November 2012 - Next stage car seats and yet more teething

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1808232-November-2012-Summertime-and-the-babies-are-sleeping-mostly-with-a-few-notable-exceptions

Poo smell solved. The farmers have been muck spreading (although smells nothing like normal manure) and the way the wind is blowing, has blown the smell in the back of the house but not the front, hence why I could only smell it on the landing. Relief!

BP it has probably been treated with something or be fresher than usual.

Glad your poo hunt found you a big one!

Kyz I did not think you were ungrateful. I was just trying to reassure you that it is wonderfully normal You are such a good attentive mum. Slightly odd about dragging one leg. May be worth mentioning it when you next see a doctor? Perhaps he is just a bit stronger on one side. If he crawls fine on carpet I am sure it is nothing to worry about.

madame thankyou :)
kyz I think you worry too much my dear, I think you are fab though, I also wouldn't worry about E s leg ATM it's probably just his little way:)

Oo hi all. vq I feel so much better. After pottering a bit uncomfortable, and I am still limiting lifting. I can carry O but am not lifting anything heavier than him. I am still bleeding, not a full blown stream, but constantly but I feel (don'tknow how,instinct, lunacy) that it is no longer post op, people have been rummaging inside me, bleeding, but Mirena withdrawal bleeding. So I really hope that settles down soon.

I have gone back to taking supplements as well and been quite good about my diet this week so all things considering I feel great in myself. Despite the shite night last night and extreme heat today.

Thankyou vq, I must admit i am concerned about the dragging of the leg, but he can crawl quite quickly now on carpet and does not drag his leg then. I am going to keep an eye on him and check if it's the same leg but what he does is he moves his hands a couple of places, moves one knee and has the other leg curled under, almost half sitting, it's a bit of a shuffle. Then he will sit up and look about and then move a bit more. He often crawls to the lounge doorway (hall is not carpet, lounge is) goes out a tiny way then comes back. I hope it's just that he doesn't feel completely safe at the minute rather than any hip problems. I don't know whether to take him to the gp or go to weigh in and ask there next tuesday, what do you think?

Three glasses of wine in me and three children in bed! I just had a rough day today, I feel emotional and weepy for no reason (I'm mid-cycle) and DS1 and J decided to team up on me at the cinema. I don't know why, they were fine in Tuesday when we saw the Wolverine which wasn't great but it was a damn sight better than the Smurfs 2. DS1 slept in until midday so he didn't get his meds today but it was J that was the real problem. I have bilateral elbow tendinitis, lower back pain, bilateral hip bursitis and sciatica so holding a wriggling screaming baby is extremely difficult. He was going completely rigid, arching his back, shrieking, scratching, pinching, basically doing as much to hurt me as he possibly could. So I'm feeling sorry for myself and unsupported at the moment.

DH said yesterday that my BIL will be over tomorrow afternoon and early evening and should we invite him and the PIL round for dinner. I thought it would be a bit much to manage so he said maybe we could all go out for dinner which seemed like a good suggestion to me so no one has to cook for lots of extra people. Fast forward to today and apparently his BIL wants to visit his friend who has just had a baby and they will let us know when they are available or they may just call in to see us. This friend, who is a mutual friend btw, lives near my BIL but he is over visiting his own parents. So he's making time to see his friend that he can see whenever he wants while his own brother (i.e. my DH) is left hanging to be seen if he can squeeze him in. I haven't seen my BIL since way before J was born, he met J when he was a few weeks old, he hasn't seen DS1 and DS2 in ages. AIBU to feel a bit put out? I'm very tempted to disappear off to the other side of the province with the kids tomorrow. Fuck him if we're last on his list of important people to see when you're in your home town for the first time in eight months. WWYD?

stunt no idea.

kyz ds still commando crawls. He can crawl normally, he can just go a hell of a lot faster commando crawling on his elbows.

Those with none mobile babies don't worry!! Babies do everything when they're ready. A baby a couple if weeks younger than ds can't sit unaided. And ds I one of the older babies in the group!

And also, last week, they said I had a nice pelvis after they had been in there mooching about!! Bizarrely made me feel quite good about myself. Nice pelvis after haing four kiddos!

Yeah stunt that seems a bit mean. How bothered is DH?

Right, baby update father than my usual inane rambling.

Oliver has gone to bed properly tonight. He seems to settle better if he has a good 2 hour nap at lunchtime. He will only have a good nap at lunch if I can hold him back till a morning nap at 09:00. Like I was saying the other day. Yesterday looking a his nursery sheet he had 3 short naps.

He is really trying to walk, he hasn't clocked onto pulling up on things yet but when he sees me he gets up onto his feet and then realises he can't lift his body up and walk and goes back to crawling! He is really inquisitive and will crawl around investigating everything that is not a toy!

Stunt that would royally piss me off, what does dh think?

ooh sophia check you out with your lovely pelvis!

Thanks for the reassurance Horsey I do keep telling myself he's only been actually on the move for a week 6 days so he's still learning, but i will keep an eye on his leg at least just to make doubly sure if it's the same one or whatnot

Google ABA Tutors pp - it sounds right up yout street.

at nipple latching cats I have a phobia of cats

YANBU stunt

Kyz you are wonder mummy

PR - hugs and . What a shite situation

Hello all,
I've done my night which was very busy! So much work.

p and MIl has looked after N this morning, and all she fed him was puréed fruit, until I said "what about his ready break?". P defended her, and said that "all I want to feed him is sugar and water" as I also said about reducing the amount of milk she and he was giving him. This also led to shouts of "your starving him".

P has a been very grumpy the past two days, I've asked him about it, but he won't share now he's a bit more like him self now. Men!!!

I also have N's developmental appointment soon. Eekkkkkk.....
Evil

DH is not fazed, he says he's just happy to see his brother. So I'll stock up on buns, clean the whole house, and wait in all day.

Kyz Detective (well, O!) to the rescue here! Totally normal normal normal!

O did/does this! First 2 days of crawling it was carpet only. He feared the laminate of the hall. Third day he ventured in to the hall, but exactly as you describe, dragging one leg behind! Was very cute to watch actually!

It's because the laminate is much more slippy. O must have his socks off when he is on laminate because it's just too slippy!

He either does that, or some kind of bunny hop where he is crawling as normal, but one leg has the foot firmly along the floor so he can go fecking faster. Wee bugger!

That is encouraging Detective. Hope that reassures you Kyz.

Off to bed as my poor wee soldier is asleep after another horrid reflux-filled evening.

Sweet dreams to you all

Oh I meant to say Stunt, my parents are 70 and 80, and my eldest brother could not be sure he would have time to see them when they gave six months notice that they were going back to Portsmouth, where he lives. They suggested a holiday this week in Yorkshire, so half way, as he says it is to far for him to come up to Scotland. He said he was busy. I saw on FB he is on holiday in the Lake District this week. Some people are just arseholes. He has met DD1 once. She is 7. He has yet to meet my other two.

Just a quicky to offer sympathy and to those with worries and stress PP, Stunt, PR and anyone else I've forgotten, bad reflux nights VQ and to suckling cats and to annoying MILs Evil!

We've had a lovely day with my cousins and their 3 kids and my sis with her 2 round at ours (so 6 kids from 9 months to 14 years) IT WAS SO LOUD but so much fun. Jonas was in love with the 14 year old lad and stared him out giggling most of the day it was however a wee bit like spending the day in a mental asylum

Night night.

Hugs to pr and Pp* I wish I knew how to make things better for you both.

Yay for omeprazole VQ

Unbelievable stunt I guess some people just don't prioritise family, which is sad :(

Today has been far too hot for me, and even now the bedrooms are nearly 30 degrees. I'm a bit done with he heat wave now! And I've been bitten to death this evening so I'm now in bed scratching!

'Night quiche

Have read everything but can't remember a thing I wanted to say...

Oh yeah, kyz E is super duper lucky to have you as his mummy. Seriously. Your love for him and your want to do the very best for him every day shines through your posts

Pidj you sound like you have your head screwed on and have everything you can possibly think of. I wish I knew of a way I could help you Have some .

Speaking of wine, I nearly had some with my dinner tonight, but I figured with the heat and antidepressants it might not be a good idea. I haven't had an alcoholic drink since Christmas 2011

I just got back in touch with an old colleague on fb. I used to quite fancy him and he fancied me too, so nice to have a bit of a light flirt.

A flirt is good for the soul. Enjoy. ;)

I am a flirt by nature - it's fun I obviously won't be getting into a relationship any time soon, I need to sort my shit out first, but flirting will do me for now.

57mins left of Thankful Thursday. So, my thankfuls:

The quiche. More than ever. You lifted my spirits last night and I felt truly loved and humbled. I'm not quite sure how I would live my life without you now.

I am especially thankful for PR who has an awful lot of shit going on at the moment but has gone out of her way to help me. She is flipping ace.

Also thankful for my dad and stepmum for allowing me and O to stay here rent free and giving us the chance to get back on our feet.

And of course thankful for Oscar. The only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. He is a hilarious little boy.