Nov 2008 - because there was no thread space to think of a clever title!

[Yorky]

Had to be done soon, hope it works!

Morning all,

Vbab hugs to you, I know where you are coming from, as like Ceebee I also have a trying 3 year old (but a very normal one if you read toddler taming ). Might it be worth speaking to your HV? At J's 8 mnth check last week I mentioned it and she said there are people who specialise in dealing with toddlers issues within their team that would be more then happy to help. Worth a thought maybe?
You are def doing the right thing going to the docs, I am very glad I decided to take the ADs - Even though they have not started working yet as I feel I am now taking steps in the right direction. You sound like a lovely mummy and you just need to look at the photos to see how happy your children are!

Dozy good to see you! - I wave at fire men too

Rosa hope your Dad is OK, and gets well soon.

J is now crawling albeit backwards but the motions are def there! and if he wants to get somewhere he will!

Anyhoo must dash we have 5 houses to look at today

Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

Morning all, we are a fresh house this morning.
DD nearly thought 5.30 was wake up time until I retrieved her from downstairs and sent her back to bed with a flea in her ear (No, you can't have cake!)
DS came in with me DH joined DD and we all slept until 8.30 woohoo!

vbab I don't think you are cold (or whatever you called yourself) I think if DD was calling me names, she would get the cold shoulder too. All they want is attention, for that sort of behaviour, I would just refuse to give it and hope she would get the hint.
Although the other suggestion of giving the oppsite 'well, I love you anyway'. Good suggestion. Perhaps a 3 yr old isn't very good at getting hints, methinks Twinks will have to rethink her strategies.
Mind you, I still think I would ignore. but say first, 'Until you stop being so nasty, I am not going to talk to you.'
It has worked with DD for bad behaviour. She hates when mummy stops talking to her.
My point is don't worry, if it had been going on for a while I think I too would be at the end of my tether. It is all natural.
As the others have said, you know you are a good mummy. Stop stressin' lady

tegan NO YOU HAVENT UPSET OR OFFENDED ME. Sooo sorry if i made you think that. Damn my rubbish explainations.

vbab it's fine really don't worry about it

Good morning evryone, another grey day here and my friend is stopping for the weekend so we went to the pub last night and I was up much later than I should have been! Really nice to have girly chats but I should probably have pumped and dumped, didn't cross my mind at 3am - oops.
And we didn't come last in the quiz either!

Vbab, I'm sorry you are having such a hard time with your DS, its worth making a list of what he does to wind you up - name calling, ignoring etc and hn. I used to get really wound up by DS for ignoring instructions, and then realised it was when he was hungry so I suggest a snack and then 'now lets do what mummy wants'... it works sometimes.
And take your list to the drs with you. I find him much harder to cope with when I'm tired

Hope your dad is Ok Rosa, nice to be here but not a great feature of your holiday.

Thank you everybody - they have sent him home after being on a drip for 24 hrs to sort it out plus he will be on warfrain again for a while . He looks ok but is obviously tired we have local carnival tonight and he drives the 'princess' it has taken all my powers of persuasion that he is not driving her but he can sit in the car with the driver we have asked to do it ( the insurance company wouldn't let me on the policy as I don't live here !)-He wouldn't listen to my mother of course !!!!!! Some benefits of being here - Right shopping day stuffed yesterday so am going to order some stff from Jo Jo and Frugi.......

Hope your dad continues to improve rosa, must be difficult for you right now.

I need some advice from you ladies please(Daisy are you out there? have you found an internet connection???!!) I had decided that as I am going back to work in 4 weeks, today would be the day I would start to drop daytime breastfeeds and replace them with formula, but I wanted to continue morning and night bfs. So I tried P with his first ever bottle of formula this afternoon. He took about 2 oz, not much I know, but I thought not bad for a first attempt. My plan is to carry on with 1 formula feed a day for a week, then replace the mid-morning bf with formula next week, to let my boobs get used to it gradually.

But tonight when I was giving P his bedtime bf, he started to nip me - all I can say is OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!! Boy did it hurt! He has 4 teeth on top, 2 on the bottom, so he's got plenty of ammo! He found it very amusing and did it several more times (I was trying not to react so as not to egg him on!) It got to the stage that I couldn't carry on feeding him, so got DH to bring up another bottle of formula. He had no interest in that whatsoever, just played with the teat on the bottle the same way he'd been playing with my poor boobie!. So I guess I have a couple of questions - how do you stop them biting/nipping you? And what do you do if you want to stop/reduce bf but they won't take formula?

BTW Dozy, good to see you back.

Evening all - just passng through as am cooking tea.

Juanitad I have no advice but wondered if it may be worth you posting on the other thread aswell as MJIM may be around and may have some words of wisdom aswell for you

Will catch up later!

Hello all

juanitad as a rule I would say that if he is just biting/chewing, I would take it that he is not all that hungry. It is a tricky one because if you say 'no' or whatever they often just find this funny and do it again because they just se it as an interesting reaction. Mimi has four teeth and does not bite me. She has tried to chew me once or twice and as I say I just take that as a sign of not wanting milk so I just put her down/put boob away for later. HTH

Hi Juanita
DD is a biter as well, she hasn't done for a while but went through a real phase of it before she had teeth. I put my finger in to break her latch and say No, quite firmly but not shouting at her. Repeat if she bites again, like I say she hasn't done for a while now.

Glad your dad is improving Rosa

DSs Godmum is stopping with us for the weekend and we've had a really nice day, its been too long since we had a decent chat and he is so much fun with an audience

I second yorky, just say 'No' and remove the boob.
If they are hungry they will cry for the boob to be replaced, might bite again, but if the boob is removed everytime they bite, they will soon bore of the game and want to cotinue with the feed uninterupted.
At least that is what I am told.
I am just talking from books and advice from a breast feeding counsellor friend, not from personal experience.
DD bit me once, I shouted an OW and popped her off and she never did it again. lucky me cos, too right, it was bleeding sore, hence the shout.
DS nibbled the other night and I did just take it he wasn't hungry (as Yorky said). I gave him a few shots of removing and then trying again but eventually just left him to it and he went back to sleep.

I think that was me talking about the not hungry thing, Twinks.

Hey Dozy lovely to 'see' you! Hope all is ok with you. I can second what you are saying about obsessions with poo wee, willies going nudey etc. In our shared garden we have children ranging from Mimi, the youngest, to age 8 and you get to see all sorts of antics, including the not so nice bits of ganging up, not letting someone join in etc. On the whole most of the children play well together most of the time, but it is all part of growing up, I think.

Rosa hope your father continues to improve.xx

Hi ladies, I am trying to catch up but am struggling so please accept my apologies in advance!

Becca is nto everything and the stairgates are up as she goes from room to room and is constantly at the TV unit and the fire DD1 thinks its hilarious. just say a firm No and remove her times a day. She just crawled to the fire but her head lying down and looked at me as if to say ha ha I am here. Rahhh

We had a fab time in Somerset, my 3 week period finally stopped! Becca liked swimming.

Ladybuzz hope viewings went well.

Vbab hope you are feeling ok. Good luck with doc's appointment.

Juanitad. I started dropping the feeds one by one. Becca now feeds from me morning and night and has a bottle about 2/3 in the afternoon.

Got to go be back soon MIL arrived!

Quiet on here today.

Thanks for advice re: biting. Thankfully he has not bitten again today, but I will try your suggestions if he does again. He didn't take much formula in the mid-afternoon feed again today, only about 1oz. Maybe he'll end up just dropping that feed altogether. Does anybody else's LO not have a milk feed between lunch and bedtime? Is that normal, or should he still be having some. I think he is getting the required amount of milk over a 24-hour period, unfortunately most of it is during the night though! With cutting down on bf, I feel like he is a newborn again and I am having to learn things all over again!!!

Hope everyone has had a good day. coolkat, glad you had a good holiday.

Hi,
jaunitad hope P doesnt bite again, Millie is only on 3 bottles a day now (8oz) she dropped a feed of her own accord in the last week and her appetite has increased she is eating alot more in the last few weeks today she has had weetabix for breakfast, scrambled egg toast and yoghurt for lunch, homemade soup and rice cakes and strawberries cream and meringue (sp?) for dinner. I still cant get her to drink anything other than milk though, I have been trying to give her water but she just throws the cup about.
cookat glad you had a good holiday and your period finally stopped if you dont mind me asking what pill was it you were on as I was on noriday and had a nightmare at the start and it took a few months to settle down but more "normal" now
dozy lovely to see you back on here
twinks I used to do that with DD1 when she was about 3 funnily enough thinking back on it now, if she was naughty I used to say mummy is upset and never spoke to her for a bit (wasnt long) and she hated it, much more effective than shouting or taking toys off of her.
yorky hope you have had a nice weekend with your friend!
vbab 3 is a difficult age, I found it worse than the terrible twos TBH but it does past.
rosa glad your dad is better now it must have been an awful fright for you all but it was good that you were in the uk.
Have prob missed some things out so sorry about that have had a bit of a fuzzy head today (was out last night). DH came home on friday and we picked up our Kuga on saturday, it is lovely there is so much more room in it for all the kids stuff.
chocorange are you there? I have just bought a BJCM from a mum on here is it as good as it looks? I have to sell my Buzz now which I love but am hoping I love it as much
I am back to work on thursday but kind of looking forward to it in a way.

MORNING ALL

sorry caps lock on

O slept 11 hrs last night, the most since he was 4 months old.

he lso seems to be eating like it's his last meal.

but still no teeth

Hi all
well done tegan on getting some decent sleep!
It's quiet today eh?
Had a mad weekend with visiting DH's family, his brother and family were down from Scotland, and had DS1's birthday party yesterday. His birthday is tomorrow and he is 10. Now I remember sitting on the edge of the bed at St Georges in Tooting where he was born, gazing at him all curled up asleep in his little crib. How can it be 10 years??? He is starting to get embarrased these days, especially when I say to him "even when you are grown up, you'll always be my baby"!!!

Diet is out the door this week.. Have snacked on party food all day yesterday and this morning. DS1 has chosen the menu for tomorrow's tea and it is....nachos with cheese and guacomole followed by macaroni cheese with bacon bits in!! And for his birthday treat we are going to Cadbury World on Thursday!!! Yikes!!

Oh dear, am obviously in a !!!exclamation mark mood...will stop ....honest!

ooh, and just in case I'm not on later, GOOD LUCK vbab for your doctors appointment tomorrow. Take notes with you, make notes while you're there, and let us know how you're getting on.

Hullo ladies. You won't remember me but I used to post on our ante natal thread. I haven't visited MN in a very long time (two babies 17 months apart very time consuming plus we moved house when the youngest was 5 weeks old. I think I've only just recovered!) but popped back today and so thought I'd pop in and say hi and see how everyone's doing. I haven't read through the thread - apologies for that - as I've got to shoot off to prepare tea for the babies in a sec, so I've no idea what everyone's up to.

As for me, my Nov 08 baby turned up in October 08 - my waters broke at 36 weeks but with no sign of labour, I was induced once I reached 37 weeks. Not a good experience but the result was excellent - a lovely gorgeous boy who we've named Eoin!

Anyway. I'll stop waffling on now. Would be great to hear how you're doing and catch up with your news - I don't even know who had their baby when or whether it was a boy or girl. I'm rubbish!

Hi Creena,
I remember your name from the AN thread. Welcome back to the fold! It's a bit quiet on here at the moment, as some are on holiday and some have gone back to work. Maybe this is a good opportunity to do a stats list so you know who's who and what babies we had.

Juanitad - Boy, Patrick, 25 Nov

Fudge that sounds like a fab biirthday plan!

Creena HI and congratulations! I do remember you,I hope allis well.

I had a baby girl at 38 weeks by cs- I was in early labour and their were concerns about her, so it was technically an emcs, but she was fine. She is currently wrestling with a large dolphin shaped balloon

Fudge sounds ace plan to me

Hi Creena I had a girl early on oct 29th Rebecca, she is a dainty little thing but is very fast at crawling now and keeps me on my toes

Pinky how are you doing? How are the holidays going? Becca likes balloons sadly not as much as the fire place....

Hi everyone

My first week back at work went well, been off since Friday and not back until Wed nightshift. Am loving being part time! Hope everyone else that was going back this week got on ok.

Hi creena, congratulations on Eoin, I also had a little boy, Ewan

Coolkat i have been having a right giggle at your pic on FB of Becca nosediving off sofa. I can see how much work that is now she is crawling!!

Fudge, your DS's tea of nachos and mac cheese sounds fab!!

Hi to everyone

hi creena and welcome back

I too had a boy Owen born nov 28th at home 5 days late, typical bloody man, an true to form he is still late, no teeth, no crawling, no anything really.

choc congrats on surviving you're first week back.

I too have put some pics of O on fb
Tonight he had brocolli and carrot with cottage pie and 1 squeezy yoghurt and a milky way pud for desert, he really has graped eating again

Hey Creena welcome back. Glad all is well

I too had a little boy on 20 November - Sam No teeth or crawling here either but plenty of drool, chattering and rolling over and over to get to where he shouldn't be he wants to go Don't you just love it??

Chocgal glad your first week went well - that is probably the worst bit over with now. You soon forget you were ever not at work (iyswim) Did you miss E terribly though?

Fudge your week sounds heavenly...all that food - yummy!! Would love to know what you thought about Cadburys World - keep wondering whether to go but not sure how good it is.

Hey ceebee, I actually didn't miss him as much as I thought I would! Work was really busy so that helped I think. I couldn't wait to get home to him though.

Tegan, saw your fb pics, don't you just love this messy eating!? I gave DS icecream & strawberries for the first time today and he LOVED it!