March 2013 - still too sleep deprived to think of a funky title

[StormyBrid]

Old thread here.

We seemed to be running out of space (again) so I made us a new thread.

Hi everyone! I love you all. That is all!

You too Eig!!!

Leni have missed what the dr said?

Ok I should own up... Due to OH not getting up today or yesterday and the clinic only being open until 11.30am I haven't made it for bloods yet. I'm going tomorrow come what may.

Hi all, just checking in after a quick skim read.

Eco - everyone's allowed a meltdown. Totally. Scaring the little brats outside Hollister gives you real bonus points. One day one of them may be on maternity leave, and suddenly remember you. Kudos.

VJ (I think I've got the right person!) how's DH? Your concerns are not at all selfish, I'd be thinking the same. Hope all is well.

Stormy Shirebrook? T'uncle lives there. Small world indeed! As for hormones, I'm pathetic with them. I bled the entire time I had the implant, and microgynon made me a fat, sobbing loser (no change there then). I'm on Femodette now, I believe it's a nice low dosage pill. Certainly works, and makes me feel less insane than anything else I've tried.

Peanut welcome back amigo. I was wondering where you'd ran orf to.

Christi your posts are so lovely, certainly not ignored.

Leni Hope you get some answers at the docs.

Worse CYSTS?! Why the feck has this not come to light before now? Oh dear. However, it sounds like you're finally getting somewhere.

Something glad you're in, despite the rubbish sellers!

Holiday has been...interesting. Mostly very good, flight went without a hitch (plan to order purees and milk from airport worked perfectly) and dp's family have been great at giving me a break and helping out with DS. A local kind of punch (consisting mainly of local 'rum' - cane sugar spirit) has gone down very well, but the bout of IBS suffered due to this family's appalling diet (bread, bread and more bread) put something of a spanner in the works. On the other hand I've become one huge freckle, they're actually joining up. Met some lovely people and seen some wonderful sights, and our decision to swap the rickety maclaren for a phil and teds was brilliant preparation for such a mountainous destination. We've been in the pool every day and DS has started to get used to it (it's not heated) but only if I hold him quite close. He's also discovered his todger. DS is carrying on with weaning, he's even eating sausages in enormous bites now so I'm starting to consider reducing his bottles and seeing how we go. Flying tomorrow but am far more nervous about this one as it'll massively disrupt (land at 9.30, aim to be home about midnight) but have the weekend to adjust.

Leni, when you say oh didn't get up, do you mean that despite you being ill and needing a blood test, he didn't get out of bed for 2 days? I really hope I read that wrong, or that there is a seriously good reason. If not I volunteer myself to come up to Greenwich and give him a good old fashioned bollocking. Go tomorrow, please, we're all worried about you.

So, DH is home, minus one appendix. It's amazing how someone who makes so much fuss at the slightest affliction has somehow discovered some stoicism at the time he is the most ill and in the most pain he has ever been in. However, running around after him and dd is quite exhausting, and as he is under strict instructions not to lift anything heavy (including a tiddler 15lb baby) for 4 weeks, that looks set to continue. The worst part? The bloody in-laws, who I thought I wouldn't have to see for at least a month, are coming down tomorrow and staying 'til Monday. Thank god they refuse to stay in my house, because they are very demanding guests, even when just around for a cuppa.

Good news is that the company that has recently taken over the team DH works for are MUCH nicer than the last lot, and he will be on full pay. So the mortgage will get paid.

Thank god autumn is due to arrive tomorrow. I am so ready. I couldn't live somewhere without seasons, I love all 4 of them, and 3 months is just long enough for me to be ready for the next!

As usual, struggling to name check. Whoever loves us all, right back atcha. Whoever is exhausted, wishing you a good night. Have we heard from eco recently? I remember that the post I lost was telling her she is not cracking up, she is amazing. Hope she and ecobaby are ok.

Right. To bed. Hopefully DH will be less sore tomorrow, at the moment if I move the duvet too much he grimaces!

Oh and hello plonk, just wanted to appreciate your use of the word todger. Much underused in my opinion. I shall endeavour to say it more often.

plonk glad to hear the jollys have gone well! Hope the flight home is as stress free as the flight there. And remember, you can never have too much aftersun

stormy a lot of my family are from Shirebrook! Small world indeed!

leni make sure you go tomorrow, come what may or you'll have the wrath of the MN March thread to face!

vj I'm glad your OH is back and on the mend.

The weaning is going well here, although it has kind of taken a back seat (bad mummy) as there's so much stuff to do in the house seeing how I ripped all the wallpaper off in the hall in a passive aggressive state on moving day but he did have toast and pasta and cheese today. Veggies tomorrow, I promise. He's also starting to master sitting up for longer lengths of time and is now officially in 6-9 month clothes. I know it's cliché but...it's bloody flown by, hasn't it? Where did the newborns go??

something cheese you say? I tried that... I even googled first to check it was ok, but with the worselet it wasn't. Not sure what happened but I gave her the tiniest amount, perhaps the size of a grape seed, mushed up on my finger. One taste and she started to vomit.... really vomit.... her entire bottle of milk, all 7flozzes of it, it an unending stream. It was horrendous. Wrapped her in a towel, bathed her, cuddled her, gave her some water, and then another bottle as having puked her dinner she was course hungry. Is she allergic? Did she maybe gag? I have no idea, but it has really put me off weaning. Poor little mite was soaked in vomit from head to toe as was I

VJ excellent news re DH and the better sick pay policies. Less good news re the in-laws. Some things in life are sent to try us.

I will be interested to see how your attempts to work 'todger' into daily conversation pan out. What with mini-vj being a girl and all

Leni your DH needs a slap. I am available to administer. Please try and see the doctor asap, your health is so important. Looking after a baby is exhausting at the best of times, and can be just too much if you are ill as well.

Plonk sounds like a fab holiday! What temp was the pool? I'm nervous about taking the tiddler swimming, but friends have just given us a baby floaty thing to sit her in so if we get another scorching day I might give it a go. It can't be any less successful than the cheese episode, and we survived that experiment. Just.

And yes, cysts. How did that not get noticed.... well because me GP is pants. Every GP I've ever seen is pants. Perhaps they all are.... who knows.

Eig Luffs you too. Luffs everyone! Old sop me.

Leni I hope you're dressed and ready for a wander to the clinic. And that OH is up and dressed and looking after DS for you. If he's not, tell him the wrath of mumsnet may hunt him down if he doesn't get up.

Plonko glad the holiday (and the flights) have been good. Sausages, eh? Are you following the HV's ultra-cautious advice and taking the skins off? We're having sausages tonight, will have to see what Fartypants makes of them.

Speaking of Fartypants, we are also in 6-9 clothes at the moment, because the Day of Multiple Explosions coincided with pretty much everything 3-6 being in the wash. We had a very limited range in 3-6 though, and much more 6-9, so I'm looking forward to getting her in new outfits.

As for Shirebrook, I hear it's one of those places where everyone's related to everyone. The man tells me when he was at school, if he liked a girl, the first port of call was always his nan, to discover how closely related they are. So Plonko, with just an uncle, who knows? But something, our babies are very probably distant cousins.

vj yay for the mortgage but boo for the in laws. Perhaps they could do some running around after DH for you?

worse we had a vomit like that with pasta when we were starting to offer her bits of our food. It was a twirly bit of pasta, and she gagged on it, and the entire (orange) contents of her stomach came up, all over my leg. Haven't given her pasta since, although may try again soon as she's much better at moving food round her mouth now.

High five to Eig (and anyone else who's baby turned up on the 8th, KFF perhaps?) - we made it to six months!

stormy yep on sunday we would have survived for 6 months. We are having a bit of a family get together as 6 months is celebrated in my culture. Im not sure why. Its just something i have grown up with. Need to ask grandparents for the details. wow i never thought i would get through 6 weeks never mind 6 months.

plonky its great you had a nice holiday.

leni i hope your OH is up and looking after ds while you have your bloods done.

vjay hope you are ok with caring for both dh and LO. I wonder which is the baby and more demanding.

Im waiting for another weaning nappy. What am i doing wrong? Why is ds getting constipated? He has lots of water and fruit. I hate seeing him squeeze till his red in the face without any result.

We are slowly edging into 9-12months. My baby is a tall giant boy.

6-9?!? 9-12?!? Tiddler (aptly named it would seem) is 6 months tomorrow. She is currently wearing a 0-3 vest, 3-6 jeans and t-shirt. However, m&s 3-6 sleepsuits (which to be fair do come up big) still look completely ridiculous on her.

vj if it makes you feel better, DD is swamped by today's 6-9 ensemble.

KFF not sure you're doing anything wrong, per se. Solids must be a bit of a shock to the system when all you've ever had is milk. Even a "perfectly" weaned baby would have some intestinal issues, I'm guessing.

Have just had yet another feed where she starts kicking off halfway through. Reheated it, put her on the changing mat, pinned her arms, and not only did she finish it, she cleared an extra ounce too. Aren't they supposed to like it body temperature? Not this baby...

Clothes sizes are ridiculously confusing! Mini-Yo was 6m last week & is on 75th centile for weight & 91st for height. She still fits in a few 0-3m bits, most 3-6m & some 6-9m. Most odd!

We haven't had any huge weaning vomits but have had 2 scary chokes. Both fine after a good slap on the back but scary none the less. Im trying not to let it put me off because she's loving the food & her swallow is improving. Must be brave!!

It's a miserable wet day here but I'm so glad it's autumn! The boots and cardis are out, madam has cute tights on, I'm done with sweaty summer!!!

Stormy mini-v likes her milk very warm (probably too warm, but that's how she wants it and it doesn't seem to be burning her...)

Calling all mam bottle users. We're on size 3 teats, but dd is showing signs of wanting to go up a size. They do a 6+ month teat but on closer inspection it calls itself '6+ month, cross cut, fast flow for thicker liquids' anyone tried it? The liquid is obv no thicker... All other brands do a 6+ month teat which say nothing about thicker liquids... Again, bloody mam bottles, why do they have to be so good and so annoying at the same time?!?

soyo I too have had a couple of 'chokes' on bread and carrot where she's not got the hang of chewing off a small bit. She tends to stuff a load in and choke a bit then spit it out. I think some of it goes down but she's not 'eating' much so I give her something like a yoghurt after - easy to swallow, all if it goes in.

Talking of sizes, DD is still in some newborn outfits, some 0-3 and some 3-6. She grew 1cm from month 5 to 6 so I think all the really cute outfits that I bought in anticipation of her being massive by now will just have to wait. The good news us that the seriously cool hooded jacket that she only wore twice before it got too hot, is now making a comeback - it says 'up to 1 month' on the label....

You know what, I usually enjoy every second of baby time, but today I'm struggling. Weaning is hell. DD was 6 months this week, so technically speaking I need to crack on with it, but my gut is telling me she isn't ready. Every attempt at food proper is met with at best general disinterest, and at worst miserable tears. If I give her some food to hold, she doesn't put it in her mouth, just drops it. If I give her a spoon to hold she pushes it away. Very occasionally she'll summon up a bit of enthusiasm and taste something, but that's about it. It doesn't matter when I feed her - before milk, after milk, no where near milk time, she just doesn't want any.

So wise women of weaning world. Do I keep foisting purées on her, or do I leave it a while and try again?

On a more positive note, today for no reason the tiddler got a fit of the giggles, and just couldn't stop. It was the cutest thing ever.

.... and clothes wise we're in 6-9 months here. She'll be towering over me by senior school

Theoretically, worse, we're supposed to start weaning at six months, so no worries if she's not really into it just yet. Maybe leave it a week, then just offer her a little of what you're having? A taste counts as a win at this stage.

Worse that's how DD was in the beginning. I left it a couple of days then tried again. I found that having her on my lap and handing her something worked better a couple of times and now she's happy to pick up the food herself from the tray of her bumbo (she's too small for the high chair).

And a big to the giggles - still not getting any kind of laughter here but she does grin like an idiot and looks like she's laughing with the sound off...

Food today: a bit of my yoghurt (a spoonful for me, then a spoonful for her) went down well; a bit of my bread and tuna mayo (she does like dribbling on bread and ends up eating bits by accident); some pasta goo out of a jar at my dad's. She definitely prefers helping me eat to sitting in the booster chair being fed.

Speaking of my dad, he brought her home this afternoon, massively overtired, orange of eyebrow, and with her first ever bump on the head. The bump I can forgive, as she's good at throwing herself over backwards. The overtired I can blame my brother for - she'd just gone for a nap when he turned up, clomped up the stairs in search of my dad, and woke her up. The orange eyebrows though, I scrubbed and scrubbed in the bath and they're still orange, and I can only blame myself for choosing the pasta goo in the first place.

Also, pretty sure we actually do now have teeth incoming. She was chewing my finger earlier and it hurt.

Hello! Ducking in to say to worse not to sweat the weaning. If I were you I'd just sit her on my lap whenever I eat and just observe. The first three months are all about being inquisitive and playing. Remember nutrients still coming from milk. Trust your instinct. You'll know when she's ready.
Ducking out again as am still being a stroppy cow with nowt good to say!
I will be back though. Still in search of mojo. Going to try the knicker drawer.

Thanks everyone - I'm going to leave it for while, and maybe as suggested have her on my knee when I'm eating. Instincts are better than books aren't they

Worse food is fun until you're one. She doesn't need it and it's making you both so just give her afew weeks until she's trying to nick your cakes, then you'll know she's ready. Mini-Yo tried to start BLW with a cream & jam scone!

Stormy you're famous, you've made it to the MN roundup email! Mr Tumnus hey?