October 2011 - our happy, chatty babies!

[GroovyRach]

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groovy Yeah costa sounds good.
I remember with Christopher they came outto me at 3
Months to talk about his teeth and weaning, they sign baby up to a dentist C has only been to dentist once though (before he even had teeth as they only do the childsmile stuff on a Friday in my dentist and I always worked a Friday.
I noticed u have put a cpl pics of Sophia @ swimming on FB, did anyone say anything to you at the time? I'd love to get a cpl pics of kids at swimming but was made to feel like a pedophile at soft play when taking pics of Christopher when he was a baby (I didn't realise u weren't allowed cameras at the time) I do think we've taken the whole anti camera thing too far though!

I had my phone in bag that I took to side of pool and hid under my towel. I waited till there was no other kids in the water then took a few quick. The lifeguard guy did see me do it but never said anything. I half expected him to! I wouldnt have done it if any other kids around.

That sounds right, child smile! I knew I hadn't been dreaming it lol

It does make you feel terrible tho doesn't it having to go to those lengths just to get a picture of your own child! I'm sure we are in the background of thousands of photos as children and didn't do us any harm!

We were looking through photos the other night from hols in Egypt when C was a few months old and splashing in the pool and DH did say that it's a shame we'll never get those kind of pictures of mhairi as you can't do that in this country (and we're a bit skint for hols abroad now)

It is bad. Remember back in oct a guy was arrested for taking a photo of his daughter in braehead outside the ice cream bit . It's all gone to far

Arrested?! Completely clueless about this. Can't you take photos in public of your children??!!!

Whoever it was asking, I remember C having a growth spurt at 12 weeks.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15251848

Way to far!

I think it's a disgrace that you can't photograph your own child no problems doing it here in Canada. The UK has just gone way too far if you ask me.

Is it possible lo is growth spurting exactly on the day he turned 12 weeks? Last night he slept till 4am (yay!) but since then has fed every hour. I haven't been back to sleep and its now morning and other 2 will be up shortly. Younger DS came through twice too and needed tucking back into bed. So tired now (yawn).

hey

i have finally caught up on all the news on here, it moves so fast!

i leave J on his playmat to kick around a lot, and previously felt a bit guilty that i should have been interacting with him. glad that i am actually teaching him to play by himself! i do baby massage classes, and want to start something else, but it is really for me to get out of the house rather than for him. i do try to massage him every day, but i dont think he really likes it for long. i am hoping to start swimming lessons in Feb, but they are SO expensive that i haven't paid yet....

my new plan is to get out of the house everyday, even just for a walk. J is v congested and i think the fresh air may be good for him (and will stop me from going stir crazy!).

my new worry is that he is not growing fast enough. he was on the 50th centile, but he is now on the 25th. i hope there is nothing wrong with him. he was 5.13 at 8 weeks and now at 12 weeks is 5.85, so he is putting on weight, but it is very slow.

i am hoping to have a year off (very lucky i know). i only get stat mat pay so it is tough financially but we are coping so far. i dont know if i have a job to go back to, but trying not to think about it yet. i figure i will find something if not my old job

emmazed my DS was a whopping 10lb2 at birth but dropped down to the 25th centile fairly quickly and has stayed there ever since (he is now 3.9). I think it takes a bit of time for them to settle but once they have found their line, they should pretty much keep to it, give or take a bit.

L will be 15 weeks on Monday and is still feeding every 2hrs most of the time. I am trying to get her to feed for longer in the hope that she'll last 3hrs but rarely manage it. I'm sure the others went longer by now but can't remember. When do you think I can expect her to stretch things out a bit?

Sorry, to clarify, this is during the day. She is fine at night so don't want to deprive her in the day and be up more in the night. Just would like the ability to go to the gym, safe in the knowledge that she will be fine with DH or my Mum!

Ow ow bloody ow! Mastitis!!! I'm so sorry I can't remember who had it but how do I get rid?!!! Drs are all closed until Monday! Only time it doesn't hurt is in boiling hot bath! And I mean boiling!!! Word of advice do not mess around with bottle and breast I've been switching and changing to suit me the past three days and it's resulted in horrendous pain!

I wasn't allowed to take pictures of ds at nursery to send to dh who was working abroad!! So stupid!!

Ds' s&l appointment has finding come through! I'm so pleased I'm not reliant on that bloody nursery for the referral paperwork now so can take ds out asap! Still have to get through the bloody lism meeting though!

Sorry for me post - hope everyone's ok!!

Oh no BB3 - if you can, get yourself to an urgent care place, I think it clears up pretty fast with antibiotics. Get well soon.

Oh sympathies it was me last week and I know how horrid it is.

Here's the advice I was given and found helped a bit:

• regular ibuprofen
• pump regularly if you can't bear to feed or if baby won't take it - my milk wouldn't come out at all at first and was a bit green when it started coming back out again - yuck!
• if you can feed, make sure you use the bad breast as much as possible and massage any lumps while the baby is on
• pour hot water into a nappy (retains the heat more than a flannel) and hold it on the boob for 15m before feeding/pumping
• after feeding/pumping, apply something cool
• go braless and don't sleep on your front
• gently hand express and massage any lumps
• get to the Dr early Monday if you can - the anti-biotics kick in really quickly!

Bb3 hand express in a hot bath, it helps the flow. Try see if you can locate the blocked duct to gently massage. Paracetamol to bring fever down. Hope it clears up soon x

Thank you all - fleecy that list is brilliant. I can't take ibuprofen but I'll get on the paracetamol, expressing and nappy front (and all the others) I can feed but by gosh it hurts when they latch! I'm just so bloody cold, I cannot get warm! Our nearest emergency dr at the w/e is 15 miles away in the city so I'm hoping I'll get through tomorrow until to Monday! And it has to be a day dh is the least helpful he can be

BB3 if it gets worse can you call a friend or family member to come over? I've heard it can become like flu, and without your DH you might need some help.

Yes the shivering is unstoppable but I found it was the first thing to improve and that made me feel better in myself. For me it came on around 5pm on the first evening but I wasn't nearly so cold the next morning.

Crashed out in bed in several cardis layered over vests and topped off with dressing gown then woke up sweating in the middle of the night

I really hope you feel better soon.

bb3 hope it gets better soon. i only had it slightly a few weeks ago. just felt mildly ill and had a flushed spot on my left breast,. which i massaged. definately go to the docs monday if it stays the same or gets worse.
a friend of mine had it and the doc told her to do things on that list, without given her anti bi's and she ended up on a drip. (not saying it to scare you, just to say, only rely on the hot baths, massage etc for a couple of days, then its definately time to go to the docs) x

well, i ended up with visitors today anyway mrshend mil and sil called with nephew. is there an abb for nephew- dn maybe?
anyway, she is looking as gorgeous as ever considering she has had all her treatment. but she is in a right state emotionally and not cos of the cancer. brief back story- mil called before xmas, and told us a story that sil and her bf were having problems. it was implied that he'd hit her but couldnt be 100%. i blow a casket for a minute and then burst into tears. how could someone do that?
anyway decided to ask her today and she said no. but i could tell by her face she was lying, so i said as such. i know it might seem wrong to have done so, but shoot me. she is 19 years old, and ive been through it. i dont know what i was expecting,. but she burst into tears and i wasnt expecting that.
i assumed it had just happened and probably only once maybe twice, but she has all the traits of a battered wife. she ended up pouring her heart out. with me just hugging her. he's ground her down that bad, that she doesnt know if she is coming or going, or which way is up.
she cant go on fb, he checks her phone, makes friends of hers feel unwelcome.
belittles her. and you should see her. she is really beautiful and he is batting well out of his league. i told her thats why he does it, insecurity. thankfully she is staying at mil for now, but they are always breaking up. i hope she listened today to my hard bitch anthem and stays away from him. makes me sooooo angry and extremely upset at the same time.

Hope you feel better bb3

Last night A slept in his cot for the first time in his own room! It went OK, he woke up distressed once then for his regular 4.30 feed so it went well - since he started thrashing his limbs more DH and I were hardly getting any sleep. I did wake up from a bad seperation dream though having a bit of a freak out!

Oh and somehow managed to get his poo on my forehead yesterday. Classy.

Bb3, careful with the fever, you might think you are cold but over wrapping etc will only raise your temperature and worsen the fever. Strip off those blankets!

bb3 Hope you're feeling better. No further advice, but agree about making sure someone is around if needed, it can get like flu, I couldn't do anything but curl up in bed, shiver, sweat and sleep the first time I had it.

penelope Hmm poo on forehead, Nice! How long did it take you to realise it was there? :o These babies are great aren't they

Poor SIL sassy I hope she takes your advice.

Totally agree about the photography stuff. It's beyond silly. DD's nativity was filmed so that people who couldn't make it can go and watch the video in school. We're hoping everyone agrees that copies can be done for family members.

I'm on the hunt for a new car. :( They've written mine off. The damage didn't look too bad on the outside, but the garage say it must have been hit on the side and the front struts have been knocked about a foot from where they should be. Mine was a Toyota Corolla, which they don't make now, and I'm not a huge fan of the Auris which is a replacement. So I'm on the look out for a cheap to insure car with a big boot for when we go camping. I went looking today with my dad, and I think we'll go to a carcraft type place tomorrow to see what other cars might be suitable. I don't do cars. They're just a good way to get around, and they're nicer in red... it must also have somewhere to plug my ipod in.

BB3 hope you're feeling better really soon.
pene yay for A, Eli moved into his own room at new year and he's sleeping better (was way too big for Moses basket) and so are we. I still panic and have to check him a lot though.
Sassy sorry to hear about your SIL poor girl what a lot to deal with. I hope talking it through with you might have made her see how he's manipulating her. Does your DH know?

sassy for your SIL. I really hope she can take your advice. Also sad for you that you've been through it.

BB3 I hope you feel improvement soon. I had mild mastitis once, not pleasant at all.

bilblio sorry to hear about your car.

DD2 is currently dream-feeding She generally goes down around midnight, i've tried putting her down earlier but it has always resulted in screams and I've discovered it's less stressful (for the time being) to go with her flow (that's in comparison to DD1 when i was always trying to impose a routine). Tonight she went off in her bouncy chair at 8pm and has slept solidly since. I'm crossing every finger that this means I can finally start going to bed before midnight.