October 14. thread 11?! Will be see any babies in this thread?

[mrsb87]

Plonk your bums down ladies!

Crumble gaffa tape?

I'm pretty sure this one will be a shit sleeper until I cut dairy from my diet as, given 8/9 cousins have CMPI (and the one that 'doesn't' have it has horrific sleep patterns, red raw eczema and a grim upset tummy when she eats dairy, but her Dad doesn't believe in food allergies) he / she is bound to have it. We are steeling ourselves for screamy 'colic' until we get it treated. J's dietician reckoned every baby he knows where parents had to sleep train actually had problems with digesting cows milk. But I bet in his line of work he sees it everywhere. Still if anyone does get an utter sleep dodger this time - it is worth trying.

yellow lmao - a genius idea she's still awake currently bouncing on her trampoline

Crumble I know many would disapprove but could she watch a DVD in bed? Make it out to be a treat and hope she falls asleep while watching it.
Or listen to a storybook on cd?

Aww storybook on CD is a great call, I used to fall asleep to the Cabbage Patch Kids or Black Beauty every time

Can't remember who asked about wall coverings earlier but I LOVE Designers Guild children's wall-coverings, they are gorgeous & not too childish so will last until LO graduates to wanting black walls as a teenager!

I have a Pacapod changing bag for DD & I really rate it, looks very unisex & fits everything in. I have taken the pods out & replaced them with my SkipHop Pronto & Boba 4G in its stuff sack. Huge bag but packs everything down compact. Also has space for Mummy stuff in a separate zip compartment, clips on to pram with special little buggy straps & can sling across body too.

Looking forward to

• Bottle of red
• Cured meat
• Smelly cheese
• Sleeping on my tummy (when I returned from hospital with DD the first thing I did was flop onto the bed on my tummy!)
• Reaching my feet without having to cock my leg back
• Buttoning my shirts instead of wearing them all open
• Regular yoga
• Running
• Eating without heartburn
• Meeting the new wee bundle of fun & laughter & seeing the personality develop
• 50 weeks off work (going to start a Friday lunchtime wine club with my pal who lives down the road!!)
• Walking on the beach my my little bundle strapped to me

Going to miss

• Having my wee constant companion to stroke & feel kicking me
• My internal heater (I'm normally always cold)
• Being able to give justifiable cross looks when able bodied pig ignorant people barge in, in queues. I have butted a few people back the queue with that one!

I was in TKMaxx today & picked up the cutest Stella McCartney baby jumper, cotton & cashmere mix for £10, original price £49! Can't wait to dress my DS in it! Ahhhh.... DS! That is the first time I have written that. :) :)

Crumble poor you! We have had a breakthrough with DD the last few days by using one of those sleep training clocks. Also heard that this is meant to be good - www.yogamatters.com/product/1370/bkviegrela1/relax-kids--aladdins-magic-carpet.html

Ok no one listen to any parenting advice from me, ds woke up at 1 and is still awake thinking it's play time
He better sleep past 6am! I was going to take him to a local farm on Sunday but got a feeling I'm going to be too tired. DH is working a night shift so can't sneak off to sleep either.

Urgh after late night decorating and a curry which had me in bed at 1 (why? oh yeah because I can't do any of this shit whilst he's awake! ) J woke up with tooth ache. Thank god for anbesol. Got him down until nearly 9. Day two of painting our room - bring it on!

Lol yellow I totally read that as anusol!!!

We went to the seaside yesterday and my phone tells me I walked 5.22miles. That is a crazy amount for me since I have pgp but I only suffered the last half hour or so. Then went to get in the car and got the most horrific cramp that stretched from my big toe up to my knee! It went on forever! I'm still laid in bed right now so no idea if my pelvis is operational...that was definitely my last full day outing!

Went to one of my oldest friend's wedding yesterday & had a great time although did a lot of full-on dancing and now worried about bump. Have felt movement this morning so hope they're ok .

I wondered whether anyone had any experience with the following...I didn't change my name when I got married and we've been talking about giving the bump our names, double-barrelled. Is this straight-forward with the authorities? Should I change my name to the double-barrelled name? Will travelling abroad be ok with slightly different names on our passports?

Thanks for all the advice ladies I'm definitely going to look into a storybook and the book excitedcj suggested. We have tried the clock but dd worked out within milliseconds how to disarm the child lock
Dd finally went to bed when we did and mercifully slept until 0930 with only one crying wake up. So sorry some of you had tricky nights.
35 weeks today - eek!!
Happy Sunday everyone

Lulu my dd has a double barrelled surname (both mine and her dad) no problem travelling abroad with her to date and we've flown about 5 times plus France by train. Haven't had any problems anywhere to be honest although I'm not sure if it helps that my surname I the second half of the double barrel??

Lulu - my partner is double barrelled, I'm single barrelled. We're taking half of his and adding it to mine and giving that to the child. That way we'll hopefully miss any issues at airports etc. I'm not going to take on any part of partner's name, and we're not going to get married. Think it's the best option considering the circumstances.

We are double barrelled lulu and was easy to change - but just stick what you want on the birth certificate and that's fine!

I think if you double barrel making the Mum's surname last makes things a lot easier - from friend's experience

My life has come to hiding at sainsburys just to be away from my in laws who have been at my house since Thursday. I'm so fucking constipated that I feel sick and have really bad stomach ache, I just want to be at home alone with all bran without being 'taken out to a treat dinner'every night. Right now, boyfriend and his mum are smashing tiles off the bathroom wall even though I really need to be in there for maybe an hour or two. Boyfriend doesn't understand that saying things like 'do you want us to get out your way for 10 minutes' isn't going to help. What? So you two can hang around outside the door cheerleading while I fail to poo? Going to have to reinforce the whole 'they can't come to stay after the baby comes' thing, I'm finding this all really hard work and uncomfortable. Just want to cry.

Also, I didn't wake up til 10.30 this morning, which is a miracle. Got downstairs to comments about lie ins being alright for some, how they'd been to the tip twice already with crap from our building site house. Grrrrrr. Must not fall into guilt trap. They bought us a crib yesterday, I feel really bad for feeling annoyed by them.

They're not arses really, I'm just having a difficult day with digestion. I'm sure nothing was meant by the comments, just that you know... hormones and that. Also, I just FEEL guilty. They're volunteering to help with house stuff, and we need their help - I just can't do as much as I want to do, and the jobs I can do, I want to be left alone to do.

Must be said though, that for people who last night were talking about feeling smug about being vegetarian/vegan after some programme they saw in the week, they seem to be happily munching through my butter and cheese at a rate of knots (boyfriend is allergic to dairy, so anything meaty or dairy in this house is for me). I'm assuming they understand the biproducts/effect on animals of the dairy industry... ahem. This makes me feel a little better. And also a little pathetic for feeling better about that. Haaaargh, hormone hell today.

I can't go if folk are waiting either, stage fright strikes. If you don't have a useable bath for an excuse then I think you'll just need to be firm with them, just say you don't feel right and need a bit of peace and the bathroom to yourself, lay it on thickly that you're nauseous as well so need to be near a toilet. Or could you say you have a migraine, which would mean you'd need quiet (i.e. they leave the house for a bit) AND easy access to the bathroom?

How long have you been constipated goats? The doctor should be able to give you something if it's making you feel ill. I'm very conscious if getting constipated because of the ondansatron. Lots of fibre in my diet!

My bathroom is near enough out of bounds today too. Fil and dh are moving the shower today, next week the bath goes in and I'm so so excited! There will still be decorating that needs doing and a tiny bit of plastering but I figured that can wait, as long as the plumbing is done and the floor Is down I'm not too fussed.

Bump is feeling huge and very tight today, my hips have started to suffer now too. It still feels weird thinking I haven't got work this week!

Goats I am finding it so hard having house guests. As the Natal Hypnotherapy book puts it I feel 'observed' just by the presence of someone else in the house. Especially when I am needing to apply Anusol to my giant pile in the bathroom. I want to be able to go 'owww' when getting up without having questions on why. It makes me feel so uncomfortable and not relaxed.

Whoever asked can you get piles and not be constipated, yes you can and I am living proof!! Blame relaxin hormone and weight of baby putting pressure on, so I've read.

Also, I spoke to my mother-in-law on the phone today and she said as I'm in the third trimester I must be blooming! Is she having a laugh?! At nearly 34 weeks I feel a physical wreck in so many ways (nevermind the hormones.) Think people forget what it's like

Bloody hell you go away for a week...!

Hello newbies! Hello oldbies.

Are we now officially allowed to be "heavily" pregnant?

I cannot wait for sushi! And a lovely generous measure of golden rum, in fact gimme a bottle of Mount Gay and I promise not to drink it all in a week.

Good news about carebear :)

Jealous of all of you already on leave. In the nicest way!

Anyone else's DH nesting? Mine's getting increasingly twitchy with the vacuum and it's starting to do my head in

crumble i second (or third) the cd idea. DD has been listening to songs or stories since she was 2 after lights out and we have a huge collection on my ipad. Can highly recommend the Charlie & Lola collections (quite short at 40min), or The Little Princess read by Julian Clary, or Harry and the Dinosaurs - dd loved all of these around age 3.

yellow that's a really interesting theory about all non-sleeping babies having dairy intolerance. Dd was exclusively bf and I don't drink milk, but I certainly eat cheese and yoghurt almost every day and she was a terrible sleeper. She has never wanted to eat much dairy herself, though.

Just accidentally deleted rest of post, but must go and trim dd's fringe!

I feel for you re the bathroom situation goats have you tried taking anything for constipation if you were serious about needing 1-2 hours in there I think you need something to help! Lactulose and fybregel are ok to use your gp can prescribe.

I've started to take my iron meds again after a break I needed a break from the constant diarrhea it was so awful watery and black (tmi I know) I know it will be a matter of days before it returns. Hopefully by 37 weeks I can cut down to just one a day my colleagues do not deserve to be treated the fruits of my loose bowels during labour!

I've been reading the Aibu formula feeding thread today it is interesting reading actually. I'll admit I used to be a bit militant re bf while pregnant with Ds and after his birth I bf for 2 years and it taught me a lesson whilst we had no problems latching I had thrush and mastitis and he was a cluster feeder I had no sleep as felt very alienated and put upon by being the sole feeder (he wouldn't take bottle when I tried expressing) I was quite young when my first was born and only bf her for 2 weeks and didn't think anything of it but after all the bf training during my degree I was determined to bf Ds in hindsight I wish I had confided in someone how difficult it was a lot of the time. However it has really helped me gain perspective as a midwife and mother and I would always support and not judge a mothers decision on how she feeds her child. This time I am less obsessed with bf if I'm happy and it works fine but if I choose to mix feed or give up then that's fine too. Ds birth and subsequent stay in nicu left me with a lot of (unwarranted) guilt which is why I was determined to do something "right". What is everyone else planning to do feeding wise?