March 2013 - gurgles, giggles and going on holiday (for some of us at least!)

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Worse I believe we share a parenting philosophy. They're progressing quickly, gaining weight, seem such contented little things so let's just keep doing what we're doing.

Vj feet! Yay! DS looks at his and laughs if I 'clap' them together when I change his nappy, but his still very much a hands man. Does feet suing mean they work through wind even better? Just thinking logistically...

Something we're on 210 ml five times a day, and have been since 6 weeks! He's happy and produces many a wet or dirty nappy though so I'm not thinking about weaning yet. Well, except for ogling highchairs online. I think the advise is really nothing but milk until 17 weeks at the very earliest, but I know my dp started solids at 3 months. My hv said shed be round between three and four months to discuss weaning so if I see her ill squeeze some info out.

Eig oooh good news! Formula definitely seems to make them windier as far as I can tell. And my baby needs a little coaxing to sleep through. Goes down easily enough but requires cuddles after his 6am bottle cos I'm bloody not ready to get up then!

Leni are you still on mam teats? Size two might make him choke less because he doesn't have to work so hard/gulp any air. You'll move on to them eventually anyway so perhaps worth a go? (And I'm sorry but I'm watching the voice )

I feel like crap Today. 3 and a half weeks of spotting and now the heaviest period anyones ever had ever. banging headache to match! He's been asleep for the last two and a half hours so I really ought to get him up and fed but I just want to wallow.

Meant to add, hi maria!

Hi and welcome maria - how do you you think we got to the top of that mountain? Jaffa power that's how! And lots of them ;-)
Eig and vj good to hear of your extra sleep portions. It's a nice surprise isn't it? And I'll echo what worse said; dd has been doing two night feeds for weeks and weeks (2 ish and 5ish) and then without warning or preamble just went to slurping sleeping through these last 3 nights.

plonko period? ug. I'm not looking forward. I've enjoyed a year without that particular beast. You normally suffer from headaches (or even migraine) during periods? Me too. Sucks. 4Head is what I use for headaches as am breastfeeding.
maria in terms of expressing, I've been expressing 3 - 4 oz (5 on ocassion) an hour ish after her first morning feed (0800 or 0900 normally). This has been wasted for approx 7 weeks as dd refused bottle til just last week when we were on hols. dd is 11 weeks and we found success with tommee shitee tippee bottles with size 2 teats but I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea. Yesterday at KIT day I expressed at the time when dh gave dd a bottle so as not to screw up my day time supply. I think we intend to use the expressed milk for early morning feeds if I want a lie in, for when dh takes dd out or for when I go out (although that is a theoretical idea at present as I don't 'go out' go out yet really). I just read on kellymom (good evidence based advice but obvs very pro BF) that you shouldn't ever shake ebm, but instead swirl it tornado style to mix up the creamy bits. Shaking can ruin the milk structure of some such science stuff.

Have a good day everyone. The sun has gone in Norfolk. I'm home alone as dh has taken dd to bounce and rhyme at the library (he starts at noon one day a week) so here I am. Not reading a magazine or pottering in the garden but giving the kitchen a spring clean and ironing the frou frou frocks that dh's family have bought dd and piffling around on MN

Hi, can I join in? DD is officially a Feb baby but she was 4 weeks early - surprise! - she was due 22 March. She's sleep-feeding on me at the moment but will be rudely awakened to pick her brother up from pre-school soon. She hates the pram!

We have just moved from down south to northants so feeling a bit lonely; need to be brave and talk to sone Midlands mummies!

Hi everyone just sticking my head in to say hello! Hope everyone is doing well.

We've had an eventful time since I lost track of the thread. Ds was admitted to hospital at 7 weeks old and they diagnosed meningitis (within an hour!) and we spent 2 weeks on children's ward ( hence me losing the thread!). He had some pretty heavy duty antibiotics and although we are pretty sure he's not had any brain damage hes now had 6 weeks of diarrhoea and a (hopefully temporary) dairy intolerance so my diet is now v controlled.
He's having a hearing test this afternoon & paeds check up tomorrow.
He only finally had his 8 week jabs yesterday (@ nearly 14 weeks) and has swollen painful legs and an allergic reaction to the plaster!

Chick welcome! Four weeks early eh? Naughty!

Always nice to see more people on here but I'm struggling to remember who's who! Maybe we need a new stats thread? or I just need to get through the baby brain phase

Ood lovely to have you back! That sounds awful, I hope he's on the mend now. And how are you? I believe when you were last on here you were still recovering?

Eco it's not great, I've always had light ish ones with hellish pmt, this ones something else altogether! I need to go to the post office to get ds's passport sorted but am slightly worried about the loooooong hilly walk. Hope you enjoyed your peaceful morning even if you did chores. Alone time is something of a novelty now eh?

Thanks for the welcomes and hello chickabilla it's nice to not be the only newbie. So useful to hear how you are dealing with expressing eco, morning must be the time, I just need to get organised somehow.

And OodPi, we haven't 'spoken' before but unmumsnetty hugs to you and your DS, and all the best for tomorrow's check up. A post like yours puts everything into perspective, I can't imagine how worried you must have been, to say how horrible for you doesn't cover it really.

Better go, DS is moving from low level grumbling to 'pick me up now'.

Hello Ood, good to see you again! Glad your son's doing okay now. Must've been terrifying. He's certainly kept you on your toes, hasn't he?

Welcome to the new people.

eco sounds like your DD did what mine did a few weeks ago. Just suddenly didn't bother waking up for a feed in the small hours. If only she'd been eating enough in the day! We're thinking of giving her opportunity to sleep through again next week though, assuming she keeps polishing off four ounce bottles during the day. The plan will be dream feed around 11.30 and then just see how she goes.

We got the local paper yesterday as we entered DD in the best baby competition. She's clearly not going to win, as it's postal votes only, and will doubtless be won by some child with a large family who all buy the local paper every day. None of my family buy it ever, so winning seems a bit unlikely. But I was having a flick through and, by Christ, there are some dreadful names! No triple barrelled ones, but a few kids had been lumbered with hyphenated first names and hyphenated surnames. And far too many parents in this city appear to be unable to spell. I'm tempted to keep the paper and refer to it in five years to see if any of DD's schoolmates are in there.

worse glad you mentioned trapped wind and formula - we've had a few days of drinking a lot more than usual, and she's being very wriggly and seems uncomfortable sometimes, in a windy sort of way. So I guess the formula's to blame for that. Still farting like a champion too. Keeps scoring full marks for tone and volume, but needs to work on the smell.

Re: smiles. So far they are generally bestowed in response to face kisses (if accompanied by sound effects), tummy raspberries, standing up, pretending to be an aeroplane, and looking at that cute little baby in the mirror. Had a new one this morning though! DD was in the door bouncer, and the neurotic cat came over to say hello. They bumped foreheads, and DD had a feel of the fur, and grinned hugely. Then the little cat came over and did the same thing, and that got a smile too. So I guess she likes cats. Good thing too!

No weighing at the clinic for us today; the usual clinic's closed and the next closest one is on alternate Wednesdays and not this week. Reckon we've passed 11lbs now though.

Good news yesterday: I'm getting a niece in October! A nephew would've been good, but nieces are pretty cool (and I should know, I've already got two of them). So I won't have to worry about finding somewhere else to offload all the pink baby clothes. Bonus!

Hi Maria and Chika

Oh Ood you've had a time of it, haven't you? I'm glad everything's going well for you now

Plonko It would be good if you have any worthwhile info on weaning once your HV's been. Mine's not coming again until 6 months so I'm playing it by ear until then. DS has been on 210ml 5 times a day, like yours, from 8 weeks and I'm sure he's over a stone by now so I'm going to stick at it, he seems to be happy with that.

Stormy how cute that cat cuddles make her smile. Pretending to be an aeroplane does it for DS too, as well as nibbling toes and playing the drums on his tummy. Congrats on a new niece! I'm getting a niece in August, can't wait to buy spoil her with lots of girly dresses and such.

Me and DS braved a 5 mile round trip walk today to do a bit of shopping, up hills and all sorts. I say we braved, he slept the whole way there and the whole way back. He's now merrily chatting to his toys while I recover on the sofa with a cuppa.

Thank you :). Yes, 4 weeks early was not very helpful asmy waters broke the day after we put the house on the market! She's a pickle but she is fine and chubbing up nicely now so that's the main thing!

Ood how scary. I'm glad things seem better now and hope there are no long-term effects. We had major issues with our DS2 but he is 3 today and you would never know except that he has some cracking scars.

Wind - DD is the queen of smelly, loud man-like trumping. She has iron supplements so I am blaming those but I'm sure everyone thinks it is me, not the cute little baby!

Welcome to all the newbies.

ood gosh what your little one has been through sounds horrible. I hope you lo is recovering well.

plonko post birth periods are sooo painful. I wonder how long it takes to settle down? Im very tempted to go back on the pill or coil and hoping to reduce the pain and bleeding.

stormy def keep a copy of the paper for memories. Theres nothing stopping you from buying stacks of the local paper and sending of the votes yourself.

Seems like we had a bit of a change in naps today. Ds slept for over 2hrs this lunchtime. Lovely. Hes having another nap now so will see how long this lasts.

Congratulations to those who are going to be an auntie. This time you can enjoy a newborn baby without the sleepless nights and feeding issues. (assuming our lo's will be sleeping through and having solids by then).

Ood - really hope you get a more smooth rude from now on, meningitis... christ, that must have been scary

We're using Mam and Dr Brown teats now, I'm trying to express more than bf because the itching is driving me nuts. I've scratched holes in my skin!

I've not had another period since that one huge one just over a month back, not sure if that was just the Levonelle though.

DS did some proper laughs today whilst we played 'stand up sit down'. He flips between grinning and crying far too easily though, it's a fine line... Feeling a bit disgruntled with OH today

Hello newbies, we're a big gaggle now!

Ood of course I didn't mean a smooth rude - that's something completely different!

at a smooth rude!

plonko my recovery has plateaued , I'm still on one crutch and my pelvis isn't too painful but my hips still collapsing, my knees both go now and my left arms has given up at each joint ( was told to use one crutch on that side). Also still have the haematoma lump and pain around it!

So yes ds has been causing a bit of stress but he's such a sweetie!
His hearing tests were fine today but back again in a few months to be 100% sure.

Nice to see the new faces and the old. Don't think I've enough time to keep up but will try & pop in & out to catch up.

Jeez Ood that's awful, you've had a terrible time. Hope you're ok! Great to see you back

Hi Chicka & Maria

DD is full of smiles despite the terrible Cornish weather. The biggest ones today have been for her new monkey toy that she's been grabbing with two hands. A new skill. If I was picking skills I'd have gone for waking up less than twice a night minimum, not having prolonged BFs for comfort only & giving me sore nips, napping in the house but not on me or not puking everywhere - what a picky mummy!

You lot have some seriously cute babies, I'll try to get one of DD up soon.

We're having a junk food & 24 night here, life doesn't get much better!

Ood so glad to hear from you though not what you have to say iykwim? Pleased DS is on the mend at last, and hope he continues to make progress. Also that you can finally start to heal, the stress of the past few weeks cannot have helped. Hugs.

Hello new people! Blimey, I will struggle to keep up, but nice to see you all.

Weigh in today. DS has gained another 6oz since thurs which is good and sees us heading back up to the 9th percentile line again... Come on! Mind you, he is obviously growing as today I had to go through the box of stuff labeled 3-6mth and get it washed and ready to wear as his feet no longer fit in the bottom of his 3m baby grows. What a big boy I have - nice to be able to say that.

Jabs this pm also. Seemed ok if a little grouchy, but went into meltdown after last feed. Paused briefly when dunked in bath, but finally calmed when tucked up. Hope he feels better in the morning, poor poppet.

Right, need to pour water on cous cous - my kind of dinner prep!

Evening all - newbies, oldies and everyone in between. A special hi to Ood as omg you really have been put through it. Wishing you and your ds a speedy recovery and no long term ill effects.

Lovely lovely day here, as after the mother of all poonamis (in the middle of my lunch... thanks dd) the tiddler brightened up no end and decided to be just plain cute for the rest of the day, rather than her usual high maintenance self. I'm loving this stage, she is so much fun.

Leni - your smooth rude had me snort tea . Love it!

Right, the rain has stopped so I get the fun job of taking the furry children out for a last walk whilst DH is on baby duty. It's all go here in the mad house.

Ood- nice to 'meet' you, I'm a bit of a newbie :) so glad DS is ok- my cousin's little one went down with meningitis a couple of weeks ago, he's just had his audiologist appointment and things look ok at the moment. That was scary enough for me as we're quite close so I can't even begin to imagine what you've been through.

Today I made some friends :) coffee after baby swimming, similarly to this thread, it's really nice to chat to people with little ones at the same stage. I guess this is why so many people say they meet their friends for life through their kids.

We've just introduced a story to the bedtime routine-until now dd hasn't tolerated any delay to food and bed. We read 'what a busy baby' (did anyone else get this free?) and she gave me a lump in my throat when she was smiling and chatting to the pictures of babies and trying to reach out and touch them. Lovely lovely.

I have THE fartiest baby in the world today. I'm attributing it to me eating stupid amounts of veg- I ordered a£15 veg box then DH had to go away with work, we're going away at the weekend so I'm trying to get through it all. Baby girl is producing some trumps that my teenage brother would be proud of.

vj free books? Where do we get free books from?

We got them when we registered dd but they come through bookstart- have a look at the website (can't link on phone but easily googleable)

Just had a proper look- its the bookstart baby pack. Apparently every child should get them in the first year, guess it depends on local authority as to how, some do it through HVs? I'd go to the library and ask them. We're going to do a charity shop sweep tomorrow, about time DD's book collection was started in earnest if its ever going to have a chance of rivalling mine!

So it turns out three nights of sleeping through do not a habit make! :-)
ood lovely to hear from you. We'd all been wondering how you'd been getting on. You've had a lot to contend with. All on the up now fx. Lots of love from the flat lands.
worse your afternoon post poo sounds lovely. We've had a few like that where dd is so darn cute and coo ridden. So lovely. I'm thinking 3 to 6 months will be a really lovely phase I probably just tempted fate
My free morning was good in the end. Lots of jobs done which freed my brain up for an afternoon of being entirely baby focussed without trying to juggle baby and stuff. Weigh in showed dd to be 13lb 6oz now which means nothing to anyone, but she's doing ok centile wise and that's always nice to hear. I asked hv if it was safe yet to put a toy into the crib for dd to suckle and cuddle. The hv waftily asked if I'd ever considered hanging a mobile over her crib. Even for the most prodigiously talented baby standing up to suck and cuddle a mobile is a big ask....

Wow its quiet on here so hoping its a good sign the babies slept through.

Im a zombie. Was up so many times last night i couldnt count. I have a bloody cold to contend with now. I cant even sneeze or blow my nose without waking ds up. Im feeling a little sorry for myself. Its been such a shitty week with illness and no bloody help from that horrible lazy witch mil.

KF, have you considered dramatically taking to your bed and just demanding that she wait on you hand and foot help out? Perhaps the drama of it all would get through?

Morning all - hope you all had lovely sleep-ful nights and are too busy cuddling gorgeous milky babies to fart about be on MN

Moi, I'm in a good mood. Can you tell?! DH is at home which meant I got a whole hour of me time to do some training with Mr personal trainer man. Actually I say training, but the poor man is so terrified of unpredictable post partum events (like one'e pelvic floor dropping out I assume) that he won't allow anything more taxing than a bit of power walking and the odd stretch, but hey, it was a break. Given it has been ooohhh three months or so since I have had any me time I grasped the opportunity with both hands, and enjoyed my power walk no end. I'll be doing another, much tougher one with madam later, to get her to sleep, which I won't have to pay for, but we'll gloss over that.

Hope you are all taking your tiddlers shopping to get a father's day card for sunday. DH is v excited. He keeps dropping hints....