December 2012: 8 hour sleeps and chubby chops all round

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New thread for us ladies

Thanks all. D has survived his head bang!

He's only just into 0-3months and a lot of them are still too big!

spotty that sounds bad.

Well, the negative of sleeping til 4 is that she thought it was morning and was full of smiles and chat. I refused to play and lauded down with her, getting her back in her cot at 5.30.

I've got a milk blister now too

What's a milk blister? Sounds very unpleasant.

Been for new bras, felt the shapeless nursing bras should be replaced since I'm not bfing anymore. Gone from B pre pregnancy, DD post birth and now a C, my sad little spaniels ears! And I hate other shoppers, I know I chose a terrible day to shop (nurses don't know what bank holidays are until the following payday) but they had zero sympathy for the pushchair, arse holes.

Ouch. Not good spotty.

We got the bumbo down from the roof. After a worrying conversation with DD about how it isn't a potty and she can't poo in it, A managed over 5 minutes in it before his head began to wobble a bit and we took him out to prevent screaming.

We've managed about 10 mins in the jumperoo before screaming started. I'm starting to worry as this child doesn't like anything stimulating!

Seymore, that mastitis sounds awful, hope it passes soon.

That is such a lovely story seconds!

Barb, my LO is such a grabby little baby! He tried to bring the whole roll of paper that goes over the bed with him at the doctors!

Spotty could it be the blocked duct that is causing the pain? I've had similar before (without the blocked duct) but not really sure what it was. Thought it might have been that he had been chomping or pulling a bit to hard and it was kind of 'bruised' (not v helpful sorry!)

We are just waking up, not sure what to do with our day. DH is working 12ish hour days all weekend so probably not going to get to go to my Zumba class tonight :(

Well we're en route! Little O is finally asleep in his car seat after much faffing around and NOT drinking of ebm from his bottle (still real problems getting him to take the bottle. .) But cats making hideous mournful noises from their carriers.

Tempting to hammer the journey with no break but it's over the recommended 2hrs in a car seat (3hrs ish)

If he's asleep and you're making good time utopian I would keep going. I think the guidance is more to stop people having their baby asleep in them most of the day.

Thanks for the sympathies I'm just feeling a bit sorry for myself

Well carpet 1 potty >10 (lost count).

Seymore you are doing really well still bf through all the awful mastitis you've had.

Ds has slept all of 30 minutes today he gets bored really easily too honey.

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to write this I've forgotten what everyone else has said I'm making chicken goujons and potato wedges tonight for dinner

utopian I'd keep going too if all is well, agree with spotty. The occasional extra hour won't hurt. I always think guidelines like that are for those with no common sense or judgement! T slept in hers for 3 hours the other day as timing meant moving her and likely waking her would have resulted in upset all round.

I think our mammoth eating of our growth spurt has finished, my boobs are fucking killing me huge and hard most the time today.

Oh I hate that IsThat! Hopefully shouldn't last long.

Hello all. Utopian, good luck with the move; Spotty, hope it all feels better soon. I think I have a touch of thrush back. I have the topical cream and if it doesn't go away will get in touch with GP. On Tuesday, I guess.

Lovely day out to Kew Gardens today - went with a friend, her husband and 6 month old, and my husband too. We took the boat up from Westminster. Apart from big screams when we got on the boat, C was a delight. I gave her some Calpol which sorted her out. We had a lovely wander in the gardens and greenhouses, a fun lunch and train home. Good fun.

Everyone cross fingers that last night's terribly unhappy baby is nowhere to be seen tonight. Ta.

mama I love kew! You won't be here when C is old enough for the brill play areas will you.

This Easter I will mostly be horrible shouty mum! Wonder if a glass of red will sort me out? !

But joy of joys, I had the nappies pegged out in the line! Love washing drying outside! Sad but true!

Just a quick post as DS is having a yell but spotty is the milk blister still there? I've had one, the milk duct is blocked at the nipple. Have a google of ways to unblock it and get the milk moving again. It's really important to keep it clean after it's popped though, you don't want to end up with an infection like the one I've just had!! Back to the GP for me this morning, still v sore and a lump in my armpit now. I've been reading horror stories on here about abscesses!

Hope the move has gone well Utopian and that you're not in too much pain Spotty. Sounds like a lovely day Mama. So nice that the weather's picked up a bit - far more opportunity to get out and about.

Think teething has started in earnest. You can just see some white on N's top gum and he has spent the afternoon mostly chewing his hand. Should fit nicely with the sleep regression we also started last night (though I suppose that could be teeth too).

Thanks Seymore. It's not like a normal milk blister as in it's not a white lump it's more just a white bit on the nipple. I think I've cleared the blocked duct deeper in the breast, not sure it's 100% gone but it's much better and I managed to pick off the skin over the top of the milk blister and then fed ds and there's no white there anymore it bloody hurt though I might have to get the lansinoh out tonight!

Ds is really chompy ISpy but I can't see or feel anything yet so I'm wondering if it's just a new thing he's learnt!

I've never been to kew gardens sounds lovely though

Good news spotty mine was a white patch too, it's been there for ages now and I have to keep unblocking it. I don't think it helps that it's 30 degrees outside and my breast pads get very sweaty, perfect conditions for bugs!

mama sounds like a lovely day, I love kew!

Surrey peeps, RHS Wisley is lovely and worth a visit, especially when the blossom's out.

ispy I think we're having that problem too. Another awful night and DS's biting is getting worse.

Boob issues sound horrendous - hope they're all better soon. I'd never heard of a milk blister.

Wisley is our second home! Annual membership is such a bargain. And I went into labour with dd1 there! Every year we take a photo of us at the same spot as the last pg pic.

Just catching up now, I'm fucking exhausted tired. DP has done 2 x 16 hour shifts so he's knackered but he doesn't realise that when he leaves at 5am he wakes up J and when he walks in at 9 I'm just settling him to bed, so my day is just as long. He spent last night asking me to bring him things as he's so tired, slept through the 6am feed and then spent all day telling me how tired he is. And now he's gone on the piss and is off to footy tomorrow, so obviously not that tired. I know I'm BU as he has worked really hard this week but I want to scream "I'm tired too!". [buangry]

J's had 5 bouts of screaming in his sleep since 9pm [busad], I've just calpoled. I don't want to give it unnecessarily but I can feel 5 separate hard spots on his gums and there's been dribble running down his face all day. Poor thing must be in agony.

Might go to bed, rock and roll!

Willyou, I'm in bed! Very rock and roll. I think you dd the right thing with the Calpol, in retrospect I should have done it last night.

willyou uaNbu! I feel the same with my DH. He does work long hours and he is v hands on at home but so do I and so am I! He's going to be working really hard next week and today I just gently point out to him that him working long hours means I'm also working extra hard looking after 3 kids over the Easter holidays so no school/gym/playgroup etc. luckily for him, he got what I was saying!

Feel mean that I was rotten and impatient now looking at my beautiful sleeping babies. But in no other job do you have to be at work 24/7. It's no wonder we get short tempered sometimes.

spotty and Seymour soo sorry for boob problems; I'd never heard of a milk blister but sounds deeply unpleasant. Hope things clear up swiftly..

wl - so true that it's 24/7 - all the excitement of moving means ds has only just gone to sleep! Dh had to drive us all (inc unhappy cats,) with what must have been a pretty unpleasant hangover as I was in the back of the car trying to keep ds chilled. In the end to calm shouty baby I ended up with buckle off, half over the car seat in order for him to feed while remaining strapped in. SO uncomfortable!

BUT we are here! Settled in a bed the size of a football pitch which is a good thing as O's travel cot didn't fit in the car what with everything else so will be coming down next weekend.
Hopefully good sleep tonight for all of us (Inc lovely thread ladies and babies)