April 2009 - Episode 11 - 'There's Something About Teutonic Penises....'

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05 Mar: Kazkiss: ISABELLE FLORENCE 4lb 6oz & OLIVER THOMAS 3lb 7oz
15 Mar: Cakeforbrains: OSCAR WILLIAM 7lb 2oz
27 Mar: ZuluWarrior: Alexander James 7lb 15oz
28 Mar: FrogmellaMoonbeam: VIOLET ROSE 7lb 9oz

02 Apr: Oddeyes: ELEANOR 9lb 8oz
03 Apr: Bebemoo: MEGAN LILLIAN CONSTANCE
03 Apr: Bumpalump: JACOB 8lb
04 Apr: BabyBolat: KARAHAN 6lb 5oz
04 Apr: Kingbeat23: IRIS
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
13 Apr: MathsMummy27: AMELIA CHARLOTTE
15 Apr: Guimauve: HUGO GEORGE 9lb 2oz
15 Apr: Bronze: ISAAC JOHN 7lb 14oz
15 Apr: Kalikaroo: Name TBA BOY 8lb
16 Apr: PuzzleRocks: HOLLY ELIZABETH 8lb
16 Apr: Brettgirl: HANNAH GRACE 6lb 15oz
16 Apr: ReallyTired: Name TBA GIRL
18 Apr: Staryeyed: Name TBA BOY 7lb 11oz
18 Apr: Dawntigga: SAMUAL 5lb 11oz
20 Apr: Wrigglyfish: SEBASTIAN 9lb
20 Apr: Swaliswan: BETH 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: B52s: SAM MARTIN 7lb 9oz
21 Apr: Feierabend: HAZEL LOIS 7lb 9 oz
21 Apr: Mrsgboring: EDMUND 8lb 12oz
23 Apr: Tristalewjac: LEWIN 8lb 4oz
23 Apr: NuttyTaff: TIAHNA SKYE 8lb 8oz
23 Apr: Purplemonkeydishwasher: ISLA ELIZABETH 8lb 14oz
26 Apr: Carameli: THEO LAURENCE 7lb 6oz
26 Apr: Surprisenumber3: EVIE ANNE 8lb 2oz
26 Apr: Bicnod: OSCAR MATTHEW 8lb 1oz
27 Apr: Loobylaboobs: OLIVER STEPHEN 7lb 7oz
27 Apr: Gingersarah: VERONICA ROISIN 9lb 1oz
30 Apr: MegBusset: ARCHIE 8lb 15oz
30 Apr: Elpis: ISLA JESSICA 8lb 11oz
30 Apr: Ladyofmuswell: SAMUEL
01 May: Satheresitting: Name TBA BOY
03 May: Conkertree: Name ANGUS ANDREW 8lbs 8oz
06 May: Frekkles: HARRIS MERLIN 8lb 5.5oz

Thanks Fei. I haven't had a pint for ages! However, I do drink wine most nights

Hi all,

I know I'm very late in joining, but have lurked in and out over the last 10 months (although obviously posted on others)

I had dd - Aoife - on 3rd April by emergency CS. Had a mega difficult first few weeks and found being a mum quite tough, although am now LOVING it.

Been back at work full time for a few months and still trying to convince myself that one night dd will sleep through the night. She has gotten in to the habit of waking up during the night (having crawled around her bed in her sleep for a while) and demanding coming in with us for the rest of the night. I let her as I miss her in the day, but I know this is me being rubbish!

So, hello to everyone and I'm sorry for hijacking - please let me and DD join in on April!

PS
Nutty my dad had a pacemaker fitted at the end of last year and although very very scary at the time, all did go smoothly. Thinking of you.

aoifesmama welcome. You now have to take a test, Zulu did and now it's your turn

BTW do you pronounce dd's name Eefee?

I could tell you all why Jamie Oliver is the reason I got knocked up, but then where would my Take A Break Exclusive go??????

NoseyTiggaxx

Morning all and welcome aoifesmama I agree with Tiggs, we should come up with a suitable FW quiz for you to test your commitment to the thread over the past few months

Sleep. Ah that mythical state. One day ladies, one day.

This is copied and pasted from the misguided illusion thread (which I'm now on):

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So an update. We are on day 7 and although not really supposed to be looking for improvements until day 11 I have to say that last night was (for us at any rate) AMAZING.
DS had a morning nap, a post-lunch nap and down to bed at 18.35. Woke briefly at 19.00 and 20.15 and needed picking up to settle. He then woke at 23.20 and I managed to settle him without picking him up shock, and again at 03.10 (DH did it without picking him up as well shock). He then slept until 06.00! This feels like a major breakthrough as no long periods of wakefulness in the middle of the night, only 2 middle of the night wakings and they were both dealt with in the cot, and no ridiculously early waking!! shockgrin

I know that is is likely to be two steps forward and one step back but last night gives me the confidence that what we are doing will eventually work.

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So fingers and toes crossed for a repeat performance tonight.

I am about to go and have a long hot soak in the bath as DH has taken O to the local dads playgroup

Oi Fei when we going to meet up then? x

Hooray - so glad I'm here. DD's name is pronounced Efa...I'm Irish and DD is Ghanaian and yet his family have less trouble with it.

Think in our house we will never sleep through a night again...

Oi Bicnod don't shout at me will have to have a look at my diary, H has now got lots of nursery settling sessions and they are at random times on random days!

Hi Aoifesmama, I have a feeling I have seen you on a few threads already. So who's going to come up with a test?

Made some egg free banana bread today and it went down a treat - mostly with DD1 and DH but Hazel had some too. The mess around her highchair!

Sorry Fei - I'm not around next week but can do any day except Monday the following week...

Mmmmmmm banana bread. Yum yum.

where are you all?

Weary wave to all, and hello to aoifesmama.

I have been lurking, but too knackered to post, and nothing useful or entertaining to add. Tried to write a quiz for the newby yesterday and failed dismally.

WFH (can't adjust to your new name, sorry!!), hope the move went OK. Glad your mum will soon have a bed and hopefully better care.

Hope everyone else is surviving.

Bicnod, I need you to explain your Plan to me. What exactly have you been doing to get O to settle? I have the Pantley book and am too braindead to get my head around it. It seems to involve repeating a key phrase and withdrawing v slowly, never letting them cry. Is that it? I haven't worked out how to put it into practice without A yelling his head off.

This morning he woke and fed at 4'ish, and then was bright and perky as if he had finished his night. I rocked him, and he kept willingly lying down in his cot and getting into sleeping position, but then failing to drop off, chattering and singing. DH eventually took him downstairs when he heard me whispering "shut up, shut up, shut up", and I think A played for a bit and then fell asleep with DH on the sofabed.

Maybe there is no point in trying anything whil he is teething? But he has been teething for 5mths, has one single, solitary bl**dy tooth, and if he goes on at this rate he'll have a full set at the age of 19. I can't wait that long for a full night's sleep.
I have just said goodbye to DS1, who is off to MIL's and then FIL's for a week as he has 2 wks' holiday and I have only one. I had been planning to use this week to try and sort out A's sleep a bit. Not that I reckon a week'll do it.

Oh, and anyone have any input on teeth? A has still got just the lower right front one (well, his left, my right, IYSWIM). It looks as if it has plaque/tartar on it, but is very inaccessible and only about 1.5mm high, so I can't get at enough of a surface to wipe it without scraping his gum. Any ideas?? And up at the top front, he has a tiny white bump. It's not like a tooth, you cannot see the cutting surface, just a white bump, which isn't changing. Is it a tooth? Is it a tooth growing in wonky?

I'm here, on and off

Had a reasonably good night with O last night - he woke at 10.30pm and 11.00pm and needed picking up to settle but then slept through until 5.40am - unfortunately that was then the start of the day, but still... that's the longest stretch we've had in months

How's you Bronze?

ooh, a series of x-posts...

Hello, bronze, hello Bicnod!
(What does Bicnod, mean, btw? I think I have an image of a mollusc whenever I type it. But the gorgeous pic on your profile suggests you are no mollusc, far from it...)

Bicnod, have just nebbed on your illusions thread and seen yr summary (with helpful page refs!).

Izy has a stinker of a cold. I think it may be teeth related but his eyes are very gunky and I've had next to no sleep. I doze sat up downstairs. I've given up trying to put him down, Its a case of trying to survive. Other than that I'm fine

no idea about teeth sorry, re the tartar effect did you have while prgnant or he since have antibiotics?

Hi Auld poor you its so bloody hard isn't it? One thing that DH and I have started doing is leaving O in his cot and not trying to settle him if he is just chatting/quite happily awake. Even if its 3am. And eventually he quite often goes back to sleep (sometimes not of course). We only go in to him if he is crying. Good luck with this week - is DH helping you? There's no way I could do The Plan if DH wasn't prepared to get up half the time. Its very hard at 2am to not just rock him to sleep and get back to bed sharpish but you have to keep thinking long game and don't try and see short term improvements - we're on day 8 and not supposed to be comparing with day 1 until day 11 according to EP. If you want to chat about it without boring everyone to death feel free to FB me or come join the misguided illusion thread - all we talk about on there is sleep (or lack thereof).

LOL at mollusc I am a bit of a mollusc actually.

Oh, and O has been teething constantly for 5 months as well. I'm afraid I just give him calpol if he's in pain. I know some people don't like the thought of giving it over long periods of time but my GP said it was fine and the amounts in it are so tiny I can't believe it does any harm to give one or two doses each day if he needs it (or even up to the max dosage if he's in a serious amount of pain). Contrary to popular belief it doesn't have a sedative effect, so if a baby settles after having calpol where it wouldn't settle before it means the baby was in pain.

Bronze - I can definitely relate to surviving. Hope Izy's cold gets better soon. Bloody hard work these babbits.

Right. Cheese sandwich calling. Laters x

Oh, just realised I didn't explain about Bicnod. DH gives me really weird nicknames and Bicnod Queen of the Snodders is one of them , another is Nimpy the Nimble Numpy . He, to me, will always be PigDog or Digger. Totally normal yes?

Just to say I am so glad to have joined right when sleeping is on the cards. A goes down fairly happily at 7.30pm, but wakes up again at about 12am. Over the Christmas holidays when I was off work we tried everything, including CCing. Which did not work for us at all.

Long story coming up...At Christmas time she was sleeping until 3am and then waking up, after CCing she began waking earlier and earlier until it got to 8pm! With CCing, she would lie and cry for HOURS, every time I went in she began more and more cross and hysterical, one night crying from 1am - 7am with about a 20 min break in all. In the end on my return to work I started just picking her up and bringing her in with us, which I hate doing as our bed is not that big, but in time this has meant she has been waking later and now goes until 12am. My question now is...should I try again? She is usually quite good in the bed, although sometimes crawls around in her sleep (!) and last night decided she would prefer to play than sleep.

Half term is coming up and I suppose then is the ideal time to try again, but ARGH! Is anyone else as soft as me and just bringing baby back to bed?

PS - I know some people will say teething...people have told me shes been teething since 3mo - we are still completely frigging toothless!!!!!!!

Good evening

Hazel had a full roast dinner today including pear and chocolate crumble! This is the baby who didn't like eating a few months ago

She does a lovely impression of Sybil Fawlty (of Fawlty Towers) when she finds something funny - drawing her breath in in a shrieky way.

Sorry to hear about sleep problems. Crossing my fingers that your babies will let you have some rest tonight! I for one am having an early night.

Bicnod, Robin is:

Oinky Monkey Muffin Numpty Bogeyed Poo Head Puddington Chief of the Puddings

To give him his full title, OMM for short or Muffin.

SoInComparrisonTotallyNormalTiggaxx

LOL at your nick names. Anyone else want to share theirs?

Mine is:

Tigga Zsa Zsa Binks Moocow Mrs Squitters Poodeyhead

QuiteProudOfTheDaftNicksTiggaxx

Hello hello

lurking here also with nothing helpful to post. A couple of random things that have struck me when I'm able to fire up braincells enough...

WFH/TT/GOY big positive vibes for your mum and for your move. Hope it's all gone well.

Bronze hope Izy's cold is better soon. How's the DH stopping smoking going?

Auld - teeth and white mark on gum. Edmund had this and when his teeth finally came through they had bright white marks on them. I have no idea if it's the same thing, but it's the teeth I think have improperly formed enamel on them, I'm afraid. Haven't shown E's teeth to a dentist yet, so I've no idea really. Helpful no?

Edmund has croup and I've been to the emergency docs with him twice this weekend. First time he had a nebuliser. This time I was almost worried enough to dial 999 but by the time the dr saw him, he'd got a lot better and she told me we were both just panicking. I think it was a bit more than that, but glad E's okay for now. DS1 had to be nebulised as well this week - first ever signs of possible asthma for him. I turned 34 yesterday and feel like I'm at a crossroads with my life. I'm thinking a lot about developing a post-babies career, which is terrifying, and a bit sad as it means accepting there will be no more babies. Hey ho, there will be compensations, if I can be brave and lucky enough to grab onto them.

Ack I am a nutter I'm sorry.

Hello

We have moved

Phone tv and broadband connected, milkman booked for tomorrow, about 30 of the 100 boxes unpacked. DP can't find the iron, but apart from that, we're doing ok.

Poor old DS1 has watched a LOT of telly this weekend, Orbit is still not well and now I have his bug.

On the plus side, Mum is SOOOOOOOOO much better - when they finally admitted her they found she had an infection and a temperature (no shit sherlock, we'd been telling them she was ill for days - god only knows what the district nurses were doing not to spot a temp/infection ), so she had IV antibiotics, saline drip, and a blood transfusion, and is looking much more like her normal self. She's had some more scans and is actually looking like she might be able to get back her strength enough to have the op at some point.

That's another hurdle, of course, but for today it was just lovely to see her looking so well again.

Morning. WFH welcome in your new home, hope it's all gone smoothly. That's good news about your mum.

MrsG poor E and you, why did they not give him steroids? Am a big fan of steroids for croup, having been through it twice with Hazel.

My computer is broken... VERY slow so I won't be on much until DH has fixed it. Lots of love to everyone.

Hello people, Auld, my technique is to go in after they have been crying for a couple of minutes, and just say 'night night, sleeping time now' in a calm way, and then go out again (no lights on or anything like that). If necessary they get a teething powder and a bit of gel on their gums. I pop in their room over and over again if necessary but don't stay long. Usually after a couple of nights they settle to sleeping through again because they know you're near at hand but you are making it clear there is no need for constant attention.

Once recently I did the lying on the floor for hours thing, but knowing full well it wouldn't work, because it never does, and only because we had house guests and I didn't want any crying. All that happened is that Felix played happily, chatted away, and posted teddies through the bars of the cot to me while I was setting an example by pretending to lie snoring on the floor covered by his pram duvet. Until 2am. You gotta laff really.

I have used Medised/Piriton when they've got a snuffly cold and teething pains and I am worn out. That's now outlawed for under 2s, but only because neglectful parents drugged their kids up so they wouldn't actually have to look after them, or OD them on paracetemol because they couldn't read the label. But it is an option for the sensible.

hi