October 2011 - weaning here we come!

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Hey ladies,

Cheshire, does sound like it's comfort more than feeds, Ayse is exactly like that and wakes up and just wants some mummy cuddles.

Work gets easier, I am on week three and one was ok but sad to be leaving the kids, two was terrible (I guess because reality had hit and I wasn't on first day / week effort!) but week three has been more bearable - am hoping it continues to get better to make whatever time I have left there easier.

Girls are all good, a bit gunky-eyed from the end of another bout of conjunctivitis and colds but growing and gaining in noise levels every day. Still no rolls although they purposefully roll on to their side and no teeth either! They were 5 months old on Monday - cannot believe the time has gone so quickly.

Hope you are all ok - sorry I haven't been keeping up! Must try harder.

Fuzzzy, c has sat unaided, I have a photo of him, will post to the fb group! He's still very wobbly and has only properly done it once, but we play 'sit up' with him a lot. He hates being on his back so the sooner he can sit up to play the better!

The community nurse has been round to see Seth, he's still having problems but he's okay to be at home, no sign of infection on his chest. They'll visit again to check him tomorrow. He just keeps sleeping, which is good. I think part of the problem the past couple of days was that he felt too ill & in pain from his teeth to sleep so was grouchy and miserable. He's smiling again now so must be feeling better.

cheshire I'd probably try giving her a dummy when she wakes. Minimal interaction, no lights on etc.

I'd love to read my labour notes, for both births. With Seth it was all lovely, until the placenta and I don't really understand why it wouldn't come away. I'd lost so much blood it was all a bit of a blur too. With DD I had a student with me the entire time and she was constantly writing notes.
PALS will definitely help you, but the hospital have to help too. It's all part of Corporate Governance, very strict rules about what information they much share and how quickly, and everyone has to do training in it every 12 months.... or twice in 12 months for me because I work for 2 trusts! I really should remember it shouldn't I. :)

Wow... Another page! On my phone so can't check back to previous comments so doing responses from memory...

Cheshire, sounds like 4mo sleep regression and using you as a dummy. Hard one. It will pass and I guess in the interim you either put up with it or you do some sleep training with her and get her settling on her own again.

Did somebody say they had a writhy grunty baby? Alex does that when he's not had enough ravishing for his reflux.

Alex has been really off his feeds the last few days. He's almost ebf (with a few tastes of banana) but by bedtime has only had an hour of feeds a day rather than the 2 1/2 hrs he used to have. He's already had that much this morning so I guess whatever was going on has now gone.

He did sit unsupported briefly last week and happily sits forward between my legs but still wobbles sideways a bit.

I'm being thoroughly spoiled at the moment. DH quit his pgce on Monday so today he's got up with Alex at 4, taken dd to nursery, brought me breakfast in bed and us currently trying to rescue the Marmalade that we over boiled the other night. Today's plan is to sort out the veggie patch so we can eat if he doesn't find a job and to clean the house which is completely overwhelming me at the moment. I also ought to go for a run. When I can't be bothered to go I know I actually NEED to go for the sake of my sanity. So I guess I'd better get up then...

Glad Seth is a bit better too.

I've finally bit the bullet and am going to get a family friendly car and get rid of my convertible it's just getting too difficult to fit both kids all related crap u need and a weeks shopping in it. And u knownits bad when a 2 year old is complaining about the legroom so off out today to look at a few zafiras. Can't decide if in excited or sad.

After half an hour of trying to rock Seth to sleep I gave up, and put him down in his cot while I went through DD's 6-9m clothes. 10 minutes later he's asleep. The annoying thing is I know he'll fall asleep when he's still, I quietly curse when MIL jiggles him around constantly. :o So I've eaten lunch with 2 hands!!! (Not that cheese on toast needs it.)

Going to fly round and tidy up. I was going to go shopping, we've got about 10 wet wipes left and half a pack of nappies, but the opticians have phoned and DD's glasses are ready so we'll go shopping and collect them after school.

Enjoy your car shopping Edward. I highly recommend auris's.

Enjoy your lazy daygolemmings. It all sound very "Good Life". DH always goes on about growing his own veg and sounds so knowledgeable about it all. When in reality the most I can get him to do in the garden is empty the grass collector as I cut the lawn... but I dug the lawn up 2 years ago, so he doesn't even have to do that now.
Last year DD and I planted carrots in a tub, they were lovely, but we only ate about 3 as DH kept forgetting we had them and buying carrots. We also grew loads of salad leaves but DH still bought the bagged salad and it wall went to seed. So I give up. Herbs are our limit.

I'd love to grow my own herbs but I struggle to keep the potted ones from supermarket alive so I doubt I'd be able to

We have the same problem biblio. I grow stuff and DH cooks and never thinks to cook stuff from the garden. I had to physically restrain gin from buying brassicas at the market last week as we have several weeks worth in the garden. Infact its the only bloody thing we have in the garden! He'll have to get better at eating what we grow because if he's not working he will have a very limited budget to buy fresh food and I get markup when I'm hungry.

I think supermarket herbs are probably quite hard to keep alive. I kill anything inside but I'm quite good with outdoor stuff mainly because nature waters it for me!
Cat shopping is quite exciting. I have a company car but upgraded from a corolla to a grand scenic last time around. I love it. It's got some nice family friendly features and I've been able to give lifts to friends; 3 toddlers, a baby and 2 adults fit in it very well.

Oh God, I fear there is no hope for me after your replies ladies.

Scheh she will not take a bottle anymore. Apparently I have since been told if you stop the bottles it goes off them and they will often not get back in to it. The last couple of times I have spent ages expressing so I could go out then I have ended up coming back a bit early because she won't take the bottle of DH.

AND she won't take a bloody dummy either. Bizarrely she shuts on when I play babies crying though on youtube!!! Will try and express some tonight and try the dummy again. Is it too early for wine??

BB3 are you not going to stay at work then?

Edward have you looked at Kia? They have a 7 year warranty, I love ours.

Is there facebook group for this thread then? I've missed that one, can I join and post some pics of L?

Cheshire - I'm looking to change jobs, be closer to home, less hours. But I am not sure what I want to do - whether I want to leave the industry etc - so I am spending the next month getting my head round it all.

Edith-May has started to refuse her dummy and it's such a pain!!! but actually nice that she is not dependant on it. Ayse-Rose takes two sucks, sleeps then spits it out so hopefully it won't take too long to get them off when it comes to it

Of course bubalie, I'm not 100% sure how to add as its a private group, if you pm me your name I'll try searching for you on fb and add you that way?

Thanks Scheh - have pm my name to you :)

Argh apologies in advance for moan!

Trapped finger in door yesterday, have stinking cold caught from E, no real sleep for a week and today fell just as got out the car taking E inside house, sprained ankle, took large chunk out of knee on other leg, ripped trousers and worst of all I dropped E! (luckily he was in his car seat and was fine).
Feeling poorly and sore and about 80 as I hobble round, can't do anything

Oh dear lp ! Well surely things must be on the up for you soon, with that run of bad luck!!

Oh no lp! sounds like you are having a rotten time. Can you get a daytime nap at all? Can someone come and take E for a walk and give you a bit of time?

I'm still hobbling with my back pain and it alone is exhausting without the added pain of sleepless nights. I'm lucky that my MIL came round today and has done a huge pile of ironing.

I prescribe a take away for tea, and a glass of wine. Try to remember that this too will pass!

littlepebble poor you. Good he was in carseat.

Oh lp glad he was in car seat eh? Always scares me the thought of dropping a baby. You must have got such a fright!!

S is having a bit of an off evening. We were out seeing friends this afternoon so hasn't really slept much then as we were wandering round shops she fell asleep. Typically it was just as I was leaving so i put her into car seat n thought she would sleep again on way home but nope! Put her in highchair when we got in to give her some veg but she refused! Just held her arms out (which was cute ) to be lifted back out. I've made her some milk and she is drinking away but rubbing her eyes. Really don't want her to sleep now. Maybe just aim for early bed

Iv notices also it's a struggle to get milk into her. She was having around 6 x 6/7oz a day but has now cut down to 5 bottles and apart from bottle in morning and after nap at 12ish, it's a struggle to even get 6oz into her! She doesn't cry for milk but I give her bottle every 3 to 3 1/2 hrs. Still plenty wet/poo nappies. Just worried she isn't taking enough

Oh no - sorry to hear that pebble - hope you feel better soon.

Thanks everyone, have been banished to bed by DP and he's organised his mother and grandmother to come over so there is lots of cooing and clucking downstairs and apparently they're cooking me dinner! Bless them this is one time having so many family near by is definitely a perk.
Yes so scary dropping E keep having flashbacks about it . All I could think about was him even though ankle was agony and blood all over knee....motherhood changes everything doesn't it. He's fine although I have to keep checking.
(MrsH must be lovely MIL day today )

pebble for you. glad E is ok. x

fuzzy i cant for the life of me remember what happened with the twins with regards to milk, when i weaned them. honestly, its like the twins never happened for the first 12 months- i hardly remember i thing.

im so tired at the moment, i cant even think straight or write about eva etc. just trying to keep a hand in. just had a run of me not sleeping,. isobel waking up - i think its night terrors and eva waking the WHOLE HOUSE this morning at 5.45 for her usually milk. no chance of getting j and i back to sleep and poor chloe just got up and automatically thought it was 7am!!!

nearly there. 7pm.......

LP Bless your DP, MIL and GMIL!

Fuzzzy Does weaning mean they need less milk? It's all so confusing - I'm glad L is one of the youngest here so you can all find out what to do and I'll learn !

Meant to say earlier to Engles, much sympathy with your DP situation . How is he now he's been on the medicine for a few days? I think I've mentioned that my DH has a long term illness and his current prescription has a hugely sedative effect - I know exactly what you mean when you say it's like having two babies sometimes. If only their naps overlapped!! At the weekends I feel like there is always someone sleeping but it is never me! I hope his medicine soon helps him feel better.

mrsh no I think under one it's still kinda 'milk as normal'. Just in general she doesn't have much of an appetite. She had 6oz at 5.30pm and I went to give her milk as normal before bed but she just refused. She is away to sleep now so I think she is just very tired. I'll try get a bottle into her about 11pm then hopfully back to normal tomorrow.

Well I'm having my dinner then have a huge pile of washing to sort, one just about to come out machine and another load to go in. Me and S have nothing to wear otherwise!!! Fun fun fun!!

Well, as if to back up what I've just written DH has just proven that I'm living with two children!!!!!!!!

He was bathing Lizzie, and decided to wash her head (I'd say hair but there is really not enough there!). I'd told him that the health visitor had told me that the wee spot of cradle cap she's got is from being too cautious when washing her head. So he decided to try and get rid of it. When he brought her back into the living room he looked a bit perturbed..

MrsH - What's the matter?
MrH - I was trying to get rid of the cradle cap and I think I rubbed too hard.
MrsH - Hmm, her head is quite red right enough!
MrH - I think I got some soap in her eye too.
MrsH - I'm sure that'll be ok, the baby soap isn't meant to hurt if some splashes in.
MrH - We've got baby soap???
MrsH - Yes! What did you use?
MrH (v. ) - My Lynx shower gel.
MrsH - speechless!

weaning does mean less milk but it's often gradual. Some babies might not start to reduce milk intake until 9 months. Point is milk should be main source of nutrition to around one, but it's not just going to suddenly change on their first birthday. Some HVs though forget this advice and maintain they should be on 3 solid meals plus snacks before the baby is ready and long before one.

DS had his jabs yesterday so naturally had a fever today. Guess he is just a baby that reacts to jabs. It's easier to get calpol into him now.

Sorry to those going through atm, have read but terrible with names. LP hope the lovely treatment continues

For the person that now has a bottle refuser don't necessary blame not giving bottles regularly as there are lots of people on MN who gave one bottle daily and they still stopped taking them.

Our biggest issue is still sleep but mainly that although DS will sleep in the buggy it involves at least 30 minutes of crying. Although DD also didn't really sleep in the buggy after a certain point she at least laid there quietly. Normally have to sling him now, looking forward to when he can use the upright position of the buggy as think that will help.