October 2006

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Am I the first one here or have I completely missed the thread? If this is the only thread please come and join me
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10 weeks...doesn't time fly?!

Sleep deprivation finally got the better of me last night: I was sitting up feeding ds2, fell asleep in the middle of the feed, woke, burped him and tried to settle him to sleep. An hour of walking up and down the room later, ds getting more and more restless - ok, crying more and more - and my bladder bursting, I handed him over to dh so that I could go to the loo. When I returned dh tells me "The baby's ravenous, he's been rooting all over me! When did you last feed him?" And I realised that I had slept for so long that we'd gone through to the next feed and I'd spent the last hour trying to soothe to sleep a baby who woke because he was ready for his next feed. Duh!

poor you pretty candles, sort of thing i've been doing recently. to all of you worrying that other babies are sleeping early evening, cheer up, dh still upstairs wrestling with baby refusing sleep...
miliee i now love my in laws as well. mil seems the best person ever at the mo, having taken dd off me for some sleep last night, and put shelves up and helped me on the tube.
has anyone fed on the tube?
fed out of the house for first time today-swizzler starbucks is fab isn't it. good tip thank you.
gingeme, i have a good fridge magnet too-
i gave myself to jesus and now he never calls
i think i may have an answer to dd's horrible tummy pain. when went back to work to show them dd i got my old boss who is one of the top paediatric osteos in london to look at hope. he reckons part of her gut is really inflamed from the vile antibiotics i had to take and possible colonised by a dodgy bacteria.-that would explain the horrific farts as well then~! so am going to be much more rigorous at giving her the friendly bacteria supplements and see how we go. don't know if he has the right answer but at least it seems quite possible.
fingers crossed

Good morning ladies. Think we may have a breakthrough re sleeping. Lo and ds3 had a bath at 8 last night. Got ds3 ready and read him a story and he settled nicely to bed. Gave lo his bottle at 8.30 where he slept till 2am! Had a feed then slept till 7. IM amazed. Hes gone up to size 2 nappies now and most of his 0-3 month clothes dont fit any more. He aint so little anymore. Going for his 6-8 week check up this afternoon. Dont think hell have any problems. xx

Way to go Gingeme!

Do you bath your lot together? For only the second time since he was born, ds2 was awake and not feeding at childrens' bathtime, so we popped him in the bath with ds1 and dd. Dd was perfectly happy to have him in there, but ds1 was utterly outraged - although he is quite happy to bath together with dd. Odd, because he's completely blase about ds2. This is the first time he's kicked up a fuss about his brother since he was born.

6 week check up all done and all is well and he didnt wee on the doctor. Yes I bath them both togehter now, so much easier to get them both to bed together. Lo's last bottle of the day is usualy about 7-8 so if I do it in between that ds3 gets to bed at a decent time. Just realised this thread was started on 1st Oct when we were all just starting out. Look at us all now. The confidence grows every day. Well lo has just done a toxic waste nappy so Im off to change him.

well done gingeme,light at the end of the tunnel! am hoping to have a night like yours. dd's tummy has been much better today. only a bit of crying and stops if i shove one of the homeopathic pills in her mouth .
only a day and a bit til my 30th birthday. every other year i have been pretty childlike about my birthday. since i can remember i have always used advent calenders as a countdown to my birthday rather than christmas. this year i haven't really given it a thought.i always thought i'd have a huge boozy party with lots of drunken dancing for my 30th-huh!

Marthahm - it was by bday yesterday, 31 tho, not 30! My celebration was dh bringing home sushi and a sneaky glass of champers.

Took dd into the city to visit my work today, she lasted about 20mins being passed around before starting to yell.

I did the whole breastfeeding in Starbucks as well and not nearly as tricky/nerve racking as I thought. Remembered a poncho/shawl thing I had which was perfect. It was the height of fashion 2 years ago, wore it about twice at the time! So my money wasn't wasted after all.

Swizzler - have been reading the no cry sleep solution, thanks for the tip. How are you going with the whole "put them down while sleepy but still awake and let them nod of by themselves"?? I have tried it a couple of time but dd's eye's ping wide open as soon as she goes down! Damn these clever babies

hi all, haven't posted for ages,

squiffy, not sure about canterbury meetup, I'm a bit visitored out and frantically trying to arrange littly's ticket and visa for Kazakhstan, not to mention cot etc for there.. sorry to be crap: if you guys set a date I will try to make it..

mellin, my DS (10 weeks) has just started crying when I put him down, but he stops after about 5 mins. They seem to realise much more that they've been put down and left; the first few weeks he didn't really know.. oh well!

how is everyone managing Christmas shopping? thought I'd do it online, but it's just as stressful!

Hi All,

Glad all you LO's are doing so well.

Re - Christmas shopping - hit the shops today and finished it. TBH most people are getting vouchers this year - am usually very organised and have pressies in by October - not this year though! No need to buy foody stuff either as we are off to my parents' for a week. Can't wait.

I am actually looking forward to getting a cuddle from my DH, as usually have a small baby attached to me most of the evening and we are sleeping in different rooms as DH really needs his sleep. Baby has been sleeping through for about a week now though - 11pm to 7.15am the other night - was bliss- zonked out!

Hoping to do luch tomorrow with friends - will see how the BF thing goes.

Have as great weekend all.

Dh and I are going out together tonight - fist time since ds2 was born! (First time in months, actually .) Quite a palaver though: have to take the children over to my parents, as they can't come to babysit at our home, so it's quite an expedition, but a treat for the LOs as well. Though they don't yet know that we won't be putting them to bed.

I had a haircut and bought myself a new frock in honour of the occasion. Bought a pair of crotchless knickers as well . Not particularly sexy though, they go from just above my knees to just below my bust! I may have an empty handbag and generous lovehandles, but I'll definitely have no VPL!

lol prettycandles. Bit cold for crutchless knickers! Lo did it again last night. Slept from 8.30 till 2am . Had a feed then slept till 6ish. If he does it again tonight thats his routine for a while atleast. Wow I actualy feel like Ive had some sleep at last. My dh got him and ds3 uo this morning while I had a bit of a lay in too. Am I pampered or what? Off for a bath now then off out to drop my sil presants to her. Have a good one all. xxx

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mummypossum- I work at King's College although I work in Pharmacy I am sure that the childrens ward there would. The wards there are called Toni & Guy and there is also Mountbatten if you want to ring. Or how about the new Evangilina Childrens Hospital at Waterloo (previously wards at Guy's) Hope this helps a bit- very generous of you.

Great Ormond Street??!!

does any one know the best way to introduce the next stage of formula?

from SMA gold to SMA white? My 9 week old LO had 12 oz in a two hour period, slept for 3 hours then woke up and had 5 more, am I over feeding or is she not being satisfied by the thinner gold SMA? help

OOps I think you ought to ask your hv or gp before upping your lo's feed. Does sound gather alot for a 9 wwek old even if its having a growth spurt!
Wow what a crap day I had yesterday. After having a realy good start by dh latting me have a lay in then having an almost leisurly bath we set out to meet mil and sil near some shops. I had in mind some bits I needed and so we set off.Ds3 was a bit under the weather and didnt want to have any lunch. I put this down to his cough thats still lingering. Anyway went to 2 of the shops to find the things I wanted out of stock. Then realised wed left my sil's presants at home then my ds3 was sick in the middle of Boots. So we made our way home only to get half way and lo screaming for his feed. Pulled into a park type thingy and fed him. Finaly got home and settled ds3 into bed.
Dh went off to work by this time ds3 woke up bright red with a temp of 104. Got him into a cool bath and changed lo's nappy which had gone all up his back and everwhere. Got all his clothes changed and dried ds3 and sat with him on the sofa. He wanted a cuddle which I gave him and he was sick all over me and him and the floor. Back in the bath he went and I had a wash and put my jamas on. Eventualy he was in bed by 7.30 and I bathed lo at 8 gave him a bottle and put him to bed.Peace at last? Oh no such luck. ds3 woke up was sick in his bed. Got him up changed his sheets etc. Before doing this I tried to turn his mattress bearing in mind hes on a bottom bunk. Dropped the mattress and my hand shot up and I wacked my right thumb on the metal bar above. Instant swelling and bruise I swore very loudly and ds3 started ctying.Apologised to him with lots of hugs and kisses. Made his bed and settled him again. I gave up and went to bed myself. Who said mother hood was boring

hope you're having a better day today Gingeme!
I've had dd1 at home with me all week as she's got hand, foot and mouth and the crèche won't take her. Had no idea such a thing existed - thought it was just for sheep!! She's now got a temperature as of this morning and is very very grumpy. Not a lot I can do for her apart from lots of cuddles.
fortunately dd2 is on fine form - even though she seems to have upped her feeds and doesn't like being put in her cot all of a sudden.
hope you're all having good weekends despite the pre-Christmas frenzy

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Been meaning to post for absolutely ages but wanted to read the thread before and it has taken forever! Glad to see that you are all well and I am thinking of you and your Gran at the moment Pmoore. So sad that I have only finished looking at this as would have loved to make the meet up.
Hope all your LOs are doing well and can't believe we have all come this far. Eloise was 13 days overdue and I cannot believe that she is 8 weeks today. DS1 who was 14 months when she was born has been so good with her and really looks after her. As soon as she cries, he toddles over and tries to stick either a dummy or a bottle in her mouth. It is so sweet and I realise just how lucky I am with them both. Five days after Eloise was born DH was sacked and is now being sued tens of thousands of pounds for an email that he should not have written. We were all so down after she was born and I was seriously contemplatinfg taking anti depressants but was terrified what they could do to me. The GP said that I would have to take them for 6 months and that they would take two weeks to kick in which was not quick enough for me. I ended up not taking them and am now getting better due to the fact that DH has a new job starting in January and the law case with his ex company is now almost over. What a roller coaster the last few moths have been...
I stopped BFing at 6 weeks as it was so hard to do whilst having to look after DS1 at the same time and I now feel so huge. What unstrenuous exercise can I do to make me feel less flabby? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Also, Eloise is on Cow and Gate Premium but in the afternoon/ evening feeds seems to get really uncomfortable, straining alot and really gassing off. I have tried Infacol but it does not seem to do much. Has anyone used Gripe water and if so what effect does it have on your LOs?
Well impressed that some of you have taken off again in the bedroom department. Friends thought I was an early starter when I conceived Eloise when DS1 was 5 months, but to be at it withing 1-2 months of birth is very impressive indeed. I take my hat off to those concerned!
Anyway, sorry for the long thread, but I have wanted to write for a while but never really found the time to do so. That being said, it has been great (despite the circumstances) having DH at home as he has really helped out with the two little ones.
If I do not get on before, I hope that you all have a great first Christmas with your babies.

Woah Tigerlion what a few months youve been having! Glad its all turned out ok in the end.
Ds3 is on the mend today thank goodness. He was a real pain in the bum yesterday. Being very miserable and hot. He was sick one last time after his bath last night and slept from 7pm to 8.30 this morning. My thumb is a nice black colour and a dull ache all the time. Lo slept till 2 am again last night and woke at 6.30 for his morning feed so good all round here.
Oh dont think you can use gripe water till lo's 3 months. Edward gets very windy and strains in the evening too I just let him get on with it. Hes on Cow and Gate too. H ewas making so much noise last night in his moses basket I said to DH it sounds like hes having a wrestling match all on his own.

Hi All - sorry to hear you've been having a bad time Tiger and glad your little one is on the mend Gingeme.

How is everyone feeling? I feel absolutely knackered just now - don't know if it is all catching up with me or what. Was VERY VERY crabbit yesterday - thought I may be premenstrual - not sure. Am really craving sweet things too. Don't know if it is PMT or just because I have been eating too many sweet things as it always makes you want more doesn't it? Am going to have to get a serious grip of myself in the NY and detox from sugar! Fat Pie

Baby clinic this afternoon to see how much she has put on.

Hope you are all well and not too frantic with Christmas stuff.

morning - haven't posted in ages as internet connection very hit and miss - very annoying. Also had my parents down last weekend to do 'xmas' as they are going to my older brother's and we are off to my in-laws.

Also, ds2 has been ill - not sure if he has had a stomach bug or he has reflux. Vomiting up his milk - not just posset - but strange as it started a week ago Friday and wasn't after every feed, and certainly wasn't every day, but seemed to be most of the week. Ended up feeding little and often. I had also mostly stopped the breastfeeding, but started again (1 or 2 a day) as he didn't seem to bring that up. Tried changing formula but he sicked that up too. Anyway, feeding now takes ages, as he takes a couple of ozs, then I make sure he is winded, then more milk, then more winding and so on. Hoping to make baby massage tomorrow, at the doctors, so I can ask then, and also get him weighed. Anyone any ideas?

Have just scanned the thread - Gingeme hope your ds3 is now all better - rotten when then older ones need so much attention too isn't it. Tigerlion - glad to hear things are improving - sounds like a very stressful time.

Went to ds1 school play on Friday - did I have a lump in my throat just watching them all walk in holding hands, let alone when they started singing (not that ds1 did much of that, but early days!).

Swizzler - if you are around I am hoping to make it to the Rio tomorrow to see the new James Bond.

someone was asking about donating new toys and mentioned Royal London, so I assume you are East London based? Not sure if they take them, but there is a hospice on Mare Street - St Josephs - they might take them for sales/raffles or something? I think hospitals might have trouble taking for kids due to allergies etc? Not sure though. Or what about a women's refuge or similar? Women and children sometimes have to leave in a hurry and might not have more than they can carry? Guess HV/doc might be able to point you in the right direction for that one?

Anyway, must now go an put more washing in the dryer to make room in the machine for another load. If my internet packs up again, have a wonderful Xmas and New Year - is there going to be another London meet up in Jan/Feb? Would love to make it if there is.

tigerlion,i'm in awe that you're coping with everything that's been going on, it's bad enough just coping with the screaming baby.
gingeme-sickerama! what a nightmare.
catgirl, don't know how old bryn is now, but i know reflux kicks in at 6 weeks. is the vomit coming out projectile/fountain like? must be a pain up the butt having to feed so often. lucky you've still got supplies!
we are having deeply minor nightmare, lo still crying with pain alot of the time. day 7 and still no poo, wonder if she'll go to 9 days again . not pleasant. gp was rubbish. going to paediatrician tomorrow. if he says no worries then will accept it but not stupid junior dr who said was irrelevant that it started after my antibiotics .
hope everyone has a happy tuesday and somehow gets christmas wrapping and cards done