April 2007 - is that a star in the sky? OUCH, no it's a set of keys

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Maveta - I found the change to ff at 5 months very confusing and distressing - mainly because my supply was low and he didn;t want to bf anymore I would rercommend bf whenever you can and leave bottles for him when at work. I think if you feed him as much as you can it will keep your supply up but that adding a few bottles on odd days won;t affect your supply too much Hope you're okay xxx

waaaah! thanks girls. I do miss you all, these days I seem to get few chances to be on as often as I used to and changes like this make me realise how much I miss/ need the support, advice and friendship I get on here. Octo I have thought of you a lot lately remembering your ups and downs re. giving up bf-ing, I think I am going to go with what the girls on that thread seem to suggest which is not offering him formula but water when he is not with me and then feeding as he wants when he's with me. Hope my supply is still ok for him though because I have been playing about with it a fair bit never thought I'd be having breastfeeding traumas at this stage!

Bless you Maveta xxxx I spent ages faffing about which really didn;t help - I should have decided on a tact and gone for it. I still miss bf - mainly because I'm a crap mummy and regularly forget to take bottles out with me and Ernie loves his milk.

Oh Octo I think that's kind of what I'm going through which is why today I've just thought enough is enough, I need to decide what the hell I am doing and stick with it.

Sorry I don't seem to be getting on to post much here, just wanted to say NGT, sorry that you're feeling so stressed about being pregnant again. Hope you can work out the right thing to do and as others have said, know whe're here for you.

Maveta, you're obviously torn about the feeding. Can you plan how you're going to use your holiday now to make the most of extra time with N and then introduce a new feeding pattern or transition to it in the New Year, or are you hoping to drink over Christmas/New Year?

D has woken from a very long nap and it's time I got him ready to go out anyway, so take care all, see you later.

Will post on your thread later, Mav- Don't worry chick - most of all, you are a wonderful mummy andodn't you forget it!!

Gotta make some lunch now as off out to DD1's Christmas Conert at Pre-School soon.

Hello all

Congratulations NGT - Sorry you're feeling a bit thrown by the result. Here for you, by email if necessary.

Hello everyone else

Having a really shite day, J has got impetigo AGAIN really badly over both cheeks, round his mouth up his nose on his nose etc We were supposed to be seeing Santa at Marwell Zoo today, so now we can't go, J really upset, I can tell it's going to be a really rough few days, tbh I'm not sure I can cope with him at home at the moment, that sounds terrible but I just can't

Have a good day Elkie - are you still after a sink refund?
Dippy - enjoy the concert!
Eddas - hope you have a nice day at work - thanks for the summary - oh dear - doesn't sound good.
Maveta - have posted on your other thread

NGT - Sounds like this is a really hard time for you - don't worry about sounding awful - just unload what you need to here so you can work it through. Yor are an excellent mother - and you can handle whatever comes along!

Oh Ange - what a shame - do you need ab's for that?

Hmmm - amusing children at home for a few days - I will put my thinking cap on!

Thanks NL, yes ab required 4 times a day for 7 days!! Two bottles of the bl**dy stuff!!

I think dvds are going to be out in force

It's going to be a nightmare keeping him away from Izzy and vice versa now she is moving, and also stopping him from touching it it!

Right have thought -

1. if weather is ok - go for walk to see how many wreaths/chritmas trees/ lit up houses you can spot
2. If wet - go for above but with added jumping in puddle contest (wellies recommended
3. My girls love the cbeebies website - have you had a look - loads to do there - including printing off pictures to colour in
4. Does J have his own Christmas tree - I got one for dd1 and dd2 from the pound shop - bit hideous but gave them something to make baubles for.
5. Biscuits and videos - you need a plentiful supply of both - for both of you - don't even think of feeling guilty - you are in a state of siege and needs must

Thanks again NL, you're so calm in a crisis, well in my crisis. Great ideas there.

Just giving D some milk before we go out, planning to take some food out to give him at JBs.

Ane, sorry to hear about J, and there's nothing that sounds harder to me than coping with a sick child at home, especially one who's disappointed - you don't sound terrible at all. Hope it clears up soon.

Ange, hope you have a good supply of DVDs that he can enjoy, distract him from the impetigo.

you're so right Elkie - a disappointed child is ver very hard! Ange - I can be calm for others - I'm relying on you returning this when B gets chicken pox 2 days after I go back to work I just know that's what will happen! Re keeping Izzy and J apart - the only thing I can think of is bribery

Thanks Elkie, hope you have a good time.

Bribery always good. Plenty of dvds at the ready! Bless hime he keeps touching hsi face then running to wash his hands. I feel so bad for him, which I could make it go away.

No problem NL I will of course return the favour, but hope and pray that doesn't happen!

Phoned pre-school they said he could go in if it were bandaged up he'd look like a mummy, I'd have to bandage his whole face up

tell J he'll catch it back again if he gives it to I

loving the christmas name Caz

i'm working

honest

maybe some antibac hand stuff? the anti-mrsa one? would that mean he didn't need to keep running to wash hands?

really quick post
ngt no idea who you are but wherever this is heading we'll be there xx

Oh Ange - blees J for washing his hands - looks like you've got the message across there then You can't 'make it better' right now- but you have done everything you need to for it to be better soon - so well done!

Oh Ange it is a nightmare when they're stuck at home ill but not ill enough to be laid up in bed! NL had some great suggestions and yes a little bottle of the anti bac stuff you dont need to wash off might be good. Wish I'd seen this earlier [cryptic]

M and N love the cbeebies website and would play on it all day given the chance, the only downside being I cant MN! That and the constant 'its my turn now is it mummy turn mummy she/he's had longer than me its not fair no I havent finished my level yet you just touched a button and its still my turn mummy he/she is touching it...' [head explodes]

Oh and lol at sending him in with his face all bandaged up!

Morning all. Just popping in quickly, ds has gone back to school today but now F has the damn cold Poor little thing has been running a temp and is just generally snotty and very miserable. Bless her, its like a calpol and nurofen factory in my house just now.

Ange, poor little J, feel for you being stuck at home with him as I know exactly what its like having had ds home all last week. Hopefully it will all start to dry up once he has had a few days of the antibiotics. Take care xxx

IMBM, that tree is fab!! Excellent effort

To my secret santa, no I havent had my pressie yet! Cant wait though

NL, hope your head is better, OUCH!!

NGT, whoever you are, you know we will all be here for you no matter what happens. Look after yourself xx

Oh Ange, poor babby.. and poor you having a bored and frustrated little one to entertain!

I could strangle my mother!! grrrrr..I called her this morning to ask her not to give N formula as per new routine devised after MN consultation. She said she'd already offered his morning bottle but he'd drunk less than half. So we went over it, I asked her to feed him lunch about 12ish (as I have been saying to her for several weeks, she still always gives it to him at about 1.30-2pm) and not give him more formula but offer him water or snacks.

So I called her just now (1.20pm) to ask if she could give him his dinner at about 4.30pm in line with this new plan, and to find out what time he had lunch
"oh he's not had it yet, he's sleeping"
"why didn't you give it to him at 12pm"
"he was finishing his bottle"
"WHICH BOTTLE?"
"the one he didn't finish from this morning"

I think my head is going to explode. [SOB]

Not only is she giving him the leftovers of an earlier bottle (?!) but doing so after I VERY SPECIFICALLY asked her not to. I was very terse with her and for the first time actually asked her if we can just do things the way I say to do them and not how she thinks they should be done.

calm down calm down calm down calm down..

Oh Maveta, it must be so difficult having family helping out, lovely but at the same time so much harder to ensure things are done the way you want - I hope she starts to listen to you now

Wrt the left over bottle i gave D a 4oz bottle the other night when he'd been feeding for ages, my boob was sore and couldnt face any more. He only drank 2oz, I put it down and went to bed with him. Brought him down the next morning, went and got ready then came in to find ds1 giving him the rest of the bottle Ds2 was fine though, ds1 not so much

Had just sat down to feed D earlier and on phone to my friend when there was a knock at the door, put phone down, put boob away (hurriedly and not discretely) and looked up to see delivery man looking throught the window He didnt say anything and didnt seem embarassed so hoping he hadnt actually seen anything