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

[Gill79]

done it

oh Gill you must be exhausted, i am so glad we get good sleep here!!!

Princess i will tune in to your sil love to watch it!!!

i really have to pack today as still not done any, we are leaving first thing in the morning!!!

DD has very bad nappy rash and her cheecks are bad too!!! hoping her teeth will be here soon(she still has none) She is still very happy though although very restless last night,

struggling to get rid of her cradle cap too- any suggestions???

have a great but wet sunday everyone xxx

gill, we've been doing the same sort of thing with Ferdie, trying to get him back to sleep without a bottle. it's taken 2 weeks from waking throughout night to waking 1-2 times and just stuffing dummy back in, then having him in bed next to us from about 5.30. i think this is better but we're not sure what to do next, i think we'll work on keeping him in his cot more. the only thing that kept me going was getting shed loads of sleep in preparation for the hard core nights. is there anyone who could give you some help so you could sleep from 7 in the evening til he wakes up? or could your dh try and do nights as he doesn't smell of milk?
sarah re cradle cap-my aunt was told the old way of doing it was rubbing olive oil in then combing through with a fine tooth comb after, prob same as special cradle cap shampoo which is just mineral oil i think.

Hope you are feeling better now tyaca congrats on the book. I got three books out of the library last week and when I got home I realised I had read them all before

My DS loves hummous too omy

Love your oics rozzy - I'm quite jealous of you having three boys. I really wanted a girl when I was pregnant but if we decide to have another I want a boy!

Hows henley now missnat, and how are your sheets?!

We have the same walker as egg stawberry and DS loves it (its quite loud though!)

I have been giving DS lots of finger food and he loves feeding himself. I scatter slices of carrot / parsnip / potato / sweet potato etc on his high chair tray and he is happy for ages feeding himself. It means we can eat in peace aswell, I even gave him some quorn sausage last week which he loved.

Re talking DS says dadadadada constanlty so I am preparing myself for daddy being his first word. His name is daniel so I think he hears da sounds a lot anyway. My friend is a speech therapist and said da is easier for them to say, much harder than ma sounds.

How was last night Gill? DS is sill sleeping through but the cat wakes me up every couple of hours in the night so I am permanently exhausted too!

Have a lovely holiday Sarah, sorry you didn't manage to sort things with work.

Thanks for all the tips! Funnily enough, we also have the vtec which we had for DD but it needed new batteries. Have changed them and he was loving playing with it this morning, although at one point I did find him playing the piano with his nose!

Egg, the mulberry site looks fab, I will look for a good toy for DS for our holiday.

Princess, its almost 3 so I am thinking about your sister .

Gill, sleeping is such a nightmare, I've been lucky with my two but on Friday I was up 4 times to DS to roll him back over and once to DD so I do sympathise.

Sarah, DS also has cradle cap. I was trying the dentinox shampoo but I'm not sure it really helped. I haven't tried olive oil but someone on here recommended aqueous cream and that has helped a bit. DD still has it at nearly 4 and so does my friend's DS at 8!

Alkar, am very impressed with finger food. I might try that for DS at tea time. How does your DS do with it? Am still worried about choking but I think I need to start being braver!

see you all at the weekend, am turning of pc now!!!!1

Have a great week xxxx

poor sil's horse kicked a stone on the way into the arena this morning and went lame so the vets wouldn't let her compete . it's pants for her as it means back to square one for next year. it's so tough, she's putting off ttc until after 2012 in case she gets to the olympics so there's so much riding (hah!) on it.
wishing us all a good nights sleep

Hi Everyone,

Henley is alot better. He's still got a snotty nose but no more nose bleeds.

Ive started his on stage 2 food today. He doesnt like it one bit, but he's just going to have to get used to it. As i keep telling him, Mummys the boss not Henley . He had one of theose multi grain, banana cereals for breakfast. He had about half a bowl, gagged and then threw it all back up. Lets hope he likes his lunch.

Have a fab holiday Sarah. Hope you get some sunshine.

Im going to start packing today. Theres just so much to pack though. Normally i just throw everything in my case at the last minute but that was before i had a baby. This time i need to be all prepared. Im also hating the fact that we only get 20kgs pp and henley gets nothing. I can see us having to pay a HUGE excess baggage bill .

Anyone got any advice on packing and how to pack less? Im useless.

Henley is at the hospital today for his calcium check. . I hate taking him and having to hold him down whilst the take blood. I am a little concerned about him though. I dont think hes having seizures again but he's started doing little jerky movements as if he shivering but not. Im really hoping it hasnt dropped. I dont want my poor baba to be in hospital again especially when its so close to our hol. But he has to come first.

I'll let you know what they say,

Hi Natalie. I'm glad to hear that Henley is better. What's the calcium check for? I hope its ok anyway. Both my DCs were in special care and had lots of blood taken and its really horrible

We are just about to start on stage 2 food too. DS has loved all his food so far though so I reckon he'll be fine, just like his daddy who has a very good appetite!!

Where are you going on holiday? I have been a bit of a control freak and have started my packing lists already for our holiday in about 10 days time, so I might have some tips

Hi Everyone

Strawberry - His calcium check is because he was born with a calcium deficency that caused him to have seizures. Thankfully though he hasnt has one for months and today he has been discharged . His consultant said that the jerky movements are just shivers. Im so happy. No more needles, no more screaming in pain, no more bleeping machines. Im that happy i cried when the doc said he doesnt need to go back again

Were going to Fuerteventura. We go Wednesday afternoon for 2 weeks. I cant wait. Im really un-prepared. Havnt packed, havent changed the money. Havnt done anything really. Think its probably because i thought that we might not be able to go if Henley's calcium was low. But its not and now im soooooooooo excited.

I havnt got a clue what to pack though. Ive been checking the net for the weather there and its roughly about 27c. Im thinking shorts and t-shirts for the day but dont know what to do about the night.

Where are you going? Anywhere nice?

Strawberry, for the finger food I have been slicing veg or buying packet of diced carrot and turnip then steaming it until its really soft so if he doesn't chew it he won't choke. Once you see them choke then cough up the offending food easily a few times you start to relax!

Your poor sister princess

Great news about henley missnatalie

when do you start stage 2? can't remember.
missnat so glad you don't have any more needles coming your way, i'll never forget holding ds down each time the drs came, must have been awful for you strawberry with both of yours having to go through that.
re: packing, don't bother with nappies, you'll find the local ones at the supermarket if you're near one and they'll be just the same. you could look online to find out the temp at night where you're going to see what he needs to wear. also you could see if there's any way of finding out if they sell the same formula in fuertaventura-maybe there's an mnetter who's been who could tell you?
thanks alkar, em is still really gutted but she's a fighter so she's already dusting herself off and preparing for the next competition.

Natalie - Fantastic, am so glad he got the all clear! What a relief for you

Re your holiday, Princess's advice is really good I think. I also used the lists for packing from this website www.babygoes2.com/main_planit.asp#packing, it is definitely overkill but it gives ideas. The other thing I would say is to take lots of calpol etc. We went to France when DD was 7 months old and she got either a bug or possibly heat stroke . I had taken some sachets of calpol but we ran out and DH had to go and buy some from a french chemist which was a pain.

Alkar, am going for the steamed veg tomorrow afternoon if we get past the milk issue at lunch time (DS had a reaction to cows milk and HV wants me to test him so am going to do it tomorrow when (a) HV and doc are both in surgery and (b) DH is at home. Am quite scared though.

Princess, sorry about your SIL, I have such admiration for people who work so hard to realise their dreams.

Hi everyone, am trying to catch up with all the posts!

Ds2 still not really eating but am trying not to stress about it. The thing that I am worried about is going back to work before he is scoffing enough. Still have a couple of months though so keep telling myself it will be fine!!

Hi all -- glad to hear Henley's better, I'm sure your LO will get into solids soon, beansprout.

Having dissed BLW so thoroughly, it's pretty much what we're doing after all . Only tidy foods like rice cakes, chips (no sauce), carrots with bib, etc. And only bcuz I cant b asked to spoon feed -- no porridge until he can manage a spoon sometime next yr, methinks.

And having avoided all talk of poo until now, while he doesnt seem to eat much, I can report that judging from the nappies, baby is def ingesting a fair bit of solids.

My Nights are a lot like Gill's -- due to mad teething I suppose (zzzzzzzz). Little Sprite is very clingy, too, which is QUITE draining.

bfn

hiya all. lol lljkk .... after immersing myself in all the BLW blogs etc, i am now spooning dd and fairly much nowt else. once she gets a taste of food she starts screaming til the next mouthful so its easier to just shovel it in. this feeding thing rocks. prob cause i only have one baby and i spend my time thinking about food anyway .

what are the FF mums doing re milk now? dd not always finsihing her bottles but we do seem to spend all our time feeding now. she's having 5 x 7oz bottles plus 3 meals. i posted a similar question in the weaning section. i meant to title the topic "how did you cut down on milk when weaning" instead i wrote "how did you cut down on mil when weaning."...

gill, princess and lljkk - sorry to hear your nights are so bad. any sign of improvement gill? princess there are three onsite mums - two teach and one's the wife of a teacher. i am quite shy about these things but need to get off my ass and invite people round for tea. am impressed your ds is mobile - whenever i read what other babies here are doing i always console myself by remembering dd is about a month younger than everyone else.... but if you say such thing, i start to panic!

sarah - dd's cradle cap got so bad i went to the dr's and he gave me some shampoo. i only had to use it three times and it cleared up. that was about a month ago - its started to come back a bit in the last couple of days.

beansprout, know what you mean re catching up on the thread. maybe no food is as tasty as your milk?? can i tentatively suggest making your own cheese and yogurt

jealous of all those holidaying. dh now back to work with a vengance. he's on duty today and tomo night which means he wont be back from work til gone 11pm. only upside is that i'll be able to watch the kate garraway bf doc on channel 4. will have laptop with me so i can keep an eye on what MNers are saying.

dd now in her own room. been two nights. first night went well, last night she was v v distressed from about 7.30pm til midnight but then ok. do you think its being in her own room? i was nervous about moving her at first but its bliss! we have two lights in our bedroom and last night i was flicking the switches wondering which one i normally used. then i realised i'd never switched the lights on in b-room before cause of dd. nuts.

Hello Tyaca, I saw your post on the weaning board and it made me . We are on purees, not really made much progress with BLW yet other than pitta breads and toast, which DS LOVES!!!

Have confirmed today that DS is allergic to milk. Am quite scared, waiting to find out from doc when we will get a referral but he starts nursery 3 weeks tomorrow and I'm really worried he will be given milk by mistake and what might happen.

Am also going to be watching the Kate Garraway programme tonight, am really interested to see what they say, given the milk allergy it looks like I might be bf for longer than anticipated.

re the milk strawberry, but better to find out sooner rather than later. does that me he has a full on diary allergy for forseeable future or might it go when he gets older? nurseries are really hot on these nowadays -- hard not to worry i know tho.' dd also loves toast. who can blame her? we cut out bread when i was trying to lose pregnancy and it sucked

I'm not really sure what it means yet, most all of my information comes from MN at the moment! I think most milk allergies are outgrown but not for a year or so Still he won't miss what he's never had and the nursery are good I think as DD are there.

Am so pleased I found MN though, this site is so brillant!!

strawberry my dd and ds both have a cow's milk protein intolerance and dd was def allergic to wheat too. am quite relaxed about it 2nd time round. the only consequence for my 2 was bad stomach pain and reflux and very snotty dd so i could be more relaxed than if it was something worse. you get into the swing of it after awhile, initially i used to get really wound up at mil's before they got with the programme-yoghurt etc .
tyaca bf yoghurt-gahhhh!however, see what you mean for likkjk and her lo, good idea. now get off your bum and ask them round for tea-i bet it's nothing to do with being lazy and much more to do with nerves
the street party i'm planning is the sun after the one coming feel way out of my depth. wish i'd never started it, dreading it being a flop. and guess what-ferdie's non christening christening is the day before and dh keeps inviting people to a party the night before that-what!!! what party ??!!
sorry if a bit incoherent, 2 large glasses of wine and i'm going to bed...

Hi all, gosh i hate being away for too long, i struggle to catch up with everyone

From what i can see everyone is well, i'm sorry some of you are still struggling at night though, tiredness is just the worst thing when you have a million other things to do as well!

I'm back at work now, it's ok i think its just getting used to a change of routine, and Ds1 has settled really well into school, he loves his dinners and as from next week he'll be there from 9am-3pm.

I'll get off now and i must make more of an effort to get on here and catch up with you all, i really shouldn't leave it this long but i've been so busy this past week, i've been a bit down as well...its 1yr on sat since my lovely dad died and i haven't been sleeping that well, i keep running things over and over in my head. I think once i get sat over with i'll feel a bit more calmer.

Take care all xxx

Hi all. Have been away on holiday and feel like I haven't posted on here for ages. I started off reading all of your posts but after about 20 mins, I ended up just scanning.

Strawberry and Leesmum - just looked at your new pics. Your children are beautiful.

Dd has been developing loads. My mum bought her a walker to use on holiday and she was running around in it, grinning. She also went swimming in the sea (in an inflatable ring) and LOVED it. She was kicking and splashing with a big smile on her face. She can clap her hands now (so cute) and she does high fives when prompted. She is on stage 2 solids, although I still haven't tried her with fish (just yoghurt, lentils and cheese so far). It is reassuring to read there is a big difference in the amounts people's LOs are eating. I was worried dd was eating too much but it looks like they just take what they need. She has big bowlfuls of food at every meal but I only bf her in between, no snacks yet. If I try to give her something solid, rather than a lumpy puree, she puts it in her mouth then takes it out again looking really disgusted with me, like 'how could you give me that shit?' Pieces of courgette is all she will eat unpureed and only because she was feeling particuarly tolerant that day.

Dd has also taken to having 2 hour naps mid morning; is anyone else's lo doing this? Should I be encouraging her to have shorter, more frequent naps? She will prob sleep for about half an hour this afternoon as well.

Bessie x

Leesmum - didn't see your last post. Hope you're doing ok. x

Hi ladies,

haven't been on for ages, work takes up loads of time and then i have to fit everything else in as well!

Have tried to read all the posts i've missed but there's so much happened! \hope everyone is ok though

DS still doesnt have any teeth and can't crawl but is a crazy boy in his walker! He even tried to walk the other day but luckily i caught him as he stepped away from me. he is definitely not strong enough to walk but he obviously thinks he can do it!

Am finding the whole work thing really stressful, everything we are teaching has changed and i havent done the prep i need to do. Am so tired in the evenings all i'm capable of is watching crap TV and falling asleep let alone anything else. TBH most of the time i can't string a sentence together (i'm beginning to think I have alzheimers or something), the words in my head don't come out of my mouth, i say the wrong things all the time! Probably hormones and sleep deprivation! God knows what will happen when i start teaching on friday (students don;t start back until then). Wish i could stay at home but finances dictate otherwise, am able to do part-time but i'm scared even the three days i'm down for is going to be too much. I used to be really switched on and good at my job and now....

Ah well had best go and hoover (not in work today) while ds is asleep, he really screams everytime i put hoover on, this started suddenly, didn't happen with dds, anyone else heard of a reaction like it?

Have a good day

Sorry work is stressful ginger, hope it gets better. You never know you might end up pregnant again soon

Hope you are doing ok leesmum it must be a really tough time for you.

DS went to the consultant yesterday for his vomiting. They are now testing him for coeliac disease which I am sure he doesn't have but I think he has a wheat intolerance as he's always sick for a couple of days afte eating bread / rusk etc. I work in the lab which tests his blood and I rang up my collegue today for the results. Coeliac screen hasn't been done yet but his iron is quite low and has other signs of anaemia from his blood results. I have just been to asda and bought baby cereal, green veg and vitamins. The problem is I am a veggie and really can't cook meat so I have also bought him stage 2 jars with meat in. What is everyone else doing about giving their LOs iron?

thanks alkar, am veggie too- not sure if you're breast feeding but if you are you can take iron tabs and it will be passed on to ds (HV told me this). I also buy jars with meat in as i don't cook any (used to for dd1 but she has moved out (gone to uni) so no point just for ds. Hope this helps.