May 2005 babies - part 2

[logic]

Hello! How is everyone? Dd is finally sleeping in her own bed - yay!

Don't worry, northstar, it happens to everyone. In fact, I don't know anybody who's baby hasn't wriggled off something or tripped down some stairs.
They are getting so strong now aren't they?

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Congratulations to little shhhh on the first tooth that's a great milestone over
dd showing no signs but ds got his first tooth at 11.5 months so I'm not holding my breath!

thanks northstar,dd is doing really well. The top of her tooth is through so we are now just waiting for the rest to make its appearance! She doesn't seem to be in pain with it as such but has been waking at 2-3am "chatting", maybe this is her way of dealing with the pain..?? Who knows!!! Think she is possibly starting with a cold, her nose has been snotty for the last days or so and this afternoon she wouldn't eat her lunch or have any milk, I think the fact that her nose is a bit blocked makes it hard for her to have a bottle as it limits her breathing..Bless her, at the moment our house stinks of Karvol and Vicks! LOL..The things we go through .

dd has had about four colds so far (she's 24wks)ds brings them home from play school for her. I use vicks or carvol alot, I put it on my finger and run my finger along the bars of the cot about half way up. I have used so much there's a build up of the stuff on the bars!!!
Before kids I used to be disgusted at parents who let their children go around with snotty noses but you soon learn that they're better snotty and happy than wiped and sore and miserable

Congrats on the tooth, Shhhh :-))
Dd's had at least 2 colds. It's so miserable but karvol really helps.

Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't been around for ages. Just been busy busy busy. We are all well in the Uwila household. Teeth? Oh my gosh, are we already at that stage? No sign of one on DS, but as he's 5 months old today I suppose it is probably just around the corner.

Hope everyone else is well. I read a bit, but didn't really have time to catch up properly. So please don't be offended if I missed something important.

can I check with everyone..is anyone else's ds or dd gone off their bottles..?? DD has been "messing" with her bottle now for the last 2-4 weeks or so. We thought it was due to her being ready to be weaned but she is the same if not worse now (been weaning for 2 weeks..on fruit and veg and yoghurts)
Our hv advised that all is ok as long as she has approx a pint of formula aday. I think that's approx 20 oz's.. Well dd has gone from having x5 8oz's bottle a day to just about managing x4 4-5 oz's a day. I am not sure if I should be worried..? She seems to love her food so far and has put on over 1lb in the last 2 weeks so I must be doing something right..Thing is that (tmi alert) her dirty nappies are very solid as expected but poor little thing is in so much pain when she goes that she is crying , what can I do to help.?? Todays was tinged with a tiny tiny amount of blood which I think may be due to her straining..? Any one give me some advice.??
It's been suggested I try her on water (tried but not 100% keen but will take small amounts) and flavoured water, do I give this by bottle as she isn't happy having it from a cup yet..? Advice would be appreciated.

Otherwise she is doing really well and surprisingly even sleeping through now,she has the odd nights when she wakes "chatting" at 2-3am and doesn't go off until after 5am but at least she isn't crying. Even though she has reduced the amount of milk she has she still sleeps through so i presume she must be getting enough during the day..?
Hope all our may babies are well ..xx

If she's putting on weight, then I would think that she's healthy, Shhhh. Dd goes through phases where she doesn't want much milk but we only yesterday started to reintroduce solids. Your dd sounds a bit constipated though. You can get some baby juice from 4months and I wouldn't worry about putting it in a bottle either. You hear a lot of nonsense about bottles...

Shhh, yes DS is behaving the same way. He's been really fussy at bottle time the last week or so. He just fusses around flapping arms and legs and pulls away. Then he turns to suck again. It's like he wants it but he's terribly uncomfortable or something. We started weaning (just baby rice so far) this week. So this morning (like you) I thought well maybe he just preferes the food and doesn't want a bottle. So, today nanny is going to give him a bit more food and see how it goes.

Interesting to read you are having the same problem. Oh I hope it's a sign he like his food because DD hated food and it was such a struggle to feed her. She's 2 1/2 now and still a bit finicky, but not anything like she used to be.

logic and uwila thanks for putting my mind at ease..Suppose when I'm on our 5th baby things will be slightly easier .

Yeah dd starts sucking on the bottle then aftre around 2 oz'x pulls away and turns her head. Sometimes with perseverance (sp?) she will eventually have it and sometimes its a no go...frustrating for me so god knows what its like for dd.
I have now started to make smaller bottles as I was wating around 4 oz's per feed which is around 16oz's a day and could make another days worth of bottles! The price of formula is madness so waste not want not ! DD also now seems so please with herself when she now finishes a bottle not realising the mum has decreased the amount..LOL!!! Uwila I do hope it's a sign that she is going to enjoy food.

Another milestone for dd, she has just started to roll onto her tummy!! I'm so excited!! So proud as well..She scares me a little doing it as she only seems to do it while im not watching. Bless her.

It's so lovely when they start to get mobile isn't it? How are you feeling now Shhhh regarding the PND?

I have agreed with my GP and HV that I have 4 weeks to go down the self-help route before going back to the ADs. I have to take vitamins containing B12, I'm getting some counselling RE: the birth and last night DH and I went to a salsa class which was fantastic fun. My PILs have offered to look after the kids every Friday night for us to go as a regular thing :-))

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Hi myermay, yes the salsa was great fun. As you say, it's something non-kids that we can do together. Sexy too :-))

Hi Myermay. New nanny is great. She's everything the previous one wasn't. Don't know how I'd manage without her.

logic,about the pnd...Im not on anything and I am happy for it to be this way for the time being. I feel better though than I was 4 months ago which I take as something positive.
Its madness that I have got dd and it's all dh & i have ever wanted but I do have days when I feel out of my depth. Something hits me all of a sudden and I feel like a child and so vunerable. I know that all new mums go through this but I don't think the pnd helps. I still want to be with dd 24/7 and I am NEVER out of her sight...both grandparents want to look after her but thats just to big a step for me to take at the moment, i feel that if I wasn't with her for a minute that dd would start to hate me...I also feel as though people are watching how I bring her up and that I'm being questioned all the time. Like I said though I feel like I am better that I was so maybe it's just a matter of time.
My dh & my mum are keeping an eye on me so it's nice to know that I am being looked after even though I am now the mum ! It's strange what having a bay can do to your mind as well as your body.

Logic, I hope things get better at your end, I know what's it like and I know that like me you wish you were happy 100% of the time but there is something that stops it. Suppose winter won't help either...

I tyr and go to parent groups with dd but then again there are days that I think I can't be a&&..chatting to other mums who's lives seem so perfect! Thank god for mn!!!!

Myermay how's the weaning going now..? DD is doing really well and is now also on trainer bottles. When can we try meat..?? ATM we are on fruit and veg and yoghurts.

Logic LOL at Salsa dancing...I wanted to start it (or dancing) myself after watching JLo in the wedding planner (what is about jlo that makes me want to take her place!!). I said to dh about it a few weeks back but there is no way I would get him there..not unless I drugged him! Mmmmmmmm ideas...

hi everyone.

glad you're feeling better than you did shhhh, im sure its just a matter of time till you start feeling even better. they say it takes 9 mths to have a baby and 9 mths to recover so at 4-5mths i'd say we are all doing pretty good.

ds is on 3 meals a day now and seems to be doing really well.he has baby rice and bottle at 8.30ish and then a cow and gate 100% fruit pot and bottle for lunch at 1.30ish and then veg and a bottle for dinner and then a bottle before bed at around 10. does this ok to you?

was also wandering what veg people have tried with their little ones. i tried him on carrots (wasn't very keen) broccoli (didn't seem to like much) and coliflower (which he didn't seem to mind) what else is there, im gonna try butternut squash, sweet potato and sweed. and see how it goes.
what is anyone else using?

hope all is well with everyone. take care xxx

Hi girls, I've decided to leave MN for a while.

It's mostly because some people have said some horrible things to me lately on other threads (including mocking my PND) and life's too short to put up with that.

It's been fantastic talking to you all on here and your support has been so helpful. I wish you and your babies well. {hugs}

Oh no, Logic! What's happened? Please don't go. Whose upset you? People can be nasty on this site. But we love you on the May thread.

Logic, you can't leave us....I agree with uwila we love you here and after a year you can't juts up and leave!!
MN is brilliant BUT I agree that there are times when some people are very very rude and nasty. I too have been on the receiving end of nasty and quite rude replies but you know what.....I just stick 2 fingers up at 'em. Sorry to sound harsh.LOL I was even called chav for asking about types of gravy for dd...I had to bit my lip...if you knew me you would know that I am anything BUT chav.These people are just sad individuals who really need to get lives. Its a shame that people can be like this when we are only asking perfectly good questions and offering our advice.

Logic I do hope you come back...if only for this thread..contact me direct if you want to speak in private ..? if i know hot to CAT !!! Hope you change your mind xxxx {{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}

Matthews mummy, sounds like weaning is going well. So far I have tried dd on: Carrott,parsnip,swede,sweet potato,butternut squash,brocolli,cauliflower,banana,pear,DANONE yoghurts,truly fruit pots,blueberry cereal,baby cornflakes,baby yoghurt with fruit...I must say she is doing really well and has eaten everything I give her. I did try potato yesterday with swede and carrott but it didn't go down to well! She esp loved the cauliflower and brocolli (knew she would as I hate it and the smell while feeding her was knocking me sick!!LOL) Yesterday I made my own meal by mixing Butternut squash with baby rice, formula and cheese! Mmm went down a treat!

She has baby cereal for breakfast (8am ish) with a bottle,fruit or veg and a yoghurt with a bottle for lunch (11-12ish), fruit or veg and a yoghurt with a bottle for dinner (4-5 ish)and a bottle at night (7-8 ish).

I wasn't sure about giving her cheese but it says she can have it so I have tried her on a little. I will probably try meat in the next week or so. I am trying to give her home made meals where I can but we go away in a few weeks time so it looks like I need to be replacing these with jars..Oh well.

Hope everyone is ok....

Logic...are you there..?????????????

Come back Logic.... PLEEEEEEEEASE.

Logic are you there..???

Logic....Looking on past threads you seem to be kicking your pnd into touch,I know what it's like and how peoples comments can put you back to where you were...You are stronger than this...come and talk to us. xx

thanx very much shhhh, glad its going well for you too.

so sorry to hear you've been treated badly logic, but us on the may thread would be very sad to see you go, and really hope you change your mind and stay. maybe try and not go on any other threads for a while and just come on to chat to us, we will try and help you where ever we can. well i hope you feel better soon and decide to stay. we are all here for each other so don't feel as your on your own coz your not. its only been 4-5mths since we had our little ones and i think we are all doing really well, they say it takes 9mths to recover completely so i don't think we're doing half bad myself. best wishes to you and hugs xxx

Oh Logic please don't leave It won't be the same without you. Like Shhh said, please stay if only for this thread.

I know there have been some horrible threads around lately and I know how hard it is to not take to heart some of the things that people say, IMO these are just heartless ba$tards getting a kick out of other peoples misery.

For now I am only giving DS2 fruit and veg at lunchtime and I was going to ask about jars and tins of babyfood (usually fruit - he isn't too keen on savoury), whenever we have used them they seem to go runny after they have been heated. Does anyone else find this too? and ATM I just don't get time to do proper homecooked meals that DS2 can have aswell.

He has also started getting up in the night again and I am soo tired, we are guessing that my milk isn't filling him up anymore so I'm going to try to express some milk and mix it with a rusk and give him the rest from the bottle. Hopefully I will be getting a good nights kip tonight lol ....

Maddison I agree with you abou the nasty threads...somehow these people think they are god and can dictate to others. What I hate about mn is the fact that if you are not well know by other mn's they instantly take a dislike to you! Like how do they know if you are new or not..?? Do they possibly know every mner..?? So what if you are new or not well know, does it/should it make any difference..?? Mmmmm the word "clicky" springs to mind.
Having also suffering with pnd I know how easy it is to have a bad day and take these idiots comments to heart thinging everyone thinks the same...Logic we don't.....

Maddison re the runny jars..I haven't used them yet but I know if I make something for dd and it's runny I either add some baby rice to it to thicken it or how about adding some of your own ingredients..?? Maybe some oureed food ie veg etc..? Or meat when they can have it..???
You say about lack of time,I usually take a portion of our fruit and veg for dd from our dinner,blend then freeze or freeze and blend when I have more time or usually when I am using it for dd..I have already take some meat ect aside so it's ready for when I need it. HTH.

Sorry, but typically I havent been around recently because 1. am a mother and 2. my computer monitor exploded last week.

• Logic you are an honorary and founder member of this thread and a very important contributor, please dont go. I amand that this is happening. I am in an internet cafe with dd and ds so have no time to read or write anything else atm but will catch up very soon. x