August 2010 - new thread ladies!

[Chulita]

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

Oh my goodness GYA - hope things get better for you all soon and that DH is not too sore today

OMG GYA your life is hectic at the moment. Hope your DH and T both get better soon. You made me laugh with the darf vader comment, but that cannot be good for the LO. So fingers x it clears soon and hope our DH is not too achey. He was very lucky.

Nothing much going on here, I've been doing the shred and watching what I eat. I've got 3 lbs of my baby weight to lose, but it will not budge, I@ve been the same weight since before xmas and its driving me nuts. Just want rid of those last few pounds and then I want to lose more obviously (us women are never happy).

Hope everyone is having a good day, take care xx

p.s T is still sucking his thumb.

dogwalker, dentists can usually tell when a baby has a dummy from their teeth so I would steer clear of the dummy! I sucked my thumb too, my teeth are very straight - altho my mum bribed/paid me to stop sucking it when I was about 7.

Vix co-sleeping is lovely if you can do it - I found my sleep wasn't that great so was keen to get D in a cot. But rod/back brigade can bog off - any 'bad' habits can be rectified later if you want them to be! Daytime routine sounds fine, I am keeping my fingers crossed for the osteo!

My DD didn't roll till she was 9mths - apparently it is not a developmental milestone that they should be doing by a certain time.

belly, it sounds like you are making great progress on the self-settling! It will be up and down - most of the time Daniel self-settles but other times he feeds to sleep. He usually only takes 5 mins of fussing/crying but sometimes 10. You just do what gets you through! He still doesn't go to bed till 9 or 10 at night, he goes down at 7 for about 45mins then he just sits in his bouncer watching tv then when he starts whinging I put him in bed!

GYA, poor you and your dh and lodger . Hope T is better soon - D sounds like darth vader too atm!

GYA I am so sorry to hear about all that, I hope your DH is okay! I won a weaning machine on eBay today for £3.99!Its usually £20 so well happy with that - see if this link works - it does for me...

www.mothercare.com/Wean-Machine/dp/B0030SJAX2/ref=sr_11_1/277-3036333-5874160?_encoding=UTF8&mcb=core

GYA big hug. Waay too much stuff going on for you at once.

Evening ladies, have name changed, just fancied something new (was Dibbydab.)

GYA I read your posts and think you must be somewhere where there are 28 hours in a day, I don't know how you manage everything! I'm exhausted reading about your life, never mind doing it...

F is 6 months today and not rolling yet, her knees come up to her chest and she will drop them to the side, but nothing follows - why bother when mummy will get the toy if you cry? She will happily sit for a while whilst playing, but gradually starts tipping further and further forward until her arms are outstretched and her forehead is touching the floor.

No problems with sleeping at night - down at 7pm and up at 7am, with a couple of mutterings for a dummy to be replaced (she's in cot next to me still so no great hardship.) Day time naps are a bit hit and miss though, no longer than 30 minutes at a time, twice a day first one around 9am, second one around 1pm.

Left her at the creche for the first time this week - disaster! I was on a course in the building and they had to come and get me twice in an hour she was crying so much she made herself sick. The second time I had to take her out as she was upsetting the other children . Am planning on going back to work in July, no idea how I'm going to manage if she won't settle in at nursery. We'll have to move into a caravan or something

I really feel like I know her now, she is such a funny little thing. Was re-reading my journal last night and it reduced me to tears reading how difficult it was at the start - I so wish I could have known how much easier it would get, it would have made those endless nights more bearable - everyone said it would get easier but I just didn't believe that it would. Oh, that first smile you get each morning - it melts my heart

Have left some home made scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam on the table along with a fresh pot of tea to be served in chintzy cups and saucers.

Ooh scones yum

Thanks for all your lovely messages. All ok here hospital again with lodger tomorrow. Then think we have a while without going to the marsden before the MRI on the 14 th then radiotherapy starting but lots of people have offered to drive him so hopefully won't ve too much for me.

T can roll over but doesn't do it all that often but for those worrying about it I wouldn't bother babies are all so different. You drive yourself mad comparing

Dd1 was sitting and rolling by 6 months and crawling up the stairs by 7 months dd2 didn't even bother sitting till 9 months and walked at 18 months but was talking in sentences aged 14 months which tended to freak people out a bit..

Have two nights out coming up to look forward to both involving having no kids to look after all night looking forward to letting my hair down/ being asleep in a corner by 9 pm!

Morning everyone,

E and I are going to our trial gymbabes session today.... will report back later, if I remember!

As for rolling, E is rolling all the time, will roll from her back to her front but not back yet! Last night she rolled onto her tummy in her cot but couldn't roll back, she got VERY frustrated with herself.

Hope everybody had a good day yesterday and more importantly a good night!?!

Morning

GYA sounds like you deserve those nights out

DD was on the slow side with physical developments, but as soon as she started talking it became apparent that she would never shut up again much like her mother

Maiden i like your new name. Sorry to hear about the creche. Have you looked up advice on here? I am sure lots of people have been through the same. DD went into a creche once a week while i did a course at 10m, and got a bit upset but we found she was fine if i took her in her buggy and parked it in there, it was her own space iyswim? But she was that bit older. Will a childminder be a better option? Someone you can visit together a few times beforehand?

F and i have got the chiro today. I am still not sure if she can help F as he is so variable, but it won't do him any harm. I started a thread in childrens health on chiro and got some interesting responses if anyone is interested.

My next step will be to cut out yeast and dairy from my diet i think I was diagnosed with a mild intolerance about 8yrs ago, so may be worth a try. Will speak to Dr/HV first though, see what they think.

gya I hope you get some time to chill out a bit and hope your dh is ok. I've been knocked off a motorbike a couple of times and the day after is soooo painful!

devon sometimes it can take them a while to get used to being left. L is 2 and I can't leave her anywhere at the mo but it's all phases they go through. I agree about looking on mn, I'm sure people have really good advice.

Devon God, I am so with you there re the long, hard nights at the beginning. It is so much easier now, isn't it? Even on a bad day. E is being quite particular atm (five months and a few days now). Will only feed lying down, totally refusing a bottle... I had an evening class tonight and DH had to let him CIO to go to sleep. I'm pissed off in one sense because I've been working so hard to CIO (especially if he's hungry!!!) but what else can we do? Was someone recommending a cup on here or was that RL? Can't remember which!!

Oh, and hilariously, E has started crying when men with glasses look at him. Very touchy, our kid!

Durr - above should read 'trying hard to not do CIO'

My nights are longer and harder than at the start! So envious!!

Clearly Matilda sensed my rocketing stress levels and decided to be kind to me as she slept 7-6 last night. Bliss.
Wonder how long I'll have to wait till she does it again though??

Morning, quick post, just wanted to say - McTimony Chiropractor!

(c&p from my other thread)
we have been. DS had a wonky pelvis, several vertabrae out, and a couple of little bits in his neck. She also worked on his feet a bit too. She has said to give it a week, and if we are not completely happy still then she will give us the number of a baby specialist (in Oxford! we are in Cambridge) who is THE best for this sort of thing, one or 2 treatments there will sort anything.

DS has cried a fair bit since, not angry, not grizzles, not screaming, just kind of tired crying iyswim? But inbetween the crying he has been calm which is unheard of! (this was yesterday afternoon) then yesterday evening he was happy all evening and despite waking up to feed 3 times through the night he slept a lot sounder, less muttering, tossing and turning etc.

Will be back to catch up later

Fingers crossed for continued calm then dave

Oooooh, am liking this new emoticon , and since it's Friday night

GYA you have cloned yourself in some sort of weird Dr Who-esque experiment and there are at least 3 of you hence your ability to look after 3 children, one very poorly lodger, take exercise classes, go running with your dog, make some time for your DH and have nights out/spa breaks.

Please, please tell me I'm not the only one who hasn't taken their baby swimming yet? I did get some Little Swimmers nappies today (1/3rd off in Tesco) so I am making a move in the right direction. Come and give me all your tips on how to make it as stress free as possible - do you dress baby first when you come out or wrap them up in a towel balanced precariously on a bench whilst you get changed? I'm so clueless!

DH has gone out for the evening, F is tucked up in bed, so am contemplating having a leisurely bath and reading one of the chick lit high brow books I got for Christmas - how is it February already!?

Regarding childcare, I'm really happy with the nursery we've got her a place in and she won't be starting properly (3 days a week) until a week before her first birthday so we've got a while. They do induction sessions in the run up to starting, plus I'm going to see if they've got any little ones on holiday in June/July so she can go in for the odd extra session. I did consider a childminder, but there's a few things that tipped it in favour of the nursery for us rather than using a childminder, but we'll have to see how it goes.

Devon we haven't gone swimming yet either. One or other of us keep getting sick and the weekends pass in a blur of boring housework/vegging out in front of the telly... I have finally bought a swim nappy, and E is signed up to a proper course of baby swimming classes starting in March. Can't wait! I'm hoping he'll a) love it and b) get completely knackered out and sleep better after them! Want to take him to the local leisure centre first as a trial run (lessons are at a school with a special pool) but the sessions for babies are always soo booked up...

Devon best tip for swimming i found is to take a bath robe so you can wear that while you're getting baby dressed and by the time you're done you be pretty much dry and can just get dressed quickly

Devon- yep you got me I have indeed cloned myself. I was hoping no one would notice

We haven't taken the baby swimming yet either as she got wheezy just as we were going to take her back in November then just as she got better and we were going to take her she got ill again

My top tip is to change into your own swim stuff first put everything away that you can then change the baby into their swim stuff. When it's time to get out get the baby changed first then put then in car seat/ pram/ playpen whatever there is with a toy/bit of food/ dummy while you get dressed.

The after bit is always the most stressful part of the expedition ime

Hi all,

I've not taken T swimming yet. I did have the best intentions, he has swim trunks and i did buy little swimmers nappies when he was first born, but not sure of going to the pool here in Germany. Moving back to the UK in a couple of months and so I will enrole him in swim class then. Thanks to everyone for great tips on what to do.

So devon you're not alone .

Dave How is LO, has the visit to the chiroparactor paid off, hope so.

What's going down well food wise with everyone's LOs? D is 6m old today so I am going to move on from just fruit and veg and try him with cod today. Protein is supposed to help them sleep so fingers crossed! D usually wakes once in the night but the last three days has woke at 6.30am too! Not good. DH is a Higher Court Advocate (a solicitor who has qualified to work as a barrister) and he is doing a big murder trial atm. He has been so busy at work, hasn't been home much before 7pm all this week. Which means he is exhausted, he hasn't been able to help me with the kids so I am exhausted = everyone's ratty and exhausted. Been out for a nice lunch today though (well, as nice as it gets with 3 kids!) Hoping for more rest this week!

Sorry to hear that you're exhausted neenz. I have no idea what to give LO for food. My DS has had lots of fruit and veg but I'm afraid to try anything else. He has porridge oats, sprouts, broccoli, carrots, swede, apple, pear, banana, but not sure what else too try him on.

Can you give them dairy and citrus this young? I'm sure I've read somewhere that they cannot have dairy or citrus until older, but I don't know where I got this from or what age they can have it. Or I could be totally wrong and just making it up . Bit of a minefield this feeding malarky isn't it.

Well whatever you do neenz please report it back so that you can direct us all.

Take care xx

Hi all,

feeling like a bit of a zombie here. Last night E wouldn't go down until gone midnight - I ended up spending virtually all evening lying on the bed, feeding her, then she would fall asleep, I'd put her down and she would wake and cry. No chance of self-settling cos too grumpy. But she did feed rather than messing around for the most part. Anyway, then she only woke once, at 4ish, but she was feeding for an hour and a half! I kept trying to break the latch but she would keep grabbing the boob and sucking harder.

On the plus side, she had butternut squash for dinner tonight and really liked it, her fave so far.

Re swimming, we've been twice and are starting a Waterbabies course on Tuesday. My tips are make sure you bring two towels for your LO - one to wrap them in as soon as they get out of the water and one to dry them. Forgot this the first time and she was not impressed at being dried with a damp towel. No tears in the water, saved them up for getting dressed after...

I've got my return to work interview on Thurs and am feeling a bit nervous. Have asked for 2 days in the office and 2 from home.

Maybe she's teething belly?
Good luck with the interview.

Has everyone seen the news that Amanda Holden lost her baby at 7m pregnant? So sad. She lives near me.
What with her and lily Allen it goes to show that it can happen to anyone regardless of money / private healthcare ..