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November 2012 - The Adventure Continues

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StuntNun · 03/07/2013 05:10

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1787896-November-2012-Crawling-Already-Uh-oh

This thread's topic is what size of nappies are your babies in? And how are the cloth bum babies doing?

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fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:28

pass like phoebe in the friends episode, princess consuela banana hammock, or something like that. I'm such a friends geek

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 09/07/2013 21:28

I hear you det. My house is mine. DH won't even inherit it. He can live here until death or remarriage though, but the house is for the DC. We're married but finances completely separate. A few reasons for that, but we do what works for us. Which has got to be the case for every couple. What works for you. But get advice and think about it all going wrong and make a plan. I have seen so many people completely fucked because they assumed it would all be ok, people would act in a certain way, and then they didn't, or they didn't want to pay for legal advice and were then stung for thousand to sort out a mess. Make a plan, pay a couple of hundred quid to get advice, and then forget all about it, safe in the knowledge that it probably won't be needed and you've saved yourself a whole heap of angst and ££££££ as well. On phone so can't namecheck the person with a plan, but you are so right to do this!

Our wedding was v traditional which surprised a lot of our guests. Civil ceremony, we're atheists. But big white dress, dad 'gave' me away, speeches etc. I think most people were shocked I didn't make a speech! Was a lovely, lovely drunk day.

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:29

I also would hate to be the centre of attention for the day, S's christening was bad enough and that was her day not mine.

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 09/07/2013 21:30

pikz - gold star for you Grin

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 09/07/2013 21:35

Me too fruit, too many of my conversations involve the sentence, "that's just like in Friends when...". Ha.

I surprised myself with marriage, doing it, taking DH's name. I knew I wanted to have the same name as the DC I wanted. But that's partly tied to DH having DSD, I wanted it to be different for me\them than his previous situation.

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:37

I actually annoy myself madame when I watch it because I know all the words.

TheDetective · 09/07/2013 21:39

I too believe it or not would absolutely hate being the centre of attention.

I cringe so much at the thought.

It would have to be the smallest wedding ever.

I also don't think I'd want my mum and dad in the same room venue ever!

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 09/07/2013 21:43

And the intonation as well fruit. Was talking to a colleague today about Jennifer Saunders' character when she says to her DH "oh yes. There. You. Are." And I could hear and replicate the precise tone of her voice

BigPigLittlePig · 09/07/2013 21:46

See I thought I would hate being the centre of attention. On every other day before and since, I have hated it. But on that day....it was wonderful. I felt very special.

DH and I are having a bit of a rough patch understatement. Big old deadly silent row tonight, which very nearly culminated in him going to his parents. Have agreed to speak civilly to each other, and make Wednesday date night. Tomorrow we're going to make cakes together.

Kyz that snog sounds wonderful Smile

Kyzordz · 09/07/2013 21:48

Centre of attention thing definitely wouldn't work for me either, eek!

Forgot to ask, have anyone's lo's dropped bottles and if so how/when do you know they really do not need a bottle? E has four still, takes 8oz at the first and last and sometimes as little as 3 at the one after lunch then usually 5-8 at the one before tea. Does he really need one offering after lunch or do I just keep offering it till he flat out refuses the bottle so I know he definitely doesn't want it? He only drank 8oz at the lunch bottle the time he didn't like his lunch which makes me worry, if there's no bottle at back up and he doesn't eat his solids what then? Or do I keep an emergency pouch of something he likes for times of trying new things?

We do...

7am - bottle
8am - breakfast
11:30am - lunch
12:30pm bottle
3pm - bottle
5:30pm tea
7:30pm bottle

All this feeding malarkey is making it hard to fit naps into too, obviously I'll go with it all for as long as he wants but goshes there's a lot to do!

Kyzordz · 09/07/2013 21:49

bplp hope you and dp manage to sort things and whatnot :)

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:52

kyz I'm feeling exactly the same re fitting it all in! S has only been taking 2-3oz of both her 11am and 3pm bottle and she's only really eating breakfast and dinner, she doesn't eat much at tea at all. I'm still offering, mostly for my own peace of mind, I think at least if I have offered and she doesn't take it then its down to her not me iykwim?

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:53

Date night sounds good bp hopefully a bit of quality time together will help.

MadameGazelleIsMyMum · 09/07/2013 21:54

kyz I think DS is similar, he's taking full bottles first and last thing and just a couple of ounces mid-morning and mid-afternoon. I'm wondering whether he needs the latter two, but figure I will keep offering for the time being.

BigPigLittlePig · 09/07/2013 21:55

Kyz I would keep offering but what do I know - if it helps, our day goes like this

6am feed (bleurgh)
7am breakfast
9am nap
11am bottle
12.30 nap
1.30 lunch
3.30 bottle
5.30 tea
6.30 feed

The 3.30 feed is always a bit hit, but the morning one is gradually reducing.

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 21:55

Oh, S still has full bottles morning and night, made that sound like she wasn't then.

TheDetective · 09/07/2013 22:01

I don't even know any more Kyz! O is waking 50% of the time once in the night, plus 6am ish. In those two feeds he will have around 5oz each time. Breakfast a little while after that.

Then lunch time I give him another if he hasn't wanted it sooner. Then a food lunch if we can manage it (figure more important to give the milk than the food still at this point?). Another bottle around 4pm, dinner anything from 5-6.30pm, with bedtime between 7-8pm and a bottle.

So really he varies quite a bit tbh. I'm concerned as today he didn't wake til almost 6, and took 5oz. Then took another 5oz at 12. But at 4.30 he took 1oz, and a shoveled a second oz in to him as it was hot, and we were out and I was concerned about dehydration. At bedtime he took 4oz.

So 4 feeds of 16oz in all, plus 1oz of water (at the most, and most of that was spat out).

I take 20oz as the minimum he should be having.

MsJupiterJones · 09/07/2013 22:01

Hello quichesters I seem to have missed nearly a whole thread!

Hope all are doing well (esp VQ and chasing).

I see the talk has turned to weddings, I got married back in 2002, just because really, no plans to have babies at that point or need for security but we were just really in love and knew that we'd always be together. I don't actually believe in soulmates or 'the one' but at the same time I knew DH was absolutely the right man for me. We'd had a short split during which I checked out a few others just to be sure...

Our wedding cost a few grand, nothing like weddings nowadays. Church (I was a believer in those days) then buffet at a local sports clubhouse. Frock from Debenhams. It was wonderful and I've never been to a wedding I enjoyed as much since!

Sorry that was quite long, just got to remembering what a good day it was. And ten years later we had an even happier day when DS joined us and a couple became a family.

TheDetective · 09/07/2013 22:02

Oooh, sounds quite similar to others then.

He doesn't really cry for the feeds, but he gets uber excited when he sees the bottle. And even more excited when I shake it! So I offer it in the hope he will take something!

BigPigLittlePig · 09/07/2013 22:05

Det the dietitian we saw said 17oz was the magic number, as opposed to 20. Not that F ever hits that.

I weighed her today, she's only put on 3oz in 3 weeks. This is a girl who has consistently put on 5-6oz a week since birth porker. I feel a bit guilty about night weaning now.

fruitpastilles · 09/07/2013 22:05

det that's exactly the same as S, she does the biggest grins when she sees her bottle and her arms and legs flap like mad.

TheDetective · 09/07/2013 22:11

Ah, ours said 20! For calcium levels!

But she said it depends on the brand of formula!

They slow down about now BP, have a look at the curve as it starts to tail off.

You know what, I think now might be the right time for O if I offer the formula in a beaker during the day times (giving the bottle for comfort in the night times).

So - what is the rule for that? Sterilising - how? Which cups?

There is no way the tommee tippee one will be okay for him with milk feeds.

Also, I will have to make it up in bottles anyway then pour in to cups.

Seems like a faff?

Should I forget it?!

Dunno!

What about making 4oz feeds and offering them 3 hourly during the day?

But then what about the gaviscon?

Fuck it.

ChasingDaisy · 09/07/2013 22:14

pig I hope you and DH manage to sort things out.

Some lovely descriptions of wedding days Smile

I feel very sad that me and O will never have the same surname Sad He's my boy.

I can hear a baby crying very faintly through the baby monitor but O isn't crying Hmm

GTbaby · 09/07/2013 22:16

Advise pls. I can't remember anyone going thro this lady year... Mw measured me at 24wks I'm 28 weeks. The 20wk 24wk scan both fine. At 25wks I was measuring ok. Mw told me heart beat is fine. Baby is prob in a bad position. But will send me for a scan.

Came home and told dh, DH is spewing as he doesn't feel we should wait for a scan date to come through the post. As , if something is wrong then obviously time is important.

I was ok. Until he started stressing out. Now I'm starting to worry.

Help me oh wise ladies!!!

Ps I was feeling weljel of haggis meets the other day. Glad I'm not the only one!
Not coping great with being pg and heat.

Wedding. I loved my wedding day. Had a totally ott typical Indian wedding. Was so much fun.

Woop woop. I caught up till my last post. Lol. Right bk to catching up before then.

BigPigLittlePig · 09/07/2013 22:19

Chasing if there's one thing we have learnt with dsd, it is that a name is just letters. He is your boy no matter what his name is. Dsds legal name is the same as us, but she has been brought up with her mums name. It used to bother dh, but now he doesn't mind, as the most important thing is feeling part of a family.

I'll stop blethering now and go to bed.