December 2007. Laughing, sitting, rolling, whatever next - sleep perhaps?

[Wizzska]

Hello ladies, will you join me here?

Turtle! Hope you are ok my dear, cake with KK and the polar bear a week on Sat? Celebrate the end of exams

Do carry on

Hello! Will reply on other thread!

Hi all! I have been thinking of starting to wean DD in a couple of weeks, she is 18 weeks at the moment so will probably wait until 22. Reading through the literature given by the HV it seems to me that they are suggesting you can begin to introduce baby rice and some purees from 4 months if your baby is ready but no dairy/gluten/egg/meat etc until at least 6 months. Reading between the lines, the info is basically the same as it was when I had my DSs! There is also talk of reducing the weaning age back down to 4 months too as babies weaned later are refusing savoury food due to being used to the sweetness of their milk! DS1 was first given solids at 13 weeks (on the advice of HV, he was definitely ready) and DS2 was about 20 weeks as he wasn't ready earlier. I avoided anything except fruit/veg and rice before 6 months and neither boy has any known allergies.

Bouncing, I have found the same difficulty with clothes! I am wearing my own jeans (although they don't fit quite the same as they used to!) with vests most days. I am very bored with wearing the same things but don't want to fork out for nice new clothes which will just get stretched by my big BFing boobs! I guess there is plenty of time for nice clothes when DD is no longer BF.

Lesleyella, I was going to suggest giving your LO a spoon to hold too! She is doing well trying to crawl already! DD keeps digging her feet into the floor and trying to get her legs under herself but can't lift her upper body yet. She did use her legs like that to push herself forward last night though so she could reach her toy! She is an expert roller now too and goes so fast from back to front that sometimes she rolls right the way over and back onto her back again!

Clara, welcome back from your hols! Glad you had a good time, is awful when baby is fractious with teething, its the only time I've really seen Evie distressed. Think her second tooth may be pushing too at the moment as she has been a grumpy moo today.

Another one here with no period yet although I am still EBFing. Mind you, my cycle is always very erratic and I am taking the mini-pill too which can slow your natural cycle so I am not expecting one any time soon.

I really feel for all of you with broken nights, I feel incredibly lucky that DD is so good.

Hi again everyone.

BT - we give dd2 some food (usually baby rice in the evening) at about 5pm, then a bottle before bed at 6.30pm, so the other way round from FiFi. Not sure why, but I worry that food too late will give her a bit of indigestion.

Beckle - yes, teething is always a real pain! At least the first are usually the worst until the molars come through.... She was awake again last night, not really crying but not sleeping and when I got her back to sleep she woke up again after about 10 mninutes so I ended up putting her in our bed (dh on the sofa!) and she slept well until 6.30am. Hmmm, perhaps it's just a clever ploy to get into my bed!

Ambi - I think doing lots of things with your LO is essential, I can't stand being stuck in on my own with the dd's all day. It's harder finding things to do with two but even if it's just a trip to look at the tropical fish at the local pet shop I try and get out every day!

We bought a booster seat today which Martha seems very happy in. We have put her high chair back in the garage, it was taking up so much room. Now I wish we hadn't bothered with it first time round either. Mind you it helps that both our dd's have been strong and sitting up early, the booster doesn't lean back so not sure how useful it would be otherwise.

Well i've ended up with my bf's dd, so ive got my 2year old ds, bf's dd who's 14 month, then Ethan...breakfast time will be fun in here in the morning!!!!

Well i've ended up with my bf's dd, so ive got my 2year old ds, bf's dd who's 14 month, then Ethan...breakfast time will be fun in here in the morning!!!!

hi all, quick post, laptop still oout of action so on comp upstairs in a pokey study! instead of the comfort of sofa while bf

still exbf here and no period, dreading it get the worst cramp ever.

going to visit family in costwolds tomorrow, cant wait - fingers crossed for the journet tho planning on bathing lo then leaving and idea is he will sleep the 5 hour drive!

fifi - is your friends lo sleeping!

Yes she's staying over, took me a while to settle her as well, im just used to putting my 2 down awake and they go off to sleep within 5 minutes on there own, i ended up having to take her dd for a walk to get her to give in to sleep

hello everyone.
long time, no mumsnet for various reasons. Don't want to moan too much, but yet another viral infection followed a few busy busy weeks with not enough sleep for anybody, and this last week i've been floundering around in waves of exhaustion and panic. the only real problem is that i've started to sleep really badly, which makes everything else really hard to deal with. HV thinks i've got pnd, but i think i'm just getting back to my normal pre-pregnancy anxious state of being. hey ho.
lo is not helping by having refused a bottle for the past 5 weeks - out of the blue she just stopped taking them, which means I get no time off/extra sleep. i know i'm not the only one in this position but maaaaaahn, when i keep being told by gp, hv, sil, mil etc. that i should make some time for me i do wonder what they expect me to do - attach a mile-long hosepipe to my already-sagging norks? Any advice for a bottle-refuser? W've started her on solids to see if that calms her ridiculous night-waking down, but nailing the bottle would be great!

Hi Dundee - sorry you are having a tough time, not getting proper sleep always makes everything else so much harder. A few people here have had problems with their LO not taking a bottle. We had this with dd1, I had to go back to work when she was 5 months so I was really stressed about it. We tried all the tricks but eventually it was the teats which did the trick - we used MAM. I think Macdoodle has just had some success with these so hopefully she will be along with some advice soon.
Good luck.

Hello everyone

Dundee - sorry to hear you are having a hard time. My dd was a bottle refusnik for a couple of weeks too but I have now managed to switch her over to being fully ff and all is well!!

I know everyone will have said persevere but that's what we did and if possible get someone else to give the bottles for a while. Our dd cried, wriggled, pushed the bottle away and turned the teat inside out the first few times but eventually I think she just gave in and accepted it. We used breastflow bottles for a while (Mothercare around £6) and then changed to no 2 teats on tommee tippee bottles. Good Luck. I hope you get a bit of me time soon

hi everyone

welcome bacl clara and glad you enjoyed your holiday despite night wakings - i completely agree that the hardest thing is to go backwards so once you've started having an uniterrupted night's sleep, to have to start getting up again is unbearable - anyway hope tooth no.2 is through soon and you can enjoy them again.

I also agree about being skeptical about guidelines but i read a thread on MN about early weaning and medical implications which scared me which is why i felt a bit guilty. However DS seems to LOVE his food and it is such fun trying different flavours out that my guilt has all but disappeared now

BTW all first timers - i would really reccommend giving your babies veg purees only at first and leaving fruit till a bit later. We have been doing this with DS and he seems to loving the veg. We started DD on fruit and she was never keen on veg

dundee - really sorry to hear you're having such a horrible time. i also get so annyed with people (mostly my DH) telling me to take some time for myself - I just don;t think it is possible when you're ex-BF and there will be plenty of time for it once your DD is properly on solids. DS totally refused a bottle for a while - we just kept trying and after about 2 weeks (on attempted bottle a day) he finally cracked!It was horrid at the time but I'm so glad we did it now. Good luck and let us know how you get on

fifi - how did it go - did you all survive?!

2 weeks until DS goes to nursery - anyone else in the same boat? He's only going 2 mornings a week but I am still dreading it

oh my goodness - sorry about the three trillion typos I really must start checking before I post..

DS is having another waaah day today, won't be put down. Still it means lots of mumsnet cuddle time even if I'm not getting much done.

Dundee sorry you are feeling down No advice re bottles I'm afraid as have been lucky in that both of mine have taken them without issues (although haven't really bothered with ds so there is still time for him to refuse).

Skid glad your ds is enjoying his food, must make the decision easier on you

Skid - Ethan loves his food as well, i really don't think he'd be as settled if he was just on milk, saying that, the last few mornings he's woke up at 4am for a feed which he doesn't normally do so think he's having a growth spurt. He still goes straight back off to sleep after that though so its not too bad.

Yes, we all survived saturday night
We just had to stagger the bedtimes as bf's dd was sharing a room with ds1 so had to wait until he was asleep to put her up, she took a bit of settling and i walked her to the shop and back in the buggy and she was asleep when i got back so put her to bed, then Ethan after that. It actually wasn't a manic as i thought on sunday, infact im thinking of offering to watch her on a monday when bf is at work to save her nursery fee's but not sure if it will be too much for me.

fifi - glad you survived - maybe it's time for no.3?!

clairey - oh no, poor you - was he like that over the weekend as well?

DH have made a pact that we will do 2 hours work at home every night after the DCs are in bed - today is the first day and I am already dreading it - that means no Corrie and no fun all week until Saturday - why did I agree? And I know there will be no convincing him to start tomorrow... sob

hello all,
nice to have you back dundee - sorry you are having such a knackering time
good point about the fruit/ veg puree thing skid: i did wonder how she would like spinach compared with lovely mango! I have ordered my stokke triptrap in preparation, but i still have just over a month before millie turns 6 months.

Just found out that my DH has booked an 8am flight from stansted on friday morning and we live in west london! Ugh, that is going to be soooo grim.

x post skid- no no no! that, surely is flop time?

Skid - I'd have another one tomorrow if i could guarantee a boy.... , but dp says no!

hey everyone!
Dundee - sorry to hear you have had a rough time, hope things get better soon.
Skid - most people have said the same hting - start on veg first. My friend started on the sweet stuff first and had a 'mare trying to get her ds on veg!

Mumsnet has new rival in the Turtle house... we've just bought a Wii!! Really want to get a Wii fit but it seems they are out of stock everywhere! So will have to wait!

thanks for the support re bottle refusing. is v annoying, especially as she was so good at it at first. tbh, we haven't been that persistent, cos she's so vehemently against it and it's stressful for everybody. perhaps trying everyday would be a good idea rather than trying every week or so!

Ooh BT I really want a Wii too. I remember a few people on here said they were getting them - perhaps that's why numbers have dwindled a bit I want to get the Wii and Wii fit before we leave for Pakistan (8 and a half weeks....aaagh!) but not sure how easy it will be to get the Fit....

Claireybee - I was going to ask if you were as bored as I was today as I kept seeing you posting everywhere but now realise it was because you couldn't put ds down! My dd2 has been really difficult all day as well, she just doesn't want to sleep in the day and is very unhappy. Hopefully just teeth - she also spends a lot of time flipping herself onto her side and/or front and then getting stuck....

Skid - wow, 2 hours of work in the evenings! That sounds very, er, dedicated! Is this your thesis that you haven't finished yet? I'm afraid I don't watch Corrie, otherwise I could post updates for you!

Suey - are you off anywhere nice from Stansted?

Hi all had a blissful 4 hrs child free today as HAD to get dress for my sisters wedding in 2 weeks - even treated myself to mt fave lunch ever - sushi sat eating quietly reading heat mag lovely ...H had LO and she was fine took bottle and was ok thank goodness...AND I found a dress MUCH easier without baby and 6 year old though my boobs were ready to explode when I got home ...
Bottles - hmm ok we struggled tried every teat and bottle going TBH I don't think it makes a difference but what worked for us was MAM no 2 teats .... I just persevered offered it every day and she screamed, fussed wriggled pushed it out....took good few weeks TBH - I would echo the someone else but as I am single parent wasn't alwats possible she is still better from someone else as with me she can smell boobs and thats what she wants - I do try to at least offer it once a day even if she is with me all day just so she stays ok with them ...just keep trying I guess ...
Am back to work in 3 weeks - Lo starting with CM 2 weeks tomorrow it is only 1 and half days, she will be with H one day and MIL hald day and I am home 2 days but am dreading it and feeling quite sad and anxious about it
DD2 is 20+ weeks and huge 19lbs last weigh in we started some solids last few days few spoons baby rice but she really doesn't seem that fussed and sleeps pretty well anyway - she seemed more interested in chewing sppon TBH
We have Wii good fun and have money for Wiifit (bday pres from H) but cannot find one anywhere (other than inflated prices on ebay so will wait)....

We have a wii fit...really worth the money if you can find one. HMV normally have quite good stocks of them.
And im chuffed that my BMI is ideal where as dp is overweight