October 08 - A spoonful of sugar* (*not recommended as a first food)

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Have done shortened stats this time, just for those of us who seem to still be around.

10th Sept (Due 1st Oct) - loulou33 - Boy - Joe Louis David - 6lbs 12oz - Induction due to rhesus sensitivity, G&A.
16th Sept (Due 8th Oct) - Ksal - Girl - Emma Rae - 6lbs - Just beat induction for PE!
21st Sept (Due 5th Oct) - myjobismum - Girl - Naomi Caitlin - 5lbs 10oz - Fast and furious hospital birth.
22nd Sept (Due 10th Oct) - Lozza70 - Boy - Sander Gene - 7lbs 5oz - Em C-Sec due to raised BP and high ALTs from liver.
2nd Oct (Due 12th Oct) - star6 - Boy - Quinlan - 5lbs 15oz - 36hr labour, ventouse and stitches.
3rd Oct (Due 26th Sept) - purpleflower - Girl - Rebecca Jill Erzsebet - 8lbs 10.5oz - Homebirth with paramedics due to meconium.
4th Oct (Due 30th Sept) - Aubergenie - Boy - Stanley - 7lbs 12oz -
5th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - hedgepig - Boy - Oliver - 6lbs 3oz -
5th Oct (Due 29th Sept Oct) - CherryChoc - Boy - Ryan - 6lbs 11oz - 3 day labour with natural birth in hospital
8th Oct (Due 6th Oct) - ronshar - Boy - William Dexter - 7lbs 11oz -
9th Oct (Due 17th) - Marthasmama - Girl - Martha - 7lbs 10oz - Elective c-sec
10th Oct (Due 1st Oct) - CantSleepWontSleep - Boy - Duncan Elliot - 8lbs 4oz - 4 day induction with 1 hour established labour!
12th Oct (Due 4th Oct) - pistachio - Boy - Thomas Fraser - 10lbs 2oz - Homebirth.
13th Oct (Due 15th Oct) - mum2jakeyroo/jrsqueak - Boy - Joshua - 7lbs 2oz - Delivered in car by dh!
16th Oct (Due 17th Oct) - rowanmac - Girl - Anna Ruth - 7lbs 2oz - 2 hours ARM to placenta delivery.
16th Oct (Due 11th Oct) - heather1980 - Boy - Alexander James - 9lbs 5oz - Homebirth
17th Oct (Due 10th Oct) - pepperrabbit - Girl - Jessica Rose - 7lbs 15.5oz -
24th Oct (Due 29th Oct) - Ekka - Boy - Matthew - 7lbs 15oz - Home water birth with gas and air.
26th Oct (Due 20th Oct) - jenwa - Girl - Phoebe Jasmine - 9lbs 2.5oz -
1st Nov (Due 22nd Oct) - SmudgeyDoodle - Girl - - 8lbs 2oz - Hospital water birth.
5th Nov (Due 29th Oct) - Honeymoonmummy - Girl - Poppy Grace - 6lbs 15oz -
5th Nov (Due 30th Oct) - MamaG - Boy - Harry James - 10lbs 9oz - Em C-Sec. Back to back and knotted cord around neck. 24 hours of labour first though, and don't you forget it!

I thought that was the case CSWS but I read on NHS website that they shouldn't have solids and thought, Oh well, must have imagined it. NHS need to up-date their website!

Sorry myjob - not sure what to do about that. csws will know!
Q had pink spots on the front of his nappy (inside - where he wees) this morning after straining to poo more.
Hes had FIVE lots of quite a bit of poo between last night and tonight. I've had to really help him get them out a LOT. TMI - I had to actually push on the side of his bum where it was coming out to "reshape" it a bit so it would "fit" coming out, then it came sliding out... poor little man. I cried the whole time as at first it kept coming then getting sucked back up and it reminded me of childbirth as he was pushing with all his might and then head to the side falling asleep!!! So exhausted from it all. Poor guy. I wanted to take the pain from him. He's done this five times. And he pushed for at least 20 minutes each time. I've finally given him some cooled boiled water with adrop of apple and a drop of orange juice as the lactulose just seems to irritate him more. He's been really fussy all day (VERY unlike him - he's usually quite happy, always quite calm)...rubbing his eyes... he's SO TIRED. He hasn't stayed asleep for his naps because he wakes up straining after 30 min every time. must be awful. We're going in for jabs and to see HV (1st time in a WHILE) tomorrow at 1pm so hopefully they will help us

Poor Q - sounds horrible for him.

Glad you've had some leaking Myjob!

Well, no more vomiting in this house for a while. I've been feeding ds little and often and he's managed to keep it down. His nappies haven't been very heavy though, so I'm hoping he wakes up a few times tonight to feed.

It turns out that a couple of others from the weekend away have been sick, so we're all wondering who'll be next.

I'm exhausted. Been running around looking after those two and doing loads and loads of washing. Fortunately, I have a very large toblerone in the fridge.

at toblerone.

at Q and his struggle to poo (see, I'm a poet).

Will be having an early night tonight, so don't all talk about me after I've gone to bed .

I'm going to bed early tonight too....

Star - I mentioned this to Loulou. I give M dried apricot, rehydrated in simmering water for about 15 mins, then pureed. She was really backed up and very upset about it today. I had to help her poo by pushing her legs up in a frog position. She spent most of the day screaming because she couldn't poo. But tonight because I had given her apricot, her poo was a lot looser and she wasn't unhappy about pooing. I think I read it in the Gina Ford weaning book when I was weaning ds. It always works for us! Don't give him too much and definately don't give dried apricot whole, it needs to be pureed as it can really choke them.

Fortunately, I have the constitution of an ox, Myjob. I had a slightly dicky tummy last night, so hopefully that will be it.

Dp is still lying on the sofa looking quite ashen. He's got lucozade, gaviscon, water and paracetamol (and the nappy bucket) so I'm hoping he's all set and I can go to bed. Think I might wake ds and try and give him a little feed before I go though.

Hope you get a good sleep tonight CSWS!

How's Alex now, Heather?

Sorry Aubergenie I missed your post - Glad things have started to calm down (apart for the washing!!). DP can look after himself for a while while you enjoy soem yummy choc. Hope S feels better soon.

Hello
All good here.
myjob glad your milk supply is still there also think the same as you re more babies, always have that yearning for more butknow its not a good idea, more money, more stretchy skin and more lasck of sleep

Off to town today so MIL having DD1, hoping she gets to eat a decent lunch and NO ham!! Might make a sandwich for her to take and hope MIL is not offended although she can seem to do what she wants with my DD so maybe I should just pack her a lunch to take only prob is her cousins will be there so may look bad her taking lunch as they may want what she has...ohhhhhhhhhh decisions!!!

pepper meant to say sorry about your friends DH, how sad is that, my tummy did a churn when I read that, so scary and so sad. Makes you appreciate what you have.

Wow Pistachio! That's impressive!

We're off out to the Rare Breeds Centre so that I can cuddle the baby goats ds and his mate can see the lambs. Yay!

ooh very exciting pistachio.

We had terrible terrible night. Poor ds spent 2 hours at one point sobbing in my arms and refusing to feed. Eventually cooled him down with both nurofen and calpol and then he managed a little feed and a bit of sleep.

With that and my ear infection I feel wrecked, but am taking the children to woburn for the day with friends. Hopefully ds will either perk up or sleep if we are out.

aubergine - alex still isn't better, he has a really stuffy nose and isn't feeding so well as he can't breathe.

pistachio- yeah! they look so cute with just 1 tooth. is this the 1st tooth for the oct babies?

Oh poor poor D CSWS . It's so hard when they're ill and tiny. They just have no idea what's happening to them. I feel a bit teary for you and D, because I know what it's like.

Hurrah for the first tooth!! Very exciting. Is it a bottom one, or a top one? I thought the bottom ones usually came first, but I think ds might get his top ones first. Is that a bit weird?

Poor ds, CSWS. I don't know anything about slapped cheek. How long does it usually last?

Well. we appear to be D&V free today. Hurrah again. Ds is shrieking once more and doesn't appear to have lost any of his curves, so I'm very relieved. Dp has gone back to work as well.

I'm bidding on an activity ring on ebay. S really enjoyed sitting in the one that was at the house this weekend. I think if I do manage to get one, I can pass on his baby gym back to the person who gave it to me.

X post Heather. Poor old Alex. Sorry to hear that.

Ooh and DS has discovered his fingers. He spends ages sitting in his chair looking at his hands, pinching his fingers and thumb together, presumably working on his pincer grip. I LOVE watching how they develop. It's so interesting.

i do too aubergeine, they are such amazing things. dd never fails to have me in awe, she is like a sponge and sucks up everything.

i just wish that alex would learn to sleep. i find myself snapping at dh for the smallest things. it doesn't help that he wont settle for anyone but me so i am struggling atm. i don't know if i should try some sort of sleep training. it took me over 3 hours last night to get him to sleep, which means my evenings are ruined.

I was wondering where HMM was too Myjob.

Honeymoonmummeeeeeeee - where are you? I hope everything's OK.

myjob i keep thinking the same about emma not being first to do anything despite being older than all but one on here... never mind. I keep telling myself she is concentrating all her energies on more cerebral pursuits and it is just not evident yet!!

CSWS feeling very sorry for you, sounds like you're having a rough time of it right now.

and poor little Q! I would be pretty upset too star