Feb 08 - Never mind my wrinkly tum, look what's come out of my baby's bum!

[Gill79]

done it

Alkar that must be such a relief!!

Ah Slacker - the running about after 3 boys might have something to do with it. Just seems strange that the exhaustion has hit me when ds3 is sleeping more in the night and ds1 and ds2 are back at nursery and school. 8.5 weeks is a long break - we only had 6 and that was long enough.

Nice day here today for a change so we're going to take dc out this afternoon as ds1 starts full days at school on Monday.

You sound like a champion co-sleeper, Slacker, we do it, but I don't pretend to enjoy it

I am proud to announce DS4 is crawling forwards as of (suddenly) last night. Means I'll have to keep him contained more than ever.

Many bad nights here, too, culminating in the appearance of 2 teeth. And DID YOU KNOW that Calpol contains adrenaline, cafeeine and steroids? Those most be on the hidden ingredient list, judging by how bouncy and happy it makes my baby. So he ends up staying up later, not the sleeping longer affect I was hoping for at all, sigh!

Am totally shattered myself.

Have been missing mn but have had tummy bug
DH doing the bloke bit and having sympathy stomach ache (he really annoys me when he does that, why can't i have an illness all to myself?!!). Feeling better now though just a bit washed out really.

Tyaca- put pickies on of your new hair cut sounds cool.

Alkar glad all looking ok.

DS also a bit grumpy- still no teeth but they must come soon, this is ridiculous!

Wonder where egg and beany are?

Ds sleeps in long sleeve vest or pyjama top and summer grobag so i'm sure your lo was fine strawberry.

I wondered when someone might announce another pregnancy the other day, would love another one and we're... erm... not being very careful but it took us a long time to make toby so i'm not really thinking it will happen. we wouldn't want another one later than next year anyway as i would be VERY old then . If it happens, it happens (as they say) but we are lucky and blessed to have ds, another would be a bonus.

Have a good weekend, we're supposed to picnicing with friends on sunday but it looks like rain!

ooh tyaca... and the wedding pix too!!

Tyaca - defo want to see pics of wedding outfit and new hair. I have been umming and ahhing about getting my hair sliced for some time. I have decided that my hair just plasters itself to my face and just doesn't suit me long anymore. I quite like Kirsty Gallaghers hair so think I might take that inspiration to my hairdresser!!!

Ginger - sorry to hear you've been poorly, hope you're feeling better x

God crawling babies already!!! I just can't get over how quickly its all happening!!

Have already started getting brochures for wedding and just want ot get on planning it and booking it now....not to mention getting suitable attire he he he!!!

Ok, this might be a bit TMI but wanted to run something past you to see if anyone else has ever had anything similar. Periods returned last month and I've now had 2. In the lead up to the first I had 3 instances of thrush which got so bad I had to go the docs - not that they were bothered. The minute my period came it went. Then about 10 days after the period had finished, I got something similar to spotting and increased discharge which then turned into thrush which only stopped when my period came. Lo and behold its 10 days or so later and exactly the same has happened, its driving me mad!! I've got a smear booked next week so I'll discuss it at the same time but just wondered if any one else had this? I wash every day with femwash or whatever it is, have made sure my underwear is 100% cotton and I don't wear particularly close fitting clothes. It's just such a nightmare!!

Sory if that's put anyone of their friday night snacks

Oh Count that sound nasty! i have no advise sorry, hopefully the nurse will be able to help you out when you go for your smear. I had the implant fitted in june and apart from a bit of spotting i haven't had any proper periods yet it had better be working because i got prg with both boys within a month of trying

Ginger i hope you're over your tummy bug i know what you mean about men having to have it as well, but of course they are MUCH worse when they get something

lljkk congrats on the teeth, we also had 2 within a couple of days, and ds2 was only 5 months at the time, i think they deal with it better if they are older, and no i didn't know calpol had all that shit in it your lo is doing great to be crawling already, ds2 can sort of just about sit up!

Hi Slacker and Rozzy, no wonder you two are shattered with a house full, iron tablets are great but the shop ones are very weak, i still have 3 packs of the 200mg ones from when i was prg if anyone wants them, i had to take 3 a day! but i think 1 a day would sort you out, also dark chocolate has loads in it

Tyaca i would love to see your wedding pics, they sound great x

Ds2 had his last day at nursery yesterday, they had a graduation party and all wore cap and gowns..ahh he looked so grown up

Hi to anyone i've forgotten x

Or should that be Ds1 had his graduation lol

Ginger - sorry you've been feeling rough. Hope you do get pregnant soon if that's what you want - very brave after the rough time you had last time but no 2 pregnancies are the same and the end result is definitely worth it

Leesmum - thanks for the offer of the iron tablets - I'm a bit nervous of iron tablets though as I've heard it can .. ahem... clog you up. I've had a bit of a break from the running but will try again tomorrow and see if I feel any more energetic.

Count - that sounds rotten. My periods have not yet returned (woohoo!!) but it definitely sounds like it's linked to your cycle somehow - perhaps caused by changes in hormones? Maybe you're not really getting completely rid of the thrush and it's then flaring up with hormone changes at certain times in your cycle? Definitely see someone about it - I've only ever had thrush when pregnant (right through 2nd pregnancy) but it really is horrible - hope you get it sorted out soon.

hi everyone- hope all well-

We went to spend the dat at teh severn valley railway yesterday with Thomas and his friendsm it was fab- DS had a great time seeing all the engnes and bouncing on thomas castles etc!!!

DD was golden as usual lovely day all round!!!

how have ur weekends been ???

Hello everyone!

Am having lovely weekend. This weaning business is pretty time consuming though isn't it? by rights DS ought to be having a bath after each meal (BLWing) but I don't think that's v good for his skin!

Have just bought No Cry Sleep Solution. Anyone else tried this? It seems like a lot of work - but then, so is getting up every 2-3 hours at night!

Co-sleepers - what do you do re LOs falling out? Was wondering if DS might not just climb over a bedrail and fall even further not that he is rolling yet but it surely won't be long! (am trying not to teach him!!)

Ginger - am in awe that you have already been ttc (or "not preventing" anyway). Good luck to you! I am seriously considering stopping at 1. (Am a wuss really!)

Count - how exciting re wedding!!! can't help you on thrush problem I'm afraid except to say get as much air to it as you can!!!

Sally you're going to be giving Count's Dh some ideas there

As for co-sleeping Sally, the times when lo has been in our bed, as soon as he moves you feel it, and as he is inbetween me amd Dp he is quite safe. We also had that book when Ds1 was little and even though i don't like getting up 3 times a night i felt her ideas were a bit too structured, but we did take some ideas from it. TBH some babies take longer to adjust to the "going to bed and staying asleep" time. Does your lo get themselves to sleep in the day by themselves?

Sarah we haven't done much this weekend, Thomas and friends sounded good my Ds1 was never into thomas but my nephew would love it. We are taking the boys to a farm tommorrow where you can give the baby lambs milk from a bottle, it's a lovely place and they do loads at christmas and halloween, its in Bolton which is about 1/2 hour from us, in fact its not that far from Alkar i bet. i'll have a look on-line and post a link.

"smithills open farm"

am in need of your wisdom for car seats. my brain seems mulched and can't even work out which car seat to buy. dd has a britax explora which is v good except that she is now removing her arms from the harness-making the whole thing pretty useless. i'm going to try tightening the straps to bursting to see if that helps and if not give that seat to fatso ds who really needs to move out of the baby seat and buy a new one for dd. i think the britax with the safe strap thing is quite good? any ideas.
we are struggling with sleep like the rest of you. especially as i just did a week of trying to stop ds from having a night bottle on my own when dh was away. it's sort of worked-he doesn't have a bottle however, he is up from 4.45 onwards. and dd is having massive nightmares/nightterrors.. really upsetting. also bizarre, last night kept wailing about horses in her cot and how we had to get them out for her-does anyone have any ideas? thought maybe a night light would help. and someone told me liquorice helped-is this possible? bet she wouldn't try it. will try homeopathic remedy tonight. dh is smashed with jetlag but doesn't dare admit it v often. he is taking the promised week of nightshifts like a man.
count-you need to be referred to gynae i think-could be a whole load of diff things. big big sympathies-not doing so great on that front myself, think was allergic to pool water. so horrible to be itchy .
tyaca i'm not up to date yet, i hope you've posted vegas pictures.
leesmum hope you have a good day out.
weird week at in laws-unexpectedly good diplomacy with mil but step pil was in almost permanent rage. really unlike him as he's a big softy. mil suddenly opened up to me and said she didn't feel like he was the same man she married.
slacker how's ds's head injury?

Hi!!! I have missed you all!
I have been reading back over the last few pages and it is so nice to hear everyone's 'voices' again. Love the thread title - yes I have been away that long!!!

I was away from internet in the lakes and wales having a lovely (wet) summer holiday! Also I started back at work last week for real and will realistically have very little time to squander around here soon.

I am amazed and impressed at talk of another baby from some brave mums! tbh if i had loads of money I would probably have another one too but I am very happy with my 3 widely spaced girls!

I have a question - is it OK for LOs to sleep on their tummies? I am paranoid about cot death - and keep turning her back over but she seems to end up on her tummy most of the time. Shall I just leave her be?

The week at work was OK considering I am still exclusively BF and my pump broke! I had 2 days of rock hard boobs before they calmed down - LO is being a genius and does take a bottle of I am not there (she checks carefully first!). Also she is eating quite a lot of food now so I don't feel so bad about leaving her in the day! DD1 has done loads of the looking after (I have to pay her!) but she will be back at school soon so it will be just up to DH 3 days a week.

Princess - sorry I know nothing about car seats! 4.45am is a bit rough!! Poor little DD with her night terrors. I would try some sort of 'magic' spell that 'protects' her bed and the surrounding space. Even sprinkle some 'magic water' around or something...be inventive.

Night all - off to read some work docs ugh!

thank you omy.stellar suggestion on the magic water-will try that, although this evening it was all about needing a cuddle from the cat.weird, just wish it would stop.
well done with dd's feeding. hope you have a new pump now! my lo's have always slept on their fronts because of the reflux-they just wouldn't sleep any other way so i'm used to it now but used to scare me. must be hard to be back at work but you sound upbeat which is great.

Welcome back omy- its been ages, glad yopu had a nice (but wet) sumer holiday!!!

Are you enjoying being back at work???

Am feeling better now. am at work so will try to catch up later . Hope all ok

Hello everyone!!

How crap is the weather?? Its bloody August!! Only 8 more days and were off to sunny Fuerteventura. I can not wait!! Our first proper family holiday.

We went to a beautiful wedding yesterday. It was in a hotel in the middle of nowhere. It was surrounded by miles and miles of fields. And sheep. Was beautiful. Actually made me feel all mushy. And ive even been thinking about getting my ass into gear and sorting my own wedding. Weve been engaged for nearly 2 yrs so is about time.

Henley is full of a cold AGAIN aaarrrggghhh! He kept me up most of lastnight cos he couldnt breath through his nose and today he's full of beans, although quite grumpy. I think he looks really cute with his snotty nose, lol.

He's also mastered how to blow rasberries too. I was in a lift with him last week. It was tiny. There was this woman in there who absolutly stank. He breath was vile. Anyway she got up really close to him and he decided to blow a rasberry right in her face. It was really funny. She was covered in baby spit. She didnt look amused at all. Maybe he was getting his own back for her breathing her stenchy breath in his face , lol.

Oh, oh, oh. I nearly forgot. I managed to get my hands on a Wii fit the other week. I am ADDICTED! Its fab. Ive lost 3 lb in just over a week. Stuff going to the gym when you can jump around your living room looking like a loony. Keeps DS amused too.

Going to Sainsburys later to stock up on baby stuff whilst its still on offer. Im going through wipes like no ones business. The boots ones are really good. I much prefer them to the johnsons and there on offer 3 for £3. Bargin .

Thanks for the smithills link leesmum. DH is head of tourism for bolton and when I just told him about the farm he said he'd told me about it ages ago Its definately somewhere we'll be going.

Princess we have the grobag nightlight, it goes on your lightfitting so theres nothing to plug in to the wall and no cables around. Its good, gives off a blue light, DS has been happy to go in his cot awake since we bought it.

DS has just taken another tumble whilst DH was looking after him, he (DH) is so easily distracted by the tv its like he lives in it!

ohh missnatalie-i want a we fit too they are like gold dust!!!!!!

Sorry to hear poor henly is poorly again, hope you both get a good nites rest, xxx

did u grab any bargains in sainsburys????
will try to get there tomorrow i just dont have enough hours atm!!!!!

Ginger glad u r feeling better, how was work??

Is Egg back yet???

we are all good, DD has very bad nappy rash, due to teeth but still very happy, she has an appointment tommorrow as we have noticed she has a squint in her left eye, its very obvious when she is tired, not too worried but want it checked to make sure all ok,

i dare say i will be told am a neurotic mother !!!Lol

will let u know how we get on, appt is not til 3-10 so will post asap, (hopefully b4 i go to work)

decided as time seems to run short i would have a look online at sainsbury's and have ordered my shopping online- (never done it before) and am glad to say it was a very pleasant shopping experience!!!!lol

i am sure Harry will be happy he wont have to do mummys boring shopping trip now!!!!heehee

leesmum - no! LO does NOT get himself to sleep in day for naps - needs to be carried in sling / attached to boob. (Same at night). Needless to say am getting a bit worried what with nursery coming up soon. Can't see them learning to use a sling just for DS! - prob against health and safety or something anyway. Not sure I can bear to let him cry it out either. Help.....

right more later got to go to bed now x

Im really worried about Henley. Hes full of a cold and finding it quite hard to breath at night. Last night he slept on a pillow and i put a flannel with Karvol on it, on the side to help him breath easier (i used the Karvol night before too). During the night he had a slight nose bleed. Nothing major. Just a little brown blood mixed in with his snot. This hes got up and his quilt is covered in brown blood and snot. DP said that it may have been because he was hot, but he wasnt. He was more on the cool side. Is it normal for a baby to have nose bleeds. Please someone put my mind at ease. Just asked my mum and she started going on about his blood pressure which has made me worry even more.

Do i need to take him to see the doctor?

Its very quite here today. Where is everyone ?

Missnatalie, how is Henley today? neither of mine have ever had a nosebleed but he could just have a reallly bad cold, look if you're still not happy, take him to the docs, i would rather go and be told he's ok than sit at home worrying about it. You know him best, i'm sure he's fine.

Let us know how you get on if you do go xxx