April 2011: losing sleep and gaining shoes, toddlers share with us their news

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I have taken the liberty of starting a new thread.

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Louis was AMAZING

His dancing wasn't too bad either

DH is out so I am taking the opportunity to watch X- Factor as well. I am in awe of Nicole, she seems practically perfect in every way

I like tulisas eye make up

Ugh do not get me started on my dislike of Nicole shitsinger! What's that? Me? Jealous? No way! but she made Lewis Hamilton sad and I think he lost his mojo when she got her claws into him

Loved loved loved Lisa Riley on strictly! Doing it for the big girls! Jerry hall is a great clothes horse, but she ain't "got the moves like jagger" (see what I did there???)

Haha fizz. I agree. Lisa was brilliant.

A is a feeder every two hours. But it can take up to 40 minutes to feed him.

Sounds familiar Kitty, all 3 of my boys were like that. But remember that the feeds do eventually get quicker. Each week you will notice a difference.

I also found that once they were passed the newborn stage, putting them in the sling helped to space the feeds out a little. They were so snug in the sling that they weren't quite so frantic for a feed. They would often feed better (more focused) when the feeds were stretched out a little.

Saying that I don't think any of them went more than 3 hours (except at night) between a feed until they started weaning. Which is probably why they were such chubsters

Ds3 is slowly slowly starting to lose the chub now. I think the constant and frantic running around is finally burning off more than he consumes!

Thanks ilike. He does love a snuggle.

I think I've got a problem. I've just eaten half a jar of Nutella with a spoon. I feel sick. I'm a pig aren't I?!

Of course not pigs can't use spoons!! Send the other half here and I'll save you from eating the rest!

I was in to see Deacon Blue last night!! I haven't been to a "gig" for years! I felt 16 again! And a bit deaf this morning!

Dh has man flu so is sitting beside me snuffling. B is in bed so I have a nice wee night infront of the telly! No work tomorrow because we have Bs dermo appointment.

Good effort star.

Were they good fizz? Good luck tomorrow.

Alex has been a moaner all afternoon. Not settled at all. Stressing me out.

Aww kitty it will pass, just sling and snuggle.

Hope tomorrow goes well fizz

There isn't really anything like strictly because w ery one here can dance. It's practically a tote of passage to take ballroom lessons and have a special choreographed dance for your wedding. Fail on both counts for us! I may have to investigate iplayer. Or sky.

We have a chest infection here. Joy. Antibiotics, something against vomiting (happens when he coughs) and calpol on prescription - felt like a walking pharmacy or a drug dealer on the way back.

In 2ww news I have sore ish boobs. Why is it so bloody long til I can test?!

You are v restrained frak. I tested every day for about ten days!!

They were fab kitty! Was a bit nervous because I could only think of 2 of their songs that I knew, but turns out I know more than I thought!

fergus sings the blues, in bars of 12 or less ......

I'm a stranger to the land...

We're all ok here, plodding along. T is stressing me out big time being purposefully naughty. But when he has done something wrong then he comes and gives me kisses

kitty neither of mine went more than 2-3 hours without milk until they were 6+ months. Except when DS1 slept for 8 hours a night without waking from 11 weeks - 19 weeks. With hindsight I should have made better use of that!

Fizz hope it goes well tomorrow.

I shouldn't say that sweet ali but it is we have purposeful misbehaving too.

I change my mind about 2ww. Super broken sleep with a chesty M makes me wonder how I'd cope with another. And we still cosleep.

BUT we have nearly cracked night weaning.

I think a is havin trouble with my supply. He feeds for 5-10 mins. Falls asleep on me. I put him down. He cries. I offer him more and he bounces all over my boob unable to latch. It's just taken 50 minutes involving a short feed. Put him down. Pick him up to try to wind him again. Put him down. Wide awake. Pick him up. Won't settle. Looking for boob. Fight to get him on. Felt milk come in. Small feed. I think I might have to do formula soon and I really didn't want to but I'm getting so frustrated and upset and so is he.

And we have stopped again. He was asleep and now he's not. And my boobs feel empty. Am hour and ten mins now. He's laying in my bed moaning.

Oh kitty that's normal at 2 weeks :( but disheartening. Your boobs are never empty, just a bit slow/behind. A feeding is giving them the signals they need to do better.

Is cosleeping (safely) an option until you get BF established? That way you don't have to faff putting him down and he's less likely to take in air so shouldn't need winding.

Kitty hang in there, it is so normal at just 2 weeks. Just keep him on the boob as much as you can to get your supply going. ((hugs)) it is tough but it will soon get easier

Thanks ladies. I've let him sleep on my chest a couple of times but didn't want to get into the habit.

kitty tbh I would go with that for now, because then he can latch if he wants to and all that skin-to-skin will help your milk. 2 weeks is v.early to worry about bad habits - whatever gets you all the most sleep is what counts right now! :)

Back from the hospital! All quite positive. She is going to see if they can do patch tests on him, because he's quite young she's not sure if they can. I'm going to send her the list of ingredients and they'll look at them for know allergens and maybe recommend a sunscreen he should be ok with. She did say that really where we are she wouldn't recommend sun screen to be used unless it was blistering hot and to used shade and longer clothing to protect skin.

We are half planning on going to Tenerife with my parents I. January, but I'm nervous about booking it if we can't find a sunscreen for him.

I don't suppose any of you have the Avon kids SPF 50 in the orange tube??

Kitty how long until your TT appointment? It's exactly how Jo was. Couldn't get enough milk out so just bounced on and off getting frustrated and not settling. Keep an eye on his weight - Jo regained her birth weight quite quickly but then started to lose again in wks 3-4 and got dehydrated (she was fine, don't panic, but keep an eye on it. I didn't weigh her between 2wks and 4wks and in the intervening time she dropped half a pound and fell back below her birth weight again which was a bit scary).