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

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StormyBrid · 21/07/2013 08:36

Old thread here.

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

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SoYo · 28/07/2013 13:21

I do love you lot, what a funny mix I'm sure we are in RL, it just goes to show what happens when all perceptions of money, status, appearance etc are removed. Lovely. Isn't it great that in general chat you can mention solar panels and there's someone who knows the best type, I think between us we probably know everything there is to know except how to get a baby to reliably sleep

We're all suddenly full of cold here so we're having a family sofa day with te curtains closed watching a film. Mini-Yo has just enjoyed some naked wriggling time & now I'm feeding her lying down on the sofa & she's falling asleep hugging my boob like its a teddy, very cute.

I'm still holding out a bit on weaning here. She was 5m yesterday but I'd like her to be sat a bit straighter etc to make it as easy as possible plus I need to get some plastic sheets & things before we start painting walls, floor and everything in between with avocado chunks and carrot mush!

Plonkysaurus · 28/07/2013 16:32

Stormy you'll be glad she spat her narna out. The nappy today was not pleasant. DP is currently feeding him some baby porridge, so I look forward to what tomorrow's nappy may bring Hmm. We'll start blw once he's able to eat a wider range of foods I think, so off to invest in the dreaded ice cube trays and a hand blender.

Hmm five kids. I think my problem with having more than one is that I just would not have the mental capacity to cope, to give them all the attention they require to flourish into functioning adults. My BFF is the eldest of five and her mums an orrible cah (though I'm sure this was the case before she created her brood). Thankfully Something is much nicer than bff's nasty mother, and shed look lovely with a massive brood Grin

Christi sounds like you're getting along brilliantly. Busy days eh? Enjoy those lie ins while you can.

SoYo hope it's been a calm afternoon. Feel well soon!

Sadly I never met my floozy granny as she enjoyed one too many G&Ts, but her legend is alive and well. We finally had another roll over this afternoon so I'm expecting the cot gymnastics to start in earnest now.

somethingbeginningwith · 28/07/2013 18:12

Aw thanks plonky but I'm quite happy with my one at the moment. I think I'd go crazy with 5!

DS had a banana and blueberry smoothie type concoction this morning. Tomorrow's nappy should be good fun...

Christie wow, lie ins, I can't even remember what they are! Make sure you enjoy them for all of us Smile I'm sure they're well earned after your busy busy days! Unlike mine, my friend treated me to afternoon tea today. And now I'm lazing on the sofa with DS. Well, it is a Sunday after all...

StormyBrid · 28/07/2013 18:13

Actually we did have a scary nappy today. It looked Luke proper poo, in a big twisty coil. I was upstairs failing to sleep at the time, but I'm assured it was revolting.

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worsestershiresauce · 28/07/2013 20:12

Thanks for the tip Pud, the panels we are looking at are German made, and the spiel very convincing, but I'm still in two minds. £££££s expensive, and although are house isn't listed, it is period and 'interesting' so planning may be an issue.

Wow, all the weaning that is going on is making me feel v behind. I did approach the worselet with some carrot today though, which was a start, but also a finish, as her reaction told me she is 100% not ready. That said, despite rejecting the carrot she was showing an undue level of interest in my icecream so perhaps it's just the healthy option she's adverse to like her dad

On the issue of whether to extend the brood to more than one worselet, I'd love to, and the sooner the better. However, given extreme age and general knackeredness nature may not amenable to the idea, in which case I will be happy and grateful for my lot. For someone who spent decades convinced a baby would be the worst thing ever to happen to them I have come a long way!!!

Feel better SoYo, colds suck Sad

Comedy news for the day, tiddlers love stubble. Fact. If any of you have DHs who go for the weekend fuzz face look, see what happens when small baby hands touch it. Mini-worse cracks up. She thinks it is the funniest thing ever and she is never going near my legs

vjhist85 · 28/07/2013 20:40

Don't worry worse, we're not even trying weaning until 6 months so still 6 weeks to go for us! Also re: solar panels, I have nothing useful to add other than the fact my parents got some 2 years ago, and haven't yet stopped going on about how pleased they are with them.

DH and I were having the 'when shall we have the next one' chat today (he was very well-behaved and didn't point out it was unlikely if I don't rediscover some libido). It took 2 years to conceive dd due to severe PCOS on my part, and we were one cycle away from starting clomid when I got pregnant, so the sooner the better, but financially we need to make sure I've been back at work long enough to be entitled to maternity pay again! We want 3- would have more if we had a bigger house and an unlimited money pot! I'm one of 3 on my mum's side and 4 on my dad's, and although sometimes annoying when I was younger I LOVE being part of a big family now and can't wait for the noisy mealtimes and organises chaos of my childhood! Everyone talking over each other, banter, teasing, stealing food off each others plates (all of this still happens now we're all grown up, just with added booze!)

pudtat · 28/07/2013 22:47

Gaah! I do get cross when posts get eaten!

Not up to weaning here yet, LO can't sit up well enough yet and still has too much of a pokey-outy reflex if today's efforts to get a pic of him with the comedy pacifier my friend bought him as a gift are an indicator (he doesn't have a dummy). I may try and add it to my profile somewhen...

Mind you dh is very excited about it, so as soon as he's ready sure he'll be getting us underway. Will have to look at high chairs, but think bumbo will have to do for now.

Still no full rolls here, but he keeps flipping himself on his side. Won't be too long now!

Personal training session today was good, hard but in a good way. Grin my abs are in there somewhere as they can be made to pull!

pudtat · 28/07/2013 22:50

Ooh, and re panels I believe that if they are going on a roof with an angle over a certain number, rather than on a wall, then even in a conservation area you don't need planning if not listed (unless installing megawattage of course!)

We had ours done about 18 months ago and they have been great. Recent weather has seen me running washing machine and dishwasher on top of usual stuff (2 fridges, freezer etc) and still have the meter going backwards. Smile

worsestershiresauce · 29/07/2013 06:25

Sounds promising Pud, I'd just assumed we'd need planning based on the fact one of the neighbours currently has an application in. Just goes to show, always research, never assume.

Well done on the training - it feels great to get back to normal doesn't it? I was up at 5am again for a swim, which is my time off and link with the pre-mummy me. I love being a mum, it's the best thing ever, but at the same time it is nice to remember I'm also me.

A bit of a windy night last night in the cot, so I've been up and down (and up and down) all night on settling duty. You've got to feel sorry for the worselet as it can't be pleasant, but there were times when I couldn't help but think 'can you not just fart and have done with it' Grin

I think the mummy me needs to step up now, as I hear conversational coos through the intercom. This usually mean someone has pee-ed the bed and requires assistance. (Anyone else having this problem? the previously infallible pampers night time nappies just aren't cutting it anymore)

Plonkysaurus · 29/07/2013 07:46

Worse aldi nappies. Babysaurus has one go on at 6.30 pm, an d it stays on until 7 am at least!

Eigmum · 29/07/2013 07:48

worse what pampers are you using? We found that as soon as rolling began we needed the active fit ones at night and day and then no more leaks!!

somethingbeginningwith · 29/07/2013 08:17

I second the Aldi nappies. Tried them for the first time this weekend and not a single leak, they also feel really soft!

vjhist85 · 29/07/2013 09:43

We're still using pampers baby dry for nights at the moment. I've got some booster inserts for the reuseables that are supposed to be fab, I'll try them out soon (putting it off because I'm nervous they'll be rubbish and we'll have to go back to waking in the night!) I wish we had an aldi near us, I love lidl but I've heard aldi is even better!!

Day 1 of operation get in shape has started with jillian and her 30 day shred. I can now barely move, and have discovered my pelvic floor is not yet fully recovered and doesn't appreciate jumping jacks...

pudtat · 29/07/2013 09:47

Vj, I use a bamboo booster with a lollipop pop n gro overnight and they go from 6.30 to his 5.30 feed ok. Sometimes all the cot gymnastics will result in a but of a leak, but less than with the pampers actually.

vjhist85 · 29/07/2013 09:58

That's good to know pud- we use bambino mio so I've got some mioboost which have brilliant reviews, I just struggle to imagine how they can hold all that wee!!

Plonkysaurus · 29/07/2013 13:02

Ooh Vj just how bad is the shred? I'm considering doing that, or couch to 5k if I can find the time.

Ds is so grumpy today with his tooth. He's calpolled up but still. I think we might have to go on a very long walk. Also, work have overpaid me by nearly £700. Oh how I wish I could keep it Envy. I mean its their mistake, right?

StormyBrid · 29/07/2013 13:18

More handy advice from Eig there, although it's not just leaks causing a damp bed here. The bottom corner of the sleeping bag smells milky. I can only assume she shoved it so far into her mouth she threw up. Anyway, fortuitously we are nearly out of babydry but just got a 204 pack of active fit. Will start using those at night.

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Plonkysaurus · 29/07/2013 15:40

Shut the front door, Vj I've just done the shred. I didn't need rubber pants but I've sweated my own body weight. Off for a cigarette now to get some fresh air and cool down. I hope it chucks it down while I'm out there.

Shouldn't have scaled the mini mountain with the buggy earlier.

somethingbeginningwith · 29/07/2013 15:51

Oh no! We're teething again. DS has been so grumpy all day but until we were on our way back from a looong walk, I didn't put 2 and 2 together. Surely 2 teeth is enough for now? I've bonjela'd and felt a little something poking out of the front at the top. Calpol tonight!

What's this 30 day shred? Sounds brutal, I may have to look into it...

Plonkysaurus · 29/07/2013 16:01

Oh dear something more already?! Wow.

This is the shred watch it if you dare Grin

ecofreckle · 29/07/2013 16:32

Oh plonky that?s frustrating. You?d spend it and then they?ll ask for it back. It?d be so nice to view it as a perk for all the extra hours you?ve done over the years ;-)

All your weaning chat makes me think I should get up in the loft to get down the highchair. I do, like you said pud, think she?ll end up face first in the carrots though as she flops forward like that in her bumbo. I am resolving to put away the magazines and start reading the BLW book that SIL gave me. On that topic worse carrot mush can be kept for 24 hours in fridge (just as long as it isn?t the classic culinary combo of carrot avec breast milk) I read it in a book last night.

vj sounds like you?d fit right in with my dad?s family. He?s one of 15 (same parents, no twins) so it must have been a right bun fight around their table. I believe they had sittings?..

How?s the cold soyo? Bothersome I?d imagine. It does ramp up the snores in a cute way though eh? And I love the boob hug too. So sweet. And I am not one to get gooey over things like that. Hormones are powerful drugs.

Stormy your sleep sounds really crappy. Do you ever have patches where you get back to sleep after feeds better? I have found that lying down to feed and not engaging with any technology has helped me get back to sleep afterwards, although that might be coincidental. Lying awake when your baby is peacefully sleeping is uber frustrating. Sleepy vibes your way.

something how was the blueberry nappy? Blue?

kff great work on the sleep. These babies are growing up now as they graduate into ?I can sleep school?.

Remember the comedy caper I had with a 3 week old that saw me stranded in the cold city with a new born, no coat, no house/car keys and an awol husband? Well, we had another similar session yesterday. I was travelling back from Dad/sister?s on my own with DD. Timed to miss Sunday holiday switch-over traffic and to get back in time for ?normal? bedtime. Had a tyre blow out. Pretty scary. Never had that happen before. Bang, then a weird feeling car that you feel you have to stop asap. A bolt had torn into the tyre. I stopped and rang RAC, it was so hot in stationary car I stepped outside to make call but road noise forced me back in. Too hot to remain there with a baby but RAC were pretty unfussed by that and told me it?d be 90 mins. I called my DH who by coincidence was also on the road not too far away. DD meanwhile did a massive poo that got everywhere when I opened the nappy?.changing her on the floor. It was all over both of us when mechanic rang to update me about whereabouts. DH came and the plan was to switch cars so I could drive on with baby. But no. RAC said it must be ME with car when they turned up. Ok, I thought, send DD back with Daddy. But Daddy randomly had a mattress in the back of his car. That?s ok, put her in the front. But no. Airbag that couldn?t be disabled. Ok I thought, let?s transfer mattress to my car. So, with DH looking after baby I (in my too short, flared dress on the side of a busy, very windy road) unloaded everything from my car over to his (case, bags, fan, basket of nappies, nappy pail, stroller?..). We don?t travel too lightly when we go away for a weekend! There were a lot of bags  But that?s ok I thought because we can switch the loads with a bit of effort and get DD on her way. But no. The mattress didn?t fit in my car. 2 inches too little space. Gggrrr?.. re-packed cars and coped with tearful, overtired, bored baby for remainder of 2 hour journey in thick traffic once my car was fixed.

I like an adventure me.

And plonky I just saw you are hardcore. The shred sounds terrifying. You go girl!

SoYo · 29/07/2013 17:12

Jeez Eco, what a nightmare! Glad you're all ok though!

The cold is annoying but hopefully on its way out. I've got this awful tickly cough that appears at inconvenient moments, mostly when I've just got dd to sleep!

I'm going to have a peek at the shred stuff but I'm scared, buggy bootcamp nearly killed me this morning so goodness knows what that would do! It's not like I'm helping myself though, I noticed earlier we were out of biscuits so have made some shortbread. I predict the whole batch will do gone by the end of the day. I have no willpower!

worsestershiresauce · 29/07/2013 17:53

The worselet self settled... for the first time ever in the entire history of her small life!!!!! I'm so excited I just had to get that out there, before reading everyone else's news. If I wasn't such a decrepit old bird I'd be doing cartwheels. I am 100% sure that I will never ever be able to recreate this momentous moment, but just in case I have made notes. To avoid boring you all senseless the potted version is put her in the (previously written off as useless and now resurrected) babasling so that she doesn't sleep on the walk, and take a shower when we get back. The combination of being awake for a long time outside, and the soothing hum of the shower pump have a magic soporific effect. Yay Grin

OMG Eco, just read your post. Nightmare with a capital N. That's the sort of day you couldn't make up (and wouldn't want to). Glad you're ok.

I may possibly have eaten the leftover carrot Blush but thanks for the tip

Eig thanks for the nappy advice, I'll try the active version. No Aldi nearby Plonky, more's the pity. People keep recommending it for various things and I'm beginning to feel left out.

VJ I can just see you with a big brood... and your family sound like a lot of fun. On the PCOS front, I had it, and didn't get on with the stuff they prescribed so followed the advice of a specialist endocrinologist who suggested following a diet suitable for a type 2 diabetic, and keeping fit. I've done that for the past 10 years and have no cysts now... not one. It might just be coincidence but it is worth bearing in mind. That said, I know several couples who had a baby very easily after struggling to have their first due to PCOS. Pregnancy it seems can sort it out.

Loathe as I am to do so I am now going to wake the self settled worselet as it is bath time. Bedtimes are so much easier when I stay on schedule.

Anypants · 29/07/2013 18:09

Reeeeealllllly high pitched squealing. All day. That is all.

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Anypants · 29/07/2013 18:10

Oh and my phone's b*ggered so I can't get on t'internet on it. Having to go old school on the laptop so can't post when feeding. Aaaargh - bad day.