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StuntNun · 26/03/2013 13:40

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ValiumQueen · 27/03/2013 16:28

Thank you pikz

chasing contact SS and ask to speak to a senior privately. Go to the office if necessary. I think it is important you have a chance to talk to someone on your own.

ChunkyEasterChick · 27/03/2013 16:29

chasing you might not be up for this, but could you look into the social worker's behaviour/check SS policy? I can't believe they treat DV like that as a matter of course... Also, did your P tell the truth?!

detective Envy at the rolling. DS seems to have bad nights needing feeding for no reason (except last night obviously) - no developmental leaps. Nothing. He just lays there, kicking like mad, cooing & gurgling, grabbing toys etc. Having said that, he can coordinate his hands to grab things together/swap hands. That's good right?!! desperately hopes for positive feedback to reassure that my DS is more than just a v v cute, noisy, but nevertheless, immobile sausage

ChunkyEasterChick · 27/03/2013 16:33

Watching Trials of Life on BBC2. World's longest penis (relative to size), fast producing sperm, hermaphrodite or however you spell both sexes all in one thing - a barnacle. Wtf?? Confused

ValiumQueen · 27/03/2013 16:33

chunky I too have an immobile sausage. Two if you include the baby. He just lies there kicking and gurgling. He is working on mental capacity at the moment I think. He is quite good with the IPad. Do not worry. They will all get there in the end.

DD2 is very good with the iPad too. Yesterday I caught her trying to adjust the parental controls. Not bad for 2yo. She was showing Gma how to do things yesterday Smile

ValiumQueen · 27/03/2013 16:35

J is on 98th for height, and 91st for weight. Technically that makes him underweight for his height I reckon Grin. I am under tall for my weight.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:35

chunky I have extra discharge too. Smells a bit funky Confused. Consultant took a swab at clinic 3 weeks ago as she said it was a lot and smelled strong. She thought it was bacterial vaginosis. Swab came back NAD. So just assuming it is either par for the course like the hair loss or the epis bit that hasn't yet healed.

DP said it doesn't smell to him of anything other than a sexy smell lmao! He said I smell like this when I am ovulating to entice him to send the little spermys to my egg!.

MadamGazelleIsMyMum · 27/03/2013 16:37

Back from 2 hour coastal path walk with so many hills! Very nice to be in fresh air and to walk at a brisk non-toddler pace. Am a bit tired though Blush my mum, who came with me, is not tired at all. I really hope the DC sleep well tonight, especially as am doing another KIT day tomorrow which includes a presentation to a client!

chasing agree re follow it up, if you want to.

detective and lily I sing a lot too. DS loves it. Even when I don't know all the words or tune. We also have to do many, many nursery rhymes for DD. She fucking loves "the wheels on the bus". Endless requests for it. I make up a lot of bullshit that happens on the bus. Grin

ChasingDaisy · 27/03/2013 16:41

Detective I haven't been brave enough to take O swimming yet and I don't have a swimming costume Sad. just a bikini and am not brave enough for that four months post-baby!

We could mooch into town? Pub lunch, shops, etc. Short drive from where I live, then back to mine for coffee? Will pm you my address on facebook in a min.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:50

VQ No, not been given any info on the Lf at all. No guidance. Muddling along with the help of YW and the rest of the quiche quite frankly!!

My plan was to just stick at it til 5.5 months, then try reintroducing it slowly. I want to do it before weaning. So the two are not mixed up and I do not know what is causing problems.

I am, however, very reluctant to upset the applecart, and may well just stick with it for the duration, and introduce regular milk back at 1 year. I did get told a referral to the dietician had been made. I have not heard anything. I think I will chase that up, and wait for that appt before doing anything.

Might be worth buying a box of infant gaviscon perhaps if he is vomiting more? As long as we don't miss a dose gives 2 days of fucking vomiting otherwise then O is great with it. We missed just one dose on monday, and it is only today the vomiting has stopped. I was sceptical, but it does seem to help a lot for O.

Also the same problem with the height to weight ratio here Grin. Damn it!

chunky This is the first leap I have actually recognised put two and two together on the behaviour front!. I didn't think O was that close to rolling, but they just take you by surprise I suppose! I've been secretly worrying that because he is still swaddled his arms lack in power! Unlike his bloody legs which seem to make up for it.

He doesn't swap toys from hand to hand - he holds them for a few moments. Hugging seems to be his preference when it comes to toys really! As opposed to playing with them in his hands! So I suppose they are all learning different skills at different points!

O woke up at 3.15, by 4.15 he was back in the cot, asleep. Lazy oaf. He better fucking sleep tonight!

Madam I too make up a lot of shit for that bus! In fact, we have been known to scream said wheels on bus over crying baby in attempts to drown him out calm him down while I'm driving.

Please, can anyone tell me what they do with crying babies in cars? I feel like I'm the only one who has a Jekyll and Hyde in the car! Sometimes he is happy as larry. Most of the time really. Other times he is just pure pissed off at being in the car seat. What do you do? He doesn't need anything, he just doesn't want to be there. My singing, the music, toys, nothing helps. I can't just stop on the motorway and play with him for 30 minutes til he is happy to go back in the fucking thing?!

capedcrusader25 · 27/03/2013 16:51

I am surprised and disappointed they didn't speak to you alone. What do they mean by report exactly? A log of involvement or an initial assessment? How completely shit. It fucking drives me insane, no wonder we social workers get such a bad press. chasing I know it's been suggested before but maybe get in touch with Women's Aid? They really are great and they'll get you any support you want or need. Think of them as your advocate - they'll be there to guide you, sign post, put things in place to help and if ever needed help you out with other services Flowers

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:52

Chasing I have spare costumes millions if you did want to brave it?! I have a spare costume and swim nappy for O too if you wanted to.

If not, lunch, shops and coffee sounds fucking awesome to me!

I had a look at what the childrens centres had on, but it seems thursday afternoons are shit! GRRRR!

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:53

Mind you, they are size 14 upwards. You are clearly not a 14 upwards.

Scrap that!

ChunkyEasterChick · 27/03/2013 16:54

detective that's what I was wondering about. Wasn't sure whether to try one of those bacteria balancing type OTC treatments or just wait & see. If I try the mirena (which I'm not at all sure about after Sophia et al) I'd have to have a swab.

Seriously strange shit on reproduction in the animal kingdom. Sometimes I'm glad I'm human...

ChasingDaisy · 27/03/2013 16:56

The childrens centre by me is pretty good, but not on Thursdays! To fit in with all the fanjo talk, I am also due on my period so am thinking no to swimming Grin.

If you came to mine first, then we drove to town, could we fit both prams in your car? If not, I can meet you in town, but that would re-introduce the making up bottles issue...Grin

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:59

What pram do you have?! It could be a tight squeeze... we could definitely try!

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 16:59

LMAO!

LuisGarcia · 27/03/2013 17:01

these always worked on J in the car when he was playing up

ChasingDaisy · 27/03/2013 17:02

I have a mamas and papas sola, but it is a travel system so will only be the frame as I can attach the car seat to it.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 17:03

The wheels come off IIRC if so should be fine!

ValiumQueen · 27/03/2013 17:03

J has a rash above his willie and going down both thighs. The bit that is not in the nappy peels off like sunburn. The entire rash looks like sunburn and has been there for about three weeks, starting on the thigh and gradually working over. The HV reckons it is thrush. I do not. Any thoughts? It does not bother him.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 17:04

Awesome Luis!

chunky I'm just burying head in my arse the sand about it!

ChasingDaisy · 27/03/2013 17:05

If not, we can think of plan b when you get here. We can always bus it if needs be.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 17:07

I think it is thrush too VQ... have you tried clotrimazole?

Brockle · 27/03/2013 17:08

so glad other people have immobile sausages too Smile. Y shows no interest in rolling but loves sitting in his nest. I try to explain he should be focussing on rolling and not sitting but he is not listening to.his mummy. he can turn the page of a book with a little effort but then keeps turning it back. reading the same page of a baby book gets very boring Smile

pissed off at SS chasing but glad that you got through it.

with ds1 I had to sing postman pat over and over or recite We're going on a Bear Hunt. With ds2 I recited Each Peach Pear Plum on repeat and that worked. ds3 likes doggy in the window on repeat and each peach pear plum.weird. singing sings or reciting stories repeatedly seems almost hypnotic to babies!

Luis you make me laugh. if you feel the need then please lament about any broken man bits you have Grin

Y's tb jab finally oozed today, just as we planned to take him.swimming. Angry I have not been immunised against tb so trying to stay clear.

TheDetective · 27/03/2013 17:09

O had similar rash from 2 weeks or so, til 6 weeks when I used the thrush cream. I wasn't sure if it was thrush or not. The cream cleared it completely, so I assume it was!