We've no time for JSing. We're battling green nappies, sleepless nights, x-box playing men and trying to hide our sling addictions. Fuck it, let's do a runner on a golf cart.

[TheBooMonster]

A lovely thread for all the JS Grad Grads to chat feeding, sleep and post-birth STUFF.

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Roll call please ladies and perhaps add the number of slings and buggies you have acquired at the time of posting... wink

Tried eBay Boo? Where abouts are you? There's still 2 more months on our bednest hire but we're putting it away in the next couple of days as he's too cramped in it now... Sometimes reverse psychology works with dummies, if you try to pull it out of their mouth they suddenly want it more than anything haha!

Eek, feel better soon Ness

Sorry about the hair Zy... I'm still waiting for that joy! My nice pregnancy skin has well and truly gone though.

Minipopz has got hilarious hair at the mo... He's bald all the way round the middle, like a monk Dark brown hair at the back on the bottom, tufty brown hair on the top of his head... and some new spikey blond bits at the front

I feared cold turkey was the only way..
I tried to settle her for a nap without it, earlier.
Not so successful.
She was hanging out in our bed this morning and rolled back to front on her own a few times, poor thing can't get back over but is bloody hilarious watching. (awful mother)

Surely every mother laughs at the capsized turtle stage?

This one's hair is much the same Popz.

min I have the opposite problem E sleeps on his tummy and keeps rolling on his back and getting stuck, he can roll back over but not consistently! He has also developed a nasty habit of waking up at 4am and not going back to sleep (not happy)

However he has got his first tooth so yay!

We also completed and have been busy repainting our new flat ready to move in :)

Aw congrats on the new place Cookie

Two shite nights on the trot. However madam treated us to a gummy grin this morning so all is forgiven.

I'm dying today Pis, feel your pain. Micro full of chat this morning, suddenly got very vocal.

Congratulations Cookie! When will you move in?

MrPis isn't very well so neither of us are exactly full of the joys today! She's finally gone to sleep now so I'm going to indulge in some cross stitch and maybe a nap. MrPis is showing DS how to wire a plug. Retro!

Did I tell you I tried her on baby rice yesterday?
Loved it.
She's a very neat eater (for now). Gave her some more today, she was proper going at the spoon.
I'm gonna put her down for her nap, then blitz and freeze some shit.. Well, veg. Not sshit.

Swimming went well this morning! We were only in for 20mins or so but she was staring at everything. Seems to have tired her out though, MrZ's parents came to visit as we'd told them she was more interactive, and she slept the whole time!! They got snuggly cuddles though so were happy :)

Aw lovely zyla. I'm really looking forward to our first swim.

MiniWil was always a clean eater, which is just as well or I'd have had to sit on my hands.

Ah that's great Zyla. I can't wait to take Mini swimming. What did she wear?

A swim nappy (huggies one I think) and then one of these over it, it's got the happy nappy/over nappy bit as part of the wet suit. It was a teeny bit big for her to be honest, but she was perfectly warm after the 20mins and the pool wasn't one that's kept hotter for babies, just a small pool.

I'm so jealous. I'm going to arrange a trip for the first weekend after we get the all clear.

I had to take MrZ with us though, we got out the pool, I got H dried and dressed and opened the changing room doors and gave her to MrZ who'd got dressed while I was sorting out H. He sat down and gave her a bottle while I went back in and sorted myself out. I'm pretty sure she'd have been screaming while I got dressed otherwise, dunno how I'd do it alone!

I used to just bf as soon as we came out which usually settled her enough for me to get us both changed.

I suspect that's the way we'll have to go wil though a feed can easily take her 30mins sometimes...

I have a Huggies swim mat here after our swim lesson we get out of the pool (duh) have a quick shower (lush) I take off his swim stuff and put his towel on him, then walk to the changing room (chilly) I lay him on the mat and dry and dress myself, he stays pretty warm as the mat keeps him away from the wetness and the towel keeps him warm. This may all change this Thurs as he is now confidently rolling so he may not stay put for me

He did a swim last week wherei let go of him underwater and took a step away from him!

when I used to take A swimming she would scream whilst I changed her then continue to scream whilst I changed me until she was big enough to crawl, then she'd try and eat the contents of the drain whilst I dressed gag or try and get back in the pool. I took her with a friend and her toddler a few times which was much easier as we could pass the tiny folk round.

Have sold one sling so bought a low price woven wrap and am pending payment for another and they were the two most expensive ones so that feels like a job well jobbed.

popz we're in Norwich. Just checked the website and hire is back to full price, but if she carries on like last night ha ha ha we might have cracked it and not need the bedrest anyway more wishful thinking as she didn't end up in the bed till 6am where A proceeded to almost squash her with the doll of doom

wil your toddler has lactose issues, did you breastfeed her long, (A was on formula when her symptoms started to appear) what was her breastfed poo like? E is uber windy and has veeeeeery watery poo and I'm trying not to wear my 'here we go again' face because google points to lactose...

My mum wants to take A to the zoo, she's not been yet and I know she'll love it, but I'm horrendously jealous because it's about 10 years since I last went and there wouldn't be space in the car for me and E to go too pulls up my big girl pants and thinks off all the things I can do with only one child on my hands

oh beware the rolling! the number of times a dressed and dry A rolled into a wet puddle on the floor while I was dressing!!

Surely too tired after swimming for that nonsense zyla?

Yeah it does get a nightmare when they start to crawl/walk. Especially if changing room opens straight onto pool...

I think it's the protein, not the lactose if that makes a difference? I bf for a year but didn't know at the time she had an issue with it. Just thought she had colic and reflux and frequent poos. It was only after a while on solids that it was suggested we go off dairy. So not much help, sorry.

With this one, I think her poos are pretty watery anyway, with or without dairy. She was definitely windier when I was eating dairy though. You're supposed to look for mucous in the poo apparently. I don't actually know whether this one has a cmp intolerance at all but as she won't take a bottle to check with formula, I either have to eat something and risk her being unwell for two weeks or wait until weaning. I'm not sure I'll hold out another three months tbh. I had a glass of wine yesterday and she's been pretty sick today with a rash round the mouth - think she is really sensitive to stuff. Her skin breaks out if I use a baby wipe or any product on her.

Shit night.

Shit shit night. I want to ask MrZ not yo go yo work so he can have her for a bit between feeds and I can sleep, but I really can't :(

Yo = to

Oh god, please tell me when they figure out how to roll, this madness stops. I've spent more time in her room than mine lately I'm sure.
She's still as anything till 2, then she wakes for a bottle then the rolling to the side and frustration starts.
I'm proper zombied out.

Don't even start me on the still waking at 2!
Little bugger refuses to eat properly during the day and gets it all in at night. So for the 2am feed I'm reducing the amount so she hopefully makes up in the day.
Gradually tho, of course.

Oh dear, sorry about the shit nights. We finally had a decent one after I was beginning to panic. Highly recommend the gro "go anywhere" blackout blind as we're regularly sleeping til 8am now which is so much nicer than 6am!

Six months old today! Already been crying my eyes out...time is just going too fast.