October 2012 babies - over here nobbers!

[Smorgs]

This really will be the thread where all our babies start sleeping through the night... right?!

Nice one bora, well done. Love veggie food and eat lots of it, meat as a treat. Fish/seafood is a big thing for me though.
Glad you had better nights Olives mickey

Londonmrss ah no, you poor silly muppet. Glad the night was lovely and the sex was too, but yes, oops. I was on the pill from ages 16 to 32 and with the same bloke for 15 years so am not at all used to this condom lark. Anyway I have stopped having sex because I'm nervous and it hurts (still). We do a lot of naked fumbling instead, which is lovely but still makes me a bit sad. I am going to get a coil and ask them to have a look to check nowt is amiss but I am not exactly looking forward to it.

Bit mopey this weekend. Not sure why. Want to whinge about weight/figure but I know it is fine and I deserve a slap, I am losing inches mostly in proportion and look fairly toned considering. Measurements according to londonlivvy's clever website put me somewhere between a size 8 and 14. I need a tailor. I want that ooh-i-can't-keep-the-weight-on-while-breastfeeding thing to happen to me. Mope mope mope.

One of my best friends died when we were 26 and I am always a bit sad around her birthday, which was a few days ago. I think my gran is about to die, which is sad too, but she is 91 and peaceful. She has gone very drowsy and my dad is with her. I am pleased she got to meet Jess. I have an amazing photo somewhere - the oldest and the youngest I know.

Jess is being lovely: chatty or sleepy, in a dayglo green sleepsuit with a dark green grandad cardigan - I loves her. She is watching footie with her dad and I am in bed with cuppa reading a grown up book, lovely.

Starting new fitness kick next week - 15 days of "30 day shred" followed by a month of "No more trouble zones" - Jillian michaels is an annoying cunt but I do like her workouts and it is too bloody dark for early morning runs anyway. Might sign up for a 10K in April tho.

pelvic floors.

So DD is on the 98th for height and the 75th for weight. Thought she was a bit lanky!

What seems big First?

They don't measure DD's height either. Do it ourselves at home.

'Lo all! Feel totally zonked after dodgy night. Don't know how so nanyb

There u go, nobber tired early posting.......

Sympathies to continued 2hr sleep crew cos when it happens it feckin kills me.

Have read and forgotten so much. Sorry. Ta on jeans tips for length. Need at least 36" and was totally delighted to find next Tall. Don't always fit but mostly do!! My fashion for last few years has been jumper dresses and tunics. Majorly missing them. Feel v oddly dressed!! Tops are hard to find!

London totally crap on MAP, hope u got sorted u nobber! Glad u had good night out!!

Lisbeth v amused. I am far from Elle McPherson!!! As a lanky unconfident unhappy teen I idolised her and Cindy Crawford!! I just thought they were so beautiful and glam and I most certainly was NOT! I've grown in to my own skin since then but I'd still rather slip under the radar!!

I hav a very scary hospital apt tmrw which I don't really want to think about til it happens. Hoping to get a proper sleep tonight!

Sorry, just too zonked to scroll up on awkward phone.

And yes, MN app is SHITE! Don't bother trying!!!

Oh sympathies First . 11 hrs......... Must be one grumpy child!

Wow all these babies going into cots... makes them seem so big already! I am still stuffing DD into bassinet... she is almost lying end to end in it, but the cot doesn't fit in our room (well not unless I suddenly lose a stone in weight to allow me to squeeze past it) so I'm planning on tackling that one once I've finished with my stupid exams and case report (need my evenings to do a bit of work). I hadn't realised how many cot sizes there are... I bought a second hand cot and went to get a new mattress... was a big mission as I managed to get a UK cot (10cm bigger than US size, and NZ is smaller still!) and no-one sells UK size mattresses! arghhhhh!!!

Thanks livvyfor the website and shop tips... you shall be our fashion guru

Glad you had such a great night out londonmrs even if the morning was not so goo . That's the reason i couldn't take the mini-pill... totally hopeless at remembering (normal pill was bad enough!)

Sorry to hear about your gran squid

woohoo for your holidaycrazy

Does Gina Ford consider 'daytime' to be 9am-5pm October? Even then we'd be struggling with only 3 hrs sleep and would pay for it big time in the evening if it was 3hrs from 7am-7pm! crazy woman

Olive, glad you like babygro idea. Wouldn't it be lovely to get to sit and make things? Sigh! Glad you had a better night but 2 and a half hours sleep at a time isn't very much. I hope you get a longer stretch soon.

Sorry about your gran squid and the anniversary of your friend 's death. Nift surprised you are feeling down.

We have had Sunday lunch at my folks which was lush. Ds sometimes feeds really well but has several feeds a day when he does his shark attack bit and I just don't know what is up. he is totally fine in every other respect so I am trying not to worry.

Nothing from Zara or cheesy for a while- I hope they are ok?

Big love to the sleep deprived heroes - dig in lasses!! You can get through this!

bella hi I'm doing fine thank you for asking . I tried posting a video of DD gurgling onto the fb group but couldn't get it to work on my stupid phone! Have got my first counselling session on Thursday - same day as next set of jabs. Probably will have to give baby massage a miss that day too if DD is out of sorts after her jabs.

DH getting on my nerves, he just leaves everything up to me. I know he works but isn't what we do work too? I know he definitely doesn't think so. But on the other hand it makes me feel more capable because at the beginning I was really relying on him. A colleague whose DH is also a police officer said having a partner working shifts makes you a more capable mum because you're on your own a lot.

appointment with sling consultant Wed . looking forward to it.
keen to try beco butterfly and gemini and hip carry with my moby.
predictive text on kindle is very odd.

lisbeths we are using a Close Caboo sling. Love it.

Ooh, a pretty sprinkling of snow here. Roads look clear though so can take DS1 to nursery and not be cooped up in the house.

Got DS2 jabs later, he was fine after 8wk ones, hope same is true this time.

Was also hoping to try out mum and baby yoga class today, hope DS is up to it.

Bella My DS also does the shark attack thing quite a bit in the daytime, have no idea why either but he s gaining weight fine so it must be ok.

yomping My Ds is quite high maintenance, its really hard getting him to sleep in the daytime, unless I , walking him in the pram or he is in the car he just wont sleep on his own, as soon as I put him down he wakes up and yells, so I end up carrying him around all day, he hates his bouncy chair too. I was thinking of buying a jumperoo as I keep seeing good reviews and he does like his playmat so... I ll do anything that would just give me 15 mins here and there so I could wash, eat lunch and make dinner. I always thought number two child would be so much easier but its not!!

livy The almond cake sounds lovely, I would definitely really like to try the recipe, I m not much of a cook but I would definitely give it a go. I keep having cravings for cheese and pickle, its like being pregnant again..

Oops have to go DS is awake and crying and have to get DD up and ready for school,another frantic morning where I only just get to school in time coming up probably.

Hope everyone has a good day.

October we were v tired all day then super grizzly all evening after second jabs. All out of sorts. But fine next day. Hope your little pet ok.

Have discovered another point to cot bumpers. DS seems to like arms out horizontally now he has room but keeps hitting off sides and waking! Softness needed..... And also I'm wary of draught over head as he is beside Door.

Securely tied bumper needed today.

5hrs then 3, bit of help to settle eac time. Oh and we ditched basket, he settled better directly in cot.

Ameda Lactaline personal pump. Anyone using? I'm tearing my hair out. Worked great first time. No milk since. How is anyone getting milk to let down? How strong on suction and speed dial. Having had cracks I'm wary. Trying massage, heat, pics if baby, actual baby........ Just wont happen!!!

Gah!!!!!!!!

Morning ladies, busy weekend here skiing on Saturday and swimming then mass cooking for freezer on Sunday. Smorglet is having his picture taken for his passport this morning. Didn't trust myself to get him at the right angle, pose and distance from the camera in one of those photo booths so have a photographer coming to the house, only ?20 but someone told me (after I had booked it) that if you take a pic yourself and send it to photobox they will check it meets the criteria and then send the pics to you. We are on a tight deadline so can't do that but might be useful for others to know?

I have a veeeerrry sleepy baby on my hands. It's making me very suspicious that the nighttime sleeps wont last. I'm having to wake him up from naps and everything?! Wonder if he's coming down with something?

Totally with you all on the jeans thing. I'm currently wearing Oasis Scarlet and totally recommend if you are curvy like me. Nice subtle bootleg, sensible waist height. My problem is top half at the moment - I always had a flat, vaguely toned stomach and now it's just jelly, urgh. And my boobs?! Who said 'breastfeeding doesn't change them, it's pregnancy that changes them'? Well they lied. A big, floppy, saggy lie!

huffle if it's the same as the duo, start with both dials facing each other, so not too hard and quite fast. when let-down starts turn away from each other, so slower and deeper "sucks". it helps if you think about ds or even look at him/pic of him or smell some of his clothes. hope it works, pumping with no result is soul-destroying!!!

lisbethsopposite The Beco sling I have is great: easy, secure, comfy

Huffle I don't have that model but I find I need to be in the right mood iykwim, like relaxed not in a hurry etc. I have my iPhone there with a slideshow of pics of Smorglet - video clips of him giggling work best. I sometimes pump one side only (mine is a double pump) and put my finger over the end of the tube not in use to help with suction. It usually takes a good few minutes to get going.

Thanks Crazy and Snorgs. Only trying one side. Afraid to not be able to feed the monster if I do both!!! Had the slide show on. Now have real thing on, sucking away to make himself poo...........

Will try again later. I do believe is mostly in my head....

Tip fir dials opposite can only help tho, I was being less specific

huffle my let down has changed recently. it used to come immediately either when pumping or feeding but now it takes about 30 seconds, often longer. it's also quite painful and powerful when it does come. sometimes when expressing I just persevere for a while but I find the best thing is to express when I've just fed her using the same boob to empty it and then skim a bit off the top of the second boob because it's likely to be a couple of hours before I use that one for a feed anyway. that way I'm usually expressing when baby had already triggered let down.
it's a bit complicated because it means trying to entertain her while pumping, but I find it works for me and also helps make sure my boobs get emptied several times a day to avoid blockages repeating.
if you're very dexterous you could try pumping at the same time as feeding!

when I was exclusively pumping before she would latch, I bought one of those bra things for hands free pumping. it's just like a boob tube with 2 holes in it. I never actually used it so if you (or anyone else) would like to give it a go, let me know and its yours- I'll send it to you.