***************December 2006 ****************

[lucy5]

I can't access the thread with my rubbish Spanish internet connection. Could someone start a new thread and link it on the old one too. Thankyou. Hope alls well!

Also still BF, though much of it is EBM...dd2 is nearly 14 weeks old

Heard from a Mum I made friends with when dd was in hospital. Her little one had bronchiolitis too (a month older than dd2) and also is a Downs baby: she's just had heart surgery, and as her lungs were damaged by the bronch. she ended up in PICU and very nearly died Very glad to say she didn't, and is more or less ok atm, but has brought back the whole hospital thing and made me very grateful for lack of scares (touch wood) in last few weeks!

In spite of a testing day with over tired 3 yr old, who got up too early
If anyone happened to overhear a haggard mother pushing baby in buggy round a pond this morning squeaking 'O Angelina, I'm scaaaared, is that Big Paw's pawprint over there?' that was me, being Henry mouse, trying to get dd to walk in the direction of home

And yes, in case anyone is bored enough to be wondering, it worked

BP, i often almost put the ME wrap on backwards too! something must not be obvious with the design!
some b*st!rd has just bought a holiday and paid their council tax using dh's CC. He had already asked it to be cancelled after a couple of payments went out for £10 a few months back. anyone had experience of this? fingers crossed he'll get the money back.

CTF THREAD:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2230&threadid=278562&stamp=070222155520

Sacha, my brother in law had £7000 taken from his credit card, they are able to detect strange withdrawls from your credit card. Anyway he was compensated and didnt have to pay a thing.It is soo stressful though he phoned up my DH in a right state over it, I think he was in shock.

I have had a stressful day DD2 is still awake and has been sionce 8am I think she is unwell maybe a reaction to her first injections nothing has settled her it has been awful. DH is with her now and I am going to bed.I am hoping tomorrow will be a better day I am going out for the first time since DD" was born, a friends 40th!!!OMG She is also due no.4 in 10days I am driving but cant wait to get out with friends.

Still bf here too. Can't quite believe it as didn't get past 3 weeks with ds and dd.

We're off to Singapore on Saturday to visit my dad. So that's 13 hours on a plane with a 3.2 year old, an 18 month old and a 9 week old. WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING?!It'll be amazing when we get there but I am dreading the flight! Is it really wrong to drug your kids to sleep?

Then 2 weeks after we get back, we're moving house. Not just down the road though, from Bristol up to Cheshire! We're moving to the same village as dh's parents and I am so looking forward to having a bit of support close by. So far it's all gone a bit too smoothly for a house move so I'm still not 100% convinced it will actually happen but it seems to be on course, fingers crossed.

Nice to see a few of the oldies from the antenatal thread coming back - hello all of you!

OB, thanks for the info, there was also a useful thread started recently where everyone responded that they got their money back so it's just a timing thing on the money.
Olihan, you're not doing things by half are you?!! I imagine their will be lots of screaming on take off and landing with the ear pressure changes? What do you do for that? However, you'll prob be too busy today packing to read the thread let alone answer! Good luck, enjoy your holiday and remember to take a deep breath and......R E L A X......

sacha - my DH got his money back on CC theft.

I'm still bf.

We had THE MOST AMAZING night. DD went to bed in her cot (first night without moses basket) at 9.30pm. She woke at 4.30 am for a feed which last 10 mins. Changed nappy. Tried to feed some more but she was more intested in sucking her thumb so put her in cot awake and she went straight off. She is STILL asleep at 8am.

Different things - in cot on own away from us. Most importantly she has found her thumb as a comforter (would never take dummy).

Hope this isnt a one off.

SS Wow! I wish DS could comfort himself with own thumb rather than using the dummy, not that he always cry's for it but he fusses so much we can't sleep. Planning on waiting till 16 weeks till put him in own room (currently 9) but I think we will all sleep much better once we do! Last night I left DH with him after the 2.30 feed and slept on the sofa - DH slept through all his grumblings (which I can never do) and we all woke up at 6.45 - Lovely!
Hope you have a repeat p[erformance for several nights to come to give you some much needed rest!

Sacha, thumbs may sound good, but how do you get the children off them...you cant just throw them out!!! I have seen teenagers sucking their thumbs, at least 'birdies' can take dummy's away.

my dd1 sucked her thumb from 3 months and weaned herself at 6 months

I was a thumb sucker!

God I'm drunk. Well, very very relaxed in an 'I 'm going to feel this tomorrow kind of way'. I've only had a gin and tonic but we also ate mussels in white wine sauce and given the amount of wine dp put in the sauce and the fact that mussels cook really quickly I don't think all the alcohol had evaporated off......It's been about 10 months since I last drank.

Well I guess I'll be reporting back on the truth as to babies sleeping rather well if their mums have had a bit to drink!

Oh dear. One g&t I tll you! Am I such a light-weight now that I can't have a g&t in the evenings without getting tipsy?

Babies don't sleep any better after their mum has a drink! Well mine doesn't

Still bfing here. I was quite motivated this time around but amazed it didn't stop hurting until about 8 weeks.

We are soooo relieved. Found out today that ds1 only has a retractile testicle and doesn't need surgery. whew!

Still breastfeeding here but it's not going as smoothly as last time
I have been to the b/f counseller 3 times and still have a sore right nipple. They say latch is fine and I don't have thrush ect... Feeding from the left is easy. Not sure whether to just accept that the right boob is always going to be a bit sore

Good news about the testicle Jabber They thought ds1 had an undescended testicle but its fine now.

Well after 2 nights of good sleep, ds1 decided waking at 1.30am and 4am was a good idea!!!!

Magnolia, sorry to hear nipple problems...one of mine was much worse than the other too, in the end I did more expressing than feeding on that side and gave it a break (mind you, that was easy given dd needing to bottle feed a lot) and now it seems as hardy as the other one. I think my boobs are slightly different shapes/angles or something - only explanantion I could come up with!

Hardly dare say it as know its two forwards and one back, but have had TWO nights in a row now where dd has slept from 8.30pm till 3.30am, fed for ten minutes, then slept till 7am, fed for two minutes, then slept till 8.30am.

Mind you, she's over 3 months old now, so think I should be more than ! Its making me greedy for sleep, think my body has remembered what its been missing...

Jabber, yeay on the testicle!

And Indith , hope you had a good night's sleep

I love that I can log on here and the first thing I see is one woman congratulating another on her testicle!

DH is away again this weekend supporting Watford (sad, sad man). I was feeling quite resentful last night, as DD1 wouldn't settle, so I didn't get any time at all to sit and relax in the evening. DH, however, managed to read the paper, drink a couple of glasses of wine, watch some telly But this morning I'm feeling fine. I have a pizza in the fridge for DD1 and I tonight as a special treat

I feel the same way every night, bp as dp always manages to spend loads of time on the computer whilst I'm doing the marathon putting ds2 to bed followed by chores before I finally retire at 11 or so. I don't have evenings at all at present, but that's balanced out by lots of sleep as he goes from 9.30 - 6 (10-7 today). So when ds1's at nursery I do tend to take it a bit easier and not rush around so much.
Magnolia, me too on the bf as you know, I'm back to nipple shields most of the time as ds2 seems unable to latch on without chewing my nipple to bits every time. I've spoken to the nct 3 times, a peer support line, had a bf counsellor come to see me & read everything I could but still bf'ing not v.comfortable and I despair that it ever will be. Was hoping to make it until 6 months when I go back to work, but I just have children who are cr*p feeders!

I was finding it reasonably comfortable with my doomoo bf pillow but it developed a tiny, itsy bitsy hole in it yesterday. I was out of the nursery for 5 mins putting ds2 in his pram, so ds1 took the opportunity to empty the cushion of half it's contents all over the cot, floor, rug and himself. There was yelling, but after that I tried to tell myself it's just a cushion (v.expensive one at that) and have a nice day as we've had too much yelling here lately. I want to feel as loving towards ds1 as I did before ds2 arrived, I'm struggling with that quite a bit. Not just because he's a handful, but I feel so bound up with my new baby. Must try harder I guess, and it will all come back in time. In the meantime I'm taking him to happy feet this arvo as a special treat whilst dp looks after the little one. Must go express!

AQ, I'm w/ you on the struggling w/ ds1 bit. Although he has been better the last couple of days

magnolia, my right side was a problem too. It still feels more sensitive when he latches on but doesn't exactly hurt anymore. I used tons of lansinoh on it. Do the nipple shields help at all?

Can sympathize about dh's on the computer. I got quite cross about it last night.

jabber, glad your ds is better if just for a few days. We find ours is great for a week, horrible for a week & it seems to depend on me really. I think he's hugely jealous of the time I spend with ds2. I tried to take him to see happy feet today but ds2 was feeding so much we missed it, I felt awful but couldn't do anything as I hadn't had any time to express. Took him to the train station instead, he seemed happy enough but disengaged from me iykwim. I wonder if it will ever be the same again. And he barely acknowledges ds2 most of the time, which makes me a little sad. Seemed quite happy to share his bath with him tonight though, perhaps there's hope.

Nipples shields do really help with the pain, but they bring so many other problems unfortunately. DS2 feeds for way longer when I use them, and I get a blocked duct every time I start using them more, another one today. Trying not to end up on anti-biotics again as they go through to the breast-milk. I'm wondering whether the only answer to all of this (other than giving up, which I really don't want to do) is get a proper pump and express several feeds a day as Eli is doing? But ds2 seems to really enjoy our closeness when I feed him, even if there's a layer of silicone between us!

The glass of wine I've just consumed has helped me feel muuuuch better tho!
Sent ds2 to bed at 8pm whoo-hooo, let's see what time he wakes up. So nice to have an evening, dp & i had a lovely chat about our proposed new kitchen (v.excited to not have to cook in closet anymore) & then I went for a drive by myself to the shop to buy ben & jerry's which I consumed in front of ER. Bliss! I hope your lo's all have good nights!

hi all

We have had our 3rd night of sleep from 10-5 so I'm ecstatic.

i had a conv with dh yesterday about he jumped to go and play on xbox the moment dd2 wakes up while i am stuck b/f. it hadnt occurred to him i might want company.

have a good day all.

joining the dodgy right side club!I have been struggling to bf DD2! She has not fed properly on right one since about 8 weeks ago!
I am now only feeding from left!

Im really hanging on as SO dont want to stop yet!

OMG! me too...my dh is obsessed with the computer and TV,and cant come to bed with me at night as too much' to do'...
Whatever...

last night he insulted my intelligence,so i have sent him a nice e-mail....

grrrrowl!

face it...theyre from Mars!

Oh and Amberli is on a diet I think! 3oz every 3-4 hours! She was having 6oz every 3!..and refusing boob a bit!