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2blessed that sounds nasty. Hope he feels better soon.

2blessed hope he's feeling better soon

I agree WL do what feels right for you and your family.

I still feel like crap and in a complete role reversal my dad is looking after me and trying his best with H. Although we are basically just doing what she wants so that she doesn't cry as the crying noise is making my head feel like its going to explode!

Oh no hales is she frustrated? I think sometimes their brain is ahead of their physical development and they find it really hard (I might be making that up )

She gets bored of playing with one toy really quickly so then moves onto another. Then she wants to explore the house and if we try and get her to sit still for a couple of minutes she cries. My head is just banging at the moment so i'm just letting her do what she wants so i don't have to listen to it. I wish DP was here.

DP is here

Evening all. Have been absent a while but checking in. Sorry for all poorly babies...and mummies...and hard times being had by some.

Lovely to read good news for others & sweet stories of what dc have been up to!

All ok in the lazza household, although I've been right royally fed up over the weekend. Nothing in particular, I think every now & again the tiredness takes over. I'm exhausted & nothing we try seems to make any difference to baby lazza's sleep. To be fair she's got 3 top teeth poking their way through so I guess I just have to suck it up a bit longer.

Think I want to stop bf in the day but don't know how to go about it! It's so easy this time round. I feel selfish for having had enough when I know it's really going to cheese her off!

Think we're in a full on nursing strike

Hope you feel better soon hales. Glad you're being taken care of.
I have mixed feelings about revisiting sleep training - obviously I want better sleep but the pain if training is painful! The push really is that DH is being v good about letting me lie in whenever possible but as a result he's knackered and its showing. I also really hope that a better job is not too far away but feel that my brain couldn't cope at the moment on this level of too little, and broken sleep.

Oh no spooky! Why?! Is there anything you can do?

Argh he won't go to bloody sleep! 1.5 hours and counting. He's laughing, chatting, moaning, trying to crawl but collapsing from tiredness and has even posseted milk all over me, and yet still it goes on. Send super nanny ASAP!

Sorry I've been MIA for so long. Will catch up properly soon, but apologies in advance a me, me, me post to explain what's been going on.

So, at almost 33 years of age my body has randomly decided to become allergic to .....something?! Have got really nasty dermatitis/hives and the itching is driving me demented. Nothing topical is helping, and the next step is antihistamines. The problem is, when the GP checked, none were suitable whilst bf. After a fortnight of scratching myself to pieces (has been going on longer really, but getting more severe) and a lot of soul searching, I decided it really can't carry on even if it means I have to give up bf . Went to the support group today, and came up with a plan to express and built a little bit of a store, then pump and dump to keep a supply up while taking the shortest course of antihistamines I could - might also need to ff if can't express enough beforehad to cover. They gave me the number of the drugs in breastmilk helpline though, and they seem to be saying that taking ahs for a short time might be ok anyway so will see what happens when I go back to the GP.

Am also absolutely covered in bruises just from itching so have had to have blood test to check platelet levels.

And also to to top it off, N had a bug last week (now completely fine) and I got it over the weekend. Got so dehydrated I fainted due to low bp and managed to cut my nose open as I fell. Spent Saturday night in A&E on a drip (think I was the only sober person under 70 in there) and now much better but sporting a lovely wound across my nose, which might scar.

In summary, I am slowly falling to bits. But, worse things happen at sea. Hope things are better for everyone else. Will do some reading and find out!

Hi everyone. Sorry for being absent. And sorry to hear that babies and mummies have been poorly.

We have started sleep training. I've stopped feeding if DS wakes within 4/5 hrs. I just cuddle, rock and shush. The first night it took me 90 minutes and then last night 60 minutes at around 3 am. But tbh at least 2 days a week it would take me that long even with boob. Tonight I fed him to sleep at 7, he woke at 8 but I rocked him back to sleep by 8.10. Fx he sleeps for a while.

I won't update you, it'd make depressing reading

ispy piriton is suitable for babies aged one and over - surely if they can have a direct dose then a watered (or milked!) down dose through the boob should be ok? I feel for you, that kind of itching is awful. Glad you're getting bloods checked too.

Woo-hoo I know how to live, just ordered a heated clothes airer!

2blessed8/Utopian - hope LOs are better soon. Also belated congratulations on the new flat Utopian*.

Hales - hope you are feeling better soon.

Nutella - glad you are getting some support. Know I'm very late to the party but YANBU re: PILs - I'd be concerned too.

WL - that's my thinking about Piriton too. Based on what I've been reading, the main risk seems to be that prolonged use could make them drowsy leading to missed feeds ultimately resulting in failure to thrive. I'm thinking that this must be much less of an issue at N's age, particularly given he's at the chunkier end of the spectrum and is eating a good diet of solids as well. Also want to see if there is the option of a non-drowsy one too otherwise co-sleeping will have to be knocked on the head right away. Not sure I could deal with sleep training on top of everything else that is happening at the moment!

It's never made me or dd2 drowsy but I know it can affect people differently. Can u try taking a dose in the morning so its out of your system by bedtime?

I've just done settle no1 with almost no boob. She was happy enough if I was cuddling and rocking but there was a bit of complaining when I put her down so up and down a few times, about 45 mins in total. Not too bad for a start.

Good luck WL, i hope a good start leads to a good sleep for you soon.

Also good luck Isthat.

Ispy, this is a huge understatement but what a shit time your having. I hope things improve quickly for you and also that they find something you can use whilst breastfeeding.

Willyou, i hope J is sleeping for you now.

You could get your gp to call the local hospitals medicine informations pharmacy line which will have the most up to date & accurate info re which antihistamines safest whilst bf. gp is probably going by bnf which is always overcautious.

nutella sorry to hear about the pnd but good that you've got to the bottom of it & things can hopefully get better from now. With bf you've done amazing to get this far despite things being difficult - sounds like you've got a good plan in place. And totally see where you are coming from with regards to the pil!!

WL sounds like a good settle.

We just had a feed as it was 5 1/2 hrs since his last feed. He woke once I put him down, so rocked him again, he woke when I placed him in the second time but went to sleep with me rubbing his back round and round in circles.

Today is the first time he's gone back to sleep without being in my arms :)

Fx he stats asleep, I'm off to sleep again now. Night.

Ispy I would believe the helpline over the gp as they are notoriously scared of giving medication to bf mums.

WL I'm not sure I think it's common around this age. He just bites and grins. I also think my supply has gone I haven't felt a let down or even slightly 'full' for ages I'm going to keep offering though

I guess that's all you can do spooky
T was up at 1 and 5.30 and I went straight to feed! Think I'll try minimal feed for first wake and then path of least resistance for a bit although she woke at 6.30 with a big scream - I think she'd 'choked' a bit on snot and scared herself as she is very snotty this morning. There's never a good time to do it is there!?

Goodness me Ispy, I hope you feel better soon

We've not had too bad a night considering he was up screaming between 9 and 11. His entire lower gum on his left side is just a mass of open cuts. Just one wake up at 3 and then a catastrophic nappy leak at 6:45. We never get up this early , time to move up to 4+ I think.

Dosed A up before bed as he had a fever, so we got until about 1am, and that was it until 4. Feeding for a while and then at 3 he was coughing really badly. Finally went down at 4 and then I had to get up at 5! I am tired to say the least, and have a full day of meetings with a late finish.

DD got herself up this morning. Once I let her out of her room, she put her Room on the Broom dvd on by herself and got herself a bowl of cereal with milk and a cup of orange juice. I got dragged out of the shower to get some tissue so she could wipe up the tiny bit of spilt milk.

And then she got dressed. I was asked to attached the wings to her fairy costume. Bless!

Hope mums & babies feel better soon.