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March 2013 - time to wrap them all up in tinsel

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StormyBrid · 04/12/2013 11:21

Old thread here.

worse we're like Plonky on the timings - we keep mealtimes and milktimes separate. I spotted something in Evil Baby Whisperer that suggested around this age milk should be at the time you'd give a snack. Thinking about it, that's pretty much what we do - milk at the crack of dawn, 11am, 3pm and bedtime, food at 9am, 1pm and 5pm. It seems to work, and Fartypants is definitely in the process of reducing milk herself. Those middle two feeds, she's having about four ounces now.

How is the worselet on mush? Does she show any preferences? If we were sticking with baby led weaning we'd be getting absolutely nowhere. Savoury mushes, she'll try a mouthful then get distracted by the cat. Fruit mushes, she practically inhales. For a reduced stress option, can I suggest getting yourself to Asda? They've a hell of a range of cheap fruity mushes, and then at least you're not having to throw away purees you've spent hours lovingly creating.

Incidentally, six month old Molly may love her porridge, but all that means is that Molly's a total weirdo - porridge is vile. It's weetabix all the way round here, with mashed banana in.

eco hang in there, it does get better. How long until 37 weeks for you?

I am thanking my heathen gods we don't have crawling yet. Nappy changes with rolling are bad enough. Especially when it's a particularly horrific one.

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Gerrythetootallgiraffeswife · 16/01/2014 19:15

Careful wors, you'll make plonky jealous with all this flirting! But thank you lovely Blush

I'm sure I'll find something, your suggestion is pretty much my usual as well, but my jeans are a baggy mess at the moment but I'm in between sizes so can't yet squeeze myself into the next size down. Probably old favourite of wrap dress, boots, big hair, dangly earrings. Bit mumsy but I'm the youngest by 4 years so should get away with it I'm such a bitch

Day 2 at CM for dd. 30 minutes nap this time, so a slight improvement. Still lots of tears though, but ever the optimist I'm sure next week will be better. How is it that all you lot with nap refusing cuddly shy babies are having childcare success whilst my sleep obsessed outgoing little baby who ignores me most of the day is finding it so difficult? Poor little thing.

I am so hungry. DH is cooking dinner for the first time in weeks. God he takes forever doing it. musn't nag musn't nag musn't nag

Plonkysaurus · 16/01/2014 19:33

Worse yes he's become quite the bitey little monster. Thankfully the nursery worker (who is lovely, I think DS would live with her if he could) said she scolded him a little (as I would have also done) but that he just laughed. He needs to learn it's no ok to go around acting like a little vampire/monkey.

I find I'm so much more productive working from home. And I don't have to wear make up. It's a bit lonely but as I use skype and email to message colleagues but it means I can work at my own pace.

Gerry your wrap dress outfit sounds lovely. And all the better for being the pip squeak of your mummy friends Grin. I wish I were a pip squeak, but I've got a couple of years on Something and she's the only other person I know who OWNS A TIDDLER! Sorry for shouting, ahem. Anyway. I don't know why DS settled into nursery well. He's got a fairly easy going personality, but it sounds like DD usually does too. Separation anxiety? We started nursery before this kicked in, and he does still cry when I leave him some days but he's very used to it there. DD will get there, don't worry. I loved my childminder and have fond if slightly hazy memories of walking her lovely dog, watching Neighbours at lunch time with her husband, getting muddy in the garden, and best of all, butterscotch Angel Delight. Oh the 80's.

Right I'm orf to assemble some slow cooked lamb and celeriac chips.

ecofreckle · 16/01/2014 20:31

yummy with regard vitamin drops, we put them with the bath stuff so when we empty the jug that contains toothbrush, paste and baby shampoo out it pops so it's now part of Bath routine and the evil orange colour can't stain anything. Yikes no punctuation. I just needed to remember to say that. Hello all!

Gerry va va voom! That's the sort of outfit I'd like to look good in but the boobs let the look down. Boobs look good in those dresses and I have none

Worse good work on lunch and run! My dh is moaning that I'm not eating enough, not getting my extra 500 bf calories. It's not due to lack of desire but, like you, once you've faffed with baby meals you just feel 'kitchened out'. I did my inaugural post baby run. Felt great it was only just over two miles and my reproductive organs didn't fall out. Grin

Speaking of which. Coil ladies. Can you really feel the wires dangling through your cervix when you self examine? There's been fun times in the eco house and I am a bit scared that upon fiddling around with my cervix I can't find any blasted wires. Coil gone? Baby number two on way? Shock Betty are you there?

Plonky you're hardly an old gimmer like me and worse so stop with that moaning. I really wish we could teleport and have pork pie filled get togethers.

Any how's dh done the rest of this week? Did he come down with anything?

We had two new things happen today. Standing unaided for a few seconds! And, playing merry hell at bedtime. Now, we might have a terrible sleeper with her love of into double figures wake ups and multiple feeds but bedtime has never been an issue. We had repeated standing up and crying. For 45 minutes. After 30 lie back downs I lay her down, turned my back on the cot and leant against it for five minutes before walking out. It's been quiet for half an hour now. Fingers crossed.

Had a lovely day of baby in back pack and geocaching with baby friends (who aren't as nice as you plonk obvs). It felt very spring like and our picnic in middle of muddy field was challenging but fun.

BettyOff · 16/01/2014 21:18

I'm here Eco! You can feel the threads for the first few days after its gone in if your cervix points the right way and you're pretty dexterous, but after this they tend to soften and curl up right onto/into the cervix. Some people can still feel them at this point if they have a really good poke about but many can't. Do you have any reason to think it might have fallen out? Very heavy period? If you're unsure and concerned book an appointment to see your practice nurse, they tend to be much quicker with a speculum than the GPs as they do all the smears, and they can put your mind at rest or send you for a scan to look for the coil if they can't see the threads.

ecofreckle · 16/01/2014 21:26

thanks Betty! I have had lots of heavy bleeding since it was put in three months ago. Am currently enjoying bleed free few weeks Wink and now worried that a baby might be the result! I was told to check threads regularly so thought it was about time to. I found cervix easily, bit wonky mind, but can't find threads. Oh well. Will try clinic where they fitted it. The ultrasound thing was painless so maybe they'll do that. Sorry for TMI everyone else. There ends cervix related posts!

yummychocolate · 16/01/2014 22:09

Magic happened and it was back to 8pm bedtime just like the old days. So lesson learnt. No morning nap equals nightmare bedtimes.

Biting? Ouch. Is that what we have to look forward to.

eco i can't feel no threads now but for the first couple of days I did.

gerry give it time. She will get used to the cm gradually. 30mins of sleep is better than what it was on day 1.

Gerrythetootallgiraffeswife · 16/01/2014 23:08

In true 'parents are never happier than when they're fretting' style... Plonky, I am jealous of the biting. We still have no teeth here! Which I know is fine. Except its so difficult not to worry about silly things like that! 10.5 months old, and no teeth!

ecofreckle · 16/01/2014 23:24

they're overrated gerry! Your little girl will focus her teething into one block of only a few months and that'll be that. Job done. Very sensible strategy.

Pudtat · 17/01/2014 06:50

We have just the one at 10 months Gerry.

And after weigh in yesterday, we were unsurprised that a month of weaning, teething and having the mother of all colds has seen his weight go fractionally backwards. So we've yet to hit 8kg. Can you see why the car seat dilemma hasn't really hit our house yet!? Hmm Proper hungry boy yesterday though so I think he's trying to make up for lost time.

Plonkysaurus · 17/01/2014 09:21

Eco is right Gerry, teeth are overrated, and gums are just fine for eating most things. They'll come through in their own time - I think you only have to worry if you have a toothless 2 year old.

Mmm Eco pork pie. Of course I'll just eat the filling but you can't beat a proper pork pie. Meh of course I'm not an old gimmer, I merely meant the only other mummies I know in real life are younger than me, and I'd like to feel like a pipsqueak again.

In other news I appear to have broken the 11stone barrier, so this is an exceptionally Good Day. I'm off to buy myself some bras to celebrate.

ecofreckle · 17/01/2014 09:39

Plonky you are our tiny (light) pipsqueak!

Plonkysaurus · 17/01/2014 09:43

Eco Grin Thanks

StormyBrid · 17/01/2014 10:42

Well done Plonky, even though I feel enormous in comparison.

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yummychocolate · 17/01/2014 14:01

Well done plonky! Enjoy shopping.

worsestershiresauce · 17/01/2014 14:25

Yay Plonky, and everyone else on the fitness drive. I've hit my own milestone, gained half a stone since I stopped bf-ing. In my case this is a good thing. I never quite got a handle on the extra 500kcal thing either Eco.

Gerry you sure you want biting? DH has yet to perfect the advance flinch manoeuvre and as a result is sporting a rather fetching welt/blood blister on his shoulder. I'm not sure how she managed to do that through a jumper, but I am a tiny bit impressed.

The coil sounds a tad perturbing. I'm rather glad I don't have one. Is there any form of contraception that isn't grim? Nope, didn't think so!

Not much doing today, by virtue of the fact I am back in my usual sleep deprived haze. The cold turned out to be a nasty one, so DH and I spent the night holding her upright so she could breathe, and administering calpol. I know I mentioned the syringe tip before, but I'll mention it again. Works a treat.

Speaking of tips, I owe thanks to: Stormy for the wipers on the bus method of face wiping. Why does that work? It does though; and Betty for the metanium nappy rash cream recommendation. It cleared up a minor case in literally one day.

worsestershiresauce · 17/01/2014 14:32

I have just read the style tips for the 40-somethings blog (on the right), what with being 40 something and all.... and apparently I should be dressing in a sack, accessorized with one but not more stains, a comfy jumper and a striking dog, or one with halitosis. Excellent. In future I shall be deferring to Gerry for all style advice as I much prefer the sound of her wrap dress.

ecofreckle · 17/01/2014 14:56

Hello. Just saw an oast house and it reminded me to wave to Gerry and Worse. Am not far shy of Tunbridge Wells as we are moving the yurts to Oxfordshire tomorrow. Not quite sure of the logistics of that what with baby and all!
Worse today I am wearing super skinny jeans, grey. Grey v neck. Grey white stuff knitted gilet affair. Green scarf with insect patterns. I have at least one stain. And have a dog brooch, albeit one without halitosis.

StormyBrid · 17/01/2014 15:44

So what are we younger mummies supposed to be wearing? A sack sounds quite comfy (though I'll pass on the dog) but I'm still over a decade too young. Today I have gone for jeans (the ones I got into 12 days post partum then put on weight and have only recently got back into). Odd socks. A black maternity vest with no bra. Topped off with a beige dressing gown that's rockied to fuck after just three weeks. I'm so classy.

In other news, Fartypants spends her days shrieking and screaming at the moment. Hoping this will pass after wonder week forty six, which is only a week away. She's currently at my dad's. The silence is blissful.

Also, if my period finished on the 1st, I was late getting a new pack of pills, started them on the 7th, shagged on the 12th, and wasn't fully contracepted until the 14th, what are my odds of being upduffed?

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Shatteredmamma1 · 17/01/2014 17:29

Enjoy the yurts eco. A friend went yurting
last year and loved it. Without a baby though!

No idea stormy re style. I'm wearing a short
skirt, black tights, long sleeved top and
scarf. Invariably have food chucked over
me by the end of the day- don't think that's
part of it.

You could easily have ovulated if you were
even a day or two late starting your pill.
So there's definitely a possibility. Let us
know when you POAS..... Smile.

We are struggling here . I won't bring
everyone down but I am finding this week
hard going. Ah well the only way is up
right?

Well done on the weight loss ladies. I am
back to pre preg weight but my tummy is
Not Good. Trying to resolve it but it's hard!!
Grin. Must give up chocolate.....

StormyBrid · 17/01/2014 18:56

Don't be too hard on your tummy, Shattered. It's never going to be as taut as it was pre-pregnancy, and you could drive yourself mad trying to flatten it.

Won't be peeing on any sticks unless my period's late. Although cocking up my pills means god knows when it's due...

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Shatteredmamma1 · 17/01/2014 19:10

Thanks stormy Grin

Pudtat · 17/01/2014 22:16

Style ... Hmmm. I bought shoes in Hotter today because they were flat and dead comfy. Style is dead Grin. Seriously don't know what I'd do without jumper dress and leggings uniform. Fell off food wagon before Christmas and illness means fallen off exercise wagon since . Went to gym last night for first time in about a month. Must start the shred. ... Hmm

Plonky well done on 11 stone. I need to do the same but am not there yet.

Did buy new bras this week though. Pre pg all wrong and post had got cavernous. Now have 3 that fit. Smile

somethingbeginningwith · 18/01/2014 01:57

Well done plonk, I haven't weighed myself in years and I don't think I could face doing it now. But I have been eating sensibly all week; not even any chocolate which is a huge deal for me! Staple dress code for me is skinny jeans or those stretchy skirt things with tights and a forgiving jumper. Although, tonight I wore the dress I graduated in 2 years ago (with spanx underneath, mind) to my friends' graduation night. Lots of newly graduated 21 year olds...who all went home before midnight. How dare they waste their youth?!

Coils falling out??! Do they do that? It clearly worried me as I dreamt that I found mine under the sofa in the living room. I've never felt the strings. I hope it's still there!

DS cries every time I leave him at the childminder's now Sad and and every time he sees DP when he picks him up. It's clearly a rouse to make us believe he does it all day. We see straight through ya, 10 month old!

yummychocolate · 18/01/2014 02:45

stormy you need to try the coil its great contraception. You bleed pretty much every day so hardly have opportunity to dtd. Can't wait to get the bloody thing out.

Style? What style? Usually anything that doesn't look too creased with splashes of tomato stains and a snot trail.

Aibu to refuse to have any visitors as it messes with my pfb's sleep schedule and my diet? Another 10pm bedtime, he refused to sleep so he doesn't miss any fun.

LaLaLeni · 18/01/2014 06:06

Morning! Insomnia strikes.

I bought gym clothes - but my arse looks HORRIFIC. Please convince me nobody will care?!

I just wear baggy shapeless things now, I don't mind being generally bigger but its all the lumpy bits that get to me. Yuck.

The boy went to bed at 7pm and for the most part has slept through with one tiny feed at 4am - progress!

He's got all cuddly lately and yesterday spent ages just snuggling against my face watching TV. He smells exactly like OH i noticed now.