March08 mums- tummy and teething troubles!

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new thread for Merry...

never understood the lendl thing. But boris becker, now that's a different ball game!! Doesn't seem right to have improper thoughts whilst little man is latched on though!

I would've played ball girl for Stefan Edberg any day of the week

hello all

mamaformerlyknownasglam, your ds sounds just like ds4, he is also wearing some 9-12mth clothes and can now roll very efficiently, he was doing it for a while but got stuck on his arm like you say,it now means nothing is safe and all lego, playmobile etc has been banned to upstairs.

re the bumbo tho, i tried R in one at a friends house last week and he LOVED it, i was worried his thighs would be too chunky but actually it was ok and i have been lucky enough to be given one by a friend (well its in the post).

monthlymahen your ds is almost as big as R was when he was born, lol, its so funny how they are all so different, i do feel a bit sad that ds4 is so big as he is probably my last baby, but he is fantastically cute still

does anyone else on this thread have PND? i never had it with my first three but have got it this time i cant believe how down i feel, angry and tearful etc, not fun at all

Ooooh, Stefan Edberg. I only married my husband cos his legs were vaguely reminiscent.
The annoying thing is that while DD would let me watch the tennis no problem, DS prefers the tweenies.
4madboys-So sorry to hear about PND- I was worried cos I think I had a touch of it after DS but I am so glad how mainly positive I feel. Hope you feel better soon.

4madboys, thinking of you - must be horrid and hope you're finding time to get some support.

loving the wimbledon chat - those men in shorts...honestly! Who was it early on this thread who admitted to fancying boris johnson - i've just remembered that! Pregnancy hormones followed by new baby tiredness makes us all a bit peculiar me thinks!

boris becker evie? Or do you fancy the new mayor?
4mb- have had mild pnd, feel like i'm coming out on the other side now. Writing down my feelings, issues and triggers really helped me. I keep finding little bits of scrap paper around with ramdom thoughts on it! Hugs to you. It will get better.

4MB - I've had days when I really wonder/worry that I might be suffering, problem is that it is hard to distinguish between all other emotions (tiredness being top of the list, sadness - I'm not really sure I've dealt with the emotions that my miscarriage uncovered, and stress from being involved in outside things that involve employing people and making decisions). I think for me it is a combination of the above 3 rather than PND. Mr P is very supportive, but we both struggle to talk about 'feelings' unless they are positive happy ones. Our eldest two are off away at the weekend, so hopefully will give us a chance for some quality time, which we desperately need. I feel as though the last 18 months have been rather serious - I look back at photos of me before the miscarriage, and I feel like a different person. Difficult to put into words, I probably just sound like a waffling loon! But then other days (like today), I feel just dandy. Bloody weird.

On a lighter note, I'd forgotten about Stefan Edberg, and of course Pat Cash - little man is no longer latched on, so I think I can fantasise to my hearts content now!!

4mb- and it's hormonal, and not your fault.

{{{{{4madboys}}}}} Sorry you're having a hard time. Hope that dark cloud lifts very very soon.

e14mum, sorry I've not been in touch. will email you tonight.

evie It was me who had a thing for Boris . Funnily enough now he's mayor, he doesn't do it for me. I wouldn't have voted ever for the Tories but obviously others did!

DS just fell asleep earlier mid-roll, on his tummy. It was quite amusing. I left him like that as I had to go out in 10 mins anyway to go to school. Don't tell the sleeping on tummy police.

That sounds like I left a baby on his own in the flat, sleeping on his tummy. Obviously I took him with me, you all know what I meant, I'm sure.

4MB- Big hugs, hope you are getting enough support.
Re the bumbo thing...i just think they look so sweet in them...see {{http://www.flickr.com/photos/25407084@N03/?saved=1 here]]

oops.. here

VERY cute turtle, lovel pics, esp the nudey one with his little bare bum

i try and give R nudey playtime everyday, he LOVES it when you take his nappy off and he can have a good kick about, jsut have to have cloths handy....

thankyou guys so much for your hugs and kind words having pnd has knocked my a bit tbh as i never had it with the other three, just trying to take a day at a time.

and as for help.... well ds1 is currently rocking R in his pram in the garden, i told him i would pay him 50p if he did that whilst i made dinner child labour

Hi everyone,

Sorry to hear about your PND 4mb

I had a thing for Stefan Edberg too wearehipsandmakers, although I think it was just so I'd have some focus of interest when my friends insisted on watching the tennis.

DD has learnt how to grab her feet. Her talking is also coming along - the vowel sounds have been joined by two consonants: g and ggghhhhhhhhh

She's nowhere near rolling over, although like turtle's DS she is always to be found at the other end of her cot in the morning, usually perpendicular to how she was put in it. She's been doing that since 5 weeks though, so if I find her where I put her I get a bit of a shock.

We were away for the weekend on a big family holiday where all the extended family stay in self-catering lodges. She was admired lots and I found out things like many other babies are "outies" and have to be held facing outwards so they can see what's going on. It was fun.

ds had first set of baby jabs today and is crying his heart out now!!!!!

oh god i hate this part

hmm... I'm not british so someone help me out here: did boris johnston used to play tennis?? Or did MFKAG just fancy him? I'm so confused...

dd said "gwak" the other day... I'm so proud!

skidoodle I can better your DD's talking. I'm convinced I heard DS say egg cup the other day and DP though he heard him say dictionary . DS has also discovered how to make really really high pitched noises and doesn't blooming ever shut up. He would never get a word in edgeways round here, mind, so maybe he's practising for when he can talk.
e14mum Boris Johnson may have played tennis at some point but I just had a thing for him. I'm guessing it was pregnancy related so I'm going to file it away under Oddities of Pregnancy along with eating lots of cake and being stroppy. Hmmm, perhaps those last two...........
4madboys Anytime you need to chat or vent or whatever, I'm usually here, avoiding the housework.

If Boris Johnston ever played tennis I should imagine it would have been that rather pretentious version (is it called Real Tennis?) which they play in a room, like a squash court and has a weird shelf type thing. I actually think he's quite funny (not really in a way an MP/mayor should be), but whenever he did Have I Got News For You, I thought he was quite a jolly, bumbling idiot. But NOT fanciable - hormones can really mess you about eh Glam?

4MB - I realised after my previous post, that although I had started off intending to be sympathetic and supportive, I got carried away with my woes. Sorry! Hope you are ok, I think taking one day at a time is the way to go. I currently take one meal time to the next, much shorter time slots, and therefore easier to sum up day along the lines of - I felt ok between breakfast and elevenses. Shit between elevenses and lunch. Happy between lunch and high tea. Knackered between high tea and tea. Mediocre between tea and supper. Well between supper and midnight feast, etc, etc. It helps to have lots of small meals, as you can see, but I'm running out of adjectives (is that the right word? describing words anyway, I need my 7 year old to help with grammar issues!).

We had a decent night last night. Slept through to 3, 15 minute feed, back in cot until 5, 10 minute feed, back in cot until 7. Actually reading that back it sounds pants, but is an improvement on the unsettled between 3 and 6 that we had been having a lot of recently. It's a pain in the arse, as he was going about 6 or 7 hours between night feeds from about 2 to 10 weeks - being squashed into his moses basket really didn't help.

I think my job for the day is to sort out girls clothes saved from the other two, and outgrown boys clothes (and get out the 6-9 month stuff for my 14 week old - crazy!). Feels sad to get rid of it all, but it takes up so much space, and I need to be realistic - we aren't going to have more children .

Dear whoever controls the universe,
Thank you very much for my night last night. My baby slept from 10-8 with only a 20 minute asleep feed at 5. Bless you.

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sorry for those of you with PND, hope as MrsP says you can take small steps and build on those until it leaves you. {{{hugs}}}

Hope you don't mind me having a small inconsequential-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things- whinge now?
I'm off for a kinesilogy session now, cricked my neck yesterday and didn't help it much taking LO swimming in the evening. Woke up this morning feeling like my mother with her bad arthritis. Suspect the joint pains are diet related, so I need a kick up the backside to cut out sugar again...I really hate how it mucks up my body but I'm an addict!

Anyone else find that they get sore round the thumb/fingers where you do the pincer movement to pick up your LOs? I struggled to get the teat off one of the bottles last night when washing up as I hadn't got any grip!

Oh, and having a bad hair day.
There, that's my grump out of the way.

Turtle, keep up the good work with the universe

Is anyone else in the anglian water region- what a pain in the bottom having to boil water for the whole family not just DD! I went to Morrisons to buy some bottled water to have by the bed etc. and it was like the third world in there. People frantically loading up their trolleys like it was the Sahara outside. Then as I got to the counter with 2 6-packs of little bottles they decided to have a 6 bottle only rule. I nobly sacrificed one of my multipacks but the couple in front of me kicked off so got 3 multipacks of big bottles all put through as seperate sales..
I realise my position isn't as strong as it would be if I had bought no water at all but ffs- you really aren't going to dehydrate on a cloudy day in Northampton! I did suggest to DH we should go all medieval and just drink 'ale' all day but sadly he had to go to work.

Seem to miss the news, so hadn't heard about the water plight. Reminds me of the floods we had last year, and no water for a few weeks. Fingers crossed summer in Gloucestershire this year is better than last. We moved out for a few weeks, but watching on the news, some people should have been ashamed of themselves the way they were driving round all the bowsers getting excessive amounts of water. On the other hand, it did wonders for boosting community spirit.

Have finished my sort out of girls clothes. I've shed a few tears! I really don't need another baby. must repeat to self until feelings of broodiness pass.

fn41 i have rheum arthritis, it's always worse post natal and clears up loads when the hormone changes come in any time between 3-5 months (you can see this if you search other threads as well). i'm not sure what the hormone changes are, but they are signalled by losing your pregnancy hair. i'm on diclofenac now for the pain, safe for BF and a very very effective anti inflammatory. i feel completely reborn, not having to cope with pain all day