March 2007 - can't keep up

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Hi all -miss a few days due to nightmare things happening at home and I can't keep up now - so started a new thread. Perhaps thought we could remind each other when babes were born - I have lost track at who is the oldest etc.

Been busy here. Prac nanny is okay but hard work - feel like I can't totally relax in my own home etc. She is not sure how to deal with /take dd1 - making it hard. Dd1 had major meltdown after swimming the other day and then at hospital appt, then nanny took eyes from her for a second and she is finally found out on the footpath beside a major road and a sensible and lovely man brought her back. Unlike hospital volunteer who managed to stop dd1 taking a lift anywhere but when she could not get dd1 to hold her hand - she just left her It is clear the minute you speak to dd1 she has special needs FGS. poor nanny student was beside herself.

Saturday dh was gone all day on training exercise and dds only wanted daddy - long day. I managed to get out to a trivia night - MY TEAM WON - i found the questions very easy and answered most of them ( not bragging- just surprised my brain still functioned) I took dd3 - she would not go to sleep - come 11pm still wide awake and beyond over tired... got her home - to see dd2 in bed with dh cause she had an explosive puke that covered everything in her room. She was still up at 1am puking and I had dd3 still crying as she was exhausted.

so long rant - long few days - I am wrecked!!

dd3 - 12 weeks old.

as I can't get that channel

Hey everyone Kiity is on!!!!

i will have to wait for dvd footage of kitty's bum(if dp decides to read my posts over the next few days he will think i have some sort of lesbian affair going on).

sponge-lol at your dream!i obviously spend too much time on here as i keep dreaming about it.

fox-i dont trust any 'advice' given by NHS employees,as i know they have to tell you that all jabs are safe even if they dont personally agree.

my mum text me befor to tell me my nan is in hospital with a chest infection

kittywits, what tv programme are you on? Are you on this homebirths series on Living 2 or something else entirely?

you've all reminded me to check up on emily's jabs, seeing as they seemed to forget her first time round. it's not great seeing them get the
m, ds2 looked more upset about it than me or emily though, poor lamb he looked quite disturbed.
i'm totally traumatised about ds1 having any jabs and keep putting off taking him back to gp at the mo in case he orders more blood work but that is another story. em i'm fine about. absolute worst moment of my life probably was seeing poor little ds1 when they took out a catheter that had been incorrectly placed (I had to say I'd sue if they didn't but again, that is another story) and blood shot across the room a good couple of metres away, that toughened me up a bit . he's such a total wuss about jabs now it's a shame, he gets in such a state about it, but he's had so many
I think I told you all about when I was preg and went to get bloods done and took the kids to help ds1 see it's a normal thing and the woman totally messed it up and got blood all down arm and bruise half way up and down my arm?? did i also mention going back to same woman for more bloods a few months ago and she did an even worse job, got needle stuck in my arm, started freaking out about the blood going back up and into my arm, took 2 of them to get it out again? I thought I'd faint - that gave me an insight into how ds1 feels about it all!
anyhow, sorry if that's put anyone off their dinner!
my exciting news is I've found a nursery to teach in next year, doing my french stuff, and am trying to get a mum/toddler class up and running as well - did some leafletting of my playgroup today. I'm well chuffed to have found somewhere
I can't get over how gorgeous dd1 is - i could eat her up

ugh I think we are having teething stuff going on here too. Very dribbly baby who won't sleep and has just stopped crying after about 2 hours. I'm very frazzled too.

And for some reason, elliot seems to have lost the ability to wake in the night, feed and go back to sleep. Now it's taking him about an hour to go back to sleep after he's finished.

And he's crying again - aaargh ...

diva hope Elsie is feeling a bit better, poor little lass she has been run through the mill in her little life so far.

Callie teething just when you get them into a rhythm, teething starts - I know when dd was getting her molars near age 2 she was on meds for weeks on end - she was dreadful teether, but ds1 was ok. Hopefully Finn will be the same

Diva - hope your nan is OK

OMG its raining frogs here!!!

I cannot keep up am too old I think
Diva hope your nan is getting better, dp's Nan is getting more and more prone to that sort of thing and it's awful worrying. Fingers crossed she is doing great xx

diva, hope your nan is ok.

foxcub-agree re mmr jabs, (in fact i am v suspicious of the nhs anyway, and some of the advice)

morroco- did you complain about the woman who messed up your jabs? i had a midwife mess me about then she said "ooh I am really bad at this you'll have to go to hospital!!!!" your experience sounded v painful

my boy has his fist in his mouth most of the day, and tries to suckle and suck fist he also dribbles lots.

Diva, fingers crossed for your nan

Spongecake Ronnie also sucks fists and positively froths at the mouth!!

Sazzy, hope you get a better night tonight.

Mine have all been ok teethers. The only sign I get is really acidic nappies, real 'bum burners'

my nan has lung cancer(terminal)so i dont know whether she will get out of the hospitali dont know how bad it is and i cant find out for myself as im all the way up here.

when my grandad was ill my sister used to keep me up to date,as for some reason my mum and auntie thought i needed protecting from the truth.but my sister hasnt spoken to me for nearly a year now.

Teething-dd2 is getting her bottom molars and canines through atm.she is very unsettled tonight.

I'm really sorry about your nan, diva, are you able to speak to her by phone at all? it's awful when you can't get to visit them.

funny to read about all the babies teething - em is exactly the same. my mum insists she is hungry and wants some cake.

morocco is she hers mother's daughter?

thanks kittywits for your response on April, I've become completely hooked on that Pregnancy and Birth the Truth which is shown just after this programme, even though I've now had my baby. I'm so glad I learned about the use of a ventouse cup before it happened to me and my baby, it really helped to understand about that and gas and air etc. I'm envious of you managing to go for a homebirth, didn't actually see today's programme (watched a lot of yesterday's with the woman with gestational diabetetes). I would never have considered doing it before having a child, and now I can see the attraction I'm sure I'll never get the choice (my age, and the likelihood of being very overdue, was induced this time and had a long labour with lots of intervention, though I think being fastened to the monitor for a lot of the time didn't help me)

elkiedee-sounds like you didnt have a very good birth experience.my first was pretty bad,similar thing re being hooked to the monitor all the time(not necessary even when being induced with the drip,with my last 3 they removed the monitor when i asked so i could change position)and labour going on and on.
i hope you get the birth you want next time(assuming you want there to be a next time)

Divastrop, ta for your message, I think in a lot of ways my hospital care was excellent, I just learned how many issues there are to have with the hospital maternity system, particularly birth and postntal care. I do want there to be a next time but this one was only born at the start of May (due in April). And I'm already almost 38, which affects the decisions medical people make about you, and it's likely I'll be 40 (gulp) if I go for it again.

sorry to hear about your nan diva.

We had both of our older ones vacc with the MMR and the rest - luckily here in Aus - mercury has not been a feature of vacc for many years unlike other countries. dd1's paed suggested that as dd1 is at a greater risk of complications from measles it was better to vaccinate than not. With dd2 I waited until she was older - around the 18 months mark or so. They also vacc here at around 2 for chicken pox. They introduced the pneomoccocal (sp?) vacc just before dd2 was born and I was fine for her to have that also. Dd1 managed to have it done too as she was in the high risk category due to her heart.

ok, I am going to ask the simplest of simple questions... how do you know when your baby is tired??? Kate used to give me great signals - yawn, rubbing eyes, or just fall asleep but not anymore. And when I put her down, she just won't give up! Even though she can hardly keep her eyes open she will still let out these intermittent cries .

Just when you think you have these things cracked.... !!!

Morocco what an absolute catalogue of disasters with needles

Elkiedee, I turned 40 2 weeks before having ds3 and it's fine! (Go for it )

Diva sorry about your Nan. Can you contact your sister for news under the circumstances?

Kitty would have loved to have seen your bottom oh well.

Kiwi, Hasan is such an easy so and so, the only time he ever might cry a bit is when he is tired and needs to go to sleep. And so (lazy mother alert) I give him a wee feed off to sleep.
I know from past experience that it is a nightmare when they are over tired but won't sleep.

bella-Elsie has a 'tired cry' now,thats all i know.

rosy-my sister,according to my mother,doesnt give a toss and hasnt even visited my nan.my family are very strange,having originated from a council estate in east london,they are now all a bunch of snobs who like to pretend to be all 'proper'.i dont understand any of them,apart from my nan who has always been one to tell it like it is.

i should be finishing the housework but im skiving as i have to sort all of Elsie's clothes out and i cant be a*d.

right...I saw you on tv yesterday Kitty... and let me tell you ladies, you would need a MICROSCOPE to see Kitty's bottom

... honestly... they say the camera adds ten pounds too so you must be ultra titchy in RL

... chuck that callanetics vid in the bin woman

Lovely to watch it though Kitty. Loved the bit at the end where you all piled on the bed together. I think Ronnie looks like you. His head looked HUGE when he came out... no wonder it hurt

I have grizzly baby from hell today.

Perhaps he is allergic to calpol diva... hadn't thought of that.

My sis had miscarriage yesterday into hospital today. Feel gutted.

Plus my best friend just phoned in a state to say she's been bitten by a dog out walking... woman just walked off quickly apologising - leaving her bleeding with her baby in the buggy. She's off to doctors for tetanus shot and antibiotics

elkiedee I was 43 when I had DD and got excellent care postnatally.

Haven't been able to keep up with this thread. Traffic problems have meant DH getting home later and later in the mornings, and after the DSs didn't get to school one day till 9.30 I've been having to take them. DD had been sleeping through after a feed at 7 ish, until about 11 am. Now I have to drag her out to school she won't go back to sleep and is just tired all day. It's so frustrating.

She should have had her second jabs today but a visit to Bath at the weekend has given her another cold. She's so grumpy I thought it best to put them off until next week.

I missed Kitty's bum!! I forgot to watch at twelve & at eight was dealing with Mr. Cryalot!! Gutted!!

Just a quicky as typing one handed, trying to pump so I can... get this... go out for a meal with dh on Friday night! So I am trying to get as much as I can with short, frequent pumping sessions.

Fun fun fun.

Diva I hope things turn out okay for your Nan.

Muppet sorry about your sister, and your friend.

I never know whether Bertie is tired, hungry or just wants a cuddle. Sometimes he yawns but nothing in the world will get him to sleep. Who knows?! Sazzy, he is like Eliott in the night in that once he's fed, he won't just settle back to sleep... takes me forever, unless I attempt to feed him lying down, and he drifts off still attached! Have woken up in that position a few times now!

Right better go off to Baby Massage class in a bit!!!

oh Muppet, (((hugs))) to you and your sister. That is such sad news.

I also have an ultra grizzly baby. I don't think that I can keep up with her changes. I saw the dr yesterday because I have enormous cold sores on my lips and the first thing she asked was if I was stressed (alert: wtf?!? asked with a crying baby on my lap)

What do stay-at-home mum's do when they need a sick day?? I would love to just curl back up in bed but Kate's erratic sleeping is putting me off.

Wish I had seen that your telly show was on Kitty - I would have loved to see you and Ronnie.

Yay for a night out Mossie!!

Evenhope... I have one of those babies who have to accommodate their older siblings / school run. I'm sure that is at the root of this - Kate is ready to go down at 8 and I have to keep her up.