Jan 2010 babies and mummies here.....can't think of funny thread title!

[crumpette]

... sorry couldn't think of a title that didn't mention how to get orange poo out of a white vest, or how to get jiggy post partum!!!

Hi, thanks everyone. x

Im knackered today. The wee madam went down at 7pm, awoke at 10pm and was not for being shhh patted whatsoever, had to feed her.

Rustled about all night. Then she managed to wriggle herself on her tummy off the apnea alarm pad and off went the alarm at 3.30am and up I jumped from a deep sleep to standing in 0.1 of a second and proceeded to shake her bum which was sticking up! Her arms shot out and she snuggled back down.

Lay in bed with heart jumping out of chest for half an hour. Then she awoke at 4.30am, fed went down at 5.30am and awoke at 6.30am.

I swear I have aged so much since having her. Is it because im 33 and this is the first signs of oldness or is everyone else looking decidedly liney around the eyes?

YAWN

london £20 for nappies. Bloody hell. With twins that could bankrupt.

How did you end up living in switzerland? Do you like it? Id be scared to move away with new babies, have you met folk there?

I neeeeeeeeeeeeed sleeeeeeeeeeeeep!
Someone needs to come round and explain to Jacob what sleeping through the night is (yawn)
He's one of the oldest on here but his sleep is getting worse not better.
Last night went down at 8 woke at 12 tried till 12.30 to shh pat but gave up and fed then awake at 4 managed to shh him back till 4.40 then he just wouldn't settle so fed again then he was moaning and grumbling till we got up at 6.

I just feel so sleep deprived and can't see the end it's making me so snappy with dh and other dc's why oh why will he not take more milk.

wmdo hope you feel abit better today.

new hope you are okay

lottie can't believe nappies cost that much have fun out in the car with your girlies I'm getting quite good at going out and about on my own it's just meeting people that is the problem.

Jacob is so so clingy I left him with my Dad for 10mins yesterday and when I got back he was in such a state he won't take a bottle off Dh or anyone.
God help him when I go back to work lol.
He quite happily smiles at people when he's on my knee but if they go to touch him or pick him up he screams.

Oh well off to do some ironing have a good day

wmdo - sounds like yesterday wasn't great for you but in a weird way i hope it was comforting for you to have Olivia with you and know that she's at the start of her life with so much ahead of her and that you're not going to repeat the mistakes your Dad made.

swh - i'm torn about the breastfeeding thing. Part of me wants to continue until I go back to work but then I also quite want my boobs back and to be able to wear nice tops without having to think about layering them for feeding him I think it depends how Jack gets on with food. If he drops his feeds out of his own accord that would be great but it would be so nice to get more than 2 hours sleep at a time.

crumpette - i'm on sertraline at the moment and like you say he must be sensitive to fits if they're affecting him and surely that's something they need to look into?

Thanks everyone else for your words of wisdom

Right then, I think i'm making a new mummy error. What is this business you talk of where you get your baby back to sleep without feeding? Jack wakes every 2 hours so i feed him then wait for him to fall into a deep sleep before putting him back in his cot because he can't get himself to sleep. Am i being really dim with doing this????

Fingers crossed everyone gets some more sleep today and the babies behave

WMDO How are you today? What a relief THAT day is over with.

Right, I'm off to the hairdressers this afternoon for the first time since November . I can't believe how excited and nervous I am about venturing out alone for three hours. LO will survive - but will I?

Hi girls,

A bit late in the day but do you mind if I join you?
I had my DD Agatha on 11th of January and unlike my first pregnancy with her nearly four year old sister have completely failed to lose any weight. To make matters worse poor little pet has severe colic so have been comfort eating in a big way so have really bad carbface. I'm 11stone 3 and need to be 10 stone to fit into most of the clothes in my wardrobe. I'm also quite old at 40 and all the new mummys I know are little size 8 whippets.
Would be nice to feel less alone.

wmdo sorry you had such a crappy day yesterday. Hope you are feeling better.

I am enjoying BF too. Weaning seems a long way off, even though DS1 started weaning at 4 months as per the guidelines at the time. DD still seems very small yet, but would have weaned in 5 weeks in the olden days . I think a mix of puree and BLW might be the way to go this time. I really stressed about it with the boys, and HVs didnt do much but stress me out more. DS2 started on purees at 6 months, and HV wanted him on lumpy stuff by 7 months, but both of them used to gag on the lumps. They were happy to chew on toast sticks etc though.

dieciazero welcome to the mob the more the merrier! I have severe carbface I think, have just had 4 cookies for breakfast. Again. Are you UK based? (not that it matters am just nosy!)

WMDO your day sounds utterly awful. Hope you had a good nights sleep and some vino. I don't get the whole open casket thing. The first funeral I ever went to was my great grandma and I didn't realise it would be open.. I had a small freak out and stayed at the back of the room. I think personally it is nicer to keep your memories of them when they were alive, really. I mean one day or so afterwards won't make much difference if they are a very close relative but after that point it's a no way ever zone for me

Your dad sounds a treat- I've had family issues too, but it should be him making the effort to speak to you especially as you have Olivia now as well. Ridiculous! DP is a bit like that, he has (much) older children from a previous relationship and has no desire to speak to them, I just don't get it, and of course they don't speak to him because he's always been so absent, but he doesn't quite get that it's his role and says they don't want to see him either as they haven't been in touch

Oh and after yesterday's smugness I can report that DS did not sleep all last night. He woke up at 2 and came into my bed, grinned, took up half of it, slept then woke up at 4 and 5..

new I'm really angry for you and Jack actually, I can't quite believe how lax they're being about him fitting. It needs addressing and treating. Argh. Yes it won't be your meds and certainly your meds alone wouldn't cause it, he will have to be physically susceptible to fitting in the first place, poor little baby! If you felt that you wanted to reduce your dose you can put your foot down and they would probably help you reduce it very very gradually, but if you're happy on them then don't feel you have to meddle at all. I know what you mean about the BFing top dilemma though, it does annoy me sometimes

New can't believe the hospital are not being more helpful is Jack under a consultant? I've always found them to be really good fingers crossed it doesn't happen again have the ospital seen him having a fit.

Maybe we sould meet and have a good old moan together lol

New can't believe the hospital are not being more helpful is Jack under a consultant? I've always found them to be really good fingers crossed it doesn't happen again have the ospital seen him having a fit.

Maybe we sould meet and have a good old moan together lol

whoops

Welcome dieciazero, Mind if I just call you zero?!

I know what you mean about other mums being twigglets.
When i had my first (DS now nearly 3) I met a group of 5 mums and their first babies at baby swimming lessons.
ALL 5 of them are around 5ft 9 and ALL of them very very slim, not an ounce of fat between them.
AND just to throw a little more my way, they ALL had lovely long thick hair - WTF.

I on the other hand, like some family black sheep or the ugly kid picked last for team sports, found myself fat for the first time in my life (a good 2-2.5 stone heavier) at 5'2. I felt really shit everytime we met up.
They would all eat cakes and wee fat arse here would just have a coffee!!

I wouldn't worry about your age, our group ranged from 21-40 and we all get on really well, doesn't matter.

Im gutted, My beautiful DD is loosing her thick dark hair!

Last two mornings it's all over the sheets and I can see bald patches emerging all over. Everyone comments on her tons of hair she's had from birth and it's very cute.

Ah well, baldy babies are cute too

sorry I wasn't being rude dieciazero I think it took me a while to post this morning. Welcome!
Today I have tried not to snack. tried!
DH's mate is coming over tonight, and we are having chinese... I may do one of those dangerous chocolate cakes after for pud, so will undo all the not eating half a packet of digestives and several chocolate bars I acchieved today. Ah well.

DD sounds like a wet deflating balloon. She is soooo trumpy today. I have visions of her flying off round the room Thhhhppppppsssss Where she gets it from I just don't know

Sorry crumpette whilst eating my tea in a daydream I realised I hadn't aknowledged what you had said - how rude!

Im so exhausted today.

That's funny re your DP, I think my dad will say the same - they don't phone me.

sockmonkey Ha, DD is the same. I can't work out if it's a dairy intollerence thing as she suddenly started all the violent trumping and burping again when I went back to dairy. Nappies are like cottage cheese (sorry TMI).

Getting really hard to feed her again and I can't decide if it's the painful wind or reflux getting worse.

Ali CTFN you both have babies with reflux, do you sometimes wonder if it's wind or reflux?

Off to have a hot bath and can see me actually having an early night tonight instead of just talking about one!

hello dieciazero.

If it helps any, I've been stuffing my face too. I'm getting a bit annoyed at myself for it, and I have a readiculous looking tummy. Still, DS smiles at me like I'm gorgeous so that'll be all ok then!

Newbeginning1 I agree about the clothes thing, as I've started replacing DS's 11am feed with a bottle, I realised i wouldn't have to do a feed outside the house today so could wear 'normal' clothes and just take off my top to feed in the house, was a really nice feeling and I'm glad I'm getting some use out of the clothes I can fit into that aren't BFing friendly.

Londonlotte - hope the drive went ok!

I can't believe it was 16 weeks ago I was in labour. It's amazing how much my life has changed.

wmdo Jacob has always been really good at bringing his wind up you only need to sit him up lol
The problem is he always grunts and groans like he is full of it.

His reflux has been quite bad today when I've been holding him you can feel it gurgling up the back of his throat his eyes go all red and he kind of chews and gulps.

His tummy is slowly getting better only had 6 runny nappies today and (tmi) they are more like scrambled egg

Welcome dieciazero the more the merrier

WMDO - yes, I always wonder whether it is actually reflux or not. Olivia is always sick - or possetting up loads of her feed. I sit her own, she burps very well and then up comes loads of milk. Sometimes its as much as she has drunk. Other times, she burps and I still hear the wind and if I put her down at night, I see her little smile go and I know she still has wind trapped, even though she has burped. All uber confusing.

Sorry i haven't posted much this week. It's been really really manic. Floor fitted - all done and finally the house is back to normal but it has taken since last Saturday until 8.30pm this evening to get everything sorted.

Honestly I have been on my feet all day every day since then plus very little slep at night and can truly say I am exhausted. Logging on computer for half an hour at night is my wind down before bed.

Talking of which....night night...

Is it just me or does anyone else think that babies sleeping with bums in the air is the cutest thing ever (except when they therefore also set off the apnea alarm).

I forgot to say welcome to the newbies - zero and previous poster. Always nice to see new faces on here.

wmdo I put Aidan back into his bassinet again and successfully this time (no dramatic possetting episodes so it's now his permanent nighttime sleep place) but over the course of the night he keeps on turning his head and is rubbing off some hair. There is a fair bit but I cannot really see bald patches... do you reckon that that is round the corner? He has such lovely hair it would break my heart if he went bald.

sock Have you tried fennel tea for wind? sazlock swore by it and I cannot say that my method is scientific as obviously it could possibly be my diet etc and also since most of our feeds come from bottles (formula or EBM) but I find that DS is less trumpy when I have kept up the fennel tea for several days at a trot. It's not an instant thing but certainly after about 3-5 days of conscientiously drinking it every day it seems to have a bit of an effect.

Welcome newbies!

Lottie - oh the wooden floor being fitted wasn't all you know. I have truly been superwoman this week . It started on Saturday when we had to pack up the sitting room into archive boxes and move said boxes into playroom so that floor fitter could move furniture easily. Check.

Sunday: DH went to Spurs match at Wembley so I had to take DS to rugby (away match) with DD1 and DD2 in tow, back, make lunch, take kids to park. Hoover front room (don't want floor fitter to find bits of food on carpet he has to pull up) . Check

Monday: Floor fitter arrived 09:00. Make said fitter lots of tea during the day. Sort and clear old unused toys from playroom. Finish at 4.30pm . In the meantime, feed, change, entertain DDs... Then do dinner for family. Wash/sterilise bottles, get everything ready for next day. Check.

Tuesday: DD off to horse riding day (friend collected, phew), floor fitter arrived and got on with job, man arrived to give quote for replacing some fence panels in garden and doing a tidy up so that we can actually spot when puppy does its business in the current overgrown mess. Off to Pets at Home to stock up on essentials for arrival of said puppy. Went to tyre place to order tyres for car as had two front bald ones! Bought new baby presents for niece, bought birthday presents for MIL. Back home. Sorted DD and DS bedrooms. In the meantime, usual, feed, clean, entertain other DCs, then prepare dinner. Check.

Wednesday: I take DD1 and her friend to horse riding day. Floor fitter arrives to finish off job. He finishes, I polish, hoover, place furniture protectors on bottom of heavy furniture (yes, all by myself). Supervise DS and his friend doing 2 weeks of homework and kicking a*se accordingly. Feed, change, entertain DD2. Prepare dinner. Wash, sterilise bottles etc throughout day. Check.

Thursday: Get new tyres fitted to car, buy slippers for kids, buy new letterbox and cage to stop puppy chewing post, buy outdoor broom and new kitchen bin. Back home. Bring down all archive boxes and rebuild front room sorting at same time. In the meantime, wash and dry 15 loads of washing (yes, 15!!!!). As all sh*t is out of kitchen and back into dresser in sitting room, decided to clean and sort kitchen. Pour UBER LARGE glass of wine at 8.30pm. Chat to 2 friends on the phone who are now overdue with their 2nd babies. 9pm sit down with second UBER LARGE glass of wine. 10.30pm fall into bed a little tiddly. Check.

Friday: Type this bloody post. Commence ironing. Visit MIL with birthday presents which will take all evening. Cleaner comes and makes the house all sparkly. Check.

Tomorrow sees the setting up of dog stuff, then REST. Sunday we are at a friend's for lunch. Monday kids back at school. Next Friday, collect Percy and chaos ensues again.

Yes, I am exhausted. Olivia still waking twice a night. And I think it would be fair to say I'm a little grumpy too. DH promised the dog after one to many glasses of wine about 2 years ago and I'm doing all the f*ing preparation. Harumph.

Wow - long post. Sorry!

Right - now doubt all you lovely ladies have a lovely relaxing day ahead snuggling your bubs. I'm off to boot camp...

xx

CTFN you crazy lady I need you as my manager! All I have achieved in this long week is a single trip to the post office, a single trip to M&S and a massive f*ck up of a website I'm meant to be building (yes, me, computer illiterate no interest whatsoever me)

Lottie I can beat you on the muesli appearance. I think it's just water retention and cookies, but DP again came home the other day and had a look at me and said ''you're huge'' and he was right, my tummy was enooormous, so he went and bought pregnancy test!! aaaaagh! Luckily was negative- but that is how big the tummy is, he thought it looked about 3 months pregnant [harumph] Have you really quit carbs? I did that years ago but got a bit carried away yeah crazy, can't do it now or would probably eat the carpet in frustration all I live on is carbs at the moment!

OH and another reckless mummy here, DS sleeps very very well on his tummy [whoooops] but yes the bum in the air is adorable, all babies do it, so cute, no idea why- I have tried and it is most uncomfortable!

wmdo- don't worry! didn't notice! too busy EATING COOKIES om nom nom

Yeah DP's older children think he has abandoned them and has no interest whatsoever, DP says his children don't like him and don't want to see or speak to him because they don't get in touch. Funny situation, really. I have tried for years now to persuade him it is his role as parent to get in touch with them- but he's having none of it. Nuts.

ali glad to hear Jacob's getting a bit better

CTFN I thought I had things in common with you - but no.

Your indeed bonkers and have waaaaay to much energy for my lazy mind and body .

I swithered about going shopping with baby and toddler this morning as we have no food or washing powder to do mountains of washing but then I quickly remembered - it can't be done, forget it.

Low carbs >WMDO wistfully remembers her last low carb diet when she reached 7 stone 4lbs and of what was left was muscle from her 3 classes a day, one before work at 6am and 2 after.

THEN I grew up and got a personality instead, ha!

Low Carb is the way forward though and a great idea right now. If I can get this Dairy thing sorted with Olivia or Olivia on bottles then im going back to the salads and yogurts. Never pull of the mega excercise again though! Oh to be slim again.

Im ageing too. My eyes are awful. They were my only good best feature and it's sad to see them being taken over by squillions of fine lines. When I smile in the mirror I want to grab the iron!

Ali CTFN I know what you mean with the choking, gaging, red eyes. Horrible isnt it.
I got letter from Paed yeasterday. Just a copy she sent my doctor but she said in it that Olivia should really be on Omerprazole, Domperidone AND Gaviscon.

I feel bad but FFS, I seriously wouldn't be able to go out ever.
Cooled boiled water and tablet melted Omeprazole is syringed into screaming DD twice a day then can't feed for 30 mins. Domperidone syringed in 4 times a day, with 15 minute wait and then it would be 15mls of GAviscon 4 times a day, I think 15 mins wait. How would I get the gaviscon down her too. I struggle with the 3.5mls of Omep never mind 15 mls.

Is that selfish? I just can't see how Id be able to go anywhere if I need to be by the kettle and steriliser all day. DS would love that!