Feb 2011- food food glorious food, all over the walls and some in their tummies!

[debka]

Ok bit lame but started a nice new thread cos I put the 1000th post on the last one!

X post jane- hello!!

Hi debka! Hope you and the girls are well.

yes deb i have been saying that about gb,i wonder if hes trying to look like cowell as he sat a bit erect didnt he I think hes a bit knobbish in it tbh a bit omnipitent iyswim?

reastie yep massive sleep issues with the pmt,lay there all night sometimes,i would take some sleepers but D may wake up.Try aromatherapy tho i find it great for hormone stuff.I am waiting for mine to come on to see if the prozac had cured that too,so far so good.

Ive been to baby group this morning,Dilly is a pain cos is obsessed with the other babies and wants to crawl on them.
Annoying colleague was there looking really fat and frumpy,i had full make up and i nice dress and boots (not on purpose of course )
She is a prize bitch,she asked how my grandson was in a loud voice just after the other Mums had been shocked at my age and number of kids,she then asked about me going back to work and i said no point till after xmas and Dillys op,she said "any excuse you said that about your ma leave" I didnt need to say anything tho cos she made herself look like aprize beeeeeeeatch.

Dilly is 18lb 2oz and will not be put down today,at all.She is like a bloody limpit.

Feel annoyed now,will see her and the other group this avo,i may make some cutting remark about what she is going to do about her baby weight Yay ledkrs back to full form woooo.

Hi ladies,

Good to hear everybody's updates. Sorry for those with nasty monthlies.

Ledkr glad you're feeling better, although you've made me feel a bit as I was in the horrid depths of the depths a few months ago, and now I'm much better, but wondering if I'm still not 'right'. I have made so much progress (never did take the meds tho), but reading what you put has kind of made me wonder if I've forgotten what I could feel like, and am I just 'making do' because I am not as bad as I was? Sorry that's a ridiculous and pointless thing to say as I know nobody can answer that for me, it's just something I am mulling over after reading your post.

reastie boo for monthlies and yay for work visit and looking forward to being someone else as well as Mummy.

Ponyo don't feel bad for saying you're looking forward to going back to work. I am still really enjoying it, and finding the balance is great. I look forward to the times I get with C, and DH and I are doing actual stuff on the weekends, and we're all enjoying it. We used to have me wanting to just hand C over ('your turn'), yet being unable to approve of his doing things 'wrong', him trying too hard to do everything yet being unable to as he didn't 'know' C as well as me (as in every little pecadillo of how to get her to sleep in the day etc.), and both of us resenting that the weekend wasn't a rest. Now, everything is just easier, we all enjoy our time together more, and there's so much less pressure (some people said there would be more, as in the weekend 'has to' be great), but it doesn't feel like that. I got better as mat leave went on as I think one of my issues was the enormous stretch of time ahead of me. Anyway, don't feel bad for saying that, it's what I went through, and has been borne out by my return to work.

I've just read what I wrote to Ledkr (I may still be depressed) juxtapositioned with what I wrote to Ponyo (everything is fabby) and realised I sound like either a liar or a loon. I am (hopefully) neither. I think, things are much better and going back to work has massively helped, but I'm not 100% sure I am 100% myself 100% of the time yet. There, is that a bit more sensical?

On a separate note, we have had a lovely weekend, out for lunch Saturday (C slept in the buggy for 2 whole hours in noisy Pizza Express - my neck was hurting from keeping dipping my head under the hood to check if she really was still asleep), and visit to my friend C's Godmother yesterday. You'll all no doubt be pleased to know that C's bowels are back to normal (hooray!) but she still has a head full of snot which is waking her up most days. We're going on holiday a week today tho, so she's got to be better by then.

Dx

Hello!

Lots to catch up on so am going to be weak and not reply to everyone. I'm finally on the mend (AF got me in the middle of my flu too!) but still have a rancid headache. I'm assuming it's sinus pain as when I bend down to pick R up it's terrible. R's all snotty and snuffly now which is part cute and part a pain in the ass. She threw up some lunch earlier and it was ALL snot. Minging!

R is into everything. She can crawl, climb the one stair out of our bathroom and pull herself up to standing on anything which comes to hand (usually the sofa, but occasionally something random). Can one of you old timers please tell me it gets easier please? I actually think this stage is as relentless as the newborn stage. I'm almost glad she'll be off to nursery soon!

choc glad you're on the mend and at the crawling action. I am dreading Alice crawling as it's going to be such hard work. Is it just baby byron ledkr and choc that are crawling or are there others too?

delia I completely know what you mean with the happy and sad contradictions and to c sleeping in pizza express

ledkr at annoying colleague. Is she at both of your baby groups?

deb maybe the barlow has to sit so straight as he's secretly wearing spanx for men which means he can't slouch (I have way too much time to think about these things)

Hello all, am typing quickly and quietly whilst dd is asleep in her pram

delia I could hug you for your post, really, all of it (aparts from C's bowels ) It all made sense to me, I thought the same when I read ledkrs post - just a bit unsure if I'm as 'good' as I can be - and I loved hearing about your work and how much you're enjoying your days with C now. I have found the huge stretch of time on mat leave a bit daunting but then feel guilty b'cos 9 months isn't actually that long is it?! And yes the juxtaposition made complete sense to me too Have a un-mn like (((hug))) and a thank you :)

ledkr fat colleague does sound like a cow, its funny how you can just leave people like that to talk themselves into sounding like the bitches they are How are you feeling about D's op now? Oh and I;m back at work begninning of Nov btw.

choco hope you feel better soon. dd isn't even crawling yet, just rolling and I'm finding it hard! I miss the days when I could just put her down on her rug and she's stay put

reastie at gary and his spanx, he loked v orange as well I thought, bit too much fake tan.

Did I read on here that lots of poos might be related to teething?? dd has done FOUR poos today this is unheard of, she's also been having great big sleeps instead of her usual 30 mins on the dot. Because of this I've got loads done today

Ponyo am now, but glad it helped. And 9 months (or for me only 6) might not be long in the general scheme of things, but it's an age when you have little else to occupy yourself, and when each day feels like a week (don't mean it was like that all the time, just that it was some of the time).

C did have the teeth/poo thing going on as well.

D

Don't be ! Sometimes it helps to know other people feel the same.

Well people I think I have a poorly baby, she's either been asleep or crying and just generally pathetic poor thing, feels quite hot too. Please someone reassure me that if shes asleep now she'll sleep tonight!

Just came to say have added some new piccies and share with you a gem dh came out with yesterday. After less than an hour of playing with Alice he announced 'do you ever get bored looking after her/frustrated at not being able to do anything?' - couldn't believe he had had enough after less than an hour

oh. and forgot to ask - those bfing would you mind telling me what times (ish) you do your bf/solid feeds? I know we did something similar recently but these things change I'm just wondering if I feed Alice too often and how I go about dropping feeds/which feeds to stop first.

Boo to poorly babies ponyo R has been dosed up on Calpol at nights all weekend along with the saline spray and menthol plug in thing.

reastie Can't help re the comparison with a BF'er but R has gone down to 3 bottles in the last few days. One at breakfast, one about 2pm before her nap and one at bedtime.

Does anyone else have a DP who is always home late? I'm going mad with DP constantly coming home after 7pm. He's only just text to say he's leaving and he has at least an hour commute to get home. I'm starting to worry about life when I'm back at work, at this rate I'll be working full time and doing all of the childcare.

Well I'm sitting here with a damn baby at my feet playing . I let her have a late nap and she wouldn't go to bed. This is a first for her. I gave her calpol and I'll just wait it out till she's yawning. I'm esp annoyed cos I'm meant to be off out to my sister's.

reastie S has a good feed when she gets up, then breakfast about an hour or so later. Then I'll offer after her first sleep but she normally refuses. Then lunch about 12. She will normally have a good feed after her lunchtime nap. If she doesn't she'll have a bit then and a bit after her afternoon nap. I also offer after the afternoon nap, she may have some. Then tea about 6, bed at 7-7.30 when she will probably refuse another feed! So- 2 good feeds or 1 good and 2 small feeds a day. However at this age Imy had one after every nap, and one before bed.

choc boo to DP working late, does he HAVE to or is he just a bit disorganised? Mine is here all the time. (this is not always a good thing).

We also have much poo. No teeth though...

deliaskis and ponyo I'd be busting to get back to work if I liked my job better I know once I'm back it'll be no bother at all. I went back Mon-Fri morn for 5 hours when Sofia was just under 5 months and it was great, for various reasons, the main one being Mr Ws job I didn't go back after Olivia but [whisper] I put them both into Sofias creche for 2 mornings a week for a while! I just want to get the first few weeks over me with work so I can figure out who has Anna when

ponyo Hope A is feeling better, Sofia always pooed and slept loads when she teethed.

chocoroo I always found these few months quite difficult, sorry, although the babies are funny with their noises and smiles etc, the constant moving was a bit of a headache

Sympathies re dps hours, I was lucky that I only worked part-time with the girls. Although last night Mr W was due home at 2.00am and got home at 6.30am, he couldn't ring during the night to say he was going to be so late but I woke up at about 3.30am and realised he wasn't back and for the first time ever instead of just turning over and going back to sleep I lay awake imagining the worst - so am knackered and was a bit teary shouty when he came in .

reastie A has about 4.5 bottles a day incl the one through the night at the minute. Up at 6.30am - bottle, 7ish - breakfast, 10ish - snack, 11.30ish - lunch, 2.00pm - bottle, 3.30pm - dinner, late afternoon snack, bottle then bed, and another bottle somewhere in the night. But I don't stick to any of these in stone. Some days she wants more bottles and other days she could just eat and eat, bit like me

Fab photos by the way, A is just gorgeous. I love the leggings .

waves to debka cross posted - we have no teeth either

Baby in bed at last- that taught me not to bother with a late nap! Won't get to my sister's now though, I'm gutted :(

wiggles when DH was working on our house in Slovenia one day he was late home and he didn't call or answer his phone- I was going spare because he was all on his own with various big scary power tools and driving back along with seriously crazy Slovene drivers (worse than the Italians). When he finally got home I was also a bit shouty and teary!

reastie forgot to say Alice looks GORGEOUS and so clever standing up! (did notice the hands just in case!)

S has loads of dresses from Imy and hasn't worn a single one. They just seem so uncomfortable- babygrows, leggings and vests here. Imogen on the other hand has been modelling the 2 top (one on back to front with the buttons which are meant to do up at the back worn open at the front), knickers but no trousers and wellies look today. Her fave combo however has to be the knickers, apron, hat and wellies though. And yes Imy, I do have pics and they WILL come out at your wedding

Loving the new pic reastie, Alice is so beautiful!

debka Imy's dress sense sounds fab!

Hope all the ill babies feel better soon.

Alright all,ive read up aqnd tried to remember but its gone already.
choc i am also finding it all a bit relentless stopping her going where she shouldnt,she has also got clingy and cries when i put her down so i was unsure what to do for a large part of the day and also thinking of work.
delias and ponyo sorry if i got you thinking.I feel like i was just making do,i wasnt crying all the time or anything i was just anxious,irritated,lacked motivation,self isolated and unhappy with my life. I feel as if im living again now it so weird.I trained as a pschi nurse and can assure you that anti depressants are nothing to fear.You can do inventorys online, Edinborough or becks are good ones.

reastie Thats why i think dh is a fab Dad,cos i went to Paris when she was only 4 months.

deb I had that the other day,she had her bedtime feed and then wiggled off my lap for a mooch around the floor.She went to bed about 10 but she slept on so fingers crossed.

wiggs When dh was on the beat,he was always late home but one night like you,i woke and he was mega late. I was convinced something was wrong and had that gnawing feeling in my stomach.I get peeing with nerves and had a sneaky fag out of the bathroom window.It seemed so long,i couldnt get an answer from his mobile either. It turned out some idiot was holding his gf hostage and they had all been kept on. He was assaulted badly once too in a street brawl.It was awfull to see his face all bruised,i felt sooo angry i could have killed someone,hes such a good and fair copper,not like some of them.

Can i claim the bad mother of the week award please?
Yesterday she had her first taste of mcds,she sat in a highchair and stuffed her face with chips.
Today she refused all offers of food and then Ella gave her some chips which she ate with gusto.I did follow it up with fruit and yogurt tho.

thank you much, of course I agree that she is utterly gorgeous, but then I would

thanks also for the feeding schedule. wiggles annas midmorning 'snack' - what do you give her? I think I will have to make more of an effort to drop feeds as I am still bfing her after every meal of solids. I give her a feed first thing, one mid morning (at least, sometimes twice as it settles her for her morning nap), one after lunch, one mid afternoon (and sometimes another to settle her for afternoon nap), one after tea, one before bed and a dream feed at night. That adds up to a minimum of 7

deb love the dress sense of Imy

jane did that pink ladies jacket ever arrive? You're going to have to find some use for it you know (your hen party perhaps)

ledkr Anna had some chips at my Mums a few weeks ago , I had to prise the last few out of her hands, she had them gripped tightly to her chest the way some babies grip their blankies

See now I feel really bad because when A cries during the day if I put her down, I just crouch beside her for a few minutes, get her a few more toys and leave her to it and if I need to do something upstairs I just bring her with me and stick her in the corner with some bits and pieces. I can't leave her crying at all at night but have no bother doing it during the day at all

jane is it pissing it down in sunny old Glasgow It has rained from about 3am and not stopped all day here

reastie After all this time, I thought we were friends etc etc. I can't see your photos! I'm sure I've seen others though, are you trying to tell me something?!

Thanks for the sympathies ladies. Think I'm just having one of those weeks days. DP finally got home at 8, saying he hadn't realised the time. I've told him he can't be trusted to pick R up from nursery so I'll be forced to do it.

Off to bed now, my head still feels like I've drunk 8 bottles of dry White.

reastie I give Anna some breadsticks with a bit of peanut butter, soft cheese, she loves breadsticks dipped in yogurt as well or a bit of apple and cucumber and grated cheese.

debka Olivias favourite outfit for a while was wellies or a pair of M&S "uggs" and a pair of knickers that's it, as I said before she channels Britney Spears quite a bit

wiggs I do just the same with S, except the crouching down bit, she gets them kicked across the floor to her

ledkr you mean you don't make notes

choc sleep well.

choc I've added you , I think I forgot to add your name change (which clearly is no excuse as this was yonks ago)