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November 2012 - We want rattles and we want them now

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StuntNun · 04/02/2013 09:09

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horseylady · 07/02/2013 15:48

Yes you will make yourself ill too. That's no good for anyone.

Can I just share - I've just managed plank for 2 minutes again!!!! My core is slowly returning!!!

My fil has just been round and said lo will be walking soon. Apparently dh never crawled, used chairs etc to stand and shuffled round that way. I think he'll be the same. Great.

PetiteRaleuse · 07/02/2013 15:57

Don't worry, everyone predicted DD1 would be an early walker because everyone else in the family was... She walked at 15 months which gavebus a few extra months of not having to run around after her all the time (though she was an extremely fast (speed wise, not early) crawler, so wasn't much easier than walking)

What's plank? People kept mentioning it a few threads ago.

Clarella · 07/02/2013 16:03

glenda be careful with block feeding as ironically you will get a build up of more foremilk - it's a careful balance of judging it and sometimes expressing a bit off though this too adds to the supply increase. I have to do this to mix the colief but if it looks very pale I'll express a bit more (by hand). I would discuss it with an Lll advisor or bf help line first. it was bloody painful too!

www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/lactose-overload-babies

www.babycareadvice.com/babycare/general_help/article.php?id=18

sad baby post jabs :(

no colief prescrp too :(

Brockle · 07/02/2013 16:05

v impressed at your fitness horsey . I am exhausted today and for no good reason.

Y went in his stroller today for the first time. Just a chicco one that was in the Asda baby event but he loved it. it is forward facing and I raised it a little so his eyes were like saucers.he is currently fast asleep in it. I have an urban detour detective and I love it. Had it seven years and still love it Smile

Y's sniffles are.not going away but don't appear to be spreading to his chest. roll on spring and summer Smile

is it time for bed yet?

ValiumQueen · 07/02/2013 16:06

Plank is what fit fuckers do.

I have given up caffeine twice PP and it made fuck all difference to him, but I need to cut down. It will hurt though.

DS no longer sleeps in the pram, and is clearly not liking the Coccoon any more, plus he is too big for it now as I have to fold him up to fit him in it. I therefore decided to raise the seat to the next notch and have him in the sleeping bag thing. He no like. He scream and scream. You would think he would like being able to see out a bit. I guess he will get used to it. It is also the first time in a harness, apart from the car seat, so that was probably not to his liking. I have tried to move the shoulder straps up, but do not have the strength to push the straps through the fabric. I have done it before, but at the moment I am as weak as a kitten.

PR I so relate to your fears. I think having a toddler and a baby makes you more scared of illness as they both need you so much, and you feel they are both deserving of you 100% but you can give that to neither. I will be so relieved when it is spring.

horseylady · 07/02/2013 16:08

plank

Clarella you can buy it but it's pricey

ValiumQueen · 07/02/2013 16:08

It is fucking half term next week! Off for the whole sodding week! Completely missed that one. That will be fun without the car, indeed the car is due its MOT so fun all round next week. I am so very pissed off at the moment.

MM that was horrid of your fuckwit P. horrid.

horseylady · 07/02/2013 16:10

Vq - have you spoken to the dr about silent reflux?

ValiumQueen · 07/02/2013 16:11

I could do that planking as my tummy and boobs would rest nicely on the floor supporting my weight.

gardenpixie32 · 07/02/2013 16:14

Clarella why did the doctor not give you a prescription for Colief? We have loads of unopened packs and I am going to start weaning them off it soon. Would you like me to post you a few boxes?

gardenpixie32 · 07/02/2013 16:14

VQ Grin mine too!

glendathegoodwitch · 07/02/2013 16:16

mm oh dear that's not on - even if he was sounding off/grumpy etc that's no excuse for telling you to leave - you and LO need security not the fear of the rug being pulled from under you so to speak - hope you can chat and iron out what's going on x

pr & vq is there any supplements you and LO's can take to boost your immune systems??

Dd1 came out of school in tears - someone wouldn't own up to something so the class suffers and it's got her all worked up - she didn't want to go riding either so we're snuggling on the sofa watching lazy town oh how I thought those days were over

Ordered new cot and mattress but they're coming tomorrow when I'm at work Confused

Have taken the big step of booking a consultation for a tattoo removal eeeeek I bet it hurts more than having it done!!!!

I best going dig out work clothes and see if they still fit - weird as last time I wore them was 29weeks pregnant!!

Can't even remember what time the shifts start - oh the joys of baby brain!!! I've just had to fork out £25 for a replacement access certificate as the one I got in July (that is/was more important than my marriage certificate cos my uni offer depended on it) I put somewhere soooooo safe that I can't find it grrrrrr!!!

ValiumQueen · 07/02/2013 16:19

horsey I have wondered on more than one occasion if it was silent reflux, but the Dr looked at me as if I was a twit and said you would not have such a happy little baby as I do if it was. I wish there was a test they could do to see if it was. I have tried him with gripe water and dentinox and on both occasions getting the meds into him was a nightmare, and made on difference. He is a happy baby most of the time, and can sleep for hours in the day, flat on his back. I think his problem is he has been full of cold from the age of 1 week. He has never really shifted the snot.

Truth is I am too bloody tired to see what is happening. I don't know what is happening.

Elizadoesdolittle · 07/02/2013 16:23

Ice cream purchased. Along with a load of wine & beer. Having people over for dinner on Saturday. Hopefully if I time it right I can have 2 glasses....?

Sorry mm what a shit thing for him to say. Hopefully he didn't mean it and will do lots of crawling to get back in your good books.

PetiteRaleuse · 07/02/2013 16:24

Exactly VQ I keep thinking of one of them having to go to hospital again and being separated from one of them again. It was so horrible last time.

glenda I am not sure I want to go down the supplement route - we lead fairly healthy lives, lots pf fresh air and a good diet, plus contact with animals which is supposed to be good for immunity.

Agh DD1 is going through a screaming phase. Keeps waking up LO. Why are toddlers so bloody shrill. I'm sure the twats next door neighbours think I am torturing her sometimes. She goes on for ages and I just try and ignore it. It's attention seeking but it really puts me on edge.

PetiteRaleuse · 07/02/2013 16:25

VQ LO has been sotty pretty much since birth too. I know it's normal for new borns to be sniffly as they clean out their nostrils and sinuses but I feel like LO has almost always breathed through her mouth, and they're not supposed to do that.

PetiteRaleuse · 07/02/2013 16:26

*snotty

Clarella · 07/02/2013 16:27

oh garden - hv said depends which doc u ask but doc she asked said no - practice policy :( pharmacist said they get loads of prescriptions in! wow that would be amazing if you really can spare them chick! he missed a dose this morning as we ran out and the wind was really noticeable despite our yellow poos. we've spent £36 in a week on urge so far (though one bottle had to be chucked as was left out of fridge - it's still going to be around £25 a week.

bugger. digital thermometer broken. attepting to use old fashioned one to gauge if to calpol or not post jabs

I hired a simply mei tai. - it's gorgeous!!!

TheDetective · 07/02/2013 16:29

MM Has he got a bout of twatitis? I think men have PMT. Waaaaay more than we do. Grin I know the feeling of shakiness - when I told DP to get out, and he did, it literally snapped me in two, I thought he would never walk, that he would realise he was being a twat, and stop being a twat so he wouldn't lose me, or Oscar. A month later, and things are much better, he is much better, and my trust which was faltered has started to be repaired. Don't worry.

Our half term is a week later than everywhere else around here VQ. His dad booked the wrong week off work, there are no holiday clubs or activities for him to do. It's going to be a long long week. He's gonna have to come to baby groups with me too! Plus the baby groups stop next week, while I'm not on bloody half term, but everyone else is. The next 2 weeks are gonna suck! My MOT is due by the end of this month. Am shitting car parts in preparation. Hmm

Brockle I loved that pushchair! I used to be able to fit it in my fiesta, with a full weeks shop too! That surprised me!

Oscar is trying hard to laugh! We've had little chuckles, he sounds so funny! It's not a proper baby giggle, but an old man belly laugh!!

Can't work him out. Am going to give up trying! Pot luck nights it is!

DP in doghouse, he's being a knob. His car needs jump starting again, and next doors car is directly in front of his, in perfect jump start position. He either needs to knock on next door and ask can they move their car so we can get mine in to jump his, or he needs to roll his car backwards, and I need to do a stupidly complicated manoeuvre to get my car facing the right way due to living on a main road. I suggested he ask next door if they would mind jump starting him, seen as their car is in prime position to do it, and it would be less faffing for everyone.

Nope. He won't ask. Instead he's got a strop on him. Twat.

TheDetective · 07/02/2013 16:33

Am going to check my bank. I do not like checking my bank.

Crap. Please let me not have to break in to savings. Pleeeeeeeeease!

Clarella · 07/02/2013 16:48

oh mm that's awful what a knob.

TheDetective · 07/02/2013 16:52

Phew. There is enough money to cover essentials til DP gets paid. Phew phew phew. Was so worried!

Next month there is no way we will be able to leave savings alone, as I get a weeks less pay for some reason. I can't work out why - I have the breakdown in my pay from work, so I know what is coming. Still, we have only used what I have saved for DP's car repair so far. It will have to be used for car tax and MOT next pay day.

Oscar is currently entertaining himself under his play gym. Yippeee!

GTbaby · 07/02/2013 16:53

Soph I want to go to west Middlesex. Fx I get in.
I'd rather have a hand bag then loads of buggies! I have a bays water. I loooovvvee it

gardenpixie32 · 07/02/2013 16:57

Clarella No problem. First GP I asked said no. I was much firmer the second time round and we now get 10 bottles at a time. PM me your address and I will try and pop them in the post tomorrow, if not, on Saturday.

TheDetective · 07/02/2013 16:58

My TV is broke. I say TV, I mean Virgin!

Stupid Virgin box! Oscar I was listening to music!