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MyLifeIsFeelingFestive · 26/12/2010 20:21

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Needle · 11/01/2011 00:49

Lol, cake, i'm already desperate for another one-dimensional ideally I'd like 4 out of the way by the time i'm 30.

Wrt motherhood's effect on self image- for me its the girl/woman transition. I was a tiny annorexic scrawny thing before gwen. I don't necessarily like being curvy better, but I can see the potential the new body has to be sexier than the old one, if I could be arsed to work at it. Plus there's that whole mystic "i created life in my womb" thing we mums are rocking.

Time to start weaning Gwen. It's weird, I don't really know how to go about it, I feel a bit stumped.

Needle · 11/01/2011 00:51

BTW congrats to your step brother re baby harry, must be a huge relied that he's ok x

Needle · 11/01/2011 00:52

One-dimensional? Eth?! Stupid predictive text!

WinterChillita · 11/01/2011 07:18

needle there's loads of stuff on t'inters/mn if you google it. Or start a thread in the weaning section if you want some ideas. I've just 'started' with S and I'm giving him cooked veg in stick/lump form and letting him have a go at it. I might give him some baby rice mixed with something else to stodge him up (not that it'll work but it makes me feel I'm doing something about his current sleeping pattern).

Speaking of which, is 5 months too young for CC? I haven't had more than 90 mins sleep for the last few days and it's not cos he's hungry. Last night he was up 10-11, L was up 12-12.30, S was up 1-2, 2.45-3.40, and from 4.15 onwards it's all a blur of him crying/me dozing/him crying etc til I got up with him just before 7. I'd fed him at 4 and offered when he got up just now but he's not bothered. He was screaming and as soon as I picked him up he's all smiles. He'll probably feed before his next nap but I'm wrecked and I know L's going to bear the brunt of it :(

WinterChillita · 11/01/2011 07:19

cake congratulations on your new step-brother! :)

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WinterChillita · 11/01/2011 07:43

L was up cos her eczema was bothering her, she was ripping at her legs shouting 'goo, goo' (which is her word for epaderm) I trudged downstairs to get it, peeled back her duvet and she screamed 'bed, bed' and kicked me in the face. This happened twice in quick succession cos I did want to get some on her but after the second time I just left her to scream. She's going to be a mess today, still waiting for that bloody dermatologist appt...
I think I'm going to wait til 6 months (2 more weeks) and then I'm doing CC - I just can't carry on like this. Of course he's all whingey now too but won't eat or feed, that would be too easy. DH and L are still asleep so I'm trying to keep him quiet and not wake them

memphis83 · 11/01/2011 09:12

mlic i dont eat red meat for the reasons of the digestion i just wondered if things like chicken would be hard to digest for a little one, going to hold off on meat now dh has said whats the rush hes getting all he needs from what i make him, i swear if it was up to dh L woulsnt eat solids til 18!!!
cakes will go to a health food shop and stock up after my dreaded trip to the dentist!
I now weighh less than i did before I had L but my stomach used to cave in a bit and it doesnt now, it will again one day i hope!!
L's napies have leaked everynight for 4 nights his nappies are are so much wetter at the moment!
needle hope your feeling a lot better about everything after the other day, your brave 4 before 30!
I watched OBEM last night after i promised myself i wouldnt, i ended up in floods of tears, that women who screamed that bad was awful the stupid cow, dh said if that was me he would have left me to it! that poor lad being left out of the birth!

wonderstuff · 11/01/2011 09:17

Hi all.
Another 5am poo so big the sleeping bag is in the wash this morning - ggrr. Not sure how the night went, but was a bit worried at one point when I woke up to find the baby was in our bed but I'd turned my back on him - early nights all round tonight I feel.
Fuck he just rolled from front to back, only did back to front before - guess we are in can't be left alone for a second territory Grin
Tried finger food again last night - carrot and broccoli - he just looked at it, made no attempt to eat anything..

wonderstuff · 11/01/2011 09:19

Oh is anyone giving vitamins? I have a vague recollection of my /hv saying they are now recommended for bf babes?

Woodlands · 11/01/2011 09:32

i asked the hv about vits yesterday, she said they are recommended for bf babies after 6 months, they're called abidec and you get them from chemists. mind you i know opinion on mn is mixed.

DesperateHousewife20 · 11/01/2011 09:44

Ive never heard of vits for babies, my hv certainly hasnt said anything. Confused

I knew D sleeping well wouldnt last, he was up a fair few times last night. His cough sounds tickly now and he was coughing so much he was making himself heave.

I had to feed him on the backseat of the car yesterday, he'd been fed an hour or so before but he started screaming in his pram.
Lucky I was near the car I guess.

Congrats on the baby cake

Needle · 11/01/2011 10:30

Is CC controlled crying? We've started with Gwen, after a few weeks of taking three hours for. Her to get to sleep. The first night she cried for 15m and it broke my heart. The next night, 8 minutes and last night it took just 3 minutes for her to go to sleep. It was hard, yes, but I definitely think it was worth it.

I've done loads of reading about weaning, but if anything it just makes me more confused. gwen is 24 weeks, and we've given her a little baby rice, but I don't think she actually swallowed any of it. Going to talk to HV today.

Memphis, is that just through BF or have you been dieting? I'm still the biggest i've ever been and BF hasn't made the slightest difference.

DesperateHousewife20 · 11/01/2011 10:53

Does anyone else read the daily mail online? I always read the Femail column first (down the right hand side) and the first SIX articles are girls in bikinis, sexist much?

CakeandRoses · 11/01/2011 10:54

Morning all,

Had terrible night with A. Up all evening with wind, then went down at 11.30 til 4am then as windy as hell again and could not be put down. I 'slept' sitting up with her on me til 7am. Have ditched her sensory class hoping she and I will get some sleep this morning (F thankfully in nursery today).

have no idea what i've eaten that could have affected her so badly as i'm sure everything I ate was pretty usual for me. the only thing i can think of is that the afternoon hot chocolate i had in town was made with dairy rather than the soya i requested. chulita does you eating dairy make S really trumpy and in pain with it?

needle the main thing with weaning is to decide if you're going to do blw, puree or a combo (which seems popular lately). there's no right or wrong and no rush or stress. they'll all get there at their own speed. They'll be getting most of their nutrients and calories from milk for the next couple of months at least so it's really just introducing different textures and flavours at this stage.

Most things are fine after 6 months but watch salt and sugar levels. As woodlands said "they can basically have anything except honey, whole nuts and really salty things. Eggs need to be cooked till hard"

Is A the only one left on the thread who hasn't had any solids? I can't quite believe it's only a couple of weeks before we'll start to wean her. She still seems so small - can't imagine her in the highchair! Will be v useful tho as the bouncy chair has been banished following the accident so I only have the nest to put her in in the kitchen at the mo. Perhaps I'll get the highchair down from the attic later and test her out in it.

CakeandRoses · 11/01/2011 10:59

needle some bf women don't lose the weight til after they stop bf. tsc says that's always been the case with her.

Last time I held onto half a stone til F was only having 2 bf a day and then that went too.

dh i think it's against the mumsnet terms and conditions to admit to reading read the daily mail! Grin

oooh - now have numb left breast after pouring half a bottle of ambesol over it Shock

CakeandRoses · 11/01/2011 11:04

oh and thank you for the congrats everyone! feel like i've just had a baby!

in fact my cousin emailed earlier and mistyped and asked if I went into labour early Confused. I told her I wasn't a surrogate Grin

Stac2011 · 11/01/2011 11:20

hi all, congrats cakes and lol at your cousin.

Wow memphis i really struggle to loose weight so i am v Envy hope the dentist goes well

Crap night again here R went down at 10, was up at 10.30 till bout 11 back up at 2.30 till 3.30 up again at 5 then 6 then up for the day at 7.30. I have no clue whats going on. Her eating has increased so its not that. I dont know how mlic and chulita have managed this for so long.

DesperateHousewife20 · 11/01/2011 12:01

lol cakes whoops! I dont always read it every day Grin

CakeandRoses · 11/01/2011 12:26

mlic forgot to say i snorted at E's "i'm scary" Grin bet you had to hide your smile!

no nap for me yet but have retrieved and recleaned (didn't do such a hot job of it when i was pg it seems Hmm) the high chair and rella roo LOVED it. Big grins, bless her. F will be surprised when he sees her in it later.

AND I cleaned the frankly manky fridge

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CakeandRoses · 11/01/2011 13:29

God, mlic Sad. there's def something up him isn't there? if it was just the sleep then it wouldn't be that unusual but to be crying all day - there must be a reason.

can you get him in to see the consultant again any sooner?

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WinterChillita · 11/01/2011 14:01

yea cakes if I eat even a hint of dairy he's windy/arching back/farty/miserable.
tsc ack! poor Frankie :( and next time your dp's in the shower go and stick the curtain to him after lobbing cold water at him - so inconsiderate.
mlic S is crying all day too, he did have a good nap but has been crying since then. Hope W settles for you this pm.
L must be ill, she actually asked to go to bed Shock

memphis83 · 11/01/2011 14:36

needle i dont bf. ive not dieted and less exercise than before i had L the only thing i do different is i walk with the pushchair everyday im not eating as many treats at the mo either as my teeth are playing up something cronic, but everyone i know who bf didnt lose weight til after they stopped but iy did draw their stomach muscles back in!!
been dentist, im being reffered to hospital for treatment! dh said he couldnt stand me being in pain and to go for extraction and have cosmetic work to fill in the gaps at a cost of over a grand on his credit card but we have worked so hard the past year to clear his debts i cant do it!
dh the mail?? oh no i stay away from that tripe like the plague!! Grin the storys in the sun are more believable!
tsc chomp his nuts off!! im surprised after all that he has any left!!
oh and with my crap computer over weekend i didnt get involved in the sex talk, i used to be sex mad up until birth of L now the sheer thought of it scares me witless!!!

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