May09 - Christmas is on it's way and Grumpycaaa is comin' to town!!

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Hope that works!

Cocktail anyone?!

I'm tending my farm now too

dh is on laptop so my farm is bit neglected tonight..

flippin hope you get a lovely long lie in tomorrow am & tonight is a good one.

Herumph. I hope it isn't happening. But I'm having period type pains happening at the moment. Had it earlier in the day too. I had hoped to be period free for another few months like after dd1. Lets hope they're just random pains for no good reason

I've been getting period pains for last few days to Jinglebel. I got mine back at 7months with DD so I guess it might arrive soon.

R is doing really well and only woke at 12 but I didn't feed him and he woke again at 5.40am so he feed then and then slept till 8.30. I guess now that I'm having a 10+ hour gap between feeds my period will be along anytime .

Scary to think we were TTC by this stage with DD and were successful when she was 8.5months . Couldn't imagine it this time.

I have written my resignation letter from work so will have to send it when I gather up the courage.

Hope not belgina, that would be a real shame. Maybe it's just wind?!?!

Lets hope so. I hate periods. On the positive side my DH has finally brought home the last bits of the bathroom stuff and my mooncup has arrived. So if it were to arrive now it would have been very timely. And yes I know some of you must be going yuk, but I use the mooncup

febes good luck with that letter. I know people who were ttc at this stage too and I just couldn't imagine wanting another one at this stage. C just seems so little

I'm getting random pains too. I'm pretty sure I ovulated this month, as well. I'm not broody though, I'm really not ready to be pregnant again.

DH is out at work this evening and I've finished my christmas cards at last.

febes I'm resigning too but I'm going back for 3 months to keep my half pay and my holiday pay. I have to give 3 months notice which I am going to do when I return. I can completely understand why you need to summon up the courage, I feel the same.

evening ladies

Bookmarked this thread a few days ago with the hope of finally getting some mn time

best laid plans and all that...

good news is that M is all better now

bad news is that my DH nanny rose died on Thursday morning

loving all the chrismassy names must think of one for myself

jingle- i got period type pains a couple of weeks ago for a couple of days but nothing, so fingers crossed. After DD and DS1 I didn't get my periods back til 4 weeks after i finished BF altogether, so hopefully it will be the same this time. With DS1, I decided to stop BF when he was 11mo as I was desperate to start TTC so was probably very broody when he was around Ss age . I am on the minipill so should be safe even if i am ovulating (not that there's much bedroom action!).

sorry to ask for advice and me me me when I have been absent for so long but I need some help...

M is used to falling asleep on boob/bottle and then going into her cot doesn't like going down awake, we're putting her in her own room tomorrow night

How do I change the routine and put her down awake? does this involve controlled crying? (not sure exactly what this is )

So sorry to hear your news, looby.

G is still falling asleep on me and being transferred up to his cot when asleep. He does wake up in the evening and when he does I send DH up to settle him. He won't settle for me! We did the same with DS1 and only got tough when he was around 13 months or so and pretty much able to understand that bedtime meant falling asleep on his own. It was tough for a few days but then it was fine. So we did do controlled crying, but not until he was around 13 months or so.

looby what sad news. My thoughts are with your family.
As for your question. If she's used to going to sleep at boob/bottle, then stopping that will involve some crying, because she wasn't happy about it. It doesn't have to be cc though. You can do what you feel comfortable with. When I stopped dd1 from bf herself to sleep just stayed with her at first until she fell asleep so I could comfort her and then gradually made the distance between her and me bigger until I was actually out of the room. It was a work of a few weeks, but I didn't like letting her cry on her own IYKWIM.

Nice to hear so many of you had period pains but no periods. Gives me some hope. However I do think something is happening, hormonally, because my libido seems to be on it's way back and it's not 'cause I'm getting more sleep

Hmm, that sentence isn't making any sense. Try again: ..., because she wont be happy about it.
I decided to stop bf dd1 to sleep because I had to start working shifts and I wanted her to be able to fall asleep without me. C oddly enough never falls asleep on the boob. At nap or bed time she'll suckly for ages, without falling asleep. Maybe she wants to stay awake to enjoy the suckling?

thanks jinglebelgina (love the name [smile)
we've got the funeral next friday - going to dress M in a lovely colourful outfit that Nanny would have liked

I think M just likes the comfort of the boob sometimes ( and to be honest I don't really mind) just want to try and get a bit more of a routine with her bedtimes (more DH than me)

I'm feeling really snotty again so am off to bed - hopefully I'll be able to mn tomorrow might be off visiting my mum again

looby so sorry to hear about dh's nanny

Looby so to hear about your DH's nanny.

What a coincidence you are all talking about periods - I've just had one, I think.... It's all a bit strange as I had a pain in my side just over a week ago but then on Thursday I was in a foul mood and then had some bleeding, which has now just about stopped. But if I ovulated surely it would have been another week or so before I had a period? I didn't realise we could get periods back while still bf-ing full time - I'd assumed it was because H had a tummy bug (he's now over it, thankfully) and wasn't feeding as much as normal. Hmph. Getting some libido back would be good though

Well, nothing happened period wise last night. spangle Oh, yes, periods can come back while bf full time. Like everything in nature it's not 100% guaranteed, lol. I know people who fully bf and had theirs after 4 weeks.

Quiet here again today. Hope everyone is having a lovely sunday. The weather was horrible here earlier, but the sun just arrived.

Ds is watching so can't tell about my present trouble I had last night, lol.

looby sorry to hear about dh's nanny

periods I get pains monthly, but nothing else. It can get really bad. Had the same with ds1. I don't know whats worse the pain or a period.

Not good day in the muddled house. Ds1 has had 2 rank nappies - not sure if its a bug or the crap food he had at a party yesterday & ds2 has been puking after all feeds/food this am & is miserable, poor mite. We've just cracked open the oral rehydration salts. Oh yes & i've shouted at dh this morning for being a twit

Got to go ds2 upset again

Looby- sorry to hear about your DHs nanny.

DS2 sometimes falls asleep feeding at bedtime, but not usually at nap time (although i am sure he would like to). I want him to be able to go down awake, and before i took his dummy away he would go down without crying. Yesterday he cried for about 5 minutes, but i stay with him, and pat/shush/stroke him as I know i find CC difficult. If you are happy doing it, then i don't think there's anything wrong. But if like you say, you would like someone else to put her to bed, then she will have to learn to do it, which will probably involve some crying.

Well, my second pair of Uggs arrived today and are much much better so I am . I have taken lots of snaps to send to ebay if necessary to show the differences between the 2 pairs as it gives evidence the others are fakes as there are quite significant differences.

Well DS2 fed at 10.15pm and 7.30am last night . Just a shame he was awake 1.15-3am- he settled very quickly but then woke up again, and decided he didn't want to sleep, especially without a feed, but we persevered. It shows he doesn't need a feed even if he would like one.

Looby - that's v sad about your DH's nanny
I'm still feeding O to sleep. I like to try and make sure he's fed as well as poss so will sleep as well as poss so I sit feeding him and when he falls asleep I transfer him to his cot. I know at some point this will need to change but feel that if I were to stop it now, he may not have as full a tummy and may not sleep so long. (My logic on this may be rubbish though!)

muddled - sorry for the bug in your house. Hope it doesn't last long.

periods - no sign here atm but spangle , I know what you mean about getting some libido back!

jinglebelgina - feel free to offload later about present trouble

Febes - how did your SIL get on at the market?
Good luck with the resignation letter.

Hope you're all having good days. We're off to the pub for a meal this afternoon with one of DH's work colleagues and his wife. I've not met them before and they don't have Dc (yet!) so hope O is on good form. I took him to church this morning and he was the most popular person there with lots of people wanting cuddles and complimenting him on what a happy, cheeky chappy he is

Ses- I was very brave and took all 3 DCs to church this morning on my own (it's a childrens service before the main service) and they were all very well behaved and S gave out lots of smiles too .

Wow Pula - that is brave!! Wriggly O can be a handful on his own. Can't imagine taking 3 on my own!

Right DH is watching tv so he can watch O too whilst I go and sort some washing and tidy up a bit!

[sigh] I am disappearing under a pile of vomit stained clothes and blankets etc. [sigh] Spoke to the out of hours Dr after a couple of quite spectacular vomits and he said I should stop breastfeeding and only give cooled, boiled water - is this right. I know this has been done so many times on here, but can't remember what people said and don't have the time or energy to look.

Well done for coping on your own with 3 at church pula I don't think I could do it with 2!! Everywhere I go people comment on how smiley and happy ds2 is. Yesterday a lady in the shopping centre gave him 50p!!