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June 2013; Toddling into our second year!

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BeanCalledPickle · 15/08/2014 08:36

New thread ladies:-) I think we filled about ten threads when pregnant and this is only our fourth post natally!

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RueDeWakening · 04/10/2014 21:29

Re pushchairs for two, have you thought about a buggy board? Using that, and bunging a sling under the pushchair in the basket so you can start off with big one on the board and little in the pushchair (assuming it lies flat and is easy to sit up for the biggun!), then swap them over if the big one gets too tired to stand/needs to sleep/whatever. We went through all this when DS1 was born (he started out as triplets!), and were planning on using a double buggy plus sling, and either a buggy board or one of those seats you can mount on the pushchair for DD.

Cup - I found the bedtime milk hardest to stop - M still has a bottle of milk at bedtime, not quite sure how we're going to stop it tbh. Will just have to move it into a beaker at some point and hope he doesn't like it so much! In the morning I just used to get him dressed straight away and downstairs for breakfast - which did lead to me sitting nursing a cup of coffee at silly o'clock a few times :o

Mrs, don't forget you can alternate nurofen & calpol if you need to, hope he's feeling better soon.

cuphat · 04/10/2014 21:47

Buggy boards are a good idea but icandy say that they invalidate the warranty. Not sure if I care as it'll be a couple of years old by that point anyway. Think bean would be ok with bugaboo. Very good ideas there, the pushchair bit does go almost flat.

I did give DD a sippy cup of cows milk as a substitute which she drank fine however she wasn't amused when she didn't get boob too. She doesn't even feed for long now, I think it's more a comfort thing. I have never heard screaming like it.

Mrs81 · 04/10/2014 22:02

We already are alternating calpol and ibuprofen

He just woke up in a total state, with a very hoarse cry. His throat has been giving him grief for a few days (judging by all the pulling on his neck that he's been doing). I do wish he could be doing all this during normal working hrs, not 9pm on a Sat night! Things always seem worse at night somehow Anyway, he is asleep again so I'm going to try and get some shut eye too. Night night x

Sunbeam18 · 04/10/2014 22:28

Hope he's better soon, Mrs. Fingers crossed you have a better night.

SunnyL · 05/10/2014 13:18

how's he doing today Mrs?

We're definitely out the other side of her hand foot and mouth misery. I've got my happy girl back today.

Mrs81 · 05/10/2014 14:46

Thank goodness for hand foot mouth wandering off Sunny

He is still very sleepy & clingy today and refusing most food and liquid (syringing stuff down works thankfully). DH phoned nhs24 this am who said just to carry on & give calpol at regular intervals regardless of his temp So we are for today. But he needs to be a damm sight better to be able to go to nursery tomorrow! He has a gp appt on tues am anyway for reflux review so good to know we have that to fall back on...

cuphat · 05/10/2014 16:59

That's good timing then Mrs. Hope he's better by then, and glad your DD is better, Sunny.

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BeanCalledPickle · 05/10/2014 17:36

How how how can you possibly breast feed pregnant? If you came near my boobs right now I'd be swatting you off like a errant fly!!

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cuphat · 05/10/2014 18:39

Haha! Luckily my boobs never feel sore before af/ during pregnancy. Some people carry on right through, though apparently it can set off contractions after 24wks so I'm not sure why.

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BeanCalledPickle · 05/10/2014 19:53

On the buggy board front I wasn't sure a 2 year old would grasp the concept! And the problem with my bugaboo is it is either set up as carry cot or big girl seat. No easy switch. You have to commit one way or the other!

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RueDeWakening · 05/10/2014 20:09

So...you need a new pram, then! :o

Mrs81 · 07/10/2014 18:43

Cuphat - how is the weaning off bf going? I think I've just joined you

I put DS to bed without a bf tonight. I was in two minds because he's still a bit under the weather but if I wait until he's better/not teething etc then I could have a very long wait. However he is nearly 16m and I didn't really expect to manage feeding this long. He was so knackered tonight that he didn't really notice. But I feel a bit sad now! We also need to address the end of the night feed but one thing at a time I think...

cuphat · 07/10/2014 19:24

Mrs, stopping the bedtime feed didn't go well. The next night, DD refused the milk from her sippy cup and just kept prodding at my boobs. I gave in as it broke my heart to see her like that. So I didn't feed her the next morning instead. Surprisingly that went much better; she drank the sippy cup milk and didn't show signs of wanting to bf too. So for this week she'll have a bedtime feed only and then I'll try to cut that out next week. I feel upset for her at the thought of it though.

Good luck Mrs! I hope it carries on like that for you. Let me know.

I never in a million years thought I'd be bf at 16 months, I honestly didn't think I'd make it to 6.

cuphat · 07/10/2014 19:26

And it's so easy now that part of me would like to continue till baby is born as I'm scared of starting from scratch and going through all that again.

Mrs81 · 07/10/2014 20:03

Awww cuphat. You won't be starting from scratch like before. Your boobs will be more used to it second time round. And dc2 is a new baby to get to know and a new feeding relationship, regardless of whether you continue feeding dc1 or not that's meant to sound reassuring, not off putting!!

So, if you're doing one feed per 24hrs, are you alternating sides each day (today rhs, tomorrow lhs etc etc)?

cuphat · 07/10/2014 21:17

Thanks, Mrs. I hope so!

No, I've been offering lhs then rhs as one feed. I can't be producing much - I think it's more a comfort thing now. She gets excited when I offer the other side, I don't think only allowing one side would go down well!

Sunbeam18 · 07/10/2014 22:50

I'm still bf too, but only at bedtime (post bottle). I only give right side! Don't imagine he's getting much, if anything, and it's just a wee comfort to get him off to sleep

HungryHorace · 08/10/2014 08:39

Cup, toddlers often self-wean during pregnancy as apparently your milk will start to taste different. So it may be that, or supply, which bring it to a natural end in the near future.

Mrs, how's DS now?

Mrs81 · 08/10/2014 09:04

He's lost his voice, day 3 of silent crying. He sprouted a rash on Monday that the gp said looked like measles but can't be as he had his mmr. Anyway rash is clearing and he's not as exhausted or feverish. So once the voice returns we'll be ready for the next bug

Sigh. I wish that was a joke but it isn't is it??

HungryHorace · 08/10/2014 12:39

Poor thing. What has the GP said about the constant illnesses?

Hope he's on the mend now.

Mrs81 · 08/10/2014 13:20

She was v sympathetic but did say it's so common with babies in nursery. She did give him a thorough going over which was reassuring. On the plus side, by the time he goes to school he'll have the constitution of an ox!

Basically so long as he doesn't become dehydrated/malnourished then there's not a lot she can do with a virus or five.

And unless I or DH take a week or two off work just to look after DS and allow him to FULLY recover then he has to go to nursery each week as we have no family to take him.

C'est la vie!

cuphat · 08/10/2014 13:38

Thanks hungry. I had heard that and was hoping it would have made a difference already.

Glad your DS is a bit better, Mrs. I don't think the mmr is 100% effective, is it? Poor baby.

cuphat · 08/10/2014 13:39

Hungry, how are you finding it with the two of them?

HungryHorace · 08/10/2014 14:10

Chaos! :-)

But lovely really. DD thinks he's great. He just looks worried when she's lumbering around, but they do smile at / 'talk' to each other as well.

Fx for weaning soon, cup.

And also for DS turning a corner and being well all the time, Mrs!

cuphat · 08/10/2014 14:15

Aww, that's lovely, Hungry, I'm so pleased. Thanks

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