March08 mums- tummy and teething troubles!

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new thread for Merry...

Just to go off on a tangent here: is anyone else watching the Chris Eaton match? I've sat here thinking, Oooh he's an improvement on Tim Henman but am now thinking, maybe he's only 18??? I now feel slightly unclean. .
Is there a point where you are no longer allowed to fancy sportsmen and, 1 week before my 30-cough splutter something birthday, have I now reached it??

aw {{{hugs}}} mmh, you've had a bad year
But...better for your LO to have 2 happy separate parents than 2 together who can't stand each other.

Am having sugar withdrawal, it's urgh! Thanks for the tip MB on the arthritis thing. Fortunately mine can mainly be controlled by diet if i'm inclined to pay attention to the signals but i left it too long this time
Bit of a bugger that i can't enjoy MIL's tiramisu on sat night, have to work out what i can eat so she can cook me something substantial for main course

Oh and Eaton was indeed quite pleasant on the eye, I was thinking the same thing (without worrying about the age gap, shameless hussy that i am )

help...LO inconsolable since 6 cant take m uch more dont know what the to do

Oh Turtle. Can you bear to let him cry himself to sleep in his cot/basket? I know that might be torture for you, but maybe what you need to do if nothing else works. Is DH home? I know the feeling of being alone with a screaming baby - tears running down my face.

Is he hungry, is that it? Eat something, drink some water and try to feed again? G needs his dummy first if he is too worked up to feed.

Can't remember if you did try formula in the end. Would you try it now? I think you found a bottle he'd take, no? Don't beat yourself up, do what you need to do.

BIG BIG hugs.

He just this second went to sleep. DH went out after 15 mins of it. He was left to cry for ages, didn't help. Did calpol, gripe water, walk, cooling down, many cuddles...wtf!!! Who knows what was wrong with him. The worrying thing was he wouldn't take breast so that means either his mouth or his stomach, I guess. Why don't they learn to talk at birth? 3 hours....i think I need a drink.

turtle - wish could solve but hope you're ok. things i have tried are putting in the pral, with cover and pshing in kitchen or a;ternatively lying on a bed with him on you - just to allow him to calm himself,
bless you love - so hard hearing that noise - how do thet make it so bad. mine cried so hard today he made homself sick - how to feel like a bad mummy.
good luck - large glass of wine anyone...

Sometimes- having DH (if around) to deal with it breaks the cycle somehow. Kids know when there is stress and the more you get worked up the more they get worked up. We used to take it in turns to sit outside with the personal stereo on just for 15 min to get a break. If he's fed recently it's always worth doing that- there's nothing you can do that DH can't do just as effectively and if you can just decompress for 15 mins it's amazing how much more able to deal with things you are.
Alternatively, if you have no help and the area is alright- stick him in the pram and walk around the block- worst case scenario; screams don't seem as bad in the open air.
Hope it all is better- it breaks your heart when they're like this.

must have xed with you. big drink awaits you i hope!
sorry for typos - am expressing!
sleep tight.

Oh good, Turtle, I hope he stays asleep for you. Have that drink!

Did DH leave b/c of the screaming? I think your DH and mine may be kindred spirits. He can't handle "noise" and would be useless in that situation as he'd just hand G back to me after two minutes. And for some reason, DH will only hold G on his lap and bounce him. He hates putting G on his shoulder ("it's not comfortable for me"), so there's not much chance G will go to sleep/calm with DH.

Does P tend to get himself more and more worked up? G does, and he just won't feed when really screamy, even if hungry. But maybe P does have a mouth/tummy issue. Does tummy massage help? Apparently it's the one type of massage you can do while they're crying. OH, I wish they could tell us what they need.

Right, go fix yourself a drink.

Sorry, I just realised my "is he hungry" comment sounded pretty stupid! What I meant to say was is he STILL hungry, but you're out of milk, etc., etc.

Jfly- it's ok! No, he was going out anyway, but would have been nice if he had stayed. He woke up right after I posted making his little "I'm hungry" mew and took 30 mins worth of breast and then was awake for another 30 mins just wanting cuddles. During the 3 hr thing I got him calmed down about 5 times and he just started again after 2 minutes or so. I think he had tummyache of some kind, and screaming just made it worse. I can only imagine that the calpol finally kicked in and he'd exhausted himself. Looking on the positive side, when he goes to sleep at 10 that usually means he sleeps til 4/5 am. Oh I do hope so.

BTW...we have a 4 hour drive ahead of us in the morning. If he doesn't sleep tonight I recommend staying off the M6 tomorrow as there will be a zombie driving. Good night all, and thank you.

I feel a little guilty this morning. DS was miserable till about 9 last night- wouldn't sleep, had a bad cough and snotty nose etc. At 4 this morning he wakes up coughing and crying and saying 'I need medicine' so I dosed him with tixylix and it was only as I was going back to the bathrooom with the medicine spoon I thought; should I be letting a 3 yr old self-prescribe? I guess only he really knows how crap he's feeling.
I don't know whether he's not well, or sleep deprived or what but he has been the grumpiest, whingiest little swine darling toddler all week.

Must have been something in the air last night. DS did not sleep through...he was up at 2,3,330,4,6,7. Ah, the joys. Motorway driving ahead. EEK

good luck turtle - hope you manage to keep your eyes open. drive safely and hope today/tonight goes better.

Safe driving Turtle!

Hapy Birthday DD! I've kept her alive for eight whole years. Onwards and upwards

Where is everyone? Was it something I said?

nope, just lurking yesterday
having lazy morning with DH while baby is in bed...

had yesterday off - dh drove E over to MIL and collected him after work so i didn't have to get up for that...oh how i love the fact DH can drive legally now

Last 2 nights have seen 2.45am wake up calls, as MIL said, LO has lost his appetite but replaced it with a horse's.
Got to go over there again this afternoon to introduce E to his other greatgran, but luckily we have the excuse of driving DH's sister to the station so we can get away in time to get home for doctor who
Only found out this week that same SIL had a miscarriage recently Haven't had a chance to speak to her about it yet but apparently she's fairly upbeat about future chances.

been busy, mamaglam, getting ready for w/e. you know what, along with doing the w/e, decompressing children from w/e, it's not much of break for muggins here! still, its deffo a change and my god that is refreshing. and this is our shopping w/e (well tomorrow it will be). i a overexcited about 1) new kettle 2) carpet cleaning machine 3) bottle of body lotion to replace empty one 4) buggy board. Oh how the mighty (shoppers) are fallen....

hello all- just back from holiday and just caught up with the thread! slight delay in posting - was just about to tell you what an angel DS was on holiday (travelled like a pro at airport/on plane, slept through from 11-7 all but 2 nights, learnt to roll, finally got chubby, melted hearts all over mallorca etc.) when he decided to poo - all over himself, my leg, my foot and the floor (thank god it's wood!) I have just given up trying to get poo out of his toenails for now and leaving that for dad to do at bath time... DS grinned manically the whole way through the clean-up though so at least he was amused...

holiday was wonderful. DS did all the above and more - he progressed so much in 2 weeks. DH was fab, and parents and in-laws were great in the main. That's not to say that we didn't have bad moments but I've forgotten the tears and tanrtums (me not DS!) and have declared the holiday A Big Success.

So sorry it's been a rough few weeks for several of you - big hugs to all, particulasrly MMH.

ROFL at the poo in toenails HQ

mamaglam- will see your word and raise you a sentence. DD yesterday came out with 'eclair!eclair! lad bag'.All right, I grant you it doesn't actually make sense as such but I'm impressed she's manage to reference boys, accessories and cake all at the same time. pretty sophisticated I think for a three month old I think.

.....and as the tumbleweed rolls silently down the deserted thread........
(just me with no life this weekend then)

Nope. I've no lifeeither, but I don't actually have anything interesting or witty to say so am just lurking