December 2011 (drop-in) - The Trouble With Dribbles

[LittleMissFlustered]

I have never quite understood rusks... They are like a grim version of biscotti but with less structural integrity. And with that amount of sugar you may as well give them malted milks and pink wafers. (that's what I'm planning come 6 month anyway!! Unsuitable mother alert!)

Cow biscuits!

You will now be returned to your scheduled programming.

It is a military operation Oi- I'm off to sterilise stuff too... I have a cool bag which contains: sterilised pump (in 3 532 little bits), cup, and lid; muslin; breast pads; ice block; plastic bag for pump; plastic bag to wrap round cup of expressed milk; and empty tub of Asda soup- which, for the record, was FOUL, but the right size for the Avent tubs- in which to place said wrapped cup for going in the fridge at work.
Not got the stuff to get ready for LO, but still a pita!

Hope it went well at nursery for BOi.

But...return to work was fine, was like I'd never been away, and was able to express about 160-180ml locked away in an office. I feel lucky that I enjoy my work so much, and have the world's most understanding and accommodating boss.

Delighted all's well with the dangly bits BJR. My DS has been referred to the hospital to check out his little funny bum thing, but hopefully won't need an op.

He may be a refuser HLC... but I tend to put it in as he's going down for a nap (so still awake) and then tap on the end a few times with my nail. It apparently imitates the let down, and so they start to suck. Great MN tip and it never fails for me!

Let's hope we all get some good sleep tonight too!

Oh, and am posting on DP's big computer, as my laptop isn't charging up.

This may be a total crisis .

BOi survived nursery! He only had about 3oz between 7am and 4:30pm, but he survived. And he did have 3oz from a bottle. The nice lady put 2fingers around the teat so he felt skin, and had his coat with my smell on nearby. I'll work from mum's tomorrow, but we'll attempt to do the same. Anyway, he survived and seemed happy enough.
So happy that baby bjr's bits are ok. Hope minichinni is also bum-tastic.
What else did I want to write... Hang on...

I managed to express twice, from both, and got a total of 340ml. And it really did make me feel like a dairy cow. I'm putting it in the Lansinoh bags, and in a coloured container in the fridge (carried across in a big brown envelope).
BOi was hungry when I collected him. I bfed him in the parent room, then fed him at 6pm, then gave him a good few spoons of baby rice, and then he slept. And then woke at 8 for more. He is asleep now. He's v snotty.
DH is home and did baby rice duty. BOi loved it and was dead keen -open mouth, leaning forward. I'll thicken it up slightly over the coming days, and from week 21 or 22 may introduce veggie purees. I was keen to wait, but he's showing real interest signs. Yesterday he was trying to grab the butter beans off mum's plate. (I don't think I'd seen butter beans since school dinners!)

Oh and thanks for the tapping dummy trick. I'll try it.

That's exactly why I'm eating the risks I'd rather I wasted them than sugar up the wee man!!

figgyboy dropped an oz today from 1 feed then screamed the house down less than 2 hrs later i couldnt believe he was hungry but boy was he telling me otherwise. am very impressed Boi could go that long today on 30mls glad it went well!!

If you eat enough pink wafers you get pink poo

misree I don't want to know how you acquired that information....

And tonight it was DD1 who was useless at settling down, stropped, and then a minute later DS woke up and demanded fooooood. Glug.

Well done oi and northern, I must say I don't think I could get along with expressing at work, I'm very impressed you guys are managing it.

My only fear was how loud the pump is. I didn't have the guts to ask anyone if they heard it. And everyone was too polite to say anything or snigger obviously.
Am going to work from my mum's spare room tomorrow. Have realised that separation anxiety is not healthy, so I'll be breaking us in more gently.

Seems like DS is having a bit of a problem weeing. Noticed last few days he's been weeing when i take his nappy off loads more than usual. But this has now developed into him crying before he wees. e.g. gets through half a feed, refuses any more and cries, nappy seems dry but if i take it off he then wees and is fine. Guessing I need to find a doctor to take him to after the drive to my parents tomorrow. Its woken him up tonight, he was fidgity untill i tried changing his nappy, then soon as he'd weed he went back to sleep.

Glad BOi survived nursery Oi. And Northern sounds like 1st day at work went well, hope your laptop sorts itself out!

bjr, it's probably nothing, though sensible to get him checked if you're concerned, but before you go to see the gp see if you can catch one of his wees in a clean tupperware: they may ask you to get a wee sample and if you bring one in to them they may be able to dip it straight away to check there's no infection. Good luck

Bed at 8 for DS - up at 12 then 3 then 5 then 6. I am knackered. He is having puree for dinner a bit for tea and a top up of baby rice made with formula for supper, as well as breast fed on demand. Why is he not sleeping better? Sooo tired, feel like I've been twatted over the head its pounding.

What am i doing wrong?

He totally refuses a bottle.

DD hears Dp go out at 6ish and wakes, so day has to start.

While DD is at nursery o try to get house / washing / ironing done, but this means I have no time to take DS to anywhere and I feel guilty about that. But I need to take DD out on afternoon after nursery - she has so much energy. If I didn't the house would end up upside down and she will sleep badly.

Dash home to make tea In between feeding DS / having to pick him up coz he screams and then bath them both and get DD into bed for 7.

Feels like there is not enough hours in the day and it is relentless.

Crap night then repeat.

If i hear DP moan about being tiered one more time im going to scream. He sleeps on sofa still coz he gets up early for work, but he gets back at 11 ish and is out again at 4 till 6 ish. So he has large gap inbetweenn where he can do as he pleases.

Sorry for rant but i just needed to get it off my chest.

Thanks :)

itsy, it will get better, honestly. I had similar feelings when Dd2 was little (her speciality was 11/1/3/5 feeds). As Dory said in finding Nemo, just keep swimming.....

And DD1 is still conked out as she's been reading late. Again. My daughter is a book addict time for school getup run...

Your probably right about it being nothing Aethel. Damn this being a mum thing had turned my normally chilled out self into an anxious being may need to practise a bit of CBT on myself ... now if only I could remember how, baby brain may have killed it all before I left work!

Itsy sounds like you're doing a fantastic job with your LO's, I am constantly amazed how you guys with 2+ kids fit it all in! I hope it relents soon, any chance of convincing DP to help out in the afternoon if he's at home, maybe you could set DD and all her energy loose on him :o

Hi all! Having a lovely time at home but not much time to post. Minimopsy has a bad cold and is coughy and spluttery, poor little bean. But happy in herself and everyone is loving her!

Oi, it's v v v hard to leave them :( I hope it gets easier, I find it hard still.

Morning all, Am at mum's, he's downstairs. All is well. Ali slept quite well last night, 8-11 (fed when we went to bed)11:20 - 2:20, 2:30 - 4:20, 4:30 - 7:00.
So only 2 wake ups for me. :) I'd love to get back to one wake up, or even sleeping through, but I can live with two. (It's better than every hour!)
His chest was v rattly last night, he had a horrid hacking cough, and noisy breathing. If the cough continues, I'll be seeing the doctor again, i suppose. What are the rules? Help me aethel! He seems ok in himself. Should I get these things checked out? I'm not a neurotic mother. I think he's fine. But dad says I should take him. I don't want to give him medicines if he's ok and can fight minor infections himself. (I certainly don't want him to suffer though or be uncomfortable, you understand).
Itsy it doesn't sound like you are doing anything wrong, apart from cutting your DP too much slack, perhaps! "Where he can do as he pleases" needs to be turned into "where we care for our children". He needs to give you and the kids some support - whether that be by doing some housework, or minding the kids whilst you get straight.
Boi is refusing a bottle, but the nursery got him to take some by putting a finger at each side of the teat - so that his lips/face could feel warm skin - like a breast. Apparently this helped him. We're going to continue to try this today. Perhaps this could be your DPs mission for the afternoons, to get LO to accept a bottle from him. Men like a challenge - the competition - especially if you say that you can't do it, then they have the opportunity to brag that they succeeded where you failed. reverse psychology... they are such simple creatures.

Sorry to see some of you are still having horrible nights.

Oi Hopefully you'll get there with the bottle soon.

Sky woke twice again last night and had 14oz milk overnight. Had some baby rice about 7pm too which she enjoyed, thinking I need to thicken it like I did the night before!

Weaning class this afternoon, although don't really want to go out in this lousy weather :(

oi the rules with babies are this: no-one medical EVER minds seeing them. If you're worried, or if another person is worried then take them in and say "xxxx is worried about them. They have an icky cough. I don't want them to have medicine unless its necessary but please can you check them over to put our minds at ease?"

Wow the weather is utterly fowl here today i took lo swimming first thing (he loved it again) but think we are homebound the rest of the day its that bad. Was going to head to Asda for their baby event check out weaning stuff but that may have to be tomorrow now.

Lo asleep after his swim so sitting to read a book which i started before i had him and only now being able to pick up again albeit a chapter at a time.

Baby porridge again at lunchtime for lo

Weather totally vile here too. Was supposed to be going out to get DH's niece a bday present but it is so bad out there I'm desperately trying to think of another way.

In other news I've lost and regained the same bastard pound about 5 times. I just don't seem to be able to shift it. Although I'm sure I'm a bit slimmer as I can get into a couple more clothes but still not brilliant for the holiday booked in 10 weeks time...

hawthers maybe forget the awkward pound and go after a more pliable one?
The weather is foul here too. The good news is that BOi is beginning to accept bottles. Yippee! He's had about 100ml so far today, and some baby rice. I'm staying away and getting updates every so often.
figgy I bought some ASDA freezer pots - like large ice cube trays with seals.I think I'll freeze small cubes of mush, then when they are frozen, pop them out into these bigger pots with seals.
Thanks aethel, I've made an appointment for 4.30pm with the nurse clinician.

Yay Boi