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December 2012: Sunshine, saliva & sleeping more...we hope!

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WeeJo08 · 06/05/2013 20:25

New thread ladies Grin

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halestone · 14/05/2013 10:06

WL hope you manage some sleep today.

Spotty i got that question from when H was about 6 weeks old from everyone, as she was a bigger baby. I got fed up of hearing with you it was 12 weeks or 12lbs. Confused

Sat in the hospital with my dad for a routine appointment and hes got himself into a cracking little temper. So my morning/day is going to be spent calming him or apologising to everyone for him being rude. God i hate this illness! I just want him to be better soon and back to his normal self but i know that is never likelyHmm

halestone · 14/05/2013 10:42

Arghhh i'm beyond fuming i have just rang my GP for H's lactose test result and for a 2nd time they have rejected the sample! This time because they said it wasn't handed in with the forms. I know it was as i had to do it myself i physically passed it to the woman myself after running round like a blue arsed fly to get it there within the 2 hours so that it wouldn't be rejected.

FriendofDorothy · 14/05/2013 11:55

Hurray! The Mister has managed to get The Little Mister to take some expressed milk out of a sippy cup. I hope it isn't just a one-off!

SpottyTeacakes · 14/05/2013 12:05

Great news FoD Smile

Hales sorry they're being shit. I would complain.

WLmum · 14/05/2013 12:21

hales that's rubbish for you x 2. Does your dads illness change his personality or is it pain and frustration making him grumpy?

Great news fod

SpottyTeacakes · 14/05/2013 12:42

My pump wasn't working because I'd forgotten to put the membrane on Blush

SkiBunnnnny · 14/05/2013 15:00

How frustrating hales! Sorry about your dad Sad.

Yay FoD here's hoping its not a one time thing.

That makes me sad spotty, I hope they are just being interested. I've has that question, but only from people who are genuinely interested. If they are being judgey, just tell them that the WHO recommends at least 2 years so until then they can keep their opinions to themselves. (Not that you then have to listen to them at 2)

WLmum · 14/05/2013 15:13

That's interesting \ski I knew 6 months exclusive but I didn't know until 2. Will check it out.

WLmum · 14/05/2013 15:18

Oh yes, I'm going to use that - cue shocked look from mil!

SpottyTeacakes · 14/05/2013 15:20

Yep it's until two WL Smile

Ds hasn't fed for three and a half hours and isn't moaning?? Boobs don't feel engorged Sad

halestone · 14/05/2013 15:32

Yay FoD, congratulations to the little misterGrin

WL its frustration/pain/boredom, he's never been a patient man but now he's worse.

Have managed to take H's 3rd sample to another hospital as i kicked up a stink about what they've done so far. Filled with abit more confidence in the new hospital as she read the paperwork then gave me a sheet back and told me to do part of the test they would need a 2nd sample done. So will have to go back but hopefully it will be done properly this time.i just hate feeding her at the moment as we're not sure whether this is what causes her too poo so muchHmm

2blessed · 14/05/2013 16:52

Hi All,

Hope everyone and LOs are good and sleeping lots. DS has had a nasty cold over the last few days and its kept me very busy. Gonna have a reade and catch up on what everyone's been up to.

SkiBunnnnny · 14/05/2013 17:57

Does anyone ever feel like they are wrestling with an octopus that keeps trying to suck its toes when changing/dressing your LO?

WLmum · 14/05/2013 18:15

How horrid for you hales

Ts cheeks came up a bit red this aft. Please don't let all this upset be about teeth - I may never sleep again!

IsThatTrue · 14/05/2013 19:14

ski yes sucking toes is a great pastime and DS is very reluctant to let his feet go when I'm changing him. It's not the easiest.

Well today we have mainly eaten and slept and shouted a bit 22 wk growth spurt?!

itsMYNutella · 14/05/2013 20:38

Ski it is always a fight to change DS. He loves being naked and squirms around very merrily; but it's always been that way. Although knee/feet grabbing is new and it possibly involves less movement because he isn't flailing all 4 limbs now...

hales fx that this time the sample works!! It would be almost impossible to get a sample from DS. He seems to be going once ish a week Confused I'm a bit worried he'll explode one day. But he also does some terrible farts!

We have had a lovely couple of days visiting Dresden. I highly recommend it, although speaking German is an advantage there is plenty of stuff in English. DS was his charming self and I wore him around town, doing tourist stuff, in the sling while DP worked at his conference thing Grin.
I had a massive breakfast at the hotel both days. Must have looked funny eating scrambled eggs round DS

halestone · 14/05/2013 21:08

Nutella H does 5-6 poos a day. This hospital have told us the result should be back by friday. I am now going to write a formal complaint to Wigan Hospital Path Lab. I don't think its fair they can do this to a baby.

Ski we have that we call it her monkey look as she tightens her legs and arms around my arm haha. She also picks things up with her feet. I love it

utopian99 · 14/05/2013 23:48

What a bugger hales, I hope you get it sorted with your new hospital, and a result from the complaint. (I'm a big fan of the angry letter..)

Agree with ski about dressing an octopus. In our case one that gets shouty when you try to dress its arms. Dh says this is because ds has inherited my love of getting naked. Blush

Operation find a 4-door car has commenced. Slowly. Where can we find a less than 7 year old, less than 80k mileage Ford focus within 15 miles of Woking??

WillYouDoTheFandango · 14/05/2013 23:54

There isn't a path lab at Wigan anymore Hales that's the problem. They shut it down and now everything goes to Salford who are massively overrun. My sister's a nurse and she said their results are taking 3x as long and they have to ring for them as they can take weeks to be put onto the system. I hope you get sorted out.

SpottyTeacakes · 15/05/2013 00:03

It's soooo windy here. Second wake up here zzzzzz

halestone · 15/05/2013 02:20

Willyou, i dropped the sample off at Wigan Path Lab, do they transfer it over? The 1st rejection was due to the sample not being froze within 2 hours of it being done. The 2nd rejection was due to no paperwork, which i know was with it because i handed it in. Plus i was told it would take over a weeks for results. I've handed this 3rd sample in at Ormskirk and been told my GP will have the results on friday.

WillYouDoTheFandango · 15/05/2013 03:55

They did when we sent a swab sample in on dec Hales I an fairly sure it would be the same.

I know a midwife who had to take her own baby's samples to ormskirk as they couldn't deal with them fast enough at Wigan. Obviously the new system's not working!

halestone · 15/05/2013 03:55

She woke at 2 and has just gone back to sleep, i really struggled not to get her out of her cot, especially when she kept holding her arms out to me. I feel mean but she fell asleep holding my finger xxx

SkiBunnnnny · 15/05/2013 03:57

He rolled over back to front today for the first time! And DH was here to see it Smile.

IsThatTrue · 15/05/2013 07:04

spotty and you hang close your eyes.

But DS woke at 10 something being a royal pain as I was knackered and he was daring and eating and eating. But he hasn't woken since Shock he is just stirring now. My baby slept through!!

I have comedy boobs though Hmm