November 2012 - Are the LOs old enough for Mother's Day yet?

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2023090-November-2012-Spring-is-here-time-to-get-our-babies-out-and-about?

Mother's day not til May here. More gardening this wkd and have just settled LO so going to try and rest for a while.

Thank you PR and you are not going mad. You are sleep deprived. Do rest now if you have a chance.

Oh vq, hugs you poor thing. We have all had thoughts like that I am sure. Reflux babies are hard hard hard. Even harder when you are ill too

Sophia you are warm, welcoming and wonderful. And crazy.

VQ

Went to the playground this am. Full of families with daddies. Met up with a single mum friend and had a good complaint. It doesn't make me feel better though.

Am trying to get F to have her sleep in her cot. She is currently quacking at her mobile. Yawn.

Big hug Lily

Big hugs everyone.

I have peeled the spuds and prepared the veg. Can I make my Yorkshire pudding batter a day in advance? I can can't I? I think I have done it before.

Apparently batter mixture is best left in the fridge for a while before making. I assume overnight is fine. I'm half Yorkshire so am an expert

Brilliant. Thanks I will do that today as well then xx

Well it makes not a jot difference here that it is mothers day this weekend. We are just back from 2 children's partys and i'm about to head to the garden. Dh is working today and golfing tomorrow. Not sure what to do tomorrow. May head out for the day somewhere or just hang out at home. Weather's so nice will make sure we are outside whatever we do.

vq hugs x

Weather is absolutely shite here

We are just enveloped in cloud.

And I just put chilli in my eye.

VQ I often have moments of 'what the fuck did I do' in having O. I guess it is normal - particularly when you are flailing in the thick of it wondering just what the fuck is wrong this time...

PR Hope LO is better. :)

PR I saw that thread too, but I too am still angry over the lengths I was forced to go to. I'm not sure my response would be helpful, or rational. And also I am afraid - someone said to me I could be seen as giving medical advice . Whateverrrrrr. It all makes me so mad .

Pass my mum said the same about a mild winter

VQ Sausage rolls went down not so well. The nausea was awful after! Ended up going to bed at 7pm again. Luckily no further vomiting just a leaky butt sphincter. I've managed half a pack of rich tea fingers today. Which had I known were in the cupboard would have been fecking perfect yesterday .

I can't eat sensibly when I have been ill. I just want to eat junk food .

On the plus side I've now lost 4st 1lb . Sadly, the junk food diet will not see me there for long... .

Stunt and YW what an amazing achievement you have both had! Here's to sexy bras for a bit for some anyway! and non breastfeeding friendly clothes! Oh, and CHEEEEEESE AND EGGGGGGGS!!

Stunt I've been meaning to reply to you all week about the dairy free things - I shop in Aldi and Asda, and can tell you what we get for O if that is any use for you?

YW Do you have any ideas for dairy traces? O seems okay with traces, but when we gave milk roll it was far too much, so we are going to keep with the traces. I just ran out of ideas after malted milk biscuits .

VQ Congratulations on the interviews! How exciting!

Eliza Hope the boiler is fixed. For some reason it is me in this house who has to fix everything . I want a man to do that shit for me!

I'll pass by the sphincter talk with my arse clamped shut. Typed shit then...

Pidg I love rocky road, please send some my way! I reckon it could work to plug things up!

Lily Ouch, hope the pain didn't last long. Speaking of regression and the clocks changing. I'm totally confused. What time do I put him to bed tonight? I keep thinking about it, and I JUST DON'T GET IT! Why do they have to fecking mess with the clocks.

So O has been asleep since 1. After a lunch battle. I'm feeling terribly guilty as my own stubborness was the cause. I insisted he try a tiny piece of the beef - which he had happily last night . I shouted at him in temper because he wouldn't just fecking take one tiny bite of the beef. So then I ended up with him attached to me limpet style, cuddled up sobbing to himself, where he fell asleep. And now he's been asleep 3 hours, all I want him to do is wake him and give him a massive cuddle. I hope he wakes happy, and I haven't completely damaged him for life. Knobhead.

Ps. Sorry for long absences, when I turned on my laptop to write this, the last time I was on here was 17th March . FT hours suck. I can't keep on top of anything, cleaning, playing, mning, anything! Nothing seems to be getting the best of me right now .

None of my plants have died and some of my seedlings have stopped beeing seedy this week. We have planted the strawberry plants, one of the tomato plants, the peppers, a section of wild flowers and lots of herbs. Also put in green bean and radish seeds. The tomato seedlings are staying in side for a while and we will plant them before we go away at Easter.

I'm putting the girls to bed at the usual time.

So if I put O to bed at 7.30pm, he would maybe wake at 8am, which would actually be what? 9am? or 7am . It's 9am isn't it?

I swear I am not thick.

You're moving onto French time.

Yep Det if he wakes at his normal time, the clock will just be showing as an hour ahead. Effectively, he will just be going to bed an hour early on Sunday night. I just tend to stick to the normal routine at the normal times and forget the clocks have even changed. Toddlers can't tell the time - but they know their routine plus he's with XP tonight so he can deal with it

Same here as chasing, I will just follow the real time and not make a fuss about it. I just hope she will sleep till 7.

PR that was very unhelpful I will put them to bed at the usual time as they sleep when they feel like it anyway, or not, in the case of J.

He is still not well with vomiting and fever. I doubt he will be well for nursery Monday. I was off sick Friday, which triggers sickness monitoring, even though this and last episode were D&V, so part of me thinks I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and get a longer line. But I don't want to. Fibbing is not in my nature, but I also know that I should probably be off.

Det I so get what you mean about nobody getting the best of you with FT work. And thank you all for your empathetic words, I really appreciate knowing others have similar thoughts.

Thanks Det if you could put any dairy-free tips on my dairy-free fred that would be great as I think there are a couple of people watching it. It hasn't been as bad as expected, I really thought DH wouldn't play ball. He keeps talking about J's egg-allergy and can't seem to understand what an intolerance is. Frankly inexcusable given the man is a PhD biochemist but I don't think he's that interested when the kids' health isn't something that reflects on him personally.

I am wondering whether it's a mistake to stop bf given that J will have to have less than ideal substitutes (Pepti, Koko, etc.) I would be happier to wean him off the boob on to regular formula but the dairy-free alternatives seem to be a bit of a faff and probably not as good as the ol' boob juice (sorry PR!) It occurs to me that J hasn't had a proper egg challenge for months due to his ongoing shitty sleep. So I don't actually know whether he is still allergic to egg or if he is even reacting to dairy in my diet. Then I think I'm just making excuses not to stop bfing him.

I will put the kids to bed at the usual time tonight and tomorrow but not be too worried if they can't get to sleep straight away tomorrow night. I used to mess about with half hour one night then the other half hour the next night but I think DS1 and DS2 are too savvy to fall for that any more. J is quite erratic in his bedtime anyway.

J will be fine Stunt. He is nearly 18 months old, and has a good well balanced diet. He is well cared for, and will be just fine. If he were 6 months old then there would be cause for concern. But he is not, so please, enjoy getting your boobies back, and relax xxx

Happy to hear about boob juice stunt as long as it's not mine :o no need to apologise.