January 2009 - Wiggly babies, wobbly mummies (well some of us) and never shall we all meet??

[LenniEd]

Reverse psychology...

dog be kind to yourself, plan somethings for everyday that will make you smile, give you air, give you space and give you closeness. Hope you get some rest tonight.

So I read backwards and got embroiled in newt discussion so read forwards instead....

HKZ I love stripes, big style! My children go out in striped uniforms all the time! I don't however as I don't need any optical illusions to make me look any wider!

Pat Am definately on for 6th if you are? Anyone else?? MissJ? Books? EPPM? Gumps I love you. Seriously. I am using your 'pay per wear they are a bargain' on DH next time we have an Uggs discussion. I need some but they are tres expensive. That line will kill him though.

Dog We'll help you keep an eye on things - if it doesn't pass by next week then get yourself to the GP. Know you've been there before so will, but still I'll kick you if you don't (an affectionate kick btw).

Pat Am in awe of your weight loss I must get back on the wagon. Have been too busy lately - hardly had time to MN, this is the only thread I've been on this week. And that has been flying visits.

Stripey Hope C much better now and settles for you tonight and tomorrow. Is horrid when they are , makes me go through all the emotions, and so on.. then I just sob.

MissJ Thank you for your kind words. I try my best but never feel like a 'good' Mum. I just seem to be serenely dancing on thin ice, which occasionally cracks. Am off to a positive parenting course with our sure start centre in Sept - it has a creche! Yay!

Missed loads - catch up over weekend when DH away, helping him get ready for show and got family here too. A bit manic.

Thanks all for the messages re my brother. It was terrible at the time - not that long ago really - the funeral was the saddest thing I have ever witnessed, really traumatic. Everyone just sat around numb, not speaking, not like a normal funeral where you reminise and things after a few glasses of wine. But it wasn't until DD was born that the enormity of it hit me. I don't know how they coped with losing a tiny baby. I had bad AN depression when pg with DD. I'm sure that my brother dying was at the root of that.

120cms 7 days for DD from nappies to reliably dry. First three days practically everything in pants/on the floor and then better from then on when most went at least part in the potty. Good luck!

Right... have finally caught up- you all talk too much! Every time I read all the posts, you add a load more...

Have worked out everyones new names too...

Moose lovely to have you back, though v sorry to hear about your garden

dog hope it's just PMT- hormones can be funny things atfer pg

soccer sorry the house hunt is lousy

the newst are v cute...

morning

dog - glad u r feeling better now

The PP courses in our area are really good, so hope that is good for you...

skin is vile... but I gave him yoghurt, so

weight- well he seems to be tubby enough...

glad today seems better

Mornin' all,

lenni Sorry to hear you went through such a tough time. Positive parenting course sounds interesting.

dog glad to hear things are better today.

EPPM about skin.

boden

Weird night. DD didn't want evening feed, had usual feed at 10.30, Then wanted feed at 4.45am. Then didn't wake up till 8.45am!!!!!!
HV keeps telling me she shouldn't be having any feeds at night but if she is hungry then surely I need to feed her! Plus, sleep! beautiful, rare sleep!

Do any of you ladies still do night feeds?

Night feeds - bloody hell yes! 3 of them last night

Pressed post too soon - now DD needs me, back later.

tea yay! crawling, thats so cool.

thats exactly what I think to, she was hungry and tired. Am wondering whether she has been hungry in the past and I have not realized that it is why she was unsettled

lenni 3!!!!

furry - have had sleeping through the night here for about two weeks, but last night woke at 3.50am and would not go back to sleep without a feed. hope she hasn't changed her mind about the allnight sleeping actually, she woke last night because she has taken to shuffling up the cot on her bottom until she is banging her head on the bars and then obviously she has to be rescued we have a cot bumper but she manages to get her head under it.

lenni about your brother

dog that you feel better today, it probably is just saved up hormones. i am not looking forward to my cycle kicking back in, am sure will have total meltdown.

tea- sorry to hear that nappy weights have failed you

general grumping here - the small girl is sick of not being able to move, keeps hurling herself out of sitting position and as often as not bangs her head, cue slightly panicked maternal fussing and absolute howling from c. i am too hot because opening the doors to the garden is an invitation to battalions of wasps to come in and i hate wasps. bah.

stripey I hear you on the head bumping. DD always lands on her face, even if she falls sideways!

wasps suck!

I think I had hot flush! suddenly got cold sweat, felt hot then poured with sweat. Am only 31!

afternoon
weather here awful

/hi al.

Have a headache so can't really read much but hate loosing track of the news. Someone do a summary for me And who are you all anyway?

Had 2 playdates and a shed load of sunburn. Ouch.

The nappy was sent by a friend as a thankyou for a few texts I sent her in her early pregnancy!! Bless her I did nothing!

H very unsettled this last week.

Tea at crawling! Wow! No rolls here, gosh they are all so different.

furry - HV clearly mad as a bag of snakes. Mine feeds 2-3-4 hourly day and night.

EPPM - the challenges continue. Sigh. Hope the camp was good! Have had more sneaky dairy here myself. Gives her belly ache though, she is unsettled today after the pizza I had. Bad mother.

Dog - Ride the wave. Quiter hormone seas hopefully on their way for you

Hope I haven't missed anyone or anything too much. Have we updated FB? I sti;ll don't know who everyone is!!!

Watch out for those bumpers now people if they sleep up against them they effectively have a duvet for a hat, overheating....SIDS...

Officially not going back to work till Jan.

HURRRAHHHHH!! WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!! SO no panics about missing nativity or half term [dd1 starts school in Sept] and a Cristmas entirely work free. WIll prob work Christmas for rest of natural life now, but hey ho.

I did a PP course a while back, t'was very good. Although I'd lay money we here all know it, as we are all fairly insightfull and thoughtful. Always good to refresha nd re focus on how we want to be though. I might look into doing it again. I did it when dd was 2, and actually I didn't need it then as she was no bother at all. Still isn't, just that I'm knackered and short with her!! SHe prob needs a course on dfealing with terrible mummy tantrums!

I shall stop feeling like failure for not following HV then. Well, I can try. Thanks all.

Had new hair do, Hairdresser got a bit enthusiastic and have ended up with something quite different to what I went in for. Think it'l be ok once I style it myself though. [hopeful emoticon]

I need to look into PP course. It sounds interesting.

newspaper sorry H is unsettled.

evening all

well, potty training amazing today! No wet knickers, one dirty pants, and she even went for a wee by herself when she woke up from her nap (climbed out of the bunk to do it). . Lenni, glad you told me the poos take longer! Someone else said 3 days too... they. are. soo. yeuch. far worse than nappies, but I'm not sure why! Keep wanting to just treat them like a nappy, cut them off her and throw them away. In fact. What a good idea!

H has been pretty much doing 7 - 4am ish since 6 weeks, with the odd few days and nights with 1 hourly feeds (which some people call growth spurts. I have other terminology for that particular behaviour). Since he has been rolling and before he started sleeping on his front, he kept waking during the night because he was stuck on his front. I braved it out with cuddles rather than feeding as I'd made that mistake with DD.

Weather here today very odd! Kind of warm/wet/cold and humid. No like it.

Evening all.
Glad to hear I can be of service on the shopping front. I am sure I have every line in the book for convincing dh that I want need something I have already started to pave the way for a dress that I want for my friends wedding in January. Haven't actually seen it yet but I know it's going to be fabulous and expensive
Dog glad to hear you are on the up a bit today. Will bet my Uggs it's hormonal. I had a rubbish few weeks where I literally felt I was out of control and then one mega period which seemed to 'cleanse' me out. Had a bit of a cry on dh about it last night. In a posh restaurant too, so embarassing. But hey I feel so much better now, just really nervous about the next monthly! Who mentioned Omega oil? Pat? What is it supposed to do? My usual medicine of wine and chocolate failed me so any advice on something to help would be fab. This may sound a bit random but this was the first period I had without berocca for a few weeks as haven't been bothered to buy any more. Do you think that might have made a difference?
HKZ I am a massive stripes fan too. Love POP and dcs have stripey tops in most of their colours. Turqouise one is my fave.
120 despite my moaning as it felt like forever, ds was pretty quick with the potty training. Had it sussed other than undressing in 4 days. He only ever pooed in his pants once but I still have to hold back the vom every time he poos in the potty. For some reason I find it far more offensive than changing a nappy. He is hillarious too as he sits with his book for about 20 mins while he poos going there's another one, that one looks like a sasuage mummy
Furry so excited for sleep for you! Long may it continue.
Tea lol at weights. S seriously on the move too. Not quite a crawl, more a caterpillar shuffle. Love it when he suddenly appears around a door way. Too cute. We also have Ikea bumper but after news official warning I am freaking and wondering if I can remove it without waking him. Never had one for ds1 but S continually got his arm stuck out the bars. Could possibly be too fat now though - 19lb 6oz last monday the little porker.
Stripey wasps are the most annoying and pointless creatures in the world in my opinion.

Had a lovely bonding day with S as mil took ds1 to Bluebell Railway for the day. A had a ball and S and I had a great time, playing and even a bath together. He was also an angel all day and slept for an hour and a half at lunch. Joyful and I even managed 40 winks on the sofa. He still woke at 545 this morning,despite not going to bed with granparents until 815pm . At least I know a later bed time makes no difference.
Right rambling sorry.

120 well done to you and ds. x post about poos - bleugh!
Weather here odd too. Me no like it either.

I'm putting paper in the bottom of the potty already as can't face the old scraping! sorry if anyones eating dinner!

Twas me on the omegas. Very important, particularly if breastfeeding. Can't explain why as not a nutrionist, but worth having a quick look at your diet as its most important to maintain the 3/6/9 ratio. If you take an all-in-one and already have loads of 6 in your diet (eg through fish), then it can send everything out of whack. It is also apparently the reason for nappyhead (and I thought we were forgetful because we were sleep deprived and busy ). Anyhoo, I just got flax oil with sesame (gross on its own) and have a couple of spoons a day.