creche of may 2007!

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welcome to our second post natal thread!

Am crap huge apologies to you April and Pebble. Went to do the school run and went staight to the station to get DH. We then discovered that Beaus car seat does not fit in the new car in the back! The seatbelts not long enough. So we went to Halfords to see if they could help, they could for a princely sum of £140 for a new car seat!!!!!!!!!!!!

He now has the Britax massive one that goes from birth to 4 years, bloody hell. It is not a scoopy one that you can take in and out.

So we were not back till late and i totally forgot in the bathtime bed time haze to post

DH sis and other half are coming earlier now as they have a dinner date later, grrrrr. So this means i wont be able to make it

If you are only an hour away April i may take a trip up to you in the week? What do you think, is there somewhere nice we can meet and eat cake that Hugs the 'human demolition ball' can run free? Pebble i have 8 seats now and could pick you up on route.

Hope you have a lovely time with your friends April and hope you meet up with Pebble too. Sorry again xxxx

Morning everyone else, we are in a cleaning frenzy early now for DH sister. She and her other ha;f are neat freaks, i am not

Morning all on a soggy Saturday! Having a lazy morning in bed with Ted as DH gets me some croissants (essential for breastfeeding!) before my sis comes with her family and we go to my Dad's birthday lunch, organised by my 21 year old stepsister who has no idea about toddlers and babies and has managed to piss us off left, right and centre in her organisational abilities (timing, saying "well it's ok, I've ordered Ted a high chair"(he's 4 weeks old) ) - not expecting her to know everything, but ask, ffs. Just being grumpy really, sure it will be great.

Have a good day everyone!

Hey LG&T - Ella is in the same chair. It was originally in dh's car but when he changed it it didnt fit, so i thought i could just put it in mine. You forget how much easier it is just to 'click and go' with the carry car seats.

In Farnborough which is 5 mins from my house there is 'Wizzy World' Hugs will love it! I take Jack there every now and again - he is 3mths younger than H. They have comfy chairs for mummies and babies

Better get my backside in gear as dh has just taken the kids out so that i can get dressed, dont htink he wanted me spending this time mn'ing

Another rainy day Well i guess it is to be expected as Wimbledon is on!

Sorry for not posting sooner - I seem to have no time for MN these days - how do you all manage time to post here? lol

Am I the only one who changes a nappy before and after a feed? And Patrick seems to work his way through 6 babygros per day (at least- leaks, posseted milk, projectile vomit, dribbles). I have a strong aroma of sour milk and also get through 3 changes of clothing per day. maybe I should just leave him in all his damp milky goodness....

Not wanting to sound smug, as I am sure it is just a blip, but my news today is that Patrick slept from 11pm until 6am!!! I woke up before he did - to check he was OK. He fed like a hungry bear this morning, but oh the bliss of uninterrupted sleep.

Well done P on your sleeping. Not sounding smug at all gingerbear.
Jorja has done 12 til 7 for the last two nights. It's wonderful, now who's sounding smug!!

Pebble, I'll have a look for your wine for you. Can you e-mail or MSN me with where abouts you live, I thought you were in the south? I am seeing Lg&t and AM whilst we are back so I'm sure between us if they may be seeing you, we can arrange to get the wine to you if I find it.

Scoot, e-mail me with your address too please, I'll send you a few packs of biscuits once I get back onto British soil. cathalix2004 at hotmail dot com (not sure if you already have it?)

AM, Milka choc on it's way for C but anything you would like my lovely???

Any one else with any orders?????

Beautiful here today, sunny and hot, I have white linen trousers and sandles on YEY!!

Sounds like the britax car seat is very popular, we have it too but Maddie is still in it at the moment. That was the reason we bought it though as it seemed to be the only car seat that fitted most cars.

Have a good Saturday all.....

Gingerbear, I would try using larger nappies to prevent poo leaks - buy the ones where your baby's weight is at the lower end of the weight range given. The nappy sizes seem to overlap quite a lot. That has saved me a lot of outfits.

And I wouldn't worry too much about small possets on babygrows. There's only so much washing you can do. I wonder too, if your sense of smell is still heightened, like in pregnancy. Mine is. I still gag whenever DH and DD put Parmesan on their pasta. I have to move away from them because I'm so sensitive to the smell.

Are you breastfeeding? If you are, then the smell of sour milk is really likely to be just something you can smell. Breast milk really doesn't "curdle" like formula. If you're spilling formula on yourself, or your LO is posseting on you after formula then the smell will be a bit stronger. Not enough to warrant 3 changes of clothes I shouldn't think though - especially not if you've always got a muslin over your shoulder.

LG&T, that's a bugger about the seat. Still, I suppose you would have needed a new one in a few months anyway. Those carry ones only do 6 to 9 months, don't they?

I think it's a weight thing with the car seats, mine says upto 13kg about 20lb I think? Sure it was around tht age though.

Did you have a nice b'day TYG?

I did thanks! DD had a pal staying over and we went out for a meal in Giraffe. (V child friendly). Gave A a feed as we sat down and she slept on the seat until I'd finished my main course. DH and I had some bubbly. It was nice. Rather different to my usual booze-fest all-nighter type celebrations! Got Hot Fuzz (very funny) on DVD and scoffed about half a Vienetta when we got home.

Sounds just perfect tyg.

I have a whinging 4.5 yr old, I used his spiderman party invite from his best friend to make a birthday card for the kid. Oooops I'm in serious trouble!!

Hi all, just crashing from the June post-natal thread to see how you guys are all doing, and for a bit of reassurance that things do get easier in a few weeks with the feeding and sleeping. DD is 10 days today, and it's a bit of a roller coaster ride of emotions!

Hi Bumperlicious. Even the next couple of days should see things get better. I found by day 12, I had finally established breastfeeding and wasn't hitting the roof every time she latched on. We're 4 weeks now and whilst I still can't get much done each day, other than deal with the baby, she is much more settled than a newborn. She seems quite grown up!

I did mention further down the thread that I found time to do my nails the other day, so you see things DO get better.

Scooter,

A lot of moms are like that when it comes to dirt. I'm the mom that says ok. you have dirt, you are staying dirty until tonight because I'm not cleaning you up 100 times a day. Especially when I finish washing his hands and he goes outside and heads right for the dirt.

Does anyone else have a baby that doesn't poo? Cruz pooed on Monday and went a week before that, and hasn't pooed since. I'm not that worried because he's sleeping great, and doesn't seem to be uncomfortable, I just think it's odd. I'm mainly bfing with the odd ounce or two of formula every few days. I've been told that this can happen, but I'm hoping someone is experiencing it. Maybe it's because he's fighting a cold. Who knows?

I'm also decided to rename ds1 Conan after the movie Conan the destroyer.

bumper see my thread currently in breast and bottlefeeding- 'shares in my soul'.

MKG, M has on average 8 pooey nappies a day so can't help you. I do know that it's extremely common, nay normal for a bf baby to poo once a day or much less even.

I've just been reading it SOH, I'm really sorry things are so difficult for you. You sound like you are doing a brilliant job, you've just got to do what ever you need to get through.

SOH I just posted on your other thread, which I think I'll get shot down for, but oh well. I hate that you are struggling. But I'll reiterate what I wrote in the other thread, if a few ounces of formula helps you keep your sanity and bfing the rest of the time than it's well worth it. The lactation consultant told me that at the hospital after I felt guilty about giving Cruz some formula after his circumsicion and he was going crazy.

MKG if you get shot down I'll shoot right back. DH has started suggesting formula too but in my fragile, exhausted state the guilt I would feel over it may not be a good thing.

When the hell does it get better?

SOH guilt is a wasted emotion, "Coulda, woulda, shoulda" If keep pushing yourself you are going to break.

I posted on the other thread too SOH... But in light of what MKG is saying there; firstly, do try some bottles of EMB since you're so good at expressing as it means the "well meaning" in-laws, can do their do-gooding by feeding her occasionally.

Funnily enough, I was in emotional distress over giving A a couple of ounces of formula over Day 1 and 2, but now I have feeding established and she's older, I actually wouldn't mind giving her a bottle or two of formula. It's the strangest thing. It's like I feel I've done the hard work - I know she's doing well on the breast and therefore it's not a failure if I was to give her some formula if I'm knackered, you know? I haven't done it yet, but I have done the EBM bottles and if I didn't have EBM in the freezer, I'd be fine about formula. There aren't any prizes for being able to say "exclusively breastfed" for 6 months...

Anyway, I'm not saying it's the answer, just giving you a different way of looking at it.

MKG - My friend had a breastfed baby who didn't poo for days and days. I think she ended up giving him a little laxative, on doctor's advise, but ONLY because he became a bit uncomfortable. It's really unusual for a breastfed baby to be constipated though. Perhaps if you do give some formula, a little boiled water afterwards would keep him regular?

How is your toe?

Hi there,

My hv says that bf babies can go at least 5 days without pooing. Something to do with they take what they need, whereas formula isnt all absorbed so they need to poo more frequently.

Pebble, lovely to meet you today. Sorry about Jack, he was mostly fine for the rest of the day but as soon as we walked through the front door he went into little shite mode! At least the girls were well behaved

MrsJB, C is very grateful that milka is on the way. I am fine thank you

Lovely weather NOT

There are no prizes for exclusively breastfeeding? Dammit, was hoping for a spirograph.

Must warn relevant few that DH is bringing me down to the meet-up as I patently can't manage to get down to London on my own. He will either wear a dress and be a laydee for the day or sit on another table and pretend he doesn't know me. We may also have the ballet-dancing brother in tow.

Am considering a dummy.

I will buy you a spirograph if you try a dummy.

They still make spirographs?

Mathilda is cooing, smiling and has milk running down her chin. She has no idea really.

Will try a dummy after the 8wk check if there's no improvement.

I'll make you one out of lentils and twigs if I have to!

Bugger, we have had a power cut for most of the afternoon/evening! So I couldn't get back here to post.

12YG - the problem seems to be when we are out and about, and I am using up the first size rubbish own-brand disposables that DH bought weeks ago! Using cloth nappies the rest of the time and there are no problems.
I am breastfeeding - it must be my sense of smell I think - everything smells like cottage cheese (bleurgh) I always seem to forget to have a muslin handy, and my milk squirts everywhere when DS falls of the breast during a nap. I need to get more organised and worry less about milky clothes.

SOH - I want to lend some moral support - you must be shattered. DS cluster feeds at teatime for 3 hours and it is really draining. Spatone is marvelous stuff - I too was anaemic and this stuff sorted me out in a couple of weeks. (Are you taking post natal vits too? Boots Own brand New Mum vitamins are great) I hate to say it, but I think Aloha may be right on the dummy issue - either that or your nips end up being used as a dummy instead.