July 2006 (2)...Wobbly heads!

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New thread girlys!

Hope everyone is ok.

Have put Jake to bed now, instead of at midnight, so i guess i'll be up early!!
Might go to bed now...

kayzed-stick with nursey. DD1 cried for 2-3 months but then she was suddenly fine-until now as she cries most of the time and when I collect her. Think it might have something to do with her wondering what me and Sophie are doing at home. Am going to stick with it as she goes to school next year and will have to stay all day and needs to get use to it.

usandbump-hope the HV can help. Will keep trying to download Lost-will let you know if I can't get it. People are selling these episodes on Ebay

Snuffly Sophie has woke up so better go.

Have a good day all.

xxx

JeanieG- my mil is the same and im almost afraid to tell her im having problems feeding as ill get the lecture about now its time to stop and why put myself through it when ff is just as good etc.. i just called the bf counsellor and she said to express soley on that side for a week and go and see her monday but half of me thinks is it worth the hassle just for a few more weeks anyway.

ds slept ok. from 9pm tp 3am but then woke at 5am and just wouldnt settle. why has he decided that 5 is a good time, hes not even hungry.
we had a bad day yesterday as he was grouchy and didnt really want feeding so each time i tried he had a bit and then just played with my nipple by hummimg on it, he wouldnt go down to play and had to be held all day.

usandbump- im glad youve asked for help, theres no point struggling alone and hopefully the doidy cup will work enough for you to get a break. has anyone tried settling lo in the night without feeding him, just a thought but maybe hes just a bad sleeper and doesnt need the 2hrly feed but is just waking up, i could be wrong though. or did you try getting him to suck your finger and then quickly swopping it for the teat. this is what i had to do with ds a few times. ive seen the 1st lost episode but waiting for my dad to download the others, cant wait!

kayzed -stick with the nursery. dd was the same and cried each time for 2 months but now she actually wants to go every day

Hi girls

Just a very quick post to let you all know i'm getting married next April.Don't know if any of you saw Yorkiegirls thread but she had a nightmare with forms etc when her husband Nigel died so would be worse if not married.

Have been thinking about it for ages but didn't want children in and out of wedlock iyswim.

So no more babies and a look at YG's thread and i'm now a bride to be lol.

Well.... CONGRATULATIONS! Certainly a big year for you

Oh yes, Fab news

xxx

KZ- Have e-mailed you- thank you very much

The HV agrees it isn't hunger waking him at night and has recommended controlled crying. I was at this but she insists it's the way to go.
During the day he will only sleep on me or in the pram and so he is waking at night and then needing me to get back off to sleep. He feeds 3 hourly during the day and so she said he should at least go this long at night.
It's going to break my heart but as she explained sleep is just as important for his well being as it is for ours.

Pretty- sounds like Junior adores his big sis!

KZ- It must be very hard leaving DS at nursery Our local Montessori has a weekly parent and toddler session, might be worth finding out if yours does something similar? This way you could check it out?

kbaby- Those grouchy days are so hard aren't they? Especially when you are so tired, I hope the counsellor is helpful.
We have tries shushing him and rubbing his tummy when he wakes in the night and it has worked a couple of times but generally not!

Agalch- Congrats! DP has been mentioning it alot recently so we may be following you. After 12 years together it does make you wonder if it is worth it but like you say in the eyes of the law...

Mae- Thanks fro your thoughts Kind messages do help.

HC- I think you can get just about anything on Ebay! The pram is a great weapon isn't it?!! I love cutting people up at the lifts, I hate it when those without pushchairs/wheelchairs use the them!

Bye for now x

Oh and by the way, I'm being a wimp and not mentioning the cc on the other threads because I know I will get a few nasty posts
I haven't got the energy to fight

Hi
Usandbump - Im noooo expert on BF, esp as I had to stop after 3 wks - so really really envy you as wish I had tried harder (reflux problems hindered plus slow letdown). In fact, now I seem to have reflux a bit more under control I really wanted to see if I could start up again. Spoke to doctor who gave me a THE MOST funniest look and said she has never heard of being able to restart now that its all dried up (hes 16 weeks now). Funny thing was I had seen an article which recommended the medicine he takes for his reflux - which helps produce milk. Havent tried it tho!
It sounds like your LO is on major catchup - my LO was like this (regardless of BF or FF) for quite a few weeks until he exceeded the growth line - now I cant seem to get much down him at all (which is another worry!). Perhaps feeding him every 2 hrs in the day might help the longer stints happen at night..even if they are just 3 hours in between. just a thought. I do think its quite common for babies both BF and FF at some stage to move to 2hrly feeding during day once they are going longer spells in the night. This happened to a friend of mine whose twins started off like that, then went to 4 hours, and are now back to 2 hrs again.

Also perhaps the bottle might be better when he is not quite so hungry and worked up - perhaps an hour or so before he starts routing. I think in hindsight, I should have tried BFing my DS before he got sooo hungry that he couldnt possibly go a milisecond longer without food! It was hard then, as I didnt understand his routine, and always had to wait for him to scream blue murder before it finally clicked that he was hungry!

usandbump,
Sefton is also quite a little guy, I am sure body mass contributes to sleeping through?
He has improved recently but still not sleeping through.
bed 8:30am, up and fed 2am, and then 4 or 5am, sometimes with waking up in between, but soothed by a dummy. He loves sleeping with a muslin cloth too, he kinda hugs it.
When you feed your LO at night is he getting enough milk? With Sefton I feed him, but he drifts off to sleep, so I then change his nappy which wakes him up and feed him more, I found this prolonged his sleep.

I hope you can get him to accept a bottle, you could do with the break... keep at it!
x

oops Usandbump just read ur earlier post! in that case wot about trying to put a small piece of cloth in with him that has your smell? Hope you get sorted anyway - sleep deprivation is like chinese torture.

hiya,

Koshka and usandbump- I hope you are feeling better and have got lots of support around you, dont be afraid to ask for help from those around you if you need it.

Sleep- thanx for the advice re- excema, will certainly look into it.

i am soo tired today, can feel the bags under my eyes. Jaz had a bad night last night and woke up every 30 mins - 1hr all night. So i didnt get any proper sleep at all. Dunno what was up with her. She had her jabs last week so maybe that was it. As a result i am sat her practically asleep at computer. Just waiting for dh to come home so i can go up for a long soak in the bath.

Went for my weigh in last night and i lost 2 lbs. but as a result of last night have had no energy or will power today so been scoffing choccy . Will have to try harder for the rest of the week.

Well, thats it for tonite, am just too tired. bye.

And she lies here smiling in her sleep.... how could she!

Hi all
Hope everyone is OK {{{{hugs}}}}} to those having problems!
Caught up with all the posts I think!
Not much happening here! Wnet to work today our assertive outreach team had an away day that was at a centre 5mins from my house so decided to test the water with leaving Evie (her daddy got the day off!) was so suprised at how relaxed I felt at work and about leaving her! SO glad Ive done it (what a bad mom) feel much better bout leaving her now so may get my hair done this week now!
Got the joy of visiting my V.eldery nan at her nursing home tomorrow!?! HATE taking Evie there as some of the residents aren't the most hygienic bless them but we really cant get her out anymore and sadly quite conifdent this wll be her last B'day! Thought I'd go xmas shopping to brum after!!!!
agalch CONGRATS will have a drink in your honour tonight even though I'm so keep dropping hints but no joy yet!!!!!
Night all
Jane

Didn't get any Trick or Treaters-could be something to do with the fact I shut the gates and the button doesn't work to open them. We have to use a button on our keyring Can't eat the sweets I bought as still cutting down.

Sophie has been attached to my boobs all day as she is poorly dick with another cold. Now she has gone to sleep on her Jungle Gym mat by herself-going to have to move her upstairs soon.

kayzed-I call the wittering session before they fall asleep by themselves 'the dying swan act'. I think as they get older it turns into a hyper hour before bed. DD1 was a really bad 'dying swan' especially in the car when I was driving somewhere. Wonder what us adults could call our niggles before we go to sleep?

kosh-how's things hun? Have you phoned the HV?

nuria-holah-where are you ????

Bedtime methinks as a busy few days ahead. Bike show at the NEC on Thursday, swimming with Sophie on Friday and dancing for DD1 on Saturday then..........13 round for a firework Bar B Q on Saturday night-phewee!!!

Love to all

xxx

Good morning everyone-

Am Shattered again thro lack of sleep last night, so staying in today I think.

HC- You should re-read your last post hon (slight sp)

Agalch- A big congrats sweetie. Meant to say it yesterday but was just so tired I forgot (sorry).

I will be attending my mum and dads wedding in september, that's gonna be well weird.

How is everyones hair? Mine is still falling out in bundles. I have hair everywhere, all the time. Surely it should have stopped by now? My Dh is getting rather annoyed with the amount of hair he finds around the house. The bad thing is that I am forever picking it up so thse are just the ones i miss.

Big hugs everyone, will check in again a little later.

morning morning.

Pink my hair is also still coming out, loads in the shower, I wear it up usually so when i wash it it all comes out. Did with DS1 too, still hasn't recovered from him! I found it was all round my hairline so ended up with lots of attractive wispy bits, not.

KZ I also put Toby in his cot if he is really tired and whinging, and he takes himself off lovely. Only works if we are at home obviously, but I find he sleeps in the car and buggy really well too, never have a problem with him when we are out. So far anyway...Dying Swan act is a good way to describe it HC. DS1 has a similar act, you can always tell when he is cream crackered, really naughty, won't listen to you or do a thing he is told, throwing himself on the floor in a drama queen styly, makes me laugh if i am not trying to do something quickly.

Sorry to gloat girls, but I got a full 8 hours last night. Toby sleeps from his dream feed at 10.30 through to 7 most nights and DS1 has also stopped waking at 4.30 which was his latest trick.

We put a bah humbug sign up on our front door saying no trick or treaters please two babies asleep. The little f**kers still rang the doorbell and legged it.

I am not drinking during the week at the moment, after the hangover I had on Sunday after a dinner party. First one for a year and not very pleasant even though I didn't think I'd drunk that much. Took the boys to a Halloween party on Sunday afternoon, I will post a picture of DS1 in his costume, he is going to hate me when he is older.....

pumpkin

Congrats Algach sweetie!

Love

Bloss

xxxx

Morning ladies

Ah Bloss-he will get you back for that but what an ace piccie

pink-I have hardly any hair left-thought it was falling out with the stress until I read about hair loss on here. Have read and re read my post-can't find my SP ??????

With Sophie still poorly dick she was up at 3 and 6 again so getting tired. Countdown to weaning W-4. Crikey, she is yelling at full throttle downstairs-will have to go.

Byee for now and have a good day.

xxx

Morning all.
Congrats Algach, that is fantastic news. you must be v excited!
Ds fully recovered from his throat infection but is still rejecting any type of bottle I offer him. I'm desperate now so any suggestions welcome!!!
My DH has just been offered a fantastic job in USA (Washington) and I'm shit scared. Didn't plan on going back to work myself so that is not an issue. The thought of starting over in a new country with a 2.6 yr old and 4 month old is v scary (but also exciting). Advice please....would you jump at the chance or not?

Hi all. We're up and down here. Michael's colic finally stopped, very suddenly, on Sunday and has not come back. He'd had it for 8 weeks, so this was a huge relief. However, he has been feeding much more often, no longer sleeping through the night and, I discovered yesterday, has dropped from the 50th centile to the 25th. HV recommends trying to boost my milk supply and then, if that doesn't work, giving him a bottle last thing at night (so that we can all get some sleep) and expressing milk off for use the next day. I really hope this works, but, if it doesn't, I'll have to switch to mixed feeding. I did this with DD and my supply kept going for another two months afterwards, but I'd really prefer not to.

Forgot to add that M is 17 weeks old. The HV said that BF babies often plateau in weight at this age and that the thing to do is to try to get through it and boost supply, rather than moving to solids, as people used to. I thought it might be useful to pass that on.

hello all, i'm still here, haven't been able to post for ages...been away and also working.

i am having trouble with my hair too - loads of it is falling out but can't go to the hair dressers..

One of the things that was nice about being pg was thicker hair and flawless skin. I could use really rich creams - now my skin is rather similar to an adolescent and i am 31 - drat! Anyone else having similar trouble? What products do you use? You can all tell i've been reading the thread about expensive face creams! It was my birthday yesterday felt a bit gloomy. Birthdays aren't so interesting since my dd's b-day 17th july!!

my dd is alright - haven't caught up on everyones posts yet. not weaning just yet will start when she is interested and hungry! not sure how soon that will be..

hope everyone else is having a good day.

c x