November 2012 - The last few first birthdays then we're on to Christmas

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1906769-November-2012-Isnt-age-one-a-lot-of-fun

Do u think I could put up a divider in H cot and they take a side each

Cradle cap. On eye brows and forehead. What do I do? I'm worried mil will think "hmmm dirty ill wash it off".
Anything home made I can do.

I share Fs bday tomorrow. Happy birthday to us. 24again

I try not to fart in front of dh, but sometimes especially since childbirth they sneak out. Actually when preggers, I swear to god F used to kick me in the arse and one would pop out. It is quite funny

Just Friends Guy has seen me vomity, tear stained & make up free. He didn't mind and takes the piss out of me for it. He's a goody

Zamboni, that sounds a lot like XP. Once he had settled on his story/lie he would not be dissuaded from it. Stubborn as a fucking mule and full of bullshit.

Try olive oil GT

Ah you kept that quiet GT! Have some and in preparation. I need to go to bed. Nightimes are like russian roulette in the pig house.

Or Aveeno. You would think I was paid to advertise the stuff.

Just Friends Guy has just text to say he will pop round on Thursday after work to see O on his birthday. Isn't that cute

Aveeno was the only thing that cleared M's cradle cap gt. I caped her in it at bedtime and gently sponged it off the next morning. Completely gone in a couple of days.

Zamboni I fucking hate liars but am also giggling about the subject of your ishoos sorry . My liar lies by omission. Frequently. Or swears he never said things, that he may have said 2/3/4 years ago. (ie when I first met him he told me he had owned a flat in Dundee a number of years ago. I brought this up when we first started looking to buy about a year ago, and he completely denied ever saying it. Apparently he rented the flat. Liar. There are better (or worse?) examples than that, but that one sticks out sooo clearly in my mind). Anyway, I fucking hate liars.

Big hugs chasing. I'd do you too

I've got a barely asleep bear boobed into submission on me in front of the telly. Poor sausage he's not right and has a temperature of 39c which makes me think teeth. As does the fact he'll only nurse on one side. He never comes downstairs at night as i don't want him to think coming downstairs and playing is an option after bedtime but if he weren't on me now I'd be sat upstairs on that rocking chair for hours. Erkk tonight might be loooooong.

GT I'd worry about any newborn that had to share a cot with Jonas - he'd smite them / try to poke out their eyes!

Isles cheers for that J has a spot of cradle cap so will Aveeno it. You're not meant to use olive oil anymore as it feeds the fungus / cradle cap beasties. My ex used to lie by omission or just hope I'd forget he told me some bullshit to impress when we first met / to explain him crawling in late / to explain why the rent bounced. You might worry about M missing him but she will only get hurt by his lies eventually.

Ignore what I said about olive oil GT Aveeno cures all.

Awesome awesome awesome day. Loved every minute, and I think Oscar did too!

So tired. And so ignoring the fact I am on an early shift in the morning, the house is in chaos and there are still plates of food on the table!

The dog has hoovered up for me. Luckily . One less job to do!

Feeling super emotional tonight. In a good way. :)

O still has half his presents to open by the way. Lesson learned. Bought too much. Will try harder at Christmas!

He only realised he had a tent filled with balloons 5 minutes before bedtime!

O is not interested in the wrapping paper. Nor the box. He is, however, very interested in the toy that it contains . Typical of O. Biggest hit so far are the dolls pram and the spinning top. He is enthralled by trying to work it out!

Happy birthday for the morning GT.

And happy birthday BP to F! Your surprise November arrival! The cake looks amazing! I didn't realise how much effort goes in to them!

Which Aveeno products do people recommend? L is still having some dry skin patches, possibly eczema (not itchy though). He also has the remnants of cradle cap - is that weird at his age? It is slowly flaking off.

We went to Milton Keynes today to buy a new car seat (successful!) and then to our local Xmas lights switch on event which was really nice apart from the actual bit where they switched the lights on.

Aww you were in MK JJ where did you go? I just use the big tub of Aveeno lotion - I'll check out the full name of it in the morning for you.

chasing I'm so sorry the date didn't go how you wanted it to. BUT.....I'm pretty sure he meant there was no chemistry rather than you aren't attractive. He has seen a picture of you so obviously he didn't think you were a minger as otherwise he wouldn't have asked you/agreed to go on a date with you. Sometimes chemistry is there, sometimes it's not. At least he was upfront and honest rather than string you along. Don't be so hard on yourself.

zamboni I can understand where you are coming from but I have to admit to having a giggle at your fart tory. Sorry

fruit Not a very successful bath all round then!

det glad O (and you) enjoyed his special day.

JJ E still has remnants of cradle cap. It's silly as she never really had it bad. It's just not really gone away. I've not really been doing much to get rid of it actually (apart from using dentonix shampoo occasionally) so I think I might up the anti and try and get rid of it.

Sorry for barging in and not reading the thread first but does anyone know anything about croup? O has had what we thought was a cold this week, runny nose and a slight temperature, but today has developed a horrendous cough. She sounds like a seal which is what is making us think of croup. She went down at 7.30, slept until 8.50 and then cried inconsolably until 11.00 when she finally went back to sleep. She's now coughing every 10 mins in her cot, and kind of groaning after coughing as if to say 'ugh this cough is horrid' but is settling back to sleep after, thank goodness.

Dr Google thinks it should clear up on its own and only seek medical help if it seems to affect her breathing. Anyone know if I can give her anything to help the cough though?

What do you do with a crying baby? J keeps waking and crying then eventually will be cuddled back to sleep. I took the mattress out of his cot to try and sleep on the floor with him but he wouldn't settle. Now he is asleep on his tummy on the mattress on the floor of his room and I am trying to sleep on the floor of the landing but I'm worried that he will roll off the mattress onto the floor and I can't put the mattress back into the cot because he is temporarily asleep on it. Maybe I will just try and stay awake in there with him.

What do you do with a crying baby?

I spend 3 years and counting systematically destroying my sleep patterns. What do you do?

Also, I have a lot of catching up to do. Have some of you changed names? Evil you are a legend. Chasing go easy on yourself.

How are the knees Luis? It's good to see you posting again although maybe not at this time of night.

I got J back into his cot, mattress and all and he is still asleep so I am back in bed although I can't sleep. I know there's no solution, we've tried cot sleeping, co sleeping, feed to sleep, cry it out, controlled crying. My last good night of sleep was the evening of 13 November 2012. Since then it has been an endless series of broken nights. J has slept through twice I think but I didn't on those nights. I have asked my mum and DH to deal with him at nights but they haven't been able to give me a break so it always comes back to me. And he's crying again.

Oh Stunt, poor you.

Calpol?

My knees are better, thank you. Physio and painkillers help, weeks like this where I've been sleeping on the landing floor because J is having nightmares and L is teething don't help. They're up and down, which is progress.

With all the problems J had with speech, he never ever shuts up now. He asked today why Saturn has rings. And L... doesn't have the same speech problems. Amongst other things, she says thank you when you give her something, and "no poo" if appropriate when you tell her you're going to check her nappy.

Okay I'm still trying to get the hang of this. I can't remember a thing I wanted to say when trying to catch up.

Well, happy birthday to the babies! I remember this time last year when everyone was posting pics of the new ones. I think we should repost newborns to see how they have grown.

Misslaugh I don't know much but have had several family members babies suffer through. Fresh air helps. It can get bad and need hospital and breathing treatments. Best of luck.

Fruit L went and pooped all over the tub for the first time a few days ago. Yuck. And yesterday she peed on the carpet. She has had the most awful diaper rash and I was letting her run free for just a minute. All the while dinner was not getting ready and DH was almost home.

I hope all the little ones are sleeping straight through.

Stunt I'm so sorry. You deserve a good nights sleep. You are a hero for getting up all those nights.

Feels weird but after I ranted on here and thought about it all night I was fine. Feel a huge stress has been lifted and I'm not worrying anymore

I'd say that was pretty good going

Love that I can do this when I haven't even been to a meet and not on here as much as the regulars x

Happy birthday to littlepig and gt.

Happy birthday F and GT x

After J sleeping three nights, he had a stinker of one last night. I think it is a combination of teeth and my mothers dumplings. I had indigestion last night too

I am so fucked off with DH, but honestly cannot recall him ever lying to me. Sometimes he has not quite given the full story to protect me, but never a barefaced lie. When we met I said it was the most important thing to me, not to be lied to. Fucking hate it.