Morning all! Sorry haven't been on for ages, like someone else said, by the time I've read the thread and caught up, my free time is up! Actually i thought it was up 2 mins ago...dd is in her wee basket in our room and I heard snufflings on the monitor...tiptoed through and she was half asleep half awake looking at me through very sleepy eyes, so I crept away again!! Bet she wakes in 2 secs!
loucee i am on the old layout too and no probs! How are you, hope we will meet soon! DD was fine after her last jags so hopefully this will be the same.
work - going back in June - aaargh dreading it!! Went in the other day and have a couple of bits and pieces to do as it is report time (teacher) and I realised how much I've completely switched off from it, couldn't remember the names of some of the kids in my class! . A bit concerned about it re feeding etc as dd will be 6ish months and time to start weaning etc...plus I am crap at expressing, PLUS she now won't take a bottle no matter what is in it!! I'm hoping by that time she might drink from a sippy cup?
sleep - yes we are getting some!! Not much but some! She can do a 5hr stretch - think that must be maximum tummy capacity! WHEN she does it is another matter. She is still cluster feeding in the evenings, just feeds on and off all the time, 11pm is the earliest I can get her down, sometimes it's half 12. But then if she goes down at half 12 she goes right through till 6ish which seems more humane...last night she went down at 11 which was nice, but the payback is getting woken up at 4am! she does settle after that though, till 7ish.
cazzybabs WOW to holding toys, that is fab!! how old is your LO? I keep trying to get dd to do it but she is not interested at all yet. she is v nosey and interested in people though, in fact toys just seem to annoy her and she peers round to see the person who is holding it instead!
feeding - we are still exclusively BF, taking it a day at a time TBH. The paed gave us the all clear - DD is tiny but healthy so that is a relief although i wish she was bigger.
macdoodle oh HUGS you poor thing!!! that sound horrendous, well done you for being so quick off the mark in getting her seen to.
naps am i the only muppet who has a non-napping baby?! i have to put her in the pram to get anything longer than 10 mins (she is awake and feeding again now!). she is content, happy, smiley etc but AWAKE!! and even though i know she is fine i feel terribly guilty plonking her somewhere while i get stuff done, i feel obliged to sit and blether to her. i have yet another sling coming in the post, a rhubarb and custard one which i think is like your coorie sling loucee, so we'll see how that goes. i wasn't very good at tying the calin blue tight enough, but think i will go back to it when she is better at supporting her head.
who was it mentioned their quick 5 min bf's? i am SOOOO of that!
suey and loucee i am of your childcare too, they sound ideal.. we are going to have a nightmare i think cos dh's shift pattern changes every week so the hours we'll need will be quite irregular.
BT that woman was a total prat at your BF group, how awful. glad you are taking positive steps from it. what a silly cow.
amani we have a vibrating chair for dd and it DEF helps digestion - we can get a guaranteed poo out of her in it every morning! she is useless at getting wind out too, so rather than wasting ages patting etc i let the chair do it!
buzzy that is v interesting re tummy time etc - i'=ve read a lot re the RE nurseries through work, excellent stuff. similarly i remember reading something re the increase of dyslexia/dyspraxia etc and some people put it down to wee ones always being confined/strapped into something instead of rolling/crawling/walking freely - spatial awareness, and 2 sided brain development is inhibited or something - your mum will prob know much more!!
ok have to swap sides - can't type with other hand...back later!!