May 09 - weather and jabs = hot cross babies

[Momino]

hope i'm not duplicating

hope you are ok

tummum you have my full sympathy with another large gin.. my mil was down from last mon to thursday. dh and mil constantly bickered for her whole visit.. they drove me nuts!!

DH has decreed that a holiday shall be taken this summer, so S and I have to go to Durham on Tuesday to get her a passport.

Hi everyone btw!!!!

ooo grumpy a foreign holiday dh and i were talking about a caravan in devon lol!

Fi I know how you feel. we're going camping in Norfolk... Ooh the glamour

so far on hour 2 of mammoth cluster feed... Last night's finished at midnight!

runningm ikhyf g is on her 5th feed since 4.30pm..

It'll be a cottage in France (foodie heaven). I just wish we didn't always book totally last minute.

And he always grumps about how much money we've spent when we come back.

Still......

thinking about going down to woolacoombe it's not too far away from us and dh hasn't had a holiday in devon before. i'll have to check out what's available and find out how far it is from chocolatebunnies.

We're going to Filey on the Yorkshire Coast for a week in September (we went there last summer too) - that's how adventurous we are

Haven't been abroad for 3+ years and not sure DH and I have valid passports, never mind DS1 and DS2 (DD is OK).

Holidays...we're off to bosinver again, which is my favourite place on earth.

Evening all, DH and I have been pondering this evening about whether DS2 might have silent reflux. Has anyone any experience of this?

I will mention it to the HV on Tues or GP on Weds when S has his 8 week check/jabs but it might explain why S cries during/after a lot of his feeds, has some "colicky" moments, and can be quite grumpy sometimes. Maybe we are hoping for a medical explanation for his grumpiness but the thing that makes us wonder is that when you lie him down for sleep after a few minutes he makes strange noises which neither of our other 2 DCs did, which sound like something is coming up his throat and then he swallows it down. He gets wind/hiccups a lot (but then that is not unusual). He has only been sick once which is why we think "silent". He doesn't like lying on his back (again not uncommon) so always sleeps on his side, which again babies with reflux have difficulty lying flat. He squirms a lot when he's laid down. We will try raising up his cot head tomorrow to see if that makes a difference.

llaregub - those cottages look great! My parents have been looking for a wheel chair friendly place for 8 adults and 4 children, you may have solved it!

momino - glad you had a good birthday!

We had a lovely weekend with our friends, both girls were pretty good, and A even slept from 10-6 Friday and Saturday! What worries me is that next week is a normal week with not much to break it up...guess I'll have to find things.

A sort of namecheck amnesty from me because I have been so busy this week I've only had a chance to skim.

Was it detsy talking about how your fajita looks? I mentioned to my GP that mine looked a bit gapey at my 6 week check after DS2, she laughed and said, "Well what do you expect?" I now religiously do my pelvic floor exercises and sex isn't quite like flinging a sausage into a bucket so I figure it's not that bad.

My stomach however is another question. Three pregnancies in three years has not been kind to me, I have a massive baby apron going on. I actually hate it - I feel so self conscious and fat

Sorry for not posting in a while. I'm having problems with the older dc. I am not coping very well with unco-operative, toddlers. I am embarassed at how I have reacted to them.

Looby I just want to say you are doing a fantastic job. You know for some expressing is dead easy. For others it's not. I just thought I'd share this with you. I was really rubbish at expressing with dd1. I was adamant that she would take a bottle so dh could give her a feed and put so much pressure on myself it got so I was putting my supply in danger. She never ever ever really took a bottle. With ds1 I decided it wasn't worth the heartache. He never had a bottle, even when he went to nursery at 9 months and I went back to work. I learnt how to hand express and that was much better, but the volume I expressed was pitiful, and NOTHING like the volume given on a formula tin. You just can't compare the two by the way. Your breast milk is magic and changes with every feed.

Blotted - Me too. Pelvic floor is fantastic, and physio at post-natal exercise was very impressed.....with my stomach muscles. She wasn't testing my pelvic floor! BUT the band around my middle is horrid.

flippineck it is an amazing place and the cottages are really well-equipped for children. We plan to holiday there for many years to come. Farmer Dave and his wife Pat are really lovely and friendly, they clearly love their job!

blotted, i'm the same: 3 pregnancies in 3 years, it's all gone to my middle and seems to be there to stay. it seems as though my metabolism is finally catching up with me. and the chocolate cake, ice cream don't help either.

relations, Pula 8 weeks? i'm in trouble - we haven't had sex for many months . we'd only had it once or twice in this last pregnancy. Poor DH, he is a good sport. I just don't have any desire for sex and really hope that changes. i'm just too tired and self conscious about my body.

grumpy, pula, etc it's brave of you to go on holiday with so many children. though i wish we could go to a holiday cottage in cornwall, bring the dog, etc. unfortunately all our hols have to be to the US and this year isn't really a good time to go. i don't really want to fly with 3 children so young.

hope all are well tonight.

www.littlerefluxers.co.uk/

Pula link above fr you in case it is reflux - i found it to be a great support when lotti had reflux. I found only two things worked for us - a cot wedge that they sleep on - puts them at 45 deg and weaning as early as poss - not helpful I know at this early stage. V glad you are feeling a bit better and getting support from DH

blotted lol at fajita comments - guess I have to live with it then and must must must start proper effort with PFE.

Febes glad our toddlers are behaving in the same manner well not glad IYKWIM but thankful its normal. I can't leave A with C unless I put him in bouncy chair on the table At other times she is delightful with him

Looby you're doing a fab job, I would have given up on the bf long ago in your circumstances so think you deserve a big pat on the back and a hug. Its easier second time round (if you're thinking about no 2 yet...

LLare good on ya girl you sound heaps better - am so glad for you xx

Momi no sex here either for many many months - feel guilty but also truly knackered and uninterested. Am grateful that DP is being understanding most of the time!

llareggub love the cottages.. had a quick look with my phone.. but will be checking them out with the laptop for sure next time i'm on it. has anyone gone to billingsmoor one? or any of the others..

sorry should say the above link is for feather down farms camping.. but not camping as i've ever known it! think the farms and ready to move into tents look great..

morning all..

thanks for all the support
sorry for the me me me post the other night
DH and I are still not "getting it on" or getting on

Most of my time at the moment is taken up with M bfing (she feeds for hours at a time) as I'm trying to cut out the ff. Of course dh says "why don't you just give her a bottle? (ff)" this he says because he wants to free me up for him I guess
the more he pushes the more I get turned off, plus he is still drinking every day which is not attractive

sorry me me me yet again

blotted completely understand the baby apron thing

I've just bought some vacuum storage bags off ebay as I can't bear to give away M's newborn clothes just in case... altho can't imagine having sex at the mo let alone....

Looby this morning DH was complaining that he is playing 'second fiddle' to DS1 and DDs and is getting no attention (which is why he is getting angsty). I feel like I have 4 kids sometimes!

Looby - I was thinking of getting those vacuum storage bags for my maternity clothes.

I've got an apron too... I seem to be losing weight from the sides in and not from my jelly belly IYKWIM.

DS was having a really good morning and was sleeping soundly in his moses basket. After just 10mins though, the postman knocked at the door, the dogs barked and DS woke up! Nice to have a parcel though. I think it's a book of somesort for DS from SIL.

We hosted our NCT reunion bbq yesterday. Went really well. We lined all 6 babies up on a rug outside and took some photos

My car is getting an MOT and service today. I managed to find someone to come to the house and do it all.

Hope you're all ok this morning.

looby- we have had feeds that last well over an hour too, it's so hard when you feel it's taking up all your time, I have days where I feel I have barely left the sofa cause J has been feeding all day. It sounds like you are really determined to make it work though

DPs parents came up for the day yesterday- it was awful. I had been worried about feeding in front of them. DPs dad made an excuse to leave the room everytime J needed feeding which was often as it was hot. At lunchtime I was feeding J and everyone else decided to eat their sandwiches in the dining room leaving me left alone with mine in the living room- it was horrible. I tried really hard to feed J discreetly but J started fussing if my top was covering his face. eventually I ended up hiding away in the bedroom to feed because I felt so uncomfortable- IN MY HOME!
after they left I tried to speak to Stu about it but he got moody and said his dad prob kept leaving the room to give me privacy, well if I'd wanted privacy I wouldn't have fed in front of them would I?
arrgh! I wouldn't care if he just said he would prefer it if I didn't bf in front of him rather than just making some lame excuse to leave the room each time- it made me feel awful and has knocked my confidence about bfing in front of people.
ok rant over- today will be a better day