May 09 - weather and jabs = hot cross babies

[Momino]

hope i'm not duplicating

llareggub - and

back from the doc's armed with prescriptions for g's eczema and another silver nitrate pencil for her granuloma which is still there. have to go back on thursday am again for it to be treated.. hopefully 2nd time lucky and it will go.

llareggub rofl did they see you?!

llare,

febes, good idea about offering milk before waiting for H to demand it. I'll see if it makes a difference.

Meanwhile, she's just had a feed and it went very smoothly as I'd expect a feed to go. so there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to her getting upset at the boob. i think sometimes the letdown is too fast. or I 'force' it on her when she's tired. ah, it's a guessing game isn't it? wish they could talk... well, not yet.

euro, i've got a sleepy baby as well. it used to worry me as it seemed she should be waking to feed more. but, though slighter, she's grown very long (91st centile), is smiley, right now kicking and giggling (just started doing that this week) under her playgym. so sleep/eat balance must be just fine.

however, as you said in other words you may have jinxed tonight's sleep by saying so. I do the same: whenever i tell someone she's a good sleeper that very night she has a really broken night . let's compare notes tomorrow .

Fi, what did they give you for eczema? I've got an appt fri for dd1 to renew her prescription. eczema pretty bad on arms and back of the legs.

momino i did ask for aveeno but doc wanted to do oilatum so that's what we got.. the cream and bath milk. will give it a go and if no good will push for aveeno next time.

dh and i made the mistake decision of putting the thornberry's go wild DVD on over the weekend when the weather was so bad. ds absolutely loved it. but now he wants it on all the time and i do mean ALL the time.. it's starting to drive me slightly round the bend!

uhoh feeding g and typing one handed and ds has got my lancome juicy lip gloss and mirror out of my bag.. taken lid off tube, squeezed it out, applied all over his lips and face, gotta go!

sleepy baby - goodness, she lasted all of about 80 min awake time, some of it feeding, some kicking. i'm sure we're in for a broken night .

how long do your LO's usually stay awake in their daytime 'awake' times? Harper is usually two hours at a time or less if we're out and about.

fi - . BTW, what colour juicy tube? I love 'em, my favourite lip gloss!

llaregub - indeed! I'd be interested in your lilypadz if no-one else wants them, will contact you on FB. How much would you like for them?

tummum - hope the swine flu passes you all quickly and peacefully. As you said, good to get it out of the way now.

daizy - Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good evening out.

Momino It could be your letdown being a bit strong. How about taking her off and waiting until it's over and then letting her carry on, she might find it a bit easier. C used to have trouble with mine and still struggles to swallow fast enough, resulting in her choking on the milk at least once every feed, but she's learning to deal with it.

daizy Happy Birthday!

Euromum we had a normal buggyboard when ds was 2.5 and he loved it. He was a bit lazy really and so not having to walk was just what he wanted. Occasionally if he became too tired he wouldn't want to stand on it or walk, which made life difficult, but 99% of the times it was great.

flipping i can't remember if it's strawberry or raspberry but it's a red one. I couldn't resist taking photos of ds before i tidied him up. caught him before he emptied the whole tube

sleepy baby grace sleeps loads.. the only time she's awake is during each feed and for a while after sometimes and before sometimes. she's esp smiley when wanting food.. when boob doesn't happen as i'm chatting to her smiles she then lets rip after a bit for boobs now!

flippineck you can have them. If you send me your address via fb I'll post them to you. I won't be at the Post Office until Friday though when my ebay items end. I'll be glad to send them to a good home!

Went to appointment. They weighed him and he's now 10lb 4oz so has put on 5oz since Thurs Saw Dr who couldn't work out why we'd been referred. She said he was gaining nicely and she'd be more worried if he suddenly put on loads of weight. She signed us off and discharged us

Then went to next sale and I got DS 3 t-shirts, 2 prs trousers, tshirt and trouser outfit all for £20.50

Then managed to take him round shopping centre in Crawley and have lunch, then did Tesco and just got home!! Phew!!
It's great to have my niece for help and company!

Daizy - Happy Birthday!!

Llare - at flashing norks as I'm sure I've got far too relaxed about nork flashing

Tummum - hope the swine flu passes quickly

Dandy - hope that wasn't your case they were talking about and you can relax soon.

ses yay on the weight gain, positive hospital app and being discharged great to get that out of the way

llaregrub oh my! I really didn't mean to imply you're twunts. How embarrasing. So sorry.

oh I know jennster, sorry to make you blush. I was only joking! I agree with you to be honest!

Oh Gosh, all these x-posts with my last post. Sorry about that. I had to post and run as ds got himself into a tantrum about some colouring in that didn't quite go like he wanted or something . He just got into a tantrum all by himself while colouring all by himself. Really odd to see him just go off like that. 2nd time in 2 days as well. See, even 7yo can have tantrums!

llare That reminds me of the decorator incident when I was pregnant, lol.

Ses great news about the weight gain.

Next Sale I went today too and came home with a winter coat for myself and some cute gloves and a hat for C, but there was nothing nice for DS or dd1. I always get annoyed with the Next sale, because they hardly have any boys' clothes and lots of girly stuff. None of the girly stuff was stuff dd1 would like though: it was all too pink. Yes, her pink phase is over. She's recently announced that she likes yellow and purple and hates princesses. Yay!!

I'm a bit worried about this Mei Tai I ordered 2 weeks ago. It was from someone recommended on either MN somewhere or the Slingmeet forum (can't remember). Anyway. I've noticed I can't get onto her website anymore. I've e-mailed her and no answer. I hope I haven't lost my money. Does anyone know if you can claim money back if you've paid by paypal?

I've packed today for our holiday tomorrow. We'll be leaving as soon as the dcs have finished school and will be driving overnight. I'm not looking forward to the long drive as I can't sleep in a car. Once we're there we're first stopping at an ex-au pair's home. It'll be nice to see her again.

Belgian, have fun on holiday, lucky you.

Ses, great news about the weight gain, hurrah!

going to bed soon. got to do the nursery run tomorrow and get H to hospital for her hip scan (expecting it to be fine).

need to check out Next sale as well.

have a fabby holiday belgian hope the weather isn't too bad for the journey.

tummum just seen your fb post sorry you got sf :-( hope you feel better soon

wrote a post and then hit refresh rather than post so it's gone now.

Anyway.

tummum get well soon. Hope you don't feel too unwell.

Thanks for all the good holiday wishes. It looks like warm but rainy down there for the next 2 days .

Time for bed now. Will log on tomorrow to wave goodbye

Hi there,

Had a good day yesterday, thanks for all the wishes. It was nice to leave the dc with my parents for a few hours. Sorry you didn't get to go out euromum belgian* you should be able to get your money back if you paid with paypal, not sure how you go about it though. Have a great holiday

Ds2 slept from 9pm, woke at 3.30 for a feed and is still asleep now . runningmonkey your lo sounds ds1 - we still have to get him to sleep now aged 2

Whooooo hooooo DS Slept from 8pm till 4am, feed for 10mins and then woke again at 7. Best nights sleep in 9 weeks!!!!

Morning!

Another incredible sleeping baby here! DS slept from around 9.30pm until 7am, although sadly I couldn't sleep at all. I've got 4 mothers, 4 toddlers and 2 babies for lunch today so I've got bread in the breadmaker and am about to make some muffins.

DS has decided to potty-train but it is not going well. Grrr.

oh dear.. since the discovery of my juicy lip gloss yesterday ds has now developed a fascination for all of my make up.. he wants to know what it all is and put it on... eye liner, blusher, mascara, cover stick, liquid eye shadow and everything else in the drawer. now i've got to find a high place to move it all to away from his investigating..

fi Lol @ your ds. My dh would be horrified at his son playing with make up, but I wouldn't mind. Well, I would because of the cost, but you know what I mean. I once had my make up bag stolen by someone thinking it was my wallet. It cost a fortune to replace it all in 1 go.

Great news that so many of us had a lovely sleep last night.

llare good luck with the potty training. A shame the weather isn't any better or you could have let him run around half naked in the garden where accidents dont matter.

C had a better sleep too. I think I've worked out how to get her to sleep until 5.30. She need to have 2 hourly feeds just before bedtime and then she's fine. I'll keep doing that from now on.

Right off now to the post office to send out some eBay stuff before we leave. Then it's time to have a good tidy of the house and we'll be off at 3! Exciting

Hi all

Namecheck amnesty from me........

Quick, quick, anyone have a Figleaves Discount code before I order my bras?????????

Jennster Re cars, I currently have a Renault Espace, having lost my beloved Fiat Multipla to Cambelt failure (DH could fix it, but he always wanted the Espace ). It is brilliant, you can fit lots of kids 'n' car seats 'n' accumulated crap in. We're off on a possible 4-week holiday to La Belle France in it and we can fit 4 weeks' worth of stuff in easily.

Pushchairs, DH being a bit of a tightwad sometimes, bought me a 2nd hand one off Ebay, I think it's a crappy Graco one. I would love a posh-push but can't really justify it, as I don't use the pushchair that often, I carry S about in the sling or baby-carrier.

Had my first night out last night, left 2 bottles of EBM for S. My night out was................taking DD1 and her boyfriend to see Transformers 2 . I sat on my own at the front of the cinema and they sat at the back.

Right, off to drag DD1 out of bed so we can go shopping later, I will be on later to catch up good 'n' proper.