October 09 - Solids and Sitting, 'My Jeans Are Almost Fitting!'

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Brand spanking new thread everyone

Will go back and read all of the posts, but wanted to post a couple of things really quickly.

I tried to get on the computer yesterday (but my dad has so much crap anti-virus software on the computer it stalls/freezes EVERYTHING) to wish everyone a Happy (US) Mother's Day.

AND, I'm still in shock so wanted to post to make it seem more really -- Sebby slept the WHOLE night through last night! He's been only getting up once a night since we've been here (around 3 a.m.) but last night went from about 7:45 p.m. until 5 a.m. He probably would have skipped 5 a.m. as well but I was bursting so when he fussed around looking for his dummy to help settle himself I popped him on. He had an efficient 5 minute feed and promptly fell asleep on my boob. So I put him back down and he slept for another 90 minutes.

I've been taking loads of pictures which I will post on FB when I get a chance, including some of the new haircut (not sure DH will like but did tell him I was doing it) and the necklace my best friend (who is also Seb's Godmother) gave me for my first (US) Mother's Day. One of my uni friends is coming today for the day and the three of us are going to the biggest indoor shopping complex in the US (which is only about 30 minutes from my parents' house).

Off to read all of your posts now.

Hi all

Welcome to puffin, Matthew isn't the best of sleepers and he lays on his timmy all night.

Well done Sebby!

princessmel-some of your comments sound all too familiar. Takes me back to when a visit to the Dr was required. Could you go and see yours-please??? Thank you for the link to self weaning. That is exactly what happened with DD2. I am going to feed him milk before lunch and tea as I feel he is getting full on his food so no room left for milk.

Back later. Been to get new (non pink) sleepsuits for M.

HC
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princess I second what HC says - I'd have a chat to your doctor or health visitor. Don't worry about bothering them or wasting their time - that's what they're there for.

Yes, you have a lovely family, but that doesn't mean you're being silly, that you should ignore the feelings or you "shouldn't" feel the way you do.

scout fab news with the sleeping Seb! Looking forward to the pics

Got to go - W is at the wires again

For princessmel to be accompanied by a great big cwtch (Welsh hug )

?Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.?
(from Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love)

I agree, have a word with hv or doctor.

Thanks so much everyone for your lovely comments re my dad and SIL, you made me cry! Bella My situation with SIL almost mirrors yours except she lives 10 mins away.

Puffin Welcome! Go to pages 31-33 and you'll see a potted summary of us all

Mistressploppy Have we scared you off?

Fidelma Thanks for link, I'll keep hold of it this time!

twinkle How is house coming along?

Iggly We're end of August as well, near Penrith. Have to try and make it into Ambleside though for dinner at the brilliant Zeferellis..and because I want to live there!

Joe really suffering with teeth, appears to be a top molar-I didn't think they came through until later? He slept awful, waking up proper at 3.15am so am v tired. He'll go to sleep if rocked but weakes and screams if I try to put him down so bit of a tough day/night.

Gotta go, Joe has just thrown my specs across the room , love to all x

Sending good sleep vibes to all x

Haha are these the specs of sleep HT??

We're going to be in Ambleside - we want to live there too Have you tried Lucy's? A bit pricey but yum. We'll have to arrange a mini meet up on the fells!

Poor Joe. Have you got white noise? We use that with William to help calm him down when he's having a rough time.

DH is visiting his ill brother tonight so just me in charge of bedtime! better go as william is causing trouble.

Welcome to puffin

Yay,to Seb for sleeping so well.Can`t wait to see your photos.

princess I agree have a talk with GP or HV please.

HT hope Joe`s teeth are through soon,teething pain is horrible and seems never ending.
xxx

Puffin Welcome we are all mainly having sleepless nights.I am trying to be firm and Connor has responded but as you can see from the time it is not always the case.

Princess hugs to you but please go and see the dr.They will help. xxxxxx

Scout let us know abou your shopping.

Iggly Connor seems to wake at 4 -5 am ish I don't know why

HC I think Connor is also teething hence mt 2 am stint on MN

Going with dc on Sat (after the duck race) to try on bridesmaid dresses for the girls.She is getting married in September and the eventwedding is going to go on for 3 days

She is having everything and more.(No children, she is 46 comming up)I am really looking forward to it but very glad that we aren't paying for it !!

She always parties big.Her birthdays always go on for at least the weekend if not 4=7 days.(drives me a little insane)She is such fun though and I am so delighted that at last she has found her prince.

off to bed.night night x

Princess please go see doctor, we are all so worried about you, you shouldnt have to feel like this. Continue to talk to us, talking does help, and it's always better talking to people you cant see....but care about you alot And happy days with little Freddies sleeping!!

Iggly nice to hear another tooth has come up Wish that Faith would get some more, she is now up 2-3 times a night with the pain...her sleeping is going backwards lol...

Scout what a result with Seb!!! He seems to like the US more than the UK for sleeping lol..

Puffin Welcome!!!

Fidelma have fun getting the dresses, sounds like it will be loads of fun!

Bella how is N??? Is he any better??

Smallone come back!! Let us know how you are xx

Thank you all for your support, alot of us have lost at some part in pregnanies, I think it doesnt matter what stage its at, the pain all feels the same. I just feel so blessed to have my 2 little ones, wouldnt swap them for the world

Ive been tricked into saying im going to run the Belfast Marathon next May! I dont even run My friend is always finding one to run & told me I should do it, and she will run it with me, so my DH told me he would pay for a boob lift if I did...so I said I would do it How do I get out of this????? LOL....my big mouth! But I soooooo want boobs that dont sit on my tummy....oh bugger

just marking my place - arrived at my mum's yesterday (travelled on my own with the 2 of them)

catch up later - love to you all x

PS - Rubes has been sleeping 7 - 7 with a dreamfeed for the past 4 nights!

puffin welcome!

Princessmel again, definitely chat with your GP, could it be the start of PND? Sounds more serious than a bout of feeling a bit blue. And don't forget, happy mummy = happy children, so do make that appointment soon xx

littlepea sorry to hear about your late pg loss, must have been devastating. And I'm itching to get my running shoes on for more long distance running, since the 5K I did in March I've hardly been out! If you train for the marathon, I'll give myself a kick up the arse to get out there too! Mind you, I start back at work when I come back from Corsica, and I found the best way to get training done was a nice long run to work, can you fit something like that in or are you a fully SAHM?

smallone & devils you both alright?

Hello to the rest of you, dashing about trying to get ready for Annalise's last ever Busy Babies! Can't believe my mat leave is nearly over

Hello everyone, please don't worry about me. I felt like this after each baby and it did go. I just need to be focused and keep myself busy and remind myself how lucky I am. I have been looking at photo's of me and my bf on girlie nights out. I am so looking forward to be able to do that again. Not been on one since Jan31st 09!!
I was worried it could be a form of PND and it prob is , seeing as I get like it each time I have a baby (duh!!) But I feel ok today. I am not crying every day or for the whole day. Surely that is what pnd is?? I just have days/moments when I feel sad/low/teary and so yukky. Maybe I this is just me and I need to just deal with it.
And what would the doc/hv do anyway? I don't want them to give me drugs and I don't want them thinking I can't cope. Cos I can and am coping.
I'm not even feeling low about the kids, or lack of unbroken nights, just about shallow things like my insecurities.

ht thank you for posting that piece. It was lovely and so caring of you. I feel bad now for making you all worry about me.

fidelma The wedding sounds fantastic. I love events and big parties. Me and my twin are the only ones who seem to do anything for our birthdays out of our group of friends. We have a bbq every year and also go out dancing. We had a big party for our 30th (pic of me in a ridiculously small dress on profile!) and it was fab!

ruby Yay about the sleep!!!

littlepea LOL about the breast lift. Would you really get it done? How about just a better, more supportive bra>???!

iggly No teeth here...just red cheeks.

Mel I really will get them done, worried that in a couple of years I might trip over them while out walking! LOL..
You can get drops called St Johns Wart, they arent anti-depressants, but they take the edge off feeling down. Think about maybe trying those, saying that, lack of sleep makes things 100 times worse too....I doubt anyone would ever think you couldnt cope, it really doesnt matter how bad we feel, we just get on dont we, ahhhh being a wife & mother lol. Just keep on talking to us when you feel down, we are here to help

Aw princessmel-depression/anxiety arrives in many different disguises as I now realise. Crying lots for me wasn't one of them. My biggest symptom is when I looked across the fields and wished I was in the one furthest away. Driving down the road I wished I could get out of the car and run to that field. Others included feeling tired yet couldn't sleep. Feeling heavy hearted and some days were hunky dory yet others had me on the floor. Was fine around DD2 (9/10 months at the time) but everything else seemed too much for me. Couldn't even manage to post more than a few words on my PN thread. It was my PN MNetters that said they weren't convinced when I said I would be OK that persuaded me to go to the Drs. Had a very low dose of AD's and they really worked for me. The HV spotted me in the surgery and started to come round to chat which helped too. {{hugs}}

HC
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So tierd off to bed.I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Sorry no personals but to Ruby

Serves me right for moaning about the 3am wake ups for the past 3 nights-tonight Joe went one better and woke yelling at 1.50am and has only just gone back to sleep. (He goes down at 8pm, dreamfeed at 11pm). Gave A&P then calpol-calpol turned him into bouncy, singy tigger . He's feeding more at night as well atm so teeth/growth spurt I don't know but I am knackered. Am downstairs with him sleeping in my arms, dh gave up and went back to bed, he was dead on his feet.

Joe's new favourite toy is his willy-he pulls it and stretches it so much that it makes my eyes water! Then he lets go, laughs a lot and repeats. Nappy changing is taking three times as long because he doesn't want to let go and has a strop when I put on new nappy. Anyone else's ds doing this? I don't know whether to distract him or just leave him to it-it does get quite red when he tugs so hard!

Am all electioned/politiced out. What do you think our chances are this week of having ONE day without someone using thhe phrase "strong and stable government?"

The sun is coming up which means 5 hrs till dh goes to work. This is one day I really wish he didn't do 10-10, I am so tired. Bloody teething.

Hugs to everyone, back for personals later x

HT Im with you on the teething Faith goes to bed at 7pm, but 9.30pm the crying starts, then anywhere from midnight im up. Can only get calpol in her with a bottle, plus she does want one, then she is up by 5am.....

LOL...on new toy! Welcome to the w[orld of little boys this is tame to what is ahead. My DS will be 6 next week, and his hands are never out of his pants! If we tell him off, he tells us he cant, his winkie is on fire! LOL....There isnt really anything you can do, I doubt they ever grow out of it! Its when they start talking about it in public you tell them to go ask their dad! lol...good luck!!

HC do you still suffer from depression? I used to have PTSD & remember only to well how it can make you feel, and what it can make you feel. It takes over your whole life, and at least the tablets can give you a sort of bridge to climb over while you work on whats underneath. Bigs hugs to anyone here that feels low or sad......

xx

Hi all

So have limited Matthew's food and now he is tired and have offered him a feed/comfort feed and he is screaming and pushing me away. Just like DD2 did but at 9/10 months. He did feed earlier then projectile vomited again. Must be getting wind behind it.

littlepea-thankfully I am OK at the moment and having suffered 3 bouts of depression in 13 years I try and spot the signs but it isn't easy and often it is too late before I realise. It is such a dark place to be in isn't it?

DH still not home and we are all starving. Trying to really cut down so I can fit into my black skirt for the christening on the 6th June. Hate myself in every dress I have tried on so it is a new top and the faithful black pencil skirt. Hope it isn't hot as I need tights and heels with it.

Big wave!

HC
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The last 2 nights with Connor have not been so good.and today he has been unsettled until I gave him a big dinner.Potaoe,2cherry tomaotoes,2 spears of asparagus all belnded with a little butter and milk,he ate the lot [gasp] and was them much more settled,he also had half a pot of blueberry and apple !I gave him some porriage before bedtime and he also ate the lot [[gasp] Have I been starving my boy ?I will let you know how his sleep is in the morning.

fidelma-hope you had a better night.

Matthew still not wanting to feed, my milk will be drying up soon. Will ask at my BF course tomorrow.

Have a migraine today which is rotten.

HC
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am just putting DS to bed and i will be back to catch up x

Hi everyone!

HC will Matthew take boob in his sleep? William went on a nursing strike at 3 months and the only way I could get him to feed was rock him to sleep and latch on that way as babies instinctively will feed. The idea is that you progress from sleepy to drowsy to awake feeding. In my case, it didn't quite work though as it was W's reflux causing the problem and he now only feeds in the dark!!!! But worth a try?

fidelma hungry Connor!!! I think W is getting more hungry - really really grizzly until I gave him milk as he was too impatient to eat. I'll up his food I think and see what happens. Although he does seem to be off his food the last few days - I think it's the second tooth bothering him.

Laughing at the new boy toy. William did this a while ago but has stopped for now... I have read that boys do pull their bits pretty hard. Ouch!

princess how are you feeling today?

William is commando crawling now - he can move really fast... Showing no sign of "proper" crawling though. I had him chase me around the sofa this afternoon which was good fun.

Now off to have a healthy dinner of salmon. I really want something stodgy like macaroni cheese but I'm still no dairy. Tried to start dairy again but made William soooo windy.

hello lovlies

been at my mums all week - my last hurrah before i am back to work in 3 weeks

iggly - cannot believe W is commando crawling. He will on the move soon i bet -

HC - the christening has come round fast. I am sure you will look lovely. Sorry to hear about the nursing strike and migraine ... hope tomorrow is a better day

HT & littlepea - boo to teething and unsettled nights. It is awful isn't it? You can alternate nurofen with calpol if they seem really bad. I hope they settle down for you soon

PM - how are you doing? really hope you are ok

fidelma - wow @ the eating! Hope he has a better night too

puffins and mistressp - hello

hope everyone else is ok

Rubes has not fed in the night (ie post dream feed) for a week

she still wakes but she is getting easier to settle (and at the moment she is not in her cot so she is a bit unsettled). Last night she had a dreamfeed and she woke at 5.30 am. A quick cuddle and pat and i then had to wake her up at 8 am

anyway, DS has been waking early so it isn't all good news but we are a lot better off than 3 weeks ago

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Iggly-yes, Matthew will feed in the night and he has just fed now thank goodness as he was sleepy. Perhaps he either doesn't want milk during the day any more or he gets too distracted.

He was sick again earlier and I am wondering if the fromage frais doesn't agree with him.

Head banging. Go away migraine!!!

HC
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Hi all

I have been a bit under the weather this week, which has made evertything feel quite hard.Connor's sleep is much better but we are not there yet.

HC about the feeding and your head.hugs to you.

Iggly I am amazed at the commando crawl.

Ruby I am so please about little Rubes sleep.Hopefully Connor will get there soon.

I have my Dad comming up from London tomorrow and my Gran who is 85.So cake baking tomorrow morning.

rubes was sick after fromage frais - she is sensitive to red fruit (especially strawberries which make her sick)

have some paracetamol and full fat coke for your migraine

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