June '07- So DH, what have you done all day today? I have been busy raising your children...

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Ria's suggestion!!

I just spend £300 on work clothes

in size 'massive'

Monday is coming all too fast

Thanks Jamantha - my toilet flush did nothing to remove poo off fleece liner - so i could try the shower head down the loo!

Ria - It will prob do your sanity good to get out the house every day - provided you know dh will look after baggins - go for it!

Bride and groom looked good - its her 1st wedding at 46!

oh yes question re EBM -
taking some ebm with me tonight to the reception - its in the fridge defrosting now - so - do i just ask for a cup of hot water and warm it up? i'll take it in a cool bag until needed. if l doesnt drink it all in one go - how long b4 not re-using it?? - although i suppose i cant re-heat it tho.

jbm sometimes the nappies do leave red marks...my bamboo ones did but I sold them.
I have since found nappies that I love and do the job wonderfully but they are on the pricey side (although having said that, they are one-size nappies so are good from birth to potty which makes them more economical than they look).

I love them. They are called 'Bumgenius'. I have sold all of my other nappies and now use these full time during the day...never a leak, wick, red mark, and are as easy to use as disposables. Of course they work better when DH remembers to put the insert in...

When I've used a fleece liner and she's pooed I found that it didn't clean off well in the loo, so I just added it to the nappy bucket bucket and it all came out in the wash.

hi all, been at mil's today. got to pack for my trip to north wales tomorrow.

TA isit really monday you are back to work? how are you feeling about it?

ria, i think the job would be a great idea. we might have to go on benefits if i go back to work part time. i feel crap about it but i the end i'd rather do it so i can spend more time with dd. i grew up on benefits an it hasn't done me any harm!

I feel shit about it in some ways.
DH is feeling inadequate like he can't support us.
Silly man, he does his best.

I feel a bit low about it... but it's for the greater good, it's not forever (I work freelance after all, I can stop and start again any time I choose) and it will mean a better life for us.

But I am going back to where I worked before, even same project - I left a year ago, seems nothing has changed, I hate it... but in some ways I am looking forward to it too, it can be hard and frustrating being at home all day and whilst I will miss DS terribly, I will still see him mornings, evening and weekends

Oh and yes I second Jamantha, always comes out in the wash, even if only dry pailing!

Bumper how's the bfing going?

(I have been intermittently lurking - I hope you and Daisy find a way forward)

Bumper - where in north wales are you going? I live very close
LO has nappy rash from hell this week so he's under his baby gym comando! (with one of those maternity bed sheets under him!)
I've been trying loads of stuff on it but it just seems to be getting worse by the day????

TA for you about work - but hey - at least you'll get a 'lunch break' and will be able to go to the loo in peace!! Thats what I'm looking forward to when I go back to work!

Thanks girlies!! Ive just woken up from a little snooze - 1st time ive done that in ages!!

TA - hope all goes well for u on D Day - i remember saying after DD1 was born that looking back its worse for the mum going back to work early than it is for the baby iykwim. but at least your work sounds flexible.

Hi DKMA! - havent seen u for a while - cant suggest anthing for rash - havent had that yet.

Am of snooze. We have our first night out together, without DD tonight, going for dinner. But by the time we've done bedtime and got out it's an 8.45 booking at the restaurant. As I usually go to bed about 9.30-9.45 I'm wrried I might fall asleep with my nose in my dinner! No time for a snooze now though

Hope return to work is OK for you TA. Don't you I'm afraid. I left a project unfinished when I finished this summer, and I'm afraid I told my line manager I can't face it if it's still unfinished when I go back at the end of Jan next year.

Hi, this thread moves so quickly it's hard to keep up.

Bumperlicious- I should also add that with DD I mixed fed from 4 weeks as I really didn't enjoy breastfeeding, so preferred bottle feeding but sometimes couldn't express enough. I persevered until 8 months (somehow!), but thought about stopping many times, as it would get me down. With DS, I am actually enjoying it. I have "cheated" and taken fenugreek a couple of times to keep my supply up enough to do 2 bottles a day. But I have still had days where I have felt like stopping, and DH supports me whatever I decide.

BZ- I tend to express around 7am and 9.30pm, and can also collect some in breast shells during the day as I'm still a bit leaky. I am struggling to get my letdown in the evening though, and the more I stress, the harder it is! I had to pump for 30 mins+ the last 2 nights before I got my letdown.

DG- I have a DS (Ben) aged nearly 13 weeks and DD (Katie) aged 2.9 years.

JBM...yes I am looking forward to making a cup of tea, and drinking it before it goes cold.
Working is easier than raising a baby...I think not enough men understand that!

dkma metanium is the best nappy cream for a really bad rtash. has he got diarrhoea/

Hi BZ
No he hasn't got diarrhoea, and I've been using metainium and it's not doing anything!
I've also tried bepanthan, and canestan in case it was fungal?!
Tonight I have gone for thin coating of canestan topped with sudacrem (sp?) for a barrier.
Poor little thing....it's soooo red! And it's come out of nowhere all of a sudden.

Hi DKMAFA - I think your GP can give stronger prescription nappy cream - could it be infected?

DKMA, I'm going to visit my friend who lives near Bangor, that's where I went to Uni, so pretty much the arse-end of N.Wales!

Pulapula did the fenugreek work and what exactly is it?

TA, thanks for asking, the bfing is ok, she refused the left breast again tonight and I could barely express anything out of it, worried that it'll dry up. I'm so sad for you having to go back to work, but I totally understand why you have to do it, so try not to feel too bad.

hi again. i had a not-nearly-long-enough nap and some chips and am slightly less miserable.

hope i didn't offend you (again) bumper, i know there is no shame in benefits and that's what it's there for, i'm just worn out from the vicious circle that has been dhs work/incapacity over the last couple of years, we ju7st seem to get back on our feet and something else goes wrong, made far worse this time by him not having had about 4 weeks pay he is owed, and i am frustrated that i can't do anything that would make us enough to live on.

dkma - my sister swears by zinc and castor oil cream for nappy rash. have you tried medicated talc? don't know if that would work but it's what i used for sweat rash caused ny my old nursing bra(sorry if tmi)

hope everyone enjoys their night out. have a good time and several pints for me

Don't worry ria! I wasn't offended!

Right, off to finish packing for tomorrow. Have a good few days everyone x

have a good break bumper

Has everyone gone?

I'm here!
Not for long though

I'm lurking, but not much to say tonight as am shattered after DD's birthday lunch

i'm lurking too!

I'm here and very cheerful after we all had a lovely family swimming trip to the latchmere today! DD1 was leaping in and giggling like mad, and DD2 was v happy in the inflatable ring. Gorgeous weather, so we all had a lovely peddle over there and back too, and I found some lovely barganacious winter coats for the girls on the way home (they had both crashed out). More saturdays like that please!