So much to catch up on ? 10 pages and I?ve only been gone 5 days at all you natterers.
JJ Recently DD has started taking a ?power nap? about an hour before bedtime, just 20 minutes or so, whether she sleeps well during the day or not. I?ve tried keeping her awake, but it seems this little power nap makes the bedtime routine happier for her and she?s more relaxed about feeding, so seems to take more and sleep better. And she seems to miraculously wake up 5 minutes before the bedtime routine starts, I think she?s going to be a genius about telling the time . What time did your DD wake this evening, after her nap?
Kayz does your DH just laugh at your MIL when she comes out with those crackers? I think I?d struggle to keep a straight face sometimes at the ridiculousness of it. Crazy lady
Days ago you were talking about dodgy German speaking and jolly?s DH attempts ? when I went over there I learnt one phrase ?do you speak English, my German isn?t very good?, but it turned out that I was telling people that my pet German is badly behaved
Rosmerta your poor cousin, although these sort of attacks are in the news all too often its very shocking when it happens to someone you know (and I feel like I know you, so you count when I say that). I hope he has a quick recovery
Not quite on the scale of the violent video games, but still a ?youth of today? rant - I went to the sure start centre this week with DD to meet some other mums and babes. There were a couple of toddlers playing and getting stressy with each other as they didn?t want to share toys, as toddlers do. Mum of toddler 1 intervened and told him to play nicely with toddler 2, to which mum of toddler 2 piped up ?its not toddler 1?s fault, my DD bit him? and then turned away to carry on chatting and didn't say anything to toddler 2 at all My jaw nearly hit the floor, am I turning into my mother, thinking that?s terrible parenting?
Happy first birthday to ladyt?s DD ? we don?t know when DD was conceived. In theory it was April fools day, although we know that it definitely wasn?t that day ? we were on holiday in Sweden and stayed in the ice hotel, and it was too darned cold for anything like that
Bisou thanks for the advice on thrush ? I knew there was an expert on here who had been through it already. I?ve got the micronozole cream for me, which I?m putting on after every feed. I?m also changing breast pads regularly (and using disposable ones rather than the reusable ones). I hadn?t thought of sterilising my bra, so will try that. I?ve been eating live yogurt every too thanks to LadyTs tip. The BFC suggested Nystatin for DD, which I?ve been rubbing round her mouth and tongue. She pulls ?yukky? faces and must hate the taste ? it smells really strongly of aniseed, and although I love aniseed I?m sure its too strong a flavour for a little one. Anyway, things seem to be clearing up, my nips aren?t sore and DD isn't getting upset when she feeds and I hope I caught it early (hadn?t reached the cracked nipple stage and DD only had a little bit of the white in her mouth) and I?m keeping on with the medication for the full 10 days to hope all will be clear [fingers crossed emoticon]. Your boy is growing so big, I am very impressed with all that you?re doing and still doting on him as well
JJ how did your friend?s daughters operation go? I do hope it was a success
verso hurrah for the tablets working, that?s great news
Still 7 pages to go, and I'm shattered, so going to bed and will keep reading tomorrow. Sorry to anyone I've missed out, night night everyone xx