November 2012 - sleepless nights aplenty

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Agreed catbag and VQ I didn't read it as self-indulgent at all.

Have a v v v lazy day today. Will regret it when I look away from MN the TV the children & see the state the house is in, but meh!! Today I will be mostly watching Christmas movies. Currently its Muppet Christmas Carol

Thank you

Is 8 weeks too late for swaddling though? I thought that was a thing you did for newborns.

Vq think you can swaddle up to about 4/5 months. You are self indulgent, or that old :)

This morning something happened to me that I only thought happened in cartoons. A field mouse ran up my coat onto my back. I was trying to catch it to remove from my feed bin but anyway. I slowly sat on a hay bale and removed my coat..thankfully I'd not got my wrap on with ds!! He was sleeping in the car!!

Right a bit if a wwyd. I got a collage of ds done with some photos. I ordered 4. One for us, and the other three were for family. They've arrived and are much bigger than I expected. I was going to give them as Xmas presents, and while they do look good, they will look big on Walls!! So I'm thinking of saying 'I got you some photos but they've not arrived' or giving them and appologising for the size!!!!

Vq there should be a not after the are lol !!!

I believe you!

Can the collage be cut down into individual photos? If not, then give but explain. Is it poster size then?

I am planning on swaddling P until she is 25. In fact I would like to be swaddled.

Seriously, I think you can do it until they can roll over.

horsey that made me giggle. I think if anyone could no wee themselves remain calm then it is you! I once woke up with a rat on my chest. The cat we had at the time had brought it in, got bored and left managing on his way out to shut the door behind him. Chaos!

Yeah they can but they're different sizes. I've just put one up on my wall and it looks ok actually. Just the bottom bit needs taking off. Think compared to the 7x5 I'd got it looked huge but it's not quite as bad as I thought!! Will tell them to cut them up if they'd prefer!!

Pass - I hate rats. Obviously plenty at the farm. Thankfully the terrier is a good ratter, along with the cats.

My fat cat is a good ratter on the odd occassion she goes out

But anyway, my parents were away and I popped round to check my younger sister was ok. One of their cats is renowned for killing and bringing into the house. I went upstairs and there was a horrid smell. Dead rat smell infact. I called my sister to ask what it was and she said 'couldn't find anything' I opened the office door and it was full of flies. Pulled out a box and there's the massive decaying rat in there. I removed it, called her back and said there was a massive rat in the office. She said 'have you removed it?'I said I had and I just heard ' yessssss' down the phone. I think she knew it was there.

I quite like mice!!

Agreed VQ not self indulgent at all. Hopefully it helps to know that I am hardly sleeping either

Trying and failing to get in the Christmas spirit. Makes me quite actually as I usually love Christmas but I feel like it has passed me by this year & all I can think of is the logistics of visiting various family and catering for a Boxing Day gathering with a newborn.

Must remind myself that I only gave birth 3 weeks ago so is not surprising that my mind is on other things...

Sweetpea, the entire month of november passed me by!!!

Howdy all, these threads are moving so fast! for those of you feeling glum for whatever reason. Was going to come on and not so stealth boast about sleep in this house but am definitely going to stay in my cave for that one. Eeek. Although my toddler is a frigging nightmare. Karma, clearly.

Everyone be kind to themselves - our babies are too little for consistency just yet, and this too shall pass, and somehow, we will apparently look back with fondness on this stage! My best friend and her mum came to visit me this morning, and her mum, who I have known since I was 11, snatched DS from me and wouldnt put him down all morning, despite sick, poo and crying, and stated categorically she hated the baby phase at the time, but the joy of holding a small baby again was huge for her.

We set off tonight for my parents' house, my bro is coming from South Africa, and my sister, my grandparents and auntie and cousins will be there, I love family gatherings and cant bloody wait! resolutely ignores the logistical nightmare I will obviously face on my own because DH relies on me to organise everything and the inevitable argument this will bring

Woo-haaaa

I had a guinea pig run up my trouser leg when I was a kid. Had to take them off!

Not asthma (though she wants to do proper tests at the next check up) and not bronchiolitis (would have been surprising as dd is nearly two) but as she has had a series of colds catarrh has built up. So she's given us some medecine to get her to cough it up or swallow it and, guess what, saline drops. I havd saline drops taking up a whole shelf in my medecine cabinet with the stock the hospital gave me back in November. Will be harder goving them to dd1 but anywy.

I see the world didn't end.

VQ you are ace! Not self indulgent, I think you were also the one telling me I was doing just great. Give yourself a break. You are fab.

Nannys birthday today and her present appears to be a day with her grandson. I am relishing two hands!!!

Good news on your dd PR - fingers crossed it clears up soon x

Those with babies with milk allergies. I'm still not convinced dd's rash is eczema. It's not itching her and everything I've resd says it presents itself around 6 weeks. She's not even 3weeks yet. I'm still thinking severe heat rash, but a bit of googling has flashed up a dairy intolerance can also cause rashes on face/upper body. Photos online are IDENTICAL to dd's rash, and now I think about it, it's much worse today after I survived on cereals yesterday and ate a lot of icecream last night (I dont normally have much dairy...) We also had a very unsettled night with her last night and she has been showing signs of colic. I'm over analysing aren't I? I've become one of those PITA google doctors . Anyway my question is, do any of your babies who actually are dairy/lactose intollerant have a rash? What are their other symptoms?

sophia was it you who mentioned your dd1 had rashes caused by dairy? was she breastfed? when did it manifest and how long did it take cutting dairy out of your/her diet did it take for the rash to die down?

I'm wondering whether to go completely dairy free for a week to see if there's a difference or just keep using the eczema cream we've been given to see if it helps at all..

Aw I feel Christmassy after watching the cbeebies panto with ds and dd is snoozing in her chair, v nice :)

PR good news about it not being asthma I fear we may have to cross that bridge with O as both me and DF have asthma. Interestingly, DF is one of 5 kids and the only one of the 5 not to have asthma/excema/allergies is also the only one who was born without an epidural. I was also born with an epidural. No idea if there is any link but it is a trend we have noticed. I had an epidural with O and with the family history I will be keeping a close eye on him.

Bottlefeeders how do you know when it is time to move up a teat size? Is there anything I should be looking out for?

VQ I am one of those people that never cries, I didn't cry when I was pregnant and I haven't so far, all except once. Remember that horrific water infection I had at 31 weeks pregnant that wouldn't shift and I ended up in A&E with it? Well your kind words and advise sent me over the brim and I sat there crying when I read your post to me, I was thinking 'how can someone I've never met be so nice to me'! So stop being silly, you've had an awful time of it lately and you have more than 1 young one to deal with (and a husband that needs a dig in the ribs everytime).

Now be told woman!

mm no she was formula fed it must have appeared quite early but I can't remember when, before three months though, we tried Oilatum but it didn't work and switched to Aveeno and a bit of hydrocortisone cream when it was really bad. Aveeno is a lovely gentle cream as it is wheat based and soaks into the skin. Anyway we didn't see the nutrionist and take her off dairy till she was around8 or 9 months and i was at the end of my tether she had it n her face and it would bleed, and we had major improvement after taking her off dairy in 10 days.

As you may have gathered my Dd1 has been through the mill with these intolerances poor thing, as well as glue ear and a lazy eye. The glue ear cleared by the time she was around 6 and with a lot of hard work and perseverance, by her, with a patch she was told last week she doesn't have to wear it anymore.

Ha ha ha.... what Shelley said^^

I consider myself told thank you

Great news about the patch Sophia, you must be so pleased x

Great news Sophia