Feb 08 - Lessons in Dressing An Octopus (Or Cooo-eeeee, We're Overe Here!)

[swottybetty]

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Had a very good night last night, DS slept from 8 to 9.40 which meant I got a lie in aswell . I am sure its the humidifier that helps him sleep so long when he's got a cold. His temp is completely back to normal now. He's now mixing crawling types - commando one minute then tummy off the floor proper crawling the next. He's been getting frustrated that he can't stand up for very long because he's still weak but apart from that he's much much better.

Hows your DS strawberry? Have you decided anything about work?

Oh and hope the antibiotics work rozzy. The dentist couldn't give me the stronger ones because of bf but the others were ok

Turns out it was the Norovirus that i had and not food poisioning and have now given it to DH really hope DS dosen't get it.

Excellent news with your good night Alkar, long may it continue. Our nights are not good at the moment as DS has a cold and I have been going to bed at 8pm just to try and top up my sleep. He's not napping properly during the day either and I am knackered.

Hope your feeling a bit better rozzy and your DS Strawberry.

Oh no Loobyt, hope you are feeling better and that your DS doesn't get it. That virus sounds horrible.

My DS is so cheery in himself, but his chest sounds rubbish. I asked not to work for the rest of the year (like how that sounds ) but have been "asked" to work next Monday and Tuesday. Am thinking about what to do. Whatever happens DS won't have to go to nursery which is a relief.

How's everyone else doing? Alkar, I also think the humidifier has been brilliant. Despite his poorly chest, DS's sleep has been 100x better since we got it.

Hospital cot for a week, ginger, crikey, I missed that mssg, I guess!! Sounds like a lot of the LOs have been very poorly, touch wood, we've go nowt worse here than runny noses.

I did try to get the 2 youngest DS's exposed to chickenpox, I thought it would be great to get it over with during the Christmas hols, but such no luck. I hate having that hanging over us, not knowing when it will strike.

Alkar - on no another one in hospital - hope he's much better now.

Ds2 seems to have come down with something and we're just fingers crossed he's gonna be alright. He's been up really early the last couple of days and restless. When I picked him up today from nursery he had quite a temp so he's been packed off to bed with calpol and I keep checking him to make sure he's ok. Luckily I'm not at work now till Monday so at least I don't have to worry about him bless him. Just hoping whatever it is he's over it by next week.

We've got dp's bday tomorrow so ds1 very happy about early present opening cause lets face it we don't get to open our own bday pressies anymore!!

Can't believe its only 8 days till xmas, I'm very excited!! Bit gutted at the same time tho cause my brother is moving to oz in jan so this will be his last xmas here for the next couple of years. I'm really gonna miss him.

Ginger - glad you're feeling up to talking and just hope you're holding up ok x

Alkar and Strawberry - so sorry to hear the boys been back in hospital. And Looby about such awful sickness. It's the worst thing when you feel like that and impossible to look after DCs! Hope DS doesn't succumb.

At my parents at the moment. Synopsis of last night - Malc went down at 7. He was awake 7.45 till 8.15. Then he was awake 9.30 till 11. Then he was awake 12.30 till 2. Then 2.30 till 3.15. Then 5 till 5.30. And up at 7.30. I have to say when I'm away from DP I find this so hard. It wasn't even like I was not letting him bf - he could have had as much bf as he liked but was just pushing me away. Seemed to be in pain so must be those fecking teeth again. It really got me down and I just sat there all night thinking really negative thoughts and getting annoyed with the world. Things always seem better in the morning though especially after two hours unbroken sleep! WTF! He is almost 11 months old. At some point we're just going to have to get really tough and break the back of this thing. Just not yet . After new year. And after Jan which is my first month back at work. After his birthday.....

Right - could be in bed now. Better go!

Gill, poor you, that sounds horrendous. I am still up now, but only dealing with admin like Xmas cards that I never get a chance to do. Had hoped to wrap presents too but didn't get around to it.

Count, know what you mean about birthdays. DD gave DH his present from me for his birthday in August, by saying "happy birthday daddy, its a shirt!!" LOL, no surprises for us anymore.

I'm up far too late, goodnight everyone!

morning everyone,

how is everyone feeling now, hope we are all on the mend,

DS has xmas party at pre-school today and we are having to take cheese cubes in, so i have just finished chopping them up!!!!lol,

DS is so excited he is racing round like a headless chicken!!!!!heeheee

spk soon, xxx

Enjoy the christmas party sarah, its DSs today but I'm not taking him because he still has a rash. He's fine but I don't want the other mums thinking he's contagious!

Feel for you gill - how was last night?

rozzy ds is 1 on 4th Jan and this year HAS gone so quickly. DS weighs 26lb 5oz and is absolutely huge (off the scale for his height). It seems hard to imagine hime as a'baby' now. It's my 43rd birthday on the 8th Jan so certainly the wrong side of 40 for leaving things too long (the camera lies btw, in RL i look about 55!). poor you with the infection, I am a fellow sufferer, have them lots especially when |I'm pregnant, hope you feel better soon.

Srah, finish for hols tomorrow and then off to ds first xmas party! Am really looking forward to it!

lljk- ds has bronchiolitis in Nov, was in hosp nearly a week and on oxygen and intravenous anti biots, he's doing fine now thpough.

Count- am getting there, still get a bit tearful but coping. going back to work helped a bit i think.

Gill, that sounds awful you really should try controlled crying, it DOES work and only takes a few days. I think, tbh, he's just messing you about! (typical bloke!!). He doesn't actually need anything and at nearly one he should be able to go through the night. You have to be strong, it's hard at first but i promise it will work, if you started now you could be sleeping through by chrimbo (i did it with toby... i wrote a plan and eevrything but by night three he slept though. He still cries a bit sometimes but we just ignore him and he settles back down, obviously if he was distressed or ill we wouldn't). Hope this helps, you must be exhausted. Big hugs hun.

apologies for terrible typing!

Thanks Ginger - am going to read your words for encouragement when I do do it (we're going to be away for christmas in a house full of relatives so probably not fair on them). I know, another excuse.

Last night...... tbh I couldn't tell you. He slept on me most of the night and my boobs are chewed up. I think I woke up to stop him crying about every hour. HE looked awful this morning - so pale and exhausted.

Can't believe how massive Toby is! Malc 24lbs and I think that he's giant.

Gill poor you - I know what you mean you really expect the nights to be quieter when they get to this age don't you. Our nights are a little disturbed at the moment because Andrews horrible cough has come back but it's not bad at all and I can now get him back to sleep pacing with him rather than feeding - my back is killing me though he's a heavy lump (although not as heavy as Malcolm or Toby!!).

Ginger - this is only the 2nd time I've had a urine infection but at least this time I knew to get it sorted out quickly. Last time I waited so long that it turned into a full on kidney infection and I was bedridden. I was then allergic to the ab they gave me and came out in a full body rash. The antibiotics they've given me this time seem to have done the trick though and I'm feeling much better. Was a bit worried I wouldn't manage a glass of wine tomorrow on my birthday - I'll be 33 - look much older at the moment though I think.

Hope the party went well sarah. Ds1 and ds2 have their nursery and school parties today.

I love this time of year in the run up to Christmas but so many people/babies seem to be poorly. Hope everyone is recovering xx

Happy birthday for tomorrow rozzy I turned 33 a few weeks ago - I just dont know where the years have gone

party was good, DS had a really good time, last day of the school run tomorrow until the new year!!! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i am feeling really teary today and have no idea why!!

ho hum, xxxxx

Wow, I can't believe your boys are so big. DS was an early baby at the end of Feb, but he's only 15.12. I can't believe he's so small for his age.

Hi girls, Gill I am so feeling for you it must be horrendous esp away from home and without DP. Hope you are ok. I know it is not for everyone but I second the sleep training recommendation. Our lives changed dramatically for the better once DD got sorted.

Ginger you soooooooooooooooo dont look 5. My legendary comment when we first met was "you look so young" instead of "hello" . Honestly, I would guess your age at mid 30s which i know does not help your biological clock but hopefully makes you feel a bit better.

Sarah I was all emotional today at DS1's christmas concert. He didn't even manage to sing but he sat dressed as a christmas tree nicely (nearly in tears with fear mind you).

DD unwell again. Hideous nappies and thrown up everywhere. DH out tonight for work party so praying she is ok later.

Just realised the time, coming up for their supper time so that might explain why they are so grumpy!

Oh and Strawb, dont forget my DD is still only 15lbs or so, and she is your DS's girlfriend, so she doesn't want him too big! How is he now btw? Getting better I hope.

Ah egg your poor dd - I hope they all go down ok for you so you can put your feet up whilst your dh is at his party. I liked your plan for the twins birthday btw - you definitely deserve a few drinks for coping so well with twins AND a toddler (although I suppose ds1 will be a proper little boy now rather than a toddler. I agree with you it's far easier to cope with things when you aren't shattered - everything seems pretty bleak when you're awake in the middle of the night.

thanks Egg!

happy birthday Rozzy

gill, i third the sleep training. i agree it takes less time than you think. it sounds like malc is like dd was-she was in agony with her teeth and woke up alot. we did sleep training at 6months and it improved-took about a week to go from what you have with malc. have to admit we never got perfect night but the difference was that she learnt to settle herself so even when we had to go in, we had her back in her cot in minutes and not the vile hours spent rocking and singing-singing xmas carols this year is vvv poignant as dd born near xmas and only thing dh and i knew to sing then was carols so 'once in royal d's city sends me right back to 4am in the chair in the dark... anyway, you are right you need right time for it when you feel really strong and have a week ahead of you to give it a go. i'm with you and feel the pain of the 2 hour sleep. also, maybe osteopathy could help? never got back to you before re holding ear. just behind the ear is one of the joints that is often restricted and causes discomfort when teething and makes teething longer and more tricky often. {am writing fast and not v articulately as dd with smelly nappy at top of stairs and ds holding table precariously behind me. if you need name of good osteo let me know-also helps with sleep often

moan alert. you should def ignore the following if there is more sickness and less dc sleep in your house. cause i just sound like a whinging bore.

god, you guys are all coping with your and your dc's various illnesses so much better than i am. i have had dd's common or garden cold and been in bits. apart from the couple of nights at worst of her cold when we gave her medised, she has not slept thru for the last fortnight or so and the last three nights she has resorted to the wanting to play for a couple of hours at 3am thing. i feel so rotten and hate not being able to neck whiskey and painkillers. dh took over the nights for two nights but he done 6 out of 8 last days 8am - 11.30pm so is exhausted too. my cold is on way out, but has left in its wake the awful earache i had when preg with dd that was an infection needed penecillen then. why at the weekend nr xmas ?? last time it was at it worse over easter bank holiday.

hey ho. last day of term. dh and i had tickets for the staff end of term ball thing and his mum baby sitting but we cried off and are going for takeaway curry and bed by 9pm.

moan over. big hugs to everyone with far more dc // far less sleepy dc// far worse illnesses // far worse ill dc. sorry to be so boring and self involved. will post proper over weekend.

quick happy b-day rozzy! you look v glam and young in pic i have seen of you (ginger you too are the person last allowed to moan about looking older that age)

and princess hello lovely to hear from you. keep meaning to say hello proper after your post last week

xx

betty - it is sooo much harder to deal with stuff when you're pregnant and/or ill. I went to buy medised for ds3 and the pharmacist told me that it was now advised to only give under 2's paracetamol and sure enough the packaging now says 2 years +. Luckily he's actually sleeping quite well despite the cold and 2 bulging top teeth.

My moan of the day is that we think ds2 has chickenpox. He has lots of red spots on his tummy and they're spreading onto his back and neck. They are not blistery although a couple of them look like they're turning that way. He doesn't seem ill though and it would actually be quite a good time for him to have it since nursery is now closed for Christmas and we don't really have any plans to go anywhere over the holidays.

Dh is working all weekend and I was supposed to be going and doing some christmassy things with my mum then off to my brothers and SIL for dinner. But mum, dad, SIL and nephew all have ear infections and we've been instructed not to bring kids anywhere near them. If it turns out ds2 does have chickenpox I don't suppose we would be going anyway but it could turn out to be a long weekend!!

We're away to have my birthday curry and I've already started on the wine.

Happy birthday Rozzy, hope your DS doesn't have chickenpox!

Swotty, I agree being sick and looking after a baby is so hard, you have every right to moan.

Egg, thank you for reminding me about DS's girlfriend, am cheered up!

Hello Princess, how are you? Ginger, how are you doing? Christmas is tough for sad times, I just wanted you to know I am still thinking about you.

Please can i have a little moan now. Just back from A&E AGAIN with DS. Now he's had an allergic reaction, possibly to the penicillin treating his pneumonia. My first day back at work and I had to leave at 3 because my mum called me about him getting a rash. I am so tired and feel so alone with this. He's been sick since October, one thing after another. I've googled (evil I know) and am really afraid there's something really wrong with him. I've started to become afraid he might actually die. The last two times we've been at the hospital I keep thinking about him getting sicker and not coming home. I'm not here enough for my poor DD and work is a disaster. God, any tips? I feel at the moment like I am failing at everything.