June 07 PN - it's nearly the first anniversary of the June 2007 post natal thread. And how the LOs have grown

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am knackered. went to visit a friend today, then then to baby clinic where dd had her hib/men c booster . her weight is fine though...20lbs 6ozs. the hv was twittering on about milk though. i told her dd gets formula first and last thing and if she wakes in the night...and from a bottle. she said i should encourage a cup so i explained she only takes an inch and then throws it away......"well" says hv, "maybe she only needs that inch". i think she was trying to suggest i need to cut down the amount of milk she gets, but as i explained she isn't a great eater and I'd rather she got calories from formula than none at all. she then said cows milk was more calorie rich with fat than formula. I am seriously at that. so will carry on as we have been for the time being.

hi mhc, good to have you back with us
sounds like a good day jammy...you've certainly got the weather for it.

and hello to andie, izzy and sputnik. I hope you get a better night tonight sputnik and that the sputniklet is feeling better.

I have a syringe of calpol at the ready for DD should she wake, but as she only napped for 20 mins all day today, I'm hoping for a good night.

I'll never understand HVs Daisy. For ages and ages one of our HVs has said jamlet's weight is fine, and the other has gone on at length about her needing to lose weight, how I should cut down on her milk etc. Last week the "weight concious" one was there when we went to get jamlet weighed and she said "perfect" even though she was on exactly the same curve as she's been on since about 6 months!

they certainly talk a load of bollocks sometimes....I've had a similar conversation about milk and bottles. She has a cup all the time except her night-time bottle.....its a comfort thing as much as anything

'lose weight' FFS! She's probably telling other people that who don't have the same nounce as you Jammy and they are probably putting their babies onto skimmed milk.

Just popped in to say 'hi'!

But I had a rant. Oops!

hello!

I am KNACKERED. I am going to bed in a sec. DS has bottles....cups...whatever. Cow's milk, formula...whatever. LOL.
Bad mummy.
I took him to wagamamma yesterday, he enjoyed his yakisoba and duck gyoza. Funny lad, he does love his food.

hey Fury!

What's occurring?

Why so knackered?

V impressed with Waggamamas. I have no idea what that is he ate!

I agree with everyone, some HV's DO talk a good deal of bollocks.

Jammy, the jamlet does not look overweight to me. Besides which, the HV's are missing an obvious point - the jamlet isn't walking yet. Once she does she will lose weight. I would say until then just give her what she will happily eat! At a year old I think they are a bit young to have developed eating disorders

Hi Foxy, norty, Fury (in no particular order)

We took the jamlet for japanese food some weeks ago Fury and she loved it. She was grabbing handfuls of my salmon teryaki before the waitress had even let go of the plate! We are taking her back for their sushi night this Thursday. Found some food she wasn't keen on today though - beetroot falafel and stuffed vine leaves.

Foxy, I took everything that HV told me with a pinch of salt. Ever since at about 3 weeks she told me to just put her down and let her cry herself to sleep. I agree there is a place for letting them cry a bit, but not at 3 weeks, especially when they were 5 weeks prem, so should actually still be tucked up inside.

hey Foxy

Knackered as saturday I did housework etc... sunday at 6am we were on the road to essex, did some shopping for a party, had a big BBQ, Monday dentist, went shopping at lakeside for party outfits and shoe shopping for DS, last night drove home, back at work at 8am today... tired!!
Yakisoba is buckwheat noodles with sesame seeds and prawns and bean shoots etc, duck gyoza is a fried duck dumpling. He eats anything. He had chicken korma and naan the other night. Not a fussy eater lol

why are they obsessed with losing bottles? to my mind; she still needs milk; that need doesn't stop the minute she has turned one, and if she will only drink it from a bottle, then surely a bottle is better than nothing. It's not as if I put her in her cot with the bloody thing.

she also said she needs 16 fl ozs at this age, so she has gone from needing 20 to 16 overnight? can't see it myself. She also said we shouldn't give her milk if she wakes in the night and that she doesn't need it. Easy for her to say; it's not her trying to pacify a screaming baby at 3am who will only calm down after some milk.

sorry...ranbting too much. I can only imagine what she would've had to say if I'd still been BFing on demand!

Daisy it's true, I honestly don't see what the big deal is. It's like they want them eating using their royal doulton silverware and reciting Hamlet by the time they are 18 months.

Oh do cock off

Thanks Fury. If you plot her weight at her actual age, she is on the 75th centile, if you plot it at (age-5 weeks) like they do she is a little below the 91st. But as she was born on the 98th centile it's not surprising is it? And yes I agree that when she gets more active she'll settle down, so I'm not too fussed.

My only concern is that if people see me & DH are seriously overweight that they'll assume we'll give DD a rubbish diet and no exercise.

I find it much easier to not see HV's these days....let a baby cry itself to sleep at 3 weeks...FFS!

Who cares what 'other people' think?
You know you do the right thing by her, it's none of their goddamn business.

Even if you looked perfect people would judge. Sod 'em!

sounds like your HV is particularly useless Jammy

OTOH, they're not all like that

Right I'm off. Hope everyone has lovely days tomorrow, and that Daisy's DD has a good night with no ill effects after the jabs.

oooh, jabs kicked in; had to administer calpol and cuddles.

hi foxy and fury

pmsl at "oh do cock off" I'll try that next time

MMR in 4 weeks...yikes

Fury's turn of phrase always makes me smile!

how's DD2 now foxy?

Bloody Hell! 5am start with the jamlet this morning. It's onlt half-six and I'm shattered already! But the good news is that while practicising standing, with me holdin her under her arms, she took her first steps . Only 3 steps closer to me, but hey!

Morning!
What the hell is it with HV?
Mine isn't too bad but the rest seem completely barking!
DD has her boosters today . Not looking forward to it as she always wakes in a good mood and then after the injection she's pissed off for the rest of the day.
They should have been last week, but I missed them [bad mummy]. I lost the slip and got my days mixed up [stoopid emoticon].

Does anyone have any tips for teaching dd to use a spoon? I keep showing her what to do but she'll get the first mouthful into her mouth, then tip the spoon upside down so that she can't scoop the food up. She'll just hold the spoon in her hand and pick the food up with her other hand. Is it just persistence? I'm not in a hurry as long as she's eating. It's just a nightmare if I want to give her anything that has sauce because she tries to pick it up with her hands and ends up covered. Someone needs to invent a baby's overall, instead of a bib, that covers the legs as her trousers always get covered.

Sorry for rambling on!

I best go and get dressed.
Hope you all have lovely days!

Hi Jammy! Well done to the Jamlet! Wow there'll be no stopping her soon, you'll have to have eyes in the back of your head, lol!
I had a feeling that she would take her first steps soon as you said that she wasn't crawling and I think that that makes them more determined to take steps.
DD has been cruising for a while, but will get down and crawl between gaps as it is easier. If DP and I try to get her to walk between us she's not interested, although the other day she was holing onto the couch and she let go, forgot that she wasn't holding on, took a step and .

Go Jamlet, Go Jamlet, Go Jamlet, Go

Didn't we all say she would probably go straight to walking?

DD still not got the courage to take the first steps, but she is trying to do it holding on with one hand. She does say Go Go Go when you hold her and then try to let go....but then she just sits down.

It's quite ironic that DD was crawling at 6.5 months but looks like she'll be the last to walk

DS is in trouble this morning. He has been up since 5:30. I told him to go back to bed, but he got up and made his own breakfast......and has poured almost a third of a jar of honey on the top of it . He is bouncing off the walls from the sugar hit. I've sent him to his room as I was so annoyed with him and he hasn't tried to come down yet so he obviously realises how pissed off I am.

Izzy, DD was fine until about 9ish last night and then she cried so I gave her some calpol and she went back to sleep no problems. She woke up in the night though, at 3ish. I tried to give her a cuddle and put her back to bed but she just wouldn't settle or stop crying. After 3/4 of an hour of it, I relented and gave her four ozs of cows milk. she guzzled it then went straight back to sleep. Farking HV. I feel like I have failed somehow