August 08 - Sleep thiefs and baby lags in stripey tops with bags of swag.

[Steaknife]

vg, your poor mum, i'm sure some cake will cheer her up

i got a text from albs this morning, H has had a proper feed albeit it an "odd position" So hopefully he's over the worse of it now

sibh sorry but your story of the mud rescue made me smile.. well done for not dropping any extra children into the mix!

pertelote once everyone has recovered from colds/chicken pox,i'm planning a picnic in the park for us (albs,you and any other london folk that want to join us) and our littlies. There's a lovely park near me so once we've got a bit of a run of nice days we'll set a date. fancy it?

TS if only every night could be like that!

x post with a million of you!

Congrats on the good night hp and the driving bravery. Like VG, friends of mine who started late are the ones who absolutely love it now. Same for you I hope .

Had to smile at your descriptions of your boys VG and sibh. Have to say that sounds just like my brother, even now. Does make me laugh that he's all grown up now, gets paid a fortune for telling people how to run their companies and yet is unable to find a matching pair of socks or remember a birthday .

Glad you had a good night no1 but on your behalf about DH. You're absolutely right. They are your (joint!) children. So pleased to hear the bedtimes are getting so much better too. So nice when hard work pays off isn't it.

Will pretend not to have noticed reference to a picnic meet-up. Too about a. meet-up and b. weather good enough to sit outside and on grass.

Enjoy the swimming sazzles.

Oh and VG. Croissant was just left over from last weekend, rather than an organised midweek breakfast .

Ooh, conference breakfast is it? I'll have a small glass of sickly sweet yet watery squash and a miniature Danish that tastes of plastic.

poppy jump on a plane/train and pop down to join us!

but its not really an official meetup, its just a kind of hmm well i need to have lunch, DS needs to have lunch. the same goes for the other girls and babies so we're just doing what's necessary. oh and by having it outside means that nobody has to get on their hands and knees to pick crumbs up out of the carpet. my knees are a bit sore so again, the outside bit is a necessity

have i helped ease your pain?

SAZZLES WOW
what a day you have had. Not much here ds had a long nap and has been unusually quiet but happy,woke up with a temp, but seems fine otherwise.
Just been to pick up another pram
A phil & teds in apple green. Borrowed from a friend.
DD has just been helping me scrub it on the garden and has carefully washed all the wheels. Bless her.

I text dh at work to say how I was brewing over his comment, turned out he was worried as pub kicking out time and been and gone and I wanst back. I told him to check his mobile next time as he had missed the 3 textx about me telling him I was staying behind for lock in and some more pshycic stuff.
Also the text asking if he was ok and hopeing the dcs were ok.
He apologised and said he will check his phone next time (mentioned something about being up with ds from 10 for a few hours, but I ignored that bit )

BOO

ooh did you have a good time????

mimmla is right - he fed first thing but nothing since. I gave in a while ago and my mum gave ebm in bottle and he gulped it down Am worried I;m depriving him of milk beacaus i'm hoping he'll come back to the breast

Have done a tik tok thread. nice and supportive reply but I'm still terrified.

Worried i'm, feeling negative about ds if bf is going down the toilet. It is so important to me - didn;t realsie how important.

Also shattered - was up and down with him from 12.30 til after 4am. and as he won't feed there wass alot of screaming. Dh back tomorrow.

I pity the new lodger in the room next to ds .

Hey Albs, I can understand that the BFing is important to you and hope this doesn't sound belittling but do make sure you're not fixating on it and seeing it as a symbol of your self-worth. It's so easy to get things skewed when you're depressed, and pin your hopes/sense of achievement on things that actually in the grand scheme of things aren't completely life or death issues. You seem to be putting so much pressure on yourself when it's nobody's fault and there's nothing you can do except go with the flow. Easier said than done I know. Anyway, what I mean is take it easy and here's a very rare .

HOWDY!!

We are back and have had an amazing time.

back in a bit to fill you all in DD crying and v v tired as we have slept 3 in 26hours! and now I won't let her nep ntil bed time.

ALBS - HUGS - it may only be a nursing strike, it is common at this age, especially if he is teething - just keep offering and try some topless cuddles so he knows they are there - he shouldn't be self weaning at this age as his body knows he needs the milk it may just be a strange uncomfortable feeling with teeth/sore throat.

albs sorry your feeling like that. I think what bucket says is well put.
I had to take M for his weigh in and they not happy again that he is still fallinf off the charts. he is now 18lb.
The HV said in a very rude and abrupt manner
'I think Its about time we knocked this Bfeeding on the head now dont you'
He is not benefiting from it and you look shattered, we need to get you back on your feet'
She then asked what a typical day of feeding was including both solids and BM/fm she was gobsmacked about how much he ate, so wants more tests done on him WTF and then 'Your BM is obviously very poor quality'
I went home and cried.
I have no intention of stopping, do not mind upping ff.
Dont know what to do for the best to be honest.
sazzles8 I now have 5, but in the process of selling some

Ds still has high tempt too. Nothing else that I can tell though.
oops glad you had a great time, cant wait to here all about it.
Hope dd settles and isnt overtired. iykwim.

no1 please make a complaint, she sounds like an utter bitch and very unprofessional

Yes cyteen she does. She told me when I saw her last to stop BF and also told me to wean about 3 months.

no1 i agree with the others, you should def complain, she sounds as awful as the ones at my clinic. why on earth did she want you to wean at 3 mths? i reckon you should ignore ignore and ignore again

Yes He started at 98/91 (cant remember without looking at book) and dropped every time, now just under 20 something. sorry red book upstairs.
She said she has never seen a chart like it [whatever emoticon] [ott emoticon]
Basically every time he gets weighed he falls lower and lower he hasnt tracked a line once yet.
He seems fine to look at though.