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

[WeeJo08]

New thread ladies

[SpottyTeacakes]

Sorry to hear that nutella! Some women get it back sooner than others. It won't effect your supply. I reckon dtd probably didn't being it on but it's likely it was already to come

[itsMYNutella]

Thanks Spotty! I was really enjoying not having to think about it oh well. As long as DS is getting what he needs.

[FriendofDorothy]

I am getting a little worried that we are due an explosion as Little Mister as he hasn't pooed for about 36 hours.

Had a lovely day as it is Liberation Day here which is another bank holiday

[IsThatTrue]

FoD it's always scary when they are due a poo. Tbh we have that every few days, If DS hasn't had his morning poo (normally his biggest of the day) by 11am, it is going to be horrid and I'm always scared! Although today he's had 2 awful ones this afternoon and gone through 2 extra sets of clothes as if we don't have enough washing!

DHs last day before India and his colleagues have been shots and not prepared the info he needs to write his report until 3pm so he won't get home now until 9. They've only known he's needed this info for 3 weeks

[SpottyTeacakes]

Had an awful day with ds.

Been really windy here, wheelie bins everywhere, dd's slide fallen apart, letterbox banging

Stacks I'm glad your HV had some good advice for you. M

FoD hope your car isn't too expensive to fix.

Hales have you tried h on parsnip? It was always one of dd's favourites

[WLmum]

What's been up spotty? T is super snotty but seems to feel ok. Dd2 is 3 tomorrow so am just preparing stuff

[2blessed]

Hi all,

Sorry to hear about car problems fod and hope the forthcoming poo isn't too bad.

Had a really bad night last night. DS woke up a little after 3, fed, burped and then decided it was playtime until 5am! I still feel tired. He's in bed now and hoping that there will be no repeat performance tonight.

Dedicating this weekend to sorting his room out. Have bought some nice bits (photo frames to frame piccies and artsy cards) to decorate and will be putting his cot together.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Happy birthday to your dd WL he's just cried all day and fed every 60-90 minutes. He cries as soon as I stop making eye contact with him

[FriendofDorothy]

The poo cannon went off! Edward not impressed with an entire change if clothes in the middle of the night!

[utopian99]

Poor Edward- a victim of his own poo!

Not sure what's going on- O had a terrible screamy day on Tuesday, so much so we thought it could be teething, and indeed it got a lot better when we gave him dentinox and calpol. Then yesterday my mum was playing with him while I worked and he went from fine to really screamy again. I thought it was a repeat of Tuesday but she suggested he might be bored as he's really into everything suddenly, and when she tried just taking him outside to look at the garden he immediately chilled out and was fine!
Has anyone else had this?

Feeling like an awful mother again for working from 9-4 essentially yesterday, although with breaks to feed. I know O loves playing with my mother too, I just worried he was upset because he thought I was favouring some building regs application over him..

[utopian99]

Sorry, that was a bit of a 5am whinge. He's such a dear thing asleep in his grown up cot.

[itsMYNutella]

fod we haven't had poo for three days here... Also DS isn't sleeping longer than 2 hours which is driving me potty and he is using me as a human dummy (it feels like).
Hopefully a massive poo and he might feel better...

[SpottyTeacakes]

Utopian ds screams when he's bored.

Not a bad night here, could have been worse. Plus he wasn't up for the day until gone seven. Just trying to get him to sleep...

[Stacks]

Utopian T screams when he's bored. Unfortunately that seems to be almost constantly. I took him to a play group yesterday which I hoped would get me a couple of hours rest, but it was too quiet for him I think and he was still restless. Sometimes just a change of room will take T from screaming to cooing happily for all of 5 mins till he's bored again. He's also happier talking to people who are not me, which again I think is boredom, or at least the interest of a new face.

Spotty, does your DS cry all day, or just shout angrily and constantly at you (until the shouting turns to tears because you're not a mind reader)? T doesn't cry with sadness much in the day, but he shouts all the time and seems to throw temper tantrums when I don't do what he wants quick enough.

We've not had poo in days... Today is swimming, so I wonder if we'll get poo then. It's maximum inconvenience, so I'm thinking quite likely. I've also said I'll volunteer for a couple if hours at a local parents centre helping sort out donations for their nearly new sale tomorrow. I get first dibs on items that way :) Hope T behaves..

Well, I tried putting T down in his pram last night. Fed him to sleep at 8 left him sleep a little while, then woke him up doing the transfer. You'd think the bed was made of injections the way he screamed. Proper sad crying like for his jabs, I tried calming him while leaving him in there but he just wouldn't calm down. So picked him up, fed till happy but not asleep, then put him down again. More screaming, not as pained but with no sign of stopping. So he came into bed with me to try again later.
Tried at midnight (after a 10pm feed too) and got him down without tears and asleep... until my head touched the pillow. More screaming, lots of pram rocking, but no more sleeping. So back into bed with me till morning (waking up every 2 hours again). Sigh.

DH has taken Monday off work though, so I'll try more over the weekend and see how we get on. Looking forward to a nice long weekend, just a shame the weather is set to turn rainy and cold :(

[SpottyTeacakes]

Yes that's exactly what he does stacks! But it turns into crying fairly quickly and then there's not much I can do to stop him

Hope you manage to get him sleeping a bit more

[SpottyTeacakes]

Just realised dd hasn't had any breakfast!!

[halestone]

I'm feeling abit crap today, got H weighed yesterday and she weighs 21.2lb at 22weeks. The HV (who wasn't my usual HV) made me go through what i feed her in a day. Which isn't alot H doesn't even take what a baby is suppose to formula wise in a 24 period and i give her less than a spoonful of veg or fruit at breakfast and teatime. She said i had to go back in two weeks and get her re-weighed and measured because she looks tall for her age. And also i'll have her stool sample results then.

I know its stupid but i just feel like i'm letting H down with her weight. And i'm refusing to bring her food down any less. Also i know its stupid but i read on google that babies that don't sleep well are prone to be bigger babies. And shes always put weight on at what i think was a quick rate but my HV told me it was ok. I just feel like i'm doing something wrong.

[SpottyTeacakes]

Well if she's tall she's bound to weigh a bit more the HV is just doing her job, albeit in a very insensitive way. It's not like she's suddenly gained dramatically since you started weaning or ff so I wouldn't worry.

[WLmum]

Oh hales you poor thing. I'm sure there's nothing your doing wrong - if I recall she's always been big (like mine) so it's just the way she is. My friends baby was huge when he was born and always weighed several pounds more than dd2 (there's just a few days between them) and even now he weighs about a stone more than dd2. You would never know to look at them as they look about the same, he's just 'solid'. As spotty says hv is doing her job and its good that she's making sure everything is ok, but she shouldn't have left you feeling crap. I take my hat off to you, I think you've done an amazing job in tough circumstances.

[ISpyPlumPie]

Hales - sorry you've had a bad morrning. Know it's really hard but try not to worry or beat yourself up. I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong. I agree that some DC are just big (the same way some are tiny dots and others are slap bang in the middle). DS1 was definitely on the larger side esp around 5/6 months so just before he started moving. He is still quite solid, but last time I took him to be weighed the hv said he's now average.

Just take her back in a couple of weeks and hopefully you'll see a nicer hv they'll be able to put your mind at rest.

[halestone]

Thank you, i've kept a diary of what shes eaten today and carry on till i see the HV next and see what she says about it then. After speaking to my DP he reassured me and made me feel well better about it. Sorry for whinging before.

[Stacks]

Spotty - I think we have behaviour twins. As T is my first I give in to his temper far too easily. The HV said he has me wrapped around his little finger. However I know if I don't do something about the shouting it quickly turns into tears and tantrums. I wouldn't mind the lack of sleep as much if he didn't then run me ragged all day long! I have no advice for you, but I feel your pain every sodding day. Let's just hope they grow out of it bloody soon.

Hales - new HV are the worst. I read an article the other day titled "look at the baby, not the scales" aimed at health workers who fixate on the weight of babies. They need to look at the baby themselves and see if they're happy and content. I hope you see a nicer HV next time, and if you don't, you could always just not go along for a while. Getting LO weighed is optional, as is seeing the HV. If you don't find it helpful or reassuring then there's no point going.

[SpottyTeacakes]

I haven't had ds weighed for seven weeks. Might go soon out of curiosity. Luckily my HV says she looks at the baby, which had good.

It's true stacks. When dd isn't here I do everything I can to keep him happy but when she's here he sometimes just has to wait!

[WLmum]

Sorry to hear you're having hard times stacks and spotty.

T has just done a big violent puke. I really hope it was just due to mucus from her cold in her tummy and not a bug. Have got. Dd1&2s bday parties tomorrow, although dd1 was vile after school today do she was threatened with cancellation. Starting school does nothing for their attitudes!

[WLmum]

willyou I've been meaning to say go for it! There is no perfect age gap but I always wanted mine to be really close in age but it just didn't work out that way. There are pros and cons to any age gap so if you're feeling the love - do it!

First night for dd2 without a dummy - she very happily gave them all to her unborn cousin today but we'll see! We've been talking about how 3 is too old for dummies and giving them to the babies but I was going to wait a few days after her bday but she brought it up this morning so decided to go with it. Please no wailing in the night!