November 08 - Say it LOUD.......We're shades of GINGER and PROUD :0)

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Than you daisy and oblomov for looking for that toy
that you could not find it. I really thought that with you guys all on the case, surely it would appear somewhere. Oh well, what can you do. It was ovbiously a popular toy. I can understand that.
Anyone else got any Big Boots near them?

Today has been sooo much better. Though we didn't venture past the garden for fear of repeat performances Silly huh? But I just didn't feel I had the energy to deal with it again.
However, we did get loads done in the garden. Yeah Now DD can be thrown out when the weather is good!

J slept much better last night to. Or maybe I was too tired to really notice. I honestly cannot tell you how many times, or when, he fed last night.

Hi all,
I also haven't had chance to post much on this thread recently but have been lurking. Apologies in advance for everybody I miss out!
Ladybuzz Hope your feelings become clearer whilst you and DH are apart so that you can make the decision that is right for you. Also hope your two boys are better today and that you're feeling a bit brighter.
Obs Hope you're OK after the accident. As somebody else said, it's just a piece of metal, the main thing is everybody is OK.
Tegan Agree with Hana on the bf advice, your hv is not being particularly helpful. Have you looked at Kellymom for advice here? E is also cluster feeding in the evenings so I too sympathise. It is hard work, even worse if you have more than one DC. I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to have any evenings to myself until we start weaning. Not sure what to suggest re bottles/cups - that makes it even harder for you. At least E will take a bottle of EBM so I can have a break. I know MonkeyMargot's DD was refusing to take a bottle but not sure if she's managed to persuade her to.
Hana I didn't realise F was cluster feeding too. Do you have him in a sling in the evenings so you can get on with stuff? I've found that the best way to deal with it and keep telling myself that it's not forever.
Doctorswife Good to have you back but so sorry you're having such a hard time. Especially with no family or friends nearby, it must be awful Hope things improve for you soon.
Suiledonn Hello Wow, a tooth already! Glad bf is going well for you.
Daisy Sorry to hear that you have to have your gallbladder out - sounds like you had an awful time of it not so long back.
Twinkling I'm probably going to Bluewater later this month so I can look out for that toy for you, unless somebody else finds it first.
Merry Hope you're OK. Whenever I have a wobble I think of you having to deal with two babies and think myself lucky. I know it's no consolation but E doesn't sleep either so you're not alone. I try not to get myself too worked up about it now - she'll find her own pattern and yours will too but in the meantime it is hard work!
Pinky How are you doing?
We're doing OK, apart from the sleeping and cluster feeding. We had some good news about E's kidneys at her scan on Wednesday - there is no longer any dilatation so we were delighted to hear that We're just waiting for a follow-up paed appt now to see what they say. Hopefully she can stop taking the ABs she's been on since birth.
Sorry for the mammoth post - will try to keep up in future and not leave it so long!

Hi CriCri - good to see you again! Hope you and little E are well! Great to hear the good news re. her kidneys.
Gosh - the cluster feeding must be exhausting - hope you are feeling OK.
Re. the bottle, I'm afraid I've kind of given up. It's not really an issue tbh, just resigned myself to the fact I can't leave her for too long.
Having said that, DH and I are going out for a meal together on Weds, very excited! Am leaving her with my good friend, and as she goes down at 7pm and sleeps til 3/4am, we should get away with it!

I am sooo tired. Had dinner party last night. DH was at footie all day so was doing all last minute prep on my tod. Then he got back with a migraine in a foul mood, and went straight to bed. The arse. it is because my mum was here for 2 days this week - it gets him in a bad mood.

Anyway - dinner party great success, C.P was angel, not a peep. But going to bed past midnight really, really takes it toll. So am going to bed now, well maybe after end of Come Dine with Me. The best programme on TV!

obs sorry to hear about your crash. Re. the Carling Cup, I am a Burnley fan and am gutted that they weren't there at the final instead of Spurs.

Reet - bon soir.
xxx

Hi all, have been having another manic weekend with Sophie screaming the whole time, weird i logged on to read vbabs post as today, i also realised that Sophie is teething. after getting support for breastfeeding issue and asked if she was teething, today she was crying even when seconds before she was settled..then i clocked red cheeks, chewing fists, drool soaking the clothes and thought oooooh! gave her some teething powders and a dose of calpol when the screaming peaked and she was a different baby!

however, now i have a different prob, she absolutely will not feed at all as evidently her mouth hurts.

Obs cant believe you've had accident, hope you and Dc's are all ok.
Twinkling at all the godparents issues, we're having a service of thanks giving rather than a christening and our vicar (woman who married dh and i) says i can have as many godparents as i like. we couldnt choose out of three sets of couples, how do you choose over a husband or wife? so we have asked all three couples. Now i have to tackle the delicate subject of guardianship in the event of our death..(jade goody makes you think of terrible scenarios!)

so, here's to a better week

coolkat - thanks for the 3 for 2 info i may get some of the teething granules tomorrow. U ladies recommend them right? Also sorry you are feeling low i can relate to that. Hope seeing the physio helps. But at least having a goal like you 30th is good.
merry - sorry to hear about your DS (poor love) and your troubles with your DD the lil minx. Hope things get better soon. Breathe deeply.
suiledonn - and [proud emotion] regarding Amy's tooth. Alyssa I think has been teething for a while but the last 2 days she has had a bright red and at times hot cheeks and is very unsettled even at night which is not normal for her.
cricri - excellent news regarding E's kidneys .
monkey - WOW dinner party! pizza in my usual crappy clothes and crappy appearance is the best i seem to muster. and NOT surprised at you DH behaviour. My DH would probably do the same.
drswife - HERE TO HELP . Glad you found out the reason for your angel crying. Sorry that she is now having trouble feeding but much easier to deal with crying when you know why IMO. What about bongel to numb her gums so she can feed?

ME - DS still s*tting satan shite. Been months now. he has got a full check at docs on Tuesday after his sample came back clear and I insisted he get investigated further. He has hardly been at nursery (luckily work paying as on mat leave and work pay childcare). DS still got his Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. A - def teething poor mite . But one of those things. ME - supposed to be going to hospital this week to be checked following the weird bleeding week before period then period again (on pill never happened before) but has happened again this month so dont know if i should go or not? Feeling still s*t and mood all over place. I can suddenly just feel down and find it hard to shake. I think DS (and DH) have worn me down. Listened to a Queen song last night and the words are so appropriate ... the song "the show must go on".

Hello everyone
I had to go totopics as I'd droppped all threads I'm on!

cricri hope you are ok. Cluster feeding is hard work.

Im is teething, too. She has very red chheks and has been a bit hot- had to give her calpol a couple of times lasy week. Other than that she is fine and dandy. Soo smiley- especially for her brother and sister.

General grr at H.V's and crapola advice- Drswife. lol on your refund.

Dasiy hairdo sounds lovely. DH keeps saying I should go- partly because I would enjoy it, and part;y because I'm moulting badly- the Dc's keep trying to put stray hair back on my head.

Hope you are feeling ok.

I was in a very dark place last week, bit better now, saw therapist on thurs he was lovely.

oblomov sorry to hear about car.

vbab hope you are feeling ok. I think daisy hAD Some good advice in her post to you- worth a try?

love to all.xx

Evening all - you have been chatty!!

Coolkat I think I have sent you a friend request on Facebook - I was certain it was you and now I don't think it is - in which case I have sent one of Daisy's friends a random message (double ) Ah well, if it is not you, then find me on Daisy/Ladybuzz - my initials are my chat name on her (if you say it iyswim) and my profile photo is of my 2 boys - one big blonde one and one little dark-haired one )

LB sorry you are feeling so down at the moment - it is to be expected so cry as much as you need to. How is DS1 coping with the change?

Obs about the car crash - glad everyone is ok. AS for the Carling Cup I think Man U and Spurs are probably my least 2 favourite teams so I didn't want either of them to win

Merry wow you are dealing with so much and doing so well. Poor DS1 - that sounds very very painful

Had a lovely day today - went to Blackpool this afternoon and wandered down the sea front for quite a bit then went to play on the slot machines

ANd merry- your poor little man. Hope he is ok.

and hugs to LB- hope you are coping ok.

Cheers cricri for having a look for me
docswife Whats worse is that if I had just had it at home their would have been no issue. Our priest is very laid back re 'The Rules'

I did not know the old rules about boys getting 2 men and 2 woman (girls: 2 women 1 man) for godparents. Not sure it would be ok now. The priests bug was that it was 2 women, at all. Hinting at lesbianism, don't you know eh!? Cobblers!!

I sooo regret sugesting a joint affair. So you see, I hhave no-one to blame but myself. But by the time it was out there and my bro started to plan I would have loved to have gobbled the words back into my mouth. Still would.
DDs was so lovely a simple.
Well, at least I will always have it to remember. DH reckons it will ease with time, but I do think that I will always remember the hassle foremost. During the ceremony I didn't even get to see my niece being baptised and J's was over so fast I nearly blinked and missed it.

Oh well it is over now. Moving on.

J is asleep on the couch beside me. He fell asleep about 6ish (bedtime is norm 7.30) but he was still asleep. So I figured I would just leave him until he woke naturally (I hate to wake a sleeping baby) That worked then! I am sooo tempted to wake him now, but what then. Reckon it could be an early start tommorrow. Given that he decided that bedtime was nearly 2 hours earlier than normal and in the wrong place.
oops.
He has his jabs tommorrow too
3 of them
So that will be his sleeping routine oot the windae!

Daisy I have to apologise as I have just worked out who Coolkat is on your Friends list - meaning I have sent a friends request to another of your friends by accident - if anyone mentions it to you, it was me

ohh twink that you already harbour such sad feelings about the day. thats exactly how i feel about my wedding after sil spent the day screaming at us all at how i had ruined her day. im dreading dd's thanksgiving service in case she tries similar. families!

Henry has his big 3 on wednesday - not looking forward to it either twinkingfairy

We got the Jumperoo yesterday which has been a big hit with him (pics uploaded of this) it nackers him out though so hes slept loads more than usual.

Were all coming up to four months arent we so I guess its growth spurts and more teething happening soon - why when you just get settled somthing comes along with them eh?

Wow it's been busy here today!

Hi to tegan, and cricri and suiledon, long time no hear .

tegan, as others have said, giving formula in the evening won't help you to make more milk. I'm a bit and that your HV is giving out advice like that, and I would be inclined to make a complaint about it....she may be speeding up the end of BFing for some mums by it.

Pinky, I'm glad you are feeling a bit beter this week and that the therapist went well on Thursday. When I had counselling before, I found the first few sessions really difficult as it dredged up lots of issues for me, but eventually talking about it all, and realising that some of the events from my childhood has shaped my depression and how it manifested itself helped me to understand it, and myself much better. I can now be a bit more rational about things.

Struggling to remember all i've read. I've had another really bad gallbladder attack this evening, and had sweating and cold shivers and threw up all my dinner. I was about 30 seconds short of giving bubmle some formula as I was in so much pain I couldn't feed him. I eventaully managed to getr milk into him by lying him on the sofa, with me kneeling on the floor hovering over him as leaning forwards is the only way I can get comfortable. I really need to get a supply of BM sorted out incase it happens again. Feeling better now, but two co-codamol on an empty stomach are probably the reason for that!

Vbab, can you think of any triggers for DS's bottom issues? I'm wondering if it is a food issue? Chronic diahorrea is how my coeliac disease manifests itself, but it is really dificult to diganose in children. Lactose intolerance can also cause bottom problems.

coolkat, we can remind each other to do our pelvic floor exercises. I'm back at the physio next week and am getting hooked up to a computer, with a probe up my foof to see how strong things are!!! I know the answer is not strong at all as I actually peed myself when I threw up earlier ....the indignity of it

glad the dinner party went well MonkeyM. Sounds very adult and grown up.....can't remeber the last time we had friend for dinner; it's usually Saturday or Sunday tea with the kids as well these days.

brain is now completely dead....I'm off to catch up on emails and scrabble and then off to bed.

lol ceebee . who (initials) did you send it to?

thanks for that, daisy.Sorry to hear you ahve had such a bad evening.

ceebee your day sounds fab.

re the runny bum thing- vbab- DD1 gets it quite badly sometimes- she is veyr sensitive to things like too much cheese. Always had problems with dairy since I stopped bfing her, really. Formula had a terrible effect. She only has a small amount of dairy and also not much bread/cereal type things- ie toast or cereal in the morning. I'm hoping it will improve as she gets older.

FORGOT - A has been s**tting herself more than usual. Once a day for the last 4+days and every time ends up past her nappy so have to strip her down and wash her. Once put her in the shower. But she also is seeing the hospital this week early as I stamped my feet as the vomiting is still bad. I just keep wondering if both kiddies have some sort of intolerance that hasnt been identified. In some ways it would but easier just to find something. But obviously a bad thing to have to live with for LIFE.

TEETHING BEADS - Any good?

Will catch up on posts since my earlier one tomorrow. Night, night ladies need to go to bed because I think A might be up in night with her poor teeth.

DW, I just got your email and have sent one back. Sorry I didn't see it earlier.

vbab, dairy intolerance and eczema often go hand in hand. Just a thought.

Daisy it was someone with the same surname as Coolkat but forename beginning with 'D' - also got 2 children on her profile pic (that is when I realised I had got the wrong person - as the children were far too old to be Coolkat's )

Pinky glad you are feeling better this week - take each day at a time (cliche I know!) and I am sure the counselling will start bringing positive results soon

I've had odd friend requests from time to time...I usually just ignore them!!

Evening all. Don't feel like we've had a very busy weekend, but still had no time to post here. Well, you know how it is, fingers poised over keyboard, just about to type some words of wisdom (!) and then M wakes up or pukes up.

He really does have bad reflux. I reckon I get through about 6 bibs and 2 muslins per day. His neck permanently stinks of milk (eugh!) and in our house he is now known as Mr Wetneck. Guess what the doc said though when I mentioned his reflux before his first jabs? "All babies have reflux" grrr. Treating me as though I'm thick.

lacks sorry you're feeling rough again. You're probably doing this already, but have you thought of keeping a food diary? I know it's one more thing when we've hardly time to drink one cuppa during the day, but maybe even trying to make a mental note of any particular thing that sets it off.

twinks we are getting M baptized at the end of the month. Am hoping for no family dramas, and actually not expecting any, as DH's family aren't catholic and probably won't have a clue what's going on anyway, and most of my family are either in Ireland or are dead . Just the drama when one of my close friends who I think is expecting to be asked to be godmother realizes she hasn't been asked. I'm too knackered to go into the reasons why I didn't ask her. Just hoping she'll be ok about it.

Love to everyone else. Here's hoping the coming week is as easy as it can be.

Happy Monday to you all -
Daisy sorry about your flare up - I hope you manage to get the op soon so you can settle back to normal - whatever that is !
Teething babies - we are not at that stage yet and by reading the posts I am so not looking forward to it at all ! Hope they all do ok and all the remedies work .
MR had a few setbacks on night feeding so I reverted back to cluster feeding and a dream feed at 10 / 11 pm - last night it worked and she woke at 2.30 then made an attempt to ask for more at 5.30 but then dropped back off until 7.
Had fun over weekend as we put her in the cot from the basket. She screamed - even with her teddy and me right up close - no way. So I got out the cot bumpers put them up and she is fine !!!!!

Morning

Becca still right grumpy!! bless her she is just not 100% since her jabs and snuffiliness then add in teething and you get the picture

Daisy I hope you are feeling better today? x

Ceebee I got your request! Accepted.

Vbab sorry about R still pooing. X

Pinky nice to see you, glad you are feeling better than last week.

If I keep going AWOL its because bloody laptop keeps breaking and going in for repair. Think we going to have to get a new one. Total bad timing as just had my new car and centre parcs

Monkey, hope dinner party went well, it must be a thing with DH's and MIL's my mum is in Cuba and phoned last night and DH mad a sarcastic comment!

No Ladybuzz? Hope your ok Hun? X

Hi to everyone else.

Drs wife we must sort out a Fosse Park meet-u Or your welcome to visit here!

good advice on the food diary fudge, although I'm pretty sure it is hot cheese that is doing it. When I had the forst flare up we had had cheese on toast for lunch. Second flare up baked potato with cheese and coleslaw, and yesterday I had a potato with beans and just a sprinkling of cheese on top. I've eaten uncooked cheese and been fine, but think that because all the fat oozes out when it is cooked, that is acting as a trigger. I have cut out lots of fatty stuff, but cheese is really hard for me. As a coeliac I have to have at least double the recommended calcium intake every day as I don't absorb it terribly well and dairy is a great way of getting calcium in. I think I might have to resort to calcium supplements for the time being though.....and eat lots of spinach

Night from hell here. bumble fed four times, DD was up twice and I was awake on and off with tummy pains. It seemed to go on forever. Still really sore this morning and waiting for the latest dose of cocodamol to kick in

Morning
Just having a flick on Antenatal clubs as it was about this time last yeap i got my BFP and there is a due Nov 08 now too. Can't believe how the time has flown.

Oscar now 17weeks and i think had his four month growth spurt last week as he started waking four times in the night for more milk. It lasted about five days and has now settled but as a consequence i have have enormous (.)(.) again
It's amazing though as he woke up on Sat morning and can suddendly roll over from front to back and has rolled over from back to front once too. Life is going to be getting more dificult soon i fear

MomnkeyM i know you have also been having problems getting LO to take bottle and i have too. I have offered a bottle at least once amd sometimes twice a day with a ounce in each time so as not to waste. And finally success, he has decided to take it again. Don't give in you might get there soon

well done babybella . Is he our first back to front roller?