Sept 2005 (thread three) - Our little darlings just get cuter!

[KiwiKate]

Here we go - New Thread

Thanks for the kind messages. Have resorted to immodium. Have always said i wouldn't take anything like that as it is usually better to let nature run it's course however I wasn't able to look after the kids properly and dh goes back to work tommorow so I needed a quick fix. Still not feeling 100% but am getting there.

Glad the Immodium is helping MH.
Dreading dh going back to work tomorrow

Hello

Glad your starting to feel better Mummyhill. Is it a sickness bug??

Dh and I are feeling washed out - were not ill - just Chritmas and Newyeared out! Don't think its been good for us just hanging around ours/relatives houses! oh and me dragging round the sales! So going out walking tomorrow!!! and doing lunch with some friends as dh back to work too!!

WethreelittlebabiesOfOrientAre - sorry to hear your c-section has been sore - mine still feals a little bruised sometimes if I'm over doing it. Like you my second section has been much worse than my first - and I'm not having another - your very brave to want to xxxxx

Mind you WethreelittlebabiesOfOrientAre - I am very very old!

Happy New year (if a little late)

will vatch up more later in the week (prob wed when ds at nursery). DH back to work tomorrow

No sickness thank goodness its bad enough with everything going straight through (sorry if TMI)

Hello, hello - Happy New Year!!

Sorry haven't posted for ages, have been busy recovering from jetlag and catching up with people.

Well, we survived the flight to NZ with no dramas - dd was an absolute angel (didn't cry once in the entire 32 hours ]!) - which was no doubt a relief for those people seated around us - you should have seen the looks of terror on their faces when we got on the plane and they realised they were sitting near us! Have to say, the Air New Zealand staff were fantastic, but a word of warning - DH is 6'5'', and the sky cot wouldn't come down over his knees, so if you're planning on using a skycot and have a tall dh/dp, would suggest that you try and get the aisle seat on the bulkhead where the cot is, and the aisle seat directly across from there, so that you are still sitting together. Fortunately, they managed to find him another seat on both legs of the flight, but meant that for the first leg I was pretty much on my own, as he was miles away. Still, it was better than having to hold dd for 12 hours...

Jetlag wasn't too bad, although DD did get day and night mixed up for a few days, but is now sleeping through from 10:30pm (when I dream feed her) to 7:30am, which is bliss!

Great to be back in NZ - weather has been lovely the last couple of weeks, but wasn't too flash when we first arrived. DD is being thoroughly spoilt by her doting grandparents. DH has a job starting in a couple of weeks [relief emotion], and we've bought a car, so next Saturday we're heading off up to Auckland, stopping in a few places along the way to stay with friends (it's about 14 hours of driving and a 3.5 hour ferry ride), which will be fun. Then I have to find us somewhere to live...

Sorry to hear you haven't been well Mummyhill - immodium is a wonderful thing though...

Most impressed with your dieting Bubbles, I keep thinking about it (and god knows, I need to!!), but can't quite summon the energy. Problem is, I have absolutely no self control .

Has anyone else's dd/ds had the BCG vax? DD had it before we left London, and it got horribly infected, so she's been on antibiotics, which she's just finished, but it's still a bit pussy, so shall have to go back to the doctor tomorrow. Hopefully the dosage that they gave her took into account that there might be a bit of spillage, as everytime I gave them to her she managed to spit at least half of it back out - think she might have a bit of a stubborn streak in her... wonder where she gets that from ?

Right, had better go and do some of my chores while dd is still asleep...

Hi there KF. Sounds like a real adventure. You're in Christchurch, aren't you? So that'd be a LOOONG journey up to Auckland!
Did your dd have to have the BCG because she was off to NZ? They don't give it here until you're about 14ish years old. Mine went pussy then

Morning all.

Hello KF - glad you are settling in well xxx

Hi Pooka

DD had her BCG in London - friends of ours whose baby is only a few days older were heading back to NZ about the same time and were advised in hospital to have the BCG before flying. I was told that was a bit paranoid, but by that stage already had the appointment (as rare as hens teeth - I got a cancellation), and the health visitor (who was a Kiwi too) said might as well take it. Most of the babies who were in there getting it were around 3 - 6 months old. They don't do it in NZ at all anymore. Fortunately it doesn't seem to be bothering DD - just me, as it was a HUGE pussy sore and took all my will power not to squeeze it!!

Think I get the bad mother award today. Was at the supermarket with my mother and dd - picked up some steak from the meat counter and walked off, leaving dd in stroller behind !! Mum suggested that I might want to take my baby with me... Told DH when we got home and he was horrified. Assured him that I was sure I would have realised what I'd done by the time I got to the checkout..

Hi everyone Happy New Year. Sorry to have left you all hanging over the festive period. DH gets 3 weeks holidays so I didn't have a lot of free time to hop on the computer. Funny how I get more free time when he's not around!

DH went back to work today and DD1 went back to Pre-school. Not off to a good start though. I realised my door and car keys were inside my coat locked inside the car. DH was far away by this time and I felt like I'd done sucha good job to get dd1, me and Alice ready on time after 3 weeks of not having to do anything to a timetable. Alice would not be put down so it was a bit difficult hunting for a spare car key with her under one arm.

Found it! And now I have a little moment of peace and quiet before I take Alice to be weighed. I hope she's put on a few Christmas lbs! At least I'll know all this increased feeding is down to something.

Shall I bore you with details of how many disturbed nights we have had over the passed few weeks? Between the two girls we're woken about 4 or 5 times between 11pm and 7am Alice wakes 3 times in the night and I feed her for two of those and DH rocks her back to sleep for the other one as we insist she cannot possibly be hungry. Rocking/feeding to sleep - great habits we're setting up for ourselves. Alice really fights sleep though.

DD1 had her precious dummies taken away a week or so before Christmas. I imagined her problem would be going to bed and sleeping but she went to sleep OK, only she wakes in the night now unable to comfrt herself back to sleep. We can't go back now and she is getting better. There were a number of nights where she would wake once or twice in the night crying and would not go back to sleep for ages. Now she goes straight back to sleep if someone goes in to check her. zzzzzzz

To think, we brought our newborn Alice home and she was sleeping from 10:30 - 4am at one point. Now, 3 months on, we're being woken 3 times by her and once or twice by DD1!

I've so much to say I thought I'd better split it up.

Christmas was good. It was so nice to be in our own home. Cooking dinner Christmas Eve for 7 and Christmas day for 8 wasn't too stressful and my inlaws made easy house guests and left early on boxing day morning.

DD1 didn't react greatly to having a house full of adults. DH's 3 older siblings are partnerless and childless! So, it's not much fun for DD having a house full of adults who don't know how best to interact with children. That goes for MIL as well! We've vowed to never spend Christmas day with them again, however, and in 2 years, we'll have Christmas alone with our 5 and 2 year old girls.

New Years Eve was lovely. Just the 4 of us in together. New Years day last year I found out I was expecting Alice so it was so special to us. We cooked fillet steaks and indulged ourselves with food and champagne. Lovely.

Alice is 15 weeks today. Is anyone else's baby still waking in the night? Has anyone moved their baby to their own room yet(I did with dd1 around this time and can't bear to move Alice)? Has anyone established a daytime sleep pattern yet?

Hi Beatie. I also found out was expecting last new year's eve. How funny!
Tom went through a stage last week of waking at midnight and then at 4am. Think was growth spurt though as last two nights has just woken at 3am despite having rotten cold (again!). Have massive boobs again in the morning as a result.
Haven't yet got round to taking dd's dummies away at night. Can't imagine how she'll react! It's just (listen to me try and justify it) that with Tom having dummies I feel she might get rather put out. Really must get round to it, as well as potty training which really isn't happening at the moment. She starts pre-school 2 mornings a week next week (she's 2.5) and I don't know - just feel would rather get a few months down the line before making the effort.

Just quikly saying that my 15 week old Alice still wakes at least once in the night, DS was in his own room by now and I can't bear to put Alice in her own room yet either. And she has no day time sleep routine (and no bedtime routine either).

DS is wanting to do CBeebies website things (and as Alice is asleep I am having time with him so probably shouldn't be Mumsnetting )

Pooka ~ there's always been something that got in the way of taking her dummies away. Potty training, moving from cot to bed, Alice arriving, starting pre-school. We got to age 3, when I said I'd do it, and there seemed no reason not to. But, with hindsight, there was no real reason to take them away except our own annoyance and prejudices against them. DD1 got hers at 4.5 months so I don't yet know if Alice will end up with one. DD1's helped her sleep through the night.

quickly. I can spell really

Kiwifruit: Welcome back! Nice to see you on here again!

LoveMyGirls - My DD is 16 weeks and has 7-9oz 4 times a day, although last night she had an extra 5oz at 10pm for some reason. She seems to be chewing her hands constantly, and dribbling a lot, so perhaps she may be getting a bit peckish for something other than milk very soon (have discussed with HV before anyone shoots me lol). Not going to start weaning her just yet, but will wait til she's more unsettled after feeds or whatever.

Just a thought Ladyl check her gums is she teething? it usualy starts with chewing on hands and dribling quite often acompanied by a high pitched cry try bongela or dentinox teething gel and a dose of calpol if it gets too much for her. I would advise against calgel as you can't then give calpol with it. If her sleep becomes disturbed try medised instead of calpol as it contains paracetamol and something else which can make them drowsy.

David has settled back to 6 9oz bottles must of been having a growth spurt he will be 14 weeks on thursday am getting him weighed tomorrow.

DD (nearly4) still has a dummy at night if upset or ill and I don't mind as a dummy does less damage than sucking the thumb.

DD was in her own room at about 8 weeks. David will not be transfering out of out room till he outgrows the crib as he will have to go in with dd and I really want to make sure he is sleeping better before I put them in together as he will disturb her and the last thing I need is to be settling two children down 2-3 times a night.

Immodium not as effective as I had hopped am trying to get an appointment with the gp doubt if there is anything they can do but hey ho it's worth a try.

Welcome back kiwifruit.

Now we just need to hear from all the other absentees. I hope that they are all ok and had a good christmas/new year.

LADYL- jess is 14 weeks and is chewing on her fists constantly and dribbling too i think she is teething and have given her bongella a couple of times this seems to help also she has red cheeks and very slight nappy rash - all symptoms of teething.

i think i have worked out part of the reaosn she wasnt feeding as much i thought she should be and its because the milk was getting cold now if i put the bottle back in the water while im winding her then she takes the other half much better and is now eating almost 6oz almost every feed. (i know your not meant to re heat it but my MIL suggested it and it is actually working so ill carry on for a bit i think anyway its more like keeping it warm rather than re heating.)

Jess lets you wind her half way through a bottle? I am impressed we daren't take davids off him otherwise we would all be deafened. I used to find keeping dd's bottle warm helped as well though.

Naughty mummy allert - david is refusing water so I have been giving him the baby squash but diluting it more than recomended which seems to be doing the trick. Needed to get extra fluids into him as the hungry baby milk is making him constipated poor little mite. If I tried going back to the normal milk I would constantly be feeding him to try and keep him satisfied.

MummyHill you're not naughty we all do whats best for our lo's and i too gave jess diluted fennel juice/ tea she didnt like it so i gave up lol as for the winding her she's a very chilled out baby

can i recommend those doughnut things they sit/ lie in jess absolutly loves her and it keeps her amused for ages (you cannot leave them alone at all though as my MIL knows a baby who died in one because the mum had propped it up with a pillow even though i dont put a pillow in i still wouldnt chance it). ok so now i havent really sold it well have i - but honest she does love it!

Hello!

Rachel has a doughnut play gym thingie but dh still hasn't blown it up - suppose I'll have to do it! But will wait until I've (yes me again) have got the decorations down. Just been told as my blood pressure is low I need to stand up slowly and slow down to avoid dizzy spells - lol - yes right !!! Obviously I have a male doctor (bit down on men today!!!!)

David loves his activity ring too.

Redhelen - I had low blood ressure throughout my pregnancy and quite often had dizzy spells because of it. I was also told to slow down ha ha really practical when you have children around (not)