April 2007 - where Ellie has mouse guests, SOKL talks poo, Eddas wears leia bunches, and bodysuits Dippy won't do!

[EllieK]

i really do need to get a life

lazyemma are you and SOKL sharing a child?

only I'm sure that K was on SMA then changed to Aptimil cos it didn't agree with her

Ellie, the only time I've posted on an April 2007 thread before was to say how spookily my daughter's evening unsettledness sounded to hers! So they do seem to have some sort of weird baby mind-meld.

How's this?!

Thought i better change it abit cos theres no way I'll find myself one!

that is scary! shame you're in Scotland, we should get them in the same place and see if they look alike

lovin it P

Having a good day today - been invited out for a girly night with some of the other mums at playschool which im really looking forward to even though i dont know when or where we're gonna go Although am dreading trying to find something to wear over my big flabby tummy
And my dad is going to buy my car which saves us soooo much hassle.

And sorry if im cross posting with everyone, have taken ages to write this as i got distracted by big brother

you sad case

ok, i must go pack his bag

text me if you're bored

clothes packed
jumpers
tshirts
trousers
shorts
socks
pants
sw imming gear
night nappies
jacket
sandals
trainers

shout at me if there's anything glaringly obvious missing!

been uploading his cd's to the computer while i packed so can now make him a cd to take with him

Morning everyone!

Have finally managed to catch up - started to last night while dh was with L. Then of course she let out one whimper which meant we had to bath her (according to him) and then we had dinner and then he hogged the pc for the rest of the night. Grrrr. L being angel and still sleeping so yay, can catch up now!

CD & Elkie - hope you're both doing better after your scares earlier in the week.

Welcome LazyEmma - yay another Scottish mummy - I am in Edinburgh.

WO - was it you asking about nursing room in Jenners? Yes there is one but like someone else said Jenners is such a maze of stairs & not the most buggy friendly so John Lewis might be better.

My next bfing challenge is to express enough to take out with me for a feed. Don't think we're quite up to bfing in public yet as some feeds are still challenging and they can take forever.

She's 4 weeks old - about how much should I be aiming for for a feed? About 4/5 oz just to be sure there's enough for her? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Have a great day
xxx

Morning!

Pesha - how about Peshaseph?

Bumble - 4-5 oz should be fine.

Ellie, hope M has a lovely couple of weeks. If dd was away I'd be torn between missing her and relief at having some uninterrupted time with the baby! I think missing her would win out, though.

Dd off to nursery this morning so I'm going to plant out some geraniums (hope the weather brightens up) then am going to my parents' for a few days. Gives DH a chance to get stuck into some revision in peace.

JoPesha?
Don;t mind if you hate it, I'm terrible with things like this

[smug]
Had a fantastic night last night!! T slept from 10 until half 4, then half 5 until 8.15, by which time I was almost out of the shower! I slept from 11 until 8, obviously getting up for the feed with him
Am I obsessed?

Makes you feel more human, doesn't it Katy? Ds down to one night feed for the last 3 nights too, fantastic.

charlie has slept from 10 til 4ish the past few nights too.... think its all the travelling we've done!!!!

Ellie - hats? sunglasses?

Dylan fell asleep bit before 10 last night, i carried him up to bed at midnight and he went back to sleep till 2 couldnt believe it, 4.5 hours is a record for him! But then woke at 4 and 6 and after that was feeding on and off til 8 when i suddenly realised what the time was and had to get up! But its lovely to feel like we're getting there even if we're not quite there yet.

Like the names thankyou I also thought of pesheph but not sure any of them flow iykwim but maybe they need to grow on me. Dont know why im masking such a big deal about a nickname for an internet chat room but i cant help it. Its a wonder i ever managed to come up with names for my dc at all!

Morning. Apologies for disappearing last night. Dh took over the laptop as his had died.

Well after being smug re K, she woke at 3.30 for a bottle, shat for England and both of us needed clean nightwear!!

Feel shattered which is a pita as am driving to meet my cousin for lunch today and was hoping to look radiant!!

Ellie, you are right. K was on SMA and we changed as too rich for her!
Hope M has a lovely holiday and you too can relax and enjoy, tho of course you will miss him.

Emma, does sound as though we have similar dd's! Were you also experiencing the crying out in pain when feeding?

How is everyone else?

Need to go as feeding time at the zoo - being licked as I type and then off out.

Love to all and see you later. xx

goo dmorning folks! i think the sun is tartingot shine here so we are off out. we are goignto sit in on a baby signing class, then an nct meet up, hook up with a friend who ha just had a baby and then out for dinner with work mates. i am shattered already as c gets up at 1.30 and 4.30 but will be even more so after dashing roud glasgow today!

just wanted to say bumble - like you - i dont really breastfeed in public - hence the need for nursing rooms but i am getting better (think B&Q car park but not in a car!) i tend to bring a bottle of expressed out with me along with a spare bottle and teats etc - and decant into it so as if she isnt hungry at first feed - we still have milk for a top up feed?

oh god - just looked at that last post - typo queen!! i really should learn not to type so fast!

Morning! How long will Milk Monster be asleep for this morning .... ....

Great that people seem to be having better nights - we're on one feed a night here too, which is great except that the one feed is usually about 4.30 / 5am ish - and by the time I've fed her, the other two horrors are up - So muchos early mornings for me.

List sounds fine, Ellie - was thinking of sunglasses / sun hat / sun cream type stuff too. Toiletries?? Shoes? (Can't remember if shoes were on there.) Does he have a special comfort / fave book? Hope the "goodbyes" are ok hon.

well, I finally went to bed at 4am

think i'll be having a nap or two later

just dropped Matthew off at daddy's, managed not to cry so he didn't get upset too!

I'm worrying about Mike staying up at night with the baby, I keep telling him he needs to wake me up. I tried to help out this morning but the problem with that is I can't do all the other stuff and get myself organised as I need to be before Mike goes off to work leaving me alone with baby.

And the more sleep I have the more I want right now.

Thing is I thought I was longing for some time to myself (well, baby's sleeping though I have to disturb him in a minute or two) but as soon as Mike went out this morning I got all weepy. Pathetic or what?

Hope everyone else is ok, and Ellie, are you getting your nap?

Time to rudely interrupt Danny's sleep again.

Thought I'd just pop in from June to see how you April mummies were doing.

Lordy, I wish I hadn't - you've just reminded me what I'm in for!

Hope you are all doing OK!

Bit busy to catch up on thread but wanted to say Ellie thanks for email. I fancy swapping George for a baby hedgehog now

Hope you're all well.

no sleep here!
that's the one good side of narcolepsy, because my brain never thinks i've had enough sleep i feel the same on 3 hours or 30 hours sleep

off out to put up the marquee for our village fair then tea with Cath

you'll all be gone before i get back so night all

ps, Pinions says hi