May 09 - weather and jabs = hot cross babies

[Momino]

hope i'm not duplicating

Morning all,

S slept from 7.30pm to 1.30am but i kept him in the bed and fed again at 3.30 as he only took 1 boob and my other 1 is developing a sore spot so i wanted to feed and massage it. He then slept til after 7 so another good night. Shame i was too scared to move him back to his cot for fear of waking him.

Poor DH was up at 6 with DD who was being sick. She has stopped now but DH stayed at home until just now to help out and check she was OK.

S is busy in his bouncy chair watching "peppa pig" with the other DCs. Keeps them all quiet .

Belgian- i am also finding that sometimes when S would wake and want milk immediately he is now OK to wait a bit (only about 15 mins but at least i have that flexibility). Makes things a bit easier.

morning all..

well it's now been 48hrs since M had any formula.
I was worried bf would mean she didn't sleep thro at night but last night she slept 10.30pm to 5am - yay!

just hope it lasts

grump how are things today - hope he's apologised

looby, that's brilliant - well done you!

F very unsettled all yest eve, fine through night as slept 10.30-3.30 and then 4-6 but as soon as we came back from walking the dogs at about 10am he's been really clingy and screamy again. he might be a bit coldy.

oh, he's just done a massive noisy poo. excellent

stopping one handed typing to do two handed nappy changing...

bf does take up most of the evening tho on and off.I assume this is normal? I guess M will get quicker as time goes on as she's not used to solely bf.

I think I need to work out when she's just comfort sucking

yay - just opened the post and I have a refund cheque from Welsh Water £110.

we had a meter fitted a year ago -our bill has gone from £450 to £200

looby, F also spends most of the evenings feeding. I think some of it is stocking up for the night and some comfort but isn't there something produced in breastmilk in the evenings that makes it extra good?! (no, not white wine although that's def in mine now and again! )

looby that's great you must be so chuffed

re my shoe fetish.. i too have a load of gorgeous silly heel strappy sparkly lovelies from pre ds.. when i still had the money to buy such yummy ones. i put on so much weight with ds they were too tight after but i couldn't bear to part with them. i'm hoping to one day fit them again and then i might even wear them out with the dc's pushing the pram. well the lower ones anyway

Hi all, hope everyone is well today. loobyBF takes up so much time for me. we all woke up 'late' today at 7am. Harper fed from 7-8am with a couple little breaks but was so difficult to get girls and me ready for nursery run but we eventually got out at 9.15.

Belgian, you away again? very impressed. you must be so organised just having come back from a trip home now a camping trip. how do you do it?

pula, great news on the sleeping.

quick question before i tend to the explosion that happened in Harper's nappy, I have a Gu choc cake with an expiry date of 6th but it's just choc (no cream). i opened it and it looks/smells nice and not off (always a good thing in a cake). would you eat it?

We had a good night here too - H slept from 8.45pm to 3.45am, possibly a record He then went through until 6am and back to sleep til 7am. It's too soon to say, may be coincidence, but I'm daring to hope some of the things I've been trying from the No Cry Sleep Solution (early bed, up roughly same time each day, watching for tired signs & putting down sleepy but not asleep) seem to be working. He's settling for his naps and night time sleep much more quickly. I'd expected to be keeping him up with us in the evenings for longer but the earlier bedtime seems to be good for him In a perfect world (from my point of view!) he'd have at least one long nap a day, rather than 45min, but I'm not complaining.

Grumpy and at your DH. I hope he has apologised. FWIW I think men tend to lash out when confronted with something they are scared or don't know how to deal with so I'm sure he doesn't mean it, but still, he should know better. Hope you are ok.

i'd eat it but I'm a chocoholic at the mo

M is v.upset at the mo. She's obviously hungry but keeps pulling off and crying think might be wind.

Have given her gripe water, put her in bouncy activity chair, drank a pint of water and counted to ten - don't want to give in and give her a bottle. She seems calmer now so will give her 10mins and try again.

Don't think I'm drinking enough water. how much do u all drink when bf?

grumpy any news from your DH?

my dh is jealous of the amount of time I spend on M MEN - what do they expect? Oh yeah sex on tap! if he says one more time "are you ever going to wear your basque again?" I might have to kill him! never mind the fact that I can't fit into it when will they realise that whining does not make us want to hop into the sack!

sorry - whinge over

looby well done with the BF! C nearly always comes off the boob with a cry. I can feel she's comfort sucking (it's fluttery, not as strong and I can feel my tummy/her arm get quite wet as she lets it all dribble out!). Anyway, it's more an angry, leave me I'm having fun cry, but after a good cuddle she usually settles.

Momino The problem is that I'm not organised at all. Dd1 has gone to school with a chocolate stained dress as all 3 other summer dresses seem to be dirty and unwashed too. Ds is wearing his last bit of uniform too. Somehow I've got to get it all washed and dried before I go. I've put a load of washing in and will have to hang it out to dry over the weekend. We'll be coming home to a house covered in laundry!

pula C cries nowadays when she wants to be put down to play! Half the time she wakes with a cry (doesn't like waking I think), but then quickly settles and starts 'playing'. She's awake a lot in the day too, I suppose because she gets a lot of sleep in the night.

I love shoes too, but it's not quite a fetish. I think I've got a pretty things fetish and that's turning me into some kind of shopaholic. I've bought expensive cute nappies and want more, I've bought beautiful slings (4 at last count, 2 wrap, 1 pouch and 1 mei tai), far too many to be able to use, yet I keep eying up more, clothes for myself, pretty scarfs, cute baby clothes (though ds and dd1 are being neglected in the clothes dept. size 6y or 9y are just not as cute ). I really really need to stop, before dh catches on how much I've been spending on stuff I don't really really need.

Reading what some of your dh's say, I think I can count myself quite lucky with mine. He hasn't mentioned sex yet and C is 8 weeks old. I haven't mentioned it either even though I've been getting urges, because I want to hang on until next week when I've got a coil fitting appointment. I also know he would drop everything and support me more if I asked for it too, but I know he's busy trying to get the house ready to be sold so we can all live together as a family full time, which is important too.

On again to post today. Two days on the trot. Must be a record for me!

Just been and had R weighed. He's a lovely chubby 12lb 10oz at 9 weeks 5 days. Thats between the 50th and 75th centile.

Have DS1 today aswell. Been for a bike ride to the park but wondering what to do this afternoon.....??? He is currently watching Cars for a bit of quiet time whilst he has his lunch. Lightening McQueen is one of his obsessions at the moment along with Hotwheels and transformers.

grumpy anything from your DH yet??

looby good work from M on the sleeping! Your milk must be goooooood!

My DH keeps on about nookie too and he's had it THREEE times since R arrived, which I think is pretty good actually. The girls in my ante natal group for us 2nd time mums were impressed at that esp with the tear I had too.

No sign of Gaga yet but its looking like rain here so DH was a bit [hmmm] at me getting the tent out on my own so have left it for now. The Gaga tears have subsided and he has not been mentionned today so I think DS1 just got a bit emotional last night. I would like to find him so if you could all keep an eye out for a giraffe with dangly legs and arms about so high, I'd be very grateful!!!!!

hope you find gaga ladyhelen2

trying to work out what to do for dinner, have some sweet potatoes that dh bought cos they were cheap, hhmmm thinking sweet potato gratin (note to self: go but single cream) got some lovely organic sausages in freezer to go with.

looby, my water intake is very poor indeed. not sure how much to drink but I think it's generally good to have a large glass of water when you BF. I'm currently drinking half juice/half water and making a conscious effort.

looby i drink very little when DH isnt around as i tend to sit down to BF and forget a drink. When i remember its usually squash, fizzy water, tea or diet coke/lemonade . But S is growing/feeding well so things seem ok.

belgian - just seen your FB profile pic - its gorgeous- both you and C look great. She is so cute (and chubby-cheeked).

Well, I've not heard from TwatFeatures yet today . I refuse to contact him, I feel that he owes me an explanation and an apology.

S and DD2 slept with me last night, very uncomfortable night's sleep! S is nappin' in her bouncy chair at the mo, it's the first sleep she's had (she won't sleep at the moment and wants to be held all the time).

I'm actually feeling better today. Tired and wrung-out but better.

Looby Yay to bf'ing!! And at your DH and the basque comment. Although I did smile too, bloody men!

Momi I would have eaten that chocolate cake without a second thought.

Re drinking, I am not drinking enough at the moment, I manage a few cups of coffee on a morning and then maybe a couple of cups of Redbush and that's all for the day. I'm also eating utter crap, I never get the chance to make 'proper' food, so I'm living on snatched bits of toast/chunks of cheese/biscuits and crisps. No wonder I feel tired

Shoes Oh I love them. I have some real beauties, my favourites are my Zara very. very high heeled gladiator-style ones. I also have some lovely purple patent high heels from New Look that I adore.

Ooh S awakes, back later!!!

Yikes. Two people where I work have swine flu. Not been in for weeks and not seen anyone from work for three weeks now but that puts pay to any visits for the forseeable future! Am slightly concerned about it and the effect on little babies. Think me DH and DS1 would probably cope as all normally fit and healthy but a 9 week old baby??????? Or am I just being a paranoid mother?

grumpy damn right he owes you an apology. Is he a stubborn one or is he likely to come back, tail between his legs soon?

Shoes. Hmmmmmm. Can't seem to put anything on my feet except Birkenstocks at the mo. Would love an op to splash out on some riduculously glamorous shoes. Will have to wait for a wedding in December that we've been invited to. Will start dreaming about a new outfit and shoes now.......

LadyHelen On and off I've really worried about swine flu. I've decided to believe that breastfeeding will give DS2 a boost so it will help him fit it if he get it. DS1 has hardly had any illness at all (bf until 2 and a half) so I want to believe my theory will work. My only fear is that I'll be too ill to look after and feed them so I've been building up a stock of frozen milk.

At the moment it is supposed to be pretty mild isn't it? So no more scary than any other flu. It is the school hols soon so the toddler groups will be closed so I suspect we won't come into contact with many people.

Grumpy at you DH.

I'm off to a wedding at the end of the month and I've no idea what to wear as everything is either too big or I won't be able to breastfeed in it. DOn't want to buy anything in case DH doesn't find any work so a bit stumped.

Ladyhelen- someone at DHs office block has swineflu and its been round the local junior school too, including the kid of someone who goes to the local NCT coffee group- so i was advised to stay away. I worry about S more than the rest of the family too.

grumpy- your diet sounds a bit like mine- in the day i mostly eat toast, bananas, biscuits, chocolate, sweets but not much really as i have lost my appetite. DH makes me a proper tea in the evening though .

does drinking water help with supply? I've just tried to express and got barely 10ml. I usually try to express in early morning but got up too late today.

Harper is growing but not gaining loads. She's sleeping fine but now starting to wake up/fuss in the night... maybe i should try fenugreek .

Momi not sure water helps supply but your supply willbe affected if you are dehydrated. I can recomend fenugreek and there's some good info about dosage etc on the kellymom website - on phone so difficult to do links.

Grump- hope your dh apologises soon. Your days sound like mine with holding and feeding all day. I am also just eating what I can grab either with A in one hand or in the five min gap I have when I do put her down before she cries.

Big news hre today - first smile yay!

I thought drinking water did Momino but i might be wrong. But i think it's not good to drink too much either. Just drink when you're thirty.