidding myself I am eating healthily to shift the baby weight, but made cupcakes out a packet that has been hanging around in the cupboard for months yesterday and today had a bowl of mocha for breakfast. I have however refused churros from the market, so that counts right?

Have sent DH and DD to the market where DD thinks she is going to buy lipstick. Last week she managed to cover her face in some while DH was buying toothpaste but had put the lipstick back in its place so they couldn't tell which one she had used. The stall holder also didn't notice it on her face! No amount of telling will convince her she is actually going to buy vegetables...

I am v glad she is gone as I have eczema on my back again and she has been following me round the house trying to pull down my pants and telling me my "bum is broke" because she can see the red skin. She also has been putting N's toys on his arms "so he can play".

The minute they left he fell fast asleep.

Anyone else feel like they are living in a smaller scale Nurse Matilda story? Having visions of pigs dressed as babies, glued plaits and watering the flowers scribbled on walls.

Oh I love churros. I really want some now!

toby sweet potato brownies sound brilliant. I made carrot and cheese scones today, the hungry hordes descended (DP and DS plus friend) and now the whole lot are gone. What other veg can you bake with?

I've never made or had one, but a lot of people make courgette cakes.

altered mmmn churros! Where can you get them in the UK - or are they easy to make?

I've such a sweet tooth at the mo - just bought three puddings from Booths. Can't wait to DEMOLISH THEM ALL.

I see many of you have been baking like demons... I have foolishly volunteered to bake a cake for MIL's 60th. Given that Finn can be quite unpredictable, I'm now worrying that I might not have time to bake it on the day... Have any of you baked sponges and frozen them in advance?

Thanks altered there's some lovely members here at my LDS ward, theyve offered to meet up so will take them up on it.

I'm going to see Twelth Night at the theatre on Monday night with some work mates. The tickets have been booked since May last year. Dh will be with the boys, but I'm anxious about leaving Henry, no doubt I'll be raring to go come Monday eve!

I've frozen sponges and they're ok. But you have to make sure they're entirely defrosted before you ice them. How far in advance are you making it? I've made 2 occasion cakes since Meredith was born, and both times I made the cake on one day and iced it the next.

As for churros, I've only ever had them in the UK at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. I don't think they're hard to make if you're ok with deep fat frying.

Have fun tomorrow night, frying!

Today I will mostly be batch cooking. DH is back to work tomorrow full time every day for the first time since Christmas. He will also probably be a bit later home because it's his new job and his finish time is later. Meredith starts screaming every night at 6pm like clockwork, and it's worse if I have to take her out in the car any time after that (which I will, to fetch DH from the station), so cooking dinner might be beyond me for a while!

He finally passed his driving test this week, though, so at least I can send him to Sainsbury's later :o

Hoorah for MrToby! Well done!

Toby party is on a Sunday so was thinking I'd bake the sponges a few days before... Maybe baking them on the Sat and assembling them on the Sun is a better idea though?

Well done Mr toby! Having a chauffeur is excellent, make sure he understands his new job :)

mrsv that link has been taken down, here's another one (until that comes down too). Her name is Priscilla Dunstan.

Right, I've been counting up DD's sleep time, and for the last three days she's averaging 9 hours in each 24 hour period. This is obviously about half of what she needs, so today I'll be dragging her out in the sling every couple of hours to see if that helps. Last night we got two hours' sleep , DH is already nightmarishly tetchy and I've gone a bit feral. I can't take her to a wake like this, she screamed for four hours yesterday evening and only napped for an hour, even though we took her to the seaside for some proper fresh air in the afternoon.

Is there such a thing as someone you can hire to come over and just tell you everything you are doing wrong? I'm obviously clueless and I don't want her to suffer because I'm inept with babies.