November 2012 - Forget 50 books in 2013, we'll have 50 threads

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She had grand and great grandchildren but i don't think they were there? We skulked at the back but Reg seemed pleased that id brought R to "meet" Doreen iyswim.

They'd been married 53 years.

I am thankful that Matilda's staphylococcal infection has been caught early and we are finally being referred to a specialist for her skin.

The pervert spent a good 10 minutes staring (I mean proper wide eyed creepy staring, not just me being paranoid at someone looking in my direction) at me and then started muttering about how wrong it was to do it in public. I lost the plot and told him I was damned if an ignorant prat like him was going to stop me feeding my baby and if he had an issue with it then take it up with the medical centre who will also tell him he is an ignorant wanker. He then looked slightly embarassed - at which point I should have stopped - but I went on to rant 'have I made you feel uncomfortable by pointing out how rude you are?! good, because you have made me feel uncomfortable by staring at my tits while I feed my baby you ignorant prant' - or something along those lines. In front of a packed waiting room. I now wish I'd just bit my lip . I am still very angry about it though - the surgery might receive a costic email yet this evening.

He was a prick. I am still fuming with DP for not jumping up and supporting me. He just sat looking at the ground and then told me I went too far. I might have done but that is not the point

x post pp. Sounds like you made the right decision. I am sure it meant a lot to your friend bringing R.

go mm!!! no need to be embarrassed how frustrated would you have been if you hadn't said anything and just left it would be playing on your mind!
feel like only dd toys and my nips will make her happy today not me!
I am thankful for Welshcakes though I kinda wish I hadn't bought some yesterday will be allgone v soon!

In thankful for ds and my beautiful horse. She may try to kill me but I still love her!!

This time last year I still know I was expecting!!!! By the Saturday I was starting to suspect.....

Oh my.... I don't know how much more I can take.

Guess where my car is. GUESS?!

No fucking need. It is where one of our cars always seems to be. In the fucking bastarding garage.

Yesterday it was juddering a bit, but I was running on fumes, and right by the house, so stuck it on the drive, and asked DP to get me a jerry can of petrol so I didn't risk it running out getting to the garage.

Well, I set off for my physio appt this afternoon, and the car juddered and shook the whole way there, and the exhaust management light came on flashing every time I accelerated, or was stop/starting at low speeds.

Managed to limp it back to a garage after the appt, and it is probably the coil pack and/or spark plugs. FAFS. Really? REALLY???

Can I take any more crap? You couldn't make this shit up. Honest to god.

I'll just repeat my favourite saying, courtesy of Dory... 'Just keep swimmin', just keep swimmin', just keep swimmin' '.

Anyone care to join in my screaming?!

I am thankful for the ability to laugh. In the face of adversity.

thankful ds now has to be fed lying in bed as too fussy elsewhere. honest.

catbag - wow you're wonder woman!
great news yw!
good about referral mm and way to go on pervert!
glad boiler ok detective..... sorry car poorly now :/
a lovely post pigeon. hope you're ok.

reflux. - not got it here but a pal with a refluxy baby 11 wks got an amby hammock and swears by it (plus ranitadine) - dd now sleeping up to 10 hours . we got a third hand one and it's great for day time naps - persevering with bedside cot but may switch as I've watched him be calmed by it bobbing when he kicks from wind.

this too did fucking pass! lo slept really well from 8:30 - 1:30 then 2 till 5 (wind attack) but for the first time in weeks we did.nt have to have him on us from 5, I just held his hand when he started grunting and he settled. we didn't sleep much mind, in anticipation. I really think two squirts of infacol helping and now putting colief on nipples when best eg at night as minimises panicked screaming and air swallowing. or maybe he's just getting older....

fatima v nosy baby here (hence feeds in bed) - you can get beads to wear they can fiddle with to focus them - going to start using them here.

I am thankful Dh is taking a day off tomorrow. :)

I am thankful that my son has drunk 180mls of formula this evening. Very thankful indeed.

Ooh can you put colief on nipples? What is the dose? J likes nipple medicine.

I am thankful for coca cola.

I am thankful dp didn't take the Daim bars to work tonight

detective I hope you had fun in a previous life :) why is it when you need to be careful with money everything bloody breaks?

vq glad j took the formula. No idea about coleaf sorry.

Why do babies go from laughing to crying in a split second?! He was laughing quite happily then just burst into proper floods of tears :( we're currently having cuddles!!

Those of you with two HOW do you do it??!!! Dh wants two and wants to start trying probably now (actually when ds is 1).. My body is still healing (must call the gp tomorrow to get an appointment) but to be honest I'm not sure I'd ever cope with two? I mean I just can't imagine dealing with ds and a baby?! In fact I just can't see me with two children? I'd like him to have a sibling, my sister and I get on well but it horrifies me the thought of two?!

vq some say it works fine - they latch on first then you break latch and drop usual dose on a drop or 2 at a time then let them suckle so it mixes with the foremilk in their mouths. using syringes led to more wind and expressing seemed to make let down worse which led to breast refusal (it was horrendous) so I juggle bothmethods at mo - his comfort and willingness to feed in a settled way is priority. at mo. a few on the local lll Facebook group recommended it. I might try totally like that next wk.

I think manufacturers would say saliva might cause issue and break colief down or that acidity in mouth wrong.

horsey with more than one you just do your best. Remember, you will know your elder child pretty well, and they will grow with and adapt to the changes. When the broodiness hits, it takes over and you do not worry about such things. When the pregnancy test is positive, you try to adjust in your mind. Your pregnancy is much harder, and you worry that you will not love the new baby as much as your first. When the baby arrives you fall in love, but worry again, and feel that you are letting one or other down, but after a while you just cannot imagine life without the little one. Like with twins, you just get on with it, learn new ways to manage, compromise on shiny sinks, and enjoy the wonderful moments of sibling love (while they last). Earlier, DD2 was dancing and DS was laughing his little head off. She was so chuffed! Proper made me melt!

horsey it's not too bad. In fact although I never expected to get pregnant so fast last year I don't regret it now, age difference wise. I think the most important thing which helped is that by late pregnancy DD1 could walk. She was latish walking, at 15 months, by which time I was 5 months pregnant and getting to a point this time round where lifting her was hard. Plus post c section I wouldn't have been able to lift her. So I think that's something to take into consideration.

She's also young enough that helping me out is a fun novelty. So she passes me stuff from the dishwasher and puts clothes in the washer and takes them out. V useful post section. She'll get bored of that soon.

So, mobile and useful. 19 month gap for us was pretty ideal.

horsey I second that re having 2 I originally thought I would try in September then after Christmas now thinking next April!

Yeah the guilt is pretty horrific. I got over it once DD1 started to accept LO.

oh and det so sorry your having such a trying day!

Thanks.

I think it's something we need to discuss in a year or so.

DH and I have agreed not to discuss a second until P is at least a year old.

I was all like "whatthefucknotachancenowayamieverdoingthisagainevereverever" no I am a bit more "oh well, maybe we should keep a few bits a pieces. Ya know. Just in case"

Go MM! Well done for putting a perv in his place

Horsey I've been thinking the same, bar the reflux I know Jonas is a really easy baby and I'd have another tomorrow if there was another pair of hands at home during the day and if it were possible when BF. But looking after my 17 month (though more like a 14 month old as she was so early) old niece (who is a lovely little girl - obedient and helpful ie not a handful) has made me realise that I'd go mad if the age difference was less than 18 months - I think we might try for no. 2 next spring / summer that way also I'll get maternity allowance again too!