November 2012 - Is is too early for birthday plans?!

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Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1794169-November-2012-The-Adventure-Continues

Afternoon people :)

pr 9 months? Really? Scary stuff!

vq everybody should be treated the same I agree. Especially in the case of what to do with meds, because it surely should be something that is known and even if the go isn't familiar, is there not info they could read, since some seem to know things and others don't? I just don't understand!

kirrin I've said it before but I'll say it again after last night I HAVE to fix my weight. Am seriously unhappy like this but stuck in a downwards spiral and just ending up more miserable.

chasing that's great :) o is clearly thriving!

stunt I've seen my mum deal with my siblings with things like this. Me too. I used to read in the dark until all hours, I loved to read! Kids try and push it sometimes, doesn't make you a bad mum.

Had e's pics done, will post on fb later, they are luffly if I do say so myself

MM have you factored in childcare costs? And even the things M will need as she grows like shoes and clothes? I think you are setting yourself a target way to high.

Also banks will only lend 2.5 joint salaries or 3x single - so assuming your household income is under £100k that's probably going to be prohibitive. Sadly there's a reason your neighbours are police chiefs etc!

Does anyone else's baby fall asleep when you don't want them to. Just a rhetorical question obviously!

Today has been all about the paddling pool, bashing my karai pan (shiny and noisy!) and baking jam tarts (me not the bear).

My weather station says its 38c in the sun and 27c in the shade. Crumbs you guys down south must be melting. I can't help but when I see Orkney on the weather map and its 15c - I still think my Northern Isles pregnancy tourism business is a goer it must be SHIT be heavily pregnant at the mo - it was hard enough to sleep this time last year without these temps.

PR saw your FB post - just big, unprofessional, unBritish hugs .

Imagine being pregnant in London, overdue and the whole world wondering when you're going to pop :o

Though I think there is a pool in Buck House and probably air con so it might not be too bad.

XSIL is 9 months pregnant

YW how is operation cot nap going? I started on Tuesday and he has had every single nap laying on the bed instead of me, since. Another few days of this and I am going to start popping him in the cot.

He's doing really well chasing keep telling you you're doing a fab job :)

The HV also suggested I go to counselling.

Hola,

Well, took p to the docs - she has a nasty sore throat. Glad I took her. No antibiotics but calpol as needed and back next week if no improvement. She even did me the favour of looking a bit sad and flushed. Should I forget offering solids at tea time or offer a wee bit?

Could someone turn the heating down a bit now please? Cat keeps looking at me pointedly as if it is my fault. I am not a fan of the toasty weather TBH and I think a fortnight has been a good run. Fancy some dreich weather now.

P has now mastered pulling herself up to standing. We only put the cot down 2 weeks ago. It'll need to go down again as a matter of urgency.

chasing I am delighted your HV was full of praise. Your warmth and utter commitment to O just beams out of everything you write. He is a credit to you.

Well, Mm I would say that if anyone can do it you can. Could you have a sliding scale? Like a best case scenario, second, third and so on. Our house is minute, in dodgyville but cost much more than it should have. To make the next move we are going to have to make compromises.

Me too kyz. I think I said the other day that I wanted to be back t pre-baby weight before going back to work. I feel under loads of pressure - lots of women have gone back thinner than ever and looking fab. I feel a lardy mess.

You got it in one YW! The part of the story that really makes me rage is that a) I was supposed to feel flattered that I was even considered for the fucking top ten and b) I was shooshed and told I 'should enjoy it' by another woman. A great and a very dear friend but one who doesn't get why I freeze these guys out rather than play the flirty just to get my job done. Bearing in mind I am trying to advocate for children! Why should I need to flutter my eyelashes to get the best or kids in my care? Fucking nobbers

Chasing counselling is a great idea - you've been in an abusive relationship there's no wonder your mood is a bit up and down as you try to get over it.

Operation cot nap commenced yesterday afternoon - he's managed 2/3 in the cot but I had a transfer fail from buggy to cot just now don't want him to associate the cot with crying and wanting out as he's such a good night sleeper so after 5 mins of hysterics I got him out. He's having a feed with a heartbroken expression on his face

Might be worth thinking about chasing. How do you feel about it?

Kyz we normally hit 5 by lunchtime. Fruit puree in weetabix for breakfast. Tomato, mushroom and onion plus tuna and mackerel as pasta sauce for lunch, plus mango and melon to nom. Tonight's dinner is veg dal with homemade nan (slow cooker and bread machine!) it's easy!

Advice pls. Lo has 7oz of formula when he woke at 8ish. He then had weetabix at 10am. And banana and yogurt at 12ish. Normally he has a bottle at 1pm n has a nap then another bottle at 4 when he wakes.

Today/yesterday he has refused 1am and now 4pm feed. Surely 1bottle is not enough ? He doesn't drink out of a sippy cup. He doesn't have water out of a bottle/cup. But with it being so hot am concerned he will get dehydrated. Any tips or advice?

GT My DD has 8oz in morning and 8ozs at 7pm. Its all she wants now. Keep encouraging the juice and water though

Feel bad! This morning I got my 'club 10' at SW. This means I have lost a total of 10 % of my body weight fat .

So today we are having a total blow out! It's DP's birthday and we've been in Manchester eating ourselves silly.

Well. We would if we could! Eyes now defo bigger than bellies!

For lunch I had (both of us had actually!!) Chiquitos nachos. But not the regular sized! We both had a portion of the sharing platter ones.

Sooooooo bad. Very bad. Plus then I had some potato skins and churros for after.

We groaned and moaned our way around the shops and haven't been able to eat since! We had every intention of having all kinds of yummy shite!

We're getting Krispy kremes Sorry Stunt and YW! for this evening nom nom!

Think O is up for blw now. He is trying to steal foods off plates all the time! Going to do a little BLW stock pile of appropriate Oscar and dairy free food!

I've read the fred but am going to do a proper post later! Just on the way to see DS1 in his leavers concert. Thank fuck for waterproof mascara!

Have read. Brain melted.

GT if he won't take fluids by any means, then fruit like melon is a good way of getting fluids in. Or adding water to fruit purees, if he'll eat them?

Det yum!

PR words fail me (again).

Chasing good work O, a shame that you will have to leave that hv - I hope there is as good a hv in MK. Well done on everything you've done today - all good first steps.

The heat is so hot that nobody is getting sick or they're all dead at home somewhere so today I saw...no patients. Not one. All day. Got sent home early afternoon as there were 6 or more of us twiddling our thumbs!

Oh! And today, mummy roaring = not funny, not at all. Carrier bag being scrunched, on the other hand. Freaking hilarious!

I'm certainly up for counselling, although I need to figure out how to access it. And everyone, please remind me that I am not ready to 'get back on the horse' again yet. Although I must day that MK appears to have a higher population of good looking men. Win.

I know what you mean about the cot YW. O has no trouble sleeping in his cot at night and I don't want to cause any negative associations, so I am taking it vair slowly.

Oscar is now 17lb 11 for whoever was asking about weight t'other day. He is between 25-50th centiles, but 91st for length and head circumference which explains the episiotomy

I thought you doctor types would be busy in this weather pig. Although my HV did say she had lots of people standing her up today.

Mummy with hiccups or pretending to = funniest thing ever here. Found out by accident when I got a bout whilst cutting his nails

Haha chasing. I am certainly not ready to meet anyone but my oh my i would love to shag my neighbour. He looks like channing Tatum, scrummy. No chance though, there is a live-in girlfriend.

WRT the house, it is an absolute pipe dream, I totally get this. If A, B, and C and a lottery win fall into place, then on paper it works. I know this won't be the reality though...

Milk: M has 6oz first thing, another 6oz either late morning or mid afternoon (depending on meal times) and 6oz at bedtime. Sometimes another 6oz overnight although not always. She drinks plenty of water throughout the day though. I weighed her this morning - 18lbs 2oz - she is up to 75th centile

Chasing counselling sounds like a good step forwards.

PR - what a shitty situation. More unbrittishy hugs.

In sad news, a girl I tutored about 4 years ago went missing today. They found her body about an hour ago. I feel dreadful for her family

Oh MM that is dreadful

Lily Channing Tatum? I would move to Hungary for that!

Speaking of neighbours, my new flat is one of four in a building. Apparently the other occupants are a family, a single man and two teachers. Am hopeful that the teachers are male. And young. And hot.

Unwise things to do in the heat #54 - bake dairy free cakes. My kitchen is like a sauna. Gross. Had forgotten how yummy raw cake mix is though

Lily [blokey chuckle]

MM unbelievably sad news.

Since I went back to work, I feel incredibly anxious. I'm hoping it will pass, but all the old fears of F dying in her sleep, or my parents crashing the car on the way down and dying, they're all coming to the fore again. To the point where I am considering phoning my mum and asking them not to bring my brother down, but make him come separately, because then if they crash, they won't all die. I KNOW I am being ridiculous. But I can't shake the thoughts. Has anyone else had this when they've gone back to work?