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!!!!

welcome back egg-

Ginger you are probably wasting your time re- calling heinz about the price of farleys now- I called a week ago and was told its because they have added a new ingredient to stop constipation- it is expensive to supply apparently-

i also informed them that DD not constipated so what would happen to her tummy- got not solid answer-

i have today bought Hipp organic follow on milk(from 6months) as i completely refuse to pay £3 per tim more to heinz- just hope dd takes to it!! i think they will regret the price hike!!!!

How did u get on????

Aitch is a MNNer who advocates blw via a blog, princess
We have started putting ds4 into highchair for a meal to see how he gets on (doesnt seem to ingest much, made more progress with chips than anything else).

I think people take weaning too seriously... put me down in the seriously lax mom camp, ds4 rolled off bed months ago, Alkar.

Sally - creaky door impressions here too! Tried some BLW yesterday! she had a good suck on a nectarine and later a sweet potato. Banana today. So far I have coped with the rare gagging - rather than panicking and turing her upside down!

Alkar - diving off the sofa is a specialty - LO keeps trying to do it and so far I have caught her... but any day now....

Lucy - I am seriously thinning on top - also happened with other 2 but is such a pain! There is hair everywhere!

For the last 2 nights LO has made a fuss about getting to sleep - (cried for ages) so tonight I have out her to bed earlier to see if it was overtiredness. So far no crying....but plenty of growling!

'aitch' is the mum who set up 'babyledweaning.com' blog and forum. Great site.

Princess - am shattered just reading your post! To lazy to cook dinner tonight so DD2 had a toasted sandwich at the gym and I have had a flapjack and a nectarine! Will prob have a choc craving later on tho...
Tried LO in the baby pool today but she was not impressed - too noisy! - loud echoing screams of delighted youngsters..

Thursday - I bought a high chair yesterday!!! It was a seminal act definitely. Ikea 11.99 - brill, though of course I couldn't resist a few other nick nacks....£50 later I escaped from the shop!

Egg - screaming for an hour!!! Poor you. Hope they settle down soon.

Sarah - LOL at your 'no solid answer' pun!

no luck with Heinz, told much the same thing. I asked if they'd had many complaints and she said'a few'!! I asked about it upsetting ds she said it might for a few days and then he'd be fine. so, more money and it upsets your baby, great! They didn't even offer me some vouchers!

ginger- i have searched mumsnet and there are lots of complaints- we will not be buying anymore- they have lost my custom completely- i have used farleys for both my DC's but not happy at all!!!!

After reading some of the threads on here the milk is totally different- maybe you might want to have a read!!!!

omy- no pun intended!!!

Hello!! Done my best to scan what I've missed!! Don't get on the laptop at the mo and totally hooked on reruns of the last series of er so keep forgetting to log on in the mornings!!

Leesmum - yes I have got that problem with my boobs!! They've just reduced to nothing and look like someones scooped the middle out of them. Have started using my boob cream again from avon which is great but just waiting for time to catch up with them!! I seem to remember last time that they did regain some of their bounce at some point!! Till then its uplift bras and chicken fillets all the way!! No leaking though so i spose I should be grateful!!

Lots of sleepness nights - hope this calms down as it's horrible. With ds1 he didn't sleep through the night for at least the first year consistently. Even tho he didn't feed at night he used to wake up and need rocking to sleep. Ds2 on the other hand I've decided is our angel child who sleeps right through with no problem. I thank my lucky stars every day for this amongst other things as he's just the most chilled out little man in the world!

We;ve started weaning. We're doing traditional purees here and he loves it. So far pear and swede and butternut squash seem to be the faves. He has a veg and now a little fruit at lunch while I wean him off his milk feed and fruit at tea time with some water - well I say water what he actually drinks of it!! Next week sees the introduction of chicken!! Sad but I love this bit. I just love planning what he's gonna eat and see his reactions and stuff!!

No rolling here although he is trying. He'll sit on my lap and on the sofa bolstered with cushions but not on his own yet - think that's quite some time off. No teeth but plenty of dribbling!!! I was quite relaxed with ds1 and employed the philosphy of he'll do it when he's ready cause otherwise you just get worried about everything. To be honest I would say anything they're doing physically and movement wise before 6mths is a bonus rather than a must. I try and put him on his tummy each day but he just trys to eat the carpet!!

We had near hysteria at our preschool today as loads of the kids are leaving this term to start big school. Ds1 was really confused by it all - parents crying not really the best bless them!! Thank god I still have him in nursery - idea of the next 6 wks to occupy him myself is too frightening!!

goo dto see you count- your not alone i love weaning too!!!!

Glad to hear all is well with your family xxxx

Thanks for putting the wedding pics up Sarah - nice to see you and family!

My bushbaby has arrived! Pics on my profile

we've been to the docs today after 3 days of diarrohea (LO not me) He still seems fine in himself - well, happyish but not quite as lively as usual and more clingy. Doc prescribed some diarolyte which we have got down him so hopefully tomorrow better.

Princess how was your scary day?

my god- its been quiet on here today-

We have spent the day at Burnham on sea- somerset- had a great tome - DC'c loved it- i however have sunburn and am tired from the 3 hr driving!!!!

Off tobed will put pics on tomorrow - nite all xxx

helo, it was a nice day yesterday wasn't it?I got sunburned too! also ate unfeasably large quantities of ice cream! oops.

Sorry not been about much lately, have managed to post a couple of times on other threads but because I got so far behind on this one I keep thinking I will wait and then do a proper catch up post and never do .

Hope everyone is ok. We are now the proud owners of the longest running problem sleeper the night nanny has dealt with. Think we might be cracking it finally as she has had two nights without 10pm feed and last night slept til 5am, cried for 5 mins and back to sleep til after 7am! The night before she had cried 3 times but not for v long, but night before that it was a WHOLE HOUR .

Both babies horribly snotty. The nose suction thing is certainly one of the best buys I ever made! It gets used about 8 times a day at the mo.

So, I went away for a week and then had to spend 3 days catching up on all your posts.

Princess - I think you should have a MASSIVE strop at your dh and tell him to be more supportive.

dd is now sitting on her own and is about to start crawling; she can move herself across a room at alarming speed but it is more shuffling and sliding than actual crawling. I am trying to discourage movement as much as poss - there is clearly Much Trouble in store. She is a delight, though; smiling and laughing all the time

I also keep saying 'mama, mama' at her but no words yet. Her first word had better not be 'dada'...

Oh, Egg - and anyone else with sleep probs - I know someone who used a company called mill pond to sort out their ds's sleep difficulties. They say the money it cost them was the best they ever spent.

I think this is it

DD is 24 weeks old today- 6months have gone far to quickly-!!!!

Hi everyone hope all is well with you all-

am guessing everyone is out enjoyning the sun shine

new pics also on profile if any one is interested !!!

Lovely pics Sarah! And Gill I love your pics too. I always giggle at the old one with Mal's hair sticking up! I bought a 2nd hand rucksack as I am too mean to spend much! I hope it works OK! I will be trying it out in the lakes in a couple of weeks.

Bessie - glad your LO is such a delight!

Leila had 3rd lot of jabs today and she was NOT impressed!

Egg - at least you know it wasn't your fault that DD wasn't sleeping through! If it had been too easy you might have been a bit miffed!

Isn't it quiet at the moment? What a scorcher it was today. We're off camping in Swanage this weekend - hopefully will be more successful than the attempt in Devon.

Haven't given up doing the weigh-in btw just no had any good news to post on it!

Do you get your money back if it the nanny doesn't work Egg? (not that it will not work of course...) We had a happy little man waking up to have a chat and play with us at 2 this morning....

me again on to moan after an awful night - up twice but the second time he just would not shut up and was chatting away for an hour before going back to sleep. I've got a really sore throat so no doubt coming down with a cold and feel none too psyched about the throught of packing the car and driving for hours now. DS still got horrible nappies and a runny nose Argh.

Moan over - sorry.

Oh Gill that sounds cack. It is so so much harder being woken at night when you are feeling rough anyway.

Good news is DD slept from 7 til 6:45 without a peep and took a proper feed when she got up. So the night nanny's work is now done. No money back if they fail unfortunately, as they have still done the time...

We are off to the zoo today, am a bit nervous as obv will need to do two milk feeds per baby as well as solids lunch while out, but am meeting up with my sis who can help me (although she has 3 of her own but they are older so can feed themselves!). Am also worried as weather was supposed to be good, but now looks like rain .

are you hiding from someone?

hope the rain stays off and it goes smoothly. Excellent news about DD! Hopefully that will be all of her troubles out of the way until the teenage years.....

DP is being a bit more help at the mo - I suggested he get DS up in the morning and entertain him while getting ready for work which gives me an extra half hour or so in bed.

Hi everyone. The threads been pretty quiet this week! Lucky for me actually as I thought it would take me days to catch up with everyones news!! Been a bit hectic here keeping dc entertained in the holidays and trying to do lots of exercise in an attempt to shift the last of the weight.

Egg I thought it was going to be nice here today too but it's not. Trip to a park with a little zoo has been put off until a nicer day and dh is going to take ds1 and ds2 to see walle whilst ds3 and I hit the shops! Good news on dds sleeping - hope it lasts for you!

I have also had a few better nights. The last 2 nights ds3 has skipped his 10pm feed. He then reverts back to 3 hourly so I'm still up twice but it just feels soooo good to have made some progress! Solids going ok - taking it slowly but it is making a difference not only to his night time sleep but he's also not cluster feeding in the afternoon which is a big relief.

Hope you enjoy the camping Gill and start feeling better soon. Horrible nappies and runny noses can be a sign that teeth are on the way!

Sarah - sunburn again!! You must remember to look after yourself as well as dc

Beany - somehow I remember your section was booked for 22nd Jan so your ds must be 6 months old this week? Time is going so fast isn't it!!

Omy - hope Leila is ok after her jabs.

Bessie - glad you're enjoying your lo - this is a lovely stage I think.

Off to pack a bag for going out later - gone are the days when I could just pick up my purse and keys and go out!!

have fun at the shops rozzy. Malc is also 6 months this week - tomorrow in fact

Have bought a snot sucker in sainsbury's. My life now feels fairly complete (or at least it will once I have sucked snot out of his nose. Earlier this week I scraped poo out of his nappy and into a sample pot so there's not much left to experience)

Happy half year Malcolm. I can't believe how quickly time is flying by - sad in a way that I'll never have another little baby but I do love this stage. I've always avoided those snot sucker things - I'm quite squeamish about things like that. Can't remember if I said before but your story about sending your dp a photo of Malcolms impressive poo made me laugh!

If anyone needs some new bf bras debenhams have got some hugely reduced. I got a pack of 2 reduced from £25 to £7.50. Nothing fancy but they'll do the job! Also if you go onto their website you can download a voucher for 20% off which you can use until Tuesday.

Hope everyone has a fab weekend.