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Sept 08: They're under starters orders .... and they're off .... well, some of them!

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 25/05/2009 21:47

I thought I'd use this title as not all of our delicious babies are on the move yet, including mine

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potxola · 17/07/2009 16:29

Hi
Debs75 Have you tried the cereals with water before going to bed? Lorea will have to stay in our bedroom for the time being too.
Did you any of you knew about the mamanatura forum. Those mums are wraps/slings experts. You should see the photos. They have millions. I am getting ideas........

Every month my mum in Spain tells me something awful about a mum.
About a month ago someone I know was having a bath with her 11 months old baby , left her to go and get something and...... You guess
Yesterday a woman who was supposed to leave her baby in the nursery before going to work herself. When she finished work went into her car to go back home and guess what she found in the car..........(don't read if you can imagine what it is.It is awful)

She had left her baby in the carseat for 5 hrs in full heat wave. He/she was dead, the poor thing.
The blame is in the stress working mothers have.
Would you have forgotten you baby like that?
I believe I wouldn't.

DebiTheScot · 17/07/2009 17:05

that is so awful, made my stomach turn reading that. I just can't believe it.

ILTMIMI foal

StarlightMcKenzie · 17/07/2009 17:09

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becaroo · 17/07/2009 19:20

ILTMITI Not really, but it was a shock at 36 being told that IYSWIM? Its only heavy periods - I really think they should have come up with less drastic alternatives to surgery!! My mum had a hysterectomy at 34 for the same reason and my sis is having a hysterectomy in october due to fibroids - they told her she needed one when she was only 30 so in that sense I am lucky, but I still feel quite sad about it...dont know why....

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potxola · 17/07/2009 19:42

Sorry. I did not mean to make you feel illStar.
It just makes me realise how hard and rewarding is being a good mum.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 17/07/2009 19:46

Bloody hell Poxtola, that's awful. What an awful awful situation.

FOAL - yes, that's it. I had a complete brain fart over how to spell it.
Please come back Ponymum I didn't mean to be offensive

starlight - I like option a.

I guess it feels like an end of an era and and like Starlight said an end of a choice.

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digitalgirl · 17/07/2009 20:08

I like (a) and (c)

potxola that is horrible, just horrible why would your mum tell you that story? That poor poor woman.

becaroo sorry to hear about your op. Do you know when it will be?

debs glad to hear your dh is home now.

ninja enjoy your hols.

Well [drum roll] DS slept 8pm till 5am without a peep!!!! Then after a feed and a false start to the day went back to sleep (in our bed) till 9am . He's just now gone down after saying 'teddy' to his little teddy headed blankie. This is night 7 of the cc led bedtime routine, but there's really no real cc'ing to speak of. I know we've probably got a few more hiccups ahead of us but it looks like we've got through the worst of it.....and relaaaaaaaaaax.

Debs75 · 17/07/2009 20:37

Poxtola that is awful why would she tell you such things

DH is home but still very weak and tired. I have never seen asthma this bad. I've had it since I was 7 and I have never been hospitalised.
On the downside now he's home Robyn will have to sleep in her cot (he needs to sleep raised up) and she has slept through most of the nights he has been away.
We are almost on the move. Robyn can lean forward and lift her bum up, she has also worked out that one leg goes under her bum and she leans on the other foot. She is just a bit too scared to get moving.

Ponymum · 17/07/2009 20:44

Hello, just had a good laugh over the Baby Foal mix up! Baby Ponygirl is honoured to be called a foal! I like the image of a gangly foal on her unsteady legs trying to stand up for the first time! (I thought at first it was a reference to the foul thing she did in the bath!)

I have been worried about swine flu. I have a very strange sore throat and constant low level nausea. But I looked up the symptoms and I'm sure I am fine, as I have no temperature at all. I am only paranoid because the newspaper this morning said infants are at risk so I am worried about DD. I used to never allow myself to think I was sick, in the belief that I would most likely battle my way through it with positive thinking. Am I destined to worry about things like this for the rest of my life, just because I am now a mum?

Hopefully · 17/07/2009 20:53

Definitely Ponymum. Something like swine flu would not even have entered my consciousness normally, and I actually caught myself wondering whether to stock up on tins in case of countrywide shut down the other day...

Still no word from my friend - wonder if she's having a hideously long labour or has had baby and they're too excited to let everyone know yet. I'm on tenterhooks!

Pacita · 17/07/2009 20:59

Becaroo , I can see why this option feels drastic and makes you sad. Luckily you have a lovely family, and you will feel better after. Like star said, the end of choice is a symbolic milestone, but for what it's worth, I have several friends who have gone through it and they've not looked back.

Potxola, I've heard such horror stories too. It makes me feel so unbelievably sad - I can't even contemplate such horror.

Pony, I've got a bit of swine flu paranoia too. London is swine flu capital, and I think the media are not particularly good at keeping people calm. Diego has been snotty and has a bit of a chesty cough. No temperature and he's in good spirits, but I kind of wonder, should I take him to the doctors, or am I just worrying too much?

Digi HURRAH!!! for the start of more restful nights. If you are anything like me, you probably feel like cotton wool has been removed from inside your brain, because you are at least getting at least 5 hours uninterrupted sleep. I am a big fan of sleep and found it very hard. It's amazing I am now up and ready to go after six hours, and feel lucky if I get them.

Diego sits up from lying down position using his ab muscles like a grown up. He's not exactly on the move just yet, but is trying to pull himself up in the bath, and has mastered the roll, sit up, roll moving routine. Changing his nappy feels like wrestling with an octopus, which means there has been a few leaks on the pant department lately. Luckily today while shopping in central london I had a FULL change of clothes, or I would have had to contend with a pissy wet baby.

I like option a) on the name front.

Hopefully · 17/07/2009 21:35

Ooh ooh ooh new baby for my friend! So excited. I want to know everything and go and see her and cuddle the new baby.

Pacita · 17/07/2009 21:49

hopefully, is it a boy or a girl? birthweight? in-a-nutshell birth story?

Oh, the memories, sigh.

digitalgirl · 17/07/2009 21:53

Lol at Diego doing sit ups! DS can only do crunches - but the face he pulls when he does it is hilarious!

Hopefully · 17/07/2009 22:00

Little boy, 8lb 4-ish, apparently the birth went really well (she was going to try to get through it on tens, hypnobirthing techniques and Q&A, but haven't spoken to her yet to know if she did or not). She gave birth at about 6pm, so was in labour for a good 14 hours, which doesn't sound much fun!
Although she has taken the name I would have probably used if we have another boy!! I'll forgive her though, since we never even told anyone we were 'saving' it

I really want to go and visit asap, but I know how much DP and I valued our space after the birth, so I suppose I'd better wait a little while at least...

Meglet · 17/07/2009 22:06

digital

becaroo I understand how you feel having your op . Its such an abrupt end to the possiblity of more children, especially when you're not old. I have the odd moment of moping about not having any more dc's (even though I decided it would be impractical / risky / financial suicide to have any more) but my sensible side keeps giving me a slap and reminding me I have 2 adorable dc's and to stop stressing. I have to confess to having phantom pregnancy feelings since I knew I would be going to hospital, my round tummy isn't due to not going to the gym since April, it's a freakily small 7 month pregnancy bump , that I have had periods all the way through and no sickness . The nurse told me I have to take a urine sample with me next Tuesday morning so they can do a pregnancy test before they operate, it will be the last one I'll have.

My fun news of the day is that DD climbed the stairs for the first time. Me and DS were at the top calling her up and my mum was right behind her in case she slipped. Poor little mite looked shattered by the time she got to the top.

StarlightMcKenzie · 17/07/2009 22:06

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potxola · 17/07/2009 23:14

Yeah. What can I say about my mum? Always critizicing me, comparing me with other mums and of course ignoring what a great job I have done bringing up my 2 kids without her help.
I swear I will be there for my kids ALWAYS
I am sorry again. I suppose I didn't think it could upset you girls

Becaroo We will be thinking of you.It is normal you feel sad, allow yourself to go through those feelings.Like Pacita said, you will feel better after.

Meglet · 17/07/2009 23:30

poxtola Sorry your mum isn't supportive. Why does she feel the need to tell you all the scare stories?

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Hopefully · 18/07/2009 08:55

Starlight perhaps they ask really difficult questions to distract you from the pain

potxola · 18/07/2009 10:35

Hi Meglet and Star It is the first time I talk about it.
She was always an amazing mum when I was younger. My father was always the bully,always telling us children we were not good enough and they NEVER praised us.
So much that I always keet a low profily in school. I studied just what I needed for an average qualification. I worked out that if my qualification was very low I would be verbally punished and if it was the best in the class, they will ignore it, saying that was expected of me (that felt really bad). Great, isn't it?
It was only as I got older and went to Uni I stopped expecting praise and started to study and achieve excellent results. (It was good for my confidence)
Now my father is fragile and old my mum has become the hard one, saying things to me you wouldn't believe. It is only when I tell someone and get a reaction I realised it is not on to say things like that.

Yes Star I am everything you picture and I don't mind saying it. I don't have lots of things to be proud of, but my kids(you have seen them in photos) are my threasure , especially because I have had to protect them from all that psicological abuse . ( You probably don't remember but we are not in touch with my mother and father in law. they havenever met my 5 yr old son)
Gosh, I have really opened something here!
I am 42 and still hurts when my mum says something awful to me, sad isn't it.
Lorea will not have that problem, I will put now a new photo in my profile.

becaroo · 18/07/2009 10:50

Hi meglet Its very odd...I know it would be mad for me to have any more dc...my poor old body couldnt take it and dh would be on the first plane to Rio when the little blue line showed up but its so....final isnt it?

My mum had the op you are having some years ago and it literally changed her life.....and she has had no problems with HRT either. Best of luck, I will be thinking of you x

I know what you mean re: swine flu. The BBC GP was on this morning and she said at risk groups included those with asthma and babies...well, guess what? My dh and ds1 have asthma and T is a baby....am now really worried

Off to take ds1 to karate now....have a good weekend ladies x