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Kelly1978 · 27/11/2006 11:47

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Too much waffling, you know who you are

I jsut wanted to psot to say good luck hm, hope you can hold out, but it really sounds like things are moving. Jsut think you could be cuddled upw ith your baby by tomorrow morning!

Glad to hear dt2 is better, fg.

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charleymouse · 01/01/2007 00:58

Happy New Year, will try to catch up with you later as now feel can be a legitimate member of multiples as it looks as though both DTs will make it.
Hope 2007 brings you everything you wish for.

HarktheHarrogateMumisSinging · 01/01/2007 11:36

Hi everyone - and a big Happy New Year to you - got a slightly sore head after cooking a meal for friends last night and having a touch too much white wine and champers (and then to round the evening off, a port.....that was the killer).

Here's to everyones wishes coming true in 2007!

(And FG - I think you may be MY twin - everything you say about not accepting help could be me talking, I am RUBBISH at it, I have to be seen as super human and be totally in control of everything and you know what - its knackering..)

Are you all still in bed nursing your hangovers (ha ha, thats a joke, clearly as you are all crazy mothers of multiples!)??

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 01/01/2007 12:10

No hangover here!!!!!!!! lol

Did go out partying though.

Happy New Year ladies. Good to see you all back and posting.

Now.... what are your plans for 2007? Facelifts, tummy tucks or good old fashioned sleep? lol

Just being cheeky!

largeginandtonic · 01/01/2007 18:55

Happy New Year to you all!

Hope you all had fab xmas and nice new years eve.

It is all quiet here for a change, the dc have been staying at their Dad's and are due back in the next hour though. Dh has been home but i took him to the station this morning, he is away for another 7 weeks now. So unfair, i cant stop crying. I feel worse than ever before which is silly as its only 7 weeks not 3 months like last time. Think it's those crazy hormones raging, i seem to have no rationality chip.

Have missed you all xxxx

Overrunderthemistletoe · 01/01/2007 19:06

Hi, happy new year, heres to 2007! Hopefully by the end of 2007, I will be able to have a proper conversation with my dts. I am looking forward to that, atm, their favourite short sentence is "NO POOH" regardless of whether there is one in their nappy or not

HarktheHarrogateMumisSinging · 01/01/2007 19:31

Mars - my plans for 2007 involve deciding once and for all about the move to Australia.....we have ummed and aaahed about it for years now, its time to make a definitive decision!

Also to not shout at the DTs as much....easier said than done!

And to declutter - my house looks like I am hosting a jumble sale......

LG&T - I feel crappy complaining about DH being away for a couple of nights a week when your DH goes away for such long spells. Keep your chin up lovey - we are all here for moral support! I know what you mean about missing everyone - it felt strange when it was all quiet on the thread!

leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 02/01/2007 11:23

Happy new year everyone !

Plans for 2007 , is it possible to plan the unplannable (sp?)!

FG, glad to hear that things with your dp have taken the right turn. It sounds to me as if you need time out together.

Charleymouse, looking forward to hearing more from you on this thread!

We had a lovely few days away in the mountains. Not too relaxing though as dh's sister was there with her 4 boys. Although we didn't lift a finger to cook anything and ds was entertained by everything else going on most of the time and had a great time. I didn't get upset that i couldn't snowboard as the snow was terrible, we went for some really nice walks and took ds sledging.

Hmm, I guess we have to start changing our names back from the christmassy ones. I don't want to be leogaela anymore, need to think of something else

leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 02/01/2007 11:24

HM, I can totally recommend a change of country!

JuA · 02/01/2007 11:33

Plans for 2007 - hmmm - well top of the list is sleep! That seems to be dependant on teeth and illness! so am not sure I have that much control over that one! and to move house! Although I can't get that started until dh has passed his exam and decided what consultant job to go for.

dt's are crawling all over now - at the moment a strategically placed beanbag restricts them - but I expect they will learn how to cliimb over that soon and then I will have to rethink!

Harrogatemum · 02/01/2007 11:48

ladies - anyone got any tried and tested cures for colic???

Baby Maddy is whinging from about 7pm to at least midnight every night and of course is then up twice in the night to feed (today 1.30 and 5.30)....I can cope when DH is here but when he isnt its impossible. I have been giving her Infacol but not seeming to make much difference.......??

Oh and hello all - Leo, I think you might be right about a change of country! It just seems so daunting all the organisation that is involved!

leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 02/01/2007 11:58

HM, here they give babies cammomile of fennel tea (fennel is the prefered one) to try to ease colic. Also a warm cherrystone cushion on the babies belly (i guess anything warm would help). I could never get ds to drink the tea but he always like the warm cushion.

I guess it was easy for me moving here, I only had myself to move, didn't bring very much stuff and had a job to move to. It did take me 5 months tofind a place to live once I got here though.

Overrunderthemistletoe · 02/01/2007 14:13

Two out of three of mine had colic, so I tried loads of things, without any real sucess I am afraid, but in case they are helpful here goes:

Put baby over lap and massage back while gently jigging your knees

Over your shoulder is a well know one, I always found going upstairs with baby over shoulder worked well at getting air up

Baby massage is good, various techniques for soothing tummy pain

Sit baby on lap, support their front with your flat hand, and their back and shoulders with other hand, gently rotate them.

If colic is caused by baby taking air in as they feed, you may have a gulpy baby or a fast let down, try feeding lieing on your back to diminish your let down.

If you have one of those swing chairs, they really can work, highly recommended by some. I find mine useful, except that dt1 would often slump too much and I would fiddle with him and then he would wake up

Dancing to Abba, or anything suitably cheesey

BFing a lot, as this seems to comfort them, although some evidence to say that too much can cause colic, still it was the only thing that stopped my two from crying.

Can't remember any more, but just hang on to the fact that colic nearly always dissapears around the 12th week, so not too much longer to go.........

Kelly1978 · 02/01/2007 15:28

happy new year everyone.

Hope everyone had a good holiday. Can't believe tomorrow is already the last day of the holidays.

Not sure about colic, I found that infacol did help a bit, but dt2 had reflux too, and it was jsut a matter of waiting for him to grow out of it. Bouncy chairs helped a bit, and putting him to sleep on his side rather than his back.

fg, glad you managed to have a bit of a chat with your dh, but it sounds like you could still do with some more talking. Don't bury your head in the sand!

We had a good christmas but not a very good start to the new year. I finally flipped. Went to the GP today and been given prozac. Just wish I had done it earlier, rather than waiting for things to get this bad.

The kids all had a great xmas. They loved their presents and dp's family came over for xmas dinner so it was a proper family christmas.

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leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 02/01/2007 20:39

Kelly, glad you had a good christmas and just hope things get better for you very, very soon.

Can't help thinking about Piximon, I have lost track... do you think it is possible that she has had the babies now?????

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 02/01/2007 21:36

Kelly, you have had such a lot to deal with sweetheart. For a little while I've been feeling you weren't the old Kelly I first knew but you can't really tell this way. When we first met on this thread, I was low. I always remember you telling me that I deserved to feel happy all of the time. And you do too. Keep that at the front of your mind. Well done for talking to the doctor.

Leo, how did the name leogaela come about?

Yeah, pixi......Mars?

HM, like overrun, 2 of my 3 babies had colic. Infacol did nothing for me. I went to the herbalist and was given a tiny bottle of herbs to dropper into water or formula feeds. Amongst others it contained marshmallow to soothe. Might help.......

I took DT2 for cranio-sacral therapy and overnight he was a new boy (not totally gone but a marked improvement from walking the hall with him for hours on end). He only had two sessions and was hugely better. Some might think mumbo jumbo but for me it was great. An osteopath would specialise in it if he/she has a baby clinic or a herbalist might have a contact.

Kelly1978 · 03/01/2007 08:42

I feel like shit today.
Didn't sleep well at all, keep waking and having bad dreams. Got thrush too which isnt helping and dp had to go back to work today. Really don't want to be on my own, but can't ask him to take any more time off. I keep trying to focus on that Ive got the tablets and will feel better in a few weeks but Ive jsut hit a brick wall really and dont know how Im going to get through the next few weeks.

dt2 is being a nightmare. Nothing works with him any more and his latest trick is making himself vomit.

I'm so low, and the kids don't deserve this. I know I should try to get out, keep myself busy but I have no motivation. I'm really not well at all. Aaaargh!

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Kelly1978 · 03/01/2007 08:43

Hell, I shouldn't have posted that. Please ignore me.

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largeginandtonic · 03/01/2007 09:47

Hugs to you Kelly )))))hugs((((( post away thats what we are here for. Wish i could say something to make you feel better. Read the due in may thread from yesterday that may make you smile, it got a bit x-rated. I was laughing so much the kids thought i was bonkers...well i am actually...

January sucks, it feels like there is nothing to look forward to. It is so hard to get motivated, all mine have just gone back to school today (which is nice) but it means i have a very bored nearly 2 year old to occupy. The house is such a state, i cant even bring myself to look in the bloody bathrooms.

To top it all off i stood on the scales yesterday....all 11 stone of me.....i was just under 10 back in july. This baby had better be very good......!!!

Harrogatemum · 03/01/2007 09:50

Kelly of course you should have posted that - that is what we are here for to listen and try to offer a shoulder to cry on/helping hand to hold or whatever you need.

I cant help you to feel better but can sympathise and will be on and off on here today if you need to vent your feelings.

There is light at the end of the tunnel...and we are all here to help you get to it.

Kelly1978 · 03/01/2007 10:00

I'm [shock} largegin! I'd forgotten about the banana cake I made, I'm not gonna be able to serve that without thinking of nuns now!

Thankfully so far the kids are behaving. Its bloody stupid really, I felt low because of all the stress, and since I snapped I jsut feel even worse because I feel bad for not being able to cope anymore. I cant even face dp's family. I jsut want to curl up in bed and hide away.

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leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 03/01/2007 10:56

Kelly, maybe that's what you should do for a little while. can anyone look after the dcs for a day so you can just lay in bed, rest, shut yourself off and let yourself feel as low as you need to, it may help instead of trying to fight it and be strong all the time. It seems to me that you have been coping incredibly well, you certainly shouldn't be beating yourself up about not coping!!!! and it probably isn't a bad thing to have snapped, it can be a positive thing to release pent up emotions and frustration, you can't just shut it away.

Frumpy, Leogaela is a mix of my pre-married initials (LEAG) and initials from my first marriage (LEAO) - the name I was still using when I first came onto MN. I've really got no imagination or wit...!

leomincepiesandbrandybutter · 03/01/2007 10:57

LG&T - January is great!!! Its my birthday and my wedding anniversary this month !

dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 03/01/2007 12:14

Happy New Year to you all! I'm a bit late I know, but never mind

Kelly sorry you're feeling so low I know just how you feel, I felt the same more or less a year ago and although it won't help much now you will feel better but it will take time. In the last couple of weeks I have finally felt like my 'old' self again. The haircut started it off I think and I've just re-joined the gym, the DTs are in nursery and I'm back to work 3 days a week from next week. How long it lasts is anyone's guess, but I'm determined to enjoy it whilst it does

New Year went pretty well really, the spoiled brat niece did her best to wind everyone up but with the help of kir royales from the early stages of the evening I managed to cope and didn't even feel too bad the next day, despite having given up all our beds to the inlaws and having to (not) sleep on the sofa.

Leoladyofleisure · 03/01/2007 12:42

This will do for a while !

Welcome back LR!

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 03/01/2007 16:39

Like it leo!!

Kelly, I know that feeling. As someone said earlier, somedays you need to give in to it and just be. Aim to just get through the day and get to bed. Doing that is fine.

Another day you will feel different and you can do more then. You will come out the other end again. Gradually you will have less of the days you can't see through. It might take a while so expect it to take some time.

Try to do everything you can to feel well, drink 4 pints of water a day (try no alcohol

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