April 2009 - Chapter 8 - "Come to mine, I've got stacks of tampons..."

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12 Feb: Skiingone: MARIANNA 4lb 4oz
20 Feb: Glaskham: RUBY MARIE 4lb 3oz
04 Mar: Barbarella: ESTELLA, ROSANNA, OTIS
05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Babypringle: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
28 Mar: Claireykitten: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz
29 Mar: WhatFreshHell: FELIX DEVLIN ALEXANDER 10lb 5.5oz
31 Mar: Mumblemum: ORSON XERXES
02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bleuravin: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
05 Apr: Mrsfossil: ISLA LILIAN 7lb 10oz
05 Apr: JumeirahJane: MILLICENT ROSE 5lb 15oz
06 Apr: BoffinMum: FELIX DAVID GORDON 7lb 9oz
08 Apr: girlylala0807 JAMES EUAN
11 Apr: SpringySunshine: GEORGE NATHAN 8lb 15oz
11 Apr: RachelinScotland: CLEMENT JAMES 8lb 14oz
11 Apr: Lou031205: ISLA SOPHIA 7lb 9oz
11 Apr: Electra: ISABELLA CAROLINE 6lb 3oz
11 Apr: AuldAlliance: ALEXANDRE 7lb 6oz
12 Apr: Phdlife: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 3oz
12 Apr: BethDivine: Name TBA GIRL 9lb 9oz
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
14 Apr: Purlease: ADAM 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Juwesm: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN 7lb 14oz
15 Apr: HeidiT: HEIDI
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
15 Apr: Minush: ZAFIRAH ROSA 7lb 12oz
15 Apr: FatandFedup: EMILIA ROSE 7lb 6oz
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
17 Apr: DungunGirl: ADEN LEE 9lb 4oz
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
18 Apr: Dawntigga: SAMUAL 5lb 11oz
20 Apr: LuLuBai: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Kittycatisgettingfat: GABRIELLA AUDREY BIANCA
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Schulte: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
21 Apr: Mrsgboring: EDMUND 8lb 12oz
23 Apr: Tristaleejac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
24 Apr: Soon2befamilyof4: TALIA 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Lauren61: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: VERONICA ROISIN 9lb 1oz
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz
30 Apr: Elpis: ISLA JESSICA 8lb 11oz
01 May: Satheresitting: Name TBA BOY
03 May: Conkertree: Name ANGUS ANDREW 8lbs 8oz
06 May: Frekkles: HARRIS MERLIN 8lb 5.5oz
07 May: TarteTatin: ALBERT JOHN
10 May: Ilovesummer: Name TBA BOY

But yes you do. And crumbs and it's delicious.

I bet my boobs are worse than yours. Holly only feeds on left right side now so the right has completely deflated and is several cup sizes smaller.
When I leave the house I wear a fillet on one side.
I hope they will even out when i'm done feeding. But considering Ellen had her last breastfeed only two weeks ago (pauses to listen for gasps) that may be some time.
I shall be buying new ones regardless.

You were a tandem feeder and kept quiet about it!

Could Ellen not have kept the right breast going?

How could anyone have tea without milk?

Gui did you eat ALL that this morning?

Fourth on the list Gui? Really? Fourth? I'm hurt.

Is it cheating too much to just read Puzzle's catch up & get the gist of what's going on? I have an essay to do for tomorrow that I've not even started - do I get a free pass?

We've all been ill in one form or another (George had swine flu & was teething at the same time. Joy.) & it's been complete madness with 4 assignments on the go. I haven't yet submitted anything late & I'm hoping not to start tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

So, because I can't catch up right now - how have you all been?

(You must answer or I may have to do my reading about stone tools )

I can't believe some of you still don't have your periods! No wonder I steer clear of this place

Gui, I have a mooncup. Every month I'm a bit 'eugh' about it & start off on tampons. Then I remember that I'd rather not spend hundreds of pounds on sanitary wear & switch to my mooncup - & then become a complete convert all over again & wonder why I didn't just start using it in the first place. Every. Month.

It's especially good because you can use it for even the lightest of flow without that weird cotton-wool feeling in your fanjo from a tampon that's too absorbent, & you don't have a string dangling out of you / it doesn't creep out a little when you go to the toilet & get full of wee & have to be changed too soon. Although that last bit may just be me & my horrific pelvic floor these days

Don't even get me started on boobs

I don't want my periods to come back, ever. Actually I seem to have heard and read that people have got pg on Cerazette... anyone else heard this?

Ladies, I feel so exhausted. I worked till 11 pm last night, then got to bed at 12. E woke at 12.15, back for 1 am. She woke again at 3.50 and decided she either wanted to feed or play until the boys got up. I got up at 7 am and shouted at DH that if he wasn't taking the boys to school today then they wouldn't be going as my eyes can't see to drive! He shouldn't have really taken them for me as it meant he got in late to work

Me and E fell asleep about 9.30 am only for the phone to start ringing and then she was awake again. She has pretty much wanted BFing since she woke and has only just fallen back to sleep. I feel like my milk has dried up, I have tried for 3 hours to try and get her to have a sippy cup/bottle/spoon feed milk this morning but she just hates it and throws it on the floor.

Am really struggling What happened to my baby who slept 8 pm til 8 am for the first 26 weeks??!!

Fei, I've heard it, but I don't know how much more of a risk it is than with anything else, really. I was on microgynon when I got pregnant, so...

I have the implant now & I'm getting on really well with it, actually. I like not having to think about taking it & that it should keep me pregnancy-free until I finish my course. I think the main problem with the pills lies in not taking them at exactly the right time of the day every day, IYSWIM. I think that's where they become unreliable.

surprise I hate when the phone goes just as you drift off! So annoying.

Is it comfort sucking do you think? Like for teething? Or is she genuinely hungry?

Hi springy, nice to see you back here

It is comfort primarily I think, she won't have a dummy etc, and she is teething and her eczema on her chest is driving her (and me) mad, but we are off to docs about that again later. She is also teething.
But she also must be hungry.

I have so much to do today, pick kids up from school, take DS1 to docs, then DS2 to a party, stay and watch, then leave early and take E to docs. DH not back til 8 pm. Oh great, now it's pouring down and Ive just put all our bed sheets out

I know this sounds really obvious, but have you given her some paracetamol? Sometimes that's the only thing that settles George when he's in pain - even with the comfort sucking he's still not calm. I'm not sure about the eczema though, sorry I hope the doctor has something useful to suggest.

It's a shame that such a long day coincides with such a bad night, but hopefully you'll be able to stop all but BFing at 8, E will sleep much better & you'll wake up tomorrow feeling positively refreshed in comparison. Fingers crossed for you...

thanks Springy, just feel a bit low today. It's only cos of lack of sleep really though, oh and because inlaws have decided not to come to E's christening because 'they don't like church'!!!

I gave her some Paracetamol a couple of days ago, and I think I might be inclined to do so this before she goes down this evening. She had steroid cream last week which cleared the eczema up but it has flared up again now and I'm not sure whether I can use it again so soon, was told only to use for 2-3 days. I have to work when DH home but only for an hour tonight

poor you surprise, if it helps at all Orbit was exactly like this when we were on holiday, just wanted to suck ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT and cried inconsolably a lot of the time. I think it was his top teeth, plus a six month growth spurt. It did stop though after ten days or so, and since then he's fed a lot less often than before the madness started. You will survive, and it will stop being so crazy, I promise!

Gui I am a Mooncup user too and love it. Much better than those 'orrible cotton wooly things that always feel like they're shedding fibres inside you. And far cheaper!

Springy no period here yet either. Hope I'm not pregnant...

Poor Orbit really suffering still with these top teeth either side of the front ones. They seem to be taking ages to get through, and at lunch today he was just inconsolable, had to be put to bed with boob and Calpol. He is also dribbling for britain, it's like Niagara Falls on his chin.

Aww, Springy, I was just lashing out at you, I felt shunned.... I always found I produced my best coursework when I left it until the last minute.

I clonked H's noggin against the ceiling light earlier, in an over-zealous flinging-in-the-air He wasn't best pleased.

I think we may have had an eating-in-the-highchair breakthrough. Today he realised that he can reach out and grab things, rather than having to bring his face to the tray Plus, I do believe I saw a hint of a pincer grip

Surprise, FWIW, I would definitely use the steroid cream again. I used it on H for >2-3 days for just a heat rash. Are you using plenty of aqueous cream/ e45/ something similar? Very at your ILs on your behalf - I'm not a churchgoer, but if there is a christening/ wedding/ funeral to go to, I still go along, sing the hymns if I know them etc.

Do I prefer this?

Or this?

Nope, that one's too long.

Fei - have you read the thread re: depression in cerazette, but agree with Springy that it's a time of day and how you take it thing. Am pill free and loving it as I find added hormones make me even more mad than usual...am thinking of getting the non-hormonal coil fitted as my DP is convinced that the withdrawal method is a form of birth control !

Iris not sleeping either, so maybe a moon thing, maybe a growth spurt, maybe a teething thing or maybe a way to make me sleep deprived..who knows

Gui, I was on the bed with George yesterday morning & I dozed off without realising. I woke up when I heard him hit the floor You know you feel better about the light / head incident now Shame your TeethingpowderWeaningAndPlop name doesn't fit!

& yeah, about surprise's ILs - it IS really rude. I'm not at all religious, but would always attend events in a religious environment if they were of importance to my family. If you don't want to say the prayers / sing the hymns that's up to you - just maintain a respectful silence in that case. There's no reason to simply not go, especially if they'd go for a wedding / funeral as Gui says.

WFH, even though I've been having periods since they overlapped with my lochia I still panic that I'm pregnant every time I feel a bit of wind moving in my tummy. Even though the longest it's been since I last had a period was 3 or 4 weeks & that's clearly nowhere near long enough to be pregnant to the point of feeling movement I still get convinced

THIS ESSAY IS SO BORING. It's an archaeology module (don't ask) which is generally good, but oh my... 'Who made the earliest (Oldowan) stone tools in Africa, and why?' I really couldn't care less right now. & the journal articles are so unbelievably obtuse.

Who? - Dave Oldowan
Why? - because he wanted to kill stuff/ chop stuff up

I keep leaving H on the bed in the hope that Sod's Law will induce him to begin rolling while I'm out of the room!

wanders back out again...>>>

Oh I know why I wanted to cry earlier... Hazel did 3 days' worth of poo in one nappy, just before bedtime. I swear I have never seen so much poo in my life. DD1 was in the middle of putting her PJs on but not quite there, and she can't do it on her own just yet, but I had to deal with Hazel first and run an emergency bath and ended up shouting at DD1, who hid under her duvet because clearly mummy was going nuts. And just as the chaos was at its worst - wee all over the changing mat, half naked DD1 sulking, dirty clothes all over the floor, poo on the changing table, you get the picture - DH walked in. So I shouted a few orders at him

Surprise, have some more chocolate. Poor you, your day sounds like a complete nightmare. Hope the doc had something useful to say re. E's eczema and your ILs, that's just not on can you get DH to talk to them?

hello

Hugs to all that need them - Fei, Surprise, Gui/Guy, Bronze, Springy et al.

Spent the morning in A&E with DS1 - he's okay just got a horrid tummy bug and threw up suspicious coloured vomit and we were advised (by pandemic flu service as we thought he might have SF) to dial 999. Feel a proper drama queen over the whole thing, but DS1 is okay which is the main thing.

Now to try out the new Biscuit emoticon

Hmm I like that, think I'll have several:

Should be more purposeful

Oh I am fine, I've got my pint

MrsG poor you, poor DS1... so did you have flashing lights and everything? Glad he's ok. Like your immediate overindulgence in biscuit emoticon - I think it just about sums up this thread

Suprise - sorry you're having such a rubbish time your inlaws are so out of order. I agree with Fei - get your DH to explain how important it is for them to be there. Inlaws are poo - my MIL came to O's christening on Sunday but sat in the corner looking po-faced the entire time, didn't offer to help with any of the tea pouring/cake serving afterwards and was a generally miserable cow - so might be preferable not to have them there if they are anything like her.

Springy - I'm still in awe (and a little bit ) of your studying with 6 month old.

Gui - I bash O's head on the bathroom doorframe almost everytime I go in there with him on my hip. No spacial (or spatial??) awareness as my dad would say.

Right. Banana bread in the oven, baby in the bed (teething like a banshee today - i'm sure banshees must teeth pretty badly), DH in the pub, cold custard straight from the can for me

(just wanted to try it)