1st YEAR FUN Oct 06 babies

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Over here now?

Hi All,

Martha - poor you and LO, must be awful for you, you have had a really tough time with the feeding situation, I hope it gets better soon and it is just something simple that is wrong - fingers crossed for you.

I haven't had a period yet, am still bf but not nearly as much. In fact she refuses the right side now - it is always the one that has proved difficult to feed from, mastitis etc. So it is left side only now.

Have been feeling poorly since yesterday - think I got mild food poisoning from a sandwich in Asda. Thankfully, I only ate half of it, but have had terrible tummy cramps and diarrohea and feeling generally washed out.

A had her last lot of jags yesterday. I gave her some calpol before she went, which helped a lot, and Daddy was off so I made him take her instead I find it upsetting and she was much better with him.

Have any of you noticed how LO use the petted lip sympathy note with you as opposed to Daddy? Do you think it is inherent or learned?

Was very funny the other day. Was holding LO and Friends was on - I did the Janice 'Oh my God' voice and LO put on this huge petted lip, so I took her through and did it in front of Daddy and she did it again and started crying!!Shouldn't laugh but it was very funny.

sympathies martha over feeding probs. I only had minor set back with dd1 and that was upsetting enough. Can't offer any advice but good luck with the gastroenterologist tho.

pmoore - 6 months long way off - your hormones are all over the place atm. In 6 months you might even WANT to go work!! Must say i don't relish the idea atm, but with dd i took a year off and i was more than ready when the time came.

emzicle - wot a big baby!

martha you really are having a tough time. good luck with the private appointment. You have probably tried this as well but have you tried those Doctor Brown bottles-maybe that might help a bit? Hope you get your appointment through soon anyway.

pmoore-hope the funeral goes as well as can be expected. With going back to work, I remember not being keen on doing it last time, but although it is hard leaving them at first, you do get used it. There are plus points-you can go to the toilet on your own, gossip with your workmates, drink a hot cup of tea!! So saying I am annoyed with my work, as they have disabled my email account which I think is a bit of a cheek as I am only on maternity leave, I have not left the company.

Good day for us in that we have at last sorted out our school applications. In the end we have gone for the local school and will just deal with senior school when the time comes. In the end seemed daft not to send her to a school so near to us that is really good. Hope we get in now!

DS rolled over for the first time today. It was great to watch as he has been struggling to do it and getting really frustrated when he couldn't do it.

morning all

am so tired today jasmine had us up at 2 then 5 then 6.35 not sure wots up with her at the min she so grumpy mind you she has had an upset stomach for the last 5days which is prob upsetting her as her bum is red raw and she still realy snuffly and who knows maybe teething poor little mite!!!

I hope every one else is ok? x

Morning All,

Youngmum - have you tried Earth Friendly Baby red clover diaper/nappy cream - it's great for sore red bums. You'll get it on ebay or google for it. All our LO's seem to be a bit unsettled at the mo'. My Lo hasn't slept through for a while now, I am just used to getting up about 3 times a night now.
Hope things are better for you today Martha and pmoore.

Incidentaly, my LO is much better after this final lot of jags - not sure if the effects rae less as she has had the 2 previous lots, but I only had to give her calpol once after them and she is all smily and happy as usual - just diarrhoa again! On the solids front - she liked the pears last week but isn't interested in carrots this week so she is back to just milk again and seems happy enough.

Hope you all have a nice day. I am feeling a bit more human today so must start the exercising again - have just ordered a skipping rope off ebay - going to try to skip every day - with my bind em in sports bra of course!

Good morning ladies. Yes my lo is back to waking twice again the last few nights. Hes sucking at his hands like mad all the time too! His brothers pretty snotty and I think he is too. Going to take them swimming on Sunday. Hes only had 2 lots of jabs but Ive been assured by musnet ladies that its fine. Going to Mattalan soon to get him one of those mini wet suit thingys. ds3 has one and theyre so cute. Going to get some new suitcases for our holiday too. Cant wait. Have a good day all. xxx

today seems to be going better thank you all. she's now on nutramegen which is the cheapest dairy free milk. thought i'd try a can so i can tell paediatric gastro man if it has an effect, otherwise that will probably be the first thing he'll do (now know enough about reflux and links with milk intol etc togo on mastermindshe seems to be accepting that it's disgusting dairy free milk with thickener or nothing and it seems to be helping her tummy-fingers crossed. it really smells though.spilt the bootle over the rug and floorboards in her room yesterday and now it reeks!
youngmum hope jasmine starts sleeping again soon
i'm being a mean mummy keeping lo up as much as poss til lunch time nap in hope that she'll sleep long enough for me to sleep too

MARTHA - looked out this article in Sunday Times for you:

Gord can lead to sleep disturbance, food aversion and poor weight gain... my son had it severely. I gave him the homeopathic remedy aethusa, which helped to reduce the severity of his symptoms, after the treatment prescribed by our paediatrician did not ease his condition, however, it is essential that it is diagnosed by a specialist at an early stage.

Hope this helps.

www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=213f6dd20b4a3334f84a1f&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

Please cut and paste, give up trying to make a link work!

pmoore hes a real chunka munka like our Edward. Hes absolutely gorgeous

LO is a little girl (well not so little)! 17lb 110z at 17 weeks.

Had William weighed on Wed - 17 lb 2 oz, so Samantha beats him, as he's about 17 weeks too

Martha: sorry to hear about your struggles with doctors etc. - hope you get some answers soon.

We've been on a trip out to the National Gallery and then along the South Bank. Wd recommend both the NG and Southwark cathedral for baby-friendly cafes.

We've had a bad few nights due to jabs/teething/growth spurt but things are gradually settling down. 4 months seems a common time for babies being unsettled cos they're growing so quickly. W tried to snatch my glasses off for the first time today

Oh s**t pmoore Im so sorry
Oh but still so cute and totaly edible
Please forgive me? Pretty please?

pmoore - cutie pictures - aww

My LO rolled over today. Left him on blanket on lounge floor whilst helping dd with toilet then heard him crying and came downstairs to find him on his tummy but unable to roll back again - bless. He's not been brave enough to do it again but has been going onto his side.

Heart attack later on in day when I caught dd mid leap onto the playnest!! Luckily she landed on the side of it and its not fully inflated so LO was not catapulted out (or squashed). She had stern talking to tho.

Second lot of jabs on monday, joy of joys (not). Ist ones were no prob, believe I should expect trouble this time. Oh well am armed with calpol at the ready.

Do any bfers occasionally give formula to their LO if being looked after by someone other than yourself? Only it takes me 3 days to express one feed so can't be very spontaneous! Have got a party to go to at end of this month and I might have to express 2 feeds - I'll be there all week. I have bought 2 readymade cartons of cow+gate 1 but nervous (silly) about experimenting with it.
Was rubbish at expressing with dd too, just had to freeze tiny bags of milk before any social event (not many) but just can't be arsed milking myself all week with a toddler to see to as well. Sorry for being longwinded x

Hi everyone!
Taffy I have the same problem as you. I am lucky to express 2oz in one go so I also have to express for a whole week before i go out. My dh occasionally gives lo a bottle of formula at night as he thinks it will make lo sleep longer - which it doesn't! It doesn't seem to bother lo although his poos are a bit smellier the next day!! We use the ready made cartons as well. What pump do you use, as I have a boots electric one and I'm wondering if I change to another pump it would make any difference. As it is a bind when you can't express enough in one go.

Its a medela electric pump but i think it is me not the pump. I used it when lo was two weeks old and had an abundance of milk coming out and thought 'great I'm better at it this time round'.

So your LO is not bothered by having formula then, that's good. I'll have to try it out - get dh to do a late feed so I can go to sleep earlier some time

We used to give hin a bottle at night when he was about 4 weeks but it really didn't make hime settle any better so i stopped doing it. The last time he had formula was about 2 weeks ago as i was really tired one night so dh gave feed and the next day he was fine and he took it ok considering that we hadn't given him formula for a while. Probably best to try it before you go to party and see what your lo makes of it. It's good to get out and have a break from lo every so often as sometimes you can feel like a milking machine!!

pmore and gingeme, don't worry, people think my lo is a boy all the time. she hasn't got any hair so not easy to guess! now putting her in a pink hat to help people work it out. she's very cute.
went to the paediatric gastroenterologist yesterday. was fab. dh said was best dr he'd ever seen.lo has been v happy since change in milk.told to keep off dairy and wheat til 1 year old and referred us to dietician to help with this

Gingeme- Its ok you don't have to apologise when they have no clothes on it is difficult to tell- especially as Samantha is soooo chubby!

3rd lot of jabs on Tuesday- not looking forward to THREE needles.

Well I got to my first stone weight loss- started 3rd January. I just think 2 stone to go then I can get pregnant again!! Well DP says if he can have an LCD TV then I can have a baby!

Anyone else think that our LO's can tell when we are going to go out for an evening and leave them? She always goes to sleep by 9pm and sleeps thru until 7am. Friday I got ready and did everything as normal, would she go to sleep- NO! So ended up staying in.

I express using medela pump,baby on one side pump on other,i do it every morning and get about 5oz in 10 mins now.But when i first started expressing it took 40mins to get an oz out.
L gets 3rd lot of jabs tomorrow and im dreading it,DH is away for a wk so if she gets ill have to cope alone[sad.
My baby seems small compared to all your little ones.She is 16wks and weighs 15lb and is 61cm long.
I go back to work in just over a week

Martha: gladto hear your LO is feeling better. W is getting v grumpy in the evenings again - can they get colic again? Or is it just the TEETH? Gave him some Medised and he's fast asleep now. I think the main problem is that he's been sleeping and napping badly due to TEETH and is now v tired so v grumpy. Noticed he had little bags under his eyes today - so we all match

Totally: I was thinking about experimenting with formula at some point as well, but think I'll wait till he settled down a bit. I was getting quite a lot at expressing but now settled down to 2-3 oz at a time. I don't give a bottle every night now, but whenever we do W seems fine with it.

I need to go in and talk about going back to work as well - hoping that I can go in for a couple of days a week to start with but it depends on the boss. Part of me is worried about leaving William but I'm also quite excited at the idea of going for more than a coupe of hours without being yelled at!

Evening all,

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I managed to get to my first yoga class today since dd was born and I am feeling very refreshed. May also have something to do with the fact that I left dd with dh for the afternoon, when I asked how she had been he said she had been "very shouty". Good, so now he knows what it's like for me everyday

For all those returning to work soon, what are your plans for childcare? I'm not returning to work until Oct and not sure whether to go down the nursery or childminder route. Nurseries are so expensive in South West London, the closest and most convienent to me is £255 a week for a fulltime place

I have the medela also and do the juggle with baby on one side and pump on the other. Bit of a faff but I actually can't get anything if lo isn't feeding at the same time. I get about 2-3oz out at a time. But expressers beware.... last week dd did a power kick while feeding and knocked the pump off and milk went everywhere! Maybe she doesn't like the competition.

Hi every one.

Is it possible to develope PND this long after birth? I'm so fed up with life, everything is getting me annoyed. I am even pissed off in the mornings when I wake up.

I have started smoking again (gave up when PG!) and tonight, I put my coat in, went and sat in the shed to have one, and i called one of my old girlie friends, we had a really long chat and I poured everything out to her. She seemed to think I sounded like a complete stranger as normally I am so up beat and funny. She said some thign that made me cry, apparently since ive been with DP it's as though some one has turned a bulb off in my head and I'm half the spirit I used to be.

IS it my relationship, or me, am I being seriously stupid, she reckons I should pootle off to see the dr, but I dont really want to, I dont see the need.

Im getting so nagry at small things, and im worried that DP and I are growing apart.

As i feel like im now some ones Mummy, and he;s just carrying on as though we were still that young couple that could do any thing at the drop of a hat, i dont think its dawnied him whats really happening. Or is that just me, maybe he should go and do what he wants, I wanted this baby more than him in the first place.

o feckles.

Sorry to hear that you're feeling so fed up emzickle. I think it is common that men believe that life will just carry on as normal once you have lo's I know that my dh has found it hard to adjust. However it is posible to get pnd late after birth ( my friend was diagnosed 6 months after giving birth)so if you are feeling down and angry with things then maybe it would be a good idea to speak to your gp. It's always better to get help before things get worse.

Morning all!!

Sorry your feeling down emzickle i know wot you mean i felt like that a few weeks ago everything was getting on top of me, me and dp werent getting on and i was scared i was getting pnd but i told dp how i was feeling and together we have got thru it and im feeling great again and me and dp have b ecome close again!!!

Dd has become an early riser at the min cud this mean she is having too much sleep in the day???