June '07 - This season we will mostly be wearing Eau de Baby Sick

[loonylovegood]

CHICKS!!! Over here!

BTW Lilkel - meant to say (as one of the few FF mums on here) my LO is only taking 6oz at the moment but every 4 hours.

During the night I give her as much as she wants but don't try to get all 6oz down her as I'm trying not to encourage a night feed IYKWIM

at 8oz - does your LO take that every 4 hours? How much does she weigh now? I'm getting DD weighed today and am hoping she's around the 10lb mark by now - its about time we went up a size in her clothes

oooh my real nappies arrived!
Let the marathon washing commence, but I will do it all feeling very eco-friendly and landfill righteous

I'm lurking - just that whenever catch up with the posts DD starts screaming again so never get to join the chat .

TA what nappies did you get? I want to switch to the real thing but not sure what to buy. Feeling guilty about landfill - but would have problems getting nappies dried -no garden, no tumble drier.

Hi Tallulah... I bought tots bots bamboozles but they'd be no good for you, they take an age to dry even on the line. Tots bots do another fast drying nappy called a fluffle, apparently they are pretty much dry from the washing machine - but you can go to www.thenappylady.co.uk and fill out a form and they will tell you what's best! (Plus they give you a 5% discount code )

Can I ask - at the risk of sounding stupid and/or incompetant - what do people DO with their LO during the day? Am worried that I'm not doing enough with her, so thought I'd ask if anyone had any suggestions. She is 7 weeks by the way. We started a bit of "playing" (me showing her toys, making them dance, sing etc for her) a week or so ago, but am finding it so very hard because she doesn't seem to react much, if at all to it, and certainly can't manage to hold them herself. I talk to her as much as I can, either just telling her about what i'm/we're doing, or just nattering to her, but again it's hard. We do have a trip out most days, and I talk and/or smile/make funny faces to her for as long as she stays awake but that's often not for long. Then yesterday and today she's dozed on my lap most of the time - and can't get her to sleep much during the day not on my lap or shoulder ashe gets quite upset about 5 mins after being put in basket, which is another worry - so have done very little. Any ideas about what I should be doing with her?

hmmm... feed, change nappy, put dummy back in, and repeat

But seriously much the same as you Jamantha although I try to encourage him to sleep as much as possible otherwise he gets overtired and I get the screaming monster. I only 'play' with him for 10-15 minutes after a feed otherwise he screams for hours as he is hyped up.

I think just chatting and a bit of interaction here and there like nursery rhymes etc is enough at this stage. He can't reach and grab for things or anything yet and I think they need a lot of sleep.

But I am a first timer and I bow down to the greater wisdom out there!

thanks ta - some days i feel this is fine , then others i feel like a failure. nice to know that what i'm doing with her isn't totally unreasonable rthough

What do babies do all day has always been a question that bothers me too, Jamantha. You can provide them with a change of scenery by putting them in a play gym, in the garden, in a rocker, on your lap etc, but mostly I think at this age they just ARE, if you see what I mean. Everything is new and they like to just look around them.

But maybe I am missing out on something and really ought to be performing the dance of the sugar-plum fairy with a teddy on my head for the sake of his intellectual development, really we need the experience of someone like Foxy with a lot of kids on this one.

Sounds to me like you are doing alot anyway.

No greater wisdom here! Feed, burp, chat for a few minutes, sleep...repeat!! Insert change nappy/clothes and clean up sick where appropriate! At this stage food and sleep are the most important things, activities sort of slot in later.

Just saw a friend from school in town and she's just had a baby with CF . It really made me realise how lucky I am. She was upbeat about it though and coping really well.

I'm put to shame.

I sometimes tell the other children to sing to her.

That's pretty much it.

Oh, we do chatting too.

I tried that foxy but DD refuses to sing on demand. She won't let anyone else operate the swing though.

ahh, you see having so many, there's usual one who is being compliant - even if its just to prove they are better than the others .

I knew there was method in my madness!

If we are out, DD2 gets to lie on a blanket under a tree to watch the light and leaves.

I think it takes some getting used to - talking out loud to another person who doesn't answer. Much like my other 3 now actually, although DD2 doesn't actively ignore me.

Goinjg to have to take your word for it on that one, Foxy. 2 is IT for me

My mum had 5....lunacy
And then 2 foster boys if that wasn't enough

And how was it growing up one of five? Most people who I've spoken to (all of them in fact) like coming from a big family. Not that I'm planning any more

To be honest, I'm having my 'cracks beginning to show' days. So far I've kept on top of things and managed to keep everything normal, but I've a feeling all thats about to change.

Ah, foxy, surely you've got through the hardest bit already, I'm sure you'll be great. Hope your day is going ok though.

Re: the question of what to do. I don't think I talk to DD enough, I find it quite hard. This may sound weird, but you know when kids play with their toys and make them talk? I never did that, they only talked in my head. I guess even as a child I was inhibited! I do talk to DD, but it's very limited conversation, mostly what's that?, and you're so beautiful etc.

She has been so good today though. We've been in town for hours and she has been as good as gold, even when I was trying on clothes. And on that note, I'm so depressed, everything makes me look fat! I have such a belly on me, and I used to have a waist, in fact it was my best feature - now it's about 6 inches thicker! Urgh! How depressing... This is why I buy shoes, they make me happy and NEVER make me feel fat!

Foxy, I loved being part of a big family - I can't imagine what it would be like if there were only a couple of us. I don't think I am about to repeat what my parents did but I am certainly not going to stop at one.

ooh, i went in mothercare to feed today as the restaurants & cafes still aren't open in town and it's lovely! they have a big squashy sofa and glider chairs and low lighting! all it's missing are dvds and snacks!

ive had a really bad day guys anyone about for some support?

take thats as a no then
will check back soon x

Hi natty, can't talk long, in the middle of cooking dinner - what's up?

Hi natty I'm about my lo has just gone down

hullo!

Sorry you've had a bad day Natty. And sorry no one was around - guess it's bedtime/teatime etc? I've just tried putting DD down for the 2nd time. She lasted 9 minutes the first time before giving a high pitched scream - seems she had wind. But took ages to resettle her, so I'm crossing everything (I type pretty well with fingers crossed eh? ). She's lasted 5 mins so far...

kids screaming all day
wont settle.. ellen wont have her milk but crying of hunger
tom smacking pinching and biting me all the time.. he also wont eat his dinner and is refusing to go to bed now..
aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh