July 2008 - Anyone tried dressing an Octopuss?

[JODIEwantsanewname]

New thread here.

[bebejones]

We have a tooth!!!! Well P has!!! Bad mummy didn't notice, her cheeks are always red so didn't really think to check poor P! She has been so good apart from being clingy that I hadn't even thought she might be teething! She is busy wailing now though, am hoping she will drop off soon!

Have had the worst day here. Very complicated but basically DH has had to resign & is facing disciplinary procedures. Really stressed out about it all, just don't know what we are going to do! He was MD of the company, it's so worrying, just don't know if they are going to find him another position yet.

P still screaming so will have to go & try & settle her a bit!

[minipinkscottish]

Hello new thread Abbie 9 and half months and no teeth yet but very sore gums...

Just back from gym so must get in shower before I get cold

[shortshafe]

Hello ladies!

We've all been poorly here - but we're all on the mend now.

Still no full teeth - one of them's been poking through for months but not got any further.

DISNEY - do NOT give your dd any money, she WILL spend it on drugs, also be really careful about what you buy them as they may well sell whatever you buy for them to buy more drugs. There is no such thing as using a 'bit' of crack cocaine, it's very very addictive. Please get access to the house and check your gc are ok - I work with the families of drug users and it can all go very bad very quickly. There's no such thing as an easy life for you is there! I really feel for you - anything I can do then message me on fb (((hugs))).

SK and anyone else still doing the human dummy thing - I have HUGE admiration for you - I gave up bf about 6 weeks ago as I'd had ENOUGH of being chewed on for comfort, so well done ladies! I'd wanted to get to 12 months, but just couldn't hack it any longer!

[Momma23]

bebejones
Sorry about your husbands job, fingers crossed there still is a position in the company for him.
Great news on the first tooth front. I get awful excited when he first one comes in why i dont know!!!

Pigley
I can just picture your DD face having that curry..... No harm in trying different things.

SK
No hassel hun i'll be round in the morning and have it all done by lunch... You can just mind the 6 kids we have between us!!! LOL

Made an appple tart and crispies buns, and am polishing off beans on toast!! Fit to fall on the kitchen floor and sleep, let DP pull me to bed!!! Such a fustrating day with the girls, a long one at that..

Night night ladies may all your babies sleep tight.

[Rumpel]

Morning all,

Crap night here - DD and Cal ful of the cold so up most of the night - wee chappie had a very high temp. Consequently they are both trying all ready today - DD is such a drama queen - catawailing and hysterical - I am a lady of ) patience too - not a good combo!
Still I've dosed them up with calpofren (sp) so hopefully that willshutthemup make them feel better!

DISNEY - I really am at a loss what to say to you these days. You seem to go from one horrible thing to another. Hugs to Sam (( ))

BEBE - sorry to hear about your strife - fingers x your DH gets a new job soon. It must have been bad if he was MD - (( )) try to stay calm as it won't help you MS to get all worked up (easier said than done I know).

PIGLEY - DD adores curry - Dh is a curry monster and has to have a curry at least once a week - he makes fab ones though. DD and I were sitting watching TV last night fighting over a big tub of hummus and pitta breads

MOMMA - can I come over for cake?

I am a big chub at the mo' put weight back on as DH is away and I have been drinking wine and crisp/biscuit/chocolate button munching at night

Speaking of which would you ladies mind doing me a big favour? Our city has a brand news ports facility opening this weekend with lots of classes/gym/pool etc but no creche So I am campaigning to get them to open one for us parents of preschoolers. Would you be so kind as to spare 5 mins to email them in support of the campaign? The email address is:

[email protected]

Thanks all much appreciated.

[Isaidno]

disney - I just second everybody else - don't give your dd money, and be careful not to give her stuff she can sell. Try and keep a close eye on the gc.

tjuice - good to hear from you; hope back to work goes well.

momma23 - your house sounds like mine - how do 3 kid households ever stay tidy? Don't let it get you down x

shortshafe - glad you feel better x

I had a terrible night last night - Poppy wanted to bf at 10pm, midnight, 230am, 6am. She is grumpy today - either over tired or teething, or both. She's sitting on my lap whinging and fidgetting at the mo.

bebe - hugs for you and your dh job situation. You aren't a bad mummy for not noticing a tooth - sometimes they pop through all of a sudden.

pigley - you're not a bad mummy either, you're just encouraging a broad palate.

[bebejones]

DH has his disciplinary meeting on tuesday, at the moment it looks like he will be able to keep his job but possibly with diminished responsibilities. Which is no bad thing to be honest as the poor guy hasn't been to bed before 1am for abut 3 months coz of having to do work!!

We are planning to alter P's routine at weekend in an attempt to get her to do more food & a wider variety of food. Switching to 4 bottles instead of 5. How many & what size feeds to you guys give your LO's? (those of you doing FF) Find that all the advice anywhere on amounts is really conflicting & confusing!

Poor P is really upset with her new tooth, it is very sharp & she wont stop poking it with her finger! She is so clingy, her separation anxiety is really bad at the moment, am putting it down to teething.

Bit quiet on here today, hope everyone is ok?

[sweetkitty]

I'm still here, busy day today feel like this is the first time I have sat down and it probably is.

bebe - cannot give any advice as B not on bottles but I do reckon she is taking less milk in the day now, she has about a 5 min feed mid am and then a feed pm which she uses to have a nap more often than not. Right enough she has loads of feeds in the night but she is a little pig, tonight she had a huge portion of chickpea/spinach and sweet potato mush thing, a full jar of Hipp desert, 2 chips and come carrots as finger foods.

Isaidno/momma23 - I agree my house is a mess too, it's stressing me out as I kind of just about do the basics to keep it presentable but I things like drawers/blinds/under the sofa etc are getting neglected.

shortshafe - I'm no martyr it's just the easiest thing at the moment, DP needs his sleep as do I so it's boob in mouth back to sleep. DP has a few weeks off in July and we are planning to do night weaning then, the thing is it will be DP it will fall on, I will basically sleep in another room so when she wakes DP will sit with her, comfort her etc so she won't see me so to break the boob association. Will be rough DP will probably have to nap in the day too hence he needs time off work

[pigleychez]

Rumpel- Hope your DC are feeling better and on the mend soon.

Isaidno- Hope you have a better night

Bebe- Hope DH's meeting goes well. All sounds rather stressful
re food- Abigail has 5 bottles a day..
8am -7 ozs
12noon- 7 ozs
4pm-7 ozs
8pm- 8 ozs
then 6/7 ozs usually around 12pm.

We have found this the best for her.. she was begining to miss out the 12noon feed but would then make up for that bottle at about 4/5 am!
I have begun to notice that as she is eating more (BLW) that her daytime bottles are begining to drop to about 6ozs per feed.

Had her weighed today and following the 25th line nicely.

Abigail learnt to Clap this morning.. Must of learnt it before being picked up out the cot as she started doing it straight away. She is very proud of herself!! Has been clapping most of the day! She has been attepmting it for ages but usually with clinch fists...or one fist looking like shes about to punch someone!

[Poledra]

Just wanted to pop in and say bye for now. Off for 10 days' holiday (to both sets of gps), deperately trying to get packed (DH is at work and has done his own packing already) so I can collect DD1 from school, DH from work and head straight off tonight. Have a lovely Easter if I don't manage to get online while I'm away.
Byee

[Momma23]

Rumpel
Come on over will have the tea on and a slice of apple tart waiting
All mine have had a dose of high temp lately lasts about 2 days.

bebejones
That good news on your DH job. Hope it all goes well.
Poor P the teeth are the hardest part for them poor little things. My DD is ful time with her finger in her mouth, and will bite anything in sight. On the feeding milk my DD would have 3 6-7oz during the day somtimes less.

Poledra
CAN I COME PLS!!!!
HAve a lovely break and happy easter hope Mr Bunny comes.

DD1&2 doing well in there own beds. DD3 is now in her own room aswell and OMG she is sleeping (touch wood it lasts) Waking for one feed about 1-2ish.. Up and down alot but no where near as bad as b4!!!!!! OMG i cant beleive it, AND i have my own room again!!!!!

Off to do a little shopping and clean the kitchen!!!

SK
Forgot about under the sofa!!! Its been so long i dont even want to go there!!! Might get DP to go in first!!

[bebejones]

P currently has 5x6oz feeds in the day & none at night. More often than not she only does about 4-5oz from each feed but does occasionally (usually if sleepy) do the full 6oz. We have noticed she eats more if she has less milk & as she is fussy we are trying to encourage this. Have read in a couple of places that she only needs about 20oz a day & she currently has 30oz (give or take) & was going to see if cutting down the milk may make her inclined to 'eat' more & be more adventurous. I try not to force feed her so I 'give up' quite easily & give in to her protests! My HV had suggested this a while back but I don't think she was ready then, but she has over the last couple of weeks shown more interest in food & less interest in milk could be her teeth I guess?! This parenting thing is such a minefield! I wouldn't be thinking this after what SK said about 'food for fun until they are 1', but she is doing less milk on her own anyway so was just going to change things up to give her more structure to her day?!?! But maybe she isn't getting enough milk?? She seems fine & happy & is pretty much following her 25th centile line (pah stupid chart ) & she doesn't seem hungry!!!!!!

Am going to go & ponder for a bit, sorry for the dazed waffling!

[sweetkitty]

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[Momma23]

Love them

Bebe
My DD has 3 bottles in the day, all 7oz and get about 18 oz in (IYKWIM) Eats breakfast, lunch, fruit, tea and any bits i give in between. She still wakes at night for a 7oz feed!!! DD1 never did this, i would be out of my mind with worry cause i though she was not getting enough.
They all differ so much..

[DoThisDoThat]

Hi All. Lots going on here.

Disney, poor you. I hope you can get this sortedwith your dd and gcs. It's not fair.

Having a bit of a nightmare. Best friend over with her three dcs for a holiday. Except two of them have had a tummy bug and now here eldest is in the hospital with dehydration. Not exactly a holiday. Poor girl. And they're going home on Sunday. We haven't even been out of the house and the weather's been shit. Which is saying something for Bahrain. Anyway, at least she's here and we're spending (some) time together -she's in the hospital tonight! Sorry for the whinge.

Logan is doing great - has two teeth, is 10kg and shitting for England. Sorry tmi!

My two other boys had international day at school and I had them both in the full scottish regalia. My word they were gorgeous.

Now it's two weeks hols. Yay! MIL coming next friday then I'm 40 (boo) next saturday. What fun.

Will continue to lurk now that I have this thred on my watch list. TTFN

[sweetkitty]

Hi dothisdothat good to see you and glad you are doing well, such a shame about your friend though

Another lovely day here girls had their Easter parties then we went to a friends for the afternoon, I have had a bit of a headache all day so just heading up to bed. Bethany's crawling is realy funny must get it on camera this weekend, she also is developing such a temper, if another baby takes a toy off her she screams and if you are feeding her and she doesn't want anymore she shakes her head at you.

pigley - well done Abigail on clapping hands I remember I taught DD1 to do it and burst out crying when she did

[cass66]

We have trained indoctrinated taught Ed how to do 'hi five'. it's very cute.

[mama2leah]

oh yes we have a high 5, and a clappin thing, and today pointing...but stil no crawling....

ne of u guys have a low layin placenta..im worried about this?

disney sorry about what ur goin thru, ur one tough lady!
i cnt really remember neting else...

[mama2leah]

rant alert

im only 21/22 weeks pregnant...and there is noone i trust to watch my dd who will be just over a year told, so dh will stay at home and i will have to give birth alone..i feel so sad, can't stop crying...i can't get my mum to watch dd as mil will kick up a fuss..the only way i got through labour last time was with dh

[bebejones]

M2L - completely understand, I struggle letting P go with my MIL when she has had her on occasions. Could you not build a trust with someone over the next few months before your LO arrives. Have someone you know & DD knows spend time with you & help look after her so that you feel comfortable enough to let them watch her when you are in labour? Or maybe have your mum with you in labour instead of your DH, my mum was with me at delivery (which I thought I would hate, but DH couldn't come in with me & it was her or nothing & she was brilliant). Just a thought, don't stress, you have time to sort it out. Re: low lying placenta, I have no experience but a friend of ours has just had a scan at 38weeks because she had one at her 20week scan, and it has moved up so she doesn't need a planned C section now. hope that helps!

Must go, busy scrapbooking!!

[Momma23]

DoThisDoThat
your poor friend what a holiday..

mama2leah
What about ringing both mother when you go into labour?
Feel for you i cant imagine being in labour alone! No one to shout at, and not havig to say sorry about the shouting...

We have no crawling here either! and no sign of it happing anytime soon. Loves the claping and pointing. HAs a little temper in her, get mad and starts to shake with temper!!

[Isaidno]

m2l - I've had a low lying placenta twice; both times it moved out of the way; with ds1 it moved by 32 weeks, with Poppy not until 36 weeks. It sorts itself out in the majority of cases.
Why not think about a home birth? It was great for me with ds2. DH and I were upstairs with the midwife, and a friend was downstairs watching telly with ds1. You will have to make some kind of plan, and the best solution imo is to ask your mum to look after leah, but to let your mil also help. Perhaps they could both come to your house when you go into labour?

Ok girls; I have a sex question.
How often do you do it?

Dh is now fully recovered from his op and is eager to make up for lost time! He hasn't been able to have sex for 7 weeks, and tbh I wasn't bothered by this! I think I would be quite happy with once a month, where he would like it at least twice a week! It's not causing major ructions, but if anyone has any advice it would be gratefully received.
Part of the problem is that by bedtime I am tired and dh usually stays up until at least 1am. Before dc we usually had sex in the morning, but obviously this is not a good time anymore. We are certainly not like

[disneystar]

isaidno
yeah im happy with once a month as we have so much to do as mothers
choice its 11pm sams just dropped off
sex or sleep......sleep usually

but if different for my dh hes a literally a possible 4 times a day man.....

so usually 3 times a week.
if its been once a week i send him a flirty text saying wanna a early night
we do plan sex nights, im not going to let that part of my life with my dh deteriate just cos we have dc,s iykwim

pre dc,s it was a major thing for us.....and tbh its better now.
were still like a couple of kids

[cass66]

sex, 2-3 times a month, usually around the time I ovulate as I am a slave to my hormones - it's the only time I feel really horny. hubby would like it daily, but he amuses himself!! I agree with planning sex dates/arranging a time/early night. not much spontaneity these days, think we'll leave that for the young!!

[cass66]

Oh, and I had a low lying placenta with Ed, had a scan at 32 weeks and it had moved. the majority of them do, so don't fret too much.....