Jan '07 Part 9: Bald Babies Rule The World......(and ones with a thatch aren't bad either)

[Wilkie]

Still feeling a tad bitter about yesterday.

But hey......I'm the first one on the brand shiny new thread

....every cloud....

Trixy - have you tried any type of baby massage? It sounds like he has some kind of trapped wind or it could be teething. My Lo did the screaming thing on the boob with me a couple of times. He has settled down lots now.
I just remind myself of that hilarious post someone put up on the thread a few months back.
It was written from a babies point of view, whose parents were obviously trying some kind of controlled crying. It was so funny. One of the quotes from it was: "then I burped and it tasted like pears, I mean, I hadnt eaten pears since lunchtime, what was that about...so it was another reason to cry...."
I am aware that this post is not particularly helpful, but what I meant to say is sometimes, they are just being babies and crying for no reason. Hope this helps x

I agree, Laughalot, sanctemony and preaching is highly irritating. Every mother tries to do what's best for her and her child and making people feel guilty is unacceptable. In an ideal world everyone would get the support they need rather than criticism which only serves to reduce peoples sef esteem and faith in their own parenting, and sadly, it's often us women that are the worst culprits, as though putting down other's decisions reinforces the fact that WE'VE made the right decision. This can be seen all too often on some threads on here, horrible arguments full of judgement rather than support.

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Trixy - Ethan does this sometimes and it's either his reflux or that he's knackered and really needs to sleep. If he doesn't feed then I know he needs to sleep and he's also teething so that adds to it all as well.

Laughalot - I know how you feel, I didn't bf my dd for similar reasons. I was 23 and got no advice or encouragement at all, she was also prem and being tube fed glucose at first and then moved onto sma. As she was so small they made it a big thing about how much she was taking at each feed and it was written down. Not once was I asked about expressing to help or anything and the horrible thing is that if it would have been even a couple of years later (as when I had ds1) I'd have made every effort to bf her and express to give her everything I could. I feel so guilty about it especially as I bf ds1 and ds2 and she has been ill a lot Just can't win. I think I'll always feel bad about it and just wish I could turn back the time and bf her but of course I can't.

Me on first this morning!
Hope everyone is feeling as sparky as me. LO slept through from 7.30 - 6am again. Again, an awful nights sleep for me coz I kept expecting him to wake up. Ugh. I need coffee! x

Morning all. I trust everyone slept well last night!

LL - completely agree with you and Carrot. I find local news always gives a balanced view

Lizz - I remember that post, so it was good to read the pear comment again!

Hiya Trixy, welcome back! Sounds like you've had your hands full this last few weeks.

Carrot - are you feeling better this morning. We eat loads more fruit and veg since signing up to an organic box scheme. It's too expensive to leave festering in the fridge!! Any idea what to do with chicory though? I've got that left over from last week's delivery. BTW, carrots are my favourite veggies

Dragon - glad the drive to B'ham was worth it. Pmsl at your spraying boob. It's like cats approaching those people who are allergic to them, you're more likely to spray boob milk over glamorous women with no kids themselves

EAH - a busy non-kids day yesterday then. Sounds most productive! Can't believe you didn't choose to spend all day on MN instead. Where are your loyalties?

Kat - still haven't got my Junior mag - just a letter about the extension to 4 months. If we try and remind each other to cancel the direct debit in 3 months, hopefully one of us will remember!

Wilkie - fruit compote sounds nom nom what's that then? And did you get yourself anything in town?

UD - most impressed at cup drinking. I just bought one at the weekend so that may encourage me to crack it open and give it a go.

2Happy - is it you who lives in Northumberland? Is there a Tommy Tippee big factory shop in the Hexham area? Am sure I remember a mate telling me about it.

Jodie - hope dh had a lovely day yesterday. Mmmm...massage...sounds lovely!

LTH - "spinning"..."tummy time"....hahahaha. Any other words you don't like so I can shout them at you in a Tourette's manner?

You lucky people with cleaners. I will happily admit to paying very little attention to cleaning. So long as my kitchen and bthroom are spotless, the dust can pile up everywhere else. Can't remember the last time I ironed (I seriously think it was a wedding in 2004) . Life's too short for dusting!!

Well then. No doubt this is another RGee rambling long post. Congrats if you've made it here...BOO!! That woke you up No doubt ther've been at least a million Xposts since I started writing. You're probably on thread no 10 now.

Have a good day. Catch up with you later.

morning Rgee!
I am a bit obssessed by ironing at the moment.
Everything gets ironed. I love ironing all my little dolly clothes (sorry, I mean baby clothes) And I get a real sense of achievement when I have ironed all the muslins out.
Have a turned into a saddo?
Its Anthea Turner - I secretly want to be her!

he he he! Does anyone fancy applying for this

Anthea Turner should be shot - she's the most annoying person on the planet.

However, I agree with you re ironing little man clothes. I detest ironing with a passion (hence why MIL does it for me ) but I lurve ironing J's clothes. However Lizz - I draw the line at ironing vests and muslins - what is the point???

Feeling really really chuffed cos J went down for his nap in his cot this morning. Never happened before and he has managed half an hour so far...although I think I can hear murmurings (sp??) now.....

Yes, back in a bit.............

wilkie...lizz....ironing....freaks!

Trixy - wondered where you'd gone too, great to have you back. Really sorry to hear about dh . My 2p on the bfing thing: ds2 has taken to doing this, esp on the right side - maybe because my let-down is stronger on that side, so sometimes hand express before strting. Ditto whoever said rugby ball hold, I've tried that and he seems to get on better. Also he only feeds for 10m each side max, that just seems to be all he needs/wants, and he's growing fine on it so I justv reckon he knows what he needs. As well as dairy, I've heard that onions in your diet can cause a lot of wind in bfed babies (weird I know!). Personally found infacol a pile of poop.

Lal - there is a lot of sanctimoniousness (is that a word?!) about bfeeding and it's so unnecessary.

Wilks - well done on the cot nap!

RGee - yes I think it's in Cramlington, quite a bit south of me, but it's supposed to be good.

DH - PMSL at the bfeed spray!

Jodie - dammit I was going to ask you something and I have totally forgotten what it was so will have to content myself with asking how the heck you got your ds1 toilet trained in a week?!! Well done!!

ds2 grizzling...better go! at everyone else

Muslins are one of the few things I do iron! Those and tea towels, don't ask me why though ....

Apparently Anthea is actually a very nice lady a friend of mine was one the last series of Perfect Housewife. But I'm pleased to say it did her no lasting damage and her house is now back to being the tip it was before Anthea invaded!

Oh God I am Anthea at home I have loads of wicker baskets for storage and am a tidy/cleaning freak plus I iron 99% of my washing (inc Ellies knickers only things I don't do are towels/mine/dh underwear) oh you are going to kick me off he thread now aren't you

wilkie....lizzz....EaH...ironing...freaks.

I dont iron underwear, but I do iron everything else. But then again I only have one small child...not 4 (not including DP!)

Has anyone just seen Jeremy Kyle? It was so sad. It was a one off where he went to an orphanage in Mombassa for kids with HIV. These poor little mites just wanted lots of cuddles.

You IRON muslins? What is this madness, they're supposed to scrunched up and crinkly, surely? Hmm, quite a lot of you iron it seems, will I be kicked off the thread for slovenly behaviour? Actually, I seem to spend quite of lot of my time cleaning and tidying for someone who has a cleaner, I'm ALWAYS sweeping, wiping, washing, always sorting clothes, always sorting out piles of paper etc. The problem is I'm actually quite anal about the house, curtains have to be straight, picture on the mantel at the right angle, teacups in the dresser correctly placed, flowers on the table etc. I would have to spend ALL day doing housework for it to be how I like it so I get a little help Maybe I could do with that Andrea treatment!

Rgee, I feel a bit better today, although tired as LO WOKE UP GRINNING AT 4.50! I think extra vegetables should be introduced more gradually than stuffing them all day. I would use chicory wherever a bitter leaf is called for. A strong salad maybe, with bacon or stilton, maybe put it in a soup or shred it a stirfry? Great for the liver. We used to have a box scheme but like you, found that there was often stuff we didn't use. There's only so much swede any family can eat! It's better in the summer though but we have quite a good organic shop just down the road and some of it's reasonable, some of it isn't!

Yawn...

My cleaner comes on a tuesday afternoon so I spend most of tuesday morning tidying up .... i find it helps if she can see the carpet in order to hoover it

Thank goodness for that, Hattie2, thought I was the only one! And dh always laughs at me clearing up before she comes, and he says the fact that I can't be in when she's here means I have issues with someone else cleaning for me. I suppose I do, but not enough obviously. My mum doesn't know, I'd never live it down. They always called me a snob. I'm not.

Ooh I know, I hate being in when mine's here - unfortunately it's peeing it down here today and I don't fancy dragging LO round the shops in the rain so may have to put up with it today!

morning everyone! errr....well afternoon anyway!

havne't heard from GMTV yet, or anyone for that matter. will do some follow up calls later on today, assuming Z goes down for a nap sometime this afternoon. i haven't heard anything back from the police either, so phoned them earlier on today. they promise someone will phone me this afternoon

LaL - i know what you mean about the guilt thing. ignore them. she's talking a lot of bollocks, as far as i'm concerned, and her energies could be better spent lobbying and campaigning for better support fot new mums who want to bf, rather than making ff-ing mums feel bad. at the end of the day, there may be many reasons why a mother wouldn't want to bf, what if they had suffered sexual abuse? what if they were in too much pain or on meds? what if they just plain didn't want to? but my problem is that bf-ing is rammed down mums' throats at antenatal classes then there is no support postnatally. why can't people jst live and let live? huh?? we're all parents, we're all trying to do the best for our children. ok, i will stop ranting now, i have to stop somewhere or i could go on all day!

still no word about the car - i'm getting seriously pissed off. dh thnks we need to give the dealer one chance to sort it out, but as far as i'm concerned, he could've killed us all. he doesn't get any benefit of the doubt.

Z was still really miserable yesterday. not sure if he was feeling the effects of the carbon monoxide or the 3rd lot of jabs. both dh and i had headaches and were feeling sick yesterday. feel ok today though, and Z seems a lot better.

anyway, i'd better go and start ringing round journalists! joy! catch y'all later!

ps: i don't iron. at all. someone gave us an iron and ironing board for a wedding present, and i think i've used it about twice for when dh has needed a pristine shirt for meetings. he irons in a weird Navy way and it takes him about an hour to do one shirt, so i do take pity on him and do it for him!

I iron dh's pants

...maybe it's because I iron dh's pants that I live in such a sh!thole...I should spend less time ironing and more time cleaning?

2happy

Think Ethan is on a growth spurt, he fed every hour from 7pm until 2am and then went until 4, stayed awake until 5 and then fed and slept until 6ish. Knackered today.

Rgee - he really enjoyed it

Liz - lol never! I really hate ironing and def do not iron muslins! Why??! lol.

2happy - I'm sure you'll remember if it was important! Well he is 3 and a half so it was a lot easier, did the same with dd and it took the same time (she was just over 3). He wasn't ready until then either but when he was it was easy