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

Oh! Forgot to say, earlier minimopsy did a MAHOOSIVE poo explosion all over herself (just after I had posted earlier, it was so bad I got up to help my husband clean her up!) and was much more settled then so I guess that was what had been upsetting her. She was posseting at same time as pooing apparently but has seemed to do that less also in the hours since. So it was all gut related! I amv relieved as it is upsetting not knowing why they are upset and not being able to help.

Thanks northern. I guess we're doing an adequate job, although it doesn't feel like it when she screams through from bedtime story until the next feed! I think a huge part of it is that DH and I are both around for her full time since DH is unemployed atm. I don't know how I would have coped alone.
I'm sure your trips out will be OK, and once you've done a few you'll gain confidence.

This week we're hoping to:
1 sort out a will to ensure BabyYBR is looked after if we snuff it;
2 play with "real" nappies (that is reusable);
3 take BabyYBR to visit my work

Good luck with mw today aethelfleda hope you've reserved a haddock just in case s quick slapping is needed.

Everything always seems worse in the middle of the night. Hopefully today will be better for all the boys (and therefore me!)

Morning! My brain will not engage this morning...disadvantage of home ed, I had to help with Spanish before 8am...Bleugh...

I like the aims for the week! Here are mine.

1. Eat healthy food.
2. Do educational stuff with the DDs.
3. Get to Miri's six week check on time!
4. Keep DD1's room tidy in preparation for her new furniture being delivered on Friday.

aethel hope you get a more sensible midwife today.

hawthers as aethel said, it will get easier soon.

morning all. quite a good weekend here as sister and bil visited to meet freya and entertained ds well too. spent sunday pm grumpy and knackered though! freya still feeding two hourly at night.

respect to anyone thinking, let alone having sex! we are sleeping in separate rooms to survive at the mo and freya doesnt go down until late and ds up at 730 am, so not much opportunity. also not convinced all normal down there yet either!

aims for week -

1. get ds to preschool etc vaguely on time, same aim with 6 week check tom
2. try and spend some time doing fun things with ds and not tell him off so much!
3. order kitchen worktops, hob, bedroom curtains etc
4. get builders back to do snagging. ditto with electrician
5. get some sleep!

Morning Ladies.

Hawthers It will get better.

Aethel Hope you have a better midwife today.

LMF hope DS is better soon.

See I have no trouble getting out the door in the mornings and looking decent and getting Darcie to school.

Aims of the week.

Housework - mind you house is clean and tidy anyway.
Getting Darcie to swimming, rainbows, dancing & 2 birthday parties on time.
Finishing off wedding invitations
Deciding on what sweets to get for sweetie table
Buying bridesmaid dresses tomorrow
Getting to first wedding dress fitting on time.
Sorting Sky's christening
Sorting Darcies party at play zone
And finally food shopping!

Well after last night's post DS carried on with the feed, wind, fall asleep, put down, wake up screaming routine until 1am. Then woke again for feeds at 3.45, 6 and 7.30. Finally had a poo explosion at 8 and another feed at 9 and I'm hoping he'll be more settled today.

Off to musical minis now!

Is it bad I have nothing to achieve this week other than a haircut And going to clinic tomorrow to get Danny weighed? I don't mind if it is . Need to take car out for a run today too that'll be the extent of my adventures today probably.

Am sat in bed with him asleep on my chest I could get up and get on with the day but he's just soo cute. I never thought I would be so besotted with him and DH is worse than me with him and he was never that bothered about having babies in the 1st place. God help me when I go back to work which is looking like June and we have to be up and dressed at a sensible hour.

I'm with YBR my DH works from home and it makes such a huge difference, he doesn't tend to do changes or anything like that but I can hand him over often so I can go to loo, or nip to local shops without the normal hassles. He also gets more time with him and we can recover from the bad nights (not that we have many yet) by sleeping in a bit more easily. Am very lucky so far!!

Morning.

The good news is that Eva went from 11.30 to 6.15 without wanting a feed. The bad news is that she was asleep on me from 4.

Now need to put Eva in the wrap so I can tidy up before my friend and her DS come round for lunch.

Am planning next Monday to take Sky to her first baby group - not sure how that's going to go!

A friend of mine phoned last week to say they were coming to visit today. not heard anything since re timings etc. bit annoying. I assume they are still coming.

not managed to have breakfast yet. freya on her third breakfast since 730! ds just managed to get some !

morning all. After the discussion on poo explosions, ds2 is now having the opposite problem. After going from two dirty nappies a day, he's at one every two days. Is that normal, or should I get it checked out? He's bf (which I thought was a bit of a natural laxative?). He's still having lots of wet nappies and seems his normal, relatively calm self. When he does have a dirty nappy, it looks like a normal, mustardy, bf poo (sorry if tmi). I've been told some baby massage actions that are supposed to help with constipation, so we'llgive those a go.

We had a lovely day for most of yesterday - went to the local pub for a macmillan coffee morning (and the world's largest slice of cake, yum!), came home and ds1 and dh played outside with ds's remote controlled cars. Had a niceafternoon, until ds1 was informed it was time to stop playing and get ready for bed, at which point he had a major (and I mean major) meltdown. Cue lots of shouting, then he got upset because his voice went all croaky. eventually he calmed down, and seemed fine this morning. wish I knew the answer for combining setting boundaries and having a happy child (disclaimer - ds1 is lovely and usually happy and a joy to be with - it's just when he isn't, boy does he let you know)

We've been out and about pretty much everyday since we got home from hospital as we've had no choice. School is half an hour by bus away, the kids are too young to go on their own and as I'm single I've nobody else to do it for us:/

Plans for this week:

Menu plan (hate hate hate menu planning ).
Get the older boy to the doctor and hopefully sorted out.
Shop:/
Go to a sling meet to test slings to see if they're all as crap as my old one.
Email the person I was ranting at over the weekend.
Ring mum.
Try to remain relatively sane.
Get the older two to school Tues-Fri >_

ah, the magic stimulatory effects of mumsnet! poo central here, have to log off now and tidy the boy!

Well, I can add a tick to my first of the week's to-do list:

1. Get out on own with baby to 10am appointment at local nursery, on foot. Whoop, may I say, de doop!
2. Ditto above, but 2.30pm to Doctor's on Tuesday for six week appointment. (Start sacrificing chickens now that the boy will sleep through it- what do I do if he wants bf'ing if/when the Doc needs to examine me?)
3. Ditto above, but 11am on Thursday to second nursery.
4. Clean bathroom
5. Water plants
6. Look at bank accounts for DS
7. Watch the Poirot/Time Team episodes I have recorded
8. Keep up good work getting LO to sleep in Moses occasionally- instead of a hot water bottle I've got a fleecy blanket on the radiator that gets put in the bottom for him to lie on, which appears to have worked so far...

We had our poo explosion on Saturday, just as we were trying to leave to visit OH's sister, and it stained his nice new sheep onesie, although it came out in the wash.

I hope everything is better in the light of day hawthers- it must be crap when OHs are not with the programme, so they become a drag factor instead of a support. Rant away.

LMF and aethel, I hope your respective health appointments go well today, and that your poor little man is on the mend LMF. You sound like you're doing an amazing job on your own.

figgy- enjoy it! We're all jealous, it sounds lovely

Sotired, pooing every other day doesn't necessarily mean constipation in an EBF baby. They can get very efficient at breaking down everything and not produce as much waste. At some point, think it was around 3 months, DS went from pooing a few times a day to just once a week but he wasn't constipated, just very efficient!

Today's experiment with white noise that DS likes- hairdryer and hob extractor thingy. Result!

We always try to have the TV on when he sleeps down here as well, get him used to the noise.

Urgh more fish needed. Having a hellish day. So fed up of this.

Advice please...I've made a Dr's appt for Rocco tomorrow but I'm wondering if I'll be laughed out of the surgery. He has a blocked nose...that's all. No temperature, no other symptoms of illness he's just really congested. But he's had it for 6 weeks now!!! That can't be right can it? I mean, I must be missing something.

DP caught a cold a few days post-birth & then DS got a blocked snotty nose, I used saline drops before BFing & after a 4-5 days it got better, still there but he could breath enough to eat without the drops but was still very grunty & it stayed this way for weeks. Over the past 2 weeks it's gotten steadily worse; there's no visible snot as it's too thick & gluey to come out (tmi sorry) but you can really hear it & he's started choking on it occasionally when sleeping...which upsets him & scares me & is the reason for the appt.

Just read my own post & I really sound like a 1st time mum don't I? Should I hold off discussing the consistency of my son's nasal mucus with the GP Am I just wasting the Dr's time? I tried to make the appt his 6-8wk check but they couldn't move it & I didn't want to wait another week so now I'm stuck with an appt to discuss snot!

Co-sleeping question; for those of you who've done it before or are doing it for the 1st time...less of a problem now but I was wondering what you do or plan to do about bedtimes. Do you let your DC's stay up until you're ready to go to bed or do you just go to bed at their really early bedtime?

Chances are they'll just say the snot is viral and there's nothing they can do about it. Get used to hearing it, as with small children it's often the case:) Can't help on the co-sleeping front. Octopus boy sleeps in a crib, but I go to bed when he and the other two do purely so I can get some kip:o

Has anybody seen plu about recently?

I survived the Midwife! Good news: DS is now back to birthweight! He is still a bit slow to gain for the MW's liking, so they have referred me to a tonguetie clinic next week.
Sadly the visit was from a midwife assistant so she "couldnt sign me off", so have to get DS weighed AGAIN in 7 days (at least its an appointment though so no getting stuck in at home again). Thanks guys for all your support, I'm hoping once the tongue tie is snipped he may latch a bit deeper and it will make feeds easier for him. In the meantime he's happy and settled so I'll just keep going!

Congrats aethel on the weight gain...bit rubbish that you have to wait to be signed off though.

Thanks for the reply LMF could a virus really last this long though? I'm a bit worried it's an allergy to be honest...we do have 3 cats & 2 dogs...not sure how we'd deal with it if he's allergic to them :(

To Do List this week:

Take DS to Dr's appt
Submit tax return
Take a solo trip outdoors...a short walk will do
Batch cooking for empty freezer
Bikini Wax

Yay aethel!