June '07 - I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles

[daisyandbabybootoo]

DS just had first lot of gaviscon and he didn't dribble once + he downed 6oz !!!!!!! [faint emoticon]
this time last week he was soaking a double bib and a several sheets of papertowel at each feed!! Hoping that is a good sign and things will get better, hopefully his poos will osrt themselves out too as he hasn't had a poo for 48 hours at the mo!

Yay SG! I know that feeling...I had it too yesterday! Wonderful

Be careful though, DS was doing that then spewing it all up an hour later, be sure to hold him upright for a looong time after feeding which I have found helps a lot!

Am taking note TA as we speak!!! Hope you have a lovely time in essex!

Hey there - looks like time for my weekly delurk - glad to hear everyone is sounding so well.

Holly - sputnik and TA have given you good advice, but if you need a bit of design help give me a shout and I'll happily look over stuff / tweak it for you.

I have NO complaints about Matilda at all: she is the most chilled baby ever and very sweet-natured, plus she's been sleeping seven hours a night but Ella is completely doing my head in at the moment...need to sort a nursery out for her a couple of mornings a week if I can find one that doesn't charge an arm and a leg. Yesterday I found myself shouting 'I hate you I hate you I hate you you're ruining my life' at her which is really depressing, as she's a lovely little girl, just VERY high spirited and thinks 'come here' means 'run away at top speed' - very stressful if you're outside the house and especially if you've a baby hanging off one tit. Tell me it will get better? It's making me so depressed ;(

Thanks BZ, I may take you up on that offer! I just need to work out how dreamweaver works now! It's gonna be fun!

Your Ella sounds like my Alice! She will not walk by me anywhere or hold my hand. She runs off all the time when I'm trying to dress her or change her nappy or wipe her face. She doesn't listen to a word I say and no sort of punishment works. On the plus side she is a very loving little girl and always has kisses and cuddles and she is super smart!

I do often lose my rag with her, so you are not alone and I can completely understand you shouting at her, don't feel bad. xxx

Wow Holly - are you sure they're not twins? Stuart said the other day 'I hope Matilda is better than Ella' - by which he meant a bit calmer and better behaved, but it made me realise that I do actually love her just the way she is - lively and interested in everything. I just need to remember that when she's driving me insane....

And I have an afternoon off to write today as the Columbian student that's staying with my mum loves children and has taken Ella to the park: Hurrah! She's going to come every week for an afternoon: double hurrah! life is looking up!

BZ...I told my DS yesterday (for told read screamed at ) that he makes mine and DHs life miserable and that I didn't like being with him as he goes out of his way to wind me up.

Pointless really, cos, well he's done it again hasn't he......mum's a ranting loon again, but at least all the attention is firmly focussed on him. It is so so difficult to stay calm and in control sometimes.

And to be fair to him, we'd spent an hour and a half at the clinic waiting for the HV, then the nurse, then sitting around to make sure DD didn't react to her jabs, so it was all about her. He did well considering and I feel crap for shouting at him.

It's good that you're getting a break from ella for a bit, and hats off to you for managing to do some work as well. It takes me all my energy to do some housework!

I can totally sympathise with you BadZ, if DD wasn't at nursery I'd probably have done her some damage by now, and I'm so not a violent person. If the baby's making a fuss or I'm trying to get him to sleep and DD is being demanding then I become a right witch, then feel guilty.

oh the house looks like a bomb hit it; I don't care!

LOL at your bedtime routine btw Daisy

I'll be trying that tonight as dh is off to the pub....

Holly & BZ make that triplets! My DD is just as bad, never listens, never comes back when I tell her too! I totally sympathise, and like Sputnik I am a total Witch if Jake is kicking off and she is being demanding, she seems to choose those moments to ask me to do x, y, Z and then sulk cos I can't! DH tells me not to shout at her but I just can't help it!

I've started to make sure DS has everything he needs before settling down to feed babyboo. I get him a snack and a drink as I invariably get a "mum I'm hungry" or "mum I'm thirsty" as soon as she is latched on.

If she is sleeping on me cos she won't settle, I try to get him to cuddle in the other side as well.

It seems to be working....well at least some of the time!

DD always seems to wait til Baby Sputnik is latched on to have a potty crisis. She is a real drama queen and is freaking out about pooing now.

same thing here (kind of) sputnik....DS who is perfectly capable of going to the toilet by himself has suddenly regressed to wetting himself on a thrice daily basis.

It's all just them doing all they can to get the attention focussed on them.

I still haven't done the washing up so i'm off whilst babyboo is asleep!

afternoon all. think i may have scared ju away tell me i'm not funny and should keep my mouth (or my laptop!) shut when people join us!

Spent all afternoon shopping. didn't get anything good (pre-emptive calpol). clothes shopping is v depressing at the moment. but mostly was just trying to give dh a bit of time to himself during his time off. am knackered now though.

can't remember what everyone has been up to but you all sound like you are doing well.

TA and I are going to be meeting up in swindon on monday 20th august if anyone is in the vicinity

Have had a rather interesting few days, but at least things are getting sorted.
Follow the link for the low down "Look at www.mumsnet.com/Talk?rn=82561&topicid=1364&threadid=367729&redir=82561 this thread"

Best thing was LO was an absolute angel during my 4 hour clinic trip. Got the letter through today to arrange for his jabs. I somehow don't think he'll be quite so happy about his trip to the doctors.....

DD is officially a geek
She just asked to watch 2001 A Space Odessy - "not the monkeys mummy, the moon, the moon!"

Wonder where she gets it from?

vole that sounds awful, hope. you can be pain free soon.

Bumper, I laughed anyway

vole...sorry you've been having such a hard time and i hope that the drugs start to work soon. we have a friend with RA and his drugs control it pretty well such that he can lead a normal life.

will you be able to continue breast feeding?

lol sputnik, I'm 38 and have never been able to sit through that film!

bumper, I'm sure Ju is just caught up being a new mum and will be back when she can.

....just be friendly the next time.....or you'll be on the naughty step for being a sarcastic witch

Vole, hope your joints feel better soon. If I were you I wouldn't just do cold turkey. I know from people that have done it it hurts like hell! If you have to stop bfing I would carry on expressing and gradually reduce the "feeds". That's how I stopped bfing my dd, we got down to one feed a day and then stopped and I had no pain or engorgement. Hope it doesn't come to that though and you can carry on bfing.

Looks like we all have toddlers from hell! Alice does piss me off and wind me up, but she is soooo funny! Sometimes you just have to laugh at them or you will just go crazy!

My sodding dreamweaver programme doesn't work. I'll have to download it again tonight. I really wanna get started, I'm looking forward to having a project to do that isn't housework!

vole...to second holly, when i gave up bf DS, i expressed the minimum amount to make thins more comfortable, but it still hurt like hell, but i suppose if the bf is causing your joint pain you may not have a choice.

dd has only let me put her down for the couple of hours we were out for our walk. she's driving me nuts. i had to let her scream when i was hanging out washing, then bring it in one-handed.

she is still out of sorts from yesterday and looks really pale, the poor thing.

Jamantha, if you're out there, how is your LO today?