OMG ? I?m offline for 2 days, and I?ve over 100 posts to get through!
Anyasmum ? I?m, with you, polar and alice on the weaning too. I have very severe asthma, and suffer from some bloody awful food allergies, so the longer I can put off weaning the better (also may go some way to explain why I?m soooooo stubborn about not giving Mairwen any ff!) Love the idea of the scrapbook!
I?m doing the last class of a baby massage course next week ? it?s been really good for us both ? it helps with Mairwen?s reflux, and it has helped me bond with Mairwen.
Dal ? I feel really that you don?t get on with your parents. However, if your mum is that toxic, then you?re better off out of it, really.
Muppetgirl ? also thinking of you ? another one who?s better off out of it! I suggest that you just leave it at: ?I haven?t seen my mummy for a long time, but here?s a photo of her.? (or something like that!) With Oliver ? I know when Rhydian went through the piecing together of the families (it?s fascinating being able to watch their brains ticking over!), we spent hours talking about the various relationships. And I love your analogy about the cave!
Fab news on your progress with the psychologist too ? go muppet, go muppet!
Thanks too for the support with pnd ? what?s CBT?
Stefka ? the babywhisperer methods do work ? and your hv is talking absolute bollocks! Some HVs need some serious re-training!
Nellie ? Really to hear you?re having problems with your scar ? I?m sure you?d been encouraged to have Madeleine with you in hospital ? especially as you?re bf ? My night-time routine with Mairwen is exactly the same as for all her naps ? except there?s a bath in there too (which dh does!)
Inzi ? so glad to hear about the poo! If Jane is happy, having plenty of wet nappies, and feeding then well, then she may just be finding her level ? it seems absolutely crazy to me that Mairwen has moved up from the 25th to 75th centiles, and everybody is telling me how pleased they are with her, yet Jane has dropped just 1 centile, and you?re getting hassle ? if you are pleased with her progress, then trust your instincts.
They aren?t necessarily sick when they have reflux either ? Mairwen tends not to be very sick, but she has great pain during and after feeds: there?s some useful info about positioning etc here ? just don?t expect your doc to send you for an endoscopy!!
MrsFish ? am very about your outing to the cinema ? and about Ben?s sleeping! Not so about your back, or your stressful outing!
Clu ? Hiya! We?re a chatty bunch (as you can see!) I love the image of you telling your HV you?ve found your lo breakdancing!
FT ? waving madly at you ?
Alice ? we are really lucky to have a real doc on the thread ? you?re a mine of information!
Strawberrylace ? glad the bf book is helping!
Ellensmelons ? the problem with all the advice that they give you about weaning is that very little of it is based on solid science ? so it can only ever be recommendations ?
Choc ? glad that you found a way to get Rebecca to sleep too ? when the reflux was at its worst, I found that the way Mairwen slept best in the day was cwtched in next to me on the bed ? it also has the added bonus of making you rest!
I gave Calpol before Mairwen?s jabs ? and it stopped her getting to the really poorly stage ? the second lot were last week, and hardly fazed her at all ? shows that all children are different ? Rhydian was horrendous after all of his!
J20 ? hope you and the girls are ok ? HVs have to come and visit after a child has been seen in A&E ? just to check that all?s ok with the family as a whole.
Mairwen is a nosy bugger too ? only, when she turns her head to have a nose, she takes my nipple with her [ouch] ? ? have taken to turning off the tv / radio before I get her to latch on, then I sneakily turn it back on again (quietly) when she?s occupied feeding! Fab Christmas pressie for dd1! Your girls are soooo cute! So on your behalf ? second alice that you should report them to the police.
Mine ? don?t stress too much about your baby weight just yet ? it took 9 months for you to get it ? think about taking that long to get it off again. That said, I?m taking myself along to Slimming World next week ? you can do a special adapted form of their plan if you?re bf ? and I?ve lost weight using SW before, so know it works for me!
Our next thread should be something about us being the experts on our babies, and not the bl00dy HCPs! (However, a caveat from me is that my HV is superb ? the one we had when Rhydian was very small was useless though!)
Well news from us ? I survived without DH! and ? [proud mummy emoticon] Rhydian came home from school today and said that he and another girl aregoing to start reading next week ? they?re the first in the class to get to that stage ? am feeling all warm and fuzzy!
Have been to see my GP today ? she wanted to check that I?m tolerating the ADs I?m on ? I?m getting headaches, but am otherwise ok ? DH says that I?m being a little more positive too. I?m still bad about not being able to go out of the house, and I can?t answer the phone in case it?s MiL ? but we?ll get there. I?m very proud that I coped with DH being away since Tuesday ? I?ve even managed washing, breadmaking and muffin baking! Am looking forward to a cuddle with dh tonight ? if Rhydian ever goes to sleep ? he?s missed his daddy, poor love (but it doesn?t stop me from wanting to strangle him for still being awake!)
Speak to you all tomorrow, hopefully!