August 2010 - new thread ladies!

[Chulita]

New thread cos we've nearly filled the last one!

soontobefatnat - Thanks for asking. Things with DH are pretty much the same. Took him a long time to recover from lumber puncture but his headaches seem to be finally under control now. He is ok in himself, and the results of lumber puncture should be any day now... here's hoping for some 'good' ones...

Alice- that was exactly what I was going to post about the potato!

CazandBelle you really are an inspiration - it sounds like you made Christmas day so beautiful. Praying for all the best for you this coming year!

thedogwalker at him going for the mash but at mash at Christmas.

soontobe we're not going out tonight, apart from the fact that we don't know anyone to babysit and that DH is on duty, I got 4 hours broken sleep last night so I'm not up for anything except a glass of wine and a film/early night tonight!

Thanks to everyone for the bf support. Tbh bottle feeding isn't an option both cos of Sam's dairy intolerance and his reaction to bottles (he can drink from them but gets the most hideous wind that ruins him for hours) so even if I wasn't stubborn as a mule I'd struggle to stop. I keep meaning to start a thread in the bf section to ask advice. The GP I went to said it should clear in a few days, I told her I'd had it since S was about 2 weeks old and she said she had a colleague who 'like sticking pins in things' who could have a look if I wanted Needleless (heheh) to say I didn't go back...

Just to put your minds at rest, my family roasties and mashed potato (made with lashings of butter and cream, yum yum) on xmas day, I love them both and have to have them both.

I agree with you woodlands, my DS has such a personality now and I'm trying to savour every minute as he seems to be growing so fast. Dreading going back to work in May, already thinking about how much I'll miss him.

Well Happy New to everyone (I start back on the folic acid tomorrow , not planning on trying until June but need the stuff in my system at my ripe old age of 38)

Hope everyone has a great day and I wish us all happiness for 2011 xx

Happy new year's eve everyone. No doubt I will be in bed for 10 so won't be seeing in the new year in favour of catching up on some sleep!

I don't know who mentioned it but could someone link the four month regression thread please? Izzy i being a bit of a moo at the moment, think she is teething and so is fussing majorly with her bottle which led to an interesting christmas day where my dad constantly informed me that she wasn't hungry so stop trying to feed her when she had had 1oz. Hmmm, no offence but I think I know my child better than you!

Soontobefat Izzy has a lactose intolerance. They haven't really told us much about it at the moment and I have another hospital appt in February but it looks good for when she's older, they say she should grow out of it by the time she's two ish and we can start introducing things when she weans and see how she gets on. Should be fine, although am annoyed as it means we can't use certain teething products!

chillita and weehector am totally in awe of both of you with the breast feeding, you are noth doing amazingly well, unlike me who at the first sign of issues gave up! You should be really proud of yourselves!

woodlands I know how you feel, packed away Izzy's tiny baby, newborn and 0-3 mth clothes yesterday - they get so big so quickly. Although am very izzy showing no signs of waving.

caz I do hope the new year is a good one for you, I will think of you when I wake up in the new year and say a prayer!

Have a good day and evening ladies, whatever yyou may be doing!

Happy NY to you all! We have had a fab christmas, it's been so nice having dh home.

I hate weaning debates! Just trust your instincts, if you think your LO is hungry and needs more than milk then just do it.

If you think your LO is teething and its keeping him/her awake, get the Calpol out!

Hello everyone! We've just got home from PIL's, had a lovely time but glad to be home.
No plans for this evening here either apart from sleep. It's too precious at the moment to give it up just to see in the new year!

here's the 4 month sleep regression thread sparkle

J still feeding every 2-3 hours at night except a couple of nights ago we had a 6 hour stretch I think it was cos he was poorly though (high temperature) and we gave him calpol (so glad I thought to pack it!)

They are growing up so fast aren't they? J had dark hair when he was born but now it's turning blonde and he looks so different. I am kind of starting to want another one now :)

Happy New year

Happy New Year, everyone! Have sipped tanked a bottle of cava (oh how times have changed), looking out over the park watching the sky lanterns & fireworks & I'm feeling quite joyful. This time last year, we did exactly the same thing (no parties because I was preggers) and I daren't hope that the little grape inside me would make it. Fast forward a year, with my little boy sitting! with me, in his 6-9mth threads, making all sorts of squeals of delight at the lights.

A glass of cava to us all for becoming mummies this year...a crazy year of joy & love that feels like the easiest green run & the north face of the Eiger in equal measure.

caz Special hugs to you because you know what it is to have the mother's love but not the smiles in return. Which is so, so unfair. I so hope this time next year you have Belle's little sister or brother in your arms. I was so happy to see the back of 2009 (a devastating, shockingly painful year for my family) despite being pregnant & I can't quite believe how different the same situation feels this year. Time is amazing...last year I was petrified that this baby wouldn't make it & be the straw that pushed everyone off the cliff but a baby has a way of salving if not healing the deepest of wounds.

Anyway, neenz speaks wise words again re calpol. As the girl that has only recently allowed herself to take Paracetamol & antibiotics (drugs were baaad), I dosed A up on calpol for his teeth yesterday reluctantly. I had a different child 15 mins later so no more unnecessary suffering, calpol all the way.

emster so fast..like so fast. Where did it go? Packed away the 0-3 & 3-6 gear last night & felt hugely sentimental. I mean, he's not exactly the child of Elton John & David Furnish but it feels like a full time job just keeping him in clean clothing that fits. And when did he find the time to learn to sit when he spends so much time lying with the boobs!

Final glass of cava, tonight's feeding is going to be fun though he went 4hrs!! earlier so he may be getting past his growth spurt (or I can dream on). Love you all..much happiness, Debs x

Happy or should I say nappy? New year to all x

happy new year everyone! May this year be filled with fun, challenging and fulfilling adventures.
weehector how is your little one sitting up already? I'm getting frustrated with S who's flatly refusing either to roll front to back or sit up - come on boy! (I know he'll do it when he's ready, I'm just tired of holding him upright when he could blatantly do it himself :) )

Happy new year! Missed you girls so much but our time at pil turned into such an emotional nightmare I didn't have the energy to mumsnet :-(

Back home now so will try to dust off laptop and catch up with everyone!

Another growth spurt here - almost started weaning early but then realised he was as interested in eating his socks as anything we were eating! More milk, more milk then even more milk instead!

Hurrah for calpol though neenz and Hector!

Oops - obviously missed the whole weaning debate. Hope I haven't offended anyone with my sock comment. I'm sure we'll be introducing solids soon - G has grabbed an apple out of our hands twice and had a good old suck! But then was a horror all night both times - probably a coincidence, but who knows! He's almost sitting up on his own, which is the signal I have in my head that he's ready. But planning to order his highchair next week, so let's see how long we last o cd it arrives!! Best go, he's currently chewing the table

Happy New Year everyone! I am so grateful for this thread - you're all fabulous!

Skyped with my parents earlier and had my mum banging on for 10 mins about how I should be starting E on baby rice and don't I think his night waking means he's not getting enough milk now, blah blah blah. The textbook parental pressure! I'm not going to be a stickler and wait until 26 weeks arbitrarily, but E is only 18 weeks, he's lactose intolerant, had Tongue tie, we've only just hit our stride in the last month or so feeding, and I'm not going to Bollocks it up now!

Needless to say, there was some lip pursing and arm folding to contend with. Grrr.

To be honest, the night waking has calmed down to more normal levels, so I think we may have broken the back of the 4 month growth spurt. E certainly looks and feels enormous all of a sudden!

Happy New Year to everyone! Like Woodlands said, we have a year of crawling, walking and talking to look forward to, how exciting.

Happy New Year everyone! My sister and her family went home this morning, so Christmas is now officially done and dusted in our house. I'm actually quite looking forward to taking down the decorations in a minute - even though I really love Christmas, as soon as New Year is over that's it, I want everything back to normal.

We had a nice time over Christmas/NY, but I'm still feeling a bit fed up. Either I or the children have been constantly ill for about 6 weeks now; I've still got a hacking cough and a persistent low-grade fever, which just won't shift. Plus S is just being so difficult at the moment - I don't really know what's wrong with him, but he sounds like he's going through the same things as some of the other babies. We're not getting sleep regression as such - he sometimes wakes up once or twice in the night, but if I shove a dummy back in his mouth he goes straight back to sleep again - but he's just a PITA quite a lot of the time. Today, for example, he's just whinged and cried on and off for most of the day, and I've no idea why - I've tried feeding him, entertaining him, giving him Calpol, putting him to bed, but nothing's keeping him happy. You can distract him for a few minutes with a change of scene/activity, but then he just starts whinging again. Hey ho. I really hope he starts cheering up soon, because DH is back to work on Tuesday and I'm going to go potty looking after both of them on my own if S is like this!

Though at least DS1 is going back to nursery on Wednesday (as long as he doesn't come down with yet another illness before then).

Grr, S is waking up again - must run. xx

Happy New Year everyone.

Elusive maybe S is teething, I've read that babies can teethe for weeks before any teeth actually poke through , so that may explain the grumpiness. My T is gong through the same and calpol not helping him either, so looking forward to all the teething problems NOT....

Stick to your guns soon to be, it's your decision when or when not to wean, so sending you lots of pats on the back vibes for not caving in, it's hard isn't it, most of the mums round my way think I'm well odd that T at 19 weeks isn't on baby rice yet.

Well I'm back on my diet after the spurlge of Xmas and New Year, need to lose the last 4 lbs of baby weight before I start trying for my 2nd , folic acid already being taken, the countdown begins

Take care xx

Just a quickie, my T rolled onto his front for the first time just now, oh how they grow so quickly

at 'last 4 lbs of baby weight'

Elusive F is exactly the same! He is like a grumpy old man most of the time. Yesterday and today have been better, but he is sleeping better. Does S have a nap during the day? F is so much cheerier post growth spurt when he wants to sleep lots.

4lbs i still have 14lbs to go

me too! I've still got 16 14lbs to go...started level 2 of the 30 day shred today so as long as I can hold off the treats I should be able to lose it.

I think of my extra weight as my breastfeeding reserves (and large boobs) so that J and I could survive a short famine! Probably not going to be needed admittedly but I like to think that that little extra layer of fat is there for him in case he needs it (plus I'm far to addicted to chocolate to go on a diet )

I know what you mean about getting back to normailty elusive. Christmas was lovely but looking forward to getting back into some sort of routine.

J is loving his new door bouncer - after being a bit unsure of it at first he's really got into it now so hopefully it will be useful for parking him in it when I want to get things done

Happy New Year all! I see the weaning debate continues...

Haven't been getting much sleep at all here and E is feeding absolutely loads. I think it's a sign of where I've got to that I saw last night as a good night because E was in her cot all night - despite feeding at 7, 9, 12.30, 3.30, 5, 6 and 8...

On the family pressure side, I think I'm really lucky on that front. When I told my mum I was going to try sleep training E she just laughed and said there was no way she tried to get us to sleep at this stage. And described the nest she created for herself so she could feed us and fall asleep. My sister weaned her LO about this time, but that was when that was in line with WHO guidance, and while she has kindly given me her weaning books, there's been no pressure.

Have to say, looking at the 4-month sleep regression thread made me feel MUCH better. My two mantras - everything is a phase and there's always someone who has it worse than you

That said, my new year's resolution is to get 8 hours sleep in a row this year. And dance more.

Yes, I'd like to get a full night's sleep some time this year...

J is 24 weeks now and we have started weaning - he is LOVING it. I wanted to do BLW but we have tried a few bits with the spoon (either feeding him or giving him the loaded spoon) and he seems to far prefer that. He was loving some carrot and swede mash tonight and getting really cross until we gave him the next mouthful. I think we might give him mashed stuff alongside finger foods - why not? He seems happy with lumpy mash already anyway.

@ last 4 lbs!

Well done chulita for getting to 2nd stage of shred! That's brilliant! I'm hoping to get back into it when school starts on Wednesday - might get some peace to do it then!

Just had an awful night with G who then decided it was time for a deep and meaningful chat @5am followed by some lung exercises (aka how loudly can I make a screaming/screeching noise just for fun)

Not amused. Need sleep. Help!!