March 2013 - 6 months down, 210 to go!

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Keep on rambling, ladies, we have a whole new thread to fill!

soyo thanks that's really helpful. We have kind of been trying the same sort of thing except that we only tend to try about 5-10 mins of re-settling before feeding as otherwise DD gets in a state and wakes up properly and then takes ages to resettle. May need to rethink strategy once teeth settle as ideally I would like her to not feed more frequently at night than she does in the day which is currently every 3-4 hours. Someone did suggest reducing length of night feeds gradually rather than just allowing baby to determine feed length so may try that although like you I am not particularly set on night weaning at this stage, just more stable sleep!

eco definitely up for a mooncup trial. I have no birth damage but tampons just feel more uncomfortable now and also seem to be giving me thrush which I never had before with them. I have always felt a bit weird using tampons made with chemically bleached cotton (inevitably grown with pesticides unless you buy organic tampons which I don't) but as with many things in my life convenience wins over ideals so never bothered to try anything else so perhaps this is good motivation. Will line up a mooncup for next month. In terms of childcare, idea is to get part time nanny in place properly by new year.

plonky - my profile pic is me top left, DH in background and DD photobombing front and centre. Hope that helps...

DD has now decided that porridge no longer requires a spoon when hands are right there. I've been clearing it up all day. Gah.

Rainbow someone suggested the same to me about reducing feed length but for our little madam letting her feed but then stopping prematurely is even worse than starving her! The thing that's helped us most is putting we down awake and then settling her, so even if I feed her overnight I then gently wake her up again so she goes in the cot awake no matter what, I think it's this leaning to self settle that is helping everything.

As for mooncups I've seen a massive amount of support for them on here but have never got my head around what you'd do if you needed to change it in a public toilet! To be fair, I don't have periods with my mirena and haven't had since I was 19 (other than the 6m TTC) so I'm not sure its something I need to think too much about. On the plus for them I've had to retrieve a lot of lost tampons in my time but never a lost mooncup so that's reassuring in itself!

Evening all, and YAY the worselet sleeps. I had my doubts, what with DH having a late pass for a night out with a mate, but nope, she's been an angel. Milk drunk, news watched, toy chewed, and .....zzzzzzz It's my company. Bores her rigid

Eco no windows as yet, but you will be thrilled to know the muddy hole is now a concrete base, and the wood is arriving tomorrow. Apparently an apocalypse of a storm is also arriving in the next few days, which should relegate further progress to nothing more than a theoretical prospect. Ah builds, don't you just love 'em. When you have the weather you don't have the men, and when it pours they turn up on mass and paddle about looking cold just to make you feel bad.

Rainbow, Eco did you mention mooncups? I know it's the environmentally right answer, but still . I guess what I'm saying here is you be the guinea pigs, and if it works out I'll exorcise my inner fear and go with it too.

As for mess, I have a wonderful wonderful cleaner who's name I will share with no one as she gets booked up fast. She does the kitchen, bathrooms and living rooms. The rest I just fire fight at weekends, when DH is worselet watching, or during jumperoo and washing machine 'tv' time. Washing, dishwasher, stuff like that is easy enough to sort in the random minutes when a bottle is warming, or a baby is pootling about being quiet, and cute. DH does very little house related stuff. We fought about it for years. Our compromise is we pay for help. Works for us.

Eco the AF saga - bit mad if you ask me. MN member is a bit in your face and upsetting. MN member gets banned for a week. Why this is news is anyone's guess. All fairly standard on t'internet.

Night all. Sweet dreams and sleepy littlies.

Yes worse, I was trying to understand the degree of fuss as well. Af had been on a thread I was contributing to a while ago. FOrth right yes. A little abrasive yes. But there was an opinion and no pussy footing. Didn't realise she had such a fan club though as don't stray into relationships often. I won't in future! I'll ask you wise owls instead. Night night all.

Just checking in to say AnyPants I've found you! And SoYo just been added.

Will catch up properly on my lunch break, bit of a hectic morning here and have already been baby sicked on! All I can say until I catch up is that general cobsensus is that dickhead boss is an incompetent fool and within two hours I was telling him how to merchandise and he was requesting that I slow down. Ha!

Ah, cleaning... I don't do much, I freely admit it. The man washes up every evening and I dry the pots. Washing clothes is my domain but fits around baby entertainment pretty easily. Really should make an effort to push the hoover round more often. That's it for our cleaning. Anything else, I get some beers in and invite my unemployed friend round. Landlord inspections every three months mean I can't let that one slide too much.

eco yes, we made it to 8pm for bedtime. DD did, however, decide she wasn't having her second nap yesterday. Over the course of an hour and a half she never stopped making a noise for more than five minutes, and I had to flip her over three times. By the time it got to the final nap, she actually fell asleep with a bottle of milk in her mouth. Hasn't done that for months. Definitely time we switched to a two nap day, I think. Although that's going to be awkward if she still won't sleep for a decent length of time.

For the bath, we each tried the bath chair and decided it was bollocks. She starfished and I couldn't get her in at all, and the man managed to get her in but couldn't wash her easily. We got a bath mat and a bath cushion instead - the mat means she doesn't slide and the cushion means she can lie back to have her hair washed. It was only a possibility because DD's so good at sitting up though. If she were at all wobbly I'd have persisted with the seat on safety grounds.

Spent most of yesterday reading through the AF saga. Yes, it's just a week long suspension, and she knew it was coming. The thread that kicked it off though, I can see why she was a bit abrasive on there - she was replying to another poster who seemed to think Relationships is a good place for a debate and didn't seem to appreciate that it was someone's actual life being discussed. Does rather demonstrate that the moderation policy needs some work though; it's far too easy to be incredibly nasty on here while staying within the Talk guidelines.

SoYo I'm guessing that's you with the initials SY on fb?

worse I'll join you in that . Mooncups are definitely not for me.

It's Friday! I get the afternoon off! Only six more hours of baby duty, then three hours off, then all I have to do is bath and bed and that's it until Sunday! It's going to be a long six hours though. Fartypants wants to stand up all the time. something, is yours actually pulling himself up yet, or do you have to lend a couple of thumbs to get him up?

Any what's this? Did you steal my daughter's name, or did I steal yours?

Morning all.
stormy you outted me. Freddie it is.

The majority of the cleaning is down to me at the moment but will change when i go back to work thats in theory of course. Dh just does not see the mess and will do things that annoys me. If i end up getting a cleaner i will end up cleaning before the cleaner arrives. My standards have sort of lowered since ds was born but try to make sure floors are hoovered and mopped regularly now hes crawling. Baby wipes are good for wiping handprints on tv atand. We i have decided we will share night duties when i go back to work. I just cant imagine holding down a stressful job with such little sleep.

Re: periods. I cant imagine using mooncup and not leaking. Periods are a killer even though im using mirena. Pain is unbearable and can come anytime. I hate the mirena.

I gave ds a feed at 4ish today as he wasnt settling after a dummy. Hes programmed to wake up at 7 now so much better than 5am.

leni hope you are ok? If your lurking just come and say hi. Dont worry about catching up. I lurk regularly but from the lack of name checking in this post you can seei forget easily.

Cleaning? What is that? Me and DP do a whole house clean at the weekend usually and I do bits throughout the day. I'm chief potwasher and laundry do-er. I hoover as and when I can be arsed. I always like to make sure the kitchen is nice though. Bedroom is currently in dire need of a hoover so might do that later today. Might.

stormy he definitely doesn't need a thumb up. He manages to get himself up on everything: toy box, foot stool, sofa, bath, cot, radiator(?) and anything else he can reach. It's bloody exhausting!

We tried the two nap day a couple weeks ago and it worked well but all of a sudden he's starting to get tired around lunch time so some days we're back to three naps. He missed all his naps yesterday, only managing a few mins in the car so he was so tired. He had an earlier night and slept for nearly 14 hours! Hoping that continues in time for clock back training!

Stormy I totes stole your name. Although DH chose it. And I think DD is older than yours? Excellent choice though!

I like seeing almost everyone's pictures but feel loyalty to MN so will certainly keep it up. I never really say much on FB anyhoo - more of an outlet for my unending stream of photos

As lovely as it is to see so many bloody adorable babies on Facebook, chat is definitely for here! Worse I believe our DDs share a name too (excellent choice)!

Grumpy madam has some form of bug which explains the lack of appetite. I had to change her nappy twice overnight and they were hideous and this evening when I finally persuaded her to eat it all came out again 20mins later. I've never seen anything like it. It came out of the legs of her jeans and the neck of her vest simultaneously. I've had to disinfect the bathroom, the nursery, the baby and me! Lovely. I hope this doesn't ruin all our hard work on the sleep front because I'm planning to feed her whenever she wakes overnight to stop her getting dehydrated.

On the cleaning front, I do most but DH does a little when nagged prompted. Actually our cleaner comes once a fortnight and does most, and then in between I Hoover, we both wipe down the kitchen and generally tidy. DH used to do most of the washing but now I do most as I'm around more. It mostly evens itself out.

I hope everyone's having a nice Friday night.

Right! Am home, fed and with a cider in my hand.

Mooncups? Ew, but I'm interested. I'd give it a go but I know that if dp found it he'd freak out, and there's a very real chance the cat would want to eat it... I believe you can leave them in for eight hours or something, so public toilets might not be an issue.

Cleaning? I do bits as and when I can be arsedthey need doing. Sunday seems to have become the day for bed changing, bathroom cleaning and hoovering upstairs. I like a tidy house. When I got home tonight dp had done a fair bit, so I'm pleased.

Eclairs, Eco? Can I have one? I need a treat! Also, if you want something similar to vouvray your best chance might be unoaked Chenin blanc, or something else aromatic like a warm-climate Viognier. Stay clear of oak if you want your wine to be soft.

SoYo do you think that's why she was refusing food?

Worse I'm sure I had something to say to you. Oh bother. My minds gone blank. Would you settle for ?

So. Going back to work. Surprisingly easy!! The dickhead is my assistant manager and, it turns out, he's been rumbled and is getting moved to a far quieter store - damage limitation. My actual boss has been nice as pie despite our shop being (literally) upside down due to being refit. It's tiring, and we'd be buggered without a routine. I cried last night due to getting home late and missing ds's bedtime. It turns out nursery suits him well. We've had no clinginess and all the staff are amazed by his sunny disposition. Although he does seem to be trying to drop his daytime feed rather unexpectedly. He's also on two naps and has been for months, but nap time usual totals a good two-three hours.

Ahhhh. I am so looking forward to my weekend.

Oh God, Plonky, there's a mental image. The cat woke me up at six o'clock this morning murdering a sponge. Her potential reaction to a mooncup doesn't bear thinking about.

I must admit I'm a little surprised we've got such name duplication going on. MiniYo and the worselet, I've never met anyone with that name, and though I hear on here that it's popular, I've never known anyone who's chosen it. And then miniPants and miniStormy's name isn't even that popular. What are the odds?

Any it's a good name - the fact that someone else chose it too just affirms my belief it's a good name. We chose it right after the second scan, so late October. How about you?

SoYo do be aware that illness can royally bugger up sleep. It's a common complaint on the sleep board here - kid used to sleep perfectly, but hasn't since an illness, and it transpires the illness meant the parents changed how they were doing things (taking baby into bed etc). Doesn't mean don't feed to sleep tonight, of course, just be aware and try your best not to let it become a habit again once she's better.

We've done pretty well on two naps here today. Held out until half past nine before the first one, and she managed an hour. Went down at one for the second and she slept until half past two. Bloody good thing too, as she was off to my dad's for the afternoon, and she never sleeps there. Slightly shouty by half past six, and she did try to inhale the bath, but otherwise all good.

Stormy the cat running orf with mooncup was my first thought. My second was that she'd hide it somewhere and is find it moooonths later. If dp ever touched it I'd be tempted to tell him it was for mouthwash . Also it sounds like your dd is starting to have a similar day to DS! He naps from 10-11, then 2-4 and gets a bath at 6.30. Keeps us all happy.

The Worselet and miniYo have the name DS would have had if he was a she. Clearly we are ladies of taste!

Omg I am so excited.... the worselet and mini-yo share a name and the lovely plonk has given me ! My day could not get any better!!!

Stormy I was of the opinion it was quite unusual too... until this week. Yesterday I started chatting to a random person on the high street (she was carrying an impossibly cute 2 week old. I wasn't stalking. Honest). Turns out her elder dd is a real name worselet too. How cool. It's me. I've started a trend !!! Ok... maybe not, but hey, indulge me.

Two naps here too. Well kind of. Everything depends on the number of walks we do. Walks either tire her or bore her immensely as she nearly always drops off. Shame the cot doesn't have the same effect. Put her in there in day light hours and there's trouble. Big style.

SoYo sending get well soon vibes to the best named baby on here. Hope she feels better soon. Opposite problem here. Persistent constipation. I'm now seriously concerned about a blockage as it really feels like the occasional nappies she does squeeze out are possibly a big build up that has pushed past whatever else is in there. I've been thinking GP for ages, but next week she is definitely going.

Oh must dash. DH is about to take the worselet up to bed and I want to say goodnight. But not before a big warm fuzzy thank you to VJ and Eco for keeping me updated on facebook news. You guys.... too nice x I appreciate an x means instant social death and a possible MN ban... but hey, xxxx

Plonky you're kidding! Forget taste.... we're pure class we are

Right you lot. Which one of you let your babies tell my baby that 'most newborns will have up to 8 colds in their first year'? Because dd is clearly trying to play catch up. She may not have had her first til 7 months, but she appears to be doing one every 3 weeks now to catch up.

DH is home, and he came bearing noodles. Perfect timing, as something has happened to my back. Not sure what, but my entire left arm is pretty much out of action as a consequence.

It's funny how names work. Mum chose mine thinking it was unusual, but classic and traditional. It would appear lots of mums thought that in 1985, and there were 3 in my class. Mini-v's name was chosen for similar reasons, and then we met a group of babies through swimming, my favourite of whom (and the mum I see most socially now) has the same name. It seems trends don't happen because they're trendy, but because everyone has the same great idea at the same time!

I don't know anyone else with my name, well I knew of a couple at school but none recently. And DS's name is DP's middle name, but luckily I've always really loved it.

Oh poor mini-vj, not another cold! Hope it doesn't affect sleep and hope mini-soyo feels better too!

I think all the mini-one's names are lovely!

DP is on the razzle dazzle tonight. He left for work at 20 past 6 this morning and he said "see you tomorrow!" I do not envy his hangover.

Well, DS managed to fall into an hour later routine in preparation for the clocks going back. He woke up close to 9am this morning so I've tried to push naps and feeds back too. It did mean a later bathtime but I'm hoping it'll set him up for Sunday. And it seemed to be his choice so, fingers crossed!

Something your DS is very well behaved! We've had to wake DS the past two mornings so I'm hoping that if we leave him alone tomorrow he'll sleep and sleep. The bonus of nursery is that it really seems to take it out of him.

Worse oh yeah, I had a moment (pre 20 week scan), driving back from work one night. The night came to me and I ACTUALLY CRIED because it was SO perfect. (I told dp i loved it and the bastard vetoed it because its 'too irish sounding.' Wtf! 1. I have Irish family. 2. Ds's middle name is very Jewish. We're not at all Jewish!) Oh and if x's are MN banworthy, so is capslock. And theres bound to be many children sharing ds's name as theres a certain young royal with the same name. Hope your dd feels better soon, I wonder if she has any intolerances?

Vj eight, as in EIGHT? Christ. I'm regretting not being a SAHM now.

So, log in to Facebook to spy on you lot, and am greeted by a pic of my BFF just chillaxing with Alice Cooper. Meanwhile I've had two pints of cider and a curly wurly. Woop. It's 10.30 and I'm most definitely calling it a night.

Stormy - it was just after the New Year and I asked DH to come up with names. He said 'i like [babypants'realname]' and I asked if he had any more. He said we didn't need any more as he liked that name. I wanted to go for my grandma's name but he said it was too old fashioned. He was right but I got it in as her second name

Veeeeeeery cute mini-MN's all round methinks.

soyo sorry you have illness. rubbish. ecobaby had that spell of 14 days with it and other than the nappies she coped well. how is she otherwise? hoping you get a peaceful night. oh and I love your wedding dress, you look beautiful, as do you vj, I'm mad crazy for a wedding since my own and if dh didn't think it made me a lunatic I would still be buying wedding magazines
I am dabbling on dh's tablet on a mn app and there seems to be no way of scrolling back to thread so I have totally forgotten what else I wanted to say. damn it.
last night, for first time in 3 months, ecobaby slept through. that was nice. met 30 week pregnant friend today and handed over my lucky birthing dress and other goodies; I am excited for her (and a little bit at the crazy times she has ahead). also properly started operation Find Childminder. they all say stuff like "I can confirm if I have a place for your baby 8 weeks before you need the place". anyone else gone childminder route and found the same? how can you operate on that basis? I need to confirm my hours to work and it feels bad to do that and agree a return date when I have no childcare in place. it's a minefield out there.
hello everyone else. sorry brain is sieve like.
happy weekend!
oh, and worse, kisses back at you. and you all for thst matter. whst are fridays for if not frivolity?

Hello all. In turkey on holiday, this has worked to stop cold but is a hard work way of going about it. I dare not google mooncup, and missed some of the rest if the chat. Dd is still a royal pain in the arse with milk and food but seems to be growing and sleeping from 7 til 6 so I'll stop complaining!!

Ugh. Wallowing in self pity today. DD is hard work as I think my indian was a little dodgy and i've seen the toilet a few too many times this morning. Sorry. DH thankfully is at home today so is doing some relief work for me but I still have to feed her

Any while that does sound a bit grim, I bet you haven't dealt with as much poo today as my brother did last night. Just met him on the doorstep for a cig and he told me in great detail about the nine nappies he had to change last night. At least yours are straight into the toilet and away!

I'd asked the man to come up with names repeatedly. He was very good at coming up with bloody stupid ones. If it wasn't bloody stupid, it was guitarists through the ages. Thank God we had a girl. As soon as we knew the gender we were able to draw up a shortlist and take it in turns to knock names off. The one we went for had been his choice (though not his first choice). Frankly I was just happy to have an excuse not to call her Yngwie.

Hello Eig, I've been wondering where you'd got to. Do google mooncups, but just normal google, not image search. That could get scary.

something I must say, your DS's name really suits him. I like it! And I've never met anyone with your name, but I currently have Amazon open displaying a doll with your name, which elder eldest niece wants for Christmas.

Turns out my parents considered DD's name for my sister, back in 1980. Then they decided on Emily instead. My grandma was horrified: "You can't call her that, it's an old lady name!" Couple of years later it was immensely popular, and there are still little Emilys all over the place. She's never met one older than her though.

Plonky we had a 10-11 nap today, and are planning a 2-4 one. Of course, it remains to be seen whether DD will have any truck with a two hour nap. If she does her forty five minute trick she's going to be a bit of a nightmare by six o'clock. Ah well, at least I'm not on duty today!