Feb 2008 - The Final Thread - Get a Blardy Move on Jaysthird, princessllama and tyaca!!!!!!

[Egg]

Wonder how many posts we will get before we can start the post natal one.

Come on girls, keep getting jiggy and eating those curries.

Well done Egg (although think you might have created a "circular reference" with your link ). All well?

Haven't had a chance to read back any further but thought you'd all have popped by now! Hope you're not feeling lonely but more like celebrities - at least you all get your own special thread...... not long to go, honestly. Sending you positive vibes.

All fine here but latest drama is a nasty red oozing pussy case of cradle cap Off to go and have a look around about it.

Circular reference???? I just tried my link and it DARN WELL WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! . I think .

Nearly texted you last night to describe DS2's poo in detail for you but decided to spare you. It was first in 51 hours so quite hard work for both of us.

We are a cradle cap house too. DD is hideously scabby, but on her forehead not her scalp. She also has conjunctivitis again (or still... it never quite went). DS2 is a bit flakey but not too bad yet.

DS2 is exercising his lungs rather loudly, so I am off to make up a couple of bottles. Then I am hoping to get some sleep after the feed, but as they have been asleep all morning apart from when I woke them at 8am, I doubt I will manage.

well done egg!!!! congrats on feeding bot babies at the same time!!!!

its far to quiet on here today

hellloooo gill! nice to hear from you and ty egg for new thread - i think gill was out to mess with our minds with her circular link talk ... it wont work gill - you cant mess these minds up any more than months of preg hormones have already done.

for once, i wasnt asleep... just back from consultants and am booked in for an induction tonight. was a bit freaked as MW had talked about another sweep tomo and had been assuming no induction then til monday, but not so.

SO - was a bit freaked, but now am feeling ok about it. gives me chance to make sure my hair is clean, and have fresh linen on bed for return home etc. also, given that i have never ever had one contraction i figure sod it. also, had probs with my umbilical artery blood pressure in january and have been freaking myself out a bit about my placenta just packing up, so glad to get this ship sailing. hopefully. also, induction means i can just get bus to hospital, so saving £15 on taxi - money i'm putting towards shiatsu this afternoon. really pleased to be able tp get shiatsu sorted.

lol... do you know my favourite girl's name is Patience?? would have been v v appropriate - but was never an option as my surname's Dear and it's a combo that's all too Michael Winner

right. going to psyche myself up thru the cunning use of not lazing around watching telly. do you know when you come out of dr's and realise you didnt ask any questions you should have....?? could do without a night on my own in hospital so big strong labour vibes please. consultant has written in my book that if my trace beforehand is all fine, and if one hit of postulin gets me going then i can still use MLU. that is really the only thing i am worried about. other than a horrid birth. ho hum. sorry to whitter on.... will check in before i go.

ok, you started on this one! Thought id better make it clear i AM STILL here, no nothing as of yet! I am thinking that MAYBE, just MAYBE because it seems to be taking so long, when it DOES start,it might all happen really quick !!!

When DD had some cradle cap, HV and MW told me to use warm olive oil, rub it in to the scalp and then gently pick off the loose bits. I did it for a week and it all cleared up!!! it was great. You have to keep it very soft with the oil though!

oooooooooooooTYACAt this is the start of it all. Glad that you are happy with all the arrangments and that you can get 'prepared' before you go. Oh its going to be a long wait for us to hear any news. Do you have anyones number you can text to let use know!!!?? - like you are going to be thinking of us!! If you havnt you can have mine, i will pass on the news! Anyway enjoy your massage this afternoon, last chance to chill! I am having my haircut tomorrow, thats my bit of pampering before baby comes!
ooo how exciting for you

wow best of luck tyaca! report in as soon as you can! wlooking forward to hearing about your little one.....

clearly i'm losing it or maybe my computer just ain't working {wink] link works of course.

51 hours? ow.

thanks jays - olive oil seems to be the most popular option for mners!

Oooooooooooooh an induction. You will be fine my lovely, and as you say, at least you can go in looking FAB, clean hair et al (unlike me...). So much good luck for tonight, if you CAN take anyone's number to let us know please do, or just make sure you are back on here asap to update us. My email address is on other thread if you want to mail me, although might be nice for Jaysthird to announce it, but she COULD be busy herself!!!

Enjoy the shiatsu.

I tried olive oil but poor DD stank. It smelt kind of rotten within a fairly short time, and I don't want to keep washing it off as that seems to make it worse. If she gets even cooled boiled water on it it goes red and angry looking.

Right, have fed both again but it is not that much fun. Need to find a better position as it killed my back. Plus I think it's a bit sad as I am not even holding them.

So QUICK though . And both took good feeds this time. Hard trying to burp them though.

jay, thatd be great if you dont mind ;-) if you get a chance, can you email me your number. i am at [email protected]

LOL tyaca seeing your email address reminds me how funny "Patience Dear" would be... VERY Michael Winner .

Wondering whether to tackle bathing both babies at same time now, as both are unsettled and wont sleep, so might as well make the most of their awake time rather than waking them half an hour before a feed to get them bathed.

Lol at Michael Winner comment! Could always go for "Calmdown"?

Egg - you are setting new standards in parenting with you double feeding and bathing ways. Have you turned pro?!

Ds1 still has cradle cap but then again, I have never bothered with the olive oil thing, so by some sort of reverse logic, it must work! Maybe tonight is the night!!!

Good luck tyaca! How exciting!!!

Sorry- thread crash! Beany- my son had cradle cap until he was about 6. I discovered, once he started school and after 6 years of picking bits of his head off with a fingernail, that a NIT comb works very well on cradle cap as well. Really cleared it all off, without making him bleed.

Thanks Duchesse! Don't feel so useless now! Seems that cradle cap and mice are set to be my constant companions for some time to come (arrghhhh!!!!)

ooooooooooooooo!!! exciting news Tyaca! hope it all goes well for you friend! love the idea of Patience Dear too!! hope you've got some news for us really soon, and well Jaysthird and Princess..... the race is on!! will pop in later and see how it's going! lolo xx

Ooooh Tyaca - very exciting. You must have left mn by now and be busy washing hair, making bed and having a shiatsu! all sounds far too energetic! ~GOOD LUCK! I went for a 1 1/2 hr walk after pessary and 1 hour monitoring - it really got the ball rolling - so to speak! walking up and down the hospital steps sideways helped to. You will be great!

Well done egg - feeding and bathing 2 babies while linking us to a new thread! You ARE amazing!

LOL at Patience Dear! You really have to be careful what name you choose with your surname! Reminds me of blackadder with Captain Darling!

Radio 4 and building sounds seem to be the perfect lullaby for LO - she has slept all morning! I started stripping old paint this morning begor realising that it was probably lead paint! So stopped for fear of poisoning LO with breast milk laced with lead! - eeek! Painted some shelves instead! - I have to do my bit when LO sleeps to keep up DHs morale - he is really fed up with building!!

Good luck tyaca!! Hope all goes well.

Well done feeding 2 babies at once Egg! Let us know how you get on bathing them both - I'm still struggling to bathe one - cannot get used to having a baby again.

Took lo into work this morning to show him off. It was lovely to see everyone - or nearly everyone - silly woman asked how much weight he'd gained and then stood around saying to everyone 'oh he's not put on very much weight has he?' Then in the next breathe said well done for bf - don't people realise that that sort of comment doesn't help your morale when you're bf!! Luckily I'm now immune to that sort of comment but it would have really upset me with ds1 I think. Anyway at 3 weeks he was 5oz heavier than his birth weight and hv said that's fine so I'll listen to her.

Has anyone else got a really spotty baby?

Spotty with bald patches. I still think he is a bit "funny looking" sometimes. It's actually compliments all round in our house as ds1 prodded my tummy yesterday and said, "you're fat mummy, you look like Mr Greedy"!! And there was I, so pleased with myself for not needing maternity clothes any more!!

rozzy - YES VERY SPOTTY! - Am too vain to take her into work until the spots calm down a bit! HV said ot could take 3 months! - I hope not!

LO has been an angel all day - same as yesterday - but am wondering (dreading) the 4 hour 'fussy time' (read screamy time) - that seems to occur between 4-8pmish. Last night I was falling asleep at 9pm and she was still crying - luckily DH took her and let me drift into blissful sleep! - She is (so far - thank god) fine at night however.

My 2 other daughter's get home from school and it all goes pear shaped! - not much fun for them!

LOL Beany .

Didn't manage to bath both as DD went back to sleep so did them one after the other (same bathwater though, I am looking after the environment here...). They both enjoyed the bath, DS2 was v happy the whole time and afterwards, DD cried when I took her out.

Rozzy why on earth do people think they have the right to make such comments? And as long as he is not losing weight and the HV is happy and you are happy and most importantly HE is happy then who gives a stuff?????

Babies have less spots now, just the flakey skin. We are a dandruff family at present.

My tummy is steadily growing. I am doing so little exercise, used to at least walk into town once a day, now I only go twice or three times a week.

Argh crying babies. Time for another dual feed. Must get myself more comfortable this time.

Oh finally, DD has bloody nostrils. She has a bit of a cold, and I have called HV who said that on it's own it is not a worry as long as she seems happy and is feeding and weeing etc (she is) but anyone had any experience of this? She does not have a nosebleed, ie no blood coming out of nose, but insides of both nostrils are all covered in dried blood. I have not even been doing the nasal thing today .

sorry no experience of bloody nostrils - probably to do with her cold?

know what you mean about tummy - mine is growing too. I look just like mr greedy! don't mind except would like to look vaguely attractive for DH since he has been so patient and undemanding for so long! feel like walking milk bottles - not a sex object - poor DH.

Gotta go take DD2 to dance class - LO hates the drive - oh well. - it's been such a lovely peaceful day - until now!

Omy - DS2 was spotty too and it took a loooong time to clear up. Does anyone know what causes it - I had always thought it was hormones but people keep saying to me that it's because babies sweat - was getting paranoid that I was keeping lo too hot? Feel for you omy on the fussy period. My lo is like that in the evenings but feeding does quieten him down luckily - so I have him attached to my nipples for most of the evening - means all I can do is watch tv and eat chocolate which is so unfortunate . Is taking me longer to lose the weight this time - wonder why.

just a quickie... have emailed you my number Tyaca, make sure you keep us informed! Had a bit of sleep this afternoon, was knackered from a 5 oclock start this morning!

Will catch up in a bit, dinner time for the sprogglets!

Oh yes, the fussy bit. It's known as "happy hour" in these parts. It took us 2 hours to watch one episode of The West Wing last night.

Yep we give up on being able to actually hear any tv progs between about 7:30 and 10pm. Sometimes it is not so bad. Good thing is that this is DH's shift .