December 2011 - This too shall pass (with the help of imaginary woolly mammoths)

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Have gone with LMFs title suggestion :)

seven good luck for the next feed then, fingers crossed for you amd Eva. I can't believe hownorganised you are re Christmas: I can't plan past next week!

Currently trying to tank up DS in preparation for overnight: slightly sore/red roght boob tonight so trying to feed through it, hopefully jist a blocked duct.

Hope everyone's OK on the night shift!

She took 60ml then coughed so hard she was sick all over me :(. I'm not taking her back to hospital now, her breathing is relatively ok and I'm sure she won't starve in the next 6 hours. I guess I'll be taking her tomorrow though unless there's a big improvement by the morning.

Also her poo has turned dark brown, does that mean she's not eating enough?

Hi everyone I was on this thread at the beginning but couldn't keep up!
Ds born 3-12-11 weighing 7.7 and is Henry.

He is dc4 but ds1.

Had a rocky road with him as he had Bronchiolitis aged 3 weeks and had to be put on life support and also developed pneumonia.

So new year in hospital ten days all together then some major drug withdrawal symptoms but now apart from a cough he's ok.

The most cry - ey baby I've had though & totally intolerant of the baby chair/generally hates being put down.

Luckily better at night than in the day & generally now sleeping 8ish till 1/2 ish up for an hour then back for 2/3 hours.

Dd1 used to sleep 7-5 by now though..

Sorry to hear about all the poorly babies.

Lucky 7- yes I do think that can mean they are a but dehydrated

Wow-hope everyone else is abed (though I know you lot too well and suspect acutally you' re all up feeding/wimding and no hands to post!

Hiya year , yeah this thread moves quickly! We have some sensible people who post on and off and some nutters like mepeople who are welded to our phones and post often. It's all good fun.
Sorry to hear your LO had bronchiolitis but glad all is well now.

Seven, glad evas breathing is OK butif it gets worse or that feeding doesnt pock up make sure you do head back. The 50% rule is there cos a baby who can't take 50% of feeds is working hard enough stvtheir breathing they could have need for extra oxygen support. (plus the dehydration risk) so baby will need her sats rechecking. Good luck hon xxx

lmf hope octoboys doing ok and honey and mopsy hope you are getting some rest...

Indeed aethel! I did the eight to midnight shift and husband did midnight to eight so I got a full night! Woohoo! Woke up on schedule round about feed times and oh, the LUXURY of rolling over and snuggling back down to sleep! Bottle feeding defs has it's major advantages.

Yay mopsy sleep is good!

Hope everyone else had a good night too.

DDs are ok really, bruised but ok. I think we'll be sticking to soft play during school hours!

seven hope Eva manages to avoid hospital.

year good to see you again, bah to weepy babies though. My DD1 was the most weepy of mine, DD2 and Miri have been much happier.

lmf hope you get out soon!

Morning ladies, and hello year, welcome back,
Sorry to hear you and LO had a rocky start, but happy to hear that Henry is a little fighter and all better now.
My LO had a pretty good night. Last feed at 9:30, sleep at 10, up for small feeds at 2:30, 6:15 and up at 9am. He's 8 wks old today!
I had a nightmare last night. I woke us all up trying to scream and making strange noises (it was either the poltergeist or fear of it that wouldn't let me scream). I've never had a nightmare before. I woke up and saw the crib and immediately realised it was a dream. DH made it all better. never before have I been so happy that we sleep with the landing light on!!
We're off for a short shopping trip, then visiting the in-laws briefly (delivering wedding albums -finally!) then getting back hopefully before the snow deluge.
DH thinks that he and Alistair will be having snowball fights later.

Btw, msb and others, how do you control yourselves when faced with other people's evol children?
If anyone, ever, ....!!!!

oi what do you mean by evol/evil? Do yoi mean looking after other peoples children when they are little tykes (playdates/parties?) pr when other children are disruptive/mean (eg at school/playground)?

my cat hasn't come home yet, really unusual for him...worried now.

I mean when other kids are mean to your kids, as in a playground. (especially when the parents don't care/do nothing).
Oh msb hope kitkat returns with a tasty morsel after having put you through this worry, live mouse anyone?

To be honest oi it depends on the circumstances. I don't do things to my DDs that I know is likely to get them huge flak, eg it would be daft to dress them up in really posh frocks and take them somewhere where it would really stick out. Likewise dyeing their hair green or shaving their heads or insisting they wear white high heels to school. So not marking them out as a target. I also teach them to be confident so that if children do call them names they are allowed to tell them not to in no uncertain terms, though I discourage swearing or actual violence. We are not by any means a "conventional" family so I'm sure they will encounter teasing at some point (both are very into so-called "boys toys" and DD1 likes boys pants as she thinks the pictures/designs are better!)

In practice if you are with your DCs and some little scrote is mean to them then when they are small it's perfectly OK for me as mummy to identify the bad behaviour, name it (so scrote knows they are doing wrong) and tell them to knock it off. I wouldnt physically remove/restrain another child unless they put my child in active danger ie trying to bite/punch/kick them.
This has not happened very much, before you worry!!

It's useful for when they are older to discuss protection strategies ie what to do if someone calls names/is in conflict, though don't worry about tht til they are at an age where you either leave them, or want them to sort out their own issues. You will find your own boundaries of acceptability. msb suggested the "siblings without rivalry" book a while back whoch does include some sensible suggestions for conflict resolution.

Oh no, msb just read back and saw the softplay incident: missed it hen reading half asleep! What an awful thing for your DDs: I'd have been tempted to ask the management to warn the mother that child would be kicked out if they were violent again. They must have a non-violence policy in a public play area like that (and more importantly a manager to enforce it, unlike general playgrounds) though are people aware that nowadays all council playparks have a "security" service? You can access their contact (usually a mobile number) from your local council, and you ring it if when in the park there are issues with drunks, teens, dangerous dogs (or dogs in dogfree areas). We had some bored pre-teens smoking and being lairy in our local play area, friend of mine "called security" and within 10 mins a van speeded ip
With two burly security guys who frogmarched them off the premises! We were v impressed!!!

I had my first night out last night without LO, left him with my mum and went out for dinner with the girls, but as am in the north of scotland it was utterly baltic ended up on the bus home at 10 as was so cold and missed my boy. Managed to give him a feed as he was being a bit naughty and hadnt gone to sleep though it then meant he slept through to almost 6.30 this morning, i woke at 6 and didnt bother going back to sleep when he did, kind of regretting that now as going out today to watch the rugby this afternoon for drinks and food see if i last a bit longer without him.....what a wuss!!

DS had worcester sauce crisp crumbs scattered over him on Thursday AWCH, which have now disappeared into his neck folds, so I'll join you with the bad mother award....

Have you had to take Eva seven, how's she doing? And hope that Octoboy is OK as well LMF, and that you're not going too crazy with the cabin fever.

Hello girls (or do you prefer years?) , glad Henry made it through what was obviously a rather traumatic start for you both.

Wow mopsy, oooh how lovely! Given that LO snuffled for feeds at 1, 4, 6.30 and then 8, I am , but that's great, bet you feel on top of the world.
Mind you, I am not doing nappy changes at night again. Last Saturday I thought he'd poo'd so changed him at about 6; he hadn't, and my nappy change was so bad when I put him on OH a few hours later he pee'd all over him . This week, I did the same (again, he'd not poo'd) and at 8 DS and I woke up in a wet bed, with DS's onesie soaked .

We went and joined Daddy in bed.

These are the only two leakage issues I've had, and I am totally about my crapness at night time changes!

Will have to keep posting so I don't get left behind!
Usually get called girls on other threads or gya.

Should really name change but never seem to get round to it..

No snow here yet (sw London) & I'm quite happy without it!

Went to aerobics this morning & the water bottle I'd left in the car was a giant ice cube

Baltic here too...I have stayed in my dressing gown, Miri is in the sling under it too! The chickens' water was frozen solid this morning, had to put warm water in so it doesn't freeze again so fast.

aethel I should have done, chances are he did it to someone else too. I do wish people would keep a vague eye on their toddlers in soft play, especially if they might hurt someone else.

honey I received some eco-responsible nappies as a free sample. "Nature Babycare, size 3" is written on the nappies, but didn't keep the packaging. Anyway, testing one now. First thing I notice is that their size 3 has a smaller waist than the Huggies size 2. They barely fit around him.

msb my biggest softplay annoyance is the brats kids running up the slide while the mothers watch and say nothing.

We've had some snow but it hasn't settled, though it wasn't meant to snow until tonight.

Eva was massively sick again this morning so I rang the hospital. I've been advised to reduce her milk to 3oz (I normally make 7!) but feed her every 3 hours. She's kept 3 feeds down so it seems to be working. Tonight will be odd though as she's already dropped her night feed.

msb has the cat turned up yet?

Snow here. Couldn't drive up the drive when we got home, too slippy, so the car is parked in the street.
Mulled wine is recommended for slippy drives, I read. (just had a small cup... Well it is Saturday!)

I'm so jealous of the mulled wine! No chance we'll get out in this snow (abandoned cars all down the road!) so I hope it's gone by tomorrow. Though still falling hard so not looking likely!

No snow here thankfully.

Enjoying a nice Archers & Lemonade whilst we've been watching the rugby

A successful day here, got a playmat and Mothercare's most basic bouncer ordered for the boy (so I've got something to put him in in front of the washing machine ); irritatingly we had to go to the store to do it, as we had a giftcard from DP's colleagues and you can't use them when ordering on-line.

DP even found some trainers he liked as well, which given his immense fussiness preferences is amazing.

I've just had an hour's nap, and you know when you feel more 'weird' after a sleep than before...? So OH is getting a fire going, and I'm going to have a glass of wine. I saved up and had a proper stove installed in our house- the fireplace was the only original bit the previous occupant had not managed to completely bugger up- and so winter evenings in front of the fire are fab!

Hope your chickens are coping and your cat's turned up MsB! And glad to hear Eva's at least taking feeds seven, that's positive.

Lots of snow here!

Feeding minimopsy (bottle), watching poirot and drinking a yummy hoegaarden (or two! Not bf has its plus points!).

Had two different friends visit today, was lovely. Plus both brought flowers so the sitting room looks lovely!