June '07...and they're off!

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Coooeeee!!!

hmm, my lo does that too Daisy. I put her down at 7 last night. She slept until 9.30, then fed/giggled til 11. She fed at 2.30 and 5.30. As usual. Then didn't get up until 11am.

I'm doing it all wrong, aren't I?

Jammy no idea on tree costs - lets hope they turn up this time!

Bumper, tell DH whats been said on here and that most of us arent interested at the moment. I think weve done it 3 times - once b4 the 6 week check - to check and twice when i thought i ought to. saying that, in the last week or I can feel a gulf opening up and i dont even like a peck - he's pissed me off about DD1 and ive shut right down.

no idea on the tree surgeon costs jammy....but I'd be interested in knowing how much you are quoted. We have three holly trees that need pruning (definately a job for grown-ups) and a magnolia to fell.

mhc, I hope ds2 gets better soon. tummy bugs are just nasty.

I've put babyboo in her pram and am trying to leave her to shout it out for a bit, in the hope that she will exhaust herself and sleep...... I think it might be working.

Not leaving till tomorrow now...DH couldn't get home in time to pick DS up and I'm not organised with presents etc (waiting on a delivery today)

sorry bumper we x posted and then I went away I can only echo what everyone else says now is not the time to be runing round after dhs now is the time for our tiny babaies to have us. He needs to realise that in the big scheme of married life a few months is nothing and your baby only has these needs once. You will feel like sex again but i am with foxy on this in that sex and bf just don't go together for me. natures way of ensiring you are focused on the little one

you will feel sexy again just give it time and as daisy says for women sex is a psychological issue not like that for men

mh my baby sitter is a friends sister so is used to her 3 nephews/nieces my lo sleeps form 7 till 11-12 normally so I can safely go out

Sometimes they sleep better for a good shout before hand I think Daisy. Its almost as though they need to expel that last bit of energy and will sleep more soundly for it.

I wish it was me that got to lie in til 11!

How big is the pear tree Jammy? We have one in our garden and its huge. Every year we have hundreds of pears from it, all no good by the time they hit the ground. Beautiful in the Spring though, when its in blossom.

LOL! Didn't mean to sound mildly competitive there Jammy (my pear tree is bigger than yours... ) was asking as I'd be interested in how much you'd be charged to fell yours!

Bumper not much to add as I think foxy et al are right on the money except I think you're not being selfish at all. I found that I just didn't feel that lubricious until I stopped feeding DD1 last time...norks definitely a no-go area, as it just feels 'wrong' having anyone other than LO near my nipples at the moment. One way I've found around it is more oral sex? (ok, that last was almost def. TMI)

Will let you know what we get quoted for the trees. I've not seen enough pear trees to tell, but I'd say it was an average size. We had a massive crop a few years ago - I made chutney and mincemeat out of them, but since then it has got diseased and no fruit now because no blossom (which was lovely)

Too much to do this afternoon, aargh. Got washing to get dry ready to pack tonight for long weekend away. Need to get all the crap useful stuff you need when travelling with LO together. Need to go to library, arrange cat sitter, make tea, run dishwasher, and of course look after LO. phew!

Spoke to my parents this am. The hedgehog they've been looking after (a baby too small to hibernate) has died And Mum was surprised to hear that I'm still BF, and wondered if my milk was still rich enough for LO. Pah!

Lucky MrBZ! Don't tell any of the other DPs, or they'll all want one

Oh, and she switched off when I tried to answer her question, and asked if she was cutting any teeth, despite the fact that I've said the past 3 times we spoke that there is a tooth coming through. And apparently I'll definitely think differently about BF when that tooth is through.

yes BZ don't be shouting that one from the rooftops

jammy my mum asked the other day if lo was getting enough but she meant shouldn't he be having steak and chips by now

well that didn't work.....i left her five minutes, gave her some calpol then cuddled her to sleep. I was sure she was out, but when i stood up to pop her in the pram she started screaming. I've finally got her to stop, but she balanced on the edge of the desk with her head on my shoulder sobbing intermittently

I don't want to risk a 5 hour journey with her if she is spoiling for something, but I want to see my mum.

lol BZ...I don't even have the inclination for that....much to DHs disappoitment

I'm assuming that as lots of women BF until well after a year, BFing toothy babies isn't a painful experience? surely their tongue is over the bottom teeth anyway?

i get the "is she on bottles yet?" question everytime i speak to my MIL.

foodwise, I'm pretty easy going with her. She generally doesn't eat breakfast (but has some fruit about 11ish), and somtimes has lunch, sometimes dinner, sometimes both (somedyas nothing . She'll eat if I shovel it in, but hasn't really twigged about helping herself; she just drops it on the floor.....maybe a damning indictment of my culinary skills

I think I'm coming to the end of bf, so when she's 6 months and on solids, and its not her only source of nourishment, I'll be stopping. Which, after my determination to keep going against the advice of the health 'professional' has come as a bit of a surprise to me!

daisy I fed ds1 with teeth and it wasn't a problem he never bit me or anything

foxy I am too lazy to do formula so will keep going till he can go on cow's milk

hmm, and I'd have no excuse to sit on my arse for hours at a time. Dilemma...

do what feels right foxy, and maybe it feels OK because it's your decision. she is thriving and that's all that matters.

I'm thinking along those lines as well andiem, although she gets the odd carton of formula. Mind you, she seems to have gone off the idea of bottles. The GPs struggled to get her to take 2ozs on Sunday.

I still can't put her down...she is obviously in pain as she starts and yelps every now and again. My left arm has gone to sleep now, and i need some food.

had all my blood tests this morning. The nurse couldn't get anything out of me, and tried two veins before hitting the jackpot, and then had to wiggle around with the needle to get five phials out of me. My arm is bruised and sore now

ooh poor you daisy and poor lo hopes she feels better soon

mh I am so excited at the prospect of having a regular baby sitter I could wet myself dh and I have never been ones for going out much but since I am not going back to work I feel the need to have some adult time more iyswim