APRIL 2008- The One Where We Recite The Weaning Guidelines and Fight Through The Growth Spurts!

[VictorianSqualor]

07 March: Ashton, a fourth child for gemprincess, 5lb 13oz @ 34+6
09 March: Ted, a second DS for Daftmoo, 7lb 14oz @ 36+0
21 March: George William, a first baby for KnitterintheNW, 7lb 2.5oz @ 37+3
25 March: Olivia, a second baby for TheMaskedPoster, 7lb 2oz @ 38+4
28 March: Pablo, a third baby and first DS for vacaloca, 7lb 14oz @ 39+4
28 March: Matteo Alexander, a first baby for Gangle @ 38+0 (?)
30 March: A baby girl, a second child for PortAndLemon, 8lb 15oz @ 39+5
02 April: Jak, a baby boy for rainbowdays, 9lb @ 39+1
02 April: A baby boy, a second child for bunyanvillas, 6lb 14oz @ 37+5
02April: Struan, a baby boy for Donnabels, 6lbs 15oz
02 April: A baby boy for mummyofaprincess @39 weeks
03 April: A baby girl for PippiCalzelunghe @38+2weeks
03 April: Aeryn Daisy, a baby girl for Denny185, 9lb 8oz @ 39+3
03 April: Benjamin, a baby boy for Micegg, 8lb 3oz @ 39+4
03 April: Roelof Grové, a first DS for Sal22, 7lb 5oz @ 38+5
03 April: A baby boy for siikibam, 6lb 8.5oz @39+1wks
04 April: Matilda, a baby girl for AprilsFoolsBaby 7lb @
06 April: Henry Peter, a baby boy for Sheds, 7lb 130z @ 40+4
07 April: Sebastian George, a fourth DS for Peachy, 8lb 4oz @ 41+1
07 April: Jack, a first baby for ThePFJ, 7lb 5.5oz @ 41+1
07 April: Lexie Bea, a fourth baby for babywhiting, 8lb 1oz @ 39+4
08 April: Alasdair, a second DS for bunnyrabbit, 8lb 5.5oz @ 40+3
08 April: James Samuel, a third baby for honeybee10, 6lb 7oz @ 37+2
09 April: Zara Mia Martin, a first baby for V1KK1M, 7lb 10oz @ 41+0
09 April: Jasmine, a baby gilr for Niceychops
11 April: Kyran for rdk, 7lb 13oz @ 38+3weeks
11 April: Sebastian James, a second baby for Fleecy, 10lb 2oz @ 40+4
11 April: A baby girl, a first baby for CeylonSapphire, 7lb 12oz @ 41+1
11th April: Florence, a baby girl for LouMoose
12 April: Maya Alice, a first baby for egyptianprincess, 8lb 15.5oz @ 40+3
12 April: Sophia Viviana, a second DD for AussieDivaonaBreak, 6lb 12oz @ 39+3
15 April: Alexander Oliver, a third baby for VictorianSqualor, 10lb 3oz @ 41+0
16 April: Ailish, a first baby for Mollyfloss, 6lb 11oz @ 40+3
16 April: A baby girl, a second baby for elfsmummy, 7lb 13oz @ 41+1
16 April: Zoe, a baby girl, a first baby for ToastAddict, 6lb 10oz @ 39+3
16 April: Jasmin, a baby girl, a first baby for Eggandketchup, 9lb 3oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy for paranoidmumy, 8lb 9oz @ 41+4
17 April: A baby boy, a second son for lorisparkle, 7lb 12.5oz @ 41+6
17 April: Benedict, first baby for LadyBee 9 lb 3oz @ 41 +2
18 April: Millie, a baby girl for scorpio1 8lb 9oz @ 41+?
18 April: Cameron, a second baby for munchkinmum @ 39+5
19 April: Oliver Michael, first baby for bashboid, 7 lb 4 oz at 41 +3
20 April: Samuel, a first baby for Velbels. 8lb15oz at 41+1weeks.
20 April: Angharad Mai, 8lb 4oz, 40+6, first for 7monthsplus
20 April: Emilia, 7lb15oz, a first baby for SuzeM, 40+6
21 April: Eve, a second baby for Scampmum, 8lb 4oz @ 39+3
22 April: Sam, a second son for Soph73 @ 40+0
22 April: Molly, a first baby for EllieG, 8lb 8oz? @ 40+5
22 April: Daisy, second baby for AttilaTheHan @ 40 +3
22 April: Zoe Olivia, second daughter for Piccallilli2 7lb 1oz @42+1
23 April: Jessica Elizabeth, first baby for BabyBratt @ 40+1 7lb 12oz.
24 April: A baby girl, a second daughter for christmaspixie, 9lb 2oz @ 40+6/41+5
24 April: Miya Jade, baby girl for ShelleySare at 39+4
25 April: Amelie, a first baby for Dondons, 9lb, 41+3 (i think!)
25 April: Aisha, a second baby for Jaq39 7lb 14oz @ 41+4
26 April: Hope Olivia, a second dd for northeastmummy, 7lb 11oz at 41 .
26 April: Gabriel, a third child for Bainmarie @ 41+5
26 April: Eli Michael, a baby boy for LittleMissTurquoise, 7lb 15.5oz @ 40+5
27 April: a baby girl for Ayomi, 6lb 1oz @ 41+0
28 April: Jacob Andrew, a 2nd DS for Kaybeeand2boys, 8lb 4oz @ 41+5
29 April: Thomas Henry, a 2nd DS for TLSM, 7lb 8oz 40+3
30 April: Harry Samuel, a fourth ds for Chipmonkey, 9lb 5oz @ 39+2
30 April: Ellie, a baby girl for Annamama
01 May: Sophie May, a baby grl for Annieroo, 6lb 5oz @ 41+4
01 May: Euan George, a baby boy for Jenniejennie, 8lb @ 40+4
02 May: Robyn Olivia, a baby girl for soph28, 8lb 1oz @ 42+1
05 May: Nora Martina, a first baby for Eva07, 7lb 8oz @ 41+2
05 May: A baby boy for Beeper, 8lb 10oz @ 41+0
05 May: Gabriella Summer, a first baby for Mum2babyroo, 8lb 4oz @ 40+6
06 May: Wilf, 8lb 60z for bigbadmom @ 41+6
07 May: James Andrew, a second ds for Moominsmummy, 8lb 13oz @ 41+5
08 May: Ellie Isabella, a first baby for Carey87, 7 lb 8oz @ 42+1
08 May: Robin David, a 2nd baby for Woollymummy, 8lb 11 oz @ 41+3
09 May: 4 kittens for scorpio's cat!
10 May: Astrid Mary, a second dd for sagitta, 8lb 8oz @ 42+0

Well, it was great to get out and about and i feel a little better. 2 mums at baby group are 12 weeks pg - their babes are 5 months....eek!

DH has gone thai-boxing, but when he gets home im off to the PUB yay!!!

Glad you had a good day, Scorpio. Have fun tonight!

i will, lol i am a very cheap date though- cannot drink more than one glass of wine! Just meeting a couple of girlfriends for some drinks and a catch up

We are going out to watch mamma mia too later on in the week!

BTW Meet-up:

Will be in London on 15th August until 17th

I look really fat! It was a flouncy skirt! Promise!

Sal, that is GREAT!!! so pleased for you.

You look great!

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your help (and everyone's support) today. I honestly didn't realise how much I wanted him to breastfeed as well - I was completely gutted when I thought it's all over, and if it wasn't for you I would have stopped trying. I just felt defeated this morning. Maybe it's becasuse I had to compromise on everything else relating to his birth this far, I couldn't exclusively bf, and then the last little thing that I could do the way I wanted, I almost ruined. I'll stop now , but thanks again.

vs, don't be stupid, you don't look fat, you look great!
I can't belive this woman said such a thing to you, even if it was years ago.
by the way, I consider you my personal bfc too thanks to your advice I'm getting one whole night sleep per week

awww

You're doing great Sal, as is Roelof, just hang in there. As I said, if you want to exclusively breastfeed it is possible to get back to it, it has even been suggested that after a few weeks of exclusive breastfeeding baby regains the virgin gut so it is almost like they never had any formula.

I'd happily be everyone's personal breastfeeding counsellor!!!

How are you getting that night eva? I hope you're making the most of it and getting a bath, wine and choccy in first

TBH that woman actually said to 'put yer fucking tits away' but I couldn't say that on the radio or in the paper!!

Sal - WELL DONE!!! am very proud of you and Roelof. I wonder whether he likes that vertical position just because he's gotten used to similar positions with bottles? Or maybe he was suffering a bit of reflux when he was feeding laying down?? Maybe that's why he was fidgeting/fussing before?
Anyway, I hope tomorrow goes ok - if you want a bit of moral support, let me know I'd be happy to pop around

Hope you've had a fab evening out Scorpio - and hope things work out ok with the testing, whichever way it goes

I'm starting to unswaddle for DS's naps but am still doing it for nightsleep as he definitely sleeps more soundly when he's swaddled.

Thanks, Ladybee. I'm going to lock myself in again tomorrow to try and get my milk supply up again, but thank you for the offer of support. Hmm, might call on it another day, then we can celebrate with some properly unhealthy chocolate cake (and Rooibos tea to compensate). xxx

A side note (and I know luckily it doesn't indicate how much he can get out): It's so annoying - even after 10 mins I only have 20 or so mls of milk expressed. Oh, where are the superboob days???

sal, that's great news!

vs, you said it was ok to express even if nora wants to feed shortly after. I always thought she wouldn't get enough but you resolved my doubts (this phrase sounds funny. had to look it up in the dictionary, hope I took the correct translation... ) and now dp does one night a week completely on his own with ebm

Ah, yes. I remember now.

I love American Ebay!
I just bought a mei tai inc. p&p for £24

they're £50ish without p&p on uk ebay!

I've never been brave enough to consider buying anything from US ebay - speaking of which must do the feedback on the clothes bundles I bought recently - finally picked them up from Post Office yesterday (I HATE royal mail, our useless delivery centre don't answer their phone, and refuse to acknowledge the web redelivery requests, so had to trek out there)
Haven't sorted through them yet, in fact, haven't opened the packages yet DS has been a bit limpet-like and hugely hungry since Monday. Seems happy enough when he's being held and makes it very clear if I've stopped feeding too soon, so I guess it just a phase.

I just wish all this feeding would let him sleep a bit longer at night - even with dreamfeed he's waking after 4.5 hours...those few days when he did 6, 7 hr stretches seem very long ago.

I had a nice night last night, yay! Baby massage was cancelled today so am chilling out at home.

Morning, all.

Ladybee, I'm with you on the regular waking up - Roelof did 8, 12, 2:30 and sometime (DH did that feeding) this morning. Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have bragged about the sleeping-through-the-night bit so early...

He's been sucking a little more this morning (not enough for feeding, but at least he sucks!) It's even easier than yesterday - he'll start sucking while I stand and rock, and then if I sit down slowly, continue while I sit. What a relief.

I want to do VS's dinner suggestion tonight. Suitably quick and easy, but sounds great.
I should also do some stew sometime, as I've got veg that'll go off and it makes me feel so guilty to see how much perfectly fine food goes to waste in our place lately. Maybe tomorrow, can't be bothered today.

VS, that's a bargain! I always wondered if they'll add import duty or anything. But I guess even if they do, it'll be a lot cheaper than here.

Oh no, Scorpio, sorry to hear about the baby massage. Would this have been your first class? (Sorry, can't remember.) Glad you had a good time last night!

I'd never bought from us ebay before either but this was a buy it now from a sellers shop, rather than an auction item so feels safer iyswim.

i did baby massage with Jamie, but i cant carry on the course this time anyway because the school holidays start on thursday - no childcare for Reilly. Never mind!

Its a lovely day here.

Peachy Thanks for the advice. The consultant told me cheese first, then yoghurt, and milk last. I had spent a few days giving her tiny bits of edam, and she had slightly red swollen lips, but she told me that her friend had hit her at nursery which was why it was like that. But she is a very unreliable source...
I didn't know fromage frais was the worst thing so l'll leave that for a bit!
So would you suggest something like macaroni cheese, so its cooked dairy, with not much cheese?

Why can't I use MN properly? Peachy

that would be an excellent pre-cheese option

but before that go for biscuits with milk in, then either a baked custard (if you know for sure there's no egg allergy), or even a cocoa drink would do- the milk has to have reached boiling point is all.

We see a (funded for us) private dietician so I get hours discussing best practice LOL, she's a fairly good friend too really

Thanks! One more question, then I'll leave you alone! Could I give her normal milk to drink, which had been boiled first?

Still allergic to eggs, sadly.

Hi everyone! I just want to share my great news: He's been drinking, properly drinking, on me for the last 20 minutes! . I realise supply will take a while, but sucking seems back on track! Sorry, will stop the exclamations now, but I'm just so excited.

What are you all doing today? Not much to report here - spent the day so far half-naked, getting all broody again (I blame his breath in my neck... Does things to the hormones, you see.)

you can try with the normal, if she doesn't react to the boiled I think.

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great work!