January 2011

[MacMomo]

Thought we should have a post-natal thread so we can stay together from our ante-natal one. Technically, DD was a December baby after coming early on new years eve; hope you don't mind if I stay with the January group after all this time. How is everyone doing?

Walk Also been nosey - love the dress too. I'm going to do a mixture of BLW and spoon feeding. DD is sooooo little (on 25th percentile) I have only given her some baby porridge so far, but will start with BLW at tea time when she is 6 months.

DS (3) has been invited to 4 parties in the next 2 weks. Do you know how many I've been invited to????? None - not even the ones he's invited to as they are drop off parties!

thanks guys re dress. I was a bit disappointed when I opened the beautifully packed parcel, looked a bit like a tshirt, but that will be the bamboo/spandex, as I said though, lovely on.

well done pelvic on getting the trampoline up

lucky you beat on short/tshirt weather. DD got some hand-me-down shorts, hmm not sure if she'll ever get them on, had to put the heating on for a short time this afternoon when DD was having some naked time.

Wow your DS will be all partied out. cadlecrap We need a few party invites, DD has an OTT dress and bloomers that my mum got for 50p, but people might not quite get that it is a bit of fun and I wouldn't serious buy her something that gypsy weddingesque.

I read today that there are sling meet ups - there is a forum. Can't believe it! Not sure what people do at them, just have their LOs in slings?

walk I've not been to a sling meet but I have met up with a couple of other mumsnetters and slings have been discussed quite heavily. We tried each other's on and a lady with a lovely multicoloured wrap sling demonstrated several different ties it could do, I'd imagine a sling meet is pretty similar. I think there's also a lot of secondhand slings for sale at them, most of the true obsessives have quite a few on the go at once.

I like the sound of drop off parties cadle, we're still at the parents hanging around stage, I hope you can persuade your DS to bring you back some cake though!

beat we had a couple of lovely days but it's mainly still pretty cold and windy here, DP rushed out and bought both DSs shorts when it was sunny, so it'll probably rain for the rest of the summer now .

We've booked our summer holiday, nothing too exciting just a cottage near the sea, we decided staying in this country would be more relaxing than trying to fit everything we need into a baggage allowance. Last time we went away with just 1 DS we managed to fill an entire car so who knows where we'll put all our stuff this time .

DS2 is dribbling like mad and keeps getting intermittent red cheeks but I still can't see any signs of teeth coming through. He has had a grumpy couple of days but he's also just had his 3rd lot of injections so it could be for any number of reasons... at least there's no more of those for a little while now!

Haven't posted for almost 2 months... How did that happen?

Your babes all seem to be doing so well.

DD still only sleeping for 4 hrs at a time. She's now 21 weeks. Rolled onto her front from her back on the weekend (month later than her bro). Going to start weening at 6 mnths. Hope I'll get a bit more sleep. DD is small - 25 percentile and can still fit her 0-3months stuff. So weird as I am almost 6ft. Not sitting up yet, but can flop onto her nose with grace. She is still sleeping well in hammock and naps loads during the day too.

We both have jet lag as took her to Boston with me for a conference - where I gave a paper. DS was a bit glum while I was away - sad for him, but a little glad I was missed. DD was a star on the plane and a star in the US; smiled at everyone.

Yes cradle shed lots of hair, no greys yet, but with 4hrly feeds probably not long to wait.

Beat nice new name.

Superparty glad to see you found us eventually. 6 babies? Brilliant.

Pelvic trampolining? You definitely deserve your name!

to all the rest.

just a quick hi before bed

hope you are all well

i let my baby boy cry himself to sleep - bad mummy - but he only did for 10 mins and i was in and out sorting erin out

have christening sorted for october, and dd (7) has confirmation on sunday and communion on 26th, with dd 9th birthday sleepover and cinema on 19th

busy busy busy as always

waves to mummychicken/cadlecrap great name

mamasunshine hope your managing your 3 under 3s

hope every one is well

speak soon x

sarrita, wow presenting a paper! And long haul flying with DD. Good DS missed you.

pelvicthose meets would have been good when I was deciding on a sling. I do like my kari me. We are thinking cottage holiday in October. I find you fill whatever packing space no matter how big or small. Loads of drooling here and occasional red cheeks. OH didn't get first tooth until 8mths and I was 10mths.

superpartyyou are as busy as ever. Hope all the celebrations go well. OH's dad tried to spray DD with holy water (he does this ever now and then, gets the bottle out and walks round the room, flicking it at people, must think he missed his vocation).

argh, I overheard OH telling DD to stop stepping on his n**ts as he still needs them, then him doing DD voice "but daddy you said just me", OH "well maybe not". Keep him away, gonna take a while for my body to be pg fit! I've always wanted 3, but we've started late, so was getting used to the having 1 idea

Sunhat on for this mornings walk - wahey! Cloudy now, but not raining for a change. They keep talking about the drought, we had almost three times the normal rainfall in May!

sarrita it sounds like you've had plenty going on to keep you occupied for 2 months! Sounds exciting (and slightly nerve-wracking) flying to America with a newish baby and giving a paper, hope it was well received and your DS is very pleased to have you back.

superparty enjoy all your celebrations, 10 mins crying really doesn't sound too bad and you must have your hands pretty full! Sometimes it's impossible to get everyone sorted at once just with 2.

walk nothing wrong with keeping your options open , maybe 2 would be a nice compromise?
I've encountered snow flurries in the highlands in May before so I'm not surprised you haven't had the same weather as everyone else! Definitely dry down here, all the grass in the lawn is brown and dead but the weeds keep growing so it still needs a lot of cutting.

Not much news to report here, having a very quiet weekend to make up for all the hectic rushing around we've done recently.

Just discovered a new acromyn

NAK!

NAK

like it, but pretty difficult to do here

I had to go and look it up, only to discover I'm currently NAKing! I thought it was going to be something trendy that I had no chance of being involved with . DS2 still clusterfeeds in the evening so I NAK on MN, when he goes to bed I try to do something more useful!

Just marking my place as I have a spare 5 mins to catch up on all your news. DD2 being a real PITA atm. Suddenly clingy, upset and a master of the 10 min power nap!

I am putting it down to teething but I am worrying she has an allergy (exclusively BF) as her eczema has flared up again and, tbh, she has been a bit of a sicky baby (coughs, runny noses, puffy eyes, rashes). Initially I thought she was getting all the toddler bugs from DD1 but now not so sure. Going to wean very carefully after 6 months.

My identical twin has been diagnosed as coeliac this year and I have an 85% of having it too. My blood does show antibodies to wheat but I haven't had time for the biopsy yet. Strangely though I have no (visible) symptoms to eating gluten.

Lovely dress Walk!

blanche poor DD2, I hope everything is ok. My mum is coeliac so, even though it's one generation removed, we're going to be weaning carefully after 6 months as well.
My mum made an amazing gluten free cake for DS1's birthday party (ground almonds instead of flour - was yummy), turns out one of my mummy friends is also wheat free so they're meeting up for a recipe exchange. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed you aren't coeliac but, if it turns out you are, and you need any tried and tested recipe ideas please let me know - or if you want any to pass on to your sister.
Were you anaemic when you had all your pregnancy blood tests? Extreme anaemia is often a sign for people who have no other external symptoms, so if you did it would be worth making time for the biopsy.

Come on then - what is NAKing?

Conference was good and paper went well. Found a perfect babysitter through friends so I could enjoy the conference too.

I am paying for it now though. DH hasn't spoken to me since I got back on the 7th. I forgot my phone charger, and battery ran out before I left on my return. Because I didn't let my DH know this before I lefts he thinks that I am rude. Pretty miserable really, as evidently there is something deeply wrong if this mistake can elicit such a huge reaction . Worried as we plan to emigrate to his home this year and then I will be without all my friends and family. Has anyone done couple counselling?

Good luck with not having coeliac's Blanch.

NAK = Nursing at Keyboar - I do it a lot as the laptop sits on the breakfast bar feet aon bin and it is the perfect set up for bf.

Sarrita Sorry to hear your DH is being a bit of a knob - my DH used to do this sometimes. He didn't speak to his Dad or sister for years. When he tried it with me, I went ballistic saying that it was fine to do with Dad/sister but I was his f-ing wife! If he couldn't comminicate with me then what was the point. It was not a pleasant time but it hasn't happened again. Stubborn git

Oh hello ladies Remember me! Have been frantically busy since the birth of Arabella (dc3) I haven't caught up yet but will skim read posts later, just popped on and saw you were all still keeping the thread alive! We were all doing really well, also have ds1 3yo and ds2 2yo until I started back at work when dd was 11 wo! Very hard, but loving every minute [mad woman!] Still bf, dd has eczema, so something I'm eating possibly? But no idea what.

Will come on over the weekend to have a good catch up. Oh dd is 20wo (ish?!) and in 6-9month clothes...has been for a while, she's very rolly

Big waveswto you all

Pelvic, no, no symptoms of coeliac at all. My sister is really ill with it but I could eat a loaf of bread and have nothing. May take you up on recipes if I am diagnosed. I will go for the biopsy when DD2 is weaning but I have to go to the hospital for a whole day and I am not allowed to take her. I'm EBF so can't leave her that long.

Sarrita, sorry to hear. DH and I are having a good few off moments atm. I'm tired and snappy and I feel I am bearing the brunt of both kids. Going to work is the easy option for him!!

Hi Mama! Eczema here too. So bad we see a dermatologist at hospital. Must also be something in my diet.

We have sold our house and need to be out end of August - still not found somewhere we like yet so the thought of renting and having to move twice fills me with dread. Going to see a nice house tomorrow so fingers crossed!

Oooh love NAKing. Yes I NAK but never good for one's posture.

H [notice I omitted the D?) is definitely being a knob, Pelvic, will try the f*cking wife approach as see how he takes it

Yes Blach, my H thinks that he has the burden of all the work, and that it's all a piece of cake this end. I have not had more than 4 hrs sleep since 3 Jan 2011. And and and...

I am going to go to couple counselling as it is - as my sister pointed out - cheaper than divorce.

Helloooo mamasunshine lovely to see you back. Love these super Mums. Working and babies - just marvellously stupendous women. I salute you!

So nice to catch up on everyone's news! So good when a familiar name you haven't seen for ages pops up too, welcome back Mamasunshine (am name-changed deedee321!)

sarrita how totally rotten for you, am so sorry. I think this is a tough stage for lots of us, I certainly have had plenty of GRRRRR moments with DH, much as I love him, he thinks I have such an easy deal being at home with the kids while he works, it drives me mental. By the end of the day I want help with the crazy dinner-bath-bed bit whereas he thinks his day's labour should be over!! Fortunately I have close friend in identical situation and we love sending outraged text updates to each other hee hee, makes it loads more bearable!! Not funny if you're feeling at the end of your tether, sending a hug.

Blanche, hope you get to the bottom of the excema soon and that it isn't coeliac's. Hope house was fab!

We're fine here, ds the smiliest person I have ever met, he just lifts my spirits whenever I feel grumpy! Really enjoying taking him on the social whirl having a 3yr old involves, he loves socialising and his sister is being far more gentle atm! Still flopping forward when propped up (bless him, he just beams and crumples ), but getting good at rolling and spinning. Very droolly, anyone got a tooth yet?

sarrita 10 days of silent treatment is totally out of order, I hope the counselling does some good though, at least H will have to talk to you .

mamasunshine definitely remember you, I didn't realise you'd decided to back to work though. Life must be keeping you busy!

blanche I couldn't leave DS2 for a whole day either and if you've not got any problems then I can't see the point in rushing for the biopsy. Am I getting you confused with someone else or were you trying to do a feed from a cup at some point? Bit of a moot point as I've not found any time to express yet but I am worrying that we've left it too late to introduce a bottle. Good luck with the house.

beat I think DS2 has a tooth emerging but it's quite far back so it's hard to say for certain. I'm also confused as DS1 started at the front so I wouldn't expect the first one to be back there but who knows!

Bedtime has totally gone to pot here, I thought we were doing ok with DS2 being settled by about 9ish, but the last couple of nights it's been closer to 11. He seems to be absolutely starving and feeds continuously up until then so I'm getting sore. I think I need to make more effort with our latching as I'd got very complacent about just waving a nipple in his direction and letting him get on with it and this probably isn't helping. I had just taken him to bed but it sounds like he's stirring again so it's back to NAKing again - all I've managed to do all evening.

On the plus side DP has cooked dinner and done all the fetching and carrying I've needed .

Hi ladies, many apologies for not having posted in 2 months. DD suddenly went from sleeping quite well to not sleeping at all and waking hourly when she did sleep. Feels like we're starting to fix it though naps are still limited to 30 mins - 1hr. Also finally stopped feeding to sleep which has made a huge difference. DD is just growing out of reflux which was hell and is just starting to teethe with lots of drooling, pulling her ear and crying with pain though no tooth yet. We've also had blood in her poo fairly constantly for the past 2 months. Very worrying but hopefully we'll have answers from tests soon.

I'll have a read of the thread so I can try and catch up. Hope you everyone is ok and the babies are well.

Sorry... this is Beijingaling.

Also been absent for a while, so trying to catch up.

You poor thing Comrade hope DD's ok, my DS had reflux when first born and he just sounded in so much pain was awful glad DD starting to get better from that.

No teeth here but DS suffering on and off with teething. Constant drool and chewing on everything.

Have also had to stop feeding DS to sleep as starting placement tomorrow, first time I will be leaving him for a whole day very nervous but at least now I know he will nap without me. Its only taken 3 days of him crying when put down, going in every 5 minutes and now he goes down fine. Have done it this week so that DH can help as he has the week off. Was awful to start with but amazed how quick and how much better he's sleeping.

This week sis the start of our chaotic summer with placements, moving house starting uni, and still haven't been able to get DS into a nursery I like.

So nervous about tomorrow but hoping after the first day all will be ok and very reassuring reading how many of you are clearly managing to work and have time with DCs.

I have finally given in... DD is sleeping in her cot in her own room for the first time today . It was about time as I had to practically wedge her into her mosses basket .

ComradeJing Any news on DD?

Hannah Hope placement was okay.

Pelvic Hope latching is going a bit better. I have just started giving DD a bottle as her befor bed feed to hopefully help her sleep througha bit better and also to free me up. I will still boob dream feed though.

beat no tooth but loads of drool. Lovely!!

Sarrita H D or no D?

Soreness all gone cadle. It only took a few days of really paying attention to what he was doing and not letting him look around while he's still got a mouthful (nearly taking a nipple with him for good measure, ouch!).

comrade that sounds worrying, any news from the tests?

hannah how's the placement going? Hope it's all good.

TMI Alert

Got AF back today. I feel quite sad about it as the next time I don't have a period will be my menopause!! (Definitely no more kids here).

However, it has given me the oppertunity to use the mooncup I bought LAST April but have never used as I got pg

Mooncup? I'd never heard of them before MN, still can't decide if they sound genius or vile. Still no AF here so can leave it a while before finding out...

DS2 is also my last (unless we have a big change in circumstances) so I'm making the most of stroking his little soft head, he's starting to get proper hair now so he won't have that baby softness much longer . They do get easier and more fun as they get older but I can't quite get my head around never having another newborn to snuggle.