january babies are now riggling,giggling & crawling to keep us on our toes

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hi

I am still sick and the boys are not right. I have had a bad cold for 3 weeks now, both boys have runny noses and upset tummies. Off to google swine flu. Don't think it is as it doesn't seem to be stopping any of us in our tracks but just lingering a long time. Really hoping for a quick recovery as we are off to center parcs for the weekend.
Any advice/diagnosis anyone?

Gumps Sounds like a combination of the bugs that are going around the ds's school. One is a truly horrible cold verging on mild flu that lingers and lingers. The other is a stomach thing where about 50% of people who get it throw up and the rest just have a bad stomach for about a week. I think ds1 has them both tgether at the moment.

Hope you all recover in time for your weekend away.

Just trailing the threads for answers to all my woes. Having a day as had to work until 6pm and really missed my boys. MIL said they were fine all day but S threw up twice on me in the space of half an hour and ds1 was acting like a complete brat which is so not like him.
Just don't know what to do. I feel rubbish, the boys clearly aren't right but doesn't feel enough to go to the docs. S also got a specialist appointment on Wednesday and the whole reflux thing is really getting me down at the moment. We are on at least once a night waking plus a 5 am start and with that and not feeling great think its all getting to me.
Sorry to moan but no one else seems to understand.

Oh Gumps, you poor thing. I think it sounds like you really need some rest. Could you take some sick leave and snuggle up with your boys for a couple of days? Sounds like you could all do with some duvet-on-the-sofa time.

We have been having night wakings too, its so draining, I'm sure it contributes to my inability to fend off these flipping bugs.

Gumps - lots of hugs your way. I'd go to the docs if it were me, at least they'll get checked out and the worry is lifted. With you on the lack of sleep. DS was awake from midnight until 3am last night screaming for most of it on and off. He wouldn't settle anywhere. Was expecting teeth to arrive but think it is 'just' separation anxiety. He finally slept velcroed to me in our bed, but if I so much as moved an inch away from him he wailed. He settled ok-ish tonight so am hoping we are not going to have a repeat performance.

MissJ - I would go for it. 4 weeks is not a long time really and he'll not remember in the long run. Plus it is at your DH's quiet time so would work out really well with childcare. You won't be away the whole time and I think you'd probably find N more settled at night if you weren't on hand so much - D virtually sleeps through if I'm away for the night, they seem to know how to play their Mummies.

Christening sounds lovely News, love the conker picture! Your girls are so beautiful and so alike.

Dashing off again - busy times. Am hoping things will settle soon.

On the job front, I am planning on going back 2 days a week in January, have applied for a couple of jobs but nothing I really really want yet. DD starts pre-school in Jan and is very clingy and not very confident. Am pretty worried about how it will go. DS is also booked to start nursery. If it were you would you put off work a month or so until they are settled or not? Am considering having 4-6 weeks at home before I start working, but feels a bit indulgent and a waste of their precious days. But then I'm worried if I'm working and DD doesn't settle that MIL will be picking her up and having her in afternoon and I'd like to think I'll be there for her.

Fab news about horse Dog funnily enough I have found a shetland in need of a little girl to groom her at the farm next door to us. Yay! Think T is very excited at the prospect of having a few lead rein trips between there and here. Is a nice walk there as well so think we'll be going on some buggy trips in the summer!

Dog Saw this thread and thought of you.

elkie how did it go today?

Miss J - my job will involve all the children leaving the house and living at nanna's for 4 days and nights to cover 2 shifts . Because of the 8 til 8, 12 hour days. I wont see them at all. So I have to say it sounds ok-ish to me. Or I'll question my work and there will even fewer midwives Continuity of carer comes at a price.

Yay for PMA Moose, and for the postman. Sounds fabby!
I actually find choc spreads and peanut butter and so on can make my mouth sore. I dunno why. Maybe rub a cut nut on his arm, to see if it goes red??????
Oh Gumps You sounds really down in the gumps dumps. Even if you feel shady for centre parcs, just hole up and eat and rest. You need to rebuild yourself after these strains. My total sympathy. (((((((hugs)))))))))

Totally knackered too. Hatts is up and down all night, and is pretty much only sleeping in our arms this last week. Maybe thats why I am living in a hovel and have no time to mumsnet rest

Sorry for moan and thanks for all the hugs. Feel better after eating. Is it just me or does anyone else get to 7pm and think all I have eaten is crap and left overs. A good curry and some green and blacks seems to have helped my mood no end.
Family coming to cp so lots of help and hopefully lots of fun. Only sad bit is dh can't join us until sat night due to rugby. Feel bad for him as he hates being left behind.
Found someone else on another thread with relux baby too so helping to chat things over.
Are we all going to get to a year and still not have sleeping through the night babies?

Gumps - DD was a reflux baby although thankfully she improved a lot around 8mo. It was living hell for the first 8 months though. I have erased it from my memory forgotten most of it but you have my sympathy. Is bloody hard work. She had the productive kind of reflux, vomiting constantly. Fortunately she had no weight issues but for the first 8 months ate nothing solid and was on a virtually milk only diet for 15 months. She is now a pretty reasonable eater for a 2.something yo and on the 91st centile for height and weight plus so well developed physically you would never know she was the same child. She slept from 18mo 12 hours guaranteed too. There is hope

Oh dear God lets hope not. Really take it easy at cp, have you booked into the spa? I think you should, tell them them the thread said you had too. I also think an afternoon nap each day would go a long way. It always seems to help me.

Food. Food is a problem. I don't understand how I can forget to eat and still be overweight

I am going to make 2 friends the Lucy Burney Mummy museli. Stick it in jars and deliver it for the postnatal period. You need some too!

My sympathy for the reflux thing - there is a yahoo group dedicated to it actually. I joined when Harriet was plauged but we hadn't realised it was dairy intolerance I still feel riddled with guilt about how long it took me to mentally accept the dairy thing. I just so didn't want it to be true. If I'd sorted it out sooner she would have been happier sooner and I would have enjoyed her sooner.
you-are-not- alone@yahoogroup s.com They were lovely when I joined and had a total shed collapse.

I did join it but it seemed to have died a bit and the lady running it wanted to give it up. I have had some great advice on here though from various people.
Lenni that does give me some hope as we just seem to be on the up and then fall down again. Is it just dd that had it? We are rether mentally thinking of a third and I am wondering what, if anything, I can do to prevent the next one (hopefully!) having it. I think it has thrown us even more as ds1 was the baby whisperer angel baby to a tee.
Maybe its a thread thing as to why our babies don't sleep? When ds1 was little I thought all babies slept and anyones who didn't they clearly were a rubbish parent !!
Right off to bed and praying for some sleep. Will put you all in on my prayers too.

Ah thats a shame - glad you got advice while there though. I got some email notifications from them so maybe she is back on it.

We are the same about a 3rd, the idea of going through anything like this again......

Sleeeeeeep babies sleeeeeep...

Gumps - DS has only ever vomitted once in his life! DD would throw up virtually every feed, I would change her and myself 3 or 4 times a day for the first 6 months. And she'd be so sick in the night that I'd usually change her sheets twice a night. We had 6 grobags in 0-6 months - when DS arrived I had them all washed and ready expecting the same but he has only ever used 2 of them! I have far too much bedding for a 'normal' baby. I also own boxes and boxes of vests and sleepsuits in every size up to a year - DD would go through so many clothes I didn't really dress her in anything else!

D has been a very easy baby during the day and he slept pretty well at first... He is cheery and lovely to be around, so different to DD who is clingy and moans constantly. They are all different. Don't let the reflux put you off a third, DD is wonderful now except for a few issues with separation anxiety. All toddlers have some issues though ime, I'd rather have a clingy one than a violent one - well that's what I tell myself anyway!

Have sussed the mouth rash - it was the strawberries I gave him with the chocolate spread - doh!

I was forgetting that he has a habit of rubbing/picking around his mouth when he gets overtired and he'd been doing a fair bit of that over the weekend so had already sensitised his face. It was only when I was washing up his dishes and found the strawberry calyx that I realised what had happened. Its the acid, he gets it with tomatoes and ketchup too.

God I'm such an over-anxious panicky Mummy at the moment. Dunno what's up, I'm not normally like this.

I did have an appointment booked with the GP for tomorrow to discuss depression/anxiety, but have had to cancel it because I can't get there now ds1 is poorly. I know erythromycin can cause anxiety and depression though, so maybe I'm just jumping the gun and things will improve now I've finished the course. I do feel better already having taken my last pill at 8.00 this morning so here's hoping.

Wow Dog! Where will you put him? Bunkbeds are not the answer here!

Strawberries and tomatoes make my mouth raw too Moose.

Everything crossed for you Moose. Maybe 'just' total tiredness and a bit of the stir-crazy's?

Hell no. Horses are a total mystery to me. Unless I can clearly see the definition of male I'd have to take a guess.
I do like though, very much. Am very at those who ride and those who own.

Many apologies for casting male aspersions over your new daughter

T'is a vary lovely thing. Blimey - where wil you stable her?

Fantastic!! It all sounds idylic. Am very of your whereabouts Mrs!!

Am really pleased for you.

Dog, she is beautiful you lucky, lucky thing.

Won't tell you about my PILs dog that was called Maddy. I am sure she is a LOT better behaved.

Am feeling a bit hot and bothered. Have just spent far too much money on my Next account. To be fair, I had to buy the boys winter coats as it was freeeeezing this morning and poor old ds2 had to wear his raincoat which offers no warmth at all. I realised on Friday that ds1 has outgrown a lot of his clothes, so after a quick wardrobe shuffle, ds2 now has far too many and ds1 has only tshirts, shorts and one pair of black jeans. So I have just ordered him a couple of fleeces, some jeans and other tops and then made the mistake of looking in the baby section and ended up buying some mix and match tops and tights for dd to wear under her pinafores and some tights to match the boden tees and cardigans. End result, well let's just say GULP, its a good job dh has got that freelance work at the moment. I hate spending money it makes me nervous.

Still I guess you have spent a lot more than me today Dog.

OOOo I missed there are 3 pics of Maddy. Beautiful!

I had a shopping acident too Moose, some more washable wipes cubes and some wool wash in mint. Yum.

Methinks your accident could be excused more easily than mine though News.

Well I am off to bed before I collapse, what am I doing up at this hour anyway?