Woohoo! Well done Mr & Mrs Lightning. Hope the cs was not too traumatic and that you're recovering well. LittleMissLightning is a bit of a whopper for a teeny tiny one like you is she not SL? How much did DS weigh? Anyway, another big bro/lil sis combination - how thrilling! Can't recommend it highly enough (well except when DS starts to bash DD over the head with the remote control obviously). Does it feel weird having a daughter? Was it a shock?
Huge congrats to Jolly as well (and katie - been so patchy at posting that I don't remember if I ever congratulated you or not). How exciting. Can we really be down to our last couple of only children though? Blimey we have been busy.
Nolda sorry to hear about your relationship woes. It must be so tough for you to think straight when you've got to keep it together for the DCs but it sounds as if you're doing a very good job of it. You are already making good progress and I hope your efforts bear fruit soon.
Rubes the tongue tie thing is something I know quite a lot about from painful experience, as both DS and DD had it. One thing I do know is that severity of tongue tie is not necessarily a predictor of how much pain it causes. DS's tongue tie was diagnosed as moderate and DD's as mild to moderate I think, but the pain was incredible. On the other hand I have a friend with a 3 month old with very visible tongue tie which I guess would be classed as moderate to severe but they have had no problems bfing at all. Bear in mind that once they've done the snip it's important to see an infant feeding specialist as soon as possible afterwards as you will in all likelihood still need to adjust your latch - in fact the consultant who did ours insisted on it as a condition of having the procedure done. With both of mine I got a degree of instant relief after the procedure but it took a while for feeds to be genuinely pain free (weeks in DS's case). Having said all that your experience does sound different to mine in that with me if I managed to get a decent-ish latch to start with the tongue tie meant that they were unable to maintain it and the feed got more painful as it went on.
wg stay out of that man's head FGS! But what a weird thing to do asking if you are V when he has friend requested you on several occasions and clearly knows who you are (erm not to mention that he has slept with you). Avoid avoid avoid except as Veggie says to remind yourself that you clearly one goddam irresistible babe.
Sorry have not been on for ages btw - been on holiday (camping in the Loire Valley near Blois, 2 hours SW of Paris. Was that anywhere near you Veggie? I kept thinking I should have got hold of your mobile and seen if we could have met up). And as usual been generally crap at posting.
Meet-up in London sounds great - I will try my berry best to make this one. Effie/Jam fancy terrorising the poor travellers with a 6-toddler flush on the train? We can play tut bingo.
Anyway am drunk on cheap French supermarket wine so please indulge me as I bang on about how fabulous and talented my lovely DD is. She is quite the chatterbox and is always coming up with the most precocious-sounding phrases she picks up (for example the other morning DS came into the bedroom first thing and DD piped up with "It's good to see you, DB!"). Anyway, when I get home from work I always ask DD how she is, not really expecting an answer, but when I asked tonight she replied "Not bad". Sorry - probably doesn't sound as funny written down but I think it was her nonchalant tone more than anything. And the fact that I can hear myself saying it. I roared laughing! They are so much fun at this age - love it!