December 2011 - Worp speed 5 to sleeping and smiling

[BeeMyBaby]

FairyBayleaf DC1 EDD 6th Dec BORN 29th Sept Albert Elwyn 2lb 14oz
Tjuice DC2 EDD 21st November BORN 7th Nov Amaya Rose 3kg
Sevensevenseven DC2 EDD 20th Dec 25yo Southwold BORN 21st Nov Eva Rose 5lb 4oz
Girlwiththemouseyhair DC2 EDD 24th Nov Maggie Juliet BORN 25th Nov 8lb 9oz
YBR DC1 EDD 22nd Dec BORN 25th Nov (girl) 6lb 3.5oz
LittleBlueBoat(Cheeptrick) DC2 EDD 5th Dec 29yo S.Yorkshire BORN 26th Nov Hope Brynn Frances 8lb 9oz
Kri5ty DC1 EDD 13th Dec 26yo Manchester Boy BORN 29th Nov Saul Harrison 6lb 13oz
LauraSmurf DC1 EDD 3rd December Girl BORN 30th Nov
BeeMyBaby DC2 EDD 29th November 25yo Scotland BORN 1st Dec Safia Hawwa 7lb6oz
SoTiredOfTheWheelsOnTheBus DC2 EDD 7th December BORN 1st December Boy 8lbs5oz
Iggly DC2 EDD 2nd December South London BORN 2nd Dec (Girl) 8lb 1oz
Girlsyearapart DC4 EDD 6th December BORN 3rd Dec (Boy) 7lb 7oz
HoneyLovesCake DC1 EDD 2nd December Cornwall BORN 6th Dec Rocco Kaleb 8lb 14oz
Mmmmcheese DC2 EDD 25th December 32yo BORN 7th Dec (Girl) 7lb8oz
Itsybitsy08 DC2 EDD 6th December Boy BORN 9th Dec Kieran 8lb4oz
Msbuggywinkle DC3 EDD 13th December 27yo BORN 10th Dec Miranda 8lb6oz
OiMissus DC1 2 December, 39yo, Horwich, Bolton BORN 10th Dec (Boy) Alistair Jude 9lbs
jigglebum BORN 11 Dec Freya 7lbs
Pludophtherednosedreindeer (plupervert): DC2 EDD Dec 10 (Kent) BORN 12 Dec Helena 8lb 6oz (3.8kg)
NorthernChinchilla- EDD 19th December, BORN 12th Dec, Boy, 7lb 7oz
Jomouse DC1 EDD 2nd December 35yo London BORN 14 Dec (Girl) 5lb 8oz
Tyelperion DC1 EDD 3rd December 27yo Windsor BORN 14 Dec (boy) 9lb 8oz
KateM77: DC2 EDD Dec 10 34yo BORN 16 Dec Daniel James 8lb 6oz
BennyBenBear DC1 EDD 5th December Manchester/Bolton BORN 18 Dec Oliver Stephen Bolton 8lb 9oz
Kiteflying DC2 EDD 7 December 44yo Australia BORN 18 December (Girl) Lulu 8lb 14 oz
mopsytop DC1 EDD 25th December BORN 19 Dec 6lbs 11oz
AWomanCalledHorse DC1 EDD 22nd December BORN 21st December 7lbs 6oz (Boy)
Figgygal DC1 EDD 12 December 30yo Bath BORN 22 Dec Daniel James McMillan 9lb 4oz
Kitty5824 DC1 EDD 21st December 33 yo Manchester - Don't know BORN 23rd Dec, Boy, 7lb 14oz, Sebastian John
Aethelfleda DC3 EDD 27th December London BORN 3rd January, Albert Thomas William 8lb 10 oz
hawthers DC2 EDD 22nd December London 33yo BORN 28 December 7lb 4oz (boy)
LittleMissFlustered DC3 31st December BORN 6 Jan (boy)
hopeful1 BORN 6 Jan Noa Francie Kate 10lb 3oz
MissRee BORN 12 Jan 12 Freya Violet 7lb 7oz

Northern at your description made me chuckle!

Relativly quiet Sunday here tbh. Just playing Lego Harry potter on the Xbox whilst Darcie is playing In her room & Sky is sleeping.

Sorry for the running post this morning.

Wow what a weekend we had!

So my sis for got her phone we waited 2 hours for them and then give up and went shopping then we get a call from my Dad saying there are at the meeting point. We go back and the kids spend an hour in the playarea and we have food and a coffee. My mum and sister did not look at one single shop the whole time! So i give then my house number to call me from a payphone today. They call i told them where to meet us and they said no we cant find that so i said fine have a nice day and a good journey back and i will post the cards. then they call back saying that they will meet us after all but their train leaves in 2 hours. no way could i get everyone ready and get the the place and for it to be worth it in 2 hours so we meet at train station and we had a coffee and waved them off.

We then get a call 2 hours later from my Dad (73 years old, who is at home alone) saying that the front door lock had broken and he had to get my xbrother, my other sister and her eldest son to try to get in the house. After 3 hours of trying my eldest sister remembered she had spare keys to the back door and let my dad in. At this point i'm PMSL and my Dad got upset with me and hung up on me

So very eventfull.

My DH hates when they involves us in anything lol

Back later baby crying!

The main fouce for me this week is:

1. cream hope up to help the eczema

2. start potty training Air - we went to primart and got joggers and normal pants and a new duck potty and some choclate. We are starting tomoro. I was told to sock the pants and bottoms before washing but i didn't know in what so i thought i would ask about the reuesable nappies and treat it like them.

The coffee question was because i have had 8 normal coffee since friday and normaly i only have one per day

Whoops for your eldest sister air, glad they got back in eventually.

Kri5ty, I wish there were something I could advise as we have the same problem. DS sleeps around 12 hours over the night like your LO (albeit at later hours because he's sleeping with me- we'll pull it forward when he moves to his cot) but if he has one 1-2 hour sleep in the day I'm amazed/delighted. And he looks knackered, but only naps.
The joys of baby-led lifestyles !

Still, now he's 6 weeks I'm going to aim to get him out in the pram once a day, for the benefit of us both, and also keep on with the sling of tranquility.

airif you're thinking about washing mucky/wee'd clothes rather than nappies just get a box of Napisan from Tescos (costs about £1.80). If he poos his pants and it's an absolute stinker, bag and bin the pants: otherwise scrape off solid poo down the loo (or hold and flush) then put it in a bucket pr washimgup bowl (so you're not carrying dripping trousers through the house) and take it to sticl in the washer with a heaped spoon of napisan plus half your regular powder, at 60 degrees if its pooey or 40 degrees if its just we. There's really no need to soak.

Seconding the buying of cheap pants/knickers and sacrificing the truly manky ones. If Air is ready it will be a relatively poo free endeavour, and small child pee isn't that bad to deal with:)

Good luck with the potty training air! really not looking forward to that!

Feel exhausted. Minimopsy has seemed to want to feed all day, doing her feed sleep cry routine at least. She's been very grizzly though. She is not burping much even though I try and try to wind her and sicks it up when i put her down to change her ... No idea how to improve this as am trying all the winding positionsbi can think of! Anyone else have this problem or any advice? I wish I knew why she was crying, if it is hunger, wind or sth else. She is not hot and doesn't seem ill. It's hard when you can't read what they're trying to communicate isn't it!

Hope you've all had nice weekends. Back on night shift now as husband has work tomo so off to catch a few hours sleep before we swap over at midnight!

LO not settling this evening. he's tired but fighting it. Poor thing.
northern it was me who had the cs but said sex was problematic and it felt weird downstairs. Today I went to aquanatal for the 1st time since the birth. She emphasised the importance of pelvic floor exercises - so it must be normal for it to be affected. And boy did the water feel weird when doing squats. Not particularly pleasant!
I had 1/2 bottle of wine last night, it didn't seem to upset LO at all or change the routine. But thanks for the info msb (although I preferred northern's received advice!), I'll be good. And I'll start expressing and freezing perhaps for bad nights.
DH will be staying away tomorrow night again, and may be away on Monday night too - after last week's adventure, I may go and stay at my parent's.

Good luck air
mopsy - Alistair is the same. I'll feed, wind, keep him upright for a little while, but you can bet the next time he's horizontal he'll start spitting up. Not always. He doesn't always burp.

Interesting morning - DH and I were helping lead a church service so there early with sleeping BabyYBR to set up. BabyYBR decides she wants feeding just as the service started (not unexpected) so I start feeding her while DH is leading the music. With a slick change over DH takes over when I get up to preach, and she's all calm and contented when we swap back. No screaming, just some quiet chattering. I'm sure we looked all sorted and competent, which is not really the case!
And she behaved really well during the post-service pass-the-parcel. "Is she always this well behaved?" we were asked. "Always in company"

I have been feeding for two and a half hours. He is clean, dry, burped and warm. He will not stop crying when he comes off the boob. I am red raw and must surely be out of milk by now. If I knew where my passport was I'd be leaving the country for half an hour >_

Right, nobody make a sound, my post shamed him into going down!

Good luck with the potty training Air I'm planning to do the same with DD soon. I've bought potty, comfy seat, cheap tracksuit bottoms and leggings that she can easily pull off, training pants and big girl pants, and a car seat protector pad. Just working up the courage to start now. My main concern is that because of the bowel problems she had, she now poo's several times a day. Hoping that potty training might help stop that, but expecting a lot of accidents along the way.

LMF I feel your pain. DS is very similar today. He's been feeding 2 hourly through the day, and pretty constantly all evening. He screams when off the boob, and the only times he's slept today are briefly in the carrier or when cuddled up - he even stayed awake in the car! I'm a little concerned about him actually. He did a big poo explosion yesterday afternoon at about 3.30, but we've had nothing since, which seems very odd to me for a breastfed baby. Also, he was hugely sick all over me at 5am. It was 2 hours after a feed so not posseting and smelt like proper sick IYSWIM. He doesn't have a temperature, the puking was a one-off and he's had plenty of wet nappies, so I assume he's OK but can't help feeling a little worried. He's been a bit snotty so I'm not sure if it was phleghm that caused the puking? Any advice or reassurance gratefully received

x-post LMF I hope I didn't wake him!

lmf hope he settles soon!

Good luck with the potty training air.

Uneventful weekend here. I was feeling rather proud of myself earlier as I managed to get the important jobs done then we went to the shop, then I realised how pathetic it was to feel like that was an achievement, what have I become? From now on I'm going to make more of an effort to get out more, I realised I spent £35 on a pram suit that Eva has worn 3 times and now outgrown .

I meant to ring the drs on Friday and request a prescription for some more formula but with DH being stressed out and Eva screaming I completely forgot. I need to phone first thing in the morning and grovel for some more ASAP. Eva has her first jabs on Wednesday and it's my friends birthday this week so a few of us are going out for dinner next weekend, it'll be the first time I'm away from Eva for longer than 15 minutes.

Anyone else have any plans for this week?

Right, so it's pelvic floor exercises all the way for us then Oi... I'm going to be starting my little exercise routine (when I can) next week, which will include them. I was pretty good about doing them pre-birth, so hopefully will get back on track.
I will also warn OH big time

That sounds marvellous YBR, it's little things like this that give us confidence. At least if we can present a competent view to the outside world, it's a good start! I'm sure you're doing an excellent job in private too.
I personally am widdling myself in terror at having to take LO to view a nursery tomorrow on my own, and then the Doctor's on Tuesday and another nursery on Thursday...so Seven, that is a huge achievement, be proud, and I am jealous!

The constant feeding and raw nipples is something that was magically absent from all the bf advice I received too LMF, and it's crap. I hope you get through it and that DS stays settled.

Plans for this week: read manual for shiny new car so I actually know how all the bells and whistles work. BF baby (repeat x lots). Shine up knuckledusters for a weigh-in showdown with the midwife tomorrow (calm though, it will be a different and hopefully nicer one). Tidy house. Recover will to live from down the back of the sofa. Drink big heap plenty tea.

Did I forget anything??

You forgot cake...

small boy still sleeping, big boy currently asleep propped up on my side as his asthma has been irritated by a chest infection that has appeared out of nowhere:( Took me half an hour to calm him down and stop him hyperventilating:(

Big boy now dozing. I sodding hate asthma. I wish I could have had the attack for him, I know how to handle it and breathe through it. He was panicking and upset:( Doctors first thing, see if it is a chest infection causing the irritation:(

Totally fucking livid

H demoted to FH.

Seem to be living in parallel universes with alternate realities. Can't point this out without a 40 minute whispered argument at 3am.

He's gone up to the spare room to 'get some sleep' while I get ds2 fed and back to sleep. Twat is pissy because it took him some time to get ds2 to sleep at 11 and he didn't take kindly to me pointing out that it was him that woke him up.

More to rant but frankly am sure you don't want to know the ons and outs of why i'm right

Getting out is an achievement. Getting out not in slippers/not with boob showing/in non-sicked-upon clothes deserves a gold star.
My main aims for the week:

1. Retain sanity and health without DH

B. Deploy goldfish rescue plan ( not recovered since house move) Iii. Tidy the house

1. Bf lots and if poss start expressing back up bottles/bags for poorly/absent/wine-fueled times.
2. Go swimming withLO to "puddleducks" on Thursday
3. Pelvic floors. Squeeze!

Aims of week

1 not bludgeon husband to death in his sleep with blunt object
2 not get divorced
3 not argue with said dead/ex husband (pah)
4 not get pummeled by young angry ds1 in his phase of 'no likely mummy'
5 not cry every day

Hmm loving my life looking at that list.

((((hug)))) for Hawthers

how frustrating for you: rant away, tis what we're here for. Resist violence on FJ: it's not worth the police charges (and in all seriousness prob woildn't actually make you feel much better) maybe there's some
Inanimate object you could give a good whacking to tomorrow? I quite like cleaning my rug (peg to washing line and batter forcibly with a broom) or making bread dough with more kneading/slapping
The dough...sorry you are finding things so tough: it will get easier from a jiggling two POV, this is the hardest bit: but fristrating for you not to feel supported. Xxx

Has anyone heard from tyel or jomouse recently?

Hope your DS1 is still settled lmf and good luck with the docs tomorrow.

I'm not that into cake (more a savoury girl) but do have a large packet of plain choc digestives (gotta love Aldi, 54p a packet!). Am sure they will have evaporated by end of week.

Boo to your H hawthers :( hope he gets with the program soon!

LMF hope your little boy feels better soon - must be horriblefor you. Asthma is scary.

seven if I make it out once s day for a walk or to meet someone for coffee or go to the GPs or bf group I am thrilled. That is the sum total of my achievements so far. Notmanaged to feed her in public yet, not even a bottle. Just getting out the door is an achievement. How the helical I going to be organized enough to bring her to nursery twice a week in two months time!? The idea of being up, showered and breakfasted with her fwd and changed by 8:30 seems entirely impossible right now! And I cannot imagine being able to leave her :( was going to wait until four mths but as my husband pointed out, she won't know the difference and it will be hard for me to leave her whether 3 or 4 months. And iit is only two days a week. But still. Already dreading it :(