Postgraduate brookers - Brooking No Argument for happy, healthy and sleeping DCs..

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New thread time!

Right. I've started counting feeds today. 4 since midnight and currently on number 5

No way is food before one just for fun pomme. I always tried to make sure I gave high calorie things like you said- banana, sweet potato, she wouldnt have avocado but I mixed other things with them, or gave a bit of both. DD dropped all day feeds at 8.5 months, wouldn't drink any other milk, so her calories were entirely food based!

Yes biscuits, you don't wait for any signs of weaning if you're doing it at 3 months. My friends baby loved it, he was so excited, gurgling in his bouncy chair!! He's a happy healthy 14 month old now who eats everything! He does have an egg allergy though, or intolerance, which doesn't actually show on either the allergy tests he had before weaning or the ones he had when he went back to London (guys and st toms I think) for the ? allergy.

pomme, I feel your pain. All three of ours were up between 2:40 & 5am, plus S up all the time as usual. He's got a sodding cough again, so bring on the projectile vomiting, inability to lie flat, inability to stay asleep... B only up twice, 3&6:30. I know which baby I'll sell first... . Had a big argument with Dh this morning too... Just to make the day a bit better.

Is there anything bigger you'll need you can get with your vouchers wants? Travel cot? Monitor? high chair? Next size car seat if you know what you'd want? Not that I'd ever buy a stage 1 car seat from them, don't think they sell extended rear facing seats.

Jen, I've fed B 4 times since midnight. I've fed S about 7, ish, I lose count in the night...

finally got DS1 down for a nap after an overexcited morning of dancing and squealing in front of the mirror, followed by another toddler friend to visit.

my living room is strewn with debris. hopefully DS2 will settle for a wee sleep now too and i can tidy up and get lunch.

making do with a nutritious snack of irn bru and chocolate while feeding.

no time for potty so far today, but we did have a poo and wee last night before bed. then he insisted he had to do another wee before putting his nappy on. he actually did and eventually went to bed after 3 stickers of bribery.

DS2 slept for 4 and a bit hours in a row after 11 last night, but was then up every hour so I'm still sleepy. that's twice in his life that he's slept longer than 3 hours at night...

he's now just chewing his hand and chatting so winding up for a big poo instead of sleep i think. meh.

I was thinking maybe a high chair with the vouchers, mothercare do a wooden one similar to East Coast but DH is a bit reluctant to go for it because it has mothercare written on it .We were given a monitor but haven't used it yet, I have loads of clothes up until about 6 months as we were bought or given stuff in the bigger sizes! Is there something that you bought your toddlers that they are still playing with now? I am a bit out of touch with the current toys available, my boys had brio, duplo and fisher price toys mainly but I am sure things have changed a lot since then!

I'm on the 5th feed since midnight. Luckily last night wasn't too bad (just one extra feed) and DS seems ok today.

Thanks for the info and links on weaning. Very interesting. The HV suggested purees and baby rice type feeds until 6 months, and then just a big of whatever we're having (within reason!). Hopefully if I keep up the bfing DS will go back up the centiles eventually. Or he'll just be small (like me) and perfectly formed not like me.

Dream I meant to say :( about your friend splitting up with her husband. I think it's also scary because it sort of makes you think it could happen to anyone (including us). Though I'm sure our relationships will recover from the babies eventually.

I just heard that a very close friend has had a miscarriage 2 days before he'd 12 week scan. :( :( :( What do you say? I just desperately hope she'll announce a successful scan in 4 months time.

Wants not sure what you could get with your vouchers, but I've just bought a Maclaren XT from Mothercare! Maybe wait until there's definitely something big you feel you need?

A bit of whatever we're having
her 12 week scan

Give me a D

Give me an I

Give me a S

Give me a C

Give me a H

Give me an A

Give me a R

Give me a G

Give me an E

Give me a D

what have we got 'DISCHARGED'!

F is no longer required to attend outpatients spots! Woop woop! Fit the first fume in over 3 years we don't have any appts at the hosp coming up. Wine to celebrate me thinks!

yay hawthers!

finally got DS2 to sleep but can't get him to let me put him down and tidy up!

Yay for F!! Well done to you as well Hawthers! That must be so freeing!

Sorry to hear about your friend Pet how upsetting :( It's impossible to know what to say! I'm sure your concern for her is comforting in itself.

I also meant to say :( for Dream's friend who is splitting from her DH. Such a big decision. To be honest my own marriage isn't exactly peachy at the moment, I really think we are just hanging on until A is older to figure out if it's really us not working or just the sleep deprivation. I do know that I don't want to be having this many arguments each day by this time next year, hopefully that can be achieved whilst still with DH, rather than us going our separate ways.

I'm loving all the weaning talk! I keep learning things (what's the gluten free issue Pomme?) Are any of you following any books to help with the weaning process? I think I need to do some research! Personally I like the idea of offering cereal via spoon in the morning, and BLW finger food in the afternoon (does she really need 3 meals a day? Surely she'd end up spending the whole day in the high chair?!)

Also, I'm sure I've asked this before so please forgive me, but we're about to buy some sleeping bags. Are Grobags generally the best bet?

We're also buying a travel cot. The Baby Bjorn travel cot light looks amazing, has anyone here got one?

(Apologies for all the shopping questions! You ladies are so much wiser and more experienced than me though. [suck up emoticon] )

New picture of f on my profile too

Merino sleeping bags! I heart them.

Gluten is one to be careful with as to when and how you introduce it to avoid sensitivities. If they're getting bm when they try it less of an issue.

She'll need three meals a day at some point.

My marriage can also go on the grumpy and yuck list and we've only been married a year!

we started with one meal a day scream, then on to two and three. we just did a random mix of spoons and bits, but i think DS1 still prefers stuff he can pick up. he can use a spoon or fork perfectly well, it appears to be too much effort. sometimes i find myself helping with his lunch, as i can see it's taking so long he's ready for a sleep and just waving his fork around while hungry.

I'm hoping DS2 will eat anything like DS1 once did. it was all going well till about 18 months... it's so hard to guess what he'll actually eat without a strop. he will always eat cereal though. also biscuits. he asked me for a carrot the other day. ate about 1/10 of it, but there is hope. maybe he'll want to try DS2's stuff.

I'll probably wait till 6ish months again (depending on what DS2 is like i guess), postponing any faff. unless baby is refluxy or something i didn't really understand the benefit of earlier weaning.

both boys sleeping and i have found my living room floor again...

I meant to put a smiley face after the three meals as was light hearted!

have moved to kitchen but still surfing...

grobags my favourite out of them , mothercare and Ikea ones. I think I have wittered before about googling for good prices on 'last season' designs.

Yeah, DH and I pretty grumpy a lot of the time too :( I am convinced that it'll be better when we're not so tired from garden construction and new baby. I'll probably be back at work by then....

That's partly why I'm rattled by my friends marriage break up, the amount of bickering, grumpiness etc here is off the scale atm... :( Add me to the list! I've only been married 2.5 years but put up with him a lot longer

Gluten and DD met just before 6 months when she was sat by me at a baby group and someone said 'oh, don't they grow up quick, so she's eating toast now?' I looked down and so she was (clearly grabbed it as a plate was passed round)

That's great Hawthers - congratulations to all!

Scream I've used BabiesRUs, Sainsbury's and Mamas and Papas sleepbags and they all seem fine to me. I'd also be interested to know if anyone has a travel cot recommendation. And does anyone know which Annabel Karmel book is the middle class weaning bible book to use?

DH and I are up and down, but it's our second anniversary this week so hopefully we will wuv each other lots for a few days anyway .

Evening all

Hawthers YAY for being discharged! Deffo wine to celebrate tonight. In fact I shall have a glass to celebrate for you too

Travel cot - I had one from mothercare that I think was just on offer when we needed one. It was v standard but weighed a tonne (I bought it in Birmingham city centre and had to lug it all the way back to the train station - nearly gave myself a hernia!). I suppose they're supposed to be weighty to stop them toppling? Dunno

Arguments wise DH is hardly ever here so I bicker with ds1 instead so we don't bicker too much. Remember - all our dh's are jolly lucky to have such fabulous wives and once these brooking babies remember that they sleep at night time we'll all be super fab again. Fo shizzle

Forgotten everything else.

Oh yes, Jaggy can you come and tidy my house now?

I shall also be consuming wine tonight. Still gorgeous weather, DH has broken up from work until Monday, DS is fast asleep already and DH is cooking fajitas. DD and I are relaxing on the sofa, I'm filling her up so that I can have some guilt free wine once she'd finished. My BFing will then be done until the morning as she'll have a FF about 11pm which will see her through.

Had a lovely day with Biscuits and the Biscuit boys. So lovely to see both our big DS's play so well together.

Congratulations Hawthers tha's fantastic news. Lovely pic of F there. He looks a lot like your DH if I remember correctly from a previous pic you posted?

Wants I reckon those ELC vouchers will come in handy at Christmas. There's usually a toy sale on around October half term time. I'm guessing you've probably not got many toys left from your older DSs'?

Scream I hope things pick up for you and your DH soon. I bicker with my DH a lot, but I've never got as far as seriously thinking about splitting. Sleep deprivation can be majorly bad, I hope it's just that in your case and things improve when A gets a bit more settled. Same for you Dream. It's sad how much changes from when you first meet and fall in love. I never felt irritated by my DH at all until we became parents. These days he can barely put a foot right.

Was indeed lovely to see you all today Scarlet - DS1 had a lovely lovely time and has talked about it all afternoon and it was so nice to sneak a cuddle with your dd - particularly nice to have a cuddle with a baby that doesn't smell of sick all the time (including within 5 seconds of bath time )

Oh and I have fajita Scarlet . However we have fajita plans for Saturday and DS1 is staying at my in-laws

Evening all, just a quickie from me. Yay for being discharged hawthers that's fab news.
Very sorry to hear of so many arguments, its so hard when you're all tired and grumpy at each other.
We weighed dd today at the bf clinic and she's gone below her birth weight. Got our first hv appt tomorrow so I wonder what they'll suggest? If its not one thing going wrong its another! She was 7lb 8oz at birth and now at 3 weeks she's 7lb 4oz is that bad? She looks ok, eats lots and is lovely and alert. I shall have to offer more boob I suppose? I don't want to top up with formula unless really necessary, i've been making a herculean effort to keep bf but I seem to hit problems at every turn.

Hope everyone manages some sleep in this. hot weather.

Evening! Had a lovely day in Kingston! Iz was very well behaved, especially with all the hot public transport we had to endure!

Hawthers, yay! Congratulations :)

Pet, what a horrible and difficult situation :(

Boob feeling a tad better thanks Jen, but not much - worrying :S Hoping it clears up soon and it's nothing more serious.

DH and I haven't argued much recently thankfully - though we did argue quite a bit early in the pregnancy. We seem to have settled into a nice routine now, which is great! I'm a bit worried though that he seems to do too much - he does lots of cooking, sometimes does bits of tidying the kitchen I haven't got round to, as well as lots at weekends too. I'm not sure I show him how much I appreciate him - must make more of an effort..

Thanks for all the info about weaning. Obviously way too early for us, but good to be informed!

Wrote a long post yesterday and lost it - and just realised I left this and didn't post it when I went to feed Iz. Just fed her to sleep on the bed - because it was more comfortable - then dozed off. Woke up, but now feel like a zombie..!

Yes, I'm not thinking about splitting with my Dh, that'd be a disaster for me and the children, and i agree sleep deprivation is a major part of it. It's just sad you know, to be cross or frustrated with each other a lot. We used to do so many things, all long days outdoors, walking, cycling, not at all what we can do with three small children. Our lives are so different, great in other ways but sooo different. And as I struggle a lot with three, Dh doesn't get much opportunity to do all the things we used to do even by himself. Ah well, those days will return, one day...

Go. To. Sleep. Babies. That is it.

X post musical what a shame the boob isn't enormously better :( Glad you still managed your trip into London though. My Dh is doing a lot more than normal too and I'm also not showing him how I appreciate what he does do. Don't get me wrong, its not all bad by any means in the dream household, I'm just feeling guilty its not better and i am particularly irritable and snappy these days...