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April 2007 - from Fluffles to Falafel and back again

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POTC · 18/10/2007 22:51

I know your game, leave the thread til it gets really long cos you all know that once it reaches 400 it starts to bug me

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nappynuttynormabutty · 22/10/2007 18:24

Sorry about your nursery problems NL.

Exciting news about the house Leaky.

Dh working late today, won't be home til after 8 so I have to go hungry til he gets back .

mammyjo · 22/10/2007 18:59

I am so tonight. I am now officially not breast feeding Ffion any more and I feel absolutely gutted. I am sitting here crying my eyes out. I know I have done the right thing for her, but I feel so miserable. I am so proud of myself for feeding her for over 6 months, but I just feel so

NorthernLurker · 22/10/2007 19:01

Don't feel sad - you have done brillantly and given her a fab start! Having said that - you're talking to the person who wept buckets when dd1 self weaned at 11 months....well it was my birthday!

mammyjo · 22/10/2007 19:07

She has self weaned really tbh as the transition has been no effort at all. Got that she wouldnt even entertain feeding off me during the day. I just cried tonight because I sat in the chair with a bottle and she turned her head, with an open mouth, towards me. Sounds daft when I type it, but it broke my heart

nappynuttynormabutty · 22/10/2007 19:07

Oh Mammyjo sorry you feel so sad. I think you've done brilliantly to get this far.

leakyR · 22/10/2007 19:08

Oh MJ you've done marvellously well to keep up bf for so long. You've given F the best start and you'll continue to be a super mummy however she's feeding. It must be so hard.

Eddas - I am trying to restrain myself about househunting. TBH I think it might take a while to sell the flat. Although we're clueless about where we want to live so I'm looking at it as "research" for the time being.

It's so nice to be reassured that lots of LOs struggle to feed out and about. Thanks ladies you're a real lifeline.

NorthernLurker · 22/10/2007 19:08

Well the self weaning shows what a good job you've done - you've followed her needs exactly. The head turning thing is heart-breaking though - you've got me welling up here!

NorthernLurker · 22/10/2007 19:09

I know what you mean Leaky - I thought I was the only one with a contrary baby!

oooggs · 22/10/2007 19:28

good evening - sol I don't sleepwalk I just do all the nightime stuff in my sleep

sorry to those having problems feeding out & about - mine will feed anything and anywhere - of hurrah something is working (even if its not the sleep )

dh just gone out for a run and the dcs are all asleep and I need chocolate - off on a choccie hunt

Sexonlegs · 22/10/2007 19:47

Hi all

Mammyjo, your post made me cry! Sounds like you have done an amazing job to me, and self weaning is great I guess, although it probably doesn't feel like it atm.

NL, hope you find a nursery that suits. It is such a hard choice isn't it.

Nutty, hope you get some dinner.

Oooggs, hope you get some chocolate!

Had a great afternoon waving my parents off on their cruise. Felt quite sad though knowing they will be away - even tho it is only 2 weeks, and we don't see them that much anyway. Emotional old bag I am!

K seems out of sorts today. Sh seems happy enough, but has been totally off her food AND milk. Bed time she normally necks 8 ounces, and tonight she would only take 4.
She doesn't seem unwell - no fever or anything. I wonder if she has a cold. She was lying on her change mat after her bath all happy, then it almost seemed as if she was choking on her snot. She got really upset and was coughing and her heart was going like the rapids poor babe.

Right, need to sort dinner. See you later. x

SharpMolarBear · 22/10/2007 20:07

oh mammyjo
SOL, hope K is OK and you have a good night
Right, off to find a top (if anyone knows anywhere selling anything from light grey to charcoal, but not silver, dressy but plain, please let me know!) then off to watch 24 with DH.

AuntieMeemz · 22/10/2007 20:14

oh mammyjo, I'm so proud of you, and what a lucky baby F is. Well done. cyber hugs to you and your broken heart.

I too broke my heart totally when R stopped bf, it hurt so, so much. I was dreading, and could see it coming.

However, I got over it slowly, she did bf here and there after that, and my heart cried with joy when she did.

It's two months now since our last bf, and the last one of my whole life! However, she was just so hungry, it wasn't fair on her to bf any more. She is still eating monster portions though!

nappynuttynormabutty · 22/10/2007 20:23

FFS. Erin hasn't stopped crying since 7. She's had her bottle, she's been changed. I'm fed up and pissed off. I'm hungry. I have no idea if dh has left work or not. I have no idea when I'm going to get food.

elkiedee · 22/10/2007 20:23

mj, as others have said you've done well to get so far.

Leaky, will be watching your flat sale and search for a new house with interest. Whereabouts in Leeds are you at the moment, again? Hope it goes well for you.

NorthernLurker · 22/10/2007 20:27

Oh nnnb - that sounds awful - have you tried walking around with her in a dark room with the radio on (soothing noise and compnay for you - I find radio 5 works best)
It's v annoying to be starving hungry and waiting for dh isn't it? Been there, got the T-shirt (but not my dinner grrrrrh)
Any chance of a take-away?

leakyR · 22/10/2007 20:38

Elkie - we're in Kirkstall at mo. Think in order to get more for our money we might have to move out of Leeds altogether.

SharpMolarBear · 22/10/2007 20:39

oh nutty
Are you worried shes ill or is she just grouchy & tired
Can you at least have a bowl of cereal until DH gets back?

mammyjo · 22/10/2007 20:39

Sorry SOL, didnt mean to make anyone cry, just struggling with my own emotions!

Nutty, how is Erin now?

oooggs · 22/10/2007 20:42

mammyjo - you have done a fantastic job and Ffion is soooooo lucky to have had booby juice for so long. I struggled with coming to terms with it when I gave up feeding and you have been doing it for much longer. She is a very lucky young lady

nappynuttynormabutty · 22/10/2007 20:44

her teeth were bothering her earlier but i gave her some calpol. she won't be put down. dh still hasn't let me know if he's set off

MurderousMaveta · 22/10/2007 20:45

evening.. quick post.. I´ve been lurking but little time to post much and kept feeling I didn´t just want to write a me me me post and not reply to everyone´s which meant I just haven´t written! So before I get further behind..

Leaky so glad Eva is home, I hope everything gets back to normal (how much is that possible with a newborn?! ) really quickly for them.

Mammyjo I really feel for you, babe, so sending you happy thoughts I go through phases of thinking I´ll wean N onto a bottle but haven´t got there yet, I´m not sure if it´ll be in 2 weeks or 6 months, but I know it will be so sad.. think of bottles of wine, dh doing night feeds, non breastfeeding bras (ooohh this one is my favourite), getting undressed in front of your baby without feeling like a bottle of milk on a chewable platter...

we´ve had a rough few nights, N is waking every couple of hours and we are tearing our hair out trying to figure out if he´s cold, wet, hungry, teething, bored of sleeping etc etc last night we slept on the spare bed in his room as I figured if I´m up 6 times I might aswell cut my journey time down but what a bad idea. Will not repeat. The number of times he wailed and cried and I picked him upm laid down in bed with him and waiting for him to latch on only to look down and - the blighter is sucking his thumb!! he was LOVIN it. And dh slept brilliantly cos he was on the wall side

And tomorrow we are off to London for 36 hours and I am feeling very tense about the amount of stuff -we- I have to remember for such a short trip.. aaargh. I´m off to bed!

SharpMolarBear · 22/10/2007 20:46

is there anything that calms her?
There's a song that always calms T, we're sick of the sound of it
Will she have milk?
Sorry, sure you've tried all this, I know how frustrating it is!

SharpMolarBear · 22/10/2007 20:47

hope the trip goes well maveta and N settles better x

mammyjo · 22/10/2007 20:48

Maveta, I have been internet browsing for underwired bras tonight!! Have missed my underwire!!

elkiedee · 22/10/2007 20:50

SMB, which song is that?