Further freakingly fantabulous adventures of the 40+ Mummies

[10000Fireflies]

For gorgeous, frolicking and fabulous 40-somethings to share the joys of becoming a Mummy, just a little bit later than most!! . Park your zimmer-frame next to your baby buggy, put your feet up, and come and join us in the snug.

[BadMissM]

bbd Have a great time....!

Midget Feathered snog sounds ace!

Eagle Congratulations to Mummy and Baby Eagle xxx

[scarecrow22]

LRM, forgive me if you know all this... Re bottle. Does baby Monkey see you before - ideally he Shd not. Is it expressed milk or formula? Some babies prefer familiar - some easier with a diff milk ( assoc with mummy too strong/distracting) so maybe try to swap? Some jut prefer diff teats, though I'm inclined to beware buying lots as more likely solved a diff way... Also do you wake to dream feed? If you do maybe try asleep?

Rather basic advice, but worth checking before I suggest the feeding threads.

Hugs xx

[Midgetm]

I'll get my coat

[bytheseaside]

midget heehee i needed a laugh!

lrm cant help either - our 'dream feed' is going awry too for diff reasons - she bf in her sleep, but now sucks a good hour or two, mainly using me as dummy, but wakes and cries if i gently take her off ... will only sleep with a hand on me soi can no longer creep to the loo - what a pickle!

[littleredmonkey]

Hey gang
Scarecrow. Mainly bf but formula in the bottle. I express during the day but dont always get chance. Taken your advise and have expressed and will do again at 8. Dp is going to have both ready. Try boob milk first. I dont stay in the room when he feeds. We did change over sizes from flow

1 to 2. Must admit we do keep swapping them back and forth will stick with two. Thanks for tips honey xx

Midget. Damn right to have got on your coat. Good laugh good girl xxx

Bythesea. Oh honey. We both need operation cot asap. Starting on Friday basket in the cot for a few hours. That should be ok it's the naps thats making me sweat. How was the cheesecake by the way?

[littleredmonkey]

Bythesea. Have u tried a dummy with her at night for the sucking to help sooth her rather then you?

[GoatBongosAnonymous]

Where did I miss cheesecake?????

Latest Good Food mag has Rhubarb and ginger cheesecake. Too much off my diet, or one of five a day?...

midget you gave me a good laugh too. is your coat feathery

lrm sorry can't be helpful on bottles. Kid took a bloody age to take to one, but had sucking reflex problems for months anyway. Used to take us 90 mins to feed 30mls. Now is entirely unfussy.

Kid is still awake! He has NEVER taken this long to go to sleep. Four transfer fails, a feed and pingy wide-awake eyes since 6:45. What is happening?? He is now lying here on the bed kicking away happily while exhausted mummy silently begs him to get sleepy. He obviously thought his sleep at 6 o'clock was just a nap... two nights ago it was bedtime. And he didn't even nap properly today, after my boast about his great patterns! Meh. They know, don't they...

Have buggyfit tomorrow. Does it count as exercise if I fall asleep on the aerobics step? Not fussy about pillows right now.

[10000Fireflies]

Goat sounds rather similar to baby FF. Bedtime tonight was 9.30pm. I have given up currently trying to get him to sleep earlier. Going to work way backwards from that time and try and make it earlier each night. Yes, I think they do know!! They wait until you think you have it all sussed and then mix things up for the fun of it. BFF often referred to as 'The Master'...

BBD have a lovely holiday and good luck with the elimination training. Sounds v interesting. I might consider giving it a go in the summer.

Cheesecake? I had a massive slice of choc fudge cake 's'after with a decaff coffee (though I feel strangely wide awake, so not so sure it was decaff...). Then I had 4 super duper quadruple choc biccies.. before dinner....

Night night all. Happy sleeps. FF xx

[bytheseaside]

had another grizzly sofa-slave day so Mr seaside came home with gu choc cheesecake he is lovely. watched Lewis all pm

lrm baby s scorns the dummy ... she is sooo strict with us!

[GoatBongosAnonymous]

...mmm, Gu. They deserve canonisation.

ff we call BG Lord BG.

bbd have a lovely holiday and don't forget to come back and give us a blow by blow account of the food!

And now, full scale nappy alert. Cover me, I'm going in

[littleredmonkey]

Ahhhhhhh I want some sleep. Baby monkey is been up crying at 9:30 after an hours sleep. Won't keep still in his basket. Bloody river dance in my bedroom this evening. Back on the boob arms all over like a ribbon twirler at the Olympic

[littleredmonkey]

Morning my lovelys
Baby 1 mummy 0
Bloody knackered. Been up since 4 ish. He wont even settle for his morning nap. May be teething. His hand is so far in his mouth he may swallow it. I have tried s teething ring but not keen. Hand seems nicer.

[littleredmonkey]

May pop baby in shed for a bit! !

[scarecrow22]

Oh LRM sorry about last night. Takes me back to putting on clothes and coat and walking DD around in buggy at 3am one night in desperation - it worked, though glad wasn't too often! I also noted (ahem) that DH merrily let us go and then in the morning critically demanded to know if it was safe for DD???! An his wife??? Cheeky so and so

Dare I ask how DF went? Prob with feeding is there are so many diff variations of problems that only BabiesNet can poss cover them all. DD happily took expressed milk from DH but never me. After adoringly BF her for 10 months (with weaning, obvs!) within a week of introducing formula she was totally uninterested in me and only wanted formula Little heart-breakers!

Wish I could offer more help.

[scarecrow22]

PS just to say cheesecake is the food of the Gods and definitely one (two?) of five a day, plus vital calcium. Has to be NY baked style though.

[scarecrow22]

PPS my mum came around one day and merrily told all my NCT friends that when I cried she'd leave me in pram in garden, and if I still cried she just pushed me further down the garden (they lived in rural Derbyshire so more plausible than in SW London) hmmm

[littleredmonkey]

Scarecrow. Hi honey. Df did not happen. First time we put him to sleep he woke so early I put him on boob. He slept till 3 ish then went pear shaped. He shuffled the rest of the night. Just been for a walk for some fresh air.
It's a shame as he spends all day yawning. He spent the last few weeks sleeping through oh well baby will do what he wants bless him. At least he is napping ok in his swing

[bytheseaside]

oh lrm not another bad night how are you managing?

scarecrow haha i think my mum did the same re buggy in garden

ps have more cheesecake in fridge for later in case i need it (OF COURSE ILLNEED IT)

[blueblackdye]

Access to Internet ! Yeah ! I missed you all :)
Sorry to hear babies are not behaving. Hope you will all have a better night tonight.

AFM all is good, except the main swimming pool, it is under maintenance, so we can't use it, too bad for our 4 resort. But they have a 5 resort inside the 4 one so we have a special pass to go and use the 5 resort swimming pool ! We do not complain anymore :)
Weather is just brilliant, sunny, dry, the air is fresh, a bit cold before 10am and then 28C. Just what I need. DS has been busy playing with his new friends at kids club, trampoline, mini tennis, flying trapeze while DH played tennis and Mum stuffed herself ! Anastasia had her 3 hours nappy free session on the grass.

We had a wonderful couscous for lunch. I promised myself to have only one main per meal and not too much pastries. Inch Allah !

[littleredmonkey]

Sounds bliss. Make room for me by the pool. Enjoy every ray of sunshine

Bythesea. Crap night mate. Usually express boob at five but left them full for feed doing at the moment. Put away all tops for bottles size 1. Only use size 2. Gave him a bottle at lunch took it from me no problem. Dp gave him bottle at five only had 3 ounce. So fingers crossed tonight

[littleredmonkey]

Bythesea I am on my way to your house for cheese cake honey

[BadMissM]

bbd Amusez-vous bien...and eats lots of couscous, tagines and lovely honey pastries for me, Inch'Allah!

scarecrow Am constantly surprised my mother never left me on a bus...she was a fan of the 'hand-off' and everything else off school of parenting!

[scarecrow22]

LRM see you at Seaside's with the cheesecake plate ;)

[bytheseaside]

plenty of cheesecake for everyone! tonight i'm craving a home-made fresh tasting apple and lime cheesecake made with cream cheese cut with quark and ginger biscuit base .... mmmmmm

[bbd] sounds completely fantastic. think we also need a holiday

baby seaside fell asleep for nap on her own today - another miraculous first! full of chattiness and excited shrieks today as well - shes so delicious

ok, so does any one have a really effective 15-20 minutes of music'n'movement lasting cot mobile they would recommend? i have cheapo wind-up one which lasts a couple of mins, so not quite enough for running to loo / getting dressed, but excellent while it lasts. I'm beyond caring about garish plastic, just want something that either distracts or soothes or both. anyone have one?

we are doing tax returns. i usually do this, but as hands tied this year, dp giving it a go and being so idiotic about paperwork i was about to pack up and leave until i remembered pudding procurement skills and loveliness with baby seaside. god, i have a short fuse. too much sugar maybe?

[littleredmonkey]

I want some sugar. Only sugar I got yesterday was 5 yes I said 5 tick tacks. Bloody extremely low carb diet. Doing exercises every day is killing me with little sleep. Bugger I really want cheese cake now.