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November 2012 - The lurker amnesty fred for our quiche

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StuntNun · 21/03/2013 21:21

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!

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ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 13:40

Jake spookily, my eldest (DD) will be 3 nxt mth too. So we're obviously proof that great minds think alike when it comes to age gaps Wink

And indeed PR my normally poo once every 2-3 days DS was pooing EVERY BLOODY HR/FEED on Amoxicillin. My hands are so chapped from frequent washing due to nappy changes, potty training & general hygiene stuff that my knuckles are split & bleeding.

ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 13:46

Kirrin can empathise totally. Thankfully DH doesn't notice the state the house is & certainly doesn't expect me to do anything about it, but doesn't get how annoying it is for me when he just adds to the chaos & can just LEAVE when HE wants to. I have to sit looking at this shit day in, day out & hate it, & he has a CHOICE.

Sorry, hi-jacked your rant there Blush

And toomany urggghh. What a bitch.

PetiteRaleuse · 22/03/2013 14:00

I have learned. She is finishing her nap in a towel. And will be napping on a towel for life the foreseeable future.

I never thought I would see the day when my main focus in life is bodily excretions.

Has anyone seen the end of Dexter season 7? Sw it last night and want to discuss. Catch up TV finally produced the latest episode of Greys this morning I love that show.

LO seems to have got her appetite and good mood back. Has not needed any paracetamol today so far.

ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 14:19

Anyone else got a Mr-Cranky-Pants baby after the 3rd lot of jabs when the first 2 sets were barely acknowledged??!!

DS is almost being a velcro baby which is most unlike him.:(

PetiteRaleuse · 22/03/2013 14:21

Yes chunky LO was cranky the day after her third jabs but she was comingndown with a cold too so I wasn't sure what caused the crankiness.

TheDetective · 22/03/2013 14:23

I got a letter asking me for feedback about the breastfeeding peer support. First question - which hospital did you have your baby in. Angry

RAAAAAAH! One, do they need to know this if it is the peer support at home they are reviewing, and two, not all babies are born in fucking hospital.

A better question: Which hospital did you book your care under.

Petty. Yes. Just gets on my tits.

In other news, I am going to write my pregnancy story, and birth. I think it might be interesting. Especially given a midwife having difficulties with other midwives.

Interesting article: www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/dec/16/mothers-fighting-against-birth-intervention. It talks about "And when women protest, many doctors "play the dead-baby card", a phenomenon identified in 2011 by researchers of a Canadian study ? implying, often without substantial scientific evidence, that a foetus is at risk and the mother is acting in her own interests, not in the interests of her unborn child."

I totally had this done to me. Oooh, about 50 times. 49 by midwives if I am honest. Once by a doctor who managed to get in my room forgot to activate bark app. Funnily enough, she was the one who annoyed me the most. But that is because she was quoting shit, and not listening to me. That and she was told not to come in to my room. The other one who annoyed me most was the supervisor of midwives, who is there to protect midwives and the public, and should have been my advocate. Bitch.

Yes. I will write it, and have it published. Anonymously. Of course, my colleagues, if they see it doubt it will know it is me.

ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 14:30

detective I hear you about hospital birth, given DS wasn't born in one...

Which reminds me. Glenda DVH is 'my' hospital. The community MWs are great. Think my MW from DD/my first pg is back up at the hospital now and she was lovely but could talk the hind leg off a donkey!!! :)

BigPigLittlePig · 22/03/2013 14:37

F has gone back to sleeping loads in the day again. She was only having 30 minute cat naps for a while, but the past 3 days, she's slept on me for 3 hours in the morning, and 3 in the afternoon. She gets up for the day at 6.30, and goes to bed at 8. I've gone back to being pinned to the sofa. It's quite boring, much as I love cuddles.

TheDetective · 22/03/2013 14:40

Feeding. Really really need a poo Blush.

Arghhhhhh.

BigPigLittlePig · 22/03/2013 14:41

detective wrap a towel around your bottom half? Grin

ChasingDaisy · 22/03/2013 14:47

pig I hear ya, have been pinned to sofa since 12...

ChasingDaisy · 22/03/2013 14:56

I would be interested to hear about everyone's napping patterns. O gets up between 7-8 for the day, has a 30min nap at 9ish, a 2-3 hour nap over lunch and then if I'm lucky, another 30 - 40min nap at 4/5pm. The last nap is hit and miss as he is usually overtired by then and hard to get to sleep. I then do bath at 6:45pm and bed for 7:30

PennieLane · 22/03/2013 15:03

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ValiumQueen · 22/03/2013 15:03

BP LOL! Cheered me up Grin

J has had his first bottle of Lactose Free formula and looks as chilled as izzys little boy! No wheeze or cough, no writhing, and he drank 8oz. So far so good. I hope it works for him as it is a really pretty tub Smile

stunt are you using your pretty blue-potted formula for decoration or have you opened it yet?

Brockle · 22/03/2013 15:21

as a part time poster/lurker I shall de-lurk. Y is taking gaviscon via a calpol syringe yay! he still hates bottles but will take some ebm from a beaker. hoping to keep trying every day and hope he catches on. Y has been crankier with his last set of jabs and less sleepy.

I know this has already been done but when did you/are you weaning. Y is 17 weeks and was planning to start at 20 weeks but not sure if better to start earlier due to reflux.

ValiumQueen · 22/03/2013 15:52

Welcome back brockle J was fine after his third jags thankfully. Bit grumpy after the second lot. J is 21 weeks and I am leaving off weaning until he is settled on his milk. Too many changes would be hard on his already challenged tummy. I hope to start around 23 weeks as he is a big boy. I will start with baby rice and then introduce a new food every three days. I cannot wait for the sweet potato Nom Nom!

Thechick · 22/03/2013 16:31

Brockie we were planning on starting Easter weekend when LO will be 25 weeks but he isn't showing any signs of being ready so can't sit up on his own and his hand eye coordination isn't completely there yet. So might wait another week or two maybe. I'm in no rush at all.

ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 16:40

brockle hi. A is 18wks (19 on Sun) & will wait until he seems ready to do it properly, although have put a bit of cucumber & carrot (not at the same time) in his hand and he has aimed at his mouth, & maybe had a suck, but its not eating yet. DD was obviously ready by 5.5mths when she grabbed my spoon when I was eating & put it in her mouth, so I'm hoping for such clear signals from DS :)

Pikz · 22/03/2013 16:44

Fucking ducking rsv. Sorry. Crap afternoon.

LO back on nebuliser plus three days of steroid tablets to boost him and amoxicillin to fight all the other nasties away :( he is such a trooper but the cries whilst he took all his medicines made me cry Hmm

ValiumQueen · 22/03/2013 16:51

Oh pikz I am so very sorry. Healing vibes sent your way x

ChunkyEasterChick · 22/03/2013 17:12

Oh pikz hugs.

PurplePidjin · 22/03/2013 17:13

Didn't get cot, mattress or highchair as not enough room in the car. Did get v cool froggy plate set, plastic bowls and fat tum from giant breakfast. Also monitor - going to try R in his room tonight to see if he sleeps better...

Clarella · 22/03/2013 17:16

oh I'm so sorry pikz how awful. hope he gets well soon.

am I ok to return? didn't even lurk sorry. I've missed you all.

uh oh we're on amoxycillin for apparent water infection though I wonder if I did the sample correctly. in newcastle it's an automatic kidney screen too, think it's a pilot thing. so I have runny poo to come. ffs we just worked out why he had bad wind with tt and now more wind. I've been told to take a probiotic as bf.

the bil rivalry has started. Dhs younger brother has a baby 3 weeks old. who apparently is very laid back and only wakes once in the night. I foresee a life time of comparisons coming. mind you, they didn't even attempt bf while we're battling tt which gets mil brownie points. (which surprised me them both being primary teachers and all) (mind you bil uses hair straighteners) getting dh to mention sleep regression to them. Grin

colleague popped over who I might suggest to governors jobshares with me. we both kick ass at asd, she has my class now. waddayya know- she had to feed in bed too! horrendous nipples too - probably tt!

I'm a bit nervous about getting it done on Monday. wish he was a little younger.

ValiumQueen · 22/03/2013 17:20

pass sorry, missed that P was poorly. Hope you have answers and she is ok x

clarella welcome back, and good luck for Monday. He will forget quicker than you will x

PetiteRaleuse · 22/03/2013 17:45

pikz that sucks. Sorry the bastard rsv is back that's rubbish for you.

There is an interesting article about parenting regrets in the Guardian today.