November 2012 - Will the Easter Bunny visit our babies?

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1707618-November-2012-The-thread-where-it-all-starts-to-get-easier-Pretty-please

Not all kids will need all the safety things, but chances are no.2 and no.3 will find new ways of scaring you, and you will have less opportunity to watch them all the time to ensure their safety. DD1 was angelic, DD2 is a climber and into everything.

I forgot, yes, gate on bedroom door to keep child in and/or siblings out.

The plug things apparently make it more likely for kids to get electrocuted if they pull them out as the bits are already pressed in. However I cannot get the fuckers out myself, and the kids get shouted at if they go near them.

There is a service for families with children under 5 that come out and assess your home for childproofing. They have a good look around and give advice on where and what needs childproofing. It is a free service. They can carry out the work for you if you like, however, there is a charge for that. I will find out the name of the scheme.

We are lucky, our house is childproofed already. Perk of being a childminder.

DT2 is being very whiny and attached to me. She is also going though "you are not my mummy" phase and getting very upset if anyone even so much as looks at her! Thank God she is still sleeping well.

Weaning going very well. Day 3 of sweet potato today, then onto three days of carrots. Gave them mini rice cakes yesterday and that went down a treat!

My triplet mum cousin has had her babies home for 3 days. Night 1 - 4 hours sleep, night 2 - 1 hours sleep, night 3 - 2 hours sleep! Ouch!

Phew - sit down with a brew and toast before uni!!

vq whoa about the car and the shiny willy!!! Poor J with cough, hope it shifts asap

contra hugs

luis do you use makaton or bsl?? I did bsl 1 & 2 at work last year so would love to sign to dots - what age did you start? Is 4mths too early? What signs do you start with? Sorry for the bombardment!!!

Baby proofing, need to tie off blind cords and put extension leads/chargers out of reach - I had a travel cot with all 3 and find them a dogsendas I could plonk them in there with a few toys while I start dinner, go for a wee etc.... Was like a baby jail!!!

Uni was great lots to take in about bursaries, timetables, placements and meeting new people!!

Dots was really tired last night and even fell asleep in her bouncer - which she has never done, she went down at 9pm woooooooo but then woke at 2am for a feed and a chat, gurgle was sweet, but had to feed her back to sleep again and then she slept through - need to get more efficient in the mornings as I'm having to stop her mid way through a feed to get their to childminder!!

Hope you have a fabulous day xx

Just had my rtw chat. Didn't go brilliantly, not sure they want me back.

Garden how is your scar?

How is Eliza doing?

Got anti biotics and wound dressings with calcium something or other in them to help the gash seal up. It has stopped bleeding but oozing a little bit. The uncomfortableness has gone.

Thanks for asking PR

DD did another wee all by herself!!! Only been training since Friday. Feel like its a bit too easy.

glenda think the baby signing I did with DD was a simplified BSL. I only got a book from Amazon this one and did a few bits with her, but she spoke quite well so didn't need much. I think I started at about 6mths but I guess the earlier you introduce them, the earlier they learn them.

That's encouraging Chunky I am starting potty training on 2nd April when there will be no more creche and the excitement of daddy being around for four whole days will be over.

With Dd1 of course, not LO.

such a bad start to today again she has emptied both boobs then started crying me too I hoped she would go back down...
my nipples are killing me and she is shouting at them! will have to give her formula for first time ... dh or dsis etc always given it before.
I can't even bring myself to speak to her this morning

think I'm going to have to stop posting for a while
know I will get through this dh text be strong ... others going through worse!

sorry all I should not have posted that hope your all having good days! x
chaising hope your getting the help you need!

Glenda we use makaton - which seems fairly standard for kids struggling with talking round here - it is what the speech therapists use / teach. We did a bit of a different baby sign language at baby sensory which confused me a little to start with - and even now at babysensory with Gregory I use makaton instead of their signs to be consistent with what we use at home.

Irritating things about makaton are thAt you can't just google signs you have to buy really expensive books. And while some signs are easy to use and intuitive, others really aren't. A lot is simillar to bsl but makaton is designed to be used with speech and encourage it rather than be a replacement.

You could sign anything to start with - but relevant stuff like milk and nappy might be good.

If you did want to use makaton 'something special' on cbeebies is great as are the singing hands DVDs www.singinghands.co.uk/ also available on amazon. A few of the singing hands songs are also on YouTube for free.

Ps - hope uni went well yesterday. Very jealous :-)

Vq love your babyproofing tips. Think g is going to make us take ours to a whole new level. Laughed out loud at your playpen tip!

hang out here during the bad times as well as the good. We're all here for you.

Bad night at Casa Wellies J woke up at 11pm and 4am then up for the day at 8.30am which sounds idyllic except both wakings featured 1.5 hours of chat and banter from him. Couldn't get him down so DH who now has the house lurgy had to do it - poor love - feel awful he had less sleep than me, but the boy struggles to settle on me when he can smell milk, so DH has to do it my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Can't decide if I simply put him down too early, if he's still being disturbed by snot, if he disagreed with the chilli I had for tea, if its teething or if the dreaded sleep regression has returned for his four months EDD. I do wish they could write a wee note explaining what's vexing them. I know one bad night doesn't a sleep regression make but wah I can't comfort eat so need my sleep!

Ta for the plug advice stunt and pass I won't be wasting my money on plug protectors then . I'm definitely going to see if he'll take to a playpen too,

Contra- don't feel bad about formula. I had alot of trouble with breast feeding, N didn't stay latched. He was constantly latching and relatching, and it hurt alot and i cried too. The quiche on here were wonderful.

It's fine to feed him formula, your not a bad mum. You have done very well to get this far.

Evil

Morning all. contra hugs. Only skimmed but always like to see posts by gt, donna and thechick. It was funny on the last thread when you mentioned people who don?t post any more. l had been thinking about shanelle hoping she was ok.

My babyproofing will be stair gates at top and bottom of stairs and making sure there?s no spare change lying round (after ds swallowed a pound last year!). I am of the school of thought toddlers need to gradually learn there are some things that are unsafe so, within reason and with close supervision, l don?t babyproof everyything. l suspect H will be slow to crawl/walk anyway as he is very happy watchiing eveerything around him.

Hope your interview went well pp.

Baby proffing the house! Eeek. My house is not baby safe. I think I need to get a baby jail (travel cot)

Evil

Assignment submitted. Only hoping for a pass, I really messed up the studying. Next one is due next month, phew.

Need to catch up. Just wanted to say re helmets, I will use them on scooters and balance bikes/ bikes. My nephew had a fall while he was on the micro scooter, it was onpavement and lost a tooth. He was lucky not to have any other injuries, his helmet saved him.

Dsd loved her bike helmet so much when we got it, that she refused to take it off.

Children do have to learn, within reason, that there is a reason why certain things are off limit, Dsd burnt herself on a match a few months back, not badly, but she now knows why fires, candles, matches, the oven etc are off limits.

contra give yourself a break sweetheart, give LO some formula, pop her in a safe place and make a cup of tea, have a quick wash and get dressed - you'll feel better for it.

Argh, woken up to J coughing like a barking dog, he's got croup

Massive hugs to everyone needing them and I will repeat what others have said, DO NOT stop posting because you're feeling like crap we're here to support each other!

Also, lovely to hear from you GT

It is worth getting babies used to baby jails before they are mobile as they can get a bit pissed off if their freedom is suddenly taken away.

contra forgive me I have not really absorbed what is happening with you at the moment as I have been dealing with my own feeding issues. Just wanted to say please do stay and post, and would you consider posting on feeding threads. TikTok is ace. It is hard giving formula when you are a bf mummy, and odd for baby too, but if you have a happy baby after it helps ease the pain, and you will both get used to it x

Bugger tits hope it soon passes. I fucking hate croup!

The helmets I meant were for 24/7 use around the house, park etc. you can get them! I was only joking about wanting to get one. I think. Helmets are essential for bikes and suchlike.

dd been having a bottle of formula most days just not me doing it. she has had formula now 200ml and back on the boob hoping it will make her sleepy so I can sleep.

I'm back i can only offer and cake to those in need.

Interview was ace. Playworker for early years sn charity. I did sticking, glitter, wheels on the bus, dressing up and magic spells. Will hear by the end of the week. Now off for lunch with a friend so dp can recover from looking after R all morning!

Waah so much to catch up on!

Just getting O to sleep then catch up time.

O just did a proper grown up laugh, which made me laugh and then we both couldn't stop laughing! He even squealed. He's awesome

Waves to Daisy76 Where has Nervous gone? Hope she ok too.

chasing see, it is possible to laugh and feel happy without your exP in your life these moments will get longer, and more frequent x

Not happy with J. Doing the back arching, obviously in discomfort thing. I have hardly been able to put him down. His poos are much much better, and he is sleeping and feeding better, but I still think there is an intolerance of something going on. He was perfect over the weekend. Started getting worse yesterday. Similar pattern to detective IIRC, but without vomiting.

I will take him to baby clinic and ask for a trial of the lactose free stuff, as that is what the HV said would be the next step. It is clearly not a major allergy, and may well be temporary due to the lactose overload.

If you think I am totally barking up the wrong tree do say x