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kayzr · 04/02/2009 20:16

Hello.

Trace I went with your idea!!

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Olipop · 24/02/2009 11:07

Oops, posted before I'd finished nattering!
I went to see a friend yesterday and she gave me a beautiful lambskin (sorry veggies!). It is so soft I want it for myself!
I was wondering about Lal and Bisou too. Hope they are ok.
I'm having a lazy at home morning. Just pootling about (DS is still in his jammies!). Sometimes it is nice to not have the pressure to go anywhere first thing.
Must crack on with a bit of housework though...can't have a totally unproductive morning! (well..if you count building and taking part in obstacle races, play doh-ing, and three meal preparations already unproductive!).

SummerLightning · 24/02/2009 11:13

Indith - dumb question, are kids eventually meant to sleep through from 7 til 7 or whatever then, with not having to feed them at all in that time? In which case I will probably continue just not bothering with the dream feed, and have to get up in the night.
At least that way if I want to I can go to bed when he does and if he is being good sleep for 8hrs.

Talking of missing people, where is cat?? Hope you are ok cat if you are lurking!

Indith · 24/02/2009 11:20

Well that is the general idea Ds started sleeping 7-7 ish around 6 months. THen we moved house and all hell broke loose for a while but he merrily sleeps 7 til 7.30/8 when not having night terrors or ill or something.

Bisou · 24/02/2009 13:21

Hello lovely ladies! I am still here - and have finally managed to finish reading the thread. I missed MN for about a week around the time I had to return to work, and it has taken me forever to catch up!

Anyway it's too hard to do proper personals for everyone, but in summary - Verso I really feel for you and your situation and it makes me cross you are not getting more help from those around you! At least you know we are all here for you if you need to have a (much deserved) rant. LadyT so glad to hear your DP is ok. Hope the insurance gets sorted quickly. Kayz you poor buggers; sorry you are all sick, but bravo to your DH stepping up to the mark. A man who will clean up vomit is a keeper I say Arti how is everything going with the house offer? I so hope you get your dream house. And Jam hurrah for your DP and the new job offer!

Thank you all for missing me I have missed you too of course! Turnip that's sweet of you to remember about the thrush. After battling it for a month I finally turned full time to the 'plastic sucking machine' in an attempt to stop us reinfecting each other. Also the doctor decided it wasn't thrush but staph (bacterial instead of fungal) so I also had a course of antibiotics. Anyway the great news is that, whatever it was, it seems to have cleard up completely and I no longer want to cry when I get letdown!! Thank goodness I have a fantastic pump (Medela double electric) which makes quick work of expressing. The best I have done is 6oz each side, although that was when they were full to burst. Usually I get about 110ml each side 4 times a day (almost 4 oz). And we also give a little bit of formula in the night as he eats so much!! He is a whopping 6.8kg (15lb!!) at only 8.5 weeks, which is off the chart. I must say though, since switching to expressing and being able to feed on demand as much as he wants, he is so much more content and happy. Although we do not get through the night here I must say - usually he goes down about between 10-11pm, and wakes sometime between 2-3am, and 5-6am for a 20 min top up (he sleep feeds) and then wakes properly for the day around 8-9am. We could probably put him to bed earlier but this schedule works well with my work, as I can do the nights and DH does the morning while I catch up on sleep. I realise that I am very very lucky to have a job that allows me to spend most of my time with DH & DS. And it is going well, I will post a photo once I get a production one to put up, but in the meantime this is what I have to wear (modelled in the pic by the lovely girl that covered me while I was on maternity leave).

Nolda & Arti hope you get over your fear of using a pump! I have found that it has actually made feeding for us a lot quicker as I can express in 20 mins whereas I constantly had the babe at the boob previously for hours on end & felt a bit trapped. At least this way I can also give him to his dad for feeding! And for anyone who does express I found this site incredibly helpful. I've been able to express so much more by using compression whilst pumping. Sometimes I only do three sessions a day but get just as much as if I was doing 4 by making sure the (.)(.) are completely empty each time.

Like trace and indith though, I am another one here who has a fussy baby though for the later part of the night's sleep. He usually keeps sleeping, but he is very windy and squirmy and it breaks my heart as he is obviously very uncomfortable. I'm wondering if it must be to do with not burping after his first top up? I try to burp him but he is just too sleepy to burp most of the time, and he usually lets them rip like a trooper. Am hoping this may be something he'll grow out of as he gets bigger... thoughts anyone?

Bisou · 24/02/2009 14:30

Have just posted some pictures too. Am off to milk with the pump (mooooo) and then catch some sleep till the next top up. Night everyone!

Veggiemummy · 24/02/2009 15:09

Hey Bisou, I have found that ds2 prefers sleeping on his side. If I put him on his back he gets all squirmy and grunty. I know it's against SIDS advice but it has helped his sleep heaps, just an idea.

Kayz you poor thing looks like ds1 has passed his bug onto you. Big tick to you DH tell him we all think he is a hero hubby!

Summer that is funny about changing your name. Also at the meet up I didn't say any of your names when speaking to you because I found I wanted to say your MN names.

Rosemerta I have finished my Open university course just waiting got results, and just have to do a couple of catch up days for the BfN course as I missed the day on expression due to Jordan deciding to arrive. How is your course? When can you start taking classes.

Oh and Bisou compression is brill while expressing as it makes it as close to what your DS does. Looking forward to seeing your picture of you in that spectacular costume.

Ds1 was quite unsettled again last night and had to change his jimmyjams due to lots of sweating. Feeling a bit weird myself today, I think I had low blood sugar moment felt quite faint and a bit shaky. A bit better from eating something sugary but still feel a bit woozy still. Maybe I need coffee

Indith you said something I wanted to post on but have competely forgotten.

Oli that spiderman song is much better done in the style of Oliver. We are watching a Charlie & Lola marathon on the virgin Iplayer thing and have been watching the simmer down chair one.

CatDean · 24/02/2009 15:38

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rosmerta · 24/02/2009 17:56

Hi cat & bisou nice to see you back! Cat, glad things with T seem to have settled down a bit, fingers crossed it continues

veggie I hadn't realised you'd finished your OU course, well done! I'm hoping to start teaching as a student by the end of this year. Although I'm nearly ready to start level 2 which is when we do our teaching practice, I don't feel ready to actually teach yet so I've slowed down a little to give myself a bit more time. I'm still enjoying the studying though, its nice to have something for myself to concentrate on.

Oli thanks for the spiderman song, I'll try the Oli version but I'm not sure I'll give it the right essence

Ds2 is still having 2 bottles a night at 11pm & 3am. His 3am one though is getting closer to 4 so I think we're going to stop his 11pm & see what happens. Plus at 11pm he's always in such a deep sleep that it takes ages for him to drink the bottle!

Ds2 has also had his first experience of a ball pool today!

JollyBear · 24/02/2009 20:36

Hello everyone,

Boy I'm cream-crackered tonight. An early night is in order I think. I forgot it was pancake day, boo. Did any of you ladies get frying?

ladyT Sorry to hear about your DPs accident. I hope he isn't too shaken up.

Jam Hurry for your DH getting a new job

I can't remember what else I was going to say Oh, very interesting discussion on dropping the 'dream feed'. I think I'll give that a go and see what happens.

Bedtime for me I think nighty night all.

Veggiemummy · 24/02/2009 21:04

Ds1 and I are watching the arsenal game. He woke up really upset so let him come down with me. He does love watching them play. He is hilarious when they score, he goes mental running around screaming, it's great.

Who would look after DS if you did some teaching now Rosemerta? Although I guess a lot of it is evenings isn't it. Ours was a 2 full day course during the week so I forget they do the evening courses over a few weeks.

daisydora · 25/02/2009 07:43

Arrgghh....DS has another cold, I'm not sure his last one cleared properly. Poor little man wass burning up last night so had to give Calpol. I hate the fact he was born in winter, he always seems to be snuffling. He woke at 4am in a right state that he couldn't breath, wouldn't feed. Got him settled about 5.30am only for DD to declare 'its morning time I can hear Harry'.

So I've been awake since 4.30, and am also burning up with a cold and a really sore throat. DH's passing comment as he left 'I'm bloody knackered, how do you feel do you reckon you'll get the shoppping done?' The man is such a bloody imbecile he really is .

Sorry for the me rant, I have been very lucky the past few night just feeling sorry for myself as I'm ill.

Yes we had pancakes we had a row over the mix (DH was right {{{looks left & right don't tell him I said that}}}) they were lovely but I only had 2 because I'mwatching my weight

daisydora · 25/02/2009 07:44

That would be 4am, see I'm going mad......

EffiePerine · 25/02/2009 07:48

Oh no Daisy

rosmerta · 25/02/2009 07:55

Poor you Daisy, [joins Effie with kicking arse]

We tried to stop the dream feed last night, cue lots of screaming and crying. I think we'll leave it for now

rosmerta · 25/02/2009 07:58

Veggie, how's ds1 today? With teaching, I'd probably do evenings or maybe a weekend morning. Ds1 starts nursery school in Sept which I think is going to be a bit of an adjustment for him & I don't want to put ds2 into nursery before he's 18mo so it doesn't leave me a lot of choice! That's fine though, one of the reasons I did this was so I could work around the dcs.

kayzr · 25/02/2009 08:41

Morning,

I have only skimmed so I have probably missed everything as nothing seemed to go in. Except we are kicking Daisy's DH's arse!

I am much better today. I spent most of yesterday morning being sick and then all of the afternoon lying either in bed or on the sofa with an awful headache that DH thinks is because I am/was dehydrated as I could keep nothing down. DH has been a star. He took DS1 to the job centre with him so I didn't have to worry about changing his runny nappies.

The bloody Job Centre haven't sorted out his claim yet so we have no money at all really, I am really pissed off. DH decided to come to crufts with me as we got a little extra from tax credits but now he has said he'll probably cancel his train tickets so we have some money.

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daisydora · 25/02/2009 08:55

kayzr I want a DH like yours

daisydora · 25/02/2009 08:58

DS still asleep after I put him down at 5.30 I hope this means he is sleeping off his cold. DD is running round like a maniac in her princess outfit....how can children cope so much better than us with early starts??

jumpjockey · 25/02/2009 09:42

Morning everyone! Daisy another kick for your DH
very interesting though what you say about early starts, there was a Horizon programme last night about the body clock and all the different times of day that are best for things, can't remember the details as I nodded off about halfway through but I do remember that teenagers are biologically progammed to need long lie-ins... really hope that ds is on the mend, poor little chap.

kayz glad you're on the mend, your dh sounds like a star.

ladyt hope your dp is ok after the accident and that the insurance sorts itself out quickly.

cat you sound so much happier, really pleased things are starting to get easier for you. Dd is still quite windy, she generally sleeps from 8 til about 1ish now then wants a feed, but to comfort her windy tum she often ends up sucking the boob for ages so I never really know how much she's hungry and how much it's for comfort. And my nips are getting a bit sore with it all

verso well done for seeing the doc and getting the help you need and deserve. Hopefully the meds will start working soon and you feel better about things.

bisou lovely to hear from you!

jam great news about your DH's job offer, that's really fast work!

SL hmmm my next door neighbours have a 4 year old called Summer, I think they named her hoping that it would come out in her personality but a name that more accurately reflects her would be Madam she's very very demanding and shouty. And our walls are not as thick as they ought to be (though bizzarrely they always claim never to have heard DD at all???)

Things are going ok with us at the mo, she's started to sleep a little bit longer at night before her first feed which is great. We gave up on the dream feed, she fought with a bottle and trying to bf her ended up waking her up instead I am determined to get her taking at least one or two feeds from a bottle though, I don't want to be a prisoner for the next however many months... Have got this bottle which looks really wacky but supposedly is closer to bfing so even though we've left it really late she might be convinced. Just need to find a time to express now!

DH's work is being a real pain at the mo, his surgery hours are 9-6, late shift until 8.30 on Monday with an afternoon off on Tuesdays. Last week he managed to be home in time for one bedtime and given that bedtime routine starts at 7, usually nodding off by 8, that's pretty bad. We could put her to bed later, and I guess then she might wake up later for her first feed, but then we get less of our 'adult' evening before turning in ourselves. Anyone in a similar sort of time situation? How do you make it work? He's thinking of going in early as it's admin, letters etc that keep him late rather than patients usually, so if he went in to do that from 8-9 rather than after work, would be able to come home sooner hopefully.

CatDean · 25/02/2009 09:44

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traceface · 25/02/2009 10:10

ooh it's busy on here this morning!

re dream feed - we tried it for a week but didn't really see any benefit - and I'm a bit lazy to bother with expressing every day, and not psychologically ready to give formula...so we stopped! I'm happy to just go with the flow. She's starting to be fairly regular ish in going down at 7 ish, waking at 12 ish then 4ish then 7ish, which i can manage - but we've still not escaped the 2 hourly feeds in the day! no wonder she has so many chins!

Daisy - your dh is a wally.

kayz - your dh is an angel.

and no i didn't slave over the frying pan... i took the dds to the local church pancake evening - I paid my pound, dd1 had 2 yummy pancakes and i didn't have any washing up to do [lazy-not-very-domesticated mummy emoticon]

Bisou - you and your family are all stunning!!! Am I allowed to say that your DH is a bit of a dish?!!

right - had better play with Phoebe as she is neither feeding nor sleeping...

CatDean · 25/02/2009 10:38

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kayzr · 25/02/2009 10:48

I just heard it too Cat It is really sad. My thoughts really go out to them.

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LadyThompson · 25/02/2009 11:10

Hello everyone. Will post properly later this morn but I am so sorry for the Camerons - David was at school with my friend Tom and still lives round the corner from him, and apparently they are a really lovely family Whatever one thinks of their politics I think it's clear that they really loved their kids, and they were proud of Ivan.

Bisou · 25/02/2009 11:37

hehe trace of course you can check out ma DH - just as well we're in oz!

Well I had some pancakes yesterday. I did cheat though and use the shake in bottle kind. Actually I'm not sure if I've seen them in the UK? It's a powder in a bottle that you add water to, shake like buggery, and voila - pancake mix! So easy and they have yummy flavours too (chocolate, maple, blueberry). I have a spare bottle in the pantry too... must... resist... !

Very annoyingly I cooked up a lovely carbonara sauce last night for dinner, and realised just as I was cooking the pasta that the bacon was out of date. It was in well sealed packaging and possibly ok, but just not worth risking food poisoning for (esp when still feeding DS) so I chucked it. I was very sad as had spent over 30mins preparing it. Ended up eating some pasta with a small tin of tuna mixed through it, which just didn't hit the spot. I should have had some more pancakes for consolation.

Anyway I'm supposed to be preparing some music for an audition next Mon so I'd better go have a look at it I suppose .

Have a lovely day y'all!