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April 2006 (new thread) - Pick up the pace!!

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NattyandThomas · 30/08/2006 20:45

hey guys, brand new clean thread.. thought it might inspire you guys to WRITE something once in a while! lmao

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tonton · 11/11/2006 19:01

Hi yellowfish. Hope you don't think I'm cheeky i know you'repaying through the nose for your consuktant but did they suggest you wean her off the late night/middle of the night feed even if she seems hungry?
We have started giving dd2 more protein at lucnh and supper. And she now has a good 2 hour sleep at lunchtime. But she collapses with tiredness at asbout 6.30 and rarely has more than 5 oz at that bedtime feed. I'm always up once a night at which point she guzzles 7 oz. Not sure how to waen her off it really.
Keep us posted on how it goes!
Oh and not sitting (well nearly) or crwaling (moves bacvkwards a bit) but we have 2 teeth!

pepperrabbit · 11/11/2006 20:12

Hello all! Been very remiss in posting again so sorry - then it takes ages to catch up and dinner needs dishing up!
We have 2 teeth and roll all over but no crawling yet - he's really got the hang of sitting up only in the last week so I think the cat and DS1's toys are safe for maybe another fortnight or so. I'm a terrible last minute girl so no doubt nothing will be baby proof until he's fallen over/squashed/eaten something inappropriate!
I'm trying to introduce finger foods but rice cake just caused a gagging/vomit reflex that resulted in 45 minutes of cleaning up porridge sick and then we both had to have an emergency bath yesterday, so I've gone right off that and he's on puree till he's 8 now.
DH thinks that's harsh but he wasn't here!
Glad everyone's well - debithescot - you're very close to me so if ever you need to get out of the house you can always come here or we can meet. I'll try not to look too scary but DS1 always looks like a street urchin!

littlepiggie · 12/11/2006 19:11

PR, try striping him off and sit him on a towel, or in his high chair with a bib with the end tipped up. Ds gagged a few times, its becouse he is not expecting it.

mellowandreadyforchristmas · 13/11/2006 09:41

Is anyone still breastfeeding? I know that 6 month olds are supposed to have 20 oz of milk per day after they start weaning. But I'm not sure how I would know if dd is having 20 oz. She was on 6 to 7 feeds pre weaning. Now she's gone down to 4 to 5 per day.

What's everyone else's experience?

littlepiggie · 13/11/2006 19:12

Still bf here as well, he does still feed about every 1-3 hour in the day, depending on what we are doing and if he has eaten anything or just played.
I am still just feeding on demand. If you are worried you could always give milky food at one meal.

littlepiggie · 13/11/2006 21:51

think this thread need a rocket up its arse.

hehehe

pepperrabbit · 13/11/2006 22:30

Isn't that how that bloke nearly killed himself?

littlepiggie · 13/11/2006 22:37

?what bloke.

angelhunter · 14/11/2006 03:12

I too have been remiss at posting but dd is rolling over and over - can get from one side of room to other very eadily so in the middle of baby proofing. She is also crawling backwards but not forwards yet - don't think it will be long though.
Sitting getting stronger and can stand holding on to chair if put there.
Still bf but amount of feeds has also reduced since starting solids, only food that has been completely rejected by dd has been pumpkin even when mixed with sweet potato which she loves.

DebitheScot · 14/11/2006 13:44

A bloke that stuck a firework up his backside and then tried to light it!!

I'm still having problems getting ds to eat new foods, esp at luchtime. Its odd as he ate pretty much every fruit and veg he was given but now I've started introducing things like pasta, fish, chicken he's becoming more fussy. Some things he just point blank refuses but others he refuses for a while and then 5 minutes later will eat it. Seems very strange. I'm a little bit concerned that he won't be getting enough protein but will just persevere. He's obviously getitng enough food in general as he's only eating 3 meals (lunch and tea with just juice to drink) and a bottle at bedtime. And he's not getting any snacks in between meals except for occasionally.

DebitheScot · 14/11/2006 13:47

oh and I just remembered. I thought of a topic that might make this thread move a bit.

Sex

Anyone else having a huge sex drive at the moment? I'm guessing its a hormone thing, my body has decided to make up for all those months of not wanting any. It doesn't seem to matter how tired I am when I go to bed either.

SlightlyMadScientist · 14/11/2006 16:17

Sorry I am still around (was 2plus2plus1).

DD3 is really poorly at the moment so we have stopped weaning. - Well actually she has all but stopped feeding. She has D&V & has no appetite at all. SHe has been like this for 5-6 days. Yesterday she had about 15oz of milk (normally 20-25oz + solids) and vomited anout 5oz back up. So far today she has had 6oz milk a tiny bit of porridge & vomited at least 4oz worth of fluid (milk & stomach acid). Have discovered she is a mummies girl & I am exhausted mentally & physically.

At the moment she is OK - being monitored by doc. Keeping a close eye on dehydration - may have to go to hopsital for IV fluids if she doesn't get any better soon - as you can imagine I really don't want this. Going back to see doc tomorrow.

On the plus side when she is well- she does migrate across the room by rolling & stretching. She spends a lot of time sitting in her inflatable playnest (which is fab at the moment but has a limited life). Must try and lie her down to play more or I think it will inhibit her crawling.

Must go. Cottage pie to prep for DTDs playdate tomorrow.

Oh and Sex had a burst when I stopped feeding (& got v broody ). Not so much at the moment - but them I am sooo knacked from this.

mellowandreadyforchristmas · 14/11/2006 16:28

Madscientist, sorry to hear ur dd is ill. I hope she gets better soon.

Sex? What's that?!

SlightlyMadScientist · 15/11/2006 23:01

I hope so too. Went to see GP again this morning. She has 48hrs to improve or he will send her to be admitted for further investigation/IV fluids . I don't particularly want her admitted but I can't believe they havn't done already. Her nappies are v dry - which I thought he would be worried about. He says she is fine until they are bone dry.

On the plus side - even though she is not feeding much still she has not been sick today, and only had 1 diarrhoea nappy - but then the problem is not really frequency but volume/ lack of intake. Thought she looked better this evening - actually had her laughing. Then she got really unsettled & agitated again.

To top it all DTD1 & DP now have it. DTD2 fell over at school & has cut all her face, and again on way home and embedded a sharp stone in her hand. Had a playdate over who announced 'I don't liek cottage pie' despite her mother saying that would be fine. Then she appeared to have an asthma attack whilst waiting for her mum to arrive (30mins late) - who then brushed it off as anxiety. I think I will go to be before anything else can happen.

Sorry for the rant...just ignore me and get on with your sex lives around me...off to bed after I have made DTDs playdate

SlightlyMadScientist · 15/11/2006 23:02

I don't know where that last sentence came from

Ponka · 16/11/2006 08:25

Don't know what sex is at the moment either

For those who missed it \link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6132140.stm\Backside firework prank backfires

Sorry to hear that things are going badly for you at the moment, Slightlymadscientist. I hope she gets better soon. Let us know how you are getting on.

Ponka · 16/11/2006 08:27

Damn. I'm not very good at links. I'll try again....

Here

tonton · 16/11/2006 11:37

OK I may be over sharing here.
But on the subject of sex....I had a bad delivery with forceps & lots of stitches - apparently looks very neat and has healed fine according to doctor.
However I find sex very painful still. Is it psychological? Does anyone else have this?

DebitheScot · 16/11/2006 13:07

I found it painful the first few times but I think (for me anyway) it was more physcological. I think I was tensing up because I was scared it would hurt.

Ponka · 16/11/2006 13:19

O.K. Tonton, I'll over share with you. Had a similar delivery and it still does hurt. I thought it was psychological until there was, at one point, a small amount blood . DH and I are finding the whole subject a bit difficult at the moment.

SlightlyMadScientist · 16/11/2006 17:01

Hi,

DD3 is much better today. She hasn't had any D or V for 36hrs now. Her feeding is still a bit sluggish though. I think we may have avoided the dreaded hosp.

I had a bad tear - 'deep second' which went 'up both sides and a long way into the vagina'. Took and hour and a half to stitch - lignocaine started to wear off after an hour. SEx (and using tampons) was painful first few times but being tense certainly doesn't help. We started trying other positions e.g. doggy which took the pressure off the worst of the scar. Now I am phsycologically more comfortable & relaxed it is not a problem in more conventional positions - unless we get a slightly bad angle. Obviously lots of lubricant & slow penetration also help.

Sorry way TMI but hope this helps.

mellowandreadyforchristmas · 16/11/2006 17:55

Glad to hear your dd is better, madscientist.

SlightlyMadScientist · 16/11/2006 19:56

Scrap that. just had major vomit

mellowandreadyforchristmas · 16/11/2006 23:30

oh!

tonton · 17/11/2006 09:28

What's the latest madscientist?

Thanks for over-sharing re sex ladies - ther's no one else i would talk to about this. Maybe we should try different positions. Use lubricant but never find it that effectiuve at the most painful bit which is point of entry. Will try getting a but pissed!!

On a happier note dd2 has slept through 7 to 6ish 2 nights in a row - moving in the right dirrection at last!