The 7th Broadly Gemini Luxury Bus - Now with highchairs!

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Bibs at the ready, things are about to get very messy!

Omg lor ouch that makes me go all skwirmy, I hope you heel quickly
Get well vibes to you too frus, nothing worse then being poorly and over Xmas is the pits
Can't believe someone brought sick kids to your home pear if shed have warned you first and you said you didn't mind that's be one thing but just to bring them is so naughty! Poorly babies are the worst as you can't explain to them why they feel bad and they can't tell you they do
Well kitten is just stiring, oh and there's dd1 door opening, can you believe they've both slept till now, that's officially a first!!!

We've not even bothered with a tree this year... or any other decorations come to think of it! The only things we'd get away with would have to be attached to the ceiling to keep them away from Calf!

I've stopped taking my pills already! My ears & sinuses are bugging me & I just can't tell what issues are due to this viruses & what's a side effect of the pills. I'm weirdly feeling ok at the moment though, depression-wise at least! I'll start taking them again once I'm physically feeling healthier - I just can't handle the side effects on top of being ill!

I want candy floss now!

Worthers original make nice candy floss. But cola cubes are epic! -just don't try the chilli candyfloss. #just saying

Funnily enough we've had no trouble at all with our tree or the presents below!! Don't know why but dd1 was just told once they wernt for her and I explained that Xmas is all about giving a present to people you love and that these were there's and on Xmas day they will buy her one and that's been it, she left well alone

The chocolate callender on the other hand wasn't so lucky.....

Urgh, sugar is the enemy! I keep trying to feed the boys breakfasts like eggs and toast and oatmeal and DH goes out and buys the super sugary stuff and gives it to them... which in result just turns into a fight over what they get to eat every morning. I didn't know there was that much sugar in candy floss/cotton candy. If it were up to me the kids would get like a 1/4 of the boiled sweet... evil mother

You'd think that after 6 months M wouldn't be that exciting to the boys, but I still feel like I need to hang her from the ceiling.

Anyone getting baby fever again yet?

Frus my dd1 doesn't like milk either! Well unless it's in her bottle which she shouldn't have! she asks for Cheerios or flakes everyday without milk, she's even been known to ask for wheetabix without it although I draw the line there!!
I never stop having baby fever bring

Baby fever? No! Dear god no, not yet.

So, nipple is slowly healing. It's not agony to put the cream on anymore so that's an improvement. GP says results came back clear but she still thinks there may have been some kind of infection there. That's gone now I think but the wound/ulcer is still there. Trying to keep using the shield but DS has figured out if he bites it then he can pull it off. It doesn't hurt as much to feed but I can feel the more he does feed without the shield that the soreness gets worse. Not sure what to do really. Trying to get him to use the shield until he gets bored then finishing feeds on the good side and expressing the bad side with occasional no-shield feeds thrown in. Not sure if it'll bugger up my supply a bit though.

Oh lor what a dilemma, can't believe the little monkey has figured out how to pull it off! Can you not just take him off and keep putting it back until he gets the message? I really don't think it could heel well without it as everytime he pulls and it's wet it will make it sore again, or just use a pump for that side for a few days to give it abit of time?
How many feeds does he have and is it always both sides?
Has he started eating more now?
Has he atleast learned biting is a no no?? X

If I keep taking him off and putting him back on he gets agitated and more bitey -sore even through the shield.

He still feeds a lot - every two hours or so during the day and then 2 feeds during the night. He only takes one side per feed - always did - but if he's tailing every feed from one side what will that do to that side's supply? We only introduce solids last week so he's not taking much. One portion of food a day at lunchtime.

He's not biting generally. I think he only did it when the teeth were coming in and annoying him. I'm also vigilant about watching for signs.

He never really took a bottle but we've started giving him water in a sippy cup with no valve and he seems to like it. Maybe I could do some feeds of expressed breast milk from a cup?

It sounds like expressed feeds by what ever means might be the way forward, it shouldn't affect your supply if it's only a few days and you pump at similar times he would feed or even if you did half as many but took all of it out as it would be quite full if not used for longer then if you pumped it all out it would still be telling your body it was needed?
Bring would be the best for advice as obviously she couldn't feed for a few days, the important thing I'd think is to get it well as that will allow you to do it long term and even if you supply went abit squeif for a few days, it would increase again if he was using it like normal, you don't want it to get really nasty

Wow, ouch to the ouch Lor Yeah, you could definitely start introducing expressed milk through the sippy cup. If he's only taking one side at a time, you could express on the "un-occupied" side while he's feeding on the other to keep your supply up. The pump generally doesn't do an as good of a job at removing milk as a baby does, but if it's for a few days to let that last bit of healing happen it might be worth it. I am able to express more milk if she is feeding on one side while I pump vs pumping alone. I think the let-down is more effective that way. You could also use a heating pad or flannel or something like that on the side you'll be pumping on to get the milk flowing and therefore hopefully empty the breast, which in turn won't mess with your supply. You could also start out feeding on the affected side, take him off when it starts to get sore and express the rest out while he nurses on the unaffected side. Sorry, I hope that's not all too confusing....

Haha, I had to throw something out there to get the conversation going a little bit! I don't have baby fever by any means (especially after last night, which I'll gladly spill about in a minute) but I am still not completely convinced that M is our last. Just not for a while...

Yeah, so M was a total madam last night and refused to sleep in her own cot. She slept with me and oh how I wish that I could be one of those mothers who sleeps better with her baby than without Fuss (jealous). I was awake most of the night. Zzzzz. Also, DH thought it would be a good idea to give M some white pasta sauce on a spoon to lick yesterday and now the poor girl's got a horrible rash (it's gotta be the only culprit as that's the only food she had yesterday!).

Hmm where did my post go?!

Lor ~ I hope it heals really quickly for you now that the worst is over with. I've only ever experienced blisters so I can sympathise but what you're experiencing must be a lot worse If I had enough milk to express I know baby pear would take milk from a sippee cup. Really annoying that my milk supply is limited but at least it don't have to worry about leaking!

What else did I write in my disappearing post? Oh yeah. We've just got over baby pears second cold. That was fun! Yeah...a big thank you to the mums idiots who keep bringing their LOs to baby groups with coughs and snotty noses! My friend is also a crazy loon for bringing sick kids to my house. Agree on that

So, we've been away for the week. Our first family holiday in England woohoo :-) Baby pear was majorly buzzed up though from the moment we arrived. I think he was bouncing off my excitement as he refused to sleep most evenings so we didn't get any alone time We took his bed so it wasn't that. It could have just been the new environment. Anyway, an odd thing happened last night. He was still up at 10pm last night (buzzed up like we had given him sugar) so I was soooo tired I lay him in his cot and said its sleepy time now. He then proceeded to play with the bars and tried to roll over on his front. When he got stuck I helped him go on his front and said that's enough it's sleepy time now. I did shhh pat for about 5 minutes and he fell asleep with no crying what so ever! It was like a Christmas miracle!!! I doubt it will ever happen again so I just had to share

Oh and I have baby fever! Even though I'm no way ready!! I think I'm just worried that DH is going to make me wait a long time as I think he finds parenting v tiring. He says he needs a holiday to get over his holiday God knows why he thought it would be a holiday in the first place! Holidays to us just mean a change in scenery...nothing more!!

Well done on the shh pat pear, maybe he will do it again?! Fx!
I agree holidays do end up more tireing then relaxing and me mad women that I am am going away for 10 days at the start on jan, I've no idea how that's going to pan out!
Btw the hyper thing might be a tired sign, dd1 goes absolutely manic ( think running around naked twirling round and round and screaming) when really tired, it's like rather then the obvious go quiet and sit she does the opposite but just like you'd describe a sugar rush!
I had allready started trying for next dc this time with dd1, if it wasn't the fact if would be mental to have 3 under 4 at home I'd almost be tempted again lol

No, he cried when I tried shh pat at 7pm tonight However, he only woke up at 9:20 for food (because he hardly ate today) so I think you're right, it is likely that he's been over tired. Especially as he fell asleep at 5:30pm at his milk feed which I've not known him to do before. Bless. We will have a quiet washing day tomorrow!

Kitty ~ going anywhere nice for your holiday? change of scenery but actually more tiring then staying at home vacation

Bless him frus, so funny! Kitten loves dd1 and want to play with her but still has only got the tummy lie with arms straight out the sides bob resulting in not going anywhere!
We have her in a sitting chair in the bath now though and she loves that she can join in with her playing and making her laugh, we were all in stitches last night at them

Ello ello ello, remember me?

kitty has given me instruction to pop in and say hello after lol told me to pop onto another thread - how obedient am I?!

Thundercats here obv and it's lovely to see you all enjoying your babies, even though all the things you're talking about are like another language to me.

I think last time I said hi, I had had a 10 week scan and was still feeling a bit anxious? Well I'm now totally delighted and amazed to have reached 26 weeks and feeling bubs wiggle (despite anterior placenta) is the loveliest thing ever.

Sending you all and I've brought some Christmassy tangerines too if anyone would like one

thunder ! 26 weeks already. How fun. And feeling little wriggles too.