July 2010 - The gang's all here, we're now getting started on our baby's first year.

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Starting our first post-natal thread since we are all over to the other side

Mlic its very eadu to just say snap out of it but it is so so sad so it cant be helped. But ur boys are with you and thankfully are healthy boys. It really is so sad though and more sad to see how perfect and lovely she was. Its heart breaking how cruel life can be sometimes. To have them in your life for a few weeks and then to have them snapped away...its just unimaginable

Aw mlic i really feel for you. I hope more than anything that something gets sorted with the feeding soon and its inderstandable that you would get panicky especially in light of that news. Sleep deprivation will do that too. You could really do with a full night off for just YOU. Just to relax and sleep. Although i know me saying that prob wont help but just dont know what to say to you x

Hello all I've not been on in a while and I think I've got about 16 pages to catch up on!

mlic I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

I've finally got round to getting on to facebook and requested to join your group on there. My initials are kp I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'll be accepted

Bethan is sleeping alot better now this past week she's only being getting up once in the night. Hopefully that's us on track for a baby that will sleep through the night.

mlic its horrible, i think its natural for us all to worry about our children but its understandable that your friend going through it has been emotional for you, just try and enjoy your boys they look very happy and healthy (hugs)
im shocked your pead says its milk intolerance, i was intolerant to dairy growing up and am sure this is what is up with L but the mw and hv (not my usually one the one that covered her hols) both said it taked 6 months of ruling out other things before they can diagnose it, im going to bring it up again on friday.
dh does nights and early mornings on a weekend, L sleeps through all week but then wants a feed in night in the weekend!! and hes just got dressed and dressed Lyndon and then he has thrown up all over him!!welcome to my world mark!!
what you all up to today? im going to cook roast pork today and we are going swimming for the 1st time!!

mlic I was the same when a friend lost her baby, I was pregnant and so scared it was going to happen to me too.
Im very sorry for your friend, hopefully some answers will help her grieve, its such a sad thing to happen.

woodlands I watched some of the breakfast news, wasnt sure if it was bbc 1 or news 24 it was shown on, anyway I must have missed it :( tis a shame as I really wanted to see it!

Dylan slept 10-4, then a feed and back to sleep til 7:30, which I think is very good but why am I still so tired?? I think even if I got a full nights sleep Id still feel shattered.

Going to the NCT sale today, am looking forward to getting some bargains, hope the good stuff hasnt all gone by the time I get in there.

mlic I think we all feel the same when someone we know loses a baby, it makes you realise just how easily they can catch something horrible. If it's any consolation on the feeding front, Sam screamed himself to sleep last night at 7 having not fed since 4, then woke at 10 for a 3 min feed, same at 1 and 5 and is now playing in his swing without having eaten anything since waking up. His last 3 feeds were so short he can't have got much inside him, he is slipping down the centiles so I'm hoping we can work out what it is...

He's not on any meds, Gaviscon means he hasn't pooed in a week and I think that's one reason he's not feeding well, cos his guts are clogged solid. I've not given him any for 10 days now but I'm wondering if it is reflux or something else. I'm going to push for Ranitidine cos then at least I can rule it out if it doesn't work. The HV has put a note on his notes that she reckons we should try Ranitidene. I've cut out dairy to see if that makes a difference. I'd just love him to have a massive feed and not throw it up, and to be a happy little boy instead of crying all the time. The HV said that cos he started on the 75th she's not worried about him slipping to the 25th but that's not the point surely?!

dh it was on bbc1 at about 0707. they didn't use my interview in the end, but you can see me in the background. it's not on iplayer so i can't watch it again! i set my alarm to watch it but actually woke up anyway a minute before it went off, which was good as i didn't wake dh or j. i though j wouldwake for a feed shortly after anyway, having gone to sleep at 0020, but in fact he didn't wake till 0840! more than 8 hours - longest ever sleep! am considering the current good sleeping to be just a phase, but i hope it lasts a while.

hey ladies

mlic your pronbably just over tired huni, the news is horrible but your lo's are fit and well and you have yourself to thank for that. Remember we are always here if you want to get things off your chest {{hugs}}

sorry I missed it woodlands I was still asleep, thats the same sleep Rileigh had last night its great isnt it

dh maybe an ultimatum would be a good idea to get dp to propose, like memphis Im really not bothered about getting married but will probably do it some day. how was the nct sale?

Been busy here this weekend, went to friends on friday for dinner then zumba and shopping and more friends yesterday. My poor girl has a cold and so do I dying for my bed so defo early night tonight, dp is being amazing xx

woodlands I started watching about 7:45 so yeah would have missed it! Shame they didnt show your piece though.

stac when I get an idea in my head I cant stop thinking about it til it happens. Ive never really been bothered about getting married either but I really want to now I know the ring is sitting there waiting.
The nct sale was good, didnt get a bumbo but did get loads of clothes 3-6 months for £8, lots from Next too so v good value for money I think.

sounds good dhbout the clothes I must look and see where our next one is , know what you mean about just wanting the proposal to happen, we are engaged but it was one of those proposals were I knew what was happening but it was quite romantic, he bought me a single red rose and proposed on xmas eve, we had a big engagement party in the april after it. I suppose as you say the baby is the biggest commitment but every girl wants thier day eh?

hope clara gets better soon x

tsc poor clara (and vom-covered you). hope she gets better soon.

been waiting for you to come back from granny's house and tell us everything that happened!

mlic it's totally understandable that you keeping thinking about your friend's baby but you've got to try not to drive yourself mad with it. Remember that terrible things like that are thankfully rare. You're doing a great job with ds2 and i'm sure you'll get to the bottom of his problem soon.

Had a great birthday party for F yesterday albeit I spent some of it in tears as A was screaming every time I tried to feed her. Turned out she had terrible trapped wind (think it was a glass of berry juice I'd had) and was in pain when i put her on her side. Many burps, parps and karma-sutra-style feeding positions later she was like a new woman! Really felt for you MLIC, made me realised what a strong protective instinct a mother has when it comes to her baby not feeding. i really couldn't think straight.

[Cake in halloween guise]

hope clara gets better soon.

you can see me and j on the telly at www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11560834. I'm in the teal green top and jeans!

which one are you? i thought i knew but now am getting too technical about teal!

Oh my god.

Just had an email from the girlfriend of a guy I know. He's just kicked her out of their house after she found out that he's been cheating in her since august, with her best friend who's been living on their sofa. She's 8 months pregnant.

Does anyone live in wolverhampton and want to go and punch the bastard for me?

jeez, Needle, that's like he's taking an exam in being a total wanker (adultery - check, with her bf - check, when she's pg - check, chucks her out - check)

karma will have a treat in store for him (and the so-called bf!)

opens I've got long blondish hair, tied back in a ponytail, am at the far left when the camera pans round at the beginning, feeding J.

needle how awful! am nowhere near wolverhampton but he definitely needs a punch.

tsc sounds almost worse than you feared.

valentine! what does your dp think of that? did she refuse to call him frankie at all?

are you working up to an aibu about any of it?