Oct 2007 - This little piggy had none (sleep that is!)

[alicet]

Hello ladies!

Well here is the new thread so I can link it before the old one runs out... Hope you all find it!

Hello everyone
just a quick post as off to bed after a tiring weekend. Have been at sisters for my nephew's christening. All went very well, and i have a certificate to show for my godmotherly duties...
Nellie - have you tried fengreek tablets from health food shop and eating lots of oats? My sister recommended both of these for increasing milk supply - i have tried then cos i was worried about mine, and it seems to have worked.
Will post properly tomorrow - night all

hi all

Floria, I hope you got through the weekend okay. I can only echo what other people have said.. and take comfort in your beautiful Alex... I find a hug from my little girl is immensely therapeutic.

Ess, glad the funeral went okay- insofar as these things can be okay.

Nellie, I really feel for you. I'm not getting sleep either but I don't have 2 children to run round after all day, so my days are pretty easy, to be honest, and thats why the lack of sleep hasnt yet driven me completely insane (it might, yet). Do you live near any of us?? could you go stay with family for a night or two?
As for the feeding question, my friend has a 7 month old who has always fed v frequently - and weaning hasnt helped at all - he still wants to bf all night... she never tried formula, but I gather it can work or it might not, so it depends how you feel about trying it.

Inzi, Dal, Anyasmum - poor all of you with the teething! how was Thurs, Anyasmum?

I've had a crap week sleepwise. DD has decided she only sleeps if I hold her hand. This is not good. It means I am twisted into the oddest position getting my hand into hers in her cosleeper and cant really move, and I am a very restless sleeper too. So eventually I have to move, and she inevitably wakes up. I am reconciled to it now - it has been every half an hour for the last week, but last night it was every hour which was much better so I almost feel human. Oh but just so you dont think I'm Moaning Myrtle, she took a bottle the other night!!! a basic Avent one like she used to, so all the faffing about with closer to nature bottles that didnt work was pointless in the end.

Oh and my hair has been highlighted pretty blonde for YEARS, and on Sat I had it dyed brown again! Mainly cos am sick of the roots. I like it - I look so different! it will take a while to adjust...

Hugs all!

morning all,

Floria - i too hope the weekend wasn't too tough for you.

Muppet/strawberry - are you both still ok for the meet up tomorrow?????

hey everyone,
floria, hope you're doing ok and that the weekend wasn't too bad for you, we're all always here to talk about anything
Well dylans teething has calmed down a bit but now he's got a cold the poor little mite, he's all snotty and snuffly, not too miserable though... not taking him to baby massage today though cause he cried through half of it last week and he didn't have a cold then so don't think he'd be too impressed with it this week!
Well, dh went to 'see a man about a job' this morning and they offered it him! Starts 3rd march so no more 12hr shifts and he'll be working in berwick, we're both so happy
It lovely and sunny here, gonna give ds a bath then might walk down to pils.
hello to everyone I haven't mentioned, catch ya later

Oooo, Choc, I bet your hair looks fab brown

X-posted - Great news Dal, you must be so happy

Hello ladies!

Choc looking forward to seeing your new hair tomorrow!

Hope London meetup is as fun as York was! Looking forward to hearing all about it...

Dal glad dylan's teething is improving. And fantastic news about your dh's job!

Strawberry glad christening went well!

Hello MrsFish, Mine and everyone else!

Now ladies your comments and thoughts on this would be very much appreciated...

which one alicet?

Why all of them MrsFish - don't you have all day to waste on MN!!

Sorry - this thread here. Hope link works now!

Hi All.
Thanks again for your support and kindness.. altogether I held up ok by keeping myself very busy yesterday, a few tears when I went down the garden to see how Robyns tree had fared in the recent bad weather and a few more when I put Alex to bed...he is just so gorgeous and I adore him so much...

Dal; fantastic news about the new job, I'm so happy for you...we are waiting on news about a job interview dh has been to which would mean him not being so far away so often, so I really know how you feel And good news about Ds teething too, hope his cold goes quickly aswell.

Choc; you have inspired me, I think a new hair-do might be just what I need, I've had it all one length (long) for years and now my first greys are beginning to appear I think a bit of colour might be the future....glad yours has turned out so well.

Recorded S4C yesterday so hoping to do some EJT spotting tonight

Have a good meet up all you Londoners

Hiya peeps,
well first of all sorry i have been missing for a while. I have been having a really difficult time here with ds1 and dss. First of all dss is being a spoilt brat and has demanded £100 lego for his 14th birthday from his dad and then ds1 is being a rude obnoxious, ignorant sod who constantly argues n his latest thing is to scream at me put me in care.... so today instead of collecting him from school i am here while my mum who works there has taken him home with him believing i am not coming back for him....Horrible i know but i had to do something.

On another note, I don't suppose any of you are looking or know someone who is looking for a pram/travel system do you?

I am selling mine for something else lol

Evening all!
Choc ? new hair sounds lovely, wish you could say the same about the sleeping!
Dal ? great news about DH?s new job
Alicet ? have posted on your thread, good luck with getting that sorted out
Floria ? you are such a strong and caring person, your DS is so lucky to have you as a mummy
LES ? I don?t know how you are managing to stay sane through all of your difficulties. I really hope that things improve with DS1 and DSS as soon as possible

Mine ? yes I?m still on for tomorrow, planning to be there for 1pm-ish!

Nothing much going on here. Met up with some other mums this afternoon, and we went for a little walk with the LOs cos the weather was so nice ? warm and sunny!

Hi everyone - glad to hear you're ok Floria. Alex is a lucky boy.
Choc, thanks for your support - esp as you're having a crappy sleep time too. HOpe tonight is better for you and that you're enjoying life as a brunette!
Hello to everyone else - alice I'm going to have a look at your thread hopeuflly; hope you're ok?
things here are fine - DH has just announced he has to go and live on a boat for a week (he's making a film on a boat and the director wants to rehearse there ) - so on my lonesome again - determined to be more positive about it all though. Alice, I think you're right - may have to increase nursery for DS. Just feel SO guilty about it, like I'm getting rid of him, esp when I'm not working. BUt it is a lot easier when he's occupied.....we'll see.
right - bath time looms. will hopefully check in later.

Hi Mine/Strawberry. Yes! I'm still on for tomorrow if that's okay. Will aim for 1 ish if that's alright. Very excited!!

Dh took Oliver up North to spend half term with Grandma and Grandad (with SIL's some of the week too) I had sat night with just me and Henry which was lovely. I had a lie in on Sunday morning as Henry slept till 8.30am so, for once woke up feeling like a spoilt princess rather than the 6am starts with Ollie. He went to Manchester airport and saw concorde, tridant (I thought 'nuclear weapons at 4???' but then dh told me tridant was a make of plane ) and also a jumbo jet so he was so full of excitment. Today he spent the day digging with Grandma on the allotment and swingball with one of the aunties so he's having a fab time.

I spoke to one of the managers at our gym and told him about the baby signing idea and that I wanted to sound him out about if it would be possible to use the creche (brand new -very clean) he said yes and I did stress that wouldn't have masses to spare for room hire to which he said he could waive it as it would be good for the gym to offer this for the babies/toddlers. So that would be fab! A nice clean purpose built venue at the end of my road for free I was worried that the room hire would be the sticking point so if I like what I see on Fri (am going to observe a class to see what it's all about) then I think I will go for it...

Need a shower now, will be back later
x

Mine, if you're about can you send your contact details again to

[email protected]

I do have them but it might take me awhile to find them as I'm crap at organising email.

Thanks!

muppet - have sent you the contact details just in case mine isn't on mumsnet tonight - looking forward to tomorrow!

Thanks strawberry! Am very excited too. Will be stange not calling you starwberry!

Oooh I'm very excited for you ladies meeting tomorrow! Wish I was nearer London!!!

Will be seeing Choc tomorrow as normal though for baby massage so will look forward to that instead

muppett/strawberry - see you tomorrow lunchtime!!

strawberry....... where are you???
Most people can't make the london meet up, are you still coming?
We can rearrange for another day if that will be better for all..?

Where is everybody?
Hope those who made it to London had a fab time.

Busy day here; after a less than spectacular nights sleep (this is a phase it will pass)we went shopping for goddaughters 17th birthday pressie, then drove 25 miles south so my mum can play postie with said pressie tomorrow.Then off to Costco to get Alexs passport photos done (bargain at £1.69!It cost £4 for mine to be done in a booth at Tesco!)Then back up the motorway to the pool for Alexs swimming lesson (which for the first time didnt go well today, we gave up halfway through, he was crying so much I think the water was colder than usual)And then to the health centre for his weigh in; another 1 lb on over the last 3 weeks... sticking nicely to the 50th centile line..mr average!(I'm just surprised it isnt more the way he troughs!)...and finally back home for a long walk with the dog down the disused railway line! I am now officially knackered!
Good news is I dont have to prepare a meal tonight as baby brain well and truly struck last night! I had just finished preparing the veg, the potatoes were baking nicely, the rump steak was ready to go under the grill, when the door bell rang...it was my friends arriving for our monthly try a new recipie out night..! I had totally forgotten!....Thank goodness it wasnt my turn to cook!...But at least I dont have to prepare anything today (I hope twice baked potatoes are good to eat!)
A very me, me, me post ..sorry

I'm here Floria! Sorry to hear Alex didn't enjoy swimming - it goes up and down with Sam too - not taken Adam often enough yet but he seems to like it so far.

Hope London meetup went well!

i'm here too, busy day getting dylan weighed then walked to town then visited pils. Dylan gained 5oz in 5 days so pleased with that! Off to watch a film now, hope everyone's ok, catch ya soon x

Hi all!

I didn;t make the London meet up due to Ollie having nightmares (we think) in the night and MIL asking me to standby to come and get him if he was still unsettled. (You have to take him downstairs into the light to wake him as he can actually get quite aggressive whilst still crying uncontrollably.) Many apologies to Mine and Strawberry (I did email Mine...) but I hope they still went ahead without me.

Does anyone know if there is a link between chocolate and nightmares?? As Ollie had nightmares/unsettled when he was last there (with me at Christmas) and he was eating stupid ammounts of choccy as MIL found this a cure for everything. He hardly ever eats chocolate/sweets at home and yes, he did go through a spate of nightmares last year, nothing since.

And another question...!
How long does it take for your milk to dry up? I say this as I had b/f H still in the morning and maybe the evening but missed a couple around the time I was talking about giving up. I have since made a consertive effort to boob him in the morning despite what Oliver said/did and H seems happy to, there is a little swallowing but I'm not sure if this is just saliva being swallowed that is being produced by the sucking. There is no evidence of milk as in leakage but it doesn't hurt and it's not getting sore.
Should I continue if I don't know he's actually getting any milk?

Sorry me me me post.

Muppet - hope Ollie is feeling better. I reckon you may be right with a link between chocolate and nightmares - older people can get migraines and things from chocolate, so perhaps Ollie is affected in this way? Plus his routine is probably disturbed as well, as we all know that PIL do things different to us. Anyway, Mine and I decided we would re-arrange the London meet up as several people couldn't make it, so you didn't miss a thing. DS has been a bit unsettled today with his teething, so best decision all round I think - was nice to just chill out as we've done so much recently.
Oh, and DS has started to roll from his back to his front! It is very funny as it's still a bit of an effort for him, and he gets stranded once he's on his front cos he hasn't worked out how to roll back yet... All he has done for the last two days is roll when I put him down on the floor, so I can't take a risk and put him anywhere else now
Hope you are all ok

hi all
has been quite on here today! Looks like we all had a busy day i guess.
Muppet - hope Ollie is ok. ditto the chocolate/migraine/sleep association. Its not a good idea to give them too much when they are ickle, but its not very easy when thats all they want to eat. Good luck with Easter only around the corner!

Strawberrylace - hope you ds is not suffering too much.

My little mite seems to be teething too... as he is my first,and never done this before, i was a bit worried today when he had 3 very dirty nappies.... not just dirty... slimy even. I've never seen anything like it. It was like a mucusy (sp?) consistency with a funny greenish tinge... has anyone else had this too..??
He has been very lethargic all day and quite grumpy, all completely out of character for him. NHSdirect think its teething related, but it could also be a stomach virus.... hopefully it will pass soon.
re london meet up - sounds like postponing it was a good idea with all our lo's feeling out of sorts.
Off to watch pre recorded Lost and Damages!