The 6th Broadly Gemini Luxury Bus - this way ladies.

[FrussoHathor]

Welcome aboard our 6th bus ladies.

Oh that's interesting kitty thanks. I might be able to keep up those feeds. He'll be a year old when I back.

Unusually good night last night. He went down late (10-ish instead of 8.30/9) but slept soundly until 3 and then went back down soundly until about 6/6.30 although didn't look for food until 7.30. Didn't toss and turn nearly as much as usual.

Good to hear Lor! Yay for a good night! Lots and lots of mamas are still breastfeeding their babes at a year or more with just 1 or 2 feeds a day. Every little helps I totally stole that from Tescos I was attending births when ds2 was a year old where a couple of them ended up being 24hrs+ and was able to just express milk a couple of times in those days to keep up the supply. It was so heavenly getting to reunite with ds2 after those days away and cuddle with him and nurse!

We were up before the boys this morning frus I'm exhausted. Is it your first full no-girls-asking-you-5000-questions-or-causing-you-trouble day?

Anyone want to guess why my 4-feeds-a-day baby has been demanding to be fed every 2 hours since 11.30? He's not even rooting. He just wakes up, is happy for a few minutes & then starts screaming until I shove my nipple in his mouth! Then he'll suck for 15 minutes, fall asleep for an hour or so & we'll start again! Maybe something to do with having his jabs yesterday but he's been fine until this afternoon!

He finally did his 5-day-brewed poo last night. I made DH deal with it but then he did another equally gross one for me this morning. I wonder if I can train DS1 to do nappies...

Totally. Little kids are quick learners. Let us know how it goes angu having visions of yellow poo smeared everywhere

Yeah, maybe the jabs? Sore little legs?

Jeeze, feels like I'm going through a growth spurt. Constantly hungry in the last 24 hrs.

I bet it is jab related agnu, dd2 seemed fine that day but out of sorts the next, that's when she had bad nights too
I think training the kids to do nappies is a fab idea, kind of backfired on me today though as dd1 was in the cot watching me change dd2s nappy, my dsis phoned and I went into the bedroom to take it as dd1 was so loud and while I was out she managed to take off dd1s clean nappy, throw it on the floor and dd2 peed all over herself in her hair and everything!
Then dd2 did a big wee in the potty I said high five and she went to give me one tripping over the potty and knocking the wee all over the carpet! It's been one of those days!!! The highlight being dd1s first poor in the potty that she asked for in her pants and did,
that's a very sad highlight of a day isn't it

First day without 5000-questions-a-minute, but dd2 is still causing trouble.

And jnr has to wait another wk before his now because of dd2 issues. Darn it.

Oh dear. Sorry to hear frus

Yikes kitty. Sounds like a pee party at your house.

Going to look at a house today. Seems too good to be true from the pictures we've seen online, so I'm intrigued to see what it looks like in real life.

I have a grumpy baby, she sobbed her little self all red, too sad for a bath, too sad for massage, too sad even for boob. She's better now, just snuffling and hiccuping in my boob, poor tiny mite.

Don't know why, possibly too hot, possibly over stimulated, possibly a developmental leap, possibly just a sad baby who wants her mama.

Aahh DH has broken my washing machine. And can I find the receipt? Can I hell. Bother. It's less than 6 months old!

Pfew. Credit card receipt. My washing maching is 2 wks older than ds and blew my house trip switch. And he hasn't broken yet. Although his bum keeps leaking, and there's a terrible noice followed by an awful smell. ds that is not the washing machine

Okay I'm a mean mummy. I couldn't take it anymore and had to disturb ds and feed of my lopsided exploding boob. Since he's still half asleep could I pass it off as a dream feed?

Totally for his own benefit.

Ps. DH sucks. Driving me BONKERS in the last few days. Finding everything so annoying.

The does sound a bit pms-y, unless your DH slyly does things to wind you up?

Aaawww dear gawd my boob. a quarter or more of my boob is blocked, and pammy style backlog behind it. Ds feeding from it is pain. Pure pain. Like he's got a bad latch even when he hasn't. It's warm but not burny hot. And no mastitis redness. I've tried feeding ds from a different angle - agony. And massaging it - also really hurts. Help

I love the idea of little ones being trained to change siblings' nappies. I must introduce it to my 35 weeks pg sister so her 3 1/2 year old can 'help'.

How was the house bring ?

How's the grumpy baby today lib . It's heartbreaking when they're just sad for no reason isn't it?

frus ow! The heat packs were the best and most soothing thing for me. And a bath but hat kind of time is quite a luxury!

DS repeated his sleep pattern of night before. Down around 10, quickly feed at 3-ish and then up at 7.30. If we could keep,that but just get him back to going down at 8.30 or 9 that would be amazing! I'm asking too much aren't I?

12 week jabs this afternoon. I hated seeing him so unhappy after the last ones, although he slept most if it off.

Stress can trigger mastitis can't it?

That's not a bad sleep pattern, but agree to needing another earlier stretch before 10. Fx jabs go okay for you, and he's okay.

The children are both in bed, they are both awake but I just can't go and do anything as I've not even had 5 mins to have a shit! House looks like a bomb site and I need to take them both to supermarket, they've not even been that bad but just feel like I've had enough today, just want an hour where I don't have to do something for either of them

((Hugs)) kitty. They'll be okay for a few minutes whilst you do what you have to do.

Thanks frus, they've both gone to sleep dd1 had thrown her belt out the room and put a bunny in the potty ( empty luckily ) right off to clean...

The house was pretty interesting to say the least. The listing on the website definitely did not mention that they house has been empty for what we guessed, several years. The land was completely derelict, the driveway was up a hill that you couldn't even drive on b/c most of it had developed severely deep faults from rainwater washing the soil down the hill and the house itself was a horrible self-remodel that it looked like the people had just run out of money and abandoned it. We totally loved the 3 acres of land and could envision it after landscaping, but the house was a joke. We'll just keep looking for the dream spot. It's gotta be out there somewhere :)

I think it may be a deadly combination of horrific allergies this season and a touch of pms.

Aw, poor baby lor off for more jabs. Hopefully he feels ok later! Let's hope for another great night of sleep!

Kitty really glad they were able to give you a small break! I don't know about you, but when more than 1 child is sleeping at a time, I feel like I actually am doing ok in the parenting department.

Yes frus stress can definitely trigger mastitis. I hope you can get a break and can take care of yourself!

Hmm house sounds interesting bring

Check out fb. I put the listing for the house up on there. The pictures look nothing like what we saw yesterday.

Does anybody else's baby randomly grunt? I used to think it was constipation but if it was surely straining would be noticeable?! It's frustrating when you can't tell what's wrong!

We get a strange array of random noises pear
And giggles that sound like coughs (ahuh huh huh)

That house looks huge. How was it different on the inside?

Hi guys - sorry I know I've been MIA for a while, but DP isn't home and I can't freaking get hold of him and I am at my wits end. DD will just not stop crying. She's normally a very contented baby and for the last few hours nothing seems to work in settling her. She doesn't have a fever, but maybe she's in pain? I've given her Calpol, but to no avail. Any tips?

Has she had jabs recently? Have you tried feeding her? We had an afternoon a bit like that the other day just after his jabs. I mostly just had him attached to my boob the entire time because it was the only thing that seemed to work! Could be a growth spurt. That can make them unsettled.

It's horrible when your baby doesn't seem like themselves. If absolutely nothing helps, keep trying to reach your DP & cuddle her until he can get back to rescue you. It's totally ok to cry with her if you need to! When he does get in, take yourself off for a bath or just a quiet sit in another room. Is there anyone else you can call? MIL?