November 2012 - Adventurous eaters, food refusers and everything in between

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1767146-November-2012-Lots-of-mummies-going-back-to-work

I think me stunt should be a little scared of Sophia!

Morning all,
Yes the quiche is wonderful, you are all wonderful.

I must have over reacted last night, he dosn't do it on purpose.

Evil

I am also very grateful for the quiche. I tend to refer to it as an online post natal club, but I do think of all of you as friends and often find myself thinking "I need to tell the quiche about this". In fact, my recent decision to finally get myself a non - work phone was hugely motivated by the idea of having the quiche ever-present, and not needing to get to a computer!

Morning!

Funny you should say about cold babies VQ as I was going to ask yesterday what people were putting their babies to sleep in. P's room has been getting to 24 oC and even with lots of airing out it has been staying at 23oC all night. Typically she doesn't seem to react to heat at all so I worry about overheating her. Last night she slept in a 1.5 tog bag and a long sleeved vest. According to the gro website she should have been in a 1 tog bag and a short sleeved vest. I am sure she would have been chilly dressed like that.

As for the worry about heart condition I am afraid I have no advice. Could he just be a wee chilly person - I know I am.

Well as usual things seem a bit better in the morning. I am sure J is fine, just a cold baby. Good to hear there are others Lily and also hot ones too. Detective also has a hot one IIRC (sniggers)

Lovely post PR. part of the reason the quiche rocks is your presence, even before you were famous.

((((Clarella))) that is rotten. at least my boy seems to have a reason for his wakings. As Sophia says it may just be this weeks theme, or a developmental leap or something.

Pass how is the little catwalk queen today?

I will ask the GP about the blueness as he does have a blue tinge frequently. DH says I am imagining it, but I see more of him than he does. When in hospital his says would drop really low, and the machine would alarm, but they said the machine was wrong and that he was fine.

Xpost Pass the HV said he was a cold baby when he was a few days old as he would not sleep anywhere but on me. The girls are hot hot hot though. I am sure I did bring the right baby home, honest.

Clarella i refuse to do CIO (at all) or CC (yet) with R as he's barely 6 months but if he's really monkeying about in the night i put him down in the dark with Ewan on and dummy in and just sit holding his hand or with my hand on his back. If he cries (proper crying not just being a bit shouty) for more than 10 minutes, he gets a cuddle. If it's been nearly 3 hours i feed him. Happened twice and both times his sleep has improved the next night. But i don't leave him to cry, i just don't give him the attention he wants iyswim yes it kills me inside

For those wanting proper information on controlled crying methods, as opposed to Cry It Out and hysterical media articles, look up Ferberizing :)

I kept R's room really cool yesterday/last night (east facing) he went down easily at 7, woke at 1:40 for a proper feed then again at 3:30 but i think that was because he was cold as i popped him into his 1tog bag and shut the window and he was out in a 5 minute feed! Some progress at last at nearly 29 weeks :) one decent feed is fine. Multiple fussings just for shits and giggles make me

My mum is making the nursery curtains this weekend

vq where is the blueness? In adults it can be serious, please get it checked out.

Evil

Matilda is the complete opposite vq and has a tendancy to get far too hot.

VQ F is still in vest, gro, 2.5 tog bag and a blanket. She wakes up cold in anything less. In winter she had cardi and another blanket. And in the day I always end up feeding her wrapped up in a fleecey blanket. Blue/cold peripheries is often a normal thing. Blue lips is a bit more concerning. It would be highly unlikely that he has a heart condition given how well he is growing, and his age now. But get him checked if you're worried.

Congratulations to cousinpikz

Pidj glad the wee dude is getting the message at last! Albeit a little late

PR good luck with packing, don't envy you at all. 3 days was bad enough!

Stunt dh got up at 7.30 (!) with the girls, even though I had been awake since 6.30, went to bed at 1 and had 2 feeds between those hours. If he moans about being tired, I will be digging out mouldy fish and slapping him firmly around the chops.

I sometimes think he has a blue tinge around his mouth but his lips stay nice and red so I am sure he is fine, or at least my logical head says so. He rarely gets his legs out so either they are usually cosy warm or often go blue just unseen. Yesterday on the school run there was a bit of a breeze so I put a light blanket over him. The other babies were in mega skimpy outfits and being held. Direct sunlight, no hat etc. but I knew I was doing right for my baby. They are probably little hot things. When DD1 was born she was in just a vest for her first six weeks, even at night. We even had a fan in her room (summer 06)

VQ my DS2 used to go blue in the swimming pool etc. and still goes a bit blue when he gets cold. The only thing I know of is Raynaud's phenomenon but afaik it isn't common in babies.

I was another one with a blanket on baby yesterday. Always a hat if in direct sunlight.

Last night was not as bad as it initially seemed. Screamathon at 10pm meant we ended up giving some nurofen. Then I panicked because I remembered you are supposed to give it on a full stomach - she finished her bottle just after 7pm. Anyway, it seemed to help because I woke at 1am and 4am and she hadn't moved a muscle each time. If she hadn't been breathing very loudly I would have been worried. No need for pointy stick as twice I woke to DH getting out of bed to deal with dummy return that I hadn't heard. She started shuffling at 5:30 and got up at 6:15.

She was pretty sorry for herself this morning - her dummy was genuinely a bit welded to her face wih snot. Back in bed for a good sleep (DH and I followed her example) and she now seems much happier.

Anyone got exciting plans for today?

Oh and p gets tartan skin when cold. When she was in the hospital the docs kept asking if she was always that colour but didn't pursue it.

No exciting plans here! I'm trying to think of one though!!

Where to go... What to do. No idea!

We haven't got any plans today either, might just get the paddling pool out this afternoon. Dp is off playing golf today so it's just me and S.

Glad P is ok pass

No exciting plans here for today. Having a lazy morning and then taking DD1 to her swimming lesson. DH playing golf (he also played yesterday and is playing tomorrow too!). I'm looking forward to tomorrow as taking DD1 to a baby disco thing at the south bank. E is coming too so she will probably at least enjoy the music and noise. Going to take them to giraffe for lunch first. Then I'm going out in the evening to watch the great gatsby so roll on tomorrow!

Isn't the lie round the mouth wind?

Quiet on here this afternoon, hope all you lovely ladies are out enjoying the sunshine, S is just eating playing with her lunch and then we will be off to sit in the garden.

How long does it take for ranitidine to start to work usually? It could just be me but it seems S has been more sick with it than less, not that I thought it possible for her to be more sick.

Hello. fruits as far as I know ranitidine doesn't help sickness as it's really just an antacid? To help sore throats and reduce the acidity in stomach. I could be wrong though. It seems most babies with sicky reflux require a thickener to their milk too?

We gad some success with reducing feeding overnight. He only fed at 9.15pm, 12.30am then 4 and 7. He didn't sleep too well in between tho but progress us progress!

We gave another friends 30th tonight so my sis is taking both kids overnight! Yay!

Oh really, izzy I wonder why she was prescribed that then? She does already have a thicker milk, the anti reflux and regurgitation formula. Poor baby, I was really hoping this would have been sorted with the ranitidine. Back to the docs in 2 weeks and they will refer her if no better so hopefully it will get sorted soon.

Yay for no kids for the night!

I have just read my last post. I mean, isn't blue round the mouth, wind.

Also hope the quiche ladies and luis are enjoying the sunshine. We have been in the garden all day, DS is asleep on my chest, DD curled up asleep on my lap, tennis on. Perfect.

Yep Fruit, as Izzy says ranitidine reduces the production of stomach acid, it won't do anything to stop vomiting.

Back to square 1 then it looks like. I did tell the doctor she wasn't in any pain and it was purely vomiting.