May 2010 - Drooling, smiling, cooing and nearly sleeping through (and that's just the mummies!)

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Hi Ladies,

I hope you don't mind, I started a new thread as our first one was quite full! I can't believe we're a quarter-way through the first year already!

Hi ladies.
Thanks for your kind words re my dh's job. We won't know what's happening for a while yet so just have to wait (and fret!)

heff I wouldn't find it weird at all if someone in a group I'd met a few times invited me over. In fact I'd really appreciate it as I'd love to form closer friendships too and am also v shy. Maybe say it as an offhand thing first like 'we should get together sometime for the dc to play together' and see how they react...or meet somewhere neutral first as someone else suggested?

schipo I think my ds is ready for his pushchair seat too so we're gonna have to get it down from the loft! :( He's also the same with being all playful at 5 or 6am. He won't go back down to sleep in his cot at that time so he comes into our bed and usually drops back off if he sucks my little finger or has a feed lying down. Bit worried about having to break the coming into our bed habit though!

molly I'm starting to feel down about all the night wakings too :( keep thinking of SK's wise words that they won't be babies for long and to just go with the flow...but is very hard when you're dragging yourself out of bed again at 4am.
So good that you're able to support your friend. I found that after I miscarried, I had such high expectations of my pregnancy with ds, expecting it all to be 'magical' and as a result, getting quite horribly depressed for a lot of it when it wasn't(other things contributed to this too)
I imagine it's similar for an ivf pregnancy. Really hope she starts to feel better soon.

WLTK we missed you! So glad you had a good time away :)

We've had a lovely weekend at my ILs.. was so lovely to know ds was just taken care of by his grandparents and various aunties & uncles...I could relax and knit or read on the sofa- bliss!

Question- I know I've asked this before but it' still a concern of mine. Does anyone ele's baby poo about 6 or 7 times a day?? Cos mine does and the girls in my NCT group find it really surprising as theirs only poo about every other day all the babies are breastfed so I find it a bit

cup- quick post to put your mind at ease, my dsis thinks it is really weird if babies don't poo after every feed, like hers did, he was exclusively breastfed until 6 months and ebm until 9 months, she was quite concerned about oscar for a while, we don't get poo every day...

heff, great you made a friend, go for a cofee and see how it goes...

wow, pushchairs already, i am not ready, oscar might, but me...

molly, i didn't feel magical while pregnant, and found the kicks quite painful and annoying, really, friends thought i was just being a bitch, but... love the baby though... perhaps focusing on the day to day and the little changes would help her...

just marking my place before getting the chance to post..

just did a before bed BM and it was rather high (12)..so I will have to book another GTT..it will be my own fault if Im diabetic..Im too fat

Still lurking but have't posted for a while.

cupcake we're still getting 4 or 5 poos a day (DS is BF) so I don't think you need to worry.

It's reassuring to hear that some of your LO's are feeding more often at night as we're going through the same. Friends and family keep asking if DS is going through the night yet - in fact he was sleeping for longer stretches a few weeks ago

Also thinking about using pushchair now but he still looks a little bit lost in it - bless!

Hope you're all ok - will try and do some personals next time

Hi all, can't believe a week's gone by since I last posted! I haven't got round to reading everyone's posts, but will make sure I do throughout the course of the day.

Our news...Well GP says Chloe doesn't have reflux so I'm a bit peeved that two professionals can say something totally different. So I'm going to try a few days gaviscon-free to see how she copes. She got weighed though last week and was 14lb 1oz at 16weeks so seemingly fine in weight terms.

I feel for those of you whose babies are deciding to party more through the night! Chloe's doing the opposite. Only wants 4 bottles of 6-7oz a day now, and for the past few days is falling asleep earlier. Seems she wants more sleep. But I'm not going to ramble incase I jinx myself!

Got Child Maintenance application approved. Bit annoyed it's only backdated to the day I made the application. Had I known, I'd have been more proactive in sorting it months ago.

Re poos: Chloe's going about twice a day still. Sorry for tmi, but is it normal for a 17week old's poo to still be runny n mustardy like a newborn? I'd have thought her digestive system should be strengthening now?

Re pushchairs: She's ready, I'm not!

Molly - I hated being pregnant for a good 50% of the time. To be honest, I reckon only aa small amount of women actually like it for 9months.

Looking at Myleene Klass now at 12weeks, she looks great. I looked grey at that point!

Memory - Hope your levels are ok, perhaps just a blip? Worth another GTT though just to be sure

Re mirena: Afraid I can't remember who mentioned this previously but I had a trip to see the consultant who did my surgery. I had a coil fitted during the op because I was just sick of bleeding. But I continued to bleed for 3weeks straight so have been put on Mercilon for 3months whilst it regulates. Only been taking it for 8 days but - touch wood - it is coming to an end I hope.

Quick me update, I'm applying to do a PGCE primary teaching course. Hopefully 3 days a week starting in April, otherwise second choice is 5days a week starting next September. Feeling really positive for it :)

Anyway, must dash, am still in my jammies! But will have a shower, do a bottle and come back with a cuppa to read posts!

HB4 Tried to find your toy thread, but I'm useless on finding things on mumsnet. What topic is it under. Checked the toys ones, but couldn't see it.

pigely That's great that your photo business is doing so well. £70 seems v reasonable. Glad the potty training is going well. We have a wee starfish baby in his cot too. Recently in the morning he has wriggled right to the bottom and almost sideways in it. Angelcare monitor still picks him up though.

WLTK Glad yu had a nice hol and present sounds lovely. I find it hard to find time to post personals too and I have no excuse of being away on hols.

Damn. Mr Samuel awake. Will continue later. S x

hey all...

pigley - £70 sounds very reasonable to me, homebirths idea of introductory price sounds good idea

millington - sorry you are having a bit of a nightmare. moving is scarey but a new start can be very exciting too :)

Heffa - i would go ahead and ask. i'm not a very confident person either and we had our last baby massage last week, i suggested we should maybe swap numbers and the other mums thought it was a great idea - glad i did it now or we would have probably lost touch.

Angel - yeah that harness is off - enjoy those cuddles :) SOrry you've been feeing poorly, and sorry about the house, why are things never simple?

Pamelat - i hear what your saying about wanting things done your way! DP is trying his best i know! Sounds like you are coping very well & getting through the day, no wonder your tired when DH gets home :) Mollys right you should leave some tasks for him to do so he knows how hard it is - you're making it look too easy :)

Hollyoaks - well done re BF course :)

Schipo - Rian thinks 5am is playtime too! I find stroking his face helps too :)

First - course sounds great! Good for you :) something positive to focus on.

WLTK - Welcome Back :) Glad you had a good time And Oscar behaved :) Happy belated birthday!

Rian has been in his pushchair for a while now, changed it from pram and changed it right back again initially as i couldn't do it!!! He now loves his buggy!

Night wakenings here too, taking bad with it as he has been sleeping right through. Spoke to HV re Weaning but she has advised to hold off until he is atleast 5 months as DP has loads of allergies - i'm fine with that and took DP along too so he could hear it from her - seemed to work!

Rian's also teething, don't think it will be too long before his tooth pops out at bottom - any tips - using gel but he kees licking it off my finger!

We had a fun weekend at a family party - mini music festival on a farm - Rian loved it, got him some ear plugs which he wore with no fuss and had his sunglasses on he he!!

Meeting my boss this week to discuss work options - looking for a new job more senior than i am at the minute as this would make it easier for dropping 2 days and feeli i am up to the challenge (i hope!!). Rian is now booked into nursery 3 days from Feb 2011 :(

Sorry for mammoth post!!

hi all

lots of good news i see, harness off, lots doing courses and back to work...i must plan my interviews to organise mine too, i can believe my uni starts back on october, that's too close...!, [hoping for an understanding tutor emoticon]

we got jabs today, and brave oscar only cried a tiny bit in the middle one, apparently stinks, nurse's opinion... but came out of the room smiling and laughing!
today we got his first certificate as a library reader, a space hob size a4, must hung it somewhere before i lose it...

i need another holiday or my mum to move over....i don't seem to be able to organize, my dad actually suggested she could come over for a month or two, lots of phone calls and explorer, me thinks...

must get back to doing personals, someone tell me off, i'm out of order...

Yay we are back online at last!!

Have read all the posts but no hope of replying to all of them at this time of night, so will have to content myself at just replying to the recent posts.

WLTK - welcome back, glad the hols went well.

ML - hope the GTT was OK, and it's not diabetes.

Touch wood, our sleep patterns are OK but DD seems to be taking more each feed during the day. Boobs are massive again - can't fit into any tops without looking like Pammy Anderson (only in the boob department obv, not the looks...)

Pigley - we are going for our Venture preview session tomorrow, the photographer took loads of photos that I was thinking at the time "ooh I'll have to get this one...or maybe this one..." I know I'll want about 17! I'll be thinking of your £70 price tag when I'm staring at the price list running into 4 figures!! Don't undersell yourself - we paid £900+ for wedding photos and we don't event get the negatives to reprint them ourselves, the relatives had to buy their own from the photographer.

DD has been in her pushchair for a couple of weeks - she is too nosy and didn't like lying down!

Angel - so glad the harness is off!

Oops must go, DD just woken up = I knew I shouldn't have typed what I did about the sleeping!

Just quickie as Alex dosed up and a couple of tough nights as the poor mite has a cold, chest infection and conjuntivitus in both his eyes. He really scared me by crying so much yesterday so went back docs and the monkey laughed at me (alex, not the doctor ), hes such a sweetie

WLTK welcome back, you were missed

tomlin be wary of venture, heard they do a hard sell, prob different area to area. pics are great though

anyone ever hear from MDM she used to post a lot until baby?

first well done you, you sound really organised!!

hi all
a me post
you are all probably going to tell me to thank my stars but we are a bit worried.
oscar has starting to take his last feed about 6/6.30, fall asleep at 7/8 and go all the way to 7am, aprox. then another bottle and sleep again until 10am. hardly naps during the day.

we are now exclusively in formula, i have no milk any more....

anybody thinks i am being paranoid (his father too)

wltk all sounds "normal" to me, could he have a word with alex

I have a few friends and their babies go say 6pm to 7am.

the 7-10am thing is very lucky!!

Alex has never slept through (fully formula for 3 weeks at least now) but when he does wake after 10pm its not necessarily to feed, usually only drinks couple of oz, just wants resettling really. I think that suddenly it would appear that food is not their only interest thankfully for me.

just quickie, do you offer cooled boiled water? I forget to most days but not sure if we need to on formula? Maybe just on hot days? will google.

Molly- Hope the growth spurt ends soon.

Hollyoaks- Yay on the free Bumbo. DD1 likes sitting in it still too :)

Potty training is going okish but a slow process. After holding it all day she has gone to just peeing everywhere without seeming to even realise she was going.
Was ready to give yesterday when she asked to go. Didnt do anything but at least she asked. Today she realised she was about to go and stopped herself, asking for the potty which was fab. She loved the major praise but still didnt do anything which is frustrating but its a start!

Schipo- We are another one who is up during the night now :(

Cupcake- Glad you enjoyed the weekend. Lucy usually poo's every day or every other day.

ML- hope the BM is ok

First- That course sounds fab, hope you get a place.

Den- I can see the top teeth coming through on Lucy too.
Family party sounds great fun.

Tomlin- How did the pics go? How much did you spend!?

Pamlet- Hope Alex gets better soon :(

WLTK- Worried about what? Lucy too has dropped the length of her daytime naps. As they are getting more aware of the world they dont want to miss out on anything.

Feeling rather down here at the mo.
This past week ive turned into a real moan and im getting so cross with DD1. Everything seems to be winding me up at the mo.
Getting points at the mo where it all gets on top of me and I feel like I cant do it anymore :(
Ive have no family nearby and even when they do visit they dont really help. Ie DH was away last night and my parents stayed overnight as they were heading off to the airport this morning. Anyway Bathtime came and no offer of any help so I suggested that Dad come, No he has a bad back. Reluctantly mum said she would come and help. She came up and undressed Lucy then left! So even though they moan they dont see the girls enough and DH was away I ended up bathing the girls together and putting them to bed on my own.
Once they were down Dad comments that I looked abit peeved.
Wish i had the guts to stand and say! :(

Just wish there was someone who could help out occassionally as I feel so alone at the mo.

Anyway Moan over.. The weather is nice this afternoon so meeting a friend and her kiddies the same age in the park.

pigley, i did say i get a bit paranoid... thanks for the reassurance, it is only he changed the pattern after the hols...
really at your parents, i don't have family nearby and i thought i would get lots of help on hols, especially because my dsil lives with them,, wrong!, they picked him up a lot and play with him...all wonderful, but mum and dsil like to critizise, maybe you're not feeding him right, he should sleep in the afternoon, the bottles should be warmed up...yadayadayada... take no notice, i didn't dare to say to mum all the 'helpful' tips bother me.... but i do say dsil what she does wrong, and as i have given her wonderful tips in the past...
so enjoy the park and moan all you want

pam, i only offer water if he looks dehidratated, gp showed me to look for signs, otherwise milk is enough, i'll pop oscar on the computer for that word with alex...

right, mind at peace and he's yawning, can i ask for a nap to study for an hour, or am i abusing my luck?

i just discovered that that horrible plant my neighbour lets grow over the fence gives blackberries, £3 a tiny pack, not any more sainsbury's...

where's everybody?

I always did know how to kill a thread!

My poor SIL is currently in labour with her first. She went in for monitoring yesterday as she was overdue and yesterday evening she was having contractions. 2.30 this afternoon she was only 3cm. All sounding very similar to my first (27 hours). Fingers crossed it speeds up for her and I get to meet my new little neice soon :) Very excited!

sorry Im not keeping up very well..things are manic here..we move house a week today!

the house is a mass of packing boxes and doesnt feel like home anymore..will be very releived to move..

Olivia is sitting up now and we are looking at high chairs..I cannot beleive that she is almost 6 months old

she now babbles at everyone she sees and loves being carried rather than going in her pushchair so she can smile at people..

my mum who said she wasnt going to baby sit her..has ended up having her most weekends and alot of weekdays while I work...she loves it really!

Hi all. Sorry haven't been up to posting past couple of days. Had big important meeting to go to yesterday. Was so worried about it beforehand was having headaches all the time. In the end it was great. Dh had molls from 10 to 1 and she was fine, took the bottle for the first time. Then he brought her to me and she was great all afternoon as it droned on. She fed, slept and charmed everyone. But I've felt rubbish today and exhausted. Went to bf group this am. Really don't like the hv at it who was a bit iffy when she realised I'm a GP. All seems too much. And my friend I've been supporting past 6 weeks with her bf has decided to change to ff. She's had a tough time and I completely understand and support her decision but she's gone all distant with me. I understand why but feel a bit rejected.

hello all! sorry for the lack of posting, trying to get house sorted out. hope all are well.
ML thinking of you and your moving.
Mollycuddles- my friend is also a Gp and finds that Hv and midwives seemed to be frightened by her, esp when we were in baby groups and would ask her opinion first, she stopped telling other mums what she did as some went all strange on her.

well Florence is 19 weeks today and coming along lovely, sitting up and wanting to move when put on her front. she has learned far to quickly that if she wants to get somewhere she can roll to it.
in other news, after 18weeks her dad called to ASK if he could come and see her this weekend...i did tell him i would beleive it when i see it, but he has called twice since...although i wont hold my breath. i also called the CSa this morning about him paying for her as told them in mya and the claim hadnt even been looked at as the woman processing it didnt know the new regulations!!! and she is a senior person! anyway i know it has been done now so i shloud hear something soon.
qick question??? has anyone else experienced massive hair loss? im molting everywhere...i will be bald soon at this rate.
ive also been feeling a bit sorry for myself low at the moment as everywhere i turn someone is getting married or engaged, ive attended 11 weddings in 9 weeks mainly of friends who ive known since school. i just feel very alone which doesnt usually bother me, and if i hear one more comment about people on benifits geting everything i will scream...i worked for 8 years before having my ds and then again after! anyway rant over. take care all.xx

morning all,
pigley, we'll hold you responsible, anyway, good thoughts to your sister, sounds very much like my labour(finger crossed not)...

memory, new house wow!, hope everything is sorted out soon and you like your house lots. nice on the sitting

molly, i just think that hv and midwives are just funny people, they all go weird on me too, they are constantly asking what the advice is in spain, and somehow some seem to think my english is very limited

its, they are funny these babies, aren't they?, good news on florence dad, who knows he might mean it, give him a chance, chase with the money though, that's a whole different story.
hair loss, i think i am going to open a fake hair parlour where i will be the only donor, cutting it made it more managable, but didn't help with that.
funny enough, i have the reverse situation, everyfuckingbody is single and childless and make me feel my life is very complicated because i cannot drop every thing and go to london with an hour notice...
when people will learn? benefits are there to help people who need them for the time they need it, and that makes this a great country, who wants to leave on benefits for ever? tight money and nothing to do with yourself, you only do it cos you need it, don't feel bad love, they will all go to school and then you can get some of your life back...

not much to report here, oscar definetely took to sleeping at night, he is good even when he is sick, got a bit of fever from the jabs, but still happy and playing..?, all over now any way, i started to plan my return to work, where's my maternity gone? i had nearly a year, i was going to do soooo many things...
any way, i got my books and need to start studying yesterday, this baby better naps a couple of hours a day....!

i wrote quite a lot, didn't i?

Sorry for me post. Am feeling quite delicate this morning...

If noone minds me asking, have any of you suffered from vaginitis (inflammation/burning) as a result of oestrogen levels plummeting after delivery? Well I am :( Along with all the other gynae probs I've had. I've had enough and I'm only 23.

So consultant's inserted a Mirena, put me on Mercilon pill because bleeding hadnt settled AND now oestrogen pessaries. I don't doubt her for a moment, she's lovely (even given me her mobile number), but I just don't get how my body can cope with all these hormones flying around. Literally 2 throws of progesterone and now 2 of oestrogen. Talk about messing me up :( Just wondered if anyone else has any experience of this. Also blooming petrified of inserting applicator with pessary as only 5 weeks post op. Wonder if there's an oral oestrogen pill I can take instead of pessary and combined pill. But I don't want to question her, she's the director of urogynaecology at a huge teaching hospital.

Sorry for moan. I just want healthy bits again!!

ou, darling, i have no experience of anything like it, but surely she knows what's needed and you'll be good in no time... just hang in there

moaning is healthy, maybe give her a call, she might be able to reassure you, certainly ask about any doubts or uncertainty about inserting applicators, gotta go, baby crying, might be hungry

first i had that when preg with DS...pessery does work quicker and you can breastfeed when on it, oral cant take when BFing. you should be ok after op, but if unsur give her a call about your worries, even if just for clarification. take care