Sept 05 - onwards and upwards!!!

[HeyBaby]

Thought this title was appropriate given that (hopefully) things will be looking up for everyone!

I am having a spot of luxury at the moment .

DH has gone out with both children, as much EBM as I could muster and thanks to the power of wireless technology I am in bed doing Mumsnet. Mmmm .

pc - dh at work and being driven mad by ds! but at least dd a sleep!

pc - hope you're enjoying your day!!
sr - my dd3 & ds4 are asleep!! - just trying to be on mumsnet & play barbie houses at the same time with dd2!!!!

Sorry to those with tummy bugs - what rotten luck.
Wabbit - don't feel bad for adding formula to the mix. Really, it's such a small thing in the long-haul. You've exclusively breast fed for more than 5 months. Was talking to my mother the other day and she said that she was seen as being a bit wierd in the late 60's and early seventies for feeding us for 6 months. At 6 months we had no more breast milk - full cow's milk. And by then, of course, I was already eating three full solid meals a day! And if you're baby-mooning at the same time, your supply will increase and you can just delay dropping feeds when you introduce solids. I'm sure C is thriving, regardless of how much he weighs.

Thankyou for your reassuring posts All xxxx

A tmi question but who cares. Is anyone who had stitches still in pain when having sex?

I was stitched with dd ocassionaly experience discomfort when having sex or when my monthly is due. I fit is more than a mild discomfort I would go to GP it could be that they didn't stitch you properly. Although it means examinations and more messing if they can sort it out it is worth it. Hope this helps.

Beatie- GP may prescribe steroid cream to thin scarring or refer to gynae. I was restitched when dd was 7 months as sex out of the question after she was born due to a naff stitching. No probs this time (although have hardly bothered to find out as too knackered, but that's a whole different thread ).

wabbit - thinking of you today and hope it goes as well as possible

Wabbit - I just came on quickly to say the same. Hope it goes ok.

Just quickly (because I've just heard the dulcet sound of a nappy being filled)

Beatie: to be honest, I've got some discomfort having sex and I didn't even have a vaginal birth! I had a smear on Friday and I was so tense the nurse couldn't get the speculum in at first. I've never been like that before. Am going to try and make a conscious effort to relax before I get some serious hang-ups and it generates into full blown vaginismus...

Having what Beatie?!![knackered emoticon]

RZ - I was like that after ds was born - had to have a second smear as I tensed up so much they failed to get any cells!

I had a real fear of getting pregnant again after ds was born too so sex was something that scared me - still does now as the dr said my scar could not take another pregnancy until at least 12 months had passed - but do I go get the pill - no thats too sensible!!!!

Best wishes Wabbitt - hope all going well xxx

too early .

Alice woke at 4:30 (had been asleep since 7pm ish so I was ready for her to have some milk). She then vomited it everywhere. At 5am, DS appeared. Climbed into bed and we all tried to go back to sleep. DH and Alice managed. DS and I didn't and came downstairs at about 5:45am.

Has anyone watched CBeebies then (ie before it has started?) They play the same song again and again - it is very annoying.

Now we have had teletubbies and we're onto Bobinogs. I wonder if there is any way to persuade DS that I am asleep?

Oh no PC I hope your little ones nap at the same time today and give you a break. I bet you have the Bobinogs theme tune in your head all day now!

Alice doesn't seem to have transitioned well to the big cot. She looks distraught when I put her down in it! I hope it's a short phase because I'd really like to get rid of the swinging crib/hammock we used the past 5 months. For her to go down at night she has to be fed and on the verge of sleep. In yet, a few weeks earlier, she'd go down for the night in her crib wide awake. Same with naps. She looks distraught as soon as I lie her down :(

Her nights are still going well. I manage to express enough milk for one bottle and DH gives that to Alice around 10:30pm and she sleeps through until around 6-6.30am, when DHgets her and puts her next to me for a feed.

she's seemed a bit clingier the past week and I worry that it's because she's been put in her own room. Perhaps she is feeling insecure :(

I got a few hours to myself yesterday, shopping. I t was so nice to be able to browse without interruption. It's also nice to be able to leave Alice well-fed and not have to either rush back in two hours or leave ebm to feed her again. She'll go 4 hours between a feed easily during the day.

Wabbit - how was your babymoon? Don't feel bad about the formula if you end up giving C a bottle per day.

Thanks for the replies re pain and sex. I think I'll wait it out a few months more and if there's no improvement by 8 months, I'll go and see my GP. She's a woman with two young children herself, plus she fits IUDs and IUSs every week, so she'd be a good GP to go and see about this sort of thing.

It wouldn't suprise me if the midwife did a hash of a job however, since she acted as though she didn't like me throughout my labour. I'm just about to write my complaint letter to the hospital since I think I have to send it within 6 months of the birth. I recently had 200 photos printed (long overdue going back to Sept 2004!) and I stumbled upon the first two photos of me holding Alice, straight after her birth. They brought back a horrible feeling within me.

I think I'll regret it if I never wrote to the hospital to express my concerns over my treatment from that midwife, even if it is a lot more trivial than what a lot of women go through.

We're highchair shopping today. It's a toss-up between the East Coast adjustable highchair and an almost identical one from Babies R Us. I want to try Alice in each of them so this afternoon entails a trip to John Lewis and Toys r Us. The latter being my least favourite shop.

ooops ~ I knew I had another question regarding stitches.

Does local anaesthetic take a certain amount of time to numb the area? My midwife left no space of time between injecting the local anaesthetic and starting to sticth me up. Is that normal?

Morning!

PiccadillyCircus - do they play 'are you getting ready to play' on cbeebies still before the programmes start over and over? if so its very horrid.
Ds was up twice having nightmares - he has a bad cold - but feeling very knackered from it too!
Sorry Beatie - I know nothing about stitches.

morning

Beatie can't remember about the stitches but thought they left a short period of time. With ds i had an stitch which took quite a while to disolve but eventually did. A friend of mine did need further "replairs" so it's worth getting it checked out.

Wabbit. i've started giving G a top up of formula as she was waking more often. She's not had a great weight gain recently but the HV seemed to think that as long as they looked heathy, had wet nappies and were active it was OK. My main reason for topping up was to try to get her to sleep longer at night as she was waking up twice. It worked for a while but now waking up twice again and I'm shattered.

Who has weaned and at what age. Should wait another 4 weeks but am not enjoying two night feeds from a babe that was sleping through from 10pm a month ago and now wakes at 12 ish and 5ish.

She's awake must go

DS is at nursery today - not sure I would cope if he weren't . It is more frustarting as Alice had slept from about 7 (refused dreamfeed at 10) so that was 9.5 hours at once.

I think it was some tune like are you ready to play - whatever it was I was ready to throw something at the televsion . Have never been so glad for Teletubbies to start .

I think Alice has a small bug - she has done quite a bit of throwing up from Saturday onwards and her nappies are not very pleasant. Speaking of that, there is a certain odour wafting this way so I had better investigate .

Oh, beatie, I am with you on ToysRUs being one of the most unpleasant shops ever. There is no joy in that shop at all.

I think Toys R Us - look for staff that are grumpy and disinterested - and the shops ouze negativity. Do your local stores take bags from you at the door? - our local one used to - they distrusted their customers so much you had to 'check' any bags in on entrance - so you couldn't stuff your bags with bounty - havn't been in since - I created a scene - about cival liberties and my right to be innocent until proven guilty - the spotty youth at the door said ahhhhhhhhh?

I think the one in Stevenage says it will take your bags but never has done with me .

I know that they position the exit door in such a way that you have to walk around the whole shop before they let you out.

I've got to pay my franchise money tomorrow - I'm feeling nervous!! I hope in a few months time I'm saying that was a great decision and not oh what a waste of money!!! But I am looking forward to the buzz of something new. I've been feeling really lacklustre recently - I have too much time to think and thats not good for me!!!

Better go Rachel is awake!

After having the tummy bug, then a dreadful cold - I have yet another cold. I am never usually sick so can't believe it.....must be extremely run down. dd2 is now sleeping through the night - well usually from 7pm to 6am which isn't bad. Basically what happened was that I got sooooo exhausted (what with everything going haywire with dh etc) that just stopped dragging myself out of bed for night feeds that she didn't really need and just put up with a couple of nights of screaming. Seems to have worked touch wood. Haven't started weaning yet. She was born 6 Sept so think she is now about 25 weeks but no real signs she is ready.....how about everyone else. Think teething may be starting. Had her weighed last week and at 24 weeks she is the same weight that her brother (my eldest) was at 12 weeks!!!! She is now 14lbs 10