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Sparklytwinkletoes · 15/07/2009 17:35

Over here ladies - will post the list in a second...

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sorky · 28/07/2009 08:59

Dd1 and ds1 (2hours) which I was going to have a coffee with the other 2 be ause you leave them in the class but ds1 has said he wants me to stay and watch him

I'm a bit sore today, we got a 10 foot trampoline given to us yesterday and we all had a fab time bouncing on it

Dh 'goes' on Saturday (snippity snip)

Diege · 28/07/2009 09:16

Morning! Just posting and running as school hols have hit me like a sledge hammer. Off to physio with J and dds - will I survive? J also bringing up feeds,reflux I think not an infection, so finding it hard to post at the moment! Best of luck LBOT - will be thinking of you

Cosmogirl · 28/07/2009 09:53

Morning - go LBOT!!

Bump - DD is sleeping in a travel cot next to our bed at the mo. She outgrew the carrycot but still want her in our room till 6 months so rather than take cot to bits and move to our room we decided to put her in the travel cot. She seems fine in there and did a 180 the other night so obviously liked being able to wiggle around in there.

Was going to pop to a baby group this morn but DD was up every few hours feeding (she has a cold at the moment) so feel shattered....couldn't even face the shower this morning ....Think will chill at home today.

Morning Sorky, Kayz, Star, Diege.

Moosy · 28/07/2009 10:43

Yay LBOT, hope things are progressing nicely for you, if you're not too exhausted now then walking lots will probably help things get going, keep us posted!

Hooray for a good night Kayz!

I have my second scan this afternoon, I'm almost as excited as I was last week even though I already know all's well and it's a girl - I love scans!

Sparklytwinkletoes · 28/07/2009 11:16

Hi all - glad I got back in time to monitor LBOT!

Have been a way for about ten days, just visiting friends and family, but its been a nice break. DH has been busy working on DS new bedroom, which is coming along nicely. I just need to choose some paint, bedding, curtains, carpet and a curtain pole as we've got people coming to stay soon and no-where to put them! At least the deadline is keeping it all running in the right direction!

Everyone keeps commenting on how I look in pg, my grandad said I looked smaller than last time he saw me, and I don't feel very big...

I weighed myself this morning and at 30 weeks, I've only gained 4lbs since I booked in. Now, I was massively overweight at the beginning anyway, but should I be mentioning this to anyone? My MW hasn't weighed me at all - baby will be OK won't it? I assume that its because I'm not working now and doing more exercise, looking after DS and doing housework and jobs and also eating better (less crisps and chocolate and baguettes!).

I've only read Monday and Tuesday's posts - so if I've missed anything, I'd really appreciate a catch up if anyone is feeling willing?

How are all the LO's?

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GYo · 28/07/2009 11:41

Hi

LBOT- Hurray, so exciting... good luck, thinking of you. x

Great to "see you" cosmo.

Hi everyone else

lastboxoftampons · 28/07/2009 12:31

Hi guys - still here.
Things seemed to progress, so DH and I got showered and ready to call hospital and then things slowed right down. So I think you're right Sorky - probably pre-labour at this point and anything goes. Have been losing more and more of my plug though. Good news is my parents have arrived, so they'll be here for the birth!

Thanks for all of the good wishes, I'll keep you posted!

Bump - my neice is about 10 months old and still in a travel cot since outgrowing her moses basket. Her older sister hadn't vacated the cot yet She's 26 months and they've just gotten her a bed this weekend, so little one will be in the cot soon, but she's none the worse for having slept in the travel cot for a few months.

GYo · 28/07/2009 12:48

Hi LBOT

I found a bath with a clary sage oil burner really helpful at this stage. I shut the door of the bathroom and it was really strong (according to DH) was in full labour an hour after the bath

Thinking of you

sorky · 28/07/2009 13:53

Do try and rest if you can, you will need your strength to feel like you can manage labour well.

Pre-labour can get quite pokey imo, but when active labour does kick in it's usually more intense and you'll notice the notch up in the speed and intensity of the contractions.

The more you relax the easier it is

So excited for you

STT I wouldn't worry, if you were overweight beforehand then you'll simply weigh less when you've birthed
Baby will be fine.
I think they only worry when women are underweight and don't put on any weight.

tinkisback · 28/07/2009 14:23

ye lbot - good luck hun
i found that paracetemol helped me sleep

travel cot sounds fine

sparkly - trip sounds good

what do other babies eat?

i am feeding bracken jars for lunch and tea?
i know jars are contravercial!!

she only has 3 spoons per meal

hate making pureess!!

dd1 havung her preschool jab now

Sparklytwinkletoes · 28/07/2009 16:15

Tink, I would try offering bracken some slices of soft fresh fruit, like banana, and things like soft bread and butter for a variety of textures for her to start playing with, even if her main food is from the jars. Kind of like a cross between BLW and Puree feeding - it eases the pressure on puree making. Although having said that, I can't remember how old she is - is she past 6 months yet?

Do you make it in big batches? I used to have a steam and puree day on Sundays then freeze it in an icecube tray - though of course, these days, you can get 'special' ice cube trays made by Annabel Karmel too.

Sorky, I assumed that was the case, and knew that I hadn't put on much, and had possibly lost some (legs are looking quite good!) but was still shocked that its as little as it is!

DS has been obsessed by very into Dora the Explorer recently, and has been pestering me for blueberries and bananas, so we've been and bought some this afternoon.

Whilst at the shops, I took the opportunity of buying some rather yummy full fat puds - I've been craving them in the evenings but we don't normally have anything for pudding - I've got thick and creamy rice pudding (scoffed one already), pannacotta and blackcurrant cheesecakes. All individual pots, I hasten to add!

LBOT - would echo the 'rest as much as possible line' - I was in pre-labour for four days with DS and was so exhausted I couldn't think, I thought it was the drugs making me out of it, but a post birth review showed that not to be the case and it was actually exhaustion! I'll be trying to relax more this time around!

With DS I had my show on Tues morning, contractions on and off until very early Fri morning when my waters broke, and didn't start labour properly till about 6.00am.... it was a very long week!

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sorky · 28/07/2009 17:01

Mmmm pannacotta!

Tink jars sound expensive if she only has 3 spoonfuls!
I 2nd STT's suggestion of fruit sticks, banana, ripe pear, cooked apple, cooked carrot, a stalk of broccoli, whatever you have veg wise at tea time.
Perhaps a soldier of toast at breakfast?
You do have to watch them like a hawk though from personal experience

mommyinthemiddle · 28/07/2009 17:06

hellooooo! i found you at last.

Well we have arrived in the US, been here 4 weeks now and slowly getting used to the change in lifestyle. Weather is hot hot hot over 100 ever day this week!
Baby Evan is doing good, sleeping through but quite fussy in the daytimes, and feeding alot, i'm still breast feeding which is going well. He had his shots last week, they also give Hep B and an oral vaccine for gastroentinitis(SP???) poor thing, how do there little bodies cope with it all at once.
Anyways he hasn't been weighed for 5 weeks so no idea what he weighs but he is in 3-6 month clothing due to his length. He will be 10 weeks on wednesday and even now i have moments of wow i have a baby boy!

Hope everyone is well and happy. If someone could give me an update on what i have missed over the past 5 weeks i would appreciate it as don't think i can catch up with it all
Missed you guys

sorky · 28/07/2009 17:38

5 weeks!?! I can't remember 5 days ago!!
Welcome back MiM.

Sounds like you're settling in, is this move permanent, I forget if you said

kookykid · 28/07/2009 18:00

Hi!!

Soooooo excited for you, LBOT!! I clearly remember you getting your BFP and now you're going to meet your LO soon! The whole thing is pretty damn amazing, isn't it?

I have been so so rubbish at keeping up to date with you, but wonder how you're all getting on and try and check in occasionally. DD has now dropped her midday nap and I'm finding it quite exhausting keeping her entertained all day.

Am 35 weeks tomorrow - can't believe it! Only another 2 weeks and then I can def have my homebirth. yay!

tinkisback · 28/07/2009 18:01

cheers ladies. it is good actually that she doesnt eat too much as jars keep for 48 hours in the fridge.
bracken is 6 mnths

glaskham · 28/07/2009 18:49

hello all- just popping in... have been offline as swapping broadband providers... was with orange and out of no-where they sent a letter saying our package was almost doubling in price, so swapped to O2 where its less than half what we would have been paying if we'd been with orange still!!

hope to catch up tomorrow- ruby has been very unsettled the last few days though so its hard getting 2mins to myself.

Puppy is doing well, and DS & DH are both over their swine flu now, DH was back at work for his first day back today... but he's on a holiday as of friday too!!- his 26th bday!! we're off to scotland for the w/end too, so wont be about much next week either!! Feel so bad neglecting the wagon!!

LBOT- good luck for your imminent labour.... can someone please text me the news if i'm not about??

bumpsnowjustplump · 28/07/2009 21:17

evening all.... Any news lbot????

We had a lovely day. DS at banana sticks at the park (well when I say ate he held them and found his mouth but i dont think very much got swallowed.) Then tonight he had a stick of broccoli and a stick of carrot which he did eat and fed himself then I gave him 2 spoonfuls of pureed apple and he gulped it down.....

He is asleep in the travel cot and went straight to sleep so i hope that it is a good sign...

essenceofSES · 28/07/2009 22:30

Thinking of you LBOT

Bumps - sounds like a good day. Hope you have a good night too.

Kooky - not long for you now! Great to hear from you!

STT - as Sorky says, I wouldn't worry about 4lb gain but does bode well for afterwards!

DH still got fever on and off but no other symptoms now. Whatever it was, I'm glad it seems to be on it's way out.

Hello everyone else. On phone so sorry if I've missed anything.

essenceofSES · 28/07/2009 22:32

Sorry, meant to say welcome back to MinM too. Sounds like Evan is thriving!

Kayzr · 29/07/2009 08:06

Morning,

MIM, Glad you have settled in well. Evan sounds like he is doing brilliantly!!

LBOT, Hope you have your little boy now!

STT, I put on hardly anything with DS2. Everything I put on with him I lost within 2 days of him being born. It's DS1's baby weight I still have!!

Kooky, Lovely to hear from you!! Not long now!!

Hope you all had nice nights.

bumpsnowjustplump · 29/07/2009 08:38

morning all. DS went down at 8 but woke up at 1 this morning and was up every hour and a half from then until I finally gave up at 6 and got up. DP has a plan!! He doesn't think ds can possiably need feeding that often so at the weekend he is going to take ds every other time he wakes and try to rock him back to sleep. He thinks that by removing the food source (ie me) then he may just go back to sleep without feeding. WHat do you all think? Could this work? What if he his hungry?

I also spoke to dp about involving hv and he is reluctant unless we have exhausted every other avenue. Neither of us trust HV after my fall and what they did to my sister.....

Welcome MIM glad everything is settling down for you....

Kooky wow not long now...

STT some people only put on baby weight and actually that is the healthies way to do it. You may find you put on a bit more at the end as the baby puts on a lb a week...

LBOT how are things going? is he here yet??

Starshinetiger · 29/07/2009 09:17

Morning All, just checking in on LBOT - hope you are comfortable.
Bump - sorry for poor night after 1pm. If it makes you feel any better, our nights started getting better with DD once she was going 5 hours in a go (of course now she has a cold that's all gone to pot!). Would agree with your DP and think his suggestion is great - would you also try a dummy? If he is wanting to suckle, the dummy might help - DD will sometimes take it when she wants comfort but doesn't want to feed. Have to say that we had a horrendous night where she was awake for a couple of hours in the middle of the night - was becoming a habit, so I did a bit of giving her the dummy and holding her in to me as well as when she was content just reswaddling and putting her back in her cot - once her grumbles got beyond settling grumbles I picked her up again. Don't know if this worked but the following two nights, she did roughly 8 - 1.30, 3.30 and then 6.30 feeds (as she was only up for feeds and I changed her nappy at 1.30 as well, this was a good night). Unfortunately, this was only last week and we then took her to a wedding on Friday, which disrupted her sleep and then she caught DS' cold, so she's been disturbed, but she is still doing roughly 8ish through to 6/7ish in her cot at night and only waking for feeds rather than being awake during night (if only DS wasn't waking in the night because he's unwell )
Actually, think DS may have a urine infection - he is in pain when he needs to wee. We're up at GP at 11 this morning - am sad for DS, but also sad because I know we'll get referred back to hospital for tests as this is the 2nd uti he's had this year

STT - echo others, would not worry about lack of weight gain as long as you are eating healthily. Like Kayz I didn't put lots of weight with DD but had still retained weight after DS. Dropped additional weight from 2nd pg pretty quick after birth and now just need to lose weight from 1st pg!!

So, did have a plan to get DD going longer without waking at night this week - DH is on 1st aid course, which means he's out 8-6 4 days on trot rather than shifts, so was going to try Gina Ford routine, but her cold has thrown that out of the window. Ah well, guess next week is another week, but while I know it should be easier with DH around, he's back on shifts next week, working some early some late and it's so much easier if I can just get on with it during the day and have him around for bedtime!! Talking of which - Sorky/Diege, what do your older ones do while you're doing the bath and bedtime routine bit for your DD/DS?

Right, better get on as need to get things together for GP while DD is having her nap.

Starshinetiger · 29/07/2009 09:19

Sorry, meant to say welcome back MinM! Glad things are going well in US and am trying not to be too that your DS is sleeping through while my 4.5 month old DD is not!! Is fantastic that he hasn't been too disrupted by the move.

And Glask - enjoy your hols in Scotland!

sorky · 29/07/2009 09:59

Hiya Star,

Diege may be the best one to ask because I don't bath my kids every night, so we don't have a routine as such.

My eldest 2 are 7 & 5 and are currently still playing outside until 8pm, then they come in and pretty much go straight to bed after a story.

Ds2 is 2.5 and he goes to bed at 7.30pm. He sits with his dad and they read together whilst I feed Dd2 and then put her to bed at 7pm.

I was roughly following GF times for a week until tup-tup got her own rhythmn for feeding and sleeping, now we are in that routine (give or take) I have gone back to being relaxed about it I do hate the clock-watching.

Have just got back from the dentist and root canal work
Boy does it hurt!

TINK, I have a suggestion for the weight loss; buy a trampoline! We got one given at the weekend and I looked online for whether it would be good exercise and it said that 10 minutes of jumping/bouncing is the equivalent of a 30minute run!!!

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