Just Mumming Thread 7 - the grads grads cope with walking, own rooms and have little time for shagging

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New thread! Roll call...

Sorry for crappy nights. We're just the same here but Mini is being slightly more agreeable about going back to bed which is helping a bit.

Furry what kind of formula do you use? Mini stopped throwing up when she started eating solids regularly.

Micro is nearly crawling, all of a sudden. She wasn't even up on her knees two weeks ago but now is slithering backwards and doing wee bunny hops forwards. Weird.

Nightmare morning so hoping this afternoon is an improvement.

Good luck with the house Popz!

Glad you can have a bit of a rest today Zyla, teething is bloody awful!

La that sounds like the cutest outfit ever! Enjoy your play date and of course you can shoot your DH, hell we'll even do it for you if you like.
P was a cruiser and preferred standing before she could crawl. Just be prepared that as soon as Min can crawl it'll take her hardly anytime to start walking. There was 6 weeks between the two in our house! Crawling at 9 months and by 11 months she was confidently walking, on her 1st birthday she was climbing over stuff and running around. Not long to go, I reckon she'll be crawling by the end of the week, good luck!!! You'll wish she'd never learnt as soon as she gets going!

No cbeebies for me (thank god) today, Pmis at the child minders and R is currently snoozing away in his sisters part of the pram because he's too goddamn fat and long for the carry cot part of it.
Instead I'm catching up on reading my GoT book (on the 6th one I think) tarot readings and experimenting with making more lotions/ body butters from scratch.
Next Tuesday is going to be A MAY ZING! I'm dropping both pests off at my parents first thing in the morning, attending court (moral support for a friend) and then probably could go for lunch with friend, then have a nice relaxed afternoon with maybe even a nap and then I'm out at a talk all night whilst ST goes to a cricket match! Bliss! I won't get my kids back until the next morning either so I can stay out as long as I want on Tuesday night

Wil miniS is on Aptimel reflux milk, I've tried using the normal Aptimel stuff the last few days but she's started being sick again. She can keep water down but not the large amounts of milk in a bottle.

Don't your boobs feel great being back up where they should be zyla I missed my wires

Good luck with the house popz

Enjoy your day off next week pixie

What's different about the milk from normal formula? And how much solids is she having?

Pixie that sounds like bliss.

I googled. It's thicker essentially so kind of like using Carobel or gaviscon? I guess maybe just try her with normal stuff every month and see what happens? Is there a reason you need to go on normal formula?

Hi all!

Just a quick hello, I need to read back and catch up....

We have a referral to a paediatrician for the end of this week! Yey!

Thanks wil, only reason we need to swop milk is miniS has decided not to drink the thick stuff but will happily drink the thinner Aptimel. She's eating really well so I'm not worried it's just a pain that she likes it but it won't stay down. I'll give it a bit longer & try it in a cup so she drinks it in smaller amounts.

Hope the paediatrician goes well Fleur

Yay for paediatrician fleur

furry could you do 3 scoops normal, 2 scoops thick stuff?

My sister who breastfed both her boys only ever wore underwired never had issues!!

la men are very annoying, but to be fair I never knew what E wanted never learnt which cry was for what he has survived so far!!

min E does move around his cot in his sleep but I wouldn't say it was annoying him more to get comfy and re settle!

That's a good idea Cookie, I'd try that Furry. What a pain she likes the one which makes her sick.

Great news Fleur! How did you manage that?

La meant to ask, why are you stripping off to feed?

Oh brilliant Fleur! Hope you get some answers when you see the paediatrician!
Popz have you had any news on the house?
I absolutely love underwired bras! Much better than having to put wheels on my nips to stop my tits trailing on the floor.

That's great news fleur How's littlefleur doing?

Scoob - can you do half and half for a bit?

Didn't put the offer in today in the end - wanted to speak to the guy who's selling our house for some advice first and he didn't ring me til this afternoon. Going to do it tomorrow! Eeek!

Today I have had a granola slice and two cookies..... Oops.

pixie that's made me howl!
I am shattered beyond belief. 8 months of broken sleep are finally hitting me.
Actually over a year as I got pregnancy insomnia.
Babies eh!

R got a bit braver today. She's figured out that the pouffe is the perfect height for her to pull up on and decided to go hands free this afternoon. She just stood there, unaided for 3 whole secs!
Speechless

I feel for you min, sounds awful. I sometimes mourn sleep - knowing k have probably already had the best sleep I will every have. That's it, gone! Can you get a break at any point, if R can go to someone overnight?

Still doing the offer after the chat then .popz? If that's all you ate then that's pretty much a diet!

Great news on the referal fleur! Just a few more days to get through!

Did the afternoon improve .wil? Hope so! How long Inuit crawling you reckon - another thing up worry about!

Underwire would be bliss zyla! I did wonder If they are fitted right then would that prevent issues with ducts?! Enjoy the girls being so high though!

We had HV today, J has dropped to 50th percentile and is not gaining weight quick enough. She said it's not to worry about this week, but if it doesn't pick up next week we need to look at it. Do obviously I do thought about it all day! I feed hourly at home so flbg think I can up frequency which makes me worry about supply dgsib SBS that he is actually getting. Don't what to give up BFing, it's been tough to here but we are there mostly now! Or I thought we were..,

pixie lol!

wil crawling....exciting! H wants to, but just lies of her front kicking her legs ang waving her arms with no attempt to push herself up, then wonders why she isn't going anywhere, gets frustrated and cries lol.

dulcet I got told it can take up to 6 months for them to find where they're going to be on the charts, so try not to worry!

I fucking hate health visitors!!

Dulcet please don't give up breastfeeding or get bulldozed into giving top up feeds.... If J is happy and alert when awake and sleeps (occasionally ) and has plenty of wet nappies then he's FINE. Breastfed babies don't gain weight consistently or in line with the growth charts which are based on ff babies - who gain weight faster. How bloody irresponsible of her to undermine your confidence like that. You're doing amazingly to have got this far with feeding him - esp after the tt issues etc. I'm glad you're feeling more sorted - IGNORE HER! xxx

Dulcet our great HV at bf group told us that some babies are born heavier than they are meant to be. Obviously it's easy for them to put on weight in utero as they don't have to do anything. Then when they're born they find their natural weight. Those centile charts are based on formula fed babies and many HV have no understanding of how bfing works. Look up the growth charts on Kellymom. Micro went from 50th centile at birth to just below 9th now. She's teeny - I regularly meet three month olds bigger than her - but she's totally fine. If J is bright eyed, having good nappies and generally well, there is nothing to worry about. I had to tell my HV to stop worrying and that I wasn't concerned. Luckily she trusted me and didn't report me to the social .

Imminent crawling not exciting as she keeps nearly launching herself off the bed. Although I do think that if they crawl well you have to spend less time bent over holding them up whilst they try to walk. Silver linings.

X-post. Loving your similar outrage Popz.

Yup, our HV also said that babies can get bigger in utero than they are genetically meant to be, might be because of very good placental function. And then they settle on the weight they are supposed to be weeks/ months after birth. With P, the bloody HVs had me going to get him weighed every two weeks and I am sure the anxiety it caused affected bf, which I eventually gave up earlier than Id wanted. I regret it now and wish I hadn't listened to the voices of doom. Dulcet don't feel pressured into anything you don't feel happy with. Trust your instincts. P is by far the smallest of all his peers but he is smart, energetic, fit and the world is his oyster!

P was an early crawler, about 6 months. But then he got so good at it he didn't start walking until 18 months!

We all know my feelings about the HVs round here so I won't rant again. R was born on the 25%, ate like a queen! shot up to 59%, realised she didn't like milk so back down to 25% and gone back up to 50%, seems to like it there.
She does regularly get comments about how small she is for 8 months, yeah right. You try lugging 18lbs around then come back and say that.
She's not small, very long legs but slim.

Last night was good. 2 dummy runs again and slept till 7:20 with a quick bottle at 5!
I'm hoping she is out of leap 6. That one is horrific!

Morning! What day is it? Wednesday? Wow! The days fly by at the moment in a blur of feeds and getting babies to sleep. He decided at 4:30am that it was morning and he was WIDE AWAKE staring at me curiously from the snuzpod. He's quite good and will lie there for a bit kicking his legs contentedly, but then like soemone flicks a switch he wants feeding and wails.

Fantastic that minimin is nearly crawling! And microwil too? I can't wait for B to be more animated and start doing things so I can interact with him. He's holding his head up quite well and I get about 2 mins of interaction between sleeps which is nice.

Baby play time was good! Although B was less than impressed and refused to lie on the fluffy rugs with the other children and instead slept on me. He was the only boy. My fit mummy friends were there with their little ones so it was great to catch up. I'm off for coffee today with a lady from my bf class who gave birth on same day as me (sneeze birth of course).

What did you decide to do about the house popz?

Me and dh had heart to heart yesterday. He wasn't getting that I am with b every day all day and when he's home it would be nice if he could just take the baby for a bit so that I can do something else for a change. Instead yesterday he was off all day but gardening! So I was sitting inside with B who was sleeping, with dh outside in the lovely sun. I'm still not confident about taking B out into the garden - I think I'm nervous about him not sleeping and getting overtired, as that's when he's a nightmare. I'm never sure what to put him in and by the time I think about it he's asleep in his Sleepyhead and I don't want to wake him. So I'm like a pale vampire never seeing the light just now.

He slept from 10 to 2am last night, which was nice :) but then back up at 4:30 and awake from then. Tired.com.

wil I was stripping because I had run out of vest tops so only had a t-shirt and it was too small to pull up! Really annoying - normally I have my vest top and just pull strap down. And I was trying to get ready to go out so got frustrated at dh saying B was hungry when I'd just fed him.

Underwired bras sound like such luxury. I am enjoying the Emma Jane nursing bras at night though, as recommended by fleur! Mega comfy.

dulcet try not to worry I'm sure he's just finding his feet and it will even out. The HV sounds daft. If J is healthy, seems content at the end of a feed and producing wet nappies he is fine. Are you enjoying bf now? I've been told it gets easier from 6 weeks but no one's said why or how? Is it true? We are 5 weeks just now and I'm feeling like we've conquered most demons, but I am shattered and constantly wracked with guilt over bf. I'd love to ff for the freedom, but really love the connection and time wiht B that I get on my own so I'm not ready to give up yet.

Out of interest - when do babies get a bit easier?

Mini was the same Snap. Crawled around 6/7 months but didn't walk on her own until 13m. Lots of furniture walking though. I think if they're good at crawling no real motivation for them to start walking (other than reaching the tiny playmobile/lego on high surfaces) . I wish MN would get more emojis.

la if you find out, let me know too.
It gets easier when they can interact with you, then it gets harder cause they get distracted easier.
Then it gets easier when they find a toy, then it gets harder with the 4 month sleep regression. Then it gets easier cause they sleep better.
Then it gets harder cause they get weaned.
Then it gets easier cause they enjoy food.
Then it gets harder cause they lose interest in milk.
Then it gets easier when they are more mobile.
Then it gets harder cause they are too mobile.
Then it gets easier cause they get less frustrated.
Then it gets harder cause of the 8/9/10 month sleep regression.

That's not to mention teething (months and months of teething), colds (one after the other it seems), night terrors, spree ration anxiety etc etc etc.

I'm still waiting for the time where she can just sit back, relax and chill.
She's a very 'on' baby. Very alert, very inquisitive and doesn't miss a trick.
Doesn't want to crawl but realises she has to to get anywhere. Wants to walk but realises her lIttle legs aren't quite there yet.
Wants to talk but realises she likes her dummy to much and can't do both and wants to be held but not cuddled, put down but not left alone.

But she is cute! And hopefully seems to be getting better at night.

So yes, please let me know when it gets easier. I'll join you in a high five!

That is supposed to be separation anxiety...

I think the six week thing is more just that bf is established by then, less engorgement, feeding slightly less frequently and usually nipples don't hurt much anymore. I think around three months you start to come out of the newborn fog. Get outside if it's nice La, I usually think babies sleep quite well in the fresh air.