November 2012 - come on stragglers, we're waiting for you

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Happy 12/12/12 people

Welcome newbies!

DS slept from 11-4 Woo hoo! Not sick at all yesterday, but struggling with mucus and snot this morning. I have just done the school run and told DH to keep DS upright as likely to be sick. Come back to lounge covered in vomit, and DH and DS as he had not followed my advice. DS does not seem at all bothered though, and he shifted a lot of mucous.

Oh kirrin on every level. I had the hovel house meltdown on Monday, mixed in with the overtired meltdown.

DS1 went through the hitting thing in the summer ( he was two in August) I was devastated. ( Even though i had been through it with DD1 as well)If he did it at home I gave him time out as did nursery and at some point it just stopped i can't even think when it just fizzled out. Just stick to your guns and it WILL pass, even though it doesn't feel like it now.

Xx

In fact I time outed him when we were out too, I remember finding a corner of someone's garden to it him in once!

He had wacked a little girl with a pretend golf club!

dixie great taste in names you have...yes, LO is called Arlo, my DS1 is Ace.

We had an unsettled night, but I am not surprised really, lots of comfort sucking, little miteM

I don't envy those of you with young children as well as babies - I'm struggling with a 13 & 7 year old who are pretty self sufficient lol

I had a pretty good night when D finally went down at 12.30 she slept til 5.30, finally did a poo, had a quick munch and went back down til 8.30. Slept through dh getting up and left him to get kids ready (guilt usually means I get up to do uniforms and dd's hair) but I'm still ignoring him!!!

Am going to email him today about utter lack of help, but it's the same bone that I've been picking at for 7 years - when it comes to the house he is bone idle. If I'm stressing now its only going to get 50 x worse when I go to uni :( why can't he just step up?? I love him to bits but I am not friggin Cinderella!!!

Sorry for the rant - hope we all have good babies today so we can get things done!!! I've got to go shopping as we've no food but of course only I can do the shopping!!! Took me 3 hours to do the Xmas food shop online last night one handed!!!

kirrin at such a young age they cannot express how they are feeling, and it is such a big change for them with a new baby, plus mummy is tired and has been for a long time, mummy and daddy arguing more etc. my DD is 2.5 and she is a little rascal. When I am dealing with baby, she will do things because she knows I have to react, like going to climb on the TV, climb up the bookshelf, pull the Christmas tree down, take her clothes and nappy off etc. any attention is attention, and if it is for the wrong things they do not mind. It will get better. With each passing day they are both growing and getting older, and we are learning more coping skills. I am hoping by the time she is three she will be a bit better. I also think once baby can interact with them, life will be easier.

I've just looked out the window to snow! it's made me feel a little better

Snow is great so long as you do not have to drive anywhere in it.

Wow, thhis thread is fast now! Garden.H was 7 weeks early. He was 11 weeks on Monday and isn?t smiling yet (got excited a couple of weeks ago, but it was wind!). I was told to work to their corrreccted age, so hopefully he?ll start in the next. 2 weeks ~ and also start moving away from the newborrn sleeping patterns a bit !

Had his tongue snipped on Monday. l nearly chose not to have it done but glad l did as apparently it was quite significant but posterior so hard to see.

Hope everyone has a good day. Have about 10 pages to catch up on now.

We had a good night, Dd went down at 10:30 instead of 11:30 but I couldn't sleep as I was expecting her to want another feed. We got up at 6 had a feed and drove DH to work so I can have the car. It was a lovely -4!

We're going to my work at half 12 so hoping I'm able to get ready. We went back to bed and just getting up now. Not going to dress her in today's clothes until 12 incase she poos all over them

Waste of fucking time. Just been at 6 week appointment. Dr literally took my blood pressure. That's it. I had to ask him for a prescription for the pill. Told him I wasn't sleeping, first smiled, n when i explain its not him keeping me awake, told to buy kalms. Have some diazepam at home will just take that. By this point felt so crap didn't bother with the "I feel crap" conversation.

Thanks Daisy glad to hear it isn't just mine then. My DTs are very sleepy too, they can't seem to stay awake for more than 1.5 hours at a time, occasionally it can be two hours. Mine will be 11 weeks old on Saturday.

On a VERY positive note, I got early Christmas present from DP. My parents are visiting for 2 weeks from 28 December so DP has booked us 2 nights in posh hotel with super king bed (no sex will be had, just A LOT of zzzzzzz)!!! I am so excited!!!!! Plan to drink wino, soak in the roll top bath and SLEEP!

Should I feel bad that I don't feel bad about leaving DTs? My mum looked after them on her own quite a bit when I was in and out of hospital with gall stones and surgery when they were only 4-6 weeks old. Frankly, she can so a better job than me!

That is shit GT. Some GPs are utterly rubbish. Can you go and see another one?

My 6 weeks appointment was also a waste of time. My GP annoyed me very much by asking DP (and not including me) if our family was done. When DP said yes (news to me), the GP handed him a vasectomy leaflet! Rude and very dismissive of me. That was the only contraception discussion that went on.

I think the growth spurt demons have left our house. Jonas feed at 3 and at 7. Each time for just 20 minutes and then settled down in his cot to make alien grunting noises (I love that phrase Sophia). I didn't have to wake DH to shush him and get him to sleep but I couldn't sleep through his grunts at half seven so managed a bath to myself whilst everyone else was asleep.

He is back to my mellow little chap :) who cries maybe once or twice a day rather than the angry growth spurt squirrel I've had since Sunday who spent his time raging at me for 20 hours a day, doing heartbreaking high pitched squeals as if in pain, beating my boobs, pulling at my nips and trying to scratch his own eyes out. Thank FECK!!!!! So whilst growth spurts might not be obvious in all babas my god it was obvious with him!!!!! I thought someone had swapped him for a changeling .

He really seems to have changed physiologically though now we're out the other side - he is so much bigger, now sucks his thumb, proper chortling smiles, is much more awake and can do a feed in 20 minutes rather than 1.5 hours. I think our middle of the night Grey's Anatomy sessions might be coming to an end :( I fed him in bed last night and we were both back to sleep within half an hour - think I'm going to do that for the future middle of the night feed - maybe with a book?

Pixies that is awesome! What a lovely gift! If my Mum were around she'd be the only person (bar my twin sister and DH) I'd trust my wee man to - so don't feel bad at all, she loves you more than anyone so will take great care with the twins.

GT That's rubbish. Poor you :( Can you speak to the HV? - she might be able to suggest a different GP at the practice who would be more help. How to put this, but blokes of a certain age seem fecking useless doctors when it comes to 'womens troubles' Don't give up and don't self prescribe diazepam even if you have some in the house - it might not be the best thing to take (I don't know)?

Detective I'm glad you're feeling a bit sunnier. I wonder if you've been going through the 3-4 week growth spurt hence Oscar's feedathons? As he gets bigger he'll get quicker. Jonas was a similar size and took 1.5 hours a feed, now, touch wood, after the 6 week growth spurt he's down to an efficient 20 minutes a feed (and very smug and self satisfied he looks too!).

Couple of qs:

How long after labour did you all drive again? Despite a natural birth I tore very badly and have hundreds of stitches. I can walk short distances but sitting in the car for more than 5 minutes is painful and my back is still a bit achey. I HATE being reliant on dp driving everywhere and I hate the way he drives my car.

M is 9 days old and my bowling ball boobs seem to have settled down. She is draining them at each feed but - unlike when my milk first came in when I was able to express 4oz easily - I'm now struggling to pump out anything! Is my supply decreasing or is she just taking more each feed (which should increase my supply?) ? Feel a bit stupid I dont know the answer!

Yw woop u cracked it!
I think I missed the 6 week growth spurt. I had a few days where he was extra sleepy? Maybe it's different with FF? Or I have a easy baby? Apart from feeding issues and colic not really been bad.

Do u think he will be extra bad for teething? So I don't get away with an easy ride?

Anyway - anyone else give calpol after 8week injection. Having said that tho I dont think many babies are older then my LO. So any of u know from previous LO experience? Nurse suggested it.

He fed with nipple shields on... Have cried with happiness... I may be able to do this after all!

My HV suggested calpol after the 8 week jags too GT - Jonas has his a week today. If you've had colic to deal with you've not had it easy! I hate it when J cries I couldn't handle colic!

Woop Pikz get in!!!!!

Daisy Im sooooo pleased they told you that because dd isnt smiling yet either and although she will be 10 wks on sunday she should only be 6wks tomorrow and she has her 6wk check tomorrow....bless

Not sure mm. It sounds like she is feeding really well so maybe she is draining. There are certain times of day where expressing after a feed is easier but I am not sure

Hooray pikz! Brill news. FC that this is a breakthrough.

I second YW's point GT that colic is not an easy ride! P has trapped wind frequently but her response is a shouty yell not the constant high pitched screaming of colic. I am dreading colic. With wee P's issues I almost wonder if it is inevitable?

Has anyone tried tommee tippee anti-colic bottles? I am tempted to get some but wasn't sure if it was worth it.