December 2012: This too shall pass, this too shall pass

[HoneyMumandSon]

keep repeating the mantra...

Oops then yep you're fucked!

Baby's asleep again and I'm pinned to the couch

Spotty, i think you should make another batch of cakes and send the sunk ones to us all on the thread

Hey ladies. Sorry to jump on this thread - hoping u may be able to offer some advice! ( not sure where to post other than to ladies in the same boat perhaps)
I'm looking to buy a video monitor and have no idea which to get.
Have any of u bought one already ? How are u getting on with it ?
Don't want to spend a fortune on one that's rubbish!
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks

hales a rash on her belly with no other symptoms is likely to be nothing to worry about. I'd take her and ask the hv what she thinks, then proceed to ignore her and go with your own instincts!

And yes please to spottys cakes - ill pour custard in the sunken bit (just to save you from embarrassment you understand)!

I'm going to try and hide the sunk bit with icing and make muffins too....they're inly for dd's nursery so I can just pretend she did it!

I don't have a monitor at all let alone a video one

No video monitor here Mytime, I'm obsessive enough as it is - I can only imagine how bad I'd be if I could watch him sleep

Well my bread didn't come out right at all, but looking at it my yeast was out of date so new ingredients bought and bread is now baking (again).

DS has been a very good boy while I've been out and about with mum. She came to asda with me and i tried on jeans (minus ds) so now I own a pair of trousers that fit (only 1 size up from pre pregnancy :) )

No idea on video monitors sorry I left monitor research up to DH and tbh hardly ever use it.

I fixed my cakes with icing cba to make muffins

Sorry Mytime i chose not to get a video monitor i've got a plain basic one but i rarely use it to be honest. I think it'll be something i use when she has some type of sleep routine but theres no sign of that yet.

Been to the baby clinic at 14 weeks H is 16.4 OMG, but i thought she might be a bit bigger as her 3-6 month clothes are getting tighter. My family asked what to get her for easter i've asked for clothes in 6-9 months

Glad the cakes are fixed.

My new sling arrived this morning, so I had to go for a walk and try it out while it was sunny. Called in at MIL on the way back and undid all the exercise with 2 slices of cake! A & I both liked the sling though. And it was nice for MIL to get some calm time with A without DD demanding all the attention.

Hales, I wouldn't worry too much about seeing the HV with a rash. Diagnoses (probably of "it's a virus") and weighing in 1 visit.

X post.

And we don't have any monitor. But we did use a webcam fixed to the cot for DD. Until the blue light attracted her and she pulled it off. Interesting footage from inside her mouth!

Barbeasty the next Blair Witch Project?

Wow that's a good weight Hales. I didn't go to weigh in in the end as DS is so poorly and it's cold out. Every time DS seems to be making good progress with his eating and starts gaining weight, his next bloody injections are due and they knock him for 6 again. Can't wait for the next ones so they're over for a while.

Yes. DH happened to be watching it with some colleagues while they waited for a meeting to start. I got a panicked phone call asking me to rescue the webcam.

Barbeasty, that's brilliant.

3 month jabs for C today. She didn't cry after the first but let rip after the 2nd. She hasn't been too ratty today, just clingy and a bit unhappy. Have bfed a lot this afternoon.

One of the adjacent apartments is having work done so all I can hear is drilling. Not what I need.

barbeasty that's brilliant.

Boob still really sore have been hot packing it all day and no improvement but no red line/wedge.

spotty and other bakers - how do you achieve this? I have mini quiches to make for a bring your own dinner tomorrow. Easy before ds, just wondering if I can achieve with him in-sling as pastry timing is a bit critical..

Utopian my boob still hurts too I've had heat pad on it all day, only fed from that side and massages after each feed.

Hmm I find the baking easy I usually get to do it when ds's asleep but if he's awake I do it in stages.... Say get everything out ready then go and see him, go back and weigh it all out, go back and see him, mix it all together shove in oven, go back and see him...

You don't necessarily get a red line etc with a blocked duct, it's one of those symptoms that almost definitely mean you do have mastitis, but not having it doesn't mean you don't have it. Does that make sense?
My last blocked duct flared up when we were driving down to London. I spent the whole 7 hours either cradling my breast in pain, or massaging it. It didn't feel better at all on the journey, but after feeding overnight it was fine the next day. I've also had a week of pain (diagnosed as thrush) which I think was also a blocked duct, based on the massage curing the same type of pain overnight.

I got some cleaning done while ILs were here. The house is still in a pretty bad shape, but I cleaned the kitchen and bathroom, even managing to wash the kitchen floor. Much easier with someone around to hold DS.
Also took cat to the vet. He's got to go back tomorrow for a GA and X-rays. This is starting to sound expensive :(

Oh dear Stacks, cats are painfully expensive. If I didn't have insurance I would be down £3500 just from one cat, he's only 7 but falling apart at the seams! Hope all those painful boobs start sorting themselves over night, ouch!

F is definitely in the grabbing stage, he managed to grab the dogs lip and refused to let go! Relieved the dog is used to having his lips clawed/bitten/grabbed by the cats and DH!

Advice, reassurance and a great big slap needed, I'm buring my head in the sand a little! I had the coil fitted on 8th Feb, DTD on 16th Feb, and this week I have had headaches, nausea and now my nipples are sore (stopped BF 3wks ago). I have been spotting since the coil was fitted which i know is normal, but please tell me this is all common coil side effects, and I don't need to poas?

The coil has loads of side effects eggs I wouldn't be surprised if some of your symptoms die down in a week or so. It's really rare to get pregnant with a coil fitted

Eggs my other cat cost us lots of money after being attacked (sorry for the random news site, it was a while ago and I just googled it). He's fine now, so his brother is trying to get some attention and money spent on him now :)

I want to try doing some stuff while T is awake or sleeping. Nothing much, but more than nothing. It actually felt nice to do some cleaning today. Nicer still to walk into a clean kitchen.

Stacks I make the beds, wipe down the sides in the kitchen and clean the loo every day. Each only takes five minutes but really makes a difference!

Dd doesn't want to go to bed tonight and ds doesn't seem to want to either. Don't think I'm going to get a bath again

utopian I cook loads with T in the sling - actually less now I can deploy spottys method above but when she wouldn't be put down it was the only way. I just have to remember to stand to the side when opening the oven door so she doesn't get the rush of hot air!

stacks with you on the cleaning/doing stuff. I really don't like to leave dds to cry so ended up doing no housework and its out of control-ness was doing my head in. Over the last couple of days I've aimed to do one thing either while (if) she's asleep or entertaining herself. Yesterday I washed the kitchen floor for the first time since she was born!

Also re housework I use floor wipes and bathroom wipes. It's just so much quicker then dp can do a proper clean every now and then

Thanks Spotty, I need some sense shook into me!

Stacks that's horrific, I heard of that kind of thing happening and it makes me want to keep my cats inside. Does he go out now? My cat had bladder crystals that blocked his urithra, as a result his kidneys started to fail and he went toxic. Then his eye ball swelled due to cataract so had that removed. And now he is on heart tablets for something!