April 2009 - Episode 10 - Christmas time!! we can all drink wine, while children gurgle nursery rhymes, with logs in their nappies, and pee by the tree fun will be had by baby and me!!

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here we go then Merry Christmas One and all!! xxxxx

Tigga - have you given him other things with egg in? Have you spoken to GP about it?

Oh no Fei. Fraid I don't know anything about egg allergy

Am megastressed here. It would appear that SIL has moved her wedding up to THIS Saturday, so I'll be lucky if my outfit comes in time, and therefore have to buy something else - which will have to be cobbled together out of chainstore clothes as there are very few Asian shops round here. And it might well be in a house not the Mosque which is a shame as I was really looking forward to going.

Fei haven't spoken to GP about it - will have a word with the hv's as they are slightly more on the ball! I don't really check to see if something has got egg in but will try the back of his neck again in a month or so with the mayo. Mind you he came out all red with houmous so it could be anything! He didn't like scrambled egg though so there may be a connection.

mrsb muslim weddings are fabulous experiences - don't stress! You'll have a fab time.

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morning all

Don't know much about allergies. But from experience I found quite a few things disagreed with DD when first weaning. For example mango and celery both made her whole face go bright red and blotchy. Cheese projectiled straight back out. Certain hummous brands made her ill. Any citrus gave her evil weeping nappy rash.

But she grew out of all these things with time.

So far nothing seems to have bothered the boy. Scoffs through all sorts of random stuff.

I think a lot of babies are sensitive to egg and it's often not recommended until later on in weaning.

A friend's baby had an egg allergy and the first time he came into contact with it he ended up in hospital.

She had to be very wary of anything that had been anywhere near a chicken. So much stuff has an egg glaze on it even if not obviously eggy.

Yes I think egg is quite difficult to avoid especially when eating out. I am not sure how severe her allergy is but don't really want to try giving her any egg now. Most certainly not before she's at least 12 or 18 months old.

Wriggly, did you just keep giving DD1 cheese every now and then or how did you go about it?

The problem with hummous may be the tahini / sesame in there Tiggs.

DS1 has gastroenteritis.
Yawn.

Re egg, in France you are told to give only yolk at first, and v well cooked, and keep the white for when they are 12mths. Dunno if that is allergy related or linked to digestibility.

Byooootiful weather here, shame I am working from home again, have a poorly DS so can't leave the sodding house, and feel like death warmed up anyhow.

Auld sorry to ask but have you sent the drive yet? Am a worrier and will worry till it gets here! Hope ds gets better soon.

Sam eats everything put in front of him - last nights egg pasta with tomato sauce being a prime example. Robin thinks it's the oil in the mayo that was the problem. I'm still avoiding large amounts of egg in him till he's 12 months mind!

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Auld (((hugs))

just quickly - tiahna can roll yay!!

Tigga, I have packaged it up, but was hoping to post it yesterday and am now stuck at home. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
When I post it, I'll send you a message to let you know.

I have been trying to reinstall my printer for an hour, and it keeps saying it can't do it.

Oh Auld - lots of sympathy and get well hugs for your DS.

Fei - yes I tried reintroducing things in small quantities every couple of months and eventually she could eat anything (childish fads aside). Hope it's not a serious egg allergy and passes with time.

Someone please tell me I am doing the right thing - K still wont sleep in his cot so I have started putting him up there in the day time awake but he is just screaming and screaming. How long to I wait it out? it's been 3 minutes?

wait for 5 xx go in calm him by singing or something and slowly inch out the door and repeat

keep singing as you go xx

dont pick him up though, stroke hold hand etc instead

i picked him up! God I am rubbish at this! he is now snuggled asleep on me

it doesnt work if baby isnt really ready for sleep though

BB - dummy? It's so hard. We did this with BW at about 4 months. He's brilliant now but it took ages of him screaming and us going in to see him every 5 mins. The dummy saved us. Good luck

Small steps. I will try again later but for now he is asleep and I can get on with my work for a while x

good luck hunny, its a bit touturous at first but you do get there xx

I still have troubles now.....have done the CC bit, then a bit of baby whisperer.....whatever bloody works really and putting her in bed with us does nothing apart from make her over excited and me very stressed as she pulls the small hairs in the back of neck or tries to pull my nipples off (no wonder breast feeding didnt work!!)

Sleep is a major issue at the mo and i dont know if its to do with illness, food, growth spurt or hunger. She sleeps at 8 in her cot and then wakes up at 9.30 and wont sleep til 11.30 at the earliest, then DP wakes up to go to work and sometimes she wakes up too...just for a chat and a play, sometimes not.

bugger.

will have to try and stick to the food, bath, bottle, bed routine and hopefully within 2 weeks we will be back to normal again. in the meantime.....no sleep for mummy and some sleep for daddy.....

cant wait to go back to work when i have that to deal with too....

BB, I have just bought the no-cry sleep solution book and from a brief flick-through it looks quite good. Maybe worth a try?

P.S. I don't know if it is rubbish picking him up, BB.
It's your instinct to comfort him when he wails, and that can't all be rubbish, can it?
I am torn between wanting more sleep and thinking it's a bit too categoric to decree that at a certain age all babies should sleep well and sleep through. It'll take him a while to get used to sleeping somewhere new, just as I have trouble sleeping in a new bed.
Just do what it takes to find a system that works for both (or all three!) of you, I suppose.

Is it my imagination or are all our babies going through a phase of not sleeping terribly well?

S has always been a good sleeper (particularly in comparison to his sister!) but at the moment he seems to be in my bed all the time and feeding through the night as well. His daytime naps don't seem to be going too well either. Up until a couple of weeks ago he happily did 2 or 3 hours in the morning but for the last few days it's been more like 30-40 mins. He seems perpetually tired and a little bit unhappy with it.

Could it be teeth or growth spurt or something that is stopping them seleeping so well?