March08 mums- tummy and teething troubles!

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new thread for Merry...

Also meant to say to Nik An amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

Great story Nik and our LO's share a birthday!!

AAarghhhh. Went to dentist for planned filling- bad enough. Ended up with planned filling and root canal work on a completely different tooth. Am now just sitting here waiting for anaesthetic to wear off. In floods of tears in carpark afterwards- must be hormonal or just ridiculously stressed by move and life in general today.
Today could get better but I have a sneaking suspicion it's going to get worse.

oh GOD you poor thing.
i would honestly and truly do childbirth with no pain relief, or even the last 2 months of pregnancy again, rather than root canal work. I hope you feel better soon.
if aches, ask for voltarol (dicofenac sodium) works a treat!

diclofenac, sorry, typo.
i've lost track, where are you up to in your move? how's it going?

Hello all. Not been on for a few days - been having a rubbish time. DS suffering early teething pain so screeching a lot and only comforted by chomping on a muslin wrapped around my little finger, all this at the same time as I am suffering from bad bad tummy ache and diarrhea.

Plus I have insomnia, which is somebody's idea of a funny joke - baby sleeps until 6am but mum wide awake at 4am, or baby wakes mum at 4am then goes back to sleep and mum is wide awake for the rest of the night. And then when I do sleep I'm having really vivid dreams that are clearly something to do with how I feel about life atm - I'm running a 10K but none of the spectators are cheering for me because everyone else is running a marathon so I have to run a marathon to get any attention or I spend the whole dream hanging on to a slippery metal bar while stood on a tightrope so that I don't fall down into a field full of marauding bulls ...

And then finally I have been really worried that I was pregnant (bit of an accident with contraception 7 weeks ago which prompted ostrich-like behaviour from DH and me until I started feeling a bit like I did when pregnant with DS). So after worrying for 7 weeks (!) about how I would cope with two under the age of 1, I finally plucked up the courage to do the test this morning - fortunately it was negative [humungous relief emoticon]

Sigh. Still about to go off to mum and baby showing of Sex and the City with NCT friends so not all bad I suppose.

ugh, weare - dentistry + house move sounds like hell You poor thing.

I have to say, as I was sitting in the dentist's chair- I kept on thinking, 'I have done childbirth (all bar the last bit)I can cope' then deciding no actually this really really hurts and having to say so in a really little girl voice which was all I could summon up. Plus my dentist, while very nice and NHS so round of applause, does have a tendancy to say what he thinks so I got 'Blimey I can't believe this tooth has been giving you no trouble, it's so infected it's gushing blood....well when i say gushing I mean welling up.' (prises patient down from ceiling with the aid of the technician).
2 weeks today till house move. Then back to the dentist the following week for more work.
I can't believe anyone has had a pregnancy scare already. While it may not quite be an immaculate conception, if I managed it I think my husband would hire a private investigator.

hips poor you. I've been putting off a much needed visit to the dentist for weeks. Think I have a root canal thing going on too. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

HQ sorry to hear you are poorly and DS suffering.

DS been very snuffly and sneezy the last few days. Only taking about half his usual amount of milk. Poor mite.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Please could everyone send stop raining vibes to London? Not a good day to be a motorbike courier [poor saturated DP]. The worst thing is once he's wet he stays wet, sometimes for ten hours

yuk on dental work...

HQ- I have been have similar sleep issues. I am now wearing earplugs and a sleep mask to try and make myself stay in deeper sleep. Doesn't usually work

glam- DH cycles to work and i feel so bad for him these days... where is summer!!!?

dd is talking to the light in the kitchen... a regular occurance here

Hello all. Haven't managed to get round to posting for over 3 months (where has the time gone?!) but dd has finally started to understand the benefits of napping during the day (hallelujah) so thought i would say hi. (Now she just needs to grasp the sleeping through the night thing!) As I type my step-SIL is in labour (induced yesterday at 39+5 due to pre-eclampsia... hit labour proper this morning - was on epidural by 8.30am when my step-bro texted... radio silence since so am assuming still no sign of LO)... has brought it all back - how much do I NOT miss late pregnancy and labour?!! Although at least then I didn't have to find new ways to shake a rattle to keep LO amused whilst the rain pours down outside causing me to procrastinate going out to buy dinner!

argh... what on earth did women do when stuck in one-room log cabins for months on end during Canadian(or other) winters??? And with numerous children...

It's only Wednesday and I'm going stir crazy. DD just cried for 25min in the middle of her nap- I'm such a mean mother (I did check on her twice and change her nappy) but she has gone back to sleep- hooray! No chance of going out for a walk right now though- it's horrible out there. I bet DH will be home late too, and he'll be wet and tired.

i took dd swimming this am, something i may not repeat, "it is better with daddy" apparently, there were lots of lessons going on so not much space so we were stuck in the baby pool and she kept climbing out (she is two fgs)

ds was fine for the hour (swimming) and a half (dh running late) without me, i never left dd while she was just bf so a bit different for me

dd is now asleep as it is damp and dreary here and i had to put her to bed after an exhausted tantrum

there has been an argos safety recall of sticklebricks, which i bought dd for her birthday but the woman wanted me to prove i bought them there, she couldnt understand why i wouldn't have the receipt or left the sticker with the cat no on the box (i bought them in april and dd hates stickers, removes them from everything).

Got the bumbo out the loft, ds not impressed. His head flattening at the back but he just wants to lie on his bag and stare at mobile, try to eat hanging bits on baby gym.

wow- you lot have been busy!

Thanks to everyone who's messaged me over the last few weeks- its been nice to know you are thinking of me and the family!

Well in the preggers household everything seems to be slotting into place- the girls are growing like weeds! Carys is still sucking millies hand to go to sleep and millie has the knack of waiting for that golden moment as i take off her nappy- just as i'm lifting it out from under her, and then poos all over me/the floor/the changing mat/blankets/the cat etc etc!!

I'm doing ok, still have wobbles and get depressed but on the whole i'm coming to terms with cancer and the treatments.

The one thing i'm missing is work! DH has put me on forced sick leave- he is having two of the shops re-furbished so they are closed for the next three weeks, its doing my head in! i'm spending all my time looking at property porn and cars

hello won'tbepreggersagain - how lovely to hear from you and to know you're doing ok. must be super-hard at times so i hope you have a strong support network.
love to all.

Oh my god preggers i dont get to come on here often so have not read about the cancer, i am so sorry.

You have so much going on, never mind cancer, but i am glad you are well (as well as can be) and have a close family and friends you need them in a time like this.

Lol at Millie pooing all over, more washing to do then normal.

Hope all goes well with the shop re-furbishments, keep in touch and take it easy!

Hiya, its great to hear from everyone especially mods and preggers. I find it hard enough to get on here with just the one!!

Dont mention dentists, i hate them and havent been for 2 years! im avoiding it but im going to have to go soon, i keep gettin sharp bits on 2 of my back teeth and im fairly positive ill need a filling or 2. last time i went they told me if my filling diddnt hold they would root canal it. thank god it has (so far) as i think i would rather they just pull it out (theres only about a quarter of it left)

glad to see everyone else is dribblig over david tennent, i got far to over excited watching it.

Have just found the best way to entertain DD- forget expensive toys and educational props- loud tops are the way to go. She's just spent a good 45 minutes trying to pull it over her head while staring as if hypnotised at the (rather fetching) pink and white spots and flowers.
She had her jabs this morning but seems to be coping remarkably well so far. I also had to come over all neurotic and ask about her head as apparently my BIL asked out of the blue when we were taking her to a doctor to get it looked at. It's a bit of a flatty but she rolled over onto her side yesterday so hopefully as she spends less time on her back it'll improve.
preggers so good to hear things are going well for you. How you are coping with it all is amazing.

hi everyone thanks for the replies!!!!

DD rolled from her front onto her back, now just need to get from side to back and she can go all the way round!!!!!

just thought i'd share

Yay nik76's DD! My DS has rolled once, two weeks ago, and is showing absolutely no signs of doing it again. He can spin 180 degrees in his cot though

I'm very proud of my DS tonight. He normally only goes down to sleep when he is almost comatose post feed, but tonight he went down fairly sleepy but eyes open and just wound himself down over about 10 minutes and went to sleep without any crying, just a few murmurs. My boy is so clever

hello wbpa, lovely to 'see' you.

am digesting idea that dp sorry dh may have some work in switzerland later in the year...hmm...lord i will need some help...and much chocolate...

Hi everyone - just a drive by to say hello as I have been missing you all! We're back in London for a short bit before the next holiday - off to Spain on Monday for a week. This is our last trip and afterwards we will be back in London for the rest of the summer - I can't wait to catch up with the boards!

DD growing like the rest of yours, lots of movement and I can see the beginnings of teething. That and crawling scares the pants off me. She is champion traveller but her schedule has been shot to hell so each day I never know what's coming. Will have to get back to normal in two weeks time. I love this stage - all smiles and learning so much each week. But feel like I need to ramp up for the next stage - get the bigger cot out, buy a high chair (anybody have one they love?) and think about solids. Am sure we'll be burining up the chat lines with that topic. I am trying to hold out until August.

Have just hired a nanny for two afternoons a week and she started this week. It's meant to give me a bit of time to do a bit of work (I work for myself) and have a bit of a break. I was stressing about finding someone but a friend needed to find some more work for hers so it's worked out really well - she's really sweet and I feel good about leaving DD. It's glorious!

Talk to you in a couple weeks!

hello all, and hugs to you preggers, hope you're getting loads of support. Please keep popping in when you can to update us.

Going away on Weds, having a mare trying to work out what to pack and thinking how we'll cope with a 7hr+ car drive up to Stranraer before we get the ferry. Hopefully will be able to stay awake for the drive! Am also feeling bad for my mum, she struggles enough to cope with me being veggie, but can't work out how to cater for a veggie who currently has to stay off wheat, all dairy and potatoes!

My next mission (short of finding a way for LO to go from midnight to 6am without soaking his nappy/sleepingbag/mattress) is to start weaning. In fact, I may even try him on some baby rice when he wakes up shortly.
Highchairs- have ordered the Stokke one as I like the idea of having it at table height so he doesn't need his own tray. Of course I may end up cursing myself when i realise i'm trapped in the kitchen instead of being able to watch tv, but since LO is far to attracted to television at the moment that may be no bad thing

just walked away 25 minutes into the '2 day special' tantrum we get 2 days after my mum has left after a visit. poor ds2 had to cry himself to sleep through it all, with quick checks by me to soothe. ds1 still going. i almost lost it. hence have come down here to decompress. heyho back to it.