Graduated Elderberries

[HazleNutt]

It's time to move to Post-Natal clubs.

*off

Wish me luck today too - I have my PhD viva this afternoon. Fortunately I've had a week of really good sleep (thank you baby!) so don't feel too mentally frazzled.

My sis said vit D deficiency made her feel postnatally shit, and a supplement really helped. It'd be worse in the winter too (though Lol you've had a month of sun, no?).

ooh good luck quod! So we should call you Dr Quod son?

Hello.. Does anybody on this thread remember me? I think I last posted around dec or jan last year...

Zombies yes!!! Where on earth have you been???

I'm just so bad at following a thread! Ie with first trimester exhaustion I wouldn't be able to check the thread for days and then the conversation would have moved on and I'd feel like an idiot butting in..
And so I slowly slunk off

Well get yourself back in and put us on your watch list! How are you? I assume you have a 6ish month old baby to tell us all about? If your baby sleeps through the night and you are feeling refreshed and well-rested then we may have to rethink your readmission as we are all constantly knackered.

Purple what are your work doing to mess you about?

Ooo good luck Dr Quod, although I am sure you won't need it and will absolutely piss it.

Merk I do completely agree and my DH is also an IT/gadget lover so E will definitely grow up around lots of technology and hopefully be quite savvy with it all by the time she goes to school, but I just wonder where the line is between it being educational/healthy versus too much? I already see it now with DSD (she's just turned 8). She used to love taking the dog out with DH but since she's had a tablet all she wants to do is sit in the house playing games and watching Netflix on it. We ask her if she wants to go and she says she 'doesn't feel like it,' or some other lame excuse, but we then say that if she chooses not to go then there will be no 'screens' while DH is gone and she miraculously changes her mind.

Zombies!!! Hi! Of course we remember you, missed you! How's things?x

zombies how the heck are you? I was thinking about you yesterday, how are things? So nice to hear from you!

I am now on antobiotics as I have an infection in my nicely healed scar. Gutted. Its so annoying and whats worse it really really hurts.

I think E is becoming a spoon refuser.

She took her porridge from a spoon this morning, but when I tried to give lunch she point blank refused to take it. I thought she might not like it (left over mashed up oriental stir fry that DH and I had for Dinner last night) and defrosted a portion of chicken dinner which she has eaten lots of times and she wouldn't take that either.

Then I spread some Philadelphia on some bread and she is eating it.

I am not against the BLW route but she takes so bloody long to feed herself and we only get 3 hours between naps to get out of the house to do anything so half of that time will be taken up by feeding.

I've been really naughty and tried H with some hipp organic apple and pear today, I wanted to see how he would react to the spoon and so far so good thankfully.

How old is he Mother? I think earlier than 17 weeks an infant's gastrointestinal function is definitely not mature enough to cope with anything other than milk. I can see that it's tempting though with us all banging on about it!

Just having a nosey online for BLW recipe ideas and came across the Allergy UK site which has some good recommendations on what foods to introduce at what age.

Interestingly, their advice also goes against NHS advice to wait until 26 weeks and encourages first weaning from 17 weeks onwards.

cavort I wouldn't worry yet, V has had a couple of days when he clamps his mouth shut and pushes the spoon away, but happily eats the same thing next day. I think it might be when he's teething, that spoon hurts the gums.

So had my evaluation, all good, everybody happy. Didn't have actual salary discussions with boss, will have that in a few weeks when discussing the goals etc for this year. But told her that I want to talk about it and she agreed that we will discuss. So we'll see.

It was only a few mouthfuls of my friends stewed apple and pear that she had for her lo as he was so interested.

H is 3 months, me and my brother were weaned at 3 months as that was the advice at the time so I'm not too worried. I'm certainly not starting properly in the next few weeks but was impressed that he coped so well with a spoon.

Ooh belated luck Quod!

Interestingly, I am suspecting vit D deficiency too. Will see what transpires but have started some vit D and a c and zinc tablet.

Dr Google suggests that all breastfeeding mothers should be supplementing vit D and breastfed babies should be given vitamin drops from one month old, with all babies aged 6 months plus on vitamins

Hands up who knew any of this from a health professional??

oh yes sorry missed that, good luck quod.

So glad I went to the docs as the infected bit is bloody painful now. Still not sure how the internal stitches/scar can be infected but not the outside? I'm also slightly concerned that he said if I'd left it the infection would make its way to the surface and leave me with an open wound...yuck!

brave I am very much 'hands down', had no idea about that! Surely they should get vitamins from the milk?

Well done hazle and good luck for when you have the actual "chat".

Quod - hope I'm not too late to wish you good luck

Cavort - that's exactly what my DSIL said about weaning (paediatric consultant one). NHS advice likely to change. Important to wait to wean until 17 weeks but then introducing food at that point is fine, and introducing allergens is beneficial - with the exception of gluten which should be introduced at 6 months (no sooner, no later).

Just had to scrape loads of dog shit off my pushchair wheels. I bloody love dogs but FGS!! M has been poi-tastic today so his nappies combined with the dog poo makes me feel like I've been wiping faeces off one thing or another all day long.

It's never easy to ask for a raise, but if you don't ask, how would the boss know you're not happy?

Good luck hazel, have had to ask that awkward question myself so feel your pain. I did get the raise though so fx for you!

How did you get on quod?

Bad night again here! S has been screaming and crying for 2.5 hours, no idea if it's wind, hunger or reflux. Keep putting her back on the boob but that could make wind or reflux worse, whereas winding could be making reflux worse - so basically I'm confused and frazzled! The funny thing is I wanted to start a loose gina ford plan this evening as it's worked well for janey - we managed the bath bit before it all went to shit so that was an epic fail!

Hope it went well quod. When is this money chat hazle?
Oh dear Alex I hope your night improves from here. I too still have a fully awake baby currently sitting up in her travel cot whinging that she is too tired to sleep!!!
The good news is that the gp has asked for a blood test so at least I will soon find out if all is in order!

She just dropped off on the boob and the silence was absolute bliss, such a relief, but then she woke up crying again, she flinched a few times before she woke DH is out with work tonight so I've txt saying to go straight to the spare room in case I do finally get her to sleep. She's wheezing like crazy too, she's wheezy anyway but it's like darth vader choking!

Good news about the blood test, hope it gives you either reassurance or an answer.

L has also just fallen asleep in bed next to me which means there is no space for dh in bed!!!!