November 2012 - Don't forget the tummy time

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He has a study. We could fit a bed in there. Grr! I am now so wound up I cannot sleep. He has no fucking idea how I feel after the last few months.

Right, I will sleep!and dream of evicting him.

My dh will try to tell me, whenever he has flu a cold that it is worse because men lack a certain hormone. I did not spend 5 years at medical school to fall for that utter bollocks. What they appear to lack is a friggin' backbone.

I am quite stooical in the face of illness. I have had flu once please god never again and I could not move. I have never felt so ill in all my life. Funny how when dh has flu he could still move if chocolate was waved...

I read that gift voucher thread yesterday but not since detective posted on it. I'll go back and have a look. For the record I spend DD's gift vouchers all the time! For example She got m&s vouchers from last year that I still had so I spent them on a new fitted sheet to replace the one that got ruined after DD2's speedy birth I didn't realise it was such a contentious issue!

I've come down with some sort of bug. Been sick twice today, one on the way back from picking up DD1 from pre school, classy! Am now drinking a glass of water. Hope it stays down!

I spent some of R's money on nappies (pretty cloth) and am saving some for a sling when he outgrows the stretchy.

Needs must.

I would happily spend vouchers meant for DC on other things, but I would put the monetary equivalent in their account if possible. I wouldn't replace the vouchers with cash if i'd bought nappies and slings though pidjin - they are for R! N got given a boots voucher and it will be spend on necessities, otherwise i'd be buying clothes or something just for the sake of spending the money.

PP but that's stuff for your LO. So in my eyes fine. But then if you spent it on a dress for yourself it's the same.

We will spend £100,000 plus on our kids. If we use £50 voucher on ourselves big woop call the police!

GT I read it was £250,000. In my opinion though they are worth every penny and my daughter is a million times better than any material possessions money could buy. I completely understand what you are saying, but it is my opinion any money (be that in voucher form or whatever) given to M is intended for her, so even if we spend the vouchers the equivalent and any cash is put into her savings account for her future or any big essentials she may need in the short term (ie, carseats etc, and if these are then sold on in the future I will put that money back into her account).

I had an amazing upbringing but money was always tight being from a single parent family with a selfish arsehole father who didn't contribute a penny towards us. My mum saved as much as she could for us, putting away money and values of vouchers that were gifted to us if we didn't need anything at the time. As such she was able to present us with a healthy trust fund on our 18ths. It made a huge difference as a student and meant I could come out of university with minimum debt. Every penny really did make a difference in our family and my mum would far too often go without so we didn't. I have a massive amount of respect for her because of it.

That's just my opinion though. If you want to spend the money on yourself then go ahead, as with all aspects of parenting it very much depends on what works for you.

Gah voucher debate has spilled over into this thread. Watch out, we don't want to rile detective...

Aren't babies odd? LO used to love the sling and would only ever sleep in that during the day, then last week she decided she hated it. Today, loves it again. She's been a bit more refluxy though so that might be contributing.

Does anybody know why bf babies get constipated? How long should I let things go (or not) before I start to worry obviously not worried yet, oh no, nooo, not me

He he he I best not go on the gift voucher thread given I'm typing this on a tablet part paid for by vouchers given to us when Jonas was born! It does keep me sane during night feeds but I'd be lying if I said that was all we use it for!

BPLP when a BF baby goes days between poos it often doesn't mean they are constipated its just that breast milk is so perfectly suited to their needs that there is very little waste.

MM see you at baby yoga tomorrow - will bring the sling for you x x

baby massage even gawd my brain....

YW you could justify that. Easily. Jonas needs his mummy to be awake at night to feed him, and if a tablet is the only way that can be achieved then so be it. Maybe little pig isn't constipated then per se, it doesn't seem to be bothering her, unlike when she had gaviscon when she was clearly in pain. I'll say it again, babies are odd!

BPLP we are on day 8. HV said 2 weeks is perfectly normal !

(4 day poonami last time was horrific, filled both legs of sleepsuit and daddy's lap . I am now living in fear of poo! )

Fab YW thanks so much - look forward to seeing you both, haven't texted your DSis yet but if she's up for a cuppa afterwards do you fancy a wander down to hers? My mum will probably be there given it's a Tuesday - she is itching for a Jonas cuddle!

Evening.

I have a poor wee refluxy screamer keeled out on my knee. She has been gradually getting fussier over the last few days and it took me until today to work out what was going on. Am getting her weighed tomorrow so her meds can be increased.

YW how often do you get J weighed for his meds?

Right those of you with fist eating babies - how often are you cleaning their hands??!!! Were starting to eat what's in his hands too......

He's been jabbed :( poor chap :( why do the nurses insist on making them smile first??!!

4 weeks till the next lot then he's done for a while!!! Next one is three jabs :( :( :(

I am in an irritated mood because we have sold our house. I know I should be happy (it has been on the market for eight months) but the offer is £10,500 less than we paid for the house seven years ago on a 100% mortgage. So we have paid over £60,000 on our mortgage and we will have less than £10,000 after selling. It's not as bad as being in negative equity but it's not what I expected when I bought the house. It was basically a complete waste of time, for that money we could have rented somewhere for £625 a month, never mind the investment on new bathroom, carpets, repair work, etc. And not had to live in the run down house on the street. I almost think we should just stay here until house prices go up again but of course that doesn't work since wherever we buy would be more expensive too also J will need his own room eventually. It doesn't help that the house we wanted to buy has already sold so we don't have anywhere we want to go to. Is it bad that I should be feeling happy but it's made me miserable instead? Or should I just be happy because the house has sold in this difficult market?

horsey P gets her fists dunked into the bath at night. No other time. At the moment though she doesn't have her hands in places yet.

MM that would be lovely - deffo yes!

Pass we were told the safe dosage for J's medication - omeperazole which is 2 mg per kg max which for him works out at up to 2x 5ml a day - as he was on a lower dose than this we've gradually moved from 3.5 to 4ml twice daily when his symptoms have indicated. Maybe find out the safe dosage for P's meds so you can adjust a wee bit if needed without a docs appt. There will be a mg /ml per kg dose they can tell you so you can do the calcs yourself. He is due to be weighed again tomo - but haven't weighed him since Orkney three weeks ago - so that will be useful to understand his new max dose using the 2mg /kg ratio. Sending lots of love to P I hate it when LO is in reflux pain its impossible to console them x

Stunt - be happy it's sold. Houses are only worth what people want to pay. When the Market goes down all houses within reason see a similar fall. So what you're moving too will be same regardless of the money lost. Does that make sense?

Oh unless you can do it up cheaply? Then readvertise!!

Thanks YW. The meds work so well for her I almost forget about it then feel awful when I realise she is in pain. Weirdly, she loves going in her bouncy chair when she has an attack - it doesn't stop it completely but really calms her down. She has been very reluctant to feed today so I think it must be pretty bad. Also, have you been recommended to try early weaning? It keeps being suggested to us but we have yet to see the dietician.

stunt YANBU to be massively hacked off. I am scared of the same thing happening to us.

Stunt in this market most folks who bought at peak (just before the banks went tits up due to the bubble) get their arses handed to them - that's not the worst loss. Kirsty and Phil lie - you can go wrong with bricks and mortar. Why not go into rented - we have - its fan anything breaks the landlord pays and it means we're in a great position to grab a bargain from desperate sellers as we're proceedable - if you think your local market will fall further - don't jump back in just yet. Rent isn't dead money if it saves you big capital losses!

pass nope as we're BF we've been advised to wean later as longer on BM should help heal any damage to his tum. Eegad I just want a cheese sandwich!!!!