November 2012 - the best post-natal quiche on MN

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1655656-November-2012-sleeping-through-yet

The answer to the sleeping though question was a chorus of "no"s but there were a few resounding yesses and a lot more keeping quiet because the rest of us would be well jel.

Tee hee bigpig I always used to pick DD1 up, when I went to wake her in the morning, and sing good morning good moooooorning to her, and lift her up in the air.

Once when I did this she vommed right down into my mouth at the mooooooorning bit. I was able to put her back down very calmly and then went and vommed myself.

Bleaurgh! Yuck BP! This has not happened to me (I once got a fabulous belch in my mouth though) but it did happen to my sister.

I think I might be naughty then and use the Daktarin gel prescribed for me on M instead, then send DH to get me some Daktarin cream from the lloyds pharmacy down the road. She's had the drops for over a week originally and they cleared the tongue up but not the inside of the cheeks.

Yes you do indeed lose your SMP if you start working for someone else. We recently had someone at work take another job with someone else while on maternity leave. My colleague who works in HR called HMRC and was told to stop her SMP the day she started with her new employer.

no BPLP that hasn't happened to me and I hope it never does, I have been projectile shat on more then my fair share of times😔 I'm desperate for DD to get DP now

We are snowed in and DP is out, our road is absolutely terrible but there's loads of food but no chocolate!

PR DS has been doing the same for a couple of weeks now, big long stints like that. He is alert and feeding well and often during the day, so I am just feeling extremely lucky. Haven't said anything on here because I didn't want to jinx it, and because I know some are still having a horrendous time.

PR can you tell me your secret please? If our babies are practically the same age then why does this little boy still feed 4 hourly overnight?! Wow, I can't even begin to describe what I would do for 10 hours of sleep

DS had his 2nd imms yesterday and is verrrrrry whingy today... And we are stuck in the house because of the damn snow. Good job I've got 6 episodes of Real Housewives of Beverley Hills on sky+, anybody else a Real Housewives fan?

Yeah. Very DH didn't even wake me this morning (to drive him bk from car garage). U wonderful wonderful man. He got the bus in this awful weather, the snow finally hit us.

I know I've mentioned my holiday. But not given details. But need some advice.
Going to India all of march. Yep 4 weeks. I will be taking formula from here. Don't wana chance LO not taking to whatever is available there.
However a little concerned about packing close to 200 nappies!
So am considering taking a few cloth nappies.
What brand do u use? So I can start research if this is a viable option for us.

Fatima the drops worked fine on J and the clotrimazole cream worked on me although it was a pain having to keep washing it off. If you buy the cream over the counter it should only be 1%.

BPLP could be worse, could be pee or poo and probably will be eventually!

Ooh, I forgot to welcome Tiger.

Can you be bothered to wash nappies when you're on holiday though GT? Take lots of disposables with you then you'll have room in your suitcase to take shopping and presents home! I'm interested I'm switching to cloth now because of all the leakages we've been having. Or do cloth nappies leak just as often? Can we start the reusable chat again, I wasn't paying attention last time. The only thing I remember is that Tot Bots are good but expensive.

I think I'm getting it worst in the nights, with four feeds every night but I wouldn't begrudge anyone else getting a good night's sleep. Having said that, DS2 didn't reliably sleep all night until he was six years old so I do have particularly low expectations in that respect.

Secret? I wish I could be smug and say it's my fabulous parenting but I can't. Apparently DH was a good sleeper so they must get it from him. I don't know if the fact I FF has any impact? Different people have different opinions on that.

One thing that DH has done which possibly has helped is the second he hears her stirring during the night he gets up, strokes her head, shhhhes, and pops her dummy in. He's been doing that since she was about six weeks old. (Until then we'd get up and feed immediately) At the beginning that might win us an extra hour, so spaced out the feeds gradually, but now he apparently does it once at about 4 and that keeps her down til about seven or sometimes 8

Thing is he is a light sleeper, so he wakes immediately she stirs. She has to be bawling for me to wake up, by which time of course it's too latefor her to self soothe.

So if it is something we've done my DH has to take full credit for it. I think also he expects her to sleep through quickly. The French are much more about baby's life revolving round us, not the otherway round. So whereas I'd jump up and prepare a feed if I woke he would assume that as she's stirring, not crying, she can wait.

I use Real Easy by Hip Hip Baby, Totsbots Easyfits and ebay cheapie pockets stuffed with small prefolds during the day. Large prefolds with a pul wrap overnight. I was doing angel fold but trebled lengthways then doubled widthways with a fleece liner seems just as good tired and lazy last night

I use 3-4 day nappies and 2 night ones, washing every 2-3 days :)

stunt I've already got the clotrimazole, DH has been and bought me the Daktarin. I've got tons of clotrimazole, they make it where I work
Going to carry on with the drops for M.

She's been fussing a lot and getting angry/upset while feeding, not sure if that's the thrush or a growth spurt. All she's done today is eat and sleep, she's been awake for about an hour in total.

I'm disappointed in the snow fall here, we normally get loads here but we've only had v small flakes

purple did you say you we're a sling addict? Can you recommend a video showing how to use a wrap sling. My friend's lent me one, she showed me how to do it but I wanted to have another look at one with a baby in

I think DD1's last four teeth might be on their way. Red cheeks coupled with a really foul mood this afternoon. Fricking hate teeth.

I'm about 8 pages behind, don't know if I'll ever catch up! But wanted to say thanks for supportive comments re losing it with older kids. Better day today, think bcs of the snow we haven't attempted to go further than the garden so no pressure to get out door, and ds1 is being pretty good.

Also, sophia and pidjin, I am in NE hants, family in new forest.

No idea what were doing here?! Though apparently both myself and sh slept through. I just take each night as it comes. Were in a good routine wrt to going to bed?! But consideringwe started with him sleeping on me, to going into the pram asleep, to putting him in and holding him etc etc.

Saying that he's one of the oldest on here at 12 weeks tomorrow!! I think this is one of the times you see the biggest differences!! He looks like a little boy!! Will post on fb

Matilda slept two lots of 4 hours last night...

Fatima, I'll ask on fb for you, i learned at a sling meet :)

Dixie I'm south west but I'm sure we can find somewhere in the middle!

I love the comment about Ikea being a maze with no visible exits

Still shit sleep here at twelve sodding weeks

Yuk bigpig i'mglad to say that's never happened to me yet

Thanks Purple

Your not the only one bplp E projectile vomited in my face. I'd not long got out of the bath. It went everywhere, in my hair, down the sides of my glasses, in my mouth. Was gross!

Well HV came to watch me feed E. she did that stupid weighing thing (which I'll take no notice of) of weighing her before and after the feed. Good things were she said she latches on well. blonder she gave me some tips but I don't think she is a bf specialist. I need to go to the bf clinic really but it's the same morning as I get E weighed which is annoying so ill have to switch clinics.

Anyway there's been no brown stuff today and she doesn't seem as snuffly so that's good.

We had lots of plans this weekend and looks like most of them are scuppered by the snow. My aunt was supposed to be coming to visit E for the first time and give DD1 her birthday present. She's in bath so don't think she'll make it

Oh BPLP you poor bugger!! I have not yet had that experience. I haven't really had too many bodily fluid incidents from my children yet. But if it is any consolation, I have in work . Shit, piss, puke, baby shit, amniotic shit fluid, blood. In one sitting. That woman was disgusting epic.

That was the one occasion I have had to shower at work. Never want that experience again.

OH GOD! You have just reminded me!!!! A couple of years ago, I was working at my old trust, when one of the women in the bays buzzed. She was stood in the middle of the room, and it was very dimly lit. She beckoned to me, so I walked over. I could not see much, but enough to make out shapes. She walked back to the bed and sat down, so I followed to switch her buzzer off. She decided to tell me at that point she had explosive diahorrea, and it was on the floor. I looked down. The floor was FUCKING COVERED. I was EVEN MORE FUCKING COVERED. (vom!!!) My reaction was probably slightly less than professional as I ran shuffled away screeching that I would be back in a minute. I got outside the door and I stripped my shoes and trousers straight off. In the corridor. Those ladies who know where I used to work, will know the corridor is fairly long . I ran in to the linen cupboard where I rang one of my colleagues at the nurses station and begged her to bring me some scrubs. Once I had scrubbed the fuck out of myself cleaned and dressed, I then had to rescue my uniform. Which went straight in to a clinical waste bag, and binned.

URGHHHHHHHHHHH. I can do most things, but seriously, why would you let someone walk in your shit? REALLY?!

BTW, you lot will give me a big head, shush . I was told my writing was too flowery by one of my tutors once. I need to be more succinct. This has stayed in my head. I am yet to tick it off as one of my achievements! I might give the writing stupid made up I'll pretend I made it up, okay?! stuff to magazines. Anyone get them and can tell me which ones pay? I rarely buy any mags. Though i'll read them if hanging about places!

Oscar has just been serenaded to sleep by a hoover on youtube.

Oh, and another tip - the extractor fan works brilliantly when he is fighting sleep. Works as well as my very loud and long SHHHHHHHHHHH's! Give it a try! I just had to stand there with it on full for 2 minutes .