January 08 shiny new - year babies , night night sleep tight - yeah right !!

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Thought as there were no objections and we were at 950 i would get us all a new thread

Lucky - DD2 is quite clingy aswell - putting it down to teething. Can see two white blobs very clearly and just can't wait for the teeth to emerge, hopefully life will get easier after that...

MM - when u off to Tukey?

Ben is also very clingy at the moment - maybe it's just a phase?

Has anyone else found their DCs much better behaved for their DPs than for them? I find Ben is a lot happier (i.e. whinges and cries a lot less) and is a lot less clingy when DH is around. It's nice in a way, and I think DH really appreciates it, but it can be very tough as well! Ben was being whingy tonight while I was trying to feed him and DH was cooking the dinner. He wouldn't take his food from me, but would from DH (with smiles to boot as well!). In the end we had to swap so I cooked dinner and DH fed Ben. Worked a treat

Boobswise, my milk went "off" when Ben was about 17 weeks old - no idea why, just practically turned to water. I wound down my expressing between 17 weeks to 20 weeks from 4 times a day to twice a day, then once a day, then once every two days, and then I left it - the peaked after about a week, then went down and have stayed down ever since. If I squeeze there's still a tiny bit of clear liquid that comes out, but that's all.

Naetha - Can we swap boobs then! lol.
Yeh DD is definatly a perfect child for DP, whenever he walks in the room she smiles and stares at him as though i'm no longer there.

Good morning lady I am working all day from 8-6 today to cover the other lady - this is the 3rd time i have had to do this... cant wait for her to be gone and start my new hours and just get into a routine.

Amani - We are off on 31 July until 31 August and honestly I cannot wait and DH even said last night that he is really looking forward to it. A friend of the family on FB just commented on my boys and saying she cant wait to see us this year... it is going to be fab cos not only is our house going to be full of people as my whole family that lives here plus one of my best friends are all going, but my dads cousins also have holiday homes on this island and all of our houses are in my great aunties garden. There will be kids and I am hopign this will encourage DS1 to speak more Turkish, he is very good but when he hears it all the time it will help I hope.

Going to potty train whilst we are there - fingers crossed it all goes well.

The caretaker / tenants who live in the downstairs part of our house are having a baby in August so excited to see a newborn again.

Weaning - I again gave the baby rice a go at the weekend and DS2 is just not having it. But, he seems to not be completely satified with the formula anymore. Do you guys give milk first or food first? Also with BLW - the idea sounds quite appealing and far less hassle that making purees but i am worried that in the first instance DS2 wont be eating anything cos they lick and stuff first I think, and then i worry about choking. Any tips.

Also joining you on the sleeplessness front, not DS2 who is sleeping perfectly but DS1 who just will not settle and is crazy hyper until 11.30 last night when he eventually took himself off to bed. Any help appreciated.

Hi all

Lovely weather today. Going to play in garden for most of it as DS not got playgroup today.Is closed on tuesdays.

Mixed mama - have not weaned DD yet but i remember with DS giving milk first until he got to nearly a year or so. Don't know if you have looked at Aitch's blog on BLW. Can't do link sorry, crap at computers but google it and it should come up. Re choking if stuff is quite soft ie toast, steamed apples, over ripe pear etc should help. Aitch also says make things chip sized i think. However DD not quite ready yet so sure I will have same worries in a few weeks!!

I am also potty training at same time as you but unfortunately not going to turkey!! We are going to Holland for 2 weeks.

mixed m maybe he doesn't like the baby rice. DS never did , have you tasted it ? Vile.

I gave ds pureed fruit / veg and he loved it tastes much nicer. I am just trying dd with really boiled veg to start with and the piece of broccoli she had she sucked for ages then spat it out. Loads of good stuff on Aitch's blog though!

No sleep again last night hence whinging loads this morn have just got some calgel so off to try that

OK ladies. Alek SLEPT THROUGH last night for the first time ever. I thought I would try a dream feed again, it didn't work when I was BF but this time I gave him about 4 oz bottle at 11pm and he slept til 7!

For the first time since I was pregnant I did not have to get up in the small hours, either for a wee or to feed the LO. I did of course wake up a couple of times, and it's a shame that DH gets up at 5.45 on a school day and I never really settle after that.

We're going to Bulgaria in 5 weeks time for a month. Haven't got DS's passport yet .

Angechica of all your last post.

Ange - Hooray! That's fab. Don't worry about the weight. It'll go eventually. I'm still about 2 stones worth of curvaceous! Doctor says it won;t go until I've stopped feeding. Am doing some sit ups and stuff, but not much. Sabela is out of 3-6 months too, mainlu because she's so long. She's still only a little girl weight-wise. Unlike her mummy!

Frag - what a brilliant idea for a present. I'd LOVE to have a massage at the moment. I feel like an achy old crone most days. Birthday is on 12 July ... we're going to have an inaugural barbecue in the garden!

Lucky - hope you're feeling better today.

Nicky - hooray for sleep!

JKS - about the firenegine! what a lovely idea. Nice mummy!

Simpson - LOL at leek ... and rusk! My dad gave me the 'every four hours is charatcer building' speech. Myself ROFL... I don't want to listen to her crying!

MixedM - woo hoo for Turkey. It was a good match.

Naetha - LOL over noise. My MIL was obsessed that everyone had to be really quiet around Sabela but in fact noise doesn't bother her one bit - apart from clapping and sneezing for some reason, which she hates.

Gingeme - I am constantly amazed at your home improvements! Do you have arolling programme?

Filly - Sabela's had ultra clingy phases too. They come and go. She was having a really clingy phase when we bought her high chair but she loves it and ithelps a lot. I think thet chair and mummy's arms are bothe quite high, which she likes. Nosey parker!

Well, Sabela's lack of sleep and meltdown at bathtime on Saturday turned into a 39 degree fever on Sunday and the hospital on Monday morning. We went to the GP early on Monday morning and he couldn't find any cause of the fever so he sent us up to the hospital. They did 100 tests and found a urinary tract infection. She's on antibitoics and had to stay in until 7pm for monitoring. day but she was a very good girl being extremely patient even though the murse did some of the tests wrong, leaving her little girl bits very red and sore. She even found the ECG machine amusing!

IT was a bit like taking the car in for an MOT because they found all sorts of little things 'wrong'. They say the'll all resolve themsleves but she has a tiny little hernia in her belly button, a heart murmur and, (although I don't think so AT ALL) a bit of a flat head. I think the consultant is just being trendy. She has a big bump at the back of her head and it's very cute and bald!

Glad to be home though. Fingers crossed for no more drama.

losing the will to live today... both dd's driving me up the wall...

sending you - and DDs - chill out vibes.

good catch up susie

agree re gingeme's diy plans, come round here when you're done!

henry being a pukey baby today

wouldnt feed properly this morning, fed at bf group, then puked up all over my shirt, trousers & chair. even managed to get round my bum how?!
was starting to dry off - but smelling of milk, yuk, when hey ho he did it again! more yellowy stuff rather than milk, nice.
so gave up and came home.
he slept for 3 hours, bliss, just woke up and has puked twice already. more yellow gunk.
any ideas??

my 2 theories are a) he has a cold so all the snot is making him puke? attractive thought i know.
or b) i had chicken garlic kiev for dinner and it's upset him? sure i've had it before and he's been fine but this was a different brand....
or he's really ill, will stop me going to orchestra (with a new babysitter tonight of course) and keep me up all night when dh is of course away.....

ho hum...

amani - chilling vibes to you and your dd's. am only chilled myself cos ds1 is at nursery

Kustkeepswimming if hes anything like my lot it'll be number 3. Things always go wrong as soon as dh steps out the door to go to work. Sometimes I long for 7pm when the boys are all in bed
Lol at my DIY. Its called having a willing dh who just so happens to be on annual leave
He is currently doing the second coat in the boys room after I have done the first. We will share the pappering and painting in the hallway next week. Combining it with keeping little hands entertained in between.
Then all is left is the kitchen which realy just needs new paint and something on the floor. Were thinking floor tiles as they are easy to lay and not as expensive as lino.
Had a spring clean of the boys toys too. Put them on freecycle. Trouble is Im getting loads of emails about the same thing. Does get a tad confusing.
Looking forward to our meet up next week Who's coming for sure? 11am at the V&A museum right?

i'm coming
just with ds2 tho.

so do i keep feeding ds2 when he just throws up loads every time?
i am sat with 3 muslins & a big blanket to try and catch the puke! am running out of trousers....

will have to see if he goes down at bedtime allright otherwise will have to cancel sitter

Susie - sorry to hear that Tamara was so ill.When DD was about 14 weeks we ended up in hosp with her as she was being sick all the time and was getting dehydrated (no wee). Hooked onto drip to hydrate her v scary!!

JKS - Are you totally bfing? If you are I would keep feeding her even though she may bring some/all up. If you give any formula at all we were adviced to water it down say 3 scoops for 5 ozs water. Hope you don't need to cancel sitter though. A good nights sleep may help LO.

Have to go and feed DD as is squeaking, then she is going to bed...

all fine here.

me too trying on weight loss not much luck - but if you crave alittle sugar in the late afternoon i am having ice gems only 98 cal a pack - so very good really

charlie cradle cap is molting on her sheets looks yuk

me still ok for vand a [grin[

yes simpson totally bf here so just carried on feeding him. he kept down his 'tv'/before bath feed so i thought maybe we were turning a corner, then started kicking off during ds1's storytime, i tried to get him to hang on but he ended up puking it all up again, all over pjs and sleeping bag so change and he had another feed and is now asleep [fingers crossed emoticon needed], so am planning to go out. just hope new sitter (a boy, my first male sitter!) isn't too freaked out if henry wakes up and starts puking everywhere...

he's under strict instructions to call me if any probs and i'm only 5 mins away & his mum is 4 doors down so SHOULD be ok......

right microwave has pinged - only get time for ready meals on a tues if i want to get to orchestra at a reasonable time.

sorry, for me me me posts this evening!

Mixedmama - DD hates babyrice but stuffs all the other stuff down her so fast I don't think it touches the sides!! lol

Susie - sorry to hear sabela had to go through all that. Poor little mite.

Bit better today - went to my mums for the ritual tea on Tuesday!
DD is going to stay with them on Thurs cos their going for a cruise on Saturday and as both of us have colds I thought it would be nice for them to spend some time with her and also help us recover from the colds. Plans for Thurs are DVD and a takeaway and (on mums suggestion) glass of whisky/brandy.

Had some really sad news today that I just don't know how to deal with. My uncle's wife (so auntie) is pregnant and had her 20 week scan on Friday. They've found an abnormality with the head. Aparently the brain should form a rugby ball shape but its formed a ball shape (I dont know what that means) but they've decided on a termination. She has to go in for a pill tomorrow and go back on thursday for them to stop the heartbeat and her to deliver.
I don't know what to say or do for them as this is the 2nd baby they've lost. The first was an MC at 10 weeks. So far I just haven't said anything but I dont know if I should be txting or ringing or what.
Apparently he is beside himself and making hardly any sense to anyone and she has locked herself in her bedroom.

Absolutely exhausted after an insanely busy day here, and then my laptop went into
'emergency hibernate powersave mode' just as I finished catching up, so sorry if I forget anything....

Lucky - sorry to hear about the colds but enjoy Thurs If you can face it, it would probably be nice to call your uncle and just tell him how sorry you are and ask if you can help - I'm sure it would be appreciated. I suspect the worst thing in these situations is that everyone gets too scared to talk/offer to help so people end up feeling really abandoned....

Katie - hope orchestra was good? What do you play? Am very impressed with the being sick, although I can clearly remember the last time Tamara managed to get puke so all over me that I even had to change my knickers whilst remaining amazingly clean herself! Although yesterday's explosive poo (including clumps up my arms and over the carpet!!) was pretty impressive...so glad she is baby #2 and I was that little bit calmer about dealing with it...and that we've got a very large sink in her room that I can dump her in when she has poo from her ankles to her armpits !!

Susie - amazing catchup! And even more impressively you sound so calm after what must have been a very stressful hospital trip? Very impressive for a pfb! Is she any better on the meds?

Gingeme - can I please book you in for after Susie and JKS? I've got a good dh who is pretty handy, but I can't imagine us repapering the hallway or relaying the kitchen floor in the relaxed way you mention it !! The boys all sound like they're doing so well - who will you be bringing along next week? I always go for the best email on freecyle - I even add 'please send a polite email' to my offered posts as I hate the "I want it, here's my phone number" responses....

Amani - (((hugs))) - I know the feeling But then other days are so good its worth it...maybe ?!

Ange - brilliant!!! Well done!! Dream feeds soooo rock - although DH randomly decided on Saturday night that Tamara should be weaned off her dream feed now (?? ) so cut her down to 2ozs when she usually has about 5 and then got to lie in bed on Sunday morning murmuring 'fathers day' when I had to deal with her at 6am!!! ....

Naetha (and everyone else) - I'm still leaky (and sleeping on a towel as it seems worse at night) but no longer have rock solid lumpy breasts...hurrah! I think it takes a whilst to stop the leaking

Simpson - LOL at the MIL...my mother keeps on telling me how I was a 4 hour baby from birth and down to 4 feeds a day (including night) by this age.......it got right up my nose after ds1 (and the bit where she keeps on telling me how we shouldnt have a routine as its too limiting and I was a really flexible baby....) but now its (almost) water off a ducks back!

Started weaning on baby rice 2 days ago..Tamara wasn't very interested but today suddely had a couple of small spoons of rice. The trick (I think) is to give 1 or 2 ozs of feed, followed by food, followed by rest of milk, so the baby is hungry enough to eat the food but not starving hungry IYSWIM. Anyway, ds insisted on trying the baby rice and has decided its horrible...so I think all of you may have a point (although ds loved it when he was a baby) so I may try apple tomorrow morning.

OK, I've wittered on for ages...this is the problem with being on my own all evening because dh is working Unfortunately a big case he's been working on for a year has just started in court so he's in there all day and then doing all the rest of his work afterwards - I don't think the kids are going to see much of him for the next few weeks....and me neither Time for a hot bath and a large g&t xxx

Nicky - know what you mean about the cradle cap...ds's was all over the place and it was a bit grim,but it does clear up in time...

filly - clarinet. had a few years after school when i didn't play & felt so guilty for the expense my parents went to so really glad to be using it regularly now. just termtimes, with a couple of concerts a year, and several socials
trying to organise a pottery painting one for a few weeks time.
well, went out, ds2 woke up crying at 8.30, sitter called me, i rushed home, worrying about puke all over poor teenage boy!, by the time i got home he had got henry back to sleep i was impressed! he doesn't have babies in his house and he's a 15yr old boy, just goes to show that teenagers aren't all like they say on the news.....
so i went back to orch for the rest of it

henry had his usual 4.30am feed, tom woke at 5, grr, then henry had the worst ever bf nappy i have ever seen at 6, so thinking he may have got rid of whatever the problem was....
not wanting another feed yet this morning tho so will see.

susie - don't think i said, but poor you on hosp visit, is all ok now?

lucky - that's so sad for your uncle and aunt. i agree, best to say something, even if you only say i don't know what to say
saw other thread re learning, have you looked for a sing and sign class near you? i did it with tom (from about 6/7/8 months) and we still use some signs now, will def do it again with H if i can fit it in. really reduced frustration on both sides. you do have to stick with it and use the signs at home, most of the other mums i know didn't and therefore didn't get much benefit.
you can get 2 dvds of it, i have them and could try copying them (ssshhh) for you? bit early to start just yet but the songs are good fun anyway.
re stories, well H just gets to join in story time with T but we started T pretty early - lots of people laughed at us but he loves books now.
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back lter, bfast time

spoke too soon, puke monster struck again.....

new load of washing on, change of clothes for H, etc...

Morning all

Just got back from dropping DS at playgroup so have 5 mins to myself as DD asleep. They have got a photographer coming to his playgroup tomorrow and am going to take DD there too and try and get some nice pics of them together.Fingers X!

JKS - sorry to hear LO still puking. Hope it will pass soon.

Susie - Hope Sabella is better.Hope you have recovered from stress of it too.

Filly - hope you enjoyed your bath and G & T!! I am allowing myself a glass of wine (or 2) tonight to prepare for MIL visit!

Lucky - sorry to hear bad news re aunt & uncle. Definately think you should contact them. Read your other thread re teaching DD things, felt EXACTLY the same with DS. More chilled with DD though and do read to the DCs together and she likes nursery rhymes being sung. Even dancing round room to your fav music teaches them sounds etc they learn all the time.

Anyway DD just stirring having only slept for 20 mins, better go...

morning all jst a quick one as i am going to get my house in order today , Gingeme you are putting me to shame

Lucky sorry to hear that about your aunt and uncle!

JKS hope the puking stops soon, it's the lingering smell that's the worst!

Had some news my friend has just been for 10 wk scan and no heartbeat found it's so sad as she has been trying for 2 years and is mid 40's so a despeately wanted baby. Am going to see her next week but it will be hard as dd2 will be with me!

Still having unsettled nights with dd think i should just give up on sleep