December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

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New thread for us ladies

pain in breast spotty ? Its worth getting checked out I think.

thanks for the tips - I thought tablets too - though yesterday I wasn't sure I had it but now I am since things feel better after using the .cream. will ask on Tuesday. currently caining probiotics, both tablets and live yoghurt! have effectively dealt with normal thrush 'doon there' like that in the past.

hope everyone had lovely Easter days! actually felt warm today!

It was in the breast before my blocked duct but now that's cleared it's just the nipple...

Well after going down perfectly ds has woken up crying a really sad/hurt cry (bottom lip included) so he's had teething gel and calpol and is now asleep on me

Also dentinox teething gel and bonjela teething gel are exactly the same but bonjela is £1 more they were the only two they had but I suspect calgel et al are the same too...

clarella such bad luck just when things had taken a turn for the better! You are doing amazingly well, hopefully this will just be a temporary blip.

So my sore boob looks like a blocked duct - still sore after 2 days, bit lumpy and red segment under rather. I'm trying to feed off that side as much as possible and in the rugby ball hold to stimulate under rather but Tabs doesn't seem that keen. - it'sy less productive side and I'm wondering if the blockage makes it even less so so she can't be bothered and just waits for me to switch her over to the good one! I had a long hot shower and massaged it this afternoon and am going to try a hot flannel in a min after I get Tabs into bed (bloody clocks). Any other tips? After all the horrid stuff some of you guys have had I'm a bit paranoid!

WL this is what I did:

Heat patch (on bra not skin)
Massage before and during feed
Feed off it constantly (pumped good side)
Dangled boobs in bath a gave it a good firm massage, it made me cry but it cleared it...

Once it had gone it still felt tender for a day but much less so. Hope it goes quickly for you you have my sympathies

Also redness is a sign of infection so keep an eye in your temp and how you're feeling in general

These boobs do like to keep everyone on their toes (although mine are trying to reach my toes, so saggy) and clearly not enough chocolate on the one day where we have a free pass to binge on it, just not good enough! I didn't get an egg either, but I am eating mini malteser bunnies instead.

Went to il's for roast dinner (yum yum), luckily my mil is amazing and is brilliant with F. However he was being entertained so well he forgot he was hungry until bil held him and F went into full on melt down. Not seen him that upset in ages. Also tried him out in a bumbo, but he wasn't over keen so not bothering buying one.

Good point spotty I have been feeling a bit crappy bit just thought it was tail end of a cold. If its not gone by tues I guess I'll be going to the gp

We had a lovely roast at ils too. Finally got T down so just enjoying some chocolate egg and a cuppa before bed.

Oh she's up again.

I am an awful mum I've really upset him by getting cross with him when he wouldnt stop crying every time i left the room to try to make my dinner, and he can tell, and now he screams whenever I make any noise at all eg when I sneezed.

Make it up to him with lots of reassuring cuddles tomorrow. He'll forgive you!

Aww he'll forgive you seconds!

First wake up

Sorry to hear about all the poorly boobs [bugrin]

Seconds have some chocolate and don't worry too much bloody maternal guilt Z won't remember and everyone has a breaking point. You are obviously a fabulous mum or you wouldn't care so much. On another note my phone auto corrected your name to sexinda [buconfused]

You need to get passive aggressive Spotty. Is MiL not doing it right felix? Do you want your mummy? That'll learn her [bugrin] Sorry your DD has been overlooked, least your super mummy DSis will get her one. It probably just comes down to the fact that some men are shit at remembering to buy stuff, generally as they just can't be arsed.

Terrible day here, J is teething like mad. He's grizzled and sobbed all day the poor thing. Red cheeks, stinky runny poos, dribble running off his face. I didn't go for any ibuprofen and so regret it as I can't give calpol often enough. If I could do it for him I would.

Oh the plus side MiL brought me a thorntons egg and DS a cute outfit.

Awww seconds he won't be cross with you for long he knows you love him so hes making you feel guilty.

WL i found that if i express in the bath with my breast completely submerged under the water it stops my breast hurting as much. Hope you feel better soon.

Willyou hope J's tooth come through soon and that he feels better.

Oh seconds you are so far from an awful mum. DS has to be left to scream a lot, I need to deal with the other DCs, and sometimes I just need to put him down when I can feel that I'm getting too stressed to continue soothing him. He's still full of smiles and giggles at other times. When DS is really over tired the slightest noise brings on more screaming, and the only way he can fall asleep is to scream whether I'm holding him or not. It's like he's blowing off steam.

WL do you still have the white patch? If you attempt to hand express and you can't see any milk coming from the white area, it's blocked and needs some attention before you get mastitis. This advice is good kellymom.com/bf/concerns/mother/nipplebleb/ I cleared mine using step 2.

spotty sorry to hear about MIL, it always makes me when family insist on wrestling new babies off their mothers, there's loads of time for playing when they're bigger and more fun, why bother upsetting mum and bub??

Oh no clarella I hope the thrush clears up soon. I've still got over a week of penicillin left and expect the same. Were you taking antibiotics or was it DS? Did it make DS vomit at all?

Second wake up....worst night in ages

Horrible day, bloody teeth :( poor DS, and for me!

Will catch up properly after some sleep if I ever get some

Fallen out with F, he won't go back to sleep and thinks clawing at my throat is acceptable entertainment in the middle of the night. He's now cooing in his bouncy chair just to prove he's not tired!

Have been experimenting leaving O to settle - he had hald an hour half managing it while sharting away to himself but has just decided he's actually genuinely hungry. Will have to change after this feed now too.

Dh is pretending to be asleep but also giving me a leg massage..

Four month sleep regression anyone? Zzzzzzzzzz

Bastard teeth!! My lovely laid back happy baby is a grizzly shouty dribbly horrible child who will only sleep with my nipple in his mouth

I'm not here, I'm enjoying my lie in as DP's getting up with the baby this morning while I snooze...

ps I hear you Isthat, only for us it's my finger

Thanks seymour I don't have a white spot, just a sore lumpy red patch underneath. Have been working on it and am hoping its not just wishful thinking that its getting better.

sleep regression here :( been like this for about 2 weeks now. I wonder is it bad to cosleep half the night? I insist he goes down in the cot which he does either asleep or sometimes awake with a bit of head stroking but in reality we all get more sleep if he spends from about midnight onwards in with me. should I be so worried? dh thinks it's the end of the world, it just makes bf easier!

oh dear seymore - no it was just ds but apparently cillin drugs are worse for thrush. I'm taking probiotics and any yogurt I can get my hands on.

think it's bothering his tongue now wouldn't feed this morning and wouldn't last night till tried some teething gel - oh joy thats starting too!!!

en route ti York ti see sis and George's cousin and then Leeds for bil and sil and new 4 week old. sleep is a banned topic.