FEB 08- Sore nips and no naps continued!!!!

[sarahmikeharryandrosie]

Hi Ladies thought i wouls open the thread but i have no imagination- hence the title!!!!

Hi Rozzy...thats some feeding here's hoping the solids will fill him up a bit more. your Andrew is a scoffer just like James lol.

Works day out, it's alright for some

It's peeing it down here, i hate days like this. I'm also having my hair cut today. What don't you like about your hair?

Yep - he's a pig!!! Hairdresser said blunt cuts were 'in' so I just let him do what he wanted. So it's all one length and I think it looks a bit heavy (my hair's quite thick). I'll give it a few days and if I haven't gotten used to it I'll go back and ask him to cut into it a bit.

Raining here too.

Rozzy - please don't be too despondent. That is pretty much ds2's usual feeding pattern too. I have had a couple of all nighter flukes before and it always reverts back to the usual night wakings. Remember that b/milk is digested pdq so lots of feeds are the norm. It will get better soon - I promise!!
Haircut sounds fab btw!!

I know beany - just feel like we've made no progress at all in the last 5 months!!

I've just put some more pics on of me and the lads.

Oh they're lovely pics leesmum! Your lo looks like he has chubby thighs like mine in that photo where he's sleeping!!

Ds1 and ds2 are at sports club this afternoon and ds3 is in bed so I'm having some much appreciated quiet time!

Thanks Rozzy, yes his thighs are really chunky (just like mummy's) he's not going to be tall but thats no surprise as no-one in our family or DP's family is over 5ft 9ins

well had my haircut and it looks lovely, it's only had a GOOD trim but it needed it. On a good day my hair is similar to kate humble's do only longer.

Rozzy enjoy the peace

Hi all-

Still no keys cost us £68 to replace them al yesterday!!!!

Having my hair cut tomorrow ready for best mates wedding on sunday we all have new outfits ready too so all very exciting here.

Hope everyone is ok,

spk later off to get ready for work- only 2more days then i have a whole week off!!!! yeah

hi all back from work, one more shift to go til week off!!!

Meant to tell you Ds and i have baked a carrot cake today- and i must say is is lovely- not good for weight loss but lovely!!!!

(first attempt at real baking we ususally buy those rubbish character boxes)

{proud emoction}

rozzy and bean am impressed with the bf-sounds hard hard work. i hate having a bad haircut, it can really get you down, hope you're starting to like it rozzy.
gill im constantly in awe of how much you get out with malcolm. so great he's able to be so happy while you do something you like too.
leesmum agree with your comment about the gruffalo. when he came in tonight dh asked me if i'd been reading all the stuff about the wife of the canoeist. not a good question for stroppy tired wife who hasn't sat down all day except to read the potty book for girls five times over and my first book of colours.i don't think he'll be asking that one again.
omy what a bummer dd isn't drinking from a bottle still. how's your other dd doing in croatia? or is she back yet.
feeling a touch guilty, dh's phone has just rung twice with two different people from work trying to contact him. don't know whether should go up and tell him. i think it might all be kicking off at work judging from who called. but he has left his phones downstairs as part of his new family time plan and it is 10.15 fgs.hmmm.
mil is threatening another visit. obviously that's enough to spark a row, never mind her actually staying. am going to prevent her. dd is still really clingy and was freaked out by pil coming down to stay night as she thought it meant i was going back to hospital. ds still goes crazy if you put him down on his back in his cot as he thinks he's about to have something nasty done. he is only managing to stay asleep at night if he sleeps on our chest-not fun. to top it all one of our cats has a full thickness cut through his paw that has needed 2 visits to vet, stitches, anaesthetics, bandages, antibiotics, anti inflammatories and worst of all 10 days kept in. i think they're fleecing us with cost too at vets-thank god we've got insurance.
right phone just rang again. felt so guilty i answered it. dh's colleague was trying to be polite but im sure he wanted me to go and wake dh up although said he didn't. oh bum.

sarah good effort on baking!

Princess, how are you managing if your ds will only sleep on your chest? Are you doing shifts with your dh, or can you doze while ds is asleep? Loads of sympathy, after all you've been through sleep deprivation must be really rough. Great that you found the counseller helpful.

Gill, is your baby sick much? DD is still sick loads, I'm just imagining myself with her in a backpack and the two of us covered in baby sick, oh it wouldn't be a pretty sight . Think I'll stick to front carrying sling for the moment so at least I can reach to clean us both up!

DD is 6 months this week so I guess I had better give her some food! I showed her some carrot and banana today in a baby led weaning style, but she looked completely disinterested. Ah well, maybe I'll whiz up some purees tomorrow and see if we have any success with that. She still has a couple of feeds in the night, but strangely I don't really mind. Night feeds are so quiet and peaceful and snuggly, and I don't know if I'll have any more babies, so I kind of enjoy them. I'm a freak, I know.

Sick - had not thought about that Thursday - tbh am more concerned about hairpulling and eye gouging.

Like the new pics Leesmum especially the boys having a kiss! Is that your new haircut in the garden pic?

Would like to see more pics of mums (with new hairdos if applicable) as it's nice to see what we all look like.

Princess - all sounds like hard work. 10 days at the vets!!! Good thing you are insured, as you say.

night all

Rozzy - LO also likes to be fed ever 2.5/3 hours - and the book says she should be 4 hourly! When I go out for 3-4 hours she is furious when I get back! (she shows this by no eye contact and growling while feeding!)

Princess - no word from DD in croatia - hope that means she is having a great time! Though would like a text at least! How stressful to have a job where they can ring you at 10.30 at night! Our cat had a similar injury - got his paw stuck in a tin can and sliced of the pad of his paw - £400 later is was all better!! (NO insurance!!!) I am not surprised Ferdie wants to sleep on you after his trauma - and yours. Hopefully he will settle down soon so you can get some proper sleep!

Gorgeous pics leesmum - our babies are all so big now!

Sarah - my mouth is watering at the thought of your carrot cake! (must go to gym NOW!)

btw am having a haircut on Monday - mostly because my hair is falling out big time due to BF - so short hair it is!

Gill no that wasn't my new hair-do!! as usual it was put up in a clip out of the way because DS2 loves nothing more tham grabbing a great big handfull and any earings i have on, so "this week i will be mostly wearing my hair up and having no earings in"

I agree with you Gill, it would be lovely to put faces to names, i imagine that all the other mummies are all glamed up and super yummy, while it takes me all my time to put a bit of mascara on lol lol

Omy i see that Leila is also a scoffer, i'm sure your DD is having a great time in Croatia, i remember going to France and Germany when i was in school and mum going hysterical because i didn't ring EVERY night (this was a long time ago before mobiles)

Thursday any luck with the purees? you are right to savour every moment with your lo even if you do have more children, it really does go as quick as everyone says x

Princess i can't blame Ferdie for wanting to snuggle up with you at night, it wont do him any harm in the long run, but i bet it's hard for you to get a proper nights sleep.

Sarah well done on making the cake, me and DS1 like to do rice crispie cakes together, its the easiest and quickest cake to do (lazy mummy)

Take care all xxx

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hullo all. i have only lived in the country/burbs for four days and i have been bitten about 6 times. the nearest walkable shop is twenty min and they close at 6pm! madness. its so quiet i swear it is a much better place to go round knife-criming than south london streetsv .

not an easy move. got some silly virus that means i want to sleep non-stop and cant move neck cause glands so swollen. dd waking a lot at night and i am exhausted but dh took over last night and i went to dr's today am feeling much better. think another night;s sleep and i will be nearly mended. weds night brought dd into bed at 4am just to try to get her to settle while hopefully i could sleep (WHAT? i can never sleep with dd in bed) and she gurgled away happily for ten min, i half snooxed and then lo! a mega nappy buster poo saw me changing linen and cleaning mattess. before reaching for the coffee pot. ooooh grrr.

peace out all. look forward to proper catch up tomo. i'm off to add a tot of whiskey to my hot chocolate ...

Hello, it's the night poster again All is going well here, DH is being a gem, am making lots and lots of RL mum friends (yay), and planning LO's christening, can't decide whether I will get him one of the traditional white frilly dresses!!! think it's maybe gotta be done!!!

leesmum - am NOT glammed up at all! more like thrift shop chic round here, both LO and I are wearing 2nd hand/charity shop clothes because petrol/mortgage/food so blardy expensive these days. At least we are warm and have a roof over our heads. Am at all your tales of haircuts. My last one was only 2 months ago so can't really justify another one yet

Sarah - am outraged at the Farleys milk thing! we are going to have to choose a formula for when I go back to work and I can tell you it will NOT be rip-off Heinz

Gill - has your backpack arrived yet? am excited for you. our friends have one and they LOVE it.

Thursday - I tried LO in a back carry with my wrap the other day - OWWWW how he pulled my hair! I think I did not wrap him v well and he did not feel secure. q cool though that he knows to hang on to me! He also pulled my earring out!

Egg - hope you have fun in Ireland! remember Guinness is good for you! (supposedly )

Beany - know what you mean about going back to work feelings - glad I'm not alone in that, thought I was showing a lack of moral fibre or something but I guess it is a very natural reaction if you have bonded with your dc.

Beany, Gill, rozzy - am still bf as well. the night wakings are an arse though. rozzy do you think your LO is having a growth spurt atm?

Omy - so at your LO sleeping through the night. my LO also growls while feeding if he feels he has been treated unjustly - usually because he suddenly decides he wants to feed NOW NOW NOW and it's not always possible!

princess - glad things are starting to get back on an even keel, I'm sure Ferdie will settle down really soon - babies have amazing recuperative powers. Hang on in there!

tyaca - are you sure you do not have some strange zoonosis from living in a rural area and EEEWWWWW re poo story (we haven't had any poo storiers for at least a week!!) that's one aspect of co-sleeping nobody mentions!!!

...And here I am doing the 2nd feed of the night already sigh - roll on Weaning! DH assures me he will get up in the night to give DS a bottle. I am dubious about this...

Ahhaa the return of the night poster Hi sally its nice to hear from you x when is the christening? we are having DS2's on the 24th of aug.We have got him a white linen suit to wear. i havent seen anything for me yet When do you go back to work?

Tyaca it sound lovely where you're living now. That must have been some poo explosion from lo though, How are you feeling today? any better, you could do without being sick whilst moving though eh? P.S brandy is SO much better in hot chocolate

Well we are off down to Uxridge in a couple of hours so i'll say goodbye to you all now. Take care everyone and i'll take some great holiday pics to show you when we get back. Bye x

have a good time in uxbridge leesmum, hope you get a bit of sun-fingers double crossed.
so glad to have you back online tyaca. a huge bonus to your money saving efforts having no shops. am struggling to think of a positive point for midge bites.-i know, means v unpolluted air. thank goodness you still have a good supply of whisky
we had a superb night last night. dh home early on his new regime. kids both asleep by 6.30. bottle of wine, dvd and yummy food . things def back on track-bound to slide again a bit,what with sleep deprivation, but fantastic now. really looking forward to getting to my friend's engagement this afternoon, even the train journey on my own. have a fab dress to wear which i bought in m and s they have fantastic clothes in there at the mo- i also bought leopard print cardi-fab fab fab. want to look my best dh has called a friend of his to help him out.wonder how they'll manage, they have to take the cat to the vet too...watch this space. just had to stop writing to clean pee off the cupboard doors, floor, baby gymn, socks, baby books...ahh, the good life.
lo started rolling on monday, hasn't repeated it for a few days even with lots of trying but a good start and shows he's on the road to recovery .
we're doing ferdie's 2nd christening type thing-don't what you'd call it in september. must sort it too and street party.

Sallyforth - there's a sleep is for the weak thread going in Sleep topic.

Princess - You've been through a lot but seeing how his illness has traumatized Ferdie must be really hard. I suppose all you can do is give him lots of cuddles.

Omy - my sil could only get her lo to take a bottle initially if she was standing up holding him. Would be easier if you could get her to use a cup though - ds3 loves having a little drink of water from his cup although don't think he would manage a full milk feed!

Sally - lo not having a growth spurt unless it's lasted 5 months!! It's been so reassuring to hear that others lo's are still feeding frequently too! I think I'm going to go back to work officially in December but due to holidays won't actually start until January. So night feeds etc not a problem for quite a while yet.

Sarah - I love carrot cake - like you say not good for the waistline! When I bake with the boys it's generally just a basic sponge or biscuits.

Tyaca - I grew up in the country and my mum and dad still live in the same house. No shops for miles and only around 3 buses per day! Dad works on a farm so they live in one of the cottages but will move when he retires in 3 years time. Do you drive and have a car? Would imagine it might get a bit isolated for you otherwise.

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PIL coming for dinner so better get myself organised!

hello all,

Just popping on- off out with the girld from work tonight!!!! will be a quiet one as have my best friends wedding tomorrow e are so excited about it.

please with my hair cut- will post pics from wedding tomorrow for you all- although i hate having my pics taken!!!

Glad to hear you and DH had a great nite princess,

have great time in uxbridge leesmum,

Hi to everyone else,

good to c u back on here Tyaca

Hope all are well

Am thinking of having a new haircut too! Need to do it soon though as at this rate it will all have fallen out by Christmas. Bah.

Dh's birthday today (50, yikes! ) so have been for a lovely family day out. Am shattered though so am off to bed soon, hope you are all well.

Rozzy - funny that about standing up - I have the same situation - LO is better at taking the bottle of I am walking around! Very tricky to do that, hold LO and hold bottle! (she holds it for a few secs then drops it!) she took 2 oz yesterday and I was ecstatic. Today only took 1/2 oz though - seems to depend on her mood when I offer it. She really loves holding her sippy cup too but only has a tiny bit from it.

Princess - so nice to hear you had a good night. LO has not rolled but - guess what - she managed a bit of crawling today! It is hilarious to see her bum up in the air as she struggles along with her face on the floor! Her arm muscles need strengthening! Hope you have a great time out at your friend's engagement - no doubt your DH will be thrilled to see you when you return!

Tyaca - hope you are feeling better - whiskey in hot choc - I must try that!