December 2012 - Smiles all round!

[SpottyTeacakes]

And the one where Spotty's gang gets some sleep

Seconds I know how you feel too, I've started getting out the house a bit more now to see friends with babies or wander round tescos and it does help.

Utopian my LOs poos are green too, all normal apparently but I am only ff now.

LO has her injections at 11 today, everyone keeps warning me its awful am I going to have a very grumpy baby afterwards?

We had a really good night. Edward woke at 2am and 5am and then went straight back in his crib and settled himself to sleep. It makes such a difference not having to spend hours rocking him!

brooke all babies are different my dd and ds1 hardly reacted at all whereas ds2 was really quite poorly. Fx your LO won't have a bad reaction.

Off to toddlers this morning after an awful night. He wasn't really feeding properly so was up every hour. He's having a proper feed now though finally (after waking while I was busy making packed lunches so he had to shout for a while).

Amazing baby only woke twice last night. Noisy baby kept people in the house awake anyway.

Brook my LO had her imjections yesterday. I cried when she cried but she was fine afterwards had a little bit of a temperature but calpol sorted that out.

Both me and Heidi are staying in bed all day today i have a cold and shes dead snuffly. Hers has been coming on for a few days and i want to nip it in the bum now.

nip it in the bum hehe

F screamed blue murder when he had his jabs, didn't have a temp after but was really mardy so gave him calpol in case it was his legs that were hurting.

Good start to the morning, managed to get washed and dressed as he napped, then put him in his chair while I got breakfast and dried my hair (first time since he was born!) he sulked, but have to stop running to him every time he cries else ill never get anything done!

utopian my dd has green poos (she didn't before I got a sickness bug) but hv seemed unconcerned but did encourage me to eat better and drink more fluids.

I had a fussy eater last night too isthat she would feed for 5mins then start screaming - think she had bellyache. I passed her over to dh at 7am and begged for some sleep , he took her, gave her an expressed bottle and she's slept since 8am!! Cheeky mare.

Trip to asda today for party bag pressies, my ds has his birthday party on Saturday and I'm so unorganised for it!

I'll stock up on calpol just in case!

brooke Z screamed for about 5 seconds immediately after his jabs and then fell asleep! Calpol is a good idea because he did get a bit feverish and upset later.

Ds didn't have any effect from the jabs would have known he even had them.

Today on the other hand he has been screaming all morning and I've got the dentist in 50 minutes god knows what I'm going to do with him

Jabs over here this morning too. N wasn't too happy when they were actually done but had stopped crying when we left the surgery and fell asleep in the sling on the way home. He gave me a lovely big smile when he woke up so I think I'm forgiven .

Brooke hope it went ok for your LO too and Isthat hope your DS2 has recovered now. Good luck to anyone else with jabs soon too.

Seconds - I really think ml can be isloating and the days can be very long esp if you've been used to a frantic pace previously. I completely agree with everyone else about getting out being the key. I have a mantra thatt except in case of illness or extreme weather (blizzards and such, not just rain) we go out every day. It might be to a group or to meet a friend, or just to the library or shop but it gives the day something to 'hang' round. The pain of getting them ready is worth it and does get easier.

WL, R has slept on his tummy since 2 weeks old - will be 12 on Monday - all the hv said was to make sure he doesn't get too hot. He has a brand new mattress, clean sheets etc so the risk is minimal. Certainly less than me driving on no sleep!

I love it when he chucks me a three hour nap. Finished a hat, done a load of washing, stuffed all the clean nappies, made curry and about to start another hat. All with him snuggled up to me in the sling

He now likes to look at toys, and will hold one if you put it in his hand

That's amazing pidj! Can't wait till Isla can play with her toys!

She's a bit testy now but otherwise seems ok. I cried more than her at the injections!!

Q about the jabs, fever etc - do you all have thermometers? /if so, any recommendations?

Cranky baby today - she's overdue for a poo! So after being out this morning i've retired with her to bed to watch trashy telly.

We've got the Braun ear one it's the same one the doctors use. Got it for dd over two years ago and haven't even had to replace the batteries

for those of you who cried at the jabs, did you manage to hide it well? I k ow I'm gonna cry and will feel such a tit, my gp is a hard nosed bloke

Hi all late signing in over here. DD 2 is seven weeks and we've got the jabs at the end of the month 'cos we're in foreign. Do you know they prescribe vit d oil as standard over here. No idea how to give it though, so it's sitting on the shelf.

We've got a Braun in ear thermometer but doesn't seem to be v.accurate on D yet - generally gives him about 35.2 but it does say might not be accurate in v.young babies (works fine on me and DH). We've also got a standard digital one to go under his arm for now. I took his temp a couple of times in the days before his jabs so I knew what was 'normal' for him (I'm generally quite a cold person when have temp taken)

We have a normal thermometer with a soft tip, but he was wiggling too much to get an accurate temp, and I refuse to put it up his bum!

How exciting Pidj, F likes anything with lights on it, and hits his dangling things but is loathed to grab things!

Went to a musical group at our library, F appeared to enjoy himself, didn't throw a full on tantrum so he must have liked it!

jabs here..... sleepy and sad boy. but been told not to give calpol for 24 hours to allow them to work better?

Not heard that one Clarella?

You lot make me feel really lazy with your going out everyday! We usually have at least one day of staying in and on some days our only trip is taking dd to nursery. Then again I have to drive 20 minutes to get anywhere

just checked with hv - she said lots of diff opinions but if temp over 38.5 treat with calpol and if doesn't come down seek advice. he's just sleeping lots so keeping an eye.

I want to sleep but darent!

I would sleep Clarella he'll be fine set an alarm for an hour if you're worried

Hi smellsof Where are you? I'm in germany and we don't have jabs yet either - not looking forward to them! We also have vit D oil, I just give it to T on a spoon, wipe it on his lips before feeding..l when I remember. It's a bugger because I know vitamin D has to be taken with food (otherwise it makes you feel sick) but by the time I've sat down to feed a screaming baby I'm not really thinking about getting a spoon and his bottle of oil..

clarella always sleep when you have the chance!

spotty didn't you make a cake the other day? I'll swap a walk for time to make cake! :o and I don't have any other DC to look after!

Yes I did but having nearly eaten it I really should be doing some walking

Welcome smellsof