October 2012: onwards, upwards and rolling over?

[YompingJo]

Is this part 5 already? Where did that time go?

olivess snap, we have a strawberry birth mark on the lip. I am a bit worried because Dr. Google said its going to grow forever, enveloping her head. Stupid Dr. mummy Google.

Speaking of doctors, Squid what did you do before becoming a medic?!

bora definitely best not to read google and definitely not google images - I made the mistake of doing that. Our birthmark is quite big now - about the size of 20p and raised up quite high with kind of blue bruising underneath. I'm used to it now and I don't think it's grown for a few weeks ( it grew quite large over Christmas) so hoping that'll be it for now. I'm used to it and hardly notice it anymore but I am quite aware when we meet people for the first time. Are you leaving yours?

bora as Olivess says the strawberry birthmarks can grow but do disappear on their own in time... never google!

Before being a medic I was mostly drunk or stoned... had a great time in my 20s working pointless office/shop jobs and doing loads of writing and drugs.

Olivess well the GP made no mention if having anything done about it. It has grown, but slowly. Its maybe a couple of millimetres in diameter, but is in a conspicuous place; right on the now of her lip.

Squid sounds awesome. I think it's odd that the standard route into medicine requires you to know that's what you want to do essentially at 16. You'd never let someone onto clinical psychology training at 18, and I don't think it's that different!

*bow, not now of her lip

I like rebbon My DH is mostly a rebbon, bless him.

Babyfunch has a port wine stain birthmark on her hip. Doctor said it was nothing to worry about, I have no idea if they disappear or not...think he said it might now I come to think of it.

Squid you sound like a doctor I could relate to! My brother qualified as a doctor after doing a different degree first and is now doing really well! I think the life experience helps you in a job dealing with people in a job like that.

thanks first and London. he is fine and happy, just his weight has always been an issue and the doctor is breathing down my neck about it. I'm 5'10" and dh is 6'3" so wasn't expecting a tiddler, especially as he was 8lb 3oz at birth. keep you guessing don't they.

trying not to stress too much about it but easier said than done. it's so hard not to compare - ds1 was absolutely huge and fed non-stop.

squid sorry about your grandmother. hope the family are coping ok.

just had so many lovely smiles and chuckles from babypaving. when he smiles he really goes for it and opens his mouth as wide as he can. it's hilarious! he loves physical humour - tickles, being zoomed around, standing up and bouncing. very different to ds1 again! how can 2 brothers be so different already? it constantly amazes me!

Does anybody know how to install a dishwasher?

just don't let your husband do it... unless he actually knows what he's doing.

Arghhhhh half way through catch up Am frantically trying to finish case report and study for another exam.
We are also firmly in 4 month sleep regression... now waking up at night crying! This never happened even as newborn.... was only ever sort of grumbles and a funny bark like a fawn. So not nice! I'd forgotten how tired even getting up once in the night makes you, so hats of to you ladies doing multiple get ups!
We also have rolling! Back onto front, except can't get shoulder under yet. But she goes round and round in circles rolling if I leave her on the floor. And finally proper thumb sucking.Although this doesn't appear to be helping at night . She also seems much less interested in drinking... either that or my boobs have gone into overdrive and ramped up production unasked for? maybe it's just all the food I ate over the weekend!
Londonmrs are you still having feeding issues? We are back to that again... especially if I'm anywhere different. She just can't concentrate and gets grumpy after 2 sucks! Very frustrating, as makes it a total mission to go anywhere for long. Sometimes I can calm her down by rocking her up and down, but doesn't always work

Weigh in last week she was 8.5kg (18lb 10 I think ) so on 99th percentile, but also long so no hassles about getting overfed. TBH I couldn't feed her less anyway, well I could but I'd have to give her to someone else to put up with the screaming for 2 hrs! I'm shortie, and DH is average, so I'm sure it all evens out eventually.

Loving the discussion on schools (only a few years to wait) and childcare... we don't have much choice where to send her as only 1 school within 40kms, unless I want to drive 100kms into town twice a day! But firmly with squid in the belief that the most important part is the learning at home.

I was thinking about weaning... if breast milk has the highest density of calories of anything (except maybe avocado), why do we start weaning so early, and why do they recommend weaning really hungry babies earlier? Doesn't make any sense to me ?

And hair now totally falling out too! Finally managed to get a chop and thin out cos it was soooooo thick, and now i'm going to be bald . Has anyone else's hair gone much darker during pregnancy? I'm not quite dark brown, before was sort of mousy.... eyebrows dark too!

Anyway, back to work.... grrrr

Neither of us know. Instructions are very simple and we already have all the right plumbing because previous tenants had one. Still, maybe its a dumb question but should it be connected to hot water feed or cold water feed? for some reason we have 2 spare hot water ones and a cold water one. Also, there isnt a connector on the waste pipe, it looks like the last tenants just fed it through without securing it so that cant be good can it?

Wantan I dont think it really matters if you have hot water or cold water feed, all the dishwasher does it heat up the water- might save you energy bills connecting it to the hot water feed. Just remember to block off the remaining other feeds.
And er.. I wouldn't know about the waste pipe. Sorry!!

OK finally there!
Sorry to hear about your gran squid

wantan sorry no idea about dishwashers. Don't own one cos we don't own many plates,so if we had a dishwasher we'd never have anything to eat off.

DH is generally a rebbon (ha had to think heaps about how to spell that ) but is still adjusting to the fact that we have to plan things around bubba and can't leave the house in 5 mins any more!

cookie I found wonder weeks pretty accurate in timing for crankiness/sleep upsets, but don't really know if DD did the 'mental leaps' they talk about. I know it helped me to have something to blame the fussiness on though not just crap mothering skills and a bit of reassurance that this too shall pass! We are heading for the 19w wonder week sometime soon (hits early cos she was running late just like her mother )

Hi cranky [waving from down under]

Its been a fucking horrendous day here. Jabs at 2pm, and she didn't stop screaming until 5pm. Well, she screamed for about an hour, then had some food and went to sleep for about half hour. So I popped to the shop (thinking she'd stay asleep) and came back to another screamathon- hungry and overtired, big time- She was so so stressed out and screaming so badly that she refused to latch on, because she didn't realise that I was trying to feed her. I finally managed to calm her down enough after 45 mins of full on, tears and everything to get her to latch on. She fell asleep practically instantly. I was in tears by the end of this. It was horrible. I felt like an utterly shit mother. Utterly helpless. Ugh. :(

And I also love the idea of rebbon DP is mostly a rebbon

Wantan. Google it. Bound to be a u tube video.

U know how women living together apparently attune their monthly cycles? I think our babies are all now telepathically linked and all becoming tricky little bastards going through a phase together? Or are they all just so predictable?

So incredibly glad I an nit returning to full time work next week as planned. I have another 4 weeks of exhaustion to wear me out first.

Where did my reasonably predictable, mostly placid baby go?? He is actually currently asleep in swing with a definite scowl on his face. Poor wee sod.

Crazy sorry no help on feeding schedule but reckon if beans are growing well try not to worry - the little buggers soon change their tune anyway, just as you think you have them sussed...

Hats off to anyone with persistent night time wakers as I would be dead by now. Hoping she settles tonight without maggotry. Lisbeth do let us know how the swaddle thing works out and what type it is. I had a miracle blanket which was brilliant but she has grown out of it so got a new swaddle thing with velcro recommended on sleep board. Unfortunately she can escape Houdini-style (complete with much wrestling / panting / throwing herself around like old escape artist videos) so has to be re-tucked after each feed. Hands have still reached chin by morning...

On strawberry birthmarks - one here too. GP said they tend to get worse for a couple of years, then gradually fade over a number of years - but generally seems to just be leave well alone.

Hip dysplasia - anyone else getting bean's x-rayed? Our bean has uneven skin folds so has been referred for X-rays. She has cousins on both sides of family who have needed X-Ray / hip girdle thing so keeping fingers crossed she'll be alright :(

Sleep deprivation / settling - found this link whilst googling - gives a sort of overview of techniques. Haven't read it all yet but might have something helpful to someone.

FX for sleepy beans all round...

And a hug for Mickey - everyone feels pure evil after taking beans for jabs. Once 3rd lot are done you're clear for 9 months... x

DH has figured out what we need and my little bro is coming over tomorrow because he is far more manly and helpful (please note 'little bro' is actually nearly 22 and about the size of a house, muscle not fat).

DD has now been feeding for 27 hours straight, apart from a brief interlude when I ate dinner and shoved a bottle in her mouth. Another HV I spoke to suggested the cheapest bottles I could find and she actually accepted it . Well she did today, who knows how madam will behave tomorrow.

Yep got unpredictable behaviour from DS here too! Yes the feckers are all telepathically linked....

He's waking up every night at about 2/3am for a feed again - knew the sleeping through wouldn't last! On the plus side he is going down to sleep at 6.30pm no bother- I just plop him down, swaddle and walk away. Strange!

Ok am officially done with NZ. Want to get back home to normality and my cats - DH and I are even thinking of changing our flights! DMIL will freak out if we do, but DH has lots of work to do and it's just not getting done here. Probably feeling grumpy as I got sunburnt yesterday :/ I have horrific tan/burn lines from the short sleeve dress I was wearing.

Had a friend over yesterday with her 2 year old and her 6 month old. Seeing the two of them (and comparing with another friend who's pregnant and has a 2.5 year old) made me realise I think I want to wait until DS is 2 before we TTC for another. I think we only want 2 kids anyway. Yeah we could do 3+ but I think I only have enough tolerance for two can't believe I'm thinking about that anyway! But it means I'll be off to get the coil then when I'm back home.

Angelico thanks for link. Currently reading. V v v interesting. And more than a bit worrying.............

Yep. Very useful reading. I suggest you all follow! Interested in finding new sleep associations to replace rocking!! Just ordered a Cuski. Try anything, me! He was self settling q well but back to feeding to sleep with some rocking.

Thank u Angelico. Good find.
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has anyone else's baby had the bcg jab? I know they don't do it everywhere but I'm just wondering when the blister is going to come up.

hugs wantan- that sounds exhausting.

Zara my little one had started trying to roll from back to front too (was it you who mentioned that?). she uses one leg to push her bum up at one side, but can only roll her hips at the mo. she only does it when naked, strangely.

London mine does that when naked. I didn't associate it with rolling. I just thought she was nuts.