Oct 07 - this little piggy stayed at home...

[Dalrymps]

Hey guys sorry for the sh*t title, if there's already been a new thread set up please direct me there???

Ah, managed it!

Anyas mum I will be around cheadle/gately area but are happy to travel. I agree about the centre of Manchester not good at this time of year!

I couldn't get my profile to go public as I hadn't slected that. It's at the bottom of the edit profile page.

Very gorgeous girlie there anyasmum!

Stefka sorry to hear about you pranging the car. Try not to beat yourself up over it though. I scraped another car in asda car park when Sam was 3 months old! Baby brain and sleep deprivation have a lot to answer for.

Muppet we are in Newcastle - don't fancy a detour do you? Only joking!!!

Anyasmum your lo is super cute. Anya is a lovely name too - it was on our short list if Adam had been a boy!

Hello everyone else! And big hugs to you all you super mummies you!

Choc will be thinking of you this weekend as the pils descend.... If you need a break I am here! Even just to send ranty texts to!

We took Adam to the cranial osteopath this am. He has episodes of being really unsettled and having chatted about it on here it seems babies born by elective section can benefit as much as those who are born by a traumatic vaginal delivery - the process of being born so quickly before they are ready can be just as damaging. I didn't really know what to expect and as I had been warned it really didn't look like he was doing much but watching Adam you could really see the effects. For example h said his diaphragm was too loose and manipulated it following which his breathing became noticeably more regular and he became calmer. He has recommended another 2-3 treatments so fingers crossed! If it doesn't work I feel we won't have lost anything other than a bit of cash but if it makes my little boy happier it will be worth every penny and more!

I am enjoying a large glass of wine. First for a while as I was on antibiotics! When its gone I'm off to read for a bit then sleep.....

Anyasmum or even if Adam had been a girl!!!!

Big thanks too ejt for mentioning cranial osteopathy all those weeks ago.... Would never have thought of it otherwise!

We did it with ollie as he was a ventouse delivery. He said he had a couple of 'bubbles' but otherwise a good delivery maybe from his point of view but not mine!

Henry did get stuck and his shoulders were checked but I am concerned as he clicks an awful lot -his shoulders do. Is that something an oestopath could help with do you think?

how much does cranial osteopathy cost roughly? what kind of things does it help with?

Hi Dal, we took Ollie as he had colic and we heard that a traumatic birth -ventouse/forceps could damage their heads and cause pressure which in turn causes pain/headache. I can't say that it worked but at the time we were so desperate to feel we were trying to help him. The oestopath seemed to think he was mainly okay so that's another reason why the colic didn't go. I went for my clicky jaw and extremly painful back I developed after having Ollie and he was fab for that -if a little scarey when he crunched me!

I think it was around £35 per session?

oh right, well ds doesn't really have any major probs, was just wondering, he's a little bit windy but doesn't have colic as such, we give him infacol and that seems to help him get his burps up then he just has the occasionsl pain but usually farts not long after

Hi everyone,

Just checking in as I haven't been on MN this week. Glad we've got a new thread .

DD is still getting over her cold and I've had a sore throat all week . Mastitis is much better though. It just feels like one thing after another at the mo.

Went to stay with dad last weekend for a few days and got really spoiled. His wife cooked me loads of really healthy food and insisted on holding DD while I stuffed my face. Everyone's a bit worried about me not eating enough. To be honest, I'm worried about me not eating enough too but it just doesn't seem to be a huge priority at the moment. I'm going to try to make it more of a priority though since I'm sure it's one of the reasons I've been so run down. It's hard though with DP out all day and busy with college work in the evenings. And he's crap at cooking so if I want to eat properly in the evening I have to do it myself.

Saw some of your pics. Lots of cute babies out there! Congrats to you all. I should try to set up a profile and get some pics up there too. How do you do it?

Hope you're all well.
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I lost my purse yesterday and someone handed it in to the police station - aren't people nice! I feel all Christmassy now

Stefka - Phew, bet you were well chuffed that someone had handed it in... it doesn't happen enough these days makes up for pranging the car a bit

muppetgirl - I can't wait till Sam is in school plays Have a great weekend it sounds fab

We were going to take him to see santa yesterday but we couldn't be bothered with the rush in town am I a bad mum? we justified it with the fact that he doesn't really know what its all about yet, plus they are having a christmas party next week at nursery and santa will be there Plus it took me most of yesterday to bake cakes, mince pies and decorate the birthday cake (I've gone a bit OTT, its a Dora themed cake and its HUGE! )for my neice. She is having a party today, all the family will be there so am looking forward to it, as most of them are away for xmas. My mum is taking my nan on a cruise, and my two aunts are also away for xmas too

Alice - glad the co has been useful!

DH and I have done a lot of talking - I've finally come clean about how bad things were getting, and he's told me just how oddly I've been behaving - I thought I was hiding it so well! He's also promised to tackle the issue of how his mum treats me ... I won't hold my breath about that though, he's promised to do that before, and has never followed through!

We're going to buy our Christmas tree this afternoon, am very excited!

Muppet I suspect an osteo could help with henry's clicky shoulders. Not something I know much about but it's their area of expertise - why not call one to discuss it with them?

Dal it was £34 for the first session and then £24 after that. I wouldn't bother I don't think if you're happy with your lo. I wasn't not happy with Adam exactly but he does have his times when he won't settle and seems so distressed I thought it was worht a try.

Ejt glad you and dh have cleared the air. Thinking of you both and keeping fingers crossed he does manage to have that chat with mil! Sorry you're still struggling but at least you both recognise it and are talking about it so it can only get better...

Inzi thinking of you as Jane is so unsettled. Sam was tranquil and placcid at nights for the first 2 weeks, then became a bit more wakeful during the day and then devil boy at night! Its tough and particularly so I think when they are good to start with - you just think you have it sorted and then they do this! All I can say is it does get easier fairly quickly so don't despair. I also find that when Adam (and Sam too) have better sleeps in the day he sleeps better at night. Know how you feel about being smug that she only settles for you but try and let dh settle her if you can bear it (know its tough when you can hear them cry) as if this goes on much longer you will fall over without a bit of help. Look after yourself x

MrsFish don't think you're a bad mum at all for avoiding Santa - they are too little to realise this year - I guess next year will be the biggie! We have a santa coming to a toddler group we go to on Monday so trying to tell Sam about it - not sure if he gets it or not!

Anyway we have been to soft play this am. Both boys now sleeping so I'm going to wrap some pressies and try to work out what else we need to get. Then the usual park and pizza express this pm! Doesn't feel that christmassy for us - we need to get our tree sorted this weekend too then maybe it will. Hope to be about later, if not tomorrow! And x-factor final tonight! Please tell me same difference aren't going to win?! They're very nice people but hardly stars!

Inzi - you poor thing, you must be absolutely knackered!! Alice is right though, try to let dh settle Jane ( I know, I know i's hard to listen ) but you need your sleep too as you have Jane all day.

Ejt - Glad you've had 'the chat' ith dh. Hopefully he can start to see what MIL is like and then come to your rescue when needed.

Alice - I think I will give the co a ring as now I've noticed it, it actually happens quite a lot -3 times during his 2.30am feed and the third time was more of a crunching of bones...

Dh and Oliver have just gone out to DHL very large parcels to our Canadian relatives. DH will come back complaining about the cost of the parcels as he always does when I send stuff across! We then have a party this afternoon where my friends dad is being Santa for the kids so I'm just hoping Ollie won't do his usual 'What are you doing here this early -it's not Christmas!' 'You're Thomas' Grandad aren't you?' Or 'where are your reindeers?' He's one of those who asks the wrong questions at the wrong time and leaves dh and myself very
Will be nice to catch up with all the neighbours though as we haven't been all together in the same room sonce our neighbours death in Feb so at least this is a happier occasion.

H slept last night from 7pm - 2.25am and then till 5.45am so he's definately being a good boy for his mummy. I'm spending most of next week at MIL and are slightly worried that she will not like H's 'Shouting' that he does for about 10 mins before he goes to sleep. She'd like to pick him up whenever he starts to grizzle..ho hum. I'm sure she'll be fine

Hope you're not all stuck in Christmas queues atm
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MrsFish - am very impressed by all the baking - how do you find the time?

inzi - it's the curse of us mums that we can settle our lo's better than our dh's can. Anya is the same - most of the time she wants only me to cuddle her to sleep. A double-edged sword I think - vaguely satisfying to be needed, but tiring too. I'm trying to use baby whisperer techniques to get her to learn to get herself to sleep but I'm not being consistent enough with it.

btw - fellow bw's - how do you pat a baby's back when it's in it's cot??

Alicet - Rhydian will win and Same Difference will come second.

Muppetgirl - I am going to be forced to go into Manchester next week - I went to get a present locally today but couldn't find what I wanted. If you're brave enough to face the crowds do you want to meet for a coffee one morning? Any except Wednesday, which is baby playgroup morning.

Aha so this is where u all are !!!!!!!

Hi les!! Not heard from you for a while -how's things?

Anyasmum -yep can meet up thur or fri do you want to email me on [email protected] to arrange a time and place?

Well, we had a lovely Christmas party. Father Christmas came and handed out all the presents to the children. Dh videoed the whole thing, even the bit where Father Christmas' trousers fell down!!!!! All the adults burst out laughing but the children didn't really get it. He handed out the final few presents desperately trying to hold his trousers up! Poor man, he only did it as a favour

Henry slept through most of it so I hope he sleeps tonight

hope you all had a great day
speak soon
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Hi Muppet, glad you had a good Christmas party, what a nice thing to do with your neighbours and I am guessing there were no embarrassing questions asked

Hi les hope everything is going well for you.

Anyasmum we have started putting Zoe down awake as well, she can put herself to sleep when she wants to now all we have to do is get her to sleep when we want her too!! I pat Zoe's tummy gently when she is in her cot and it seems to work.

Alice hope you enjoyed the Park and your visit to Pizza Express, sounds very civilised

inzi poor you no wonder you are knackered, and I know some of the others have already said this but if you can bear it at all you really should try and let DH settle Jane so that you can get some rest, I know its not easy and you just want to say give her to me. Maybe you could start getting DH to settle Jane during the day as you might find this less stressful.

ejt glad you have been able to talk to DH openly about how you have been feeling, I hope this doesn't sound patronising or dismissive or anything but I was surprised to hear you saying how you were feeling as it doesn't come across in your posts, you always sound so together and have great advice for everyone you always seem to know just the right thing to say, I wish I was more like you,especially with everything else you have been through recently. Take care of yourself and we are always here to listen

Hi MrsFish and Stefka and everyone else who I have missed, I hope that if any of you were mad brave enough to go Christmas shopping today it wasn't too stressful

Hiya folks,
well what can I say everything is wonderful here. Zachary is now 17lb and is on solids as he is always hungry lol. He is still sleeping 11-7am and rarely cries. I can set my clock by him so always have his feed ready for when he wants it. He is now in 3-6 month clothes and they are not going to last much longer as he is growing quickly lol. He is now 12 weeks old and Smiles nearly all the time, he is very vocal as well and laughs a lot.

I put the xmas tree up the other day and he loves the twinkling lights he spends ages looking at them. I have found a bath he likes at last lol he loves being in with me.

New yrs eve we are going to a party and I will be leaving him for the first time!!!!! I feel so guilty as I am always with him, am worried he won't settle without me, am worried he will and I will feel unwanted lol oh hell i just worried all round.

Other than that everything is great EXCEPT I have to go and do a whole wardrobe shop for myself as I have lost too much weight and am now in a 12 instead of the 14-16 i was in BEFORE i fell pregnant with him lol. Oh dear what shall I buy lol.

Hope y'all ok and if anyone needs any nappies I am selling some on the for sale board.

Catch ya all soon Oh and What beautiful babies we all have!!! have posted a cple of new pics of Zachary.

hello everyone, i wondered if you would mind if i joined you? I am a first time mum, whose little boy Olly (short for Oliver, if we're being formal) was born on 5 Oct. I am often at my laptop while DH is playing on his Xbox 360, so it would be nice to have other people to share things with I am enjoying being a mum, but it is taking some getting used to, especially the not knowing everything and not knowing exactly what to do....

Hey strawberry lace, welcome, of course you can join, the more the merrier - we're all a friendly bunch. I'm a first time mum too, really is an uphill struggle at times isn't it? a real steep learning curve!
My lo is called Dylan, born 30th oct, you can see most peoples lo's if you click on thier profile

Morning all!

Hi Strawberry lace, I also have and Ollie though he's 3.9 and I've just had Henry. Like Dal says we are a friendly bunch...

Les - Wow!! Zachary is doing fantastically well. He's a growing boy. Am thinking we'll be hitting the solids sooner rather than later with Henry, he's 6 weeks tomorrow, 13lb and in 3-6 months clothes the legs are a little long but with him he's so WIDE that we need the extra room!!
He's a 1lb heavier than Ollie was at his age and we weaned him at 15 weeks due to his being starvin' all the time.
His sleeping is generall great he goes to bed at 7pm same time a s Ollie and then wakes around 2.30am and then again at 5.30 ish. Though last night he woke for an extra feed around 11pm as he didn;t have enough formula at 7pm to see him through.

I wish there were a 'hungry baby' option on breast milk. He was ravenous at this mornings feed...

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