November 2012 - The lurker amnesty fred for our quiche

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1710755-November-2012-Will-the-Easter-Bunny-visit-our-babies

Any remaining lurkers, would you like to de-lurk and announce yourselves? We won't bite!

Hi-5s VQ re TT cups.

YW hadnt thought about thirst. Will offer water and see what happens. Thanks!

Chasing if you're getting close to weaning time then offering a sippy cup of cooled boiled water is a way for LOs to start participating in meal times. You can also give a spoon to play with and this will give you an idea of how ready are for weaning, i.e. can pick it up and hold it and get it in the mouth sometimes and in J's case the eye occasionally.

Thanks PR I didn't know that about the drool. My mum had her other HV buddies have ganged up on me so we tried J on some baby rice again today and some sweet potato for the first time which he liked better than the rice. His voms are all orange now and so are his clothes... and my clothes.

Izzy remember your J is still full from the night time feeds so he won't take much during the extra day feeds. But you'll get him used to feeding more in the day time. I bet within three days he's taking more in the day and less at night. My suggestion for bedtime would be to find what time hems generally going to sleep, I think you said about 10. Then 30-60 minutes before that start your bedtime routine. We do bath (optional), pyjamas, book, sleeping bag, feed, cot. If he feeds to sleep I either transfer him to the cot or leave him in my bed until his dream feed when I go to bed. If he's awake at the end of his feed then he goes into his cot awake. I'll put the dummy in, shush-pat, pick up-put down, rock him, whatever it takes but I stay there until he's asleep. Over time he'll get better at going to sleep in his cot until he can just be put into it awake to self-settle. The other benefit is the conditioning. After a while, once his bedtime routine is finished he won't be able to help going to sleep. The other things I am doing are: trying to get J to sleep 90 minutes after each wakening, even if it's just a ten-minute nap in my arms; giving him his cuddly rabbit whenever I want him to sleep or when I think he's going to feed to sleep; and putting him in his sleeping bag for daytime naps so he knows it's sleep time.

Hi all. Seeing as its the lurker amnesty fred thought I'd fess up. I was on the original ante natal thread but didn't manage to keep up. Have been reading from time to time. More avidly in the last couple of threads so am fairly up to date with feeding and sleeping woes. Sorry to all those affected.

My little man is 19 weeks tomorrow. Had a traumatic birth after a perfectly textbook pregnancy resulting in severe pre-eclampsia amongst other things and a section. First few weeks were difficult but am getting into the swing of things now. You lot are funny (especially on wednesdays) and have helped through some dark times though you don't know it.

Hopefully I'll be less lame and manage to post from now on.

Name changed but still me ^

Mummy singing MC Hammer is The Funniest Thing Ever it seems.

Today is an expensive day.

Car woes may have ended or just begun as have bought not one but two cars. Officially. Broke. One is going to sit un-taxed and un-insured on the driveway until June when I need it. The other one is rather nice though. Will be sad to lose the old car though, it's seen us through all manner of times!

Welcome frowns - glad sweary Wednesday has helped you through.

Afternoon all, welcome frowns, and anyone else I've missed! Sorry to those who've had bad nights :( shitty one here too but he had really runny poo (TMI) this morning in the small hours so I suspect the fidgeting and random crying out was a poorly tummy :( he always has solid poos because of his thick milk so have never experienced the poo everywhere thing. Until 6am. All over him, me sofa. Yum. He seems ok today, lots of wind though!

I need you all to talk to me about poo ladies.

J is 5 months now, 90% bf and he has 1 bottle of Aptimal 1 at night before bed.

He is still producing between 10-20 very full dirty nappies a day, still quite liquid and yellow, is this normal? I just cannot believe the volume that comes out of this baby! every single vest he owns is stained from poonami explosions. He is gaining weight beautifully and doesn't appear to be in any pain or discomfort.
Does this sound ok or should I be asking the HV or GP about it?

Hiya frowns

We've had green poo for a week and now watery diarrhoea for a week stunt. B's got a very snotty nose too so that may explain it.

Are you sure G is 15 weeks today clarella, B is 15 weeks tomorrow and she was born before G.

I've been to ikea today to buy the cheap high chair. What should have been a £20 spend turned into a £50 spend due to sundry items.

How do you know if a bf baby had diahorrea? (Stoopid question alert!) it's all runny and am not sure despite being on DC2!

Stunt DD1 didn't sleep until she was 2 and I never had more than 3 hours in a row. When she was about 9 months I was diagnosed with post partum thyroiditis. Looking back, I wonder if that affected my milk and meant she needed to feed so often to get enough. Just a thought as I don't have any other helpful suggestions. DD2 sleeps and I have done nothing different?!

chasing how was O on your return?

Boring day here because DD1 has a cold and it's too cold to go out. Picnic lunch on a rug highlight so far.

yoko am in the Quarry...

Meals x

Tits it seems like a lot, but that is a purely unscientific comment. F does 1, maybe 2, dirty nappies a day. It might be worth mentioning to the HV/GP (although who knows what help/advice they may or may not give...) - reassuring that he's happy and growing well though.

Meals Not stupid, I'd like to know too please. I have nothing to compare against as N is my first. Its very yellow/orangey browney and seedy and runny. Sorry if that's TMI.

Some days when I've caught him doing a no 2 mid nappy change then it's incredibly watery and the nappy just gobbles it all up. Thinking back, was that an upset tummy? Hmm.

Neither of my children seem ill today. I am thankful for that now in case they get something else by thankful thursday.

Starting to plan my trip home in more detail. So much to do and so much English food to eat. Can't wait. Less than three months to go.

Tits Jonas is BF and does 0-2 poos maybe 3 max a day (and one of those would be a skid) never more than 2 poonamis and often goes a day or so between. That sounds a lot to me - and bloody expensive in terms of nappies!

When J was EBF he did at least 10 poos a day. Turned out it was diarrhoea caused by oversupply. Some days it was like green paint.

Thing is both my bf babies have pooed at least 3 times a day. Always runny and seedy, sometimes a bit thicker. Maybe they haven't had diahorrea but I'd like to know how to tell the difference.
Mx

Madame not bad Mummy at all - by calling them feeds I always forget that milk is his drink too!

According to the Haynes baby owners manual, yellow-orange loose stools are normal in bf babies. I think seedy is expected, as is sweet smelling (like caramel or caramac choc, if you remember that, to my mind). There is no 'normal' number of motions a day.

DD always used to do at least one a day. DS usually goes a few days then poonamis.

I could tell the antibiotics were affecting DS because they were slightly watery, odd smelling (more sulphurous) & every nappy change involved some short of poo, ranging from sharts to near poonamis (although not, as I don't think he could contain enough poo to poonami every few hours...)

Sometimes its green or slightly mucous-y. But rarely. Sometimes its very thick looking, like, as VQ said, paint. But again rarely. If that goes on for more than 1 or 2 poos, I start reviewing by diet etc & nappy checking.

We've not had any green ones, they're never very pippy anymore either, tons of posset though, really thick and lumpy and mostly phlegm (sorry tmi!) I wonder what it could be though, allergy to something I'm eating maybe? I'll have to take him to HV on Wednesday.

Chunky Noooooooooooooooooooo! Caramac is the only chocolate-like thing i can eat!

Yy very sweet smelling not unpleasant at all, just vast amounts.

Hello all, think l have become more of a lurker than a poster at the moment. Hi fellow lurkees (frowns l had severe pre eeclampsia and a section too. Not a good experience)

H is 26 weeks today! Started BLW last Friday. So far think he has nibbled a miniscule amount of cucumber and parsnip. Amm having to work hard to set aside my tendancy to worry be a control freak and stop myself shovelling the baby rice in (him, not me!) Will be worth it not to have to faff about with purees (was a full on AK follower with 2 older dcs)

Oh and H rolled for 1st time yesterday. Got his arm stuck, but l?m still countinng it. ~ l?ve been waiting 6months!

tits my experience of HV is thy are far more concerned with too few poos rather than too many, but that?s more at newborn stage. Always worth asking.

Hope izzy, stunt, luis and others with little night owls get more sleep tonight. Sure there is lots l?ve missedd l miss maternity leave!

Well my mum had J today while I waited on swanky new couch which is fantabulous by the way and he fed at 12.30 and 4 so a bit more than usual which I'm hoping is good. I will continue with the offering more often. My mum seems to think this will restrict my life in some way but he should be eating more!

Hello to our newest lurker frowns

Our poos are quite often here too. Usually two a day and very runny.

I posted a thread in feeding about J and his long gap. Someone reckons if I solve his nap dodging capability that this will in turn help the nighttime sleep...a book has been recommended. Any thoughts?

My cat's got a girlfriend [proud mum emoticon].
She sits outside with her nose against the patio door, and he miaows at her from inside. She's blonde with blue eyes, not sure how he's managed it as he is far from pedigree himself.