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

I just need to let a little something out.

A colleague has just posted on FB pictures and a birth announcement. She has had a homebirth this morning. A large number of my colleagues were there at her home. Pics show her in her pool and my colleagues around her.

I can't explain how I feel fully, but was okay with O's birth, the way it turned out at the time. But right now I just feel complete envy and sadness that 1) she had her home water birth and 2) so many of my colleagues were there with her, in a friendship capacity.

Feeling very lonely, isolated, and shit at life right now!

I know it's silly, and no need to reply. I'll get over it!

And just ignore the fact that this same person didn't even consider having a home birth until a few weeks ago and she laughed and scorned me for mine.

Hmpf.

I hope you manage to get to the drs pr

I still haven't taken S to a soft play, is there much for babies to do there? I thought it was just for older children.

I have just given S scrambled egg again, the first time she had it she come up in a rash all around her mouth, she has since had egg in banana muffins and she was fine. She has come out in a rash again. I thought she would be ok been as she was ok with the muffins. I feel awful now I have given her some piriton though.

Fruit some people can have thoroughly cooked egg, e.g. cake, but not softly cooked egg, i.e. scrambled, fried, boiled, mayonnaise.

detective

I don't think i'll get to the Dr today DH is still at work and won't be home on time.

Maybe tomorrow.

Detective, I bet she did not have a thread named after her though x

That must be the case with S. The reaction has gone again now, it went as quickly as it come, but that might ave been because of the piriton.

fruit did she get any of it on her face? I ask because when LO smears tomato sauce and several other foods actually over her face, ie puts her hands in it then wipes her brow, she gets a rash where it goes. But it disappears within a couple of hours, and she doesn't seem any the worse for it.

Yes pr she had it all by her nose which was all red as well, she's fine, it hasn't bothered her at all. She had a drink of water that she brought straight back up but apart from that she's ok.

Good news on the car seats PP, VQ.

Hope you get to the docs soon PR.

Wah fruit we've just had a similar experience thanks to Asda bakery's fuckmunch employees - their garlic bread that's dairy and soy free - not last week thanks to a labeling error Me and my sister were wondering why Jonas' and Willow's sleep had been so bad, and why they seemed so refluxy. Isolated it to that garlic bread, asked in the store and got a staff member. Apologies are all fine in our case but jeez some folks have anaphylactic reactions to dairy.

We had our new fridge freezer delivered and installed today. The delivery lads were cooing over the bear who put on a theatrical lunchtime show of cooing, gooing, roaring, babbling, farting and a bit of eating for them. They reckoned he could be a baby model I told Jonas they probably say that to all the babies . I do love big auld blokes who coo over babies like mother hens - it makes me

Det I can totally get how you're feeling about your colleague's birth experience. Third time lucky maybe? FC for you when you try again.

yw that's terrible, fucking idiots, some people just don't realise the importance of labelling things properly.

S has just crawled in between the chair and the wall and got herself stuck, she was so cute whimpering for me to help her out, I half wanted to leave her there haha.

Fingers crossed if he puts his foot on it he should be through the door soon. And I am ready to go...

Fuck fuck fuck. J just choked on a piece of plastic. He was eating dinner so I thought it was a bit of food stuck but it was a piece of wrapper. DS1 had dropped a bit of plastic on the floor. DH put J on the floor to play and I said, watch out there's a piece of plastic on the floor. DH took it off him and I went off to make dinner so I'm not sure how he got it again. Bloody careless DH. I keep having to take guitar picks and coins off J. Now I'm having flashbacks to the time DS2 choked on a 20p piece. He came so close to dying it was pure chance that he survived. Now I'm terrified of anyone choking.

I have just picked an emerald up from out of the carpet

A craft one.

YW a letter to head office? Might get vouchers and an assurance they will take things more seriously in the future.

Gosh Stunt. Even my 3yo knows small things must be kept away from J. Your DH needs a good telling off. Hope you are feeling a bit calmer now and J is ok x

J is fine thanks VQ. He was very upset at the time, frightened and screaming. It's only me that was traumatised and that's due to DS2's incident years ago when he was a toddler which was really serious. I'm very pissed of that DH took the plastic away from J (it was on the floor close to him so he hadn't actually got to it at that point) yet he managed to get it without anyone noticing.

Evening all.

Fuck a duck stunt - glad J is ok. Luckily my dh had an expensive wake up call with the cat eating plastic and other odds and ends, so our house is relatively baby proof famous last words - I hope your dh learns rapidly from this.

Det I have been thinking a lot about Fs birth. I never got so far as a birth plan, given that she was early. I've been wondering whether it would be weird to go to the NCT antenatal classes, when I'm upduffed with no.2, even though I've already had a baby....I don't envy you your shift pattern. Mine is a bit shit, but at least there are no nights, yet

Sophia I would take a few more days yet, as you say, you are tending to be a bit sore still if you overdo it. You have a lot on your plate at the moment, so don't rush around too early.

PR I hope you manage to get to the doctors.

Kyz hope E is ok, and no more voms.

YW nobheads. It's things like that that make me sooo twitchy. I struggle with relinquishing control over Fs food whilst she's at nursery, but they seem to be doing fine.

It has been 4 days since I fed F now. I'm not getting any more engorged/sore, although I have managed to convince myself about ten times that I have breast cancer fucking idiot that I am thanks to some seriously lumpy boobs. I have stared today at some chocolate cake, and my birthday cake, and been soooo tempted. I'm not sure what's stopping me. I think I might cry though when I eat dairy, because then I know that that really is the end of bfing.

Sleep training (fatima) - I know I've said before what I did with F, but here it is again in a nutshell. We picked 7 hours overnight (10-5) where I would not feed her. If she woke, she was offered water, and cuddles, but not fed. Like PPs LO, F screeched and shouted in a pissy sort of way, although didn't do any hungry cries. We had 2 shocking nights, where she was awake and cross for several hours, night 3 was much better, and by night 4 she was sleeping 7-5 and I was on my knees. Fatima I would wait til you get back from camping, and use that disruption to your normal routine, as the trigger for changing things. Good luck xx

What a good day, we now have baby gavision at evils house. It's the powdered stuff, and I put it in his milk and its made such a difference. I now have a nice baby. Of course I've lied to get it.

I tried to get N to do some drawing with crayons, but it was a complete water of time.

Just a quick question, it says to mix in 4oz of milk. If I have 9oz do I put x2 powders in? And what are the best times for N to have it?

Off to read the thread.
Evil

well I'd just like to not recommend any CMPI babies combine missing a dose of omeperazole with eating fecktard Asda feckmunching garlic bread made by incompetent arsewanking cretins. Today has been tough he was in so much pain poor little soul. God it reminded me of December when I was just cutting out dairy and battling with the NHS for omeperazole. Still it has proved yet again that I've really not been imagining his symptoms - and that CMPI isn't just babies being overtired, windy or colicky. Anyone who suggests that to me today is in danger of wearing an Asda garlic baguette as a butt plug.

VQ they did offer vouchers but Asda isn't somewhere I normally shop as its out of the way, plus their allergy labeling is dreadful (you have to read every ingredient on most products as they don't put allergens in a warning box so it makes shopping twice as long) and now to be honest I just don't trust them. I used to go in just for the garlic bread as it's nice to not have to make it from scratch when you're in a rush and it's the only ready made garlic bread we can eat allegedly.

Phew. Long wait at dr but got the woman, yay. Eliminated depression, said stress. Has given me tranqs to use as and when and sleeping pills to, again, use as and when. Referral to shrink if I need it for any reason work

Will update on fb but still waiting answers from Them so will do job lot tomorrow.

Evil F was veeeeery sensitive to the erm, constipating effects, of gaviscon. So I would start with a lower dose - perhaps 1 sachet with each feed, and see how he gets on. Constipated baby = not much fun. Glad that N seems so much happier though

Evil, yes two sachets in a full bottle. You can give it every feed, or less often if you feel it is needed less often. Try to encourage water and fruit and veg to help offset any constipation that may occur. Perhaps start by giving am and pm bottles and increase if necessary?

BP it is perfectly normal to be convinced you have breast cancer after feeding. I have done this three times and was thinking the same today. It takes a long time for boobies to calm down fully after feeding for a long time. It is over 3 months for me. It is also normal to feel sad. Lots of hormonal stuff going on, plus your baby growing up, not being so near, doubting they love or need you so much now etc. These things should be fleeting though, and will soon be overtaken by all the wonderful new things she is doing

BP big hug my love. When you're ready go and eat that cake for all of us dairy freers xxxx

Stunt wah! I'm so glad he's OK. I'm terrified of choking after I nearly choked a few years ago - I was home alone and convinced my number was up. It's such a terrifying design flaw the human epiglottis (though it does enable speech so meh....). I hope you get over the shock quickly.