December 2011: The one where DSM gets married...

[LittleMissFlustered]

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Cool, we'll chat off thread.

dsm soooo nearly there, very happy for you, hope it all goes brilliantly!
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Have a fantastic day tomorrow DSM

Indeed, best of luck for tomorrow DSM. Try not to melt in the heat, and enjoy every moment, and can't WAIT to see the pictures!

Trying to think of something old, new, borrowed and blue....

Um...well, all our babies are new, that'll do.... and the background colour of MN is blue, so that's two....help me out with the other bits folks !

Agree on the tattoos- I've got a couple, nowhere visible, that I've had for years, and there as much as part of me as the millions of moles I've got. I actually felt sort of 'high' after getting them. But it's such a personal thing, totally Marmite.

Seven, how's the throat, and is MiniM feeling better Mopsy?

You seem to have the worst luck Bee, and it's so not your fault. There was a wonderful (iyswim) thread the other day about 'oh Bob, my child's just fallen downstairs, call SS' and several hundred other women came on to recount how theirs had bounced down stairs repeatedly/ended up in A&E/gotten black eyes. Your DH really needs to accept these thing happen.

As it's our ten year anniversary next year we're looking at a holiday- just a few days in Bruges as DP loved it, but we'd have to get some sort of apartment. We never go on holiday so feel we should treat ourselves, even though I swore I'd never go on holiday with an under 5!

oooh DSM, enjoy your last night as a miss!!

Northern, minim is a lot better thanks. She's still not entirely herself but nearly there. She was so upset just now when I put her to bed, she was crying her eyes out and saying mama for the first time. I think it's just a sound showing she's upset. She was looking for me and trying to get to me even when my husband was holding her, which wasn't great for him :( but I guess I was at work all day so she needed the reassurance maybe. She's used to my husband being at work I guess.

Anyone doing anything exciting this w/e? (apart from DSM!) we are seeing friends who live abroad that we rarely see, can't wait!

We have The Visitation Of The Rellies. My Aunt and Uncle, who've never visited me at home before. My Aunt and my DM (sisters) don't get on, so this is the first visit to either my Mum or me (I've visited them lots before) in about...oooh, say 25 years

We have been cleaning, and I still have the bathroom to go.

Glad she's feeling better Mopsy

Thanks for asking northern. My throat is no better, and I have developed a random rash over both hands today that looks like small red pimples

Glad she's on the mend mopsy.

Might be a virus Seven, with a viral rash. You poor thing. Sore throats suck - particularly when they're as bad as yours. You must be miserable :( I hope it improves very soon...

Just a quick check in before I attempt to sleep tonight. Am at the hotel and it's all becoming very real will attempt to be a better poster next week x

Hope you get some sleep dsm and have a wonderful day tomorrow!

seven could it be hand foot and mouth? Most people had it as a child and are therefore immune but maybe you missed out? It can cause blisters inside the mouth/throat which are very painful, as well as on hands and feet. I don't know if you rememeber but DS had it while we were in the chicken pox incubation period over Christmas!

Hope minimopsy feels better sOon. DD also says mamamamama when she is upset, but recently it has started sounding a lot more like mama. She is such a mummy's girl, and will peer around anything/anyone who gets in her line of vision from me and stick her hands out as she wants me to cuddle her. Sounds very cute but can be a real pain as I don't want to be the only one who can settle her. DS is also quite clingy to me - what did I do wrong?! Or is it normal? Other people's children don't seem so clingy.

Captain Green Pants :) had a few accidents today with the potty training but I think its because I have tried to remind him less. He starts doing a wee, realises he is wet and stops weeing, then tells me he needs a wee and goes on the potty. I'm amazed he has so much control he can stop himself weeing part way through but just wish he would tell me when he needs to go! Sometimes he does it just a few minutes after I've asked him if he needs a wee and he says no. I guess its all a normal part of potty training.

I'd better stop waffling and procrastinating and get to bed. Hope msbuggy and xiao are doing ok, there's a few more people not posted for a while but names gone out of my head.

Sleep well everyone, or "nice dreams" as DS says :)

Oooh v v v exciting dsm!!!
( have completely forgotten everything else I wanted to say!)
Hope you all and poorly babies are soon better. X
Nothing much planned for the weekend.
I went to the funeral of a good friend's father today. A lovely man, and a shockingly sudden death. My friend lives in france. I'd offered help - however - and live near her mother (and dearly departed dad), so her cousin, the hubby and 2 kids are staying. (I've never met them before)
The funeral was today. I went to the service, but not the crem or wake. But at 5pm the kids needed to let off steam - so 4 families came to ours to play in the garden and to expend some energy and for the parents to drink wine and give the new widow and older family members some peace.
It's been nice to be able to help out and be useful.

Stupid question but Rocco's not been properly sick since he started solids & he has a fever. Do I still make him breakfast? Or just concentrate on bfing. He's really focussed on boob this morning which is unusual.

HLC you can always offer him something but don't worry if he doesn't want it. I'd go with pureed fruit or something like that. And you're ebf on demand aren't you? Best thing for any illness. Hope he's better sOon.

4 days into a dairy-free diet and DD started only waking once in the night. After a week I gave her a yoghurt and some cheese yestertday and she was up every hour from 1am again. I guess that confirms she has a problem with cows milk does it? Or could it just be coincidence? Should I try her on dairy again today? Not sure I can cope with another bad night but want to be sure it is dairy (as such a pain to be dairy-free).

oi that was very nice of you to offer your house, I expect your friend was very grateful.

Go dsm!

Honey i'd offer the solid food but not worry if he's not bothered! Jack was poorly yesterday and just looked at me like I was mad when I offered him breakfast so just had milk little and often instead. Hope Rocco feels better soon.

Gee i'd leave it another week, ten days and then try again. Will give you a good idea of how well she settles and then try again for a day to see if she is unsettled again. If she does then you know to give it a miss for a while. When we cut it from DS's diet it took a couple of days for him to settle but after a week the difference was very clear.

gee glad you've potentially found the problem but what a nuisance. I second BJR's advice. I thought Eva was ok on small amounts and just a grizzly baby but the difference has been unbelievable since we cut it out completely. Do you think it's the dairy in general or just lactose? You could always try soy yoghurts in the meantime, I even discovered soy cheese in holland and barrett though it's probably vile

Oooh, I've been distracted by the boy but it's wedding day!!!

DSM I've changed my fb profile picture back to the one of me in a hat in your honour.

Tomorrow, I'll share my two mini wedding disaster stories, but don't want to tempt fate today (they're really not that bad. Well, one could have been but we're well past that being an issue for you!)

Have a great day DSM :)

Sounds like Captain Green Pants is doing very well Gee and will be a fully-fledged potty user before too long!

I think seeing as your symptoms haven't gone away, and have in fact gotten progressively worse, I'd get off to the doctor's seven, although I know that's easier said than done on a Saturday.

I need to do some last minute tidying, and then we've got to get off to the shops to get lunch for The Rellies. Now if DS would just play ball with his nap we might actually get somewhere ...

Have a lovely day DSM

DS woke us at 3 this morning first time in weeks, he then went back to sleep without any intervention from us great I thought.......for 10 mins then he woke up and when I went in his room my nostrils were assaulted by the overwhelming stench of boy poo it was bad really bad!! Was half 4 before he went back to sleep then woke again at 6.45 with another eye watering stinker of a nappy. It's not a good start to a day when you've had 2 of those before 7am

Hope today is everything you wish for and more DSM

I dug out the air cooler thingy this morning, dusted it off, gave it a good clean and put it in the front room for Freta - she's sweating like a piglet this morning, bless her! It's about 27 degrees in here - should cool down later it's just we have sun at the front in the mornings through shitty single pane windows so it gets rather warm.

Just read back, sorry to here about minimopsy :(

Thanks seven. Is soy ok to give babies? I had heard that it could interfere with hormones or something but could be wrong as I wasn't really paying attention!

And thanks too BJR I'm going to take your advice and keep her off dairy for a while then try again. I suspect it might be lactose as my brother is lactose intolerant. Eggs should be ok though shouldn't they, as she loves eggs!

I am still bfing and haven't cut dairy out of my diet. Should I? Not sure I can face it, especially when we're off on holiday.

joins Northern
All together now.... "Here comes the Briiiide".... Whoohoo!!!

Gee, if you are BFing dairy in your diet should be fine as you are breaking the lactose down. Egg likewise should be OK.
The oestrogen thing: soy contains plant phytoestrogens so there was a concern about large amounts of it eg babies fed entirely on soy milk, people were concerned about it affecting sex hormone levels esp in boys. But there's no proof either way really. The odd soy yoghurt is pretty minimal. As it's an intolerance rather than an allergy, northerns suggestion of retry every few weeks/months with a little bit, them you get some sleep and hopefully she'll grow out of it as her gut matures. If you're not happy Or worried re a new allergy then GP may be a good port of call.

gee if you suspect lactose you could always try lacto-free yoghurts, then at least you'll know which it is. I got some in asda from the chiller cabinet.

Definitely not hand, foot and mouth. The rash is now up both arms and all over my back!