November 2012 - Don't forget the tummy time

[StuntNun]

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[Pikz]

Loving all the LOs twating themselves!

I have to use grobags as he just gets out of every swaddle and he likes sucking his whole fist currently.

[zcos]

pass me oh no I am concerned it could be self fulfilling policy!

[PetiteRaleuse]

Pennie don't worry, it might be a lot easier than you think. I always freak when DH has a work evening or trip, and it's always better than I think.

[zcos]

pennie I know it wasn't you the kid was 3 yes its about American beauty pageant is repulsive and compulsive ... keep telling myself its psychology research!

[BigPigLittlePig]

Zcos I watched that the other day for about 5 minutes then switched over. I think it was the point at which one overbearing mother put fake teeth over her 7 year old daughters wonky, gappy teeth so she was "perfect". Too weird only in America

Off to bed, although LO wide awake, as she has been for 4 hours now so may be an epic fail! Wishing good nights for everyone. Wishing no poonamis overnight for me

[Evilwater]

GT- yes I do. I also remember when romance was in my life. (no snow here just pouring rain) I miss romance.

Decteive- where an I get this upgrade, and how do I install it?
Evil

[PetiteRaleuse]

Evil pontoon is one of my family card games too. Love it!

[zcos]

guessing by the lack of responses re st dwynwens there are no taffs on here!?

[glendathegoodwitch]

Zycos - yeah she got them for Christmas lol - must put them on her again now she's in awe of her hands!!!

I'm feeding Dottie and have but a soft comforter thingy over her eyes to entice sleepy thoughts!!! Why does she keep twatting my boob??? She uses it like a punch bag/scratching post!!!

Hope we all get a relatively good night/lie in

[zcos]

petite why waste of money are milestones wrong for you? I'm still on the fence bout the thing but first chapters of book seemed to say somethings that made sesnse just not sure if the leaps bare out.

[StuntNun]

Anyone signing up for Flyladt, I delete all the emails without reading them except for the daily Flight Plan ones. They come from Kelly rather than Flylady so you could set your email to automatically delete the Flylady ones.

J is having his last feed of the day so hopefully he will let me have a few hours sleep before his 'wee hours' cluster feed. I wonder if he likes haggis-flavour milk? Speaking of haggis, what do I do with the leftovers? Haggis sandwiches? Haggis soup? DH wants to use it as stuffing for a roast chicken.

[Passmethecrisps]

Re swaddling - we tried p in a sleeping bag for her 7-10:30 sleep and it was horrendous. She woke every half an hour and was so upset. When I gave up and stuck her on her Velcro swaddle I swear she visibly relaxed and looked relieved. She didn't fight it and went to sleep nicely. She fights a bit sometimes but always calms incredibly quickly. I have been popping her in the sleeping bag during he day though to let her practice sleeping with her arms out. Sometimes she is grand but other times she wakes herself up and spends the next hour miserable before she is willing to settle again.

[TheDetective]

I swaddle before the last feed. This works well for us. He's upstairs at the moment. Asleep. We are downstairs.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel! The relentless newborn days seem to be getting easier. Everything just seems a little easier now.

Now if only the snow would do one...!

[GTbaby]

Brita water filter... Would u use one to filter water before giving to LO?
Trying to work out if its a good buy to take to India with me. List of stuff to take is growing v quickly.

[TheDetective]

Which bigger one have you got passmethepenis ? I was going to get a cuddlewrap. Most of the swaddles are for up to 3 months, he's grown out of his, legs poke out the end!

[TheDetective]

No, it isn't recommended as far as I know GT.

[Passmethecrisps]

Well dicktective it is the large swaddleme. The original microfibre one. Claims to be for 14Ib to 22Ib but I think not. P is a wee shorty but the large should suit her nicely.

[zcos]

thinks seem harder for me this eve ... everything is peeing me off... I pumped electrically got less than half an oz :( usually get at least 2 :( have v naughty cats still not read manual for monitor or worked out what to do with it ... dd is just sucking boob for like 2 secs then off again! think she will take ages to go to sleep think I will beat the recent 2.30 am record! peed off that come tommorow I won't have left house for a week.
any otherrs bf but then ff at night thinking of resorting to this now as boobs sore and dh could feed!!

[GTbaby]

Oh n LO tried last week to suck on his fist. Sounds like he gags on it sometimes. He has developed to thumb sucking now. So cute . But i do try take his thumb out as much as I can and use dummy instead.

[zcos]

oh and I think I own about 10 books maybe more and have loads of magazines ... I love magazines and get obsessed about researching everything usually new hobbies etc I must have the most hobbies going!!!

[Kyzordz]

Well, tried to give LO a dream feed and nope, complete refusal. Guess I'll let him sleep then! If I'd known I'd have gone bed at 8:30 when he did!

Everything crossed hr REALLY wants sleep tonight!

[Elizadoesdolittle]

I have that bloody Chaka khan song in my head now!

chunky not sad at all. I met a friend in bluewater the other day for retail therapy and dinner. Had a great time, and had DD2 with me. Thank god she slept. Enjoy your child free time.

Tried syringe feeding E for a top up this evening. Wasn't particularly pleasant but think I got some into her. Her poo has been green and runny and she's gone from going every other day to 3 times a day. I'm getting desperate now, bf just isn't enough for her. I'm considering getting a supplementary nursing system but looks so fiddley and they are quite expensive. I'm not worried about the expense if it works but its a lot of money if I never use it. I need to get more milk in her somehow. She's 12 weeks today and weighs 8lbs 6ozs. It's ridiculous!

[kirrinIsland]

Just had a bath, and now I'm depressed. Am I the only one whose stretch marks look every bit as bad as they did 10 weeks ago? They don't seem to have faded at all - is this how they're going to stay? Forever? And don't get me started on the flab

[zcos]

my flab is getting me down and I'm still a size bigger and wearing mat jeans as only thing really comfy in the day. really feeling sorry for myself this eve

[TheDetective]

No, mine are worse than they were when pregnant - when the skin has stretched then sagged, they look redder and angrier.

They will go, give them a year, they will look like silver lines. I have some that are a cm wide on my hips, these will take me longer to go down, but I know they will because they have before. I only have a couple of new ones from this pregnancy - DS1 did all the damage first time around! My weight has fluctuated over the years too, so sometimes they go red again, then back down.

10 weeks isn't soon enough to see results. At least 6 months. As crap as that is!

Flab - I honestly have no idea what to do to fix the mess that is my 'figure'. Flabby McFlabby from Flabbysville. I can do sit ups. I can't do much else at the minute. Will start on the sit ups I guess...!