April 2012 - Feeding, Facebook and finally summer!!

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Apologies for the rubbish thread title - thought I'd cobble something together though!

laughing So sorry to hear that, how dreadful. We were woken up last night by DH's car alarm going off followed by the sound of running footsteps. Thankfully the alarm scared them off. I just can't get my head around why some people think it's ok to steal from others. Like you say, it's the sentimental things that you can't repace :(

laughing how did they get in? Can you make sure that point is properly secured? We were burgled a few years ago while sleeping upstairs. They took our car as well as we'd left the keys as well as our phones, wallets, and laptop all downstairs and within a few feet of the front door. Got in via front door which we hadn't double locked. So we changed the locks that day and kept everything upstairs after going to bed. It's horrible and scary - but other than those photos, everything can be replaced and you're all safe and unharmed which is most important.

Ds2 helped me out last night by sleeping 7:30-3:30. So went to the cinema and got an ok chunk of sleep compared to the night before when he woke 11:30, 1, 2, 3, and twice after 5, then 6 and up for the day at 6:30.

Laughing that's horrible...I'm so sorry about the pictures too.

On a much lighter note, DTD last night and - for the first time since DS it didn't hurt!! It seems to have revolutionised DH too! This morning he woke me with a cup of tea, changed DS, fed cats & I can hear him emptying the dishwasher & vacuuming downstairs! It's a miracle! Who knew that's all it would take!

Laughing I hope your friends/family have copies of pics they can send back to you? I have been copying photos from my iPhone/camera onto my laptop but not backing that up, I should start doing that. DH backs up his laptop all the time for work so all his pics of DD are safe luckily. Hope you can recover as many as possible!

I get on pretty well with my NCT group but they all live much closer to each other & see each other regularly for baby yoga, etc, whereas for me to meet them requires a bit more effort.

I've now met a group of more local NCT mums as a regular meet-up has been arranged - I already know a couple of them from yoga & my breastfeeding group, but meeting a lot of new people seems quite overwhelming, I'm going to struggle to remember their names.

For me, though, it's definitely about having a routine and a reason to get out of the house. Secretly I'm quite happy sitting in a cafe with DD and having a coffee and biscuit by myself, but as long as I get a bit of me-time at some point during the week, I do appreciate the chance to talk to others too!

Am so sorry to hear about your break-on Laughing. Am on my own lots (DH gone for 5 days ATM) & it's my worst fear when he's gone. Hope you can put it out of your head. So sorry you've lost things of sentimental value...

:-) at Henrietta; our sex life has Completely stalled & although DH seems happy enough I'm sure it'd put a spring in his step to ignite things again!! So easy to get stuck in a rut....

I'm a bit of a loner too when it comes to baby groups...did it a little with DD1, but always felt like the odd one out. So haven't ever done it since. I'm lucky to have lots if family & some friend's around me though & it may be different otherwise..

Hug: am panicking slightly about my tummy muscles. I'm doing the 30DS & lots Of walking when I can. But; not sure if my muscles are back together yet!!!!! Am I doing damage? Also v frustrated here with the lack of weight loss...stuck with a stone to go since DD was 6 wjs old. If I'm honest, I'm prob still eating a bit too much, but no more than before I was pregnant. Guess I was lots more active then...am Bridesmsid in 4 W and SO don't want to be the fat one....

Just caught up with some older posts...
Bear: does your LO actually have a tooth?? That must be a Group 1st! Em is teething...crying in her sleeps & irritable sometimes. Though always diff to be 100% sure. Granny would have her permanently on Calpol & tries to make me give it to her daily! Have done a couple of times but not sure it even made that much difference!
Anyone using a pushchair seat instead of carseat/lie down pram yet? Em's almost too big for her pram & is now sleeping in her cot, but seems too young/little to move into (Zoom) pushchair mode. She doesn't like being in the buggy much so am hoping when we do change she'll prefer it....
She's giggling spontaneously now & grasping things for a few minutes. Lovely! She's also afraid of things she used to like: Hoover/hairdryer/men in general! I've scared her myself by speaking loudly the odd time. A sensitive wee thing!

Thats real bad news LaughingGnomette
Did u have copies of any of the photos?
When we move DD over to bottle from breast for one feed. I use Breastflow bottles, she seems to take them quite well. The teats follow the shape of a nipple. We now just use Avent now. But Hope you get on ok with your new bottles?

I thought our car was being broke into last night, im such a light sleeper now, im always listening out for L waking for feeds in the night. Turns out it was our new neightbour arguing. I bloody had get woken up if its not by the baby!!!!!

Turns out i spoke to soon, about her sleeping changing- now back to feeds at 9pm-12pm-3am-6am/7 :(
Then sleep resgrestion continues, well fingers crossed it will pass by 20wks.

We left L with my mum till 12pm last night, went out to watch a hypnotist. I am pretty tired today. Normally bedtimes for me is at 930-10. I think im getting old. LOL
I got her weight friday and she is now 14.5lbs at 17wks, Grown out of most of the 0-3, but her babygrows still fit and a couple of her other outfits. The bags are getting bigger of clothes she has grown out of.

Thanks so much for all of your kind words. Luckily my mum has copies of some of the photos so all is not lost but I keep remembering pictures I took that are now gone. So sad.

digital - luckily we were out at the time. To have them break in when you were in like that must have been horrific. We live in a flat and they must have snuck in through the external door, they then kicked our door in. We've changed the locks and tried to make it as secure as we can but I don't feel happy living here any more.

latris - we think we may have spotted one of our computers on ebay so we've passed the details on to the police. Fingers crossed.

Yay henrietta for DTD! I've pretty much lost interest in it, I don't think DP is that fussed either, I hope it changes soon!

jelly - I changed to fully reclined pushchair mode when DS was about 10 weeks. He HATED the carry cot and would get himself so upset in it. I know he is a bit young for it but i didnt really have much choice. He is much happier in pushchair mode.

newmummy - he took another bottle today, so happy! Hopefully he'll just go back to Avent ones too. I hope you get back to a decent sleep pattern soon, it sounds like you've had a tough time of it.

Am so cross. My 4yo (5 in Nov) has wet her pants for the second day in a row! Just because she didn't want to leave what she was doing to visit the bathroom. Grrrr. Trying to make their tea, hold Emily & be cross with DD2 at the same time. Not good. Not sure how to deal with this correctly.....have banned tv & outside play for the rest of the eveving, which she's v upset about.

Laughing; put Em in her pushchair this afternoon for a quick run out & she seemed happier!

Newmummy: Emily weighed 14lbs 5oz yesterday at 16weeks exactly. Snap! The HV also referred her to the GP to be sent for a hip xray as she has an extra leg crease on her R leg...hopefully it'll be ok. No family history & she wasn't breech. Anyone else had to have this done?

Thaleia I'd just give him the dummy, this age is too young for being left to cry.

Henrietta I've never been a 'group' person, my idea of fun isn't to sit and sing songs and do 'activities' - that's work for me though!

laughing that's so shit about the burglary

hug are you eating enough calories? If you eat too few your body will go into starvation mode. MFP is forever warning me that I've not eaten enough.

We've given up potty training for now, DD being ill threw her totally and now we're at the inlaws and she's unsettled. DH's cousin got married today, I spent the ceremony outside with DD as she threw a wobbler anytime we went near the ceremony room, and we walked into the reception and straight back out as it was her bedtime and she's like Cinderella's bloody pumpkin at midnight - bang on 7pm she goes to pieces and needs to sleep, but won't sleep anywhere but a bed, so there's no parking her up in the buggy whilst we stay at the party. So - I'm on the sofa watching the Lympix and DH is at the party with the rest of the family. I spent longer finding a button front dress to feed DS in than i did at the actual wedding .

fliss I make sure I have at least 1200 calories a day (usually more as Im exercising but net it's lower). This was after mfp told me off a couple of times. I have started insanity so hopefully I will see a change soon.

jelly if your muscles haven't joined together when you do an work you will be creating a little pot belly rather than a flat stomach (in the same way if you do ab work wrong you will). Pm me your email address if you want and will send you the exercises.

I am aching today. Got an exercise rest day tomorrow which i am fully looking forward to.

My mil has both boys tonight - first time Aaron has stayed away from me and I'm a bit on edge. If anyone other than me is having my children though overnight she is my first choice she is fab with them and they adore her.

laughing as weird as this sounds I hope it is your computer so hopefully the police can track the bastards who did it.

Well done to all the baby weight gains. A is clearly a fat pie as I weighed him myself at 13 weeks as 15lbs. I really want to get him done properly though as I'm interested.

jelly your Emily seem so similar to Lyra. I was just thinking about moving over to the pushchair too. She looks pretty big in the carry cot. We have a I candy cherry. The pushchair bit does say 6 months plus. But I think I may use it soon?

fliss that's a shame about the wedding, I stuggle to find nice dress to bf in too. I'll probally and up giving L a bottle for her christening at church or party after.
She is still being a little fussy with the bottle. But sticking will with! So when I wean her off the boob it will be easier.

When is everyone planning on stoping bfeeding? I plan to have giving up by Christmas. And maybe start weaning at 5 months plus, then go into blw at 6 months. Loads of people I know have starting weaning as early as 17wks if not before. Its far too early if U ask me! Ive got a couple of annabel karmel books which im starting to read! sept/oct will be here before we know it!

L can choose when she stops bf. I don't think she'll be a 2yr feeder like DS though, she just doesn't seem like she enjoys it that much (evil silent reflux doesn't help).

Jelly we had 2 hip scans. They repeated the first one 6 weeks layer as they were still uncertain as to the bone development but it all turned out fine. I can't help but be paranoid about her legs though now, sometimes it looks like one is longer than the other but they tell me it's not! She hated the scans though - just ultrasound so not painful, but she yelled all the way through regardless! Good luck with yours, let us know how you get on...

vicky I've already BF longer than I expected to. I struggled to 7w with DD, with a FF at night. I'll stop when DS wants to stop or I have to find a job outside the house.

If you're going to wean at 5months+, then presumably DD would be showing all the signs of readiness to wean by then anyway so why not just start BLW from the off? We BL weaned DD at about 23 weeks (our HV at the time suggested it) as she was showing all the signs and was nearly 6mo, and it's not like a magic switch goes off at 26w ...

La T, am now totally paranoid that E's intense dislike if her carseat is due to a (presently undiagnosed & probably imagined) hip problem!!!
:-/
Glad L's scans were ok, hope E's are too & my sensible brain (not much of it left, mind) tells me she's fine. My mummy brain is now in overdrive worrying that I've made this potential problem worse by putting her in her carseat when she obviously didn't want to be in there!!!!

Had some nice time with my 4yo during her 'punishment' this evening. We had some stories & Snuggles while watching the Olympics & I think she needed that time with mummy more than anything else. She needs more one on one I think & I'm going to have to work on that.

Think it was Bear who wrote about Margot Sunderlands book; I'm reading it & wish I'd had it 6.5 years ago! Thx for the recommendation; I'm going to make sure my 35wk preg sis gets one
too!

Hug: I'd be v grateful for the exercises! Thx....my tummy really is a Jellybelly now. Don't want it looking even worse. How do I PM you?!

Fliss; hope you didn't miss out on fun at the wedding!

Newmummy: why is it 6mths before you can use the pushchair bit of your buggy? If it lies pretty flat I'd think L will be fine as long as she's not in it for too long....Em can see so much more now & I think that's why the buggy seat helps.

jelly im not actually sure but if a few people are interested could put them on our Facebook page for all to see.

A hasn't been himself this evening. He sicked up some phlegm with little bits of milk in it and a poo earlier was mucusy but no cold or temperature. He also had a high pitched scream crying fit and almost choked on the first bit of his bottle I'm giving him now but the rest he's drinking fine. Anyone got any ideas? He's also not sleeping like he used to only 20 mins bOth morning and afternoon which doesn't seem enough.

How is everyone?

Awful night so far and it's only 10.30pm! Took an hour to get Em to sleep. Then she woke 20 mins later. Then again. And again. And then constant screaming. Now attempting to settle her back down. Got a feeling it's going to be a bad night!

Good morning! Been a few days.
Laughing: Hope the police tracked down the guys if it was your laptop they were selling.Awful.
Hug : Sounds like a throat infection. Has he been feeding well through the night? Developed a fever? How is he during his play time? Still happy and interacting?

He is ok when he's playing and doesnt have a temperature. I'll just keep an eye on him but I'm sure it's not going to turn into anything.

A very nearly rolled over just then but his arm is just stopping him, he needs to learn to move it up out of the way and hell be there!

jelly not sure why pushchair says 6 months plus- probally just a guideline. I think they have to sit up before they can be put in it? But I think it can lay back too.

I seem to get one good night, then a couple of bad nights. They are never the same! The night before last only up at 2am then through till 7.
Last night 130, 330 and 6.

fliss yes im gonna looks for signs for weaning at 20+ weeks. Not sure when ill start. She has some signs now! Putting things in mouth, nearly sitting up, and watching us eat.

Not sure if U have seen my fb post, about cutting her skin with the nail clippers. I feel soooooo bad :(

jelly I think the 6m guideline is to stop people trying to sit wobbly headed newborns up in the seated position in the pram, the lie-back position should be fine from birth though in most buggies. We've used the stroller in the lying down position since DS was about 3wo, as we can sit it up and use it for DD too, and my pram is too awkward for buses (I don't drive) and completely fills our boot.

Vicky I did that with DS and don't think I'll ever stop feeling guilty about it! I nibbled his nails after that until he was much bigger! I dont think he holds it against me though!

I did the nail thing with DS and let him roll off the bed at about 5m....

So sorry about the break-in, Laughing - it's horrible losing photos. I hope they can be caught.

Jelly - yes it was me who recommended the Margot Sunderland book. I think I need to dip into it again as I've been a bit short tempered with DS and I need reminding how I should be parenting.

Fliss Sorry wedding was a bit of a wash-out.

Vicky I breastfed DS until about 21 months and probably will do about the same for DD. It was mornings and evenings only for the last few months. I'm not going to wean until 6 months unless she makes it really, really obvious that she's ready for solids. Going to do a mixture of purees and finger food as I tried BLW with DS and he got bored before he was full - so I'd start the meal with finger food and then finish with spoon-feeding. Afraid I am lazy and they eat such tiny bits at first that the purees are going to be Ella's not homemade.

Oh and am on day 3 of potty training 2.5 year old DS. It's going really well touch wood. One accident on day one and one on day 2 and none so far today.

We've been propping ds2 up in the buggy, only for about 5 minutes at a time as its mainly a distraction technique to keep him on there a bit longer before finally cracking and sticking him in the ergo. As long as their heads aren't lolling about all over the place it's ok.

vicky we've all done it, felt terrible, then left trimming them till they turn into talons. Rite of passage I think. Don't feel too bad, they don't remember it.

Ds2 still doesn't look anywhere close to weaning. 17 weeks today. Chewing his fist but not really grabbing stuff properly, more interested in just hitting it. Loves watching us eat, but also loves watching the Olympics and I don't think he's ready for the long jump yet.

He's sitting up a bit more when propped in between my legs on the floor. Started leaning forward to look at toys/his feet/fluff. And still not entirely through this sleep regression phase but for the first time ever he's having an extended nap in his cot. Been there for nearly 90 minutes now, was planning on going out at 3, but can't face waking him when he rarely sleeps during the day. Hoping this means he'll sleep well tonight too.