March 2007 - where the babies all get feisty and we "make rods for our own backs" or develop arms like a trucker!

[Mossy]

Couldn't help it!

Sponge - 24 , only one eyebrow, male, white, quite cheery

Glad your DS is getting better (give him a hg from me)

Hi everyone[hic!]

snosnoo, it must be great doing all that reminiscing. What were you doing at Butlins? Were you the star turn ?
I used to go to Butlins with an old boyfriend when the band he was in would play at 60's week-enders. We used to get legless. I remember the crummy chalets though .
Ronnie and dd3 both have crappy nappies. Dd3 has 4 teeth just about to poke through, poor love, sharp as razor blades they are.
Ronnie is getting the squits during the night as well, so it's all fun and games here!!

ugh... nice images of what's happening in your nappies .

We're doing ok here! I've been in Cambridge for work - senior management thought it would be a good idea to "get away" and have an inset on the weekend .

Snoo... I'm thinking seriously back over our change to SMA and wondering if this might be when our night waking began??? After being ill, Kate isn't really back on solids yet - she'll graze off our plates but isn't having her own serving. She's good on the breast / bottle though.

Poor thing, we must of dozed off while feeding this morning and when I woke she was suckling on my breast but not on the nipple!! She must have lost that natural instinct you mention Mossy .

Glad that you and dh are enjoying your evenings together and enjoying being together. How are things with your mil?? Is she accepting of dh's illness?

Time is going so quickly Shanks - hopefully next time you get a clearer picture.

Callie - tomorrow is the day . Can't wait to hear your plans for returning to work (or not).

Mornin' all

Got soaked this morning

Kiwi I didn't realise you were still BFing too - do you BF at night and bottle feed during the day?

What are your thoughts about staying/leaving work?

Ahhh finally made it on the pc... bloody dp working form home all weekend, teenage ds1 "needing" it for homework etc
Well tis the hosue of much snot and coughs and sore throats here
DS1 off with the squits bugs last week, dd off for two days with throat thing, she is now coughing her guts out 24/7 (I know this as I've heard every cough) and the amount of snot is something to behold, so have crampy fingers from wiping her nose so much.
And add to that, Finn is having is first cold too. Snotty at night, making it hard to feed lots of crying = more snot aRRGHHHH
And then of course I've got a nasty sore throat zero voice and a dodgy tummy...
So last night was mostly spent with Finn on the boob, listening to dd cough her guts out and dp and ds1 snoring softly in their beds

Biological nurturing is the posh term for what I did - point and pray LOL
I've never attempted to latch, just lay the baby alongside and let it help itself - never a cracked nip in sight = down to luck more than skill methinks

Sorry to hear of so many poorly babies - am dreading Finns turning into a cough...

Right must go an buy some grobags which he cannot unbotton or unzip - he is one clever escape artist is our Finbar...

mossy Finn has done that early waking thing, I used to get up as well... until HV said, if you leave him and you know he is not hungry, just let him sing and play, he'll go back to sleep afetr 45 mins or so

And it worked
now no more early waking tis a phase apparently for some urgent purpose no doubt

mornign all.

talk about bf i have found that Hayden has tried to bf from my tummy and on my ribs! but these days he can shuffle towards me like a scene from Jaws with his gob wide open and throw himself onto my nip!

glad i am not the only one suffering from explosive nappies as last night it had seeped out his nappy down his leg and all over his vest and gro. (sunday is slummy day if we do not go out!), i do think it has more to do with more teeth poking through though.

spongecake - hope lo gets better soon. he may have some sort of viral infection by the sounds of it.

foxy

Hasan has started to do that wrist twisting action that makes them look as if they are pretending to ride a motorbike

Will catch up later. Week 3 of poorly baby and any sympathy I had for her is fast evaporating

She has screamed and screamed and screamed since 8.30 am. She won't go to sleep. I've tried calpol, teething gel and bickiepegs. I've picked her up, walked about, patted her, fed her and the relentless screaming continues.

This follows a night of hourly feeding [crossed eyes emoticon]

evenhope we had this 2 days ago, last night stinking runny nose and cold.
Think it might have been sore throat earlier as me dd have both had it too and it really hurts

thanks rosy

Rosy... even I'm keen !!

Poor babies... hope that their bodies start working these bugs out of their systems soon. Evenhope, lots of love - you must be exhausted.

Fox, I am looking forward to finishing work. My boss announced my departure on the weekend and I am excited that one of our very young TA's told me she wants to apply. If she gets the position, she will be a brilliant replacement. I just know that I need to make an effort with Kate and get out so that we have things to look forward to. I hope that she will settle down with her sleeping and fall back in to a routine. We will keep her at the nursery for a day - I like it that much .

Off to cuddle up in front of the heater... it's brrrr freezing .

sorry to hear so many of you have poorly babes.

Dd3 is right into her solids now - took her a little bit to get interested in food - now she will steal it out of your hand if she is on your lap whilst you are eating.

Dh and I were talking yesterday about our three weaning styles. Dd1 started early at 4 months but took it very slowly - so really she was not weaned until 6 months. Despite being a big baby dd2 was not that interested in food until about 8 months and her weight dropped right off. Dd3 - loves anything you will give her. The dummy shaped net thing is a godsend. If I am not getting her dinner quick enough pop a bit of fruit in and off she goes - quite funny - she is growling etc as she is chomping away. The other day I fed her a kiwi fruit - just spooning it out of the skin and she loved it.

Been a bit hectic here of the past couple of weeks - dd2 turned 3 and we had a little party for her on the weekend. Made her a lady bug cake which she loved. She was so funny - very excited about her birthday.

Dh is off this week so I am off to the state archives to do more family research. Had a real stroke of luck - won a competition that had a family research cd rom set and 3 months free membership to a really good site ( but very expensive to join.) so very excited. Am learning all sorts of amazing things about my family. THen we are off to the beach later in the week for a few days - looking forward to that.

Aptamil is what I used for dd1 and never had a problem with her being 'hungry'. Really rate it as a formula.

Been a bit horrid on weekends here - new neighbours moved in - first night - stereo pumping out - conversations just filled with obscenities, shouting out etc. They have turned their garage into a pool room/bar area and the teenage/early 20 children sit down there all bloody night and get louder and louder and louder. The dds can't really sleep - their garage opens right beside our bedrooms so dh and I can't sleep. Got so pissed off last saturday night - 2nd saturday in a row ( only been there a week) that I went over and said something - the language out of their mouths was disgusting and I wasn't having anymore of it. Thankfully despite getting louder when I asked them to tone it down - they finished earlier this time than last time.

One of the lads did apologise but I gave him a little speech about how they are not the only people that live in the neighbourhood and how about having some consideration for others, that my children did not need to hear that language then I caught him out in a lie and he was suitably ashamed. But I was too pissed off to care. Dds were foul as they are soooo tired the next day. He then told me that was the worse it would get I told him - I would not be so understanding next time. I also told him I hoped it would not be every Saturday night as it would get very boring having to speak to them every saturday night See what happens. Dh might just have to be mowing the lawn early sun morning with my accompanying him on the strimmer

eids-at your new neighbours!sound like you delt with it well,i hope they get the message.

mrsS-i auditioned to be a redcoat but didnt get through(thank f**k).i went there anyway and worked in the supermarket.i had only been there a week when i found out i was pregnant with ds1.i posted a pic of myself from back then on one of the FB groups-feel free to have a look

i think Elsie's bottom products have been due to teething,her face cheeks were bright red today.she was constipated on friday then when she went there was a piece of red cardboard in it

she has started doing that commando-style belly crawling thing now.i think she was too impatient to keep practising the all 4's pose.

Eids that sounds like very annoying neighbours! Well done for how you dealt with it, I hope it settles and doesn't become a regular problem, last thing you need!

It is so cold dark and wintery here...I just want to hibernate!
Well I've entered the win a house competition- not expecting to win though It was a good excercise to sit and do a piece of writing.
It's a great idea anyway. County Antrim is a beautifull county with the international airport in it too. Not sure which bit of Co.Antrim that house is in though..I think it'll be interesting to read the final 10 stories and vote for who should win.

Anyway i'm sitting here woffling when I should be doing housework zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Never seem to get time to post on here as much as I used to... partly because I have been trying the "sleep programme" with Samuel... or the "no-sleep programme" as it is now known in our house.

Am SOOO tired... now realise that I've been feeding him every hour and a half through the night for ages but as i did it in bed with me i never woke up as much as i do now i'm leaving him!

He screamed the first night.
Second night he screamed again...
On the third night... guess what? He screamed.
It was the fourth night last night and he did some more screaming for a change.

It is not separation anxiety in its strictest sense as he is in the cot right next to me.
I have labelled it "boob separation anxiety" as that has been his crutch for falling asleep. (DH says he's been suffering from it for a while too )

On the plus side he is settling for 2 sleeps in the day which has never EVER happened b4 and seems to do it by himself. However, once night falls... everything changes!

I have worn a path in the hall carpet where i go in and out every 60 seconds settling him through the evening!

I will let you know how it goes... but for now I am more tired than the most tired person from the land of tiredness...

much sympathy Muppet, I had that kind of thing with ds2. Hopefully your efforts will work soon. One way or another this will eventually pass.

muppet - sympathise completely as that is what i am going through right now! the way he screams as well you would think he is being tortured to death, really peircing. you should see dps face when i say leave him as i will be up in a minute, the distressed look on his face says it all! i tell him i have it every night! (as you know i do not live with dp thank goodness!!). even when i go into the room and he wakes, realises he is in his prison cell (cot) and screams until he is nestled right into me! just last night i was sat on the end of the bed removing my make up and he shuffled half asleep still crying right to the end of the bed where i was and fell asleep next to my thighs with his little bum in the air as his legs were tucked underneath him! cute yes but how much longer????!!!

Muppet/Bethoo - We have the same issue here. Monti wants tobeattached to his milk source all night. Last night he woke EVERY 15 MINUTES demanding to latch on again (not drinking, just latching and snoozing). We have a new lodger just moved in so I can't let him scream or the poor lad will think he's made a dreadful mistake coming to live with us!!

The only think which works is a good drink of hungry baby formula but he is now refusing to take the bottle. I am serioulsy considering putting some Nesquick into the formula so he will drink it(he has a very sweet tooth)

Eids - sorry to hear about your rotten neighbours. Its better to lay the law down now though - hopefully nip it in the bud

Rosy - I haven't got round to entering yet. What was your story about, that you submitted?

Hello, sorry no time to reply yo everyone's posts, but I have read them all, much sympathies to the sleep deprived, those with screamers and bad neighbours .

Ronnie is pulling up to standing now and regularly falling down the small flight of stairs .

I heard something on the news today about sleep deprivation/tirdness being an reason why breastfeeding mothers can't shift the post pg fat or something. I.e, the more sleep deprived you are the harder it is. Suddenly things are becoming clear .

Dp and I are at rock bottom. I really wish I could be anywhere else but here with him. i so want to move out and be a single woman. At least then I'd have a chance of some cuddles and nookie and someone telling me I look nice. I have to rely on the kids to tell me I look nice. How sad is that .

awwwwww kitty

I have days like that too... infact weeks like that, infact maybe it has been a year like that
I go back 2 yrs and remind myself I wil feel normal again and so will DP, plus I keep telling him why I'm off him so much.

No bloody time here
Finn got stinking headcold = no sleep = boob addicition
Any chances of him dozing off on the tit are bashed by that fact that I now have the damned throat/hacking cough thing and wake him up with MY coughing..
Then there is also dd hacking coughs into the night... although she on the mend finally...

I'm so tired I could scream, if only I could find the energy to open my gob. but then if I could it would hurt too much anyway.

ds1 is also snotty today but sent him to school anyway aftr a lemsip...

Fin is upstairs in his cot yelling - I'm having a cup of tea in peace, sod him for ten minutes

Am at end of tether really am
Dp worked from home all morning means won't be home til 9pm again

AAarghhh
sorry for self indulgent misery mithering post but today things are bleak oh bleak

It is a bit bleak today. I have yet another headache at least it's not a migraine but I'm getting really frequent headaches...think I am drinking enough so I don't know. I feel that it is tension...I ought to get back to yogalates.

I also don't get any affection from dh. And if you have to ask...well it has to come naturally. I started to try and show a little affection to dh and that is my plan (when I eventually see him next) Also I am so taken up with the kids I actually don't have much energy for him. So I realise that he gets even less affection than I do because I'm with the kids and they are very huggy.
So I don't know MrsS...can you talk to him and maybe try and arrange some couple time to even sit and play a game together?

Foxy if you read the house owners story, it's quite interesting...a big saga about her painfull relationship, and I think she is interested in other peoples emotional rollercoasters! But I just wrote about my childhood home and how I felt it had given me a strong base. It only has to be up to 500 words, I bet you have loads of interesting experiences to write about!

ds1 sent me this!

bonus Finn has gone to sleep after 10 mins moaning to himself
Don't feel quite so bad about leaving him now then - he desp needs some shut eye...
Am eating 75 chocolate fingers in oder to cheer myself up atm with dd's help

Ahh Dp is affectionate - he has to be has very hig sex drive and I feel so guilty about the lack of nookie he gets.

He has a modus operandi and it is starting to really piss me off.
lovely head rub and shoulder rub (in bed morning time or going to bed time) quickly turns into less noble touching - if he could ever do it without the inevitable then I'd resent it less
Now when he goes to rub my head or back I get really narky
Am mixed up kid atm
GRRRRR

Kitty -could you Mum babysit o yiou two can go out and have a talk? Sounds like it has all become very business like and you both need to think about what atracted you to each other before the kids came along? I bet he till love you but all the responsibilities you have get in the way maybe?

Rsy _ like that link!!

Piffle - IKWYM luvvy I felt like crying with tiredness today. Am seriously considering nesquick in some formula toniht. Monti has a cold poor lad, but I feel too tired to respond properly - I just want some sleep.