Dec 2007: Gummy grins give way to teething tyrants

[claraquitetirednow]

How about this?

Clairy - If you are worried about your DC sleeping habits, is there a sleep clinic in your local area you can go to?

oh gosh no he didn't know I was expressing - he's not some kind of BF fetishist, or at least i don't think he is! He just wanted to use the lab I have been allocated for expressing and for some reason he was able to open the locked door. He is quite a good friend so I don't really mind and he didn't actually see my boob so i can live with it!

BTW anyone else expressing (suey - you are, aren;'t you)? Do you find you get a lot more milk now? I actually have to stop when milk is still squirting out because I completely fill a 9oz bottle in about 5 minutes flat! I thought milk production was supposed to go down once they're on solids...

clara - I also conceived really quickly (first month both times) so I suppose I shouldn't worry but you just never know what is round the corner - i know a couple who conceived their first straight away and then it took 5 years for number 2 (then started trying again when no. 2 was 6 months in case it took another 5 years and conceived straight away!). But I completely know what you mean - I am also glad I have a small age gap between my two but absolutely don't want another small age gap - in fact I love the idea of a big age gap now so I can still have my baby at home when the other two have flown the nest

loucee - my plan exactly - BF until DS is one and then a year off - we can try to be on the same antenatal thread next time too! 18 months from now shall we say? make sure you put it in your diary!!

suey - well done to Millie! Is she all proud of herself?

amani - that does sound like something off the Waltons, and never mind giving them to the neighbours - good excuse for a cakefest i say

clairey - it's always the way isn't it? Those that criticise or patronise are the people who are feeling really bad/insecure themselves. I feel quite sorry for her now as it sounds like she is trying to make herself feel more on top of things by giving advice

Amani that's the thing, I'm not especially worried about it, just going with it for now and hoping he'll get easier to settle as he gets older. Having said that of course I wouldn't object to a full nights sleep!

Skid/Loucee That's kind of the plan I'd like too. Now to persuade dh it is a good idea!

Skid wow am very impressed by your expressing prowess!

Skid - if you knew how much junk food I ate this weekend, you would be hiding the cakes from me instead...

MM - Sorry your BIL is still being a pain! Sounds like you'll be working hard if they are just getting temps in and your boss's leaving, have they got a replacement lined up?

Skid - it was Hipp Organic carrot and sweetcorn - just a freebie I got.

For all I was saying about not knowing what I was doing with regards to weaning, I feel like it is getting easier.

Sorry had to cut that short!
Ds has finally got the idea of food and is now attacking meals with gusto - still doing a mix of spoon feeding and BLW, he does gets frustrated at times with feeding himself and the spoon feeding helps, but he always has his own spoon and I load it up to allow him to feed himself (as well as decorate the room!).
He has just had some fusili bolognaise for his tea!

Skid - so did your colleague ask to taste your BM

Amani - send me some Fairy Cakes

Louise - IKWYM about being a crap mum - I've gone through days feeling exactly like that, like last week. But it diesn't mean it is true. I just think we are under so much pressure to bring up our kids in a certain way, there is so many scare stories on things like baby walkers, eating junk food, kids out of control etc., that we are constantly second guessing ourselves. And there is an element of competetive mum syndrome amongst some of the M&B groups I go to - in fact I stopped going to one because I felt very uncomfortable breastfeeding as I was the only one and I found I was being subtly snubbed by all but a couple of mums (who I'm friendly with as I see them in other groups). It was only one out of the 4-5 groups I go to, so no skin off my nose

Oh I should say, I think it is probably worse for us first timers - or am I wrong?

yep skid you are so right! i find that by monday after not expressing as much thurs to sun i have less when i express on monday at work. but by weds- full on! I guess their needs decrease with the solids, but expressing keeps it up IYKWIM. Glad it is working well for you- i am planning to get a load in the freezer- i reckon that when we go on holiday in august and i am not expressing it will drop significantly and i don't know whather it will come back up or not. We'll see.

Oh MM- i had hoped the BIL had taken the hit and pissed off. Well, at least you don't have to talk to him i suppose- but not a nice atmosphere.

macdoodle- glad you are better!

oh, re next child- i am a bit of an old boiler so if it continues to go well with millie i guess wee will start trying again at the beginning of next year- took us 6 months to get PG with millie

I would love another baby but as H and I now seperated it would have to be another accident ...or another man ...and I am no spring chicken either

Hello again everyone, I am not even going to try to catch up with you all this time so I hope you are all okay and everyone's poorly little ones are better now!

Evie has been poorly too, she started with a cough in the night at the beginning of last week. Then came the temperature. Then the snot. She was just so unlike her usual self and it was awful . Thankfully she seems better now though although the cough is still lingering a little. Not sure if it was her 3rd injections (the week before), teeth or just a cold.

She cut a 3rd tooth on the bottom last week and another bottom one and 2 front top ones are also pushing - poor thing. I think one of the top ones has broken through today - can't believe she's getting them so quickly - DS1 didn't get his first tooth until he was her age!

I can't believe how fast the time has flown this year - its DD's half-year birthday tomorrow (is she the youngest of the group?). Doesn't seem 5 minutes since we were comparing our early pg symptoms!

Special Hi's to MixedMama (welcome back) and JewelsandJems(welcome!).

Poor DD2 has such a sore bottom today. Fourth tooth about half through so could be that - lots of nasty runny poos. We had a very broken night last night too - at least its school hols here so didn't matter so much that DD1 was woken a couple of times.
And on the teeth front DD1 very proud to be sporting her first wobbly tooth! Quite last to loose first tooth at 6.5 I think?
Just hosted a coffee morning for mums with babies born around here between Nov and Jan - really nice to have a good gossip about babies! We meet every 2 weeks and move around our houses, this week was my turn.

Hi Jewels, welcome.

Me too Macdoodle - altho must admit I'm quite happy to have two, thought I'd only ever have one

Sorry that should be been "quite late"...

Hi - I am a bit late on the band wagon here but eager to swap ideas etc. My DD was born on the 29th Dec. I am loving this age - being able to tumble on her mat together and making her laugh.

Have been inspired by your BLW enthusiasm. DId you start with carrots and Brocolli etc? I had never even heard of it before this. We are the first of our friends to have a baby so am feeling like I am waddling through parenting myself.

Hello wheresmyhat and welcome!
If you want to find out more about BLW check this website out by our very own Aitch!

Morning ladies,

Thanks for all the BIL support, resigned to the fact he is an ass and that isnt going to change so just cant be bothered expendign the energy.

Anyway - please dont anyone feel like bad mums, as Suey said the fact that we even bother with parenting websites etc points to the fact we care. Plus we are none of us super human and cannot get everything the way we want it all of the time and in RL lets face it people are not very open to admitting they get it wrong so it just makes us feel crap.

Hugs to everyone.

Hello everyone

Thanks for all the nice messages - eveyone on here is so nice and it feels easier to open up on here than it does to people in RL even though that makes no sense!!

I'm feeling slightly better today as dd and I had a lovely day together yesterday - she was really smiley, had 3 naps and was sitting up on her own for long periods. It's as if she knows I am feeling down! She also slept until 6am instead of 5am today so that's better.

I'm trying to sort out my return to work at the moment so maybe that's what's making me anxious. I'm planning to return on 2nd October and hoping to speak to my boss this afternoon to confirm. I'm only working 16 hrs over 2 days so I'm hoping that will allow me to have the best of both worlds - that's the plan anyway....

Welcome wheresmyhat! It's never too late to join!

Amani - I could help you out with eating your fairy cakes!

BT - re first time mums - I think second time round you are just less likely to worry about things as much, either because you don't have time/energy or because you know it'll probably all work out ok in the end. We're having lots and lots of sleeping problems at the moment but I am not nearly as anxious as I was the first time round as I know dd1 eventually grew out of all her sleeping problems and now sleeps very well. I assume - probably wrongly! - that dd2 will do the same. Eventually.....

Welcome wheresmyhat (and where is it?). I think BouncingTurtle is the one to ask about brocolli!! I usually spoon feed my dd pureed fruit, veg etc with some pasta etc but also give her things like strips of toast to chew on. Ask away - it must be fairly daunting if you don't know too many other mums with baby's the same age as yours.

BT - re first time mums - I think second time round you are just less likely to worry about things as much, either because you don't have time/energy or because you know it'll probably all work out ok in the end. We're having lots and lots of sleeping problems at the moment but I am not nearly as anxious as I was the first time round as I know dd1 eventually grew out of all her sleeping problems and now sleeps very well. I assume - probably wrongly! - that dd2 will do the same. Eventually.....

Welcome wheresmyhat (and where is it?). I think BouncingTurtle is the one to ask about brocolli!! I usually spoon feed my dd pureed fruit, veg etc with some pasta etc but also give her things like strips of toast to chew on. Ask away - it must be fairly daunting if you don't know too many other mums with baby's the same age as yours.

i have given broccoli as finger food and pureed. sweet potato and carrot is a favorite though. May try spinach next.

wheremyhat - I felt the same when I had dd1- infact its only now that I am dd3 that other friends have started to reproduce.

hi everyone

welcome wheresmyhat - we are kind of doing BLW - Ds has slivers of toast and then bits of veg/fruit mostly - mango, banana, sweet potato - we trid broccoli and carrot but he wasn;t too keen. I would say just try everything and see what he likes..

hi beckle - sorry Evie isn't well - they do seem to change their personality completely when they're under the weather, don;t they? Hope she's back on form for her half birthday tomorrow!

buzzy poor your DD2 as well and congrats to your DD1 -how funny they are both teething at the same time as it were

bouncing - glad your DS has finally taken to food - mine has too - isn't it a relief? I think it might take a while for ex BF babies who are fed totally demand, as ours both were, to come around to eating in such a different way - don;t know if that's true but I like to dream up theories to explain every aspect of my children's behaviour!

suey - are you and DH going on holiday just the two of you in August? I would LOVE to do that although DH and I went away for a long weekend when DD was 9 months and I cried everyday because I missed her so much - did my poor DH's head in! I'm sure you won't be as pathetic as me though!

My DH is doing my head in atm - sometimes he seems so heartless. I rang him just now to ask him something and DS was screaming in the background, really properly screaming and DH was laughing and saying, you'll have to speak up I can't hear you through this racket so i said I'd wait while he picked Milo up and he said, no you're alright he's always like this. Maybe I'm being oversensitive (you can tell me!) but if DS is screaming I would always pick him up and try to make him feel better. He hardly ever cries so it's not as if that means carting him round all day. I don't think DS crying makes him feel anything at all whereas it provokes an immediate emotional reaction in me - maybe it's because I'm a woman? Am I being ridiculous? I just hate being at work thinking that DH is letting him scream when all he has to do is pick him up and he will stop.

ha skid- DH would love it to be just the 2 of us! No, the three of us are off for 3 weeks.

welcome wheresmyhat

suey - so why would your milk supply go down then?