April 2009 - Chapter 5 - The one where no-one is allowed to feel guilty (except about all the chocolate...)

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There will be chocolate fines for the guilty!

lmao @ 'scary kaz mode' what are you trying to say. These nice people no nothing of my previous discretions! haha dont tarnish my nice girl reputation....

me and dh hubby have chatted and realised the only real wrong we are doing is not using hot enough water soo we are gonna get a thermos and that should solve that... lol oooh so complicted... (I do wonder how the mums you see with gold creole earrings walking down chatham high st cope!!) iyswim

No it wasn't a great night if I'm honest, because I was so worried about leaving the little one (was only out for 3 hours but stayed up late when I got back).

I think it has highlighted to me how out of touch I am with fashion, how frumpy I'm feeling and that I'm nearly 30 - which feels about twice as old as everyone else who was out

No JJ I only had 2 glasses of wine and 3 glasses of lemonade, which makes it quite sad really eh?

Oh dear poor lamb,
i dont think you need to worry as like you said old brown blood, but i understand your concern. how is she today?

Feier - oh poor lil sausage, hope she's feeling ok today. Nosebleeds always look worse than they actually are, god knows I had hundreds when I was a kid, but maybe get her checked over if you need the peace of mind.

She says it isn't sore any more but she refuses to blow her nose properly which makes me think that maybe it is? DH was saying that maybe she hit her forehead rather than her nose, which would be bad I suppose?

Good morning all, and welcome to the newcomers!

V's sleep is still all over the place - got slightly better and is now nuts again.

I think the schools go back today. Does anyone want to meet at the Lido one of these lovely days? (any one although Tooting is lovely)

I don't know about real food, I like bfing because you don't need to make any decisions or worry about whether you are giving them the right things, but it can't last forever. I like the idea of BLW but I am not sure if it is a good enough way to get actual nourishment into them if you are going back to work.

Welcome back Feierabend, sorry to hear about your dd's nose - I am sure it is ok if dd seems alright in herself?

rachelinscotland - nice to see you again! Potted history: all babies great & small are thriving, some mothers are feeling more chipper than others, baby sleep patterns seem to go nuts at 4 months, HVs make it up as they go along, everyone loves slings and wraps, those with two or more are, imo, heroes.
Sorry a bit vague.

Ginger I love your summary

Is the weather going to be nice this week then? I could be up for the lido.

hurrah hurrah, i'm not a huge numpty after all. the test said so. pheweeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

and a proper hello, i'm ok, bit knackered these days. hit a period of waking up 6 times a night , not pooing and teething like mad. i'm still very happy though and the little boy is brilliant, just would like for things to settle down a bit on the exhaustion front. i guess you'll all relate x

schools go back?
I wish
I dont get rid of mine til 7th. These holidays have been far to long and as much as my lot love each other theres been huge amounts of bickering. I've resorted to the tv as babysitter method

Don't think I'm going to require this making-up-formula advice!

Hugo: "No! No! No no no! I don't want it! Don'twannitdon'twannitdon'twannit!"
Splurrrge. Lots of milk down chin.
Bottle of formula exits stage right.

Frekkles - that must be somewhat of a relief! Glad to see you back.

Ginger - how soon are you back to work?

Hello all,
Boff, that video is fab. I think I'd be on the regional, nay national evening news in France if I did that.

There is legislation here that says an employer has to provide working mothers with 2 30 min (I think) slots a day for expressing, and with somewhere to do it. I, however, being an employee of the state, am not covered by such legislation.

I looked up citrons too, and found cédrat but must admit I was none the wiser and DH looked vacant when I asked him if he knew what cédrat were.

Back to school on Thurs here. DS1 is dying to see his mates.

Must go and stop lunch burning...!

cedrat are those funny things like a cross betwee na lemon and a flower arent they?

Frekkles-could'nt imagine the panic that must have set when doing the test, nice to meet you!

Hey there Bronze, I'm with you on the hols being toooooo loooooong, i only have 1 DS in School, but still its hard to come up with new and exciting activities to keep him happy,He thinks he's too old to hang around with mum and little brother, luckily our Schools went back 2 wks ago, tho now he is off with a cold .

Gui- no more worrying about water temp when to add powder ect then.

Drags self off mumsnet to tidy my house

BTW if anyone has a moment to spare and a working knowledge of 20th century Siemens ovens, could you look at my waffly post here please?

More catching up...

Feier, how is your DD's nose?

GingerSarah, sorry V is unsettled again. A is very up and down, only woke once last night at 3am to feed, but previous nights had fed twice and been very wriggly and noisy. His new cot is taking some getting used to, I think, as he wants to be on his tummy but is then stuck there since he can't roll over onto his back. I think he gets uncomfortable and that's what wakes him and us up.

After reading lots of BLW threads where mothers say that their babies are ready to feed because they try to grab their parents' food as it passes, I am proud to announce that young Alex is keen to have his gums brushed, as he grabbed at DS1's toothbrush this morning when I was brushing the latter's teeth with Alex precariously held in one arm. My baby is just so precocious.

I can always tell when it's lunchtime in the UK. I sit down for my after-lunch cuppa and MN, and am all alone on the thread!

Hi Auld,

You think your child is precocious - mine must be ready to learn to drive because she fiddles with the steering wheel when I feed her in the driving seat (parked obviously).

I think I will be back at work in Jan - I need to have a serious think about when the money will run out, I intend to leave it as late as possible. V will be 8 months old then. Does this mean she will have to have formula in the day?

Ginger, I went back to work when DS1 was 6 mths old, although he wasn't at the CM's full time as DH was studying.
I provided a combination of EBM and food, and he never had formula. If you can express, it should be OK, I would think, as you can start stockpiling your freezer in advance. What kind of hours would you be leaving her for?

Glad you specified that you don't feed V while driving, the MN police would have called SS before you'd finished your post.

DD1 started nursery when she was 9 months old and she had a bottle of formula there every afternoon. Not sure yet what I'll do with H, like little E she doesn't seem to like teats and dummies. Mind you today she isn't interested in milk full stop, she's only had snacks and as soon as the let-down slows down she comes off

And talking about precocious children - H tried to have a sip of DH's wine at the wedding

I don't know, I reckon a seatbelt could easily be arranged to secure baby to breast for feeding whilst driving...

How do you get on with expressing Ginger? There are still four months to stockpile plenty for the months when V is still just experimenting with food.

After the limited success so far with the formula, the prospect of expressing is rearing its ugly head again. I may try getting up a little earlier in the day and expressing first thing, while DH is still around to hold the bairn/ make the porridge. And then try and feed it back to him later that day ???

This whole top-up business just seems SOOOOOOOOO POINTLESS!!! He has free access to the breast! He doesn't come off hungry, looking like he's desperate for more milk but unable to get any!

I don't know whether citrons are any use to man or beast. I suspect as they are mostly peel and pith that they just get candied.

And now, two poos in one day (him, not me, I hasten to add)! That's unheard of!

I definitely think I'm feeling guilty about something. Who's doling out the punishment today?

Gui, I express from one breast whilst B feeds from the other. My milk lets down even quicker than usual thar way and I tend to get more than one let down so I get more milk and I'm not spending loads of time expressing on top of looking after B and DD1.

that way