October 2011 - weaning here we come!

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Oh scheh wish I could offer you a cuppa and a break here. Hang on in there, this too shall pass etc. it really does xxx

So sorry Scheh - does Calpol help? Dad and bottle this evening sounds like a top plan! Does he like the bath? Could you maybe give him one just now to try and calm him down a bit? Sorry if you've tried all this .

Oh sch . Your doing so well. Yes, dad and bottle tonight. You enjoy some wine and a long soak in the bath

Scheh When does DH get home? It sounds like you need a few hours off. A nice long relaxing soak and yeah a few glasses of wine, and you'll feel much better.

If he really won't stop crying it's fine to leave him to it, leave the room and calm down. Turn on the TV or some music just to get some headspace for a few mins. DD1 did this, it drove me frantic, I feel for you.

scheh hang in there, you need a few hours off tonight!! Hope C settles.

Scheh wish I was nearer to come take him off for a walk and give you a break. As everyone has said get DP to take him and try and relax tonight.
Hope you have a better night x

Sending you as big hug scheh.

sorry just poping in quickly as supposed to e working. scheh when are you next over mcr?Cheshire way, why don't you give me a shout.

i know bugger all abou babies but it sounds like a wondeR week or teething to me. P is 5 months yesterday and we have definitely had A "wonder weekend" of schreeching feeding, not feeding - the same as her last wondeR week.

it will pass honeatly, i remember i was having no sleep abot 2 weeks ago and all the other babies semed to be sleping.

sorry laptop keyboard seems to be f*ed1

sorry to hear your having a tough time scheh i'm having a tough day today too but its not so bad as i know its cause bastards doctor gave her 3 jags this morning. i feel so bad for her!

Aww, thanks everyone! Thank heavens for kind neighbours ey. I was going to go to next door but they were out, then I saw this ladies house and made a beeline for it! She invited me in before I even said anything. Perks of being in a small village!

No wine as DP has busy day at work tomorrow, so I've got a cuppa in bed. Going to stay at MIL thurs-Sun which will help.

Cheshire- that's a lovely offer, thanks :) anytime this Friday or Saturday is good, or whenever utd are next at home (haha)! send me a fb message if you like.

Hope everyone's having a nice evening.

Poor M, has she had a fever? L has her last set of jags next week, dreading it. My lovely HV has suggested breastfeeding her while she's getting them as there has been some research recently which thought that breast milk is an analgesic. Has anyone done this?

Mrsh - I didn't bf during, but offered boob straight after as comfort. He only cries for a few secs after jabs though.

MrsH - I did bfeed ds2 and I think it helped. J is too noisy to, and then too upset to.

Lurking, been horrible few days with ds poorly. Dr gave new course of ABs as he was throwing up last might. He has chest infection. J still up in night so am a bit tired

Hi everyone - sorry for lack of posts recently.
Sch - Hope you have a better day today. Feel for you.
Ed - How's the potty training going?
My DH was away last week and DD1 (39 months) decided she didn't want to wear nappies anymore. I've been dreading and putting off potty training for so long but maybe it's because she's so old she has thankfully got it very quickly and we only had accidents for a very short while. Such hard work though - watching her like a hawk and asking her every 5 mins if she needed the toilet.
As for all my feeding problems (milk blisters, mastitis, low weight gain, lumps etc) we have now found the cause - DD2 has lip tie. It's like tongue tie but is skin at the top of the mouth joining the lip to the gum and makes it difficult for her to open her mouth properly. So pleased we have finally found the cause, now just need to get it snipped and hopefully feeding will get much more comfortable.
We are also having strange sleeping patterns, DD2 used to be so good but now she keeps waking in the night despite me trying to get her loads of fresh air and wearing her out with lots of playing during the day. Haven't had a full nights sleep for a week now and didn't get a chance to catch up at the weekend either.
Hope everyone has a good day today!

pink its not i had too many days out and he completely regressed, we are starting again and this time i'm not using nappies even when i'm out.

think my BFing mhairi is having an effect on christopher, he's been drawing boobs on his magnadraw the past 2 days and when i refused to draw a boob he took a tantrum saying it was his faveourite really dont know how to deal with it???

Thanks pink and well done you for persevering with the bf even with all those problems! Good luck getting it sorted.

Well a gloomy rainy start to the day....meant Cyrus slept in an extra hour & a half!

Sad story, a friend of friends 4mo died a few days ago... SIDS :( her last post on fb the night before was that he was tucked up and sleeping in bed :( really gave me such an awakening. As much as C can be a little bugger difficult, I love him so, so much.

Sorry for the sad start to the day :(

scheh that is so sad. It's terrifying how these things can happen. Sending hugs xxx

Ed I think the boob thing is best ignored. He sees you nursing M and I expect part of him wishes he was your little baby too, same for bottle fed I'm sure. Ds2 hugs mine and keeps trying to touch one at bedtime. I think it's reassurance thing, I play it down and pretty sure he will grow out of it. Re potty training regression, hard to advise as I waited till ds2 said he wanted to wear pants (he was clean by this point, just not dry). I couldn't "push" him to as it would become a battle of wills.

pink yay for your dd, Samuel did same on Xmas eve just before his 3rd birthday. Glad they've found out why issues with bfing. Never heard of lip tie before. X

Another day at home. Ds2 on new abs and still poorly. Thankfully J not got it and hoping bfing helping in that respect. She was awake alot last night, she needs a poo and so all grumbly tummy. She's found her thumb and sucks it cuddling a muzzy. So cute

Am joining in with sleep regression. After 3 weeks of sleeping through, and before that only one night feed since Christmas, I have had 2 terrible nights. Burst into tears yesterday morning at 6am after trying to settle M for an hour and a half. DH walked into the nursery and M just stopped crying. So, so tired right now, not sure how I'm going to go into work tomorrow if I have another bad night tonight.

scheh so sad to hear that.

the expressing saga at work continues. Got to the room at the same time as a senior member of staff with a parent wanting to use the meeting room. As soon as I mentioned expressing he scarpered red-faced. Didn't stop someone else trying to get into the room while I was expressing, even though they could see the light was on, then when their key didn't work (as I had locked the room from the inside) banging on the door to be let in. Shouting, "Ik ben aan het kolven!" (I'm expressing!!!!) twice wasn't very dignified but did get rid of them. If this carries on I'm just going to go home half way through the day and cancel my classes

Just done the mountain of washing-up that's been sitting there since Monday evening.

Okay, sorry for whinge. M seems much more comfortable on his front now. Still not quite rolling (that pesky shoulder!). Had a lovely day at the zoo yesterday with SIL, MIL DH and DH's nephews.

At the moment the only things keeping me sane are MN and getting out for a run.

Time to put my happy face on

Oh scheh so sad

scheh so to hear that, SIDS has always been quite an abstract thing to me but since being on MN i've come across it twice (i dont go near bereavement or i'm sure i'd see it more) but it does defintely make a lot more "real"

engels i think thats exactly how my office is going to be when i return

am gonna try another night out this weekend without DH or kids kid free with sweets and Rob Pattinson on big screen i cant wait

Engels - that they aren't providing you with private quiet place and keep disturbing you. Def go home if need be. Understand sleep regression. It's a shock when your used to sleep. I've found, expecting a crap night helps me now. So freaking tired tho.

Hugs to dd mama you should feel pretty chuffed with yourself that bf has given J such good protection :)

:( for bad night Engel I really, really sympathise!