Jan 2012 - Higgs Boson Gang pt1

[Oeisha]

Link to antenatal thread for convenience

Not a very good title, but it will suffice 'til we fill this one in record time!

Congratulations to all that have popped so far!

shonno-i could have written your post about jago word for word-hes pickled in spots and because he's been on infacol he's no longer evening colicky but now daytime sicky.

he also had cradle cap on his forhead but i got rid of it by rubbing him in kamillosan then buffing all the sking off with a dry mussie cloth.

Ds had really dry skin all over and so was dipped in olive oil on a daily basis. Apart from his feet his skin is fine now. On reflection i think its got worse since we stopped the olive oil. Will try again.

Can they just suddenly get reflux?
We've not had a problem with cradle cap so far fx

ha ha just re read my post-so much for one handed typing :) wtf is sking :)

Haha I hadn't noticed!

Sometimes cotton wool can cause a reaction due to the chemicals used to grow it. I use damp flannels to wash baby cakes' face and then a thin layer of olive oil with lavender oil in. it's much improved.

shonnon could allergies be to blame? DD is a lot less sick now that I've cut dairy from my diet.
knittykitty our second trip to osteo yesterday and it's like we have a different baby. She's gone from screaming for hours each night to pretty much 100 percent content. Fingers x that it lasts, and for you too. Interesting about dummy, didn't know that.

sno I asked my HV and doc about spots. They said it would happen with my oestrogen cycle...and so far formula feeding does seem to have reduced it a bit, so if baby's getting breast milk in any form it could be this causing the spots...
Was told to not bother threating them. The risk of causing an allergy by exposing her skin to anything was apparently worth having a spotty baby. BUT they did suggest mild olive oil if we did want to cleanse...but follow with a water wash too, as you don't want an oiled-up baby slipping about allover the place. Also using cotton/fleece wipes on baby rather than cotton wool...so maybe that's helping too.

Mentally, I'm not good, but OK. It helps that I've had lots of people round me to push the mental aside. DH is giong away Monday however, so we'll see how badly I melt down then. Hopefully I'll be ok.

DOH! sho even...

Osteo's sound like magic people!

Ds has been exclusively ff for over 3weeks now so oestrogen levels won't be a factor. Will step away from the cotton wool. Dp agrees with that the spots have got worse since the olive oil was stopped, so will see how he goes through the weekend.
Thanks ladies x

The teatime feed was spewless woohoo! That's the first in 2days. Hopefully its just been a phase/bug. But not counting my chickens just yet.

Hello ladies
Re the spots. I had been leaving DD's and just washing in plain water. The health visitor said that it felt very dry and that I should consider treating it. She also said that water alone has drying qualities and to cleanse with a small amunt of soap like stuff. She suggested treating the spots with sudecrem and the dryness with e45. I covered her face in sudecrem for the nightime and they do look better this morning. I'm about to use the e45 after her top and tail this morning.
I will let you know the results. My older DC's who I never breastfed didn't get any spots at all so I reckon you are onto something with the hormones link.

Worm, that's interesting! DD's milk rash is very dry at the moment too and as an eczema sufferer I'm having a bit of a flap that she may have eczema too (however much I know rationally that it's not!)

Please don't use soap - it's so drying for skin. I will be trying a bundle of oats in a muslin in her next bath and will look to see if Aveeno is suitable for babies - it's an oat based moisturiser which is bliss for dry skin and doesn't aggravate eczema.

Maybe I'll try olive oil again in the immediate future as that helped with her overdue-baby lizard-skin!

OK, so as Snufflix is exclusively FF I'm thinking of switching bottles. She's been on the medela BF ones with slow flow teats...
...what are other brands are FFers using?
She's fairly consistently taking 120-150ml per feed, so I'm guessing I don't want them too small.

I've been bathing Thea in Oilatum, then using olive oil- it's really sorted out the dry patches.

Anyone want any medela freezer bags for expressing? I have 2 boxes of 150ml ones.

Hi oeisha, I'd love to claim a box if that's ok!

Oeisha I'd love to claim the second box if it is still available, although I realise it might already be snapped up! Hope today's an ok day. Do you have help/support for when DH goes away?? Hope so.

Of course ladies. PM me your details and I'll send them to you!

I have my MIL just down the road for Monday. Keeping the crazy at bay is'nt easy, but DH has been brill so far this weekend, allowing me to get plenty of sleep etc. so hopefully I'll be ok.
Still not gtreat mind you. Still got the full set of mental happening. Just wish someone would take Snufflix away where she'd be loved and safe (not that I think I'd do anything to her, but I do worry I'm missing stuff and she's suffering).

Oeisha I hope you are ok whilst DH is away. I'm sure you are doing a great job.

I'm feeling a bit emotional about the fact I won't have another pregnancy and that my last pregnancy was so bad. I'm so so happy with the two beautiful children I have. However I feel a bit sad knowing I will never do it again. My pregnancy was awful, hospitalised for Hyperemesis, PGP that meant I was signed off for most of pregnancy and had to finish at 29 weeks, couldn't give DD attention she needed. Please don't judge but it was so bad if I got pregnant by accident I think I would have to have an abortion. I think I feel sad that I won't ever have a lovely glowing pregnancy and the choice not to have any more is not mine (even though we are happy with two). Does this make any sense??

frilly I feel the same about falling pregnant right now, so don't feel awful. I really can't do all this again...but yes, my pregnancy wasn't hideous, but wasn't great, but I also don't want Snufflix to be an only child...but she'll be fine, so yes, what your saying makes total sense.

Oh! For those ladies wanting to up their supply of milk, the drugs I was thinking of were domperidone and metoclopramide.
Have a look at this leaflet. www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/pdfs/Breastfeeding_and_Medication_FAQs_March_2009.pdf
Looks like a very useful site for bf mums who need meds...

Hi ladies, haven't been on here for soooo long (prob about 2 weeks but feels like longer haha)

Can someone add me to the Facebook thing, my RL name is Jules Wass, think I'll be better keeping up with everything that way!!

I want my little baby to stay this size forever...AIBU to just want to eat him up...I was never maternal before and now he's here I just keep looking at him and thinking "I can't believe you're mine". He's started smiling now and I just want to melt!

salad I have sent you an FB friend request-ad me then I can add you to the group xx

oeisha no need to feel guilty even if Abi turns out to be an only child. I'm an only child and it's not an issue it's likely that Thea will be as well - I'll be 44 in a couple of weeks and I think trying for another might be chancing my arm. A lot of people I know with siblings aren't that close to them as adults anyway so unless you are lucky to have a close knit family I'm not sure it makes much difference in the long run.

Thanks fish

seven hours uninterrupted sleep

Ergh, DH is away tonight, and today started ok, but we've just had an impromptu am poomageddon incident (she previously has only really pooed PM), to be followed 3 mins later by vommiting allover herself and me...full changes all round...
Now she's cat-napping...5mins asleep, followed by squeaking and wriggling and hyena noises...
At least we slept well.
Now, just need to work out if the fire brigade got the wrong day for my home assessment...they were supposed to be here yesterday.