December 2011 - April drools!

[OiMissus]

A new thread! squee-eeeze. :)

Am back on 3 hourly too (after under a week with longer sleeps) hopefully its just a growth spurt - how long do they last usually?

2-3 hourly normal here:(

Growth spurts last forever >_

[bgrin]

[bugrin] even...

Morning all!

I was feeding DS every 4 hours, 5 times a day, but it wasn't enough for him so went back to giving him a bottle in the night.

Now I'm feeding him 3 hourly during the day time and he seems to be having 7 bottles in every 24 hours, yesterday he had 1700mls of milk

Everyone I've spoken to in real life who have had babies in the last 5 years has started weaning at 4 months, not 6 months, so I don't feel so bad for thinking about weaning early too. Only 2 more weeks and DS will be 17 weeks old and I will be able to see if he's interested in a bit of baby rice!

I'm hoping we can last out feeding 3 hourly for a few more weeks as I really don't want to end up having to feed him every 2 hours. His feeding habits are regressing back to newborn except instead of little and often, it's a lot and often!

DS laughed properly for the first time on Wednesday, it was the cutest sound I've ever heard :) :) :)

Is it too late to ? dS decided to do an enormous tank feed at gone midnight and then slept til 5 which is prety good for him: after 4 blissful nghta of 6 hours in a row we're back to unprefictable numbers of jigjt feeds. Are you an early or late weaner lmf? i know a lot of mums with allergic/asthmatic LOs try to hold off until 6 months from a not-stimulatong- allergies POV....

DS he say Glug glug glug..,,,

air I didn't realise air & hope would be common as I'd never heard of air before, but I guess it could be a Welsh family somewhere out there - do you think they would show a birthday card for an adult?... 'And who's behind the door... its anairofhope with her friends peppa and angelina ballerina from the mumsnet dec 11 antenatal group'

The cat keeps breaking into DD1s room and waking her up in the middle of the night (been happening for weeks) - he just wants to sleep on the unused bed but the banging of his paws on the door handle always wakes her up and I'm getting tired of it :( stoooopid cat

Never too late to aethel Octopants (don't ask) has still to go back to sleep from his four am feed[busad]

I leave weaning as late as I can, for two reasons:

1- Allergies. We've skin and lung issues all over the family and I like to give the kids a fighting chance >_<

2- It's dull, messy and a pain in the rectum[bugrin]

Quite aside from those reasons, I've never understood friends who decide to drop milk feeds in favour of nutritionally inferior 'meals' of a bit of mushed apple and half a spoon of rice. A few friends weaned alongside the normal feed cycle and that worked well but I'm still in no hurry. Sach was about five and a half months when he got gloop, and that was purely because he was stealing stuff all over the show >_<

In other news: had a visit from a sure start person yesterday. They do a welcome visit and such. She's asked if she can bring colleagues round to observe breastfeeding (part of their training) as in the area I live in its so rare that there are a few who've not ticked that off their list. How sad is that?[busad] I've said I'll hit the baby groups and also invited them to the 'boob group' I go to near school.

Morning!

We are off away on the narrow boat for the long weekend...see you all on the other side, I'm having a net holiday too!

Enjoy!

Bit gutted, DNiece has chicken pox but was meant to be coming round. DH said she wasn't allowed to come as he doesn't want DD1 to get it and now my DMs a bit upset as she wanted DB/SIL/GC to come round and thought it would be good for DD1 to get it - I'm torn, on the one hand it would get it out of the way and she may already be infected, on the other hand I'm sure they say its irresponsible to knowingly infect you child, plus it would mean in 3 weeks when al the toddler groups are back on she would be stuck inside and I would be walking around knowingly infecting others for the 3 week incubation period. I know DD2 probably wouldn't get it (DH got it when DD1 was 10 weeks old but she never got it because of mothers immunity). Ugh hate chickenpox.

On the other hand its almost 10am and DD1 is still asleep (usually gets up at 8.30 at latest) so perhaps a sign she already has it? If she just woke up today covered in spots it would make life a lot simpler.

I got from half ten to half two... but then half three, half four and half six feeds, before getting up at half seven. Problem is, with co-sleeping, I don't know if it's just him thrashing around and waking me up, or if it's a genuine desire to feed. He always takes the boob though (but then, who wouldn't [buwink]).

Last night was even more fun than I thought- as friend didn't land til half nine, we didn't eat til gone ten, and halfway through the meal DS woke. Which meant I didn't even finish my main course let alone get any pudding.

It's great isn't it Cherry, and I now find myself doing anything to get another laugh out of DS!

Have a lovely and well-deserved break MsB- I take it all five of you are going?

That is really sad LMF, blimey. I thought bf rates were low here.

It's a bugger about weaning; I'm going to have to move onto mix feeding DS for the next two months, starting this Monday [busad] [busad] as I'm returning to work on the 24th. I'm planning to stick to the six months thing, but it would've really suited if it were still four months as we could've started weaning!
On my list of jobs is to call LLL/NCT, etc, to check about the best way to drop feeds over the next two weeks, as I'm planning to keep the 7am and 7pm feeds.

Today should be decent- sun shines, our friend is taking us out to lunch, and I'm finishing off the birthday cake.

Can I get off the roundabout please? I've had enough. My children have been obnoxious for the last seven days, octopus refuses to nap, my head is a mess and I just want to sit in a corner and scream. I found out I kissed an important appointment a few weeks ago because I didn't get the letter, and I could really have done with having attended. Everything I do seems to be thrown back in my face and I don't actually think I can be bothered to make the effort any more. Most of all I am fed up of having to paste a smile on my face and tell people it's all fine, for fear of being branded an unfit mother. Excuse me while I just go around in circles feeding my demons:(

lmf so sorry you're feeling at the end of your tether. Are there any GPs/friends who can help out for a bit? I'm sure noone would brand you an unfit mother for needing a break now and then. Especially as a single mother of three. I think you're amazing :)

My SIL just announced she's pregnant (by email!). I'm really pleased for her but it's very sad as there have been a whole load of issues in the past, mainly with DH (although she likes to blame me for everything, which is kind of ironic as I always used to defend her and stand up for her and their issues were around waaay before DH and I met), and we're not really on friendly terms any more. Its such a shame as I have been nothing but friendly to her and would love our DCs to play together etc but she has made up lies about things DH/I am meant to have said and repeated them to family members and it has caused a whole load of problems. DH put up with loads of things in the past (inc her being nasty to his ex GF, so I am hoping her animosity towards me is a proprietary/jealousy thing rather than personal) but when she started accusing me of things to other family members he got so so angry (was quite scary as never seen DH lose his rag before!) and won't put up with it any more, especially as I was pregnant at the time and got really upset and angry about it. When we confronted her she changed her story and accused us of more untrue things, so we just can't trust her any more as we'll always be wondering what she's saying about us to other people. No idea how to move forward from that. I can never understand why some people can't just tell the truth! Its so frustrating as not sure what is going to happen to the relationship and so sad that these lies might end up preventing our DCs growing up as friends :(

Morning all. Thanks for all the kind words about my brother. It was before I was born so not like I missed him or anything (although I always hated being an only child) but my mum used to wake me in the night to check I was breathing & my nan used to take me to his grave every Sunday so I grew up very aware of SIDS from a young age. It wasn't until I got pregnant that I found myself getting really anxious about it though :( I'll feel much better when we get past 6 months but my brother was just a few days short of that so I doubt I'll fully relax until we get past a year.

MissRee I hadn't thought of just using the dummy for daytime naps but I might try it as my main reason for avoiding them is that I don't want to reduce night feeds before he does so naturally. I also don't want a LO walking around with one in his mouth constantly >_<

Sorry to hear of the DIY woes, we have our fair share of woodchip & artex here too so I feel your pain!

Also sorry for those of you sending your LOs to nursery already; I'm sure it's very hard [busad] If it helps I spent yesterday with DP's DSSis & her DS2 who is a year older than Rocco; he's been with a childminder (who he loves) since he was 4mths & he is such a mummy's boy; waay more than her DS1 who she stayed at home with until he was a year old. So not only will they be fine but you don't need to worry about it effecting your relationship.

DS & I both have a cold; I have a sore throat & he is extremely snotty but it also seems to be making him poo loads more than usual [buconfused] I've changed 4 pooey naps this morning & I can hear filling another one now [bushock] I usually get 1-3 max in a day! He seems pretty cheerful though so hopefully doesn't have a sore throat too.

Gotta go...nappy change...

LMF missed your post sorry. After my week with DP in Goa I realise there's no way I could be a single mum. You really are doing a wonderful job & no one with a brain could think you're an unfit mother! Is there no one who could give you some time off? Sounds like you need some "me time".

Rant away LMF, there is no need to pretend on here. Sometimes things just seem to conspire against us and every new arsey thing just adds to the fire. It will get better, but if it helps to post please do, and hope you can get a bit of respite in RL too until things improve for you.

I have a grumpy boy here this morning (think he's teething, will only settle when held/rocked), have picked up an inexplicable headache from somewhere, and the SIL has suddenly said she doesnt want us for the whole easter weekend as she had previously promised, as she wants some one on one time with her boyfriend (fair does as she's a single mum andd gets little child free time). We can go to MILs instead but she is off out doing her own golf and social stuff and I kind of feel like we are being parked there rather than anyone actually wanting to see us. Don't want the DDs to feel bored/unwanted, we'll just have to take our own entertainment for them, feels like a bit crap. Part of me wants to tell em all to sod off leave the whole thing, and we'll just stay home and have a quiet weekend.

The daytime dummy works well for us Honey as she will only keep it in her mouth if she's tired - won't tolerate it at all if she's wide awake!

Operation rebuild is going well! The ceiling is now re-boarded and the plasterer is coming later this afternoon to skim it! Whilst the dusty, messy clean up happened this morning, I collected the kids from GPs (they were angels apparently) and took them to our local farm shop to do an Easter egg hunt in the woods. I have decided my buggy is no good for offroading!!!

Then lunch in sainsburys and home to cook the boys BLT wraps. Shortly me and the kids are off out again to get my mums dog and go over the field to run them ragged!!

LMF I know the feeling but it will get better x

We've been to chichester this morning and brought Darcie some new school shoes and walked around the farmers market. Went to the supermarket & picked up some bits and Darcie had her face painted. Sky was good the whole way around. Then we got home and Darcie kicked off. All is okay now and i'm chilling out.

Neil is taking some pics of Sky mixed in with her toys lol.

So bee, any spots?!

LMF hope ur feeling better and remember to take it easy on ur self and that tomoro is a new day. Hope u have rl support and pls shout for help when u need it. Thinking of u and (((((hugs)))))

Am sat on sofa rocking DS who has been grotty all day with what I think is teething grumps. Poor boy, he's all smiley and playful then suddenly turns into a wailing grump-bucket who just can't understand why it's All Gone So Horribly Wrong. DH and I have had him in shifts today to get some housework and gardening done (only little interrupte bits). Trying to feed him down now but not sure it's going to be a great night.

Still a bit twitchy about the weekend: we're taking girls to Bekenskot tomorrow and then onto MIL's , with understandin that if DS is geotty we can always bale (less than 2 hr drive home if we need to).

Hope you're feeling a bit better LMF