November 2012 - Teeth? Don't talk to us about teeth.

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1826507-November-2012-To-sterilise-or-not-to-sterilise-bottles-that-is

Also. Ou est Passmethecrips

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I wondered that too Sophia.

YW I get the disappointment thing. When we all had a bug two weeks ago i got it first and spent two days feeling very sick. I was a little disappointed even though we have agreed to start trying next year on honeymoon and it would screw all out wedding plans up!

Not caught up properly, but just to report I have had contact with the lovely Pass and she is ok, just taking a bit of a break for a while.

Oh, and we have a crawler Less than a week ago he could not sit unaided, and now he is trying to stand up too. In the middle of the room. Failing miserably thankfully, but the desire is there. He stands for ages holding onto the play pen bars.

I wish he would take a dump before 9.30pm though.

VQ he's a bloke he needs a book and half an hour on the lav - they don't have our core muscles . Glad to hear Pass is ok . Hope you and the wee man have a good night tonight.

Was just about to say fo shizzle we need to send the homies in to check on our homie pass. So word up VQ. Send her our love.

Hope you and J have a good night

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BP I've put all things I need in a giant carrier bag. Just need to put into a lil suitcase and babies bag.
Think I have everything I need. Might list it tomorrow for you so you can spot my missed items for me

I haven't got anything useful for everyone and most has probably been covered further down but here goes!

Madam, how about a rocking chair? Good luck tomorrow, make sure you've got evidence of the lack of support and impact on your mental health.

Det, ffs, twat I'd be fuming!

Pikz, invoice him for the time he owes you minus 50 minutes

I have an InStep jogging buggy. I sling because i cba lugging a pram up the stairs to the flat - steep, concrete, direct to a major road. With 16" bike tyres on, i can bump it up on the odd occasion i risk it, and it'll last a good long time for picnics in the forest. £40 off facebook.

MM we're here x

applepie hope C's feeling brighter soon

YW R likes baby rice made with water (equal parts) and mashed berries -which is soy free?

enjoy Spain :)

Stunt, hope J is ok after his near-egg experience

Lily, plain full fat yoghurt with pureed fruit? Easy, healthy and you know she likes it!

MM, vvvdp has never done an overtly romantic thing for me. No surprise weekends away, rose petals, or any other fluff. He doesn't need to, i know he loves me because he shows me every minute of every day. He has splitting headaches 80% of the time, can hardly move his left arm when he gets really tired, yet every morning he gets R up for breakfast and playtime so i can have an extra hour's kip. That's what you, and Tilly, and all the quichesters deserve, no less.

BPLP leaves and grass count as a portion of veg in the Pidj house

This post has taken me an hour, so i expect I've missed loads!

We had a fantastic time. R was his cute, flirty self and charmed even our butch ex-footy hooligan and firmly babyphobic lesbian friends :o he had his first dinner out mummy had wine and behaved impeccably, loved all the cars and bikes, especially the top fuellers, but still woke 3 times in the night. We got home at 8:30, he went down after his feed at 8:50 and i did the first resettle at 9:35 so not hopeful for tonight either

Poor O is so so unsettled He went down fine at 7, but only after puking up his dinner and bedtime feed. He is never sick. Ever. But then he woke at 8 and it took me almost 2 hours to settle him. I can hear him sobbing in his sleep now. I feel so sorry for him, the poor sod. Oh, and date guy arrived during all of this so he didn't get to stay long but was so amazing with Oscar.

I'm here - tired. Long day. Massive row with DP. All okay now. He stopped sulking eventually .

Went to my mums - O was pretty good. Turns out the distraction of older children is quite useful. My mum has SO much breakable shit on her fireplace and side tables. She said she has never moved it for any of the others, and wasn't intending to now. I wished her luck on that one . He did go for stuff, but was easily distracted by playing with a 2 year old being dragged across the floor like a dog .

Mum is going to get a stair gate, travel cot, and a ebay toy bundle . I also suggested a high chair as I took ours today and it was a biiiiig help.

Det I thought of you at MILs the other day. She had no fewer than 4, FOUR, glass vases with flowers and water in, on the carpet/hearth. Plus a freestanding fan. And trinkets. Trinkets everywhere. She is going to have so much fun, veeeery soon

Think I might order a mei tai. DH has vetoed a wrap too hippyish for him

BP DP won't use the woven wrap. He said he would look like a twat.

I asked him does that mean I look like a twat then? He backtracked. Quickly .

I want a structured one now. Will get one soon.

My mum is going to be SO stressed .

Oh, and I felt really bad earlier. My mum bought the children jelly. She said can O have it. No problem I said. So she gets a pot. I quickly scanned it - mostly looking for tomato as I've seen it in some odd things before. But it had listed lactic acid (from milk). IN JELLY?! FFS!

She said to me she will be giving O nothing that I haven't sent. I said that is fine, as that was my intention! Thank goodness he has the allergy testing on weds.

Also, I think my mum may have approved me having another baby . long story, but she has never been happy at anything I have done in my personal life. Not that it would stop me. But it is nice to think she won't totally disapprove. For once.

Have just frantically run to the kit hen to check the jelly. Thought it might be the culprit for snot central and eczema. Plus nappy rash so bad its bleeding. Rowntrees is safe, it would seem. WTF is to blame!?

Anyhoo.

Nighty night xx

Detective my DH won't wear the woven wrap either he better use the mei tai though as the colour was chosen for his benefit. I second YW's Ergo suggestion BigPig if you want a structured carrier. I haven't used one but they have a great reputation.

Pidj J has weathered the egg incident quite well actually must remember to read baby food labels more thoroughly next time I shop. His rash has come back and he has had some mild tummy pain and a lot of wind but he's not suffering too badly. It was only egg white in the pasta in a jar of spag bol so I don't think he would have eaten too much before I stopped DH from feeding him.

It was an Asda one, ready made in a pot. The ones with no added sugar. The others were eaten before O got one! fine. The sugar laden ones .

Pfffft!

I use the Rowntrees no added sugar. Sure I've checked them and they are fine, but will have to check again!

Think lo has a cold may be reason for being grumpy for 2days now.
Can hear him coughing now. Sounds like he has a sore throat. And breathing is snotty.
Also to add he has quite sore looking nappy rash.
He has had calpol tho. So hope good night sleep will cheer him up.

Going to try n sleep now.

Have had enough. Am controlled crying. He's had 3x 5 minute gaps and is on a 10. He's shouting intermittently.

Will start properly at bedtime tomorrow but he was shouting and kicking when i was trying to cuddle him back down so I'm not sure this is worse!

10 minutes worked for a short while, then he woke again. He's grumbling now so I'm leaving him be

Controlled crying doesn't work on J, he gets more and more worked up and then won't settle in his cot the next day/night. He has been awake for two hours now. I can't take any more. It's been too long with too little sleep and without good support. DH has just taken J downstairs to try and get him to sleep but I'm too wound up to sleep myself after trying for so long. Maybe if I could have had the occasional break from it myself then I would have been able to cope but it's been relentless. There's no sign of any improvement. I'm going to phone the HV in the morning and ask about putting him into care. I can't think of anything else to do, no-one has been able to help and I can't manage any more.

Stunt is there anyone who could come and stay for a few days and let you get some rest?

4am and no sleep is not a good time to make decisions. We have had screaming here for the last hour. I'm luckily enough to have a dp who is walking the landing whilst I feed him toast.

You need help and support. Big hugs xzxxx

stunt can you afford to get a night nanny in? It will give you the opportunity to sleep through. Anyone who can take him for the night? Or just book a room in a b&b and leave dp to deal with him for one night? I know these are not the best solutions but you need sleep. Now.

I have an ergo. I love it. Easy to use, and doesn't hurt my back.

There isn't anyone to give me any support. My mum will help but when I was over with them last month I ended up getting less sleep not more as J was in a bad way. DH is part of the problem in a way, before I got to J last night he had already been in and cuddled him for ten minutes then left him to 'cry it out'. He doesn't seem to understand that cry it out is a sleep training technique with an organised plan that you follow, he thinks it means dumping J in his cot and leaving him to cry. So by the time I got to him last night he was hysterical and panicky. So my efforts to make the cot a safe and pleasant place for J are ruined by him being abandoned to cry there. And all the yelling isn't going to help either, whether it's directed at J or at the older two.

Now I've had three or four hours sleep, I'm wrung out and exhausted. I just told DS1 and DS2 to "go to school or don't go", I haven't the energy to care at the moment.

stunt sleeplessness is hell :( Is there no-one who can help you? Can your DP step up? Or a good friend? A night nanny is a great idea if you can stretch to it. ((Hugs))

pidj Hope you got some sleep.

to all. I'm off to work.

stunt by all means call the HV and talk it through but try to stick at it. It can't last forever. Would you like to meet up Banbridge or Ikea, Thurs or Fri and talk it out, have a whinge, be treated to coffee and a cake?