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

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

Quiet on the quiche last night, hope sleep was had by all.

Pidj growth spurt?

Does anyone know anything about tax credits? I get CTC based on mine and XP's income. Obviously that will now just be based on my income, but will it be affected by me living with my dad? Will they take his income into account or will I just be seen as a lodger? I will phone them of course but want to get an idea of where I stand first. XP has agreed to a reasonable maintenance payment, in line with the CSA calculator.

chasing am on my phone so can't link, but am pretty sure hmrc have an online calculator that will give you an idea.

Chasing it makes me smile to see you refer to the nobhead as XP. Well done you. Are CTC based on household income? Might be worth phoning Citizens Advice too, as they will be able to advise about a number of things.

Dixie sounds as though you had a wonderful time (if you ignore the seaasickness bit)

Pidj how was the rest of the night?

Didn't do dream feed last night too lazy but she woke at 11.30 and 4.30 for feeds. She remained resident in her own room until 6.30 when a poonami awoke her.

Is anyone elses LO fascinated by labels? F will turn a toy/muslin over and over until she finds the label, then sits there picking at it for ages. Have also seen evidence of some backwards crawling this morning

Iirc tc only ask about you/your p onthe form

He went down at 6:15. Woke at 8:30, 10:45, 1 and 4:30. Chattered to himself till 4:45. Down at 5, awake 5:05. Played till 5:40 then dp got him up. I feel like hell.

If it's a growth spurt it's lasted 6 weeks so far.

Quick catch up....

bplp DD1 is 3 and still fiddles with the labels on her clothes. It's her comfort thing.

chasing good on you x

dixie welcome back

E is really constipated. Not been properly for 3 days. She keeps straining. What can I give her to help?

Pidj a really big growth spurt?

pig yes to labels, of course. it is his favourite thing after the remote control. And my phone.

Dad coming over later to take some of my stuff to his. Spent the morning packing and arranging mail redirection.

Yes! What is it with babies turning their backs on their bright shiny toys and going straight for the phone (dribble proof) and other electrical goods? Caught F gnawing the laptop cable this morning

Chasing really glad you've made a start packing, and told your dad. It makes it more real, I'm sure. Glad your dad's there to help you out xx

Eliza a bit of brown sugar in water worked magic here. A little too much magic!

On the subject of poo... pig household is succumbing one by one to a tummy bug - hoping F doesn't get it

Just booked N in for his nursey, when I'm back at work. Waaaa......

Evil

There is a massive label on the side of one of sineads playmats, it's her favourite thing on the mat haha! She's a fan of remotes and phones and iPads too!

Yay for packing chasing, glad you have started sorting things out, you actually seem very positive about it as well which is good.

S has started climbing out of her playnest, what would be the next thing to get? As in something similar to that but bigger?
She had cake yesterday my auntie gave her some without me noticing (not maliciously as in knowing I wouldn't have wanted her to have it) oh well I suppose one tiny little bit won't hurt.

evil n will love nursery. As much as I'm glad I'm not going back to work, I do feel bad about S not going to nursery, I really believe it helps them a lot, as in learning social skills, and I think their development comes on in leaps and bounds.
Luckily I have a big family with lots of babies close to S in age, so she won't miss out too much.

Thanks fruit.
chasing keep going, your amazing. It's so nice to hear that your finally going.
big N has taken to looking for cables, at the moment the word no dosn't seem to mean anything.

Evil

I often find O about to chew on the phone charger

My dad has a boisterous Labrador so this could be fun...

Chasing really happy to see your dad is coming today.

BP my lo is obsessed with labels. Nephew took it to another level. He would play with labels in his shirts. So his mum cut them out. He would then stick his hands down his pants to get to those labels!

Re H. He asked me just now why there are bottles of booze on lo room. I hide them from him lady night. He can't remember anything. I don't want to tell my folks. I've tried to get his brother and sister involved before. But it never works.

I'm behind again!

Saw your post on FB chasing (((hugs)))

Had a bad night with M, she woke twice upset with tummy ache which took her a while to get to sleep. When she got up this morning she must have successfully pooed during the night. It bloody stunk! But because she's done it during the night she now has a red sore bum

What do I need to be doing? I've coated in Metanium, going to give it as much air as possibly and then leave nappy off for as long as possible before and after bath time tonight.
I'm not surprised it's sore from the smell of the nappy, really made me gip

Poor wee M's bum fatima. I think you have done all you can. It is amazing how quickly a rash develops. I think it goes pretty quickly as well though.

Welcome back dixie.

I am another believer that nursery can be good for a child evil. N will be grand there.

Good on you chasing. I also reckon a call to CA would be worth doing.

Crisp towers is still surrounded by a moat of snot but we are getting there. P is starting to look better and her appetite seems to have upped. Hopefully she will be back on top form soon.

We are off for our first meeting with a potential childminder this afternoon. Pretty nervous. My gut tells me today's lady is not the one - not even met her yet!

Not much change in buzzy household. I'm tired of being tired.

Just back from dentist, me, J and DD. I might need a wee filling. Am gutted! Only have one other tiny one that I got when pregnant with DD so it's white to avoid mercury while I was expecting.

Going swimming with DD and J a day a friend and her son today. I'm sure I'll regret this the minute we are getting changed!

chasing glad to see you refer to him as XP. That's a big step!

Fruit F lurves rich tea biscuits

Pass glad that snotty moat is drying up.

Fatima sounds as though you've done all the right things, hope her sore wee bum heals up quickly.

How do you tell what size teat to use? F has had size 2 Avent ones and she seems ok with it - but she's had them for 4 months. Greedy pig just wolfed down 5oz of Nutramigen.

pig you will be able to tell when she needs bigger teats, she will take longer to finish the bottle or won't finish it at all as it'll be too much work for her to get the milk out. S is on size 4 teats but that's just because she has thicker milk. Also afaik bf babies take to smaller teats better as they are used to a slower flow could be talking out my arse there but I'm sure I read it somewhere

My dad has just left after picking up some of Oscar's stuff. No going back now. Moving on weds, will then look for a place for me and O. God knows how on earth I will pay for it though.

O is still using size 2 teats.

He wolfed down yoghurt and avocado today, so now it is a waiting game to see if dairy agrees with him or not.

BP if she can wolf it down she is on the right size teats.

Fatima metanium is the best thing for sore bums. You are managing this well.

Considering name change to TiddlyQueen Pikz

Chasing Tax Credits are only applicable if in paid employment. Tell Tax Credit people of change in circumstances ASAP otherwise they may send you a bill. Contact CAB or similar for advice. It could be all money is frozen until reassessment in which case ask for crisis loan. May be worth getting in touch with SS for help with this. Not sure about your fathers income. They only ask about you and partner, but call it 'household' income. When my brother was living with me he was not entitled to a penny

We are on size 2 teet, she can't handle size 3. Using mam bottles and size 3 is from 4 months.

We went to the English playgroup. Waste of time and money. It's for kids who never heard English words before, I'm sure O was thinking about how stupid everyone looked and sounded.

O bit me today, her little teeth have really grown, 2 at the bottom. She slept 13 hours last night. Yep. Without waking.

Glad to see the ball is rolling now chasing :) and that o is eating things, hope he's ok with the dairy.

e doesn't seem to like salmon with carrot and tomato from the ak book. Mind you he's gone back to being funny with food again. Not sure what to do for the best. Guess I just plod along and get whinged at at mealtimes.

horsey his bottles are at 7, 10:45, 2:30, 6:15 abd 10pm. Plan is to get rid of 10 pm one and do 7,11,3,7 with food at 8, 12, 4, but I'm not so sure about that when he's back to food refusal. Might have to go back to food before milk as you've suggested but then ill worry he won't drink enough.

Either way I'm gonna screw it up, can see it coming.

hope you have a nice day izzy

Hope everyone else is ok too, I'm sure I've missed something

Fish heading your way Kyz. You are not messing anything up. You are doing fabulously x