July 2010: Weaning's in full swing, the kitchen floor's covered in ming

[CakeandRoses]

And voila: our 6th postnatal thread... which neatly works out roughly one a month [maths genius emoticon]

Yes chulita im pimpin it out! i've always had really nice looking cars and thats just a part of me so dont want to lose it! Well done for knitting! i.just dont have the bloody time!

Chulita I did get back to pre-preg weight but could still do with losing another stone. Plus I'm BFing a lot less now so not using up nearly as many calories as I was, so need to reduce my chocolate intake accordingly!

BTW J had his first ever asparagus today. I haven't noticed stinky asparagus wee nappies yet! He loved it though, went down a treat.

I can't find that thread, Dylthan, but poor you - ignore!

woodlands Rella Roodle loved asparagus too but i forgot to check out whether they affected her nappies despite me warning dh as she's was gobbling it down!

I only just realised today that she should be dropping feeds/going longer between feeds by now (7 m). I'd noticed she hadn't seemed too bothered about her after lunch feed but thought it was just her being distracted. what an idiot i am, you wouldn't think this was my second.

she's still on 7 a day (8am, 11am, 2.30pm, 5.30pm, 7.30pm, 11.30pm, 3.30am) but tbh a couple of days feeds are probably more because i'm offering at the usual time and she'll just take a bit and then get distracted. I'm a bit about her dropping day feeds til she bloody well drops night feeds tho.

how many milk feeds are all the other babies on?

Had a SHIT day with potty training. millions of accidents and not a single one in the potty or loo. at least two of them he did ask to go but we didn't get there in time tho. going to ask nursery to give him another try tomo and then assess whether there's any progress or not.

mlic well impressed with your handling of the open air poo

i'm also feeling really guilty as i really shouted at him (i mean like at the top of my voice) and kind of grabbed him too roughly off the bed when he hit Aurelia twice today. I hate myself so much when i react out of anger like that. not really a great example.

told dh about it earlier and couldn't stop crying as on nightmare days like today (A upset with teething, F weeing everywhere and hitting A, me shouting and running around between them like a crazed animal) i feel like i'm just letting them down.

cakes your only human to react like that sometimes, hope you have a better day today, with potty traing and teething im not surprised you were at the end of your tether.
dylthan stay here we are nice and we arent totally deranged (well all but me are normal) this thread s like a comfort blanket compared to some out there!!
mlic open air poo
kk pimped out mammy car...LOVE IT!!!
L woke at 5.30 then went off til 7.30 again!!! we are driving to Oxford later to look at a litter of pups! very excited!!

don't apologise mlic!! it was good to get it all out on here before i went to bed last night and then was really nice reading your post this morning, thank you .

the silly thing is re potty training is that i don't mind that much about the mess of the accidents (note: i'm not saying i like it either like a weird poo-fetish woman ), it's just more cleaning which is a pain but not stressworthy. It's just the big 'FAIL' sign that comes up mentally when he had another accident. And I'm trying so hard not to show him that i feel disappointed (and i also question myself as to if he's ready for PT) that the pressure builds up and then I guess it erupts out when he does something really naughty (like hitting A)

He woke up full of the joys of spring this morning and he's in nursery today so i'll try not to think about it at all.

and A slept miles better so i think the tooth has come thru

I don't know what the answer is re day/night feeds mlic. I missed a feed when i counted them last night - she actually has 8 as she normally has one at 6am then goes back down til 7.30 or 8am. Last night it was 12am (i'm leaving her to wake up if she needs a df but it's not a great time so might reconsider), 3.30am then at 5.30 i did a dummy run then she slept til 7am, had a feed but then went back to sleep again. she's still asleep now so not sure whether to wake her or join here!

gah to your 6.20am boy, you poor thing.

gosh - another mega post, sorry!

xposted memph, thank you too

good luck with puppy-hunting today (not sure that sounds right

I think Dylan and I are ill, Ive got a sore throat and hes been sick and has green snot which is new for him.

I feel so tired too he woke every 1-2 hours last night then DP woke us up to say bye when we were both in deep sleeps so we both got up, for me to see him jetting off to London with that girl from work again grr I hate it so much!
IIII want to go out (not necessarily with anyone) instead of being stuck indoors with the baby.

Anyway, hope everyone elses night was better.

cake we've all done it. L has started standing or lying on S when he crawls around and I get so pissed off with her. She gets bellowed at a bit and I hate, hate hate shouting but it just gets the better of me sometimes.

mlic S is the same. He feeds (all completely approximate) 1.30am 8.30am 12.00 6.00pm and 9.30pm with the odd extra thrown in overnight for a laugh. Nothing goes in unless he's just about to go down for a nap and he never has a morning feed even if his last feed was 5 hours ago.

memphis hope you find a lovely puppy :)

dh poor you :( Maybe you could just have a walk to a coffee shop and ensconce yourself with a hot choccy for a bit.

cake think of how long it takes them to learn to crawl/walk/eat with a spoon. Potty training is a HUGE thing and so completely different to what they're used to, it'll take a while for him to realise what needs to be done. Don't be too hard on him!

I'm jealous of anyone's baby who sleeps beyond 6.30am, S is usually up long before that. [grr grr grr emoticon]

Oh Cake I know how you feel. Don't feel bad. It happens to all of us. M had such a grumpy day yesterday, it was exhausting. I can't even imagine what it is like with one more and potty training... But seriously, how are you supposed to react when they hit their siblings? Surely they should know that it's wrong. I will have to know about those things soon...

Memphis A puppy!!! I'm so excited for you. Do let us know how you get on, please. DP will be so jealous. He would love a puppy (I would too) but with a city flat with no outside space and a cat we've decided to wait for a bit.

DH Hope both of you will feel better soon.

Chulita Well done for knitting. I can only knit very simple things (squares) but I managed to knit a few, my mum did the rest and now it's a nice blanket for M to play on. I'm impressed with your jumper efforts though. Any chance of a piccie?

MLIC at your free style pooing. Well done for picking it up. But also bleurgh. Not looking forward to that!

KK Congrats on the new car.

WSS I put on 18kg last time and I'm planning on less for this time round. We'll see about that

Dylthan Hope you didn't let them get to you. I didn't read the thread but I can imagine you feeling down. I would too.

We're going to our favourite Vietnamese cafe for lunch today. Am really looking forward to it. The sun is shining, though it's still very cold.

Have a good day all.

cake I think Jacob is starting to drop milk feeds. He seems to have dropped the 11am one. So now he goes:-

6/6.30 - Breastfeed
7.30/8 - Breakfast
8.30/9 - Breastfeed
12 - Lunch
1.30/2 - Breastfeed
3.30/4 - Snack
5.30 - Breastfeed
6/6.30 - Dinner
7.30/8 - Breastfeed

Then he normally goes until 1 or 2am, but after that it's anyone guess as to how he will sleep. Last night he was up 1, 3, 5, 5.30, 6 then at 6.30 DH took him. At the moment I'm considering a good night to be 1am and 5am then up at 6.30. Beginning to wonder if he will ever make it through the night...

In other news, he's become a lot more chat over the last few days, kind of says boop and ehho, squealing to himself and just babbling generally. Think he's breaking another tooth in as he's been fussing over food and last night we gave him a biscuit and he spat it out, it had a little bit of blood on it. He wont let us look in his mouth (and I'm too much of a softie to force him) so it's either a tooth or he bit his tongue .

mlic It's exciting seeing them start to crawl isnt it, me and DH watch J like hawks for days when we thought he was gonna start...

memphis I love puppies, wish we had room for a dog. What kind are they?

chulita Im meeting a friend and we're walking into town so Ill get one there, sounds like a v good idea!

Thanks trudyla so do I :)

trudyla don't worry, you'll all be inflicted with treated to photos of it once it's done, it's only a couple of bits at the mo. I've only been knitting for a year and in that time have done a hat and one sock so I'm a complete novice and will probably get my mum to sew it all together after the sock incident :)

hotG what a rubbish night! sounds awful, hope you have a relaxing day today. I'm glad S has no teeth, he really gnomps on me and I'm dreading them!

It's a Cbeebies day today, at least til DH's delivery gets here. I can't really be bothered to go out but L requires constant interaction when we're in so at least when we're out I don't have to respond to her incessant witterings. At the moment I'm typing interspersed with 'yes, where's Charlie Bear?' 'yes, he's in the box' 'yes, he's got a sock' 'well done for jumping' 'sit down or I'll turn it off' ad nauseum. I love her but MAN ALIVE you get noooooo head space at all!

chulita it's more that i'm hard on myself than him re potty-training, iyswim? i don't tell him off or act cross at all when he has an accident and i don't actually feel cross with him. i just feel like i'm failing and must be doing something wrong so i feel stressed generally which builds up every time he has an accident.

i'm shocked at how i've reacted to this actually. i'm usually very patient with them (not with anything else).

you're right tho, it's a skill that he has to take time to get his head round.

i think trying the 1 day method first has added to the pressure as it went so well initially and now i feel like i've handled it all wrong.

trudyla telling him off is fine, it's the real anger that i feel terrible about. it's hard to imagine when they're babies (unless you have an extremely challenging one) but once they become toddlers they can really push you to your limits. i'd never hit him but it's shocked me that there are times when it's an effort not to hence why i shout instead

it's really only him hitting A that i get so angry about tbh. he's so lovely to her the rest of the time but then randomly hits her round the face for no reason at all.

we've tried everything to stop him doing it: naughty step, ignoring it, time out, giving A loads of attention right after, and shouting til my throat hurts.

ooooh enjoy mlic