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

[Gill79]

done it

Evening all

Dr's appt went well. He said that its tiny capilaries in his nose that are causing the bleeding. Once his cold has gone it should fix itself. Hes given him some antibiotics for his cold too . Im a bit concerned about this because i was always under the impression that antib's wouldnt shift a cold as it was caused by a virus. He checked his chest and that was clear, so whys he given him the antib's?

I asked him for some more nurofen (the doc in devon gave him this and it works a treat with his teething pain) but he wouldnt because apparently it can cause bleeding in young babies. Has anyone else heard of this? If its true why the hell did the doc in devon prescribe it . Our doc said that the nurofen may have caused the nose bleeds to be worse than what you ususally get with a cold.

Egg - Mandy does have another baby. Ella shes called but not sure if shes addopted. Jack is pretenting to be dead as he got into massive debt. Him and his son realised that he was worth more dead than alive (life insurance). When they found a dead body in the pub car park they decided to say that it was Jack. Can only happen in Holly Oaks eh?

Oooopppss dont know what happened there

Thanks nat! And the dead body was in fact Chris's dad is that right?????

GOsh have not heard that about nurofen. You can buy Calprofen for babies 6 months plus everywhere which is basically the same. Hope poor Henley feels better soon.

Wow! am so impressed with your post egg - you are so thoughtful and kind to everyone - I wish I was like that! so your mum was 41 eh? I keep wondering how it will be when I am 60 and she is 20!

Onions - it says wait till 1 year - I have no idea why. I am not really bothered about the onions though it was the MSG that worried me - all night I was thinking her kidneys could be damaged for life! Didn't get cross with DH though as he was out when I discovered it and I had cooled off by the time he got back.

It's funny how they seem to love strong tastes though - smoked mackerel for example! (also salty probably!)
Love the story of you all eating the same thing EGG - Leila loves fish too. Haven't tried cauliflower though as I don't like it!

Glad to hear you are feeling better Ginger.
Hope Henley gets better soon. Poor thing.

Hi everyone - no time to respond to all your posts but wanted to pop in and say hi! Things are a bit hectic here at the moment - no idea why just never seems to be a spare moment.

Ds1 has been full time at school this week and is loving it. I was a bit worried about how he would cope with school dinners but is getting on fine and is very excited about tomorrow because it's his favourite - fish and chips!

I've never heard that about onions before omy - maybe it's just cause it's a strong taste? I have the annabel karmel book and there are onions in some of the recipes for babies 6-9 months. My lo loves ellas kitchen too but now that he's almost 7 months I've started trying to get him to eat slightly lumpier food. Did a huge cook this week so I've got a lot of ready meals for him in the freezer. Going to try ellas kitchen with pasta though.

Have put a couple of new piccies on my profile - after thinking how lovely it is to see what a lot of you look like I thought I'd better 'come out'!

Take care allxx

Hello Everyone,
Just taking 5 mins out of my planning to say Im feeling really proud of myself. Started back on Monday full time after weeks of tears about leaving DD (Immy) and Im much more OK than I thought I would be.
Immy loving her days with grandparents, Daddy & her 2 mornings at nursery. Cheeky monkey eating more for them than she does for me & nursery staff are really (pleasanty) shocked by how much smiling she does . I have only cried once! Feeling so drained by 9pm but that is more emotional than physical.
My fantastic friends brought me back to school presents, a handbag, purse, lunchbox & fancy pens. DH & parents gave me some new clothes.
I know Im going to do the same for my friends when they are in the same situation, it meant so much & Immy being happy means the world to me.

Hope everyone is well, you're all so kind to each other it's such a lovely thread. Back to planning then off to bed xxx speak soon

lovely pictures Rozzy- so nice to put a face to your name,

Glad to hear DS1 has settled into school so well,

off to do somwe tidying we have DS's pre school teacher coming for a home visit tomorrow !!!!!! how exciting!!! DS said he is going to got o school with her!!!!!!

Hello! Have been back from hols a few days and done a bit of lurking here but only just got it together enough to post. Well, it was good to get away but..... a week with my parents in a small holiday cottage on an island where there's very little to do but walk on beaches and the weather was BAD. And Malcolm gave me and my dad a terrible and I mean terrible cold. And he refused to sleep in his travel cot and slept in my bed all week, except the last night where he just woke up at 3am and DIDN'T GO BACK TO SLEEP.... There were definitely some very very low moments during the week but hey at least I had a break from housework, did get a few hours sunshine, went on a couple of bike rides and Malcolm had a lovely time. I'll stick some pics on when I get a chance.

Sarah - I think Malc's got a squint too but my mum reckons it's a wonky face rather than wonky eye although I think it's both.

Natalie - glad Henley's ok, that sort of thing can be really worrying can't it?

Am really about how many of you are cooking food for your LOs. I just can't be a*d. I'll start soon, honest. It's just I bought loads of ella's kitchen and stuff in the sainsbury's offer.

Count and Rozzy nice to see your pics. And Count at your night out. My God.

Well I'm beginning to think seriously about work and whether or not to go back... it's going to be a really hard decision. MammaK sounds like you're being well treated! It will be hard for me as I was fairly new at my office before leaving (week 1 of pg was week 1 of work!) and cause it's all project based work I'm likely to be working in a differnet place with people I don't know (and loads of other concerns and not-sures) oh well lots and lots of soul searching and "finanical plans" ahead in the next few weeks I think!

LO crying so better go. Missed you all! xx

PS Egg was very at dead body but seems it is telly not RL phew

Yeah thats right Egg. Its Chris's dad.

Henley is fast eep in his OWN bed at last. He did really well tonight. He had a full jar of Hipp pasta, ham and tomato. Then for pudding he had a full jar of banana custard. He loved it. Hes also started shaking his head when he's full.

He had his bath and i got him ready for bed and everything was going well. No winging or crying. Then i tried to give him some paracetamol and he started shaking his head. Idiot me tried to force it down him and he ended up being sick all over my bed. His full dinner came back up. My lovely white sheets are now orange and my matteress stinks of baby puke.

He had a 7oz bottle and then straight off to sleep. Just been to check him and hes had a slight nose bleed. Nothing major (touch wood) but still.

Have just added some more pics from ur weekend away. Henley looks so cute on them.

Gill79 - i dont make Henleys food either. I used to but whilst we were away i gave him jars. When we got back i put him back onto my food but he just wouldnt eat it. So now hes on the Hipp & Ellas kitchen stuff. If hes eating it and happy, im happy.

Nite, Nite all

Ah I made sure that last post included as many people as poss as I always feel I am a bit slack and talk about me me me and miss out replying to other people's worries or news!

And Gill, I do not cook for my babies AT ALL . The salmon and mash was the first time at nearly 8 months and it was only because I was cooking it for DS1 and me and we were all due to eat about the same time. The only other thing I do is mince up salmon or chicken to mix with ella's kitchen type things .

Sorry your week away was not really a break for you. I could never spend a week with my parents now, we would drive each other round the bend.

As I said yesterday, wonky faces etc are the way forward. Who wants a perfect baby anyway?????

Rozzy your pics are just lovely! So nice to "meet" you. You are nothing like i imagined . For some reason I pictured you bigger .

Sarah impressed with home visit from pre-school teacher! I would be terrified about state of my house (the girls that visited last month can vouch for my untidiness!).

DS1 still asleep but babies roaming the floor so better check nobody is eating the tv wires .

Egg- very strange i pictured Rozzy bigger too- she is so beautiful!!!!

We go on our holiday monday, so as soon as Teacher has been i must start getting sorted!!!

Ds is so excited and asks everymorning if its holiday today!!!!

Oh i am hping that teacher will just look at Harry and not my house, its realativly tidy now but by 10 am - who knows what it will look like!!!!lol

Had a good week at work this week, been cleaning in pathology with a lovely lady who has worked there for over 15 years(she is the sort of lady who should be everyone granny!!!!)

NAT- how was yout night did u and Henley both get some sleep-?? I hope you can get the orange off your bedding but if Rosies bibs are anything to go by it could be a challenge- (BTW she has had home cooked food up until the last week and now loves the hipp organic range, i thought i had better use them on holiday for the convenince, and i am hoping to come back to home cooked with occasional jar, who knows!!!!!)

Enough about us now, hope everyone is well,
Have a lovley (if not wet) friday , its not stopped here all nite!!!

Sarah we did exactly the same for DS1 at the same age, got him used to jars before hols and he loved the jars so much on hols he refused my cooking forever more! Well until it was "proper" food instead of mush.

DS1 keeps asking when we are going on holiday. He just loves daddy being around all day and would think we were on holiday even if daddy took a week off and we stayed at home. Poor DS1 keeps saying randomly "I love Center Parcs". We will have to take him back soon.

Babies just gone back to bed for their nap. DD has, for the second morning running, gagged on her weetabix and thrown up her whole milk and weetabix feed. It is getting annoying. She never used to gag except occasionally on rice cakes or something, but never mush. Now I am too scared to give her rice cakes / breadsticks / anything solid as she gags so often and always throws up all her milk as well. So then I worry that the less finger food she has the harder it will be for her to get used to it, but now she is gagging on mush as well no idea what to do. She doesn't seem to care but I am fed up of projectile vomit and having to wash bouncy chair / highchair / clothes / babies / scrub carpet etc.

Gah.

Oh and yes, Rozzy is indeed beeeyootiful! I think she must have made some comment about wanting to lose a few lbs or something so I just thought she was bigger.

She looks very young too .

Hello everyone. I've not been around this week because I've been out every day since last Friday! Am exhausted and looking forwward to a day at home today. There are so many posts that I've read them but don't know where to start replying so I might just start again from now.

Anyway, hope everyone is well and that you aren't too distressed by the miserable weather .

Nat, I hope Henley is on the mend today.

Egg, I sympathise with the gagging. DS still brings up milk all the time so I've not dared to give him any proper lumps yet. We tried toast but he kind of sucks it until it becomes mush so I don't think that counts!

Hello all

what a lot of posts!

re Hollyoaks I had to stop watching it cos I got too upset by the story about Tina giving her baby away and then breastfeeding it anyway . Can anyone tell me if this storyline is resolved yet? then I can watch it again!!

have been giving LO mostly home cooked food. my mum says I should give him jars too but hearing your stories re LOs refusing other food after jars maybe I won't! I want to get him used to lumps anyway.

Omy - thanks for the tip on putting LO in cot. He does like it in there I think the bars remind him of his playpen! He just does not think it is for sleeping!

• I have given LO onions! in sauce obv not raw! He seemed fine with them. And I give him Muller Little Stars fromage frais (yum) and there is salt in that. And in bread. So I think a little bit of salt is prob ok.
• I did hear that about the amber necklace but don't believe it as can't see how it would work - unless you let them chew on the beads! but then what if the string broke and LO swallowed one?

tyaca - hope things are a bit better for you today - think we would all feel the same in your situation! Classes will help I am sure. You are lucky your DH gets home so predictably. Mine came home unexpectedly early last night (5.45pm) but while he was on his way home his boss PHONED ME AT HOME and told me to tell DH to ring him at work as soon as he got in!!! luckily he did not have to go back but had to do lots of work on computer that night.

missnat - I had not heard that about nurofen! tbh how do they know that about young babies because it is so hard to do clinical trials on little babies. Maybe the antib's are in case he has got a bacterial ear infection on top of his cold. You can't be too careful with ears IMO.

• henley v cute in your pics! your carrier looks q uncomfortable though - have you thought about trying a mei tai, Ergo or Beco? they should be easier on your shoulders!

rozzy - wow you are gorgeous! but your DS3 is even more gorgeous! soooo cute! you can really see the family resemblance between your DSs can't you. let us know how your LO copes with pasta, I fancy trying that too.

MammaK - so glad that going back to work/LO at nursery is working out ok.

Gill - sounds like you need a holiday to reover from your holiday!! sounds a bit like mine tbh. we went away with friends and it rained all the time and I could not leave LO alone sleeping in the bed (not safe bed) and so I kept having to miss eating supper with everyone! my friends said afterwards they were worried I wasn't enjoying it at all so I must have looked fairly tired/hungry/glum!

• hard decision re going back to work eh. remember there is no one right answer it is whatever is best for you.

Egg - I have to wash LO, high chair, mat, carpet, LO's clothes and MYSELF after every meal LO has! it seems all I am doing is feeding him and cleaning up after!! luckily we have got a lot of babyclothes in 3-6mo size so the washing machine is having a break today and am just going to soak all carroty clothes overnight in bucket!!! not sure what to suggest re gagging, maybe go back to smooth puree for a while and then maybe try mashed potato etc? some babies are very gaggy and they just need to practice eating for longer to train themselves not to gag so much I think...

strawberry - my LO does that with toast too! sometimes we help him by slathering it in apple puree to make it really soggy. but sometimes when its nice and soggy a little bit will break off in his mouth and he has a go at chewing it! although he doesn't actually have any teeth yet!

count - your LO is lovely and chubby and cute!

omg I am at all your lovely comments. I did have a lot of weight to lose after ds3 but the running has got me back down to my normal weight again. Thanks for the comment about looking young egg - I've been feeling about 70 recently!

Sarah - home visit - that's good service. Have a nice holiday - did you manage to get your work to agree to give you your holidays?

Egg - could your dd have a sore throat or be teething - could cause the gagging. I wouldn't think there would be a problem with avoiding finger foods for a few weeks and going back to smooth purees - might help your sanity at least.

Gill - that must be a hard decision to make whether to go back to work or not. I suppose a big factor in your decision might be whether or not you can work part time or flexi hours. Personally I probably wouldn't go back to work if I have a choice but financial reasons dictate. I do sometimes think though that I'd go mad if I was here all the time but I am so enjoying maternity leave I don't want it to end. Oh and you are very brave spending that amount of time with your parents. As much as I love mine I think that might be a bit much!

Missnat - glad henley seems to be on the mend. My ds2 had his first little nose bleed a few weeks ago (he's almost 4) and that freaked me out so I hate to think how you must have been feeling especially since you had a rough time with him after he was born didn't you?

Tyaca -hope you're not feeling too isolated. The classes will definitely help - hopefully there'll be some like minded mums there.

Sally - that must be rubbish your dh getting home so late. I know that when my dh is working I really look forward to him coming home.

Well my only news is that my first period since lo has started - boo. I was really hoping that I'd be one of these women who don't have periods for ages after having children and whilst still bf. I really must get myself organised and get some longer term contraception organised because we DO NOT want another baby!!

Work are still refusing annual leave but they are aware i am takingit as unpaid leave, will have to see what happens upon my return,!!!

Not to worried as there a a few of us having to do the same!!!

Must think about packing, wellies and raincoats all the way i think!!!!!

Working 5 til 8 tonight so that will be nice to be home early!!!!lol

Sarah have a fab hols. Bugger work. You wont care while you are enjoying the rain sun in Cornwall! You'll still have a fab time even if it does rain, nice to get away!

Wow, its really pouring outside. Looks like summer is over before it really began.

Sarah, hope you have a great holiday. I love Cornwall and have always had sunshine when I've been (and I've always been in January).

MammaK, glad work is going ok. I am dreading going back, only 3 and a half weeks left, but its nice to know that your DD has settled well. I am sure DS will, he's a sociable little chap, but still don't want to leave my little man - v v . Gill, it is so tough making a decision but I did feel a bit better once the decision was made, if that helps?!

Hope the weather is better for the weekend. DH on standby so could end up with DD and DS on my own, which is always tougher if we are all stuck inside. Have made a rule that DD can only watch 30 minutes of tv plus the bedtime hour while I put DS to bed, but its very tough to enforce it .

looking forward to my hols, dont really care if it rains tbh, but would rather it didn't the beak is well needed!!!

Home visit from DS's teacher went well, and she really is lovley- very calm etc!!!! harry asked if he could go back to Oak Hill with her in her car not mummy's!!!! she didn't know how to answer as no other child ever asked!!!!

Must start sorting stuff to pack!!!! we have a birthday party later so must get on, speak later-

Strawberry- i am very inpressed at only 1 hour of tv- my seems like its always ona nd it drives me mad!!!!lol (in our house is nick junior instead of cbeebies though!!! and if i turn it off DS put on the Wii and plays deigo

Sarah, Well rules are made to be broken . Am keeping my fingers crossed for sunshine for you!

Off shopping this morning to return DD's shoes which DH complained about. Buying shoes for her is a nightmare because she has a really high instep. I bought lovely kicker boots in the end which I think are fine but DH thinks are too big. Grrr - have said he can now be responsible for finding some

I have a question for you all this morning. What are your LO's favourite toys at the moment? DS is at the almost mobile stage and gets really frustrated. I think he needs something new to entertain him but not sure what. Does anyone have any ideas?

rosie loves anything with music and lights if that helps

Hello! Computer seems to be braindead and moving at snails pace so tricky to type as it only catches up with me 30 seconds later and I cant see what I am typing so will not say much now. Just wanted to say to StrawberryC that DS2 loves this at the mo. DD likes it too but DS2 is faster and gets there first. We are not using it as a walker yet obv (we got it for DS1 when he was 10 months so standing up) but the play bit detaches and they lie on the floor and play the piano etc! If you don't like electronic things then pop up people was always a big hit with DS1 from this age and he still loves it now. Great for them to chew on when teething! Mulberry Bush has lots of nice things!

cor, if you miss a few days it does put you off a bit doesn't it. have been chasing the thread all week trying to read everything.
egg that v tech toy-my dd loved it too, our nextdoor neighbour has it. Hope managed to cut her eyelid open on it spectacularly-don't panic, it was completely freak accident and doubt could repeat it if tried.
bummer about the holiday gill, have to say i had a holiday like that in scotland last summer. big sympathies.
tyaca hope you're not still feeling so isolated. must be horrid in this weather before you've got started properly. are there are there other mothers living on site?
really impressed with talking babies and crawling babies.
hope you have a good holiday sarah.
ginger glad you're all recovering
ds is moving further than i can believe possible when he's not crawling yet-weird. i'm trying hard to teach him how to say mummy but i'm sure he'll end up saying daddy like his sister.
have tried the fairy dust technique and it seems to be working for the nightmares.
we are on a real high although shattered. just got back from watching sil at Burghley. so exciting, first time she's done it even though she has been working so hard since she was a teenager. she's aiming for the olympics and this is the best she's done so far-mainly because she now has a sponsor so she's got a fab horse to ride. anyway, won't bore proudly any longer. anyone with a free moment (hah!) tomorrow afternoon, fingers crossed she should be on bbc 2 around 3 o'clock show jumping. her name is emilly gilruth so could you all give her a virtual crossed fingers. we were so relieved she got round the course today safely. one of her friends died there 3 years ago and half the people today didn't finish

Egg we have the v-tech walker. And yes DS loves it athough it does seem to have a bit of a mind of its own.

How was ile de re princess?

We're struggling a bit (again ) Last night DS was up at 10, 1, 3, and 4. I bf him each time cause otherwise he would just scream and scream. Very silly I know but he will scream for ever. As a result of this ridiculousness he has no appetite all day plus of course I feel crap. Keep resolving to be a bit stricter but it never happens. Am definitely going to try tonight though. I don't even mind getting up twice in the night to feed him if there's a reasonable gap and he goes straight down again, but an hour's gap is really pushing it!