Jan 2010: Weaning, sleeping crawling too...at least we've moved on from discussing poo

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Roll up roll up - let's get chatting...

Oh sock I am so so so so sorry to hear this news . Atm I just don't know what else to say. A little emotionally rung I'm afraid but please do know that you and your family will be in my thoughts.

I can't make the meetup
I have got to go with Ds1 to his school trip really would love to meet you guys maybe next time.

sock hope everything goes okay with your Mum.

Jacob was at the hospital yesterday to see the consultant he wants him admitting for a few days for some tests he wants to do a 24 hours ph study some scans, chest x-rays and bloods just got to wait for the letter to come through.
The consultant wants to see how bad the reflux is and whether he needs an operation on his stomach a fundoplication or something.

Ali - this thread is not of good news atm.

cant I'm okay about it all it would be nice to get some answers.

Should we start another thread lol a good news one

Sorry, maybe I shouldn't have said anything. It is quite gloomy.
Parents are doing really well, and are already planning a nice holiday once treatment is over.

DS2 was a spider in assembly today. He's a little star.

Ali - hope that observations and tests will prove fruitful and you can get some answers. Give your little man a big hug from me.

new if you go to your sisters will you still come into st pancras or kings x or somewhere else?? I am not too far from Cambridge but on a different train line. We need to discuss our naughty boy's (lack of) sleep. Mine did not repeat his sterling effort of monday night, he did his normal 2 ish and 4.30 ish wake aaaarrggghhh am hoping he'll be better again tonight but bet he won't be!

Ali glad things seem to be moving forward for you and that you are feeling positive about it.

sock Sorry to hear about your mum, but glad to hear its been picked up early.

Am liking mk's suggestions, which one would suit everyone else? Had discussed with a friend this morn and she also suggested a Giraffe cafe, think that would be good option as usually roomy enough to accommodate buggies and babies.

Right, am off to cook tea and then to ds1's art exhibition - he wants ds3+4 to come too which will actually be a nightmare but he does love showing them off.

sock - i'm so sorry about your Mum but it sounds great that you are all being positive about it. Haven't studies shown that those with positive people around them recover quicker? Please don't worry about coming on here and bringing the thread down, we all want to help.

ali - which Dr is it that you see at QMC? We are under Dr Bertenshaw but we have seen Dr Farquar and they both seem ok. I know it's not good news that he may have to have an operation but fingers crossed the observation gives you guys an answer so that he can get better. My friends sister had the same kind of operation when she was a baby and she was fine after. Shame you can't make the meet up. We will have to rendezvous in Nottingham sometime.

ctofn - have you heard from Crumpette today? How are you doing? I can't imagine how much you have going on at the moment but fingers crossed you will be able to relax at least for 5 minutes when we meet up

verycherry - i think the trains bring me into Kings cross or some other station but i'm happy to travel as long as i pre plan my route if that makes sense? I'm very anal and panic when i dont know where i'm going purely because i'm rubbish with directions and maps I know this is going to be a stupid question, but can you take pushcairs on the tube? Last time i came I couldn't see lifts at all of the stations so would i have to bump the pushchair up and down the stairs? If so it's not an issue, i'll just make sure I wear a top where my boobs won't fall out!!!

How is everyone else doing?

new not all stations have lifts but yes you can take pushchairs on the tube. I will be going into kings x too so we could meet there?

Argh - LondonLottie is free the entire w/c 12th July too. Shall we move the meet-up to the following week so more people can make it?

Tbh I have 3 stepkids with me next week (which I'd forgotten about) so it would be better for me week after....?

cant my children break up from school that week on the Wednesday so I still wouldn't be able to come

new we see Dr Thomas mainly can't remember the nurologist. He is really friendly and straight to the point. How is everything with Jack.
Lol lol at boobs falling out I have that problem too Jacob just loves to pull my top down when I'm carrying him he did it school the other day and I didn't notice until one of the Mums told me

Oh Alibobins and Sockmonkey I'm sorry to hear about your news although OBVIOUSLY good outcomes are a high possibility, right?

How I wish I could jump on the Eurostar (and spend a night in the tunnel ) like in the pre-DC3 days and see you guys in London. I hope you all have a fab time. Take some photos, ok?

CTFN, why has Crumpette been blocked by MN?

cant - i'm fine with either time as we have no life plans

vc - we an meet at the station. I will be the one with the screaming baby looking bedraggled (sp?)

ali - Jack seems to be fine on the fit front but we have a review appointment soon so we will see what they say. Lol at you're top being down at school, i had the same thing happen recently in the coop where i live. Classy, moi? Most definitely

Just thinking out loud, would it be worthwhile some of us still arranging to meet crumpette for some moral support on Tuesday and then if we do rearrange for wc 12th at least she's met some of us and we can make sure she's ok.

new all you need to look for is a crazy looking woman with mad staring eyes, I may or may not have a baby with me depending on whether I remember I have him.

can't the next wk better for me also as dp home and can look after ds3.

super it's just unthinkable isn't it.

sock that must be very stressful for you and your parents of course.
Catching it early is the key to getting over it quick but nobody wants to go through it. We are here if you need to get anything off your chest. x

Im so amazed at how you all live in the same (ish) area. What are the chances of that?

I only found MN because I was.....wait for it.......googling symptoms !

I should name change to symtomchecker or googleit

I was 5 weeks PG with Olivia and suddenly got major runs and sickness like the exorcist. I was trying to find out if it was normal to feel that bad.
Turnned out to be a bug - phew, would never have coped with months of that.

I was asking Cant if it was vino in the evening or with babes but i see now it's with babes which will be really nice.
Putting names and babies to faces.

Im looking forward to the chat after it.

Better go, DH on way home from Building house and ive been sitting on my bum most of night. Will run about with washing etc and look busy, lol.

Hey all, my thoughts go out to sock, ali and crump, hope you all get some good news soon.

I too would be unable to get to london, so if you decide to one a bit further up north sometime soon, count me in.

Well I am still alive!!!!!!

I was talking to ds about how good he is with bubs and when I have the next one, I'll need his help, so he said well have one next year while your still off, so I said how about the 23rd jan, he just laughed and said i'm crazy.

Any fast forward an hour and my mum and dad turn up, and before bums were on seats ds says shes having another baby. dad started smiling and said the more the merrier, and got a filty look from mum, so he said what you know what shes like it was bound to happen, she kept telling you she was gonna. so mum says well shes crazy, i hope you'll get sterilised after this one, then i said I'd seen someone she knows (at antenatal at hosp) so I think she was a bit peeved I'd been to hosp and didn't ask her to come or have bubs (cos I went on my own), so drama over.

Told dh he now needs to tell his mum, as I don't want her to hear it from anyone else.

I have decided that what ever my body is making for me, a little girl/boy, a 'normal/different' bubba (and I don't want to offend anyone, I use those terms very loosely) I will do my upmost to love it, care for it and nuture it to the best of my abilities, just like I do with my others, So NO TESTING, yayyyyy I feel relieved that I can relax and enjoy it.

Good luck crumpette, thinking of you xxx

Sorry to hear your news sock, my mum went through the same around 2 years ago, scary time but all went well. Wishing your mum a speedy recovery.

No time to post more, can hear DD sounding a bit peckish

Back soon

Gaaa was trying to drop the dreamfeed so was up at 2am to give DS a little BF top up and been reading crumpette's thread since then. DS is going to get a very grumpy mummy when he awakes later!

I too hadn't realised quite how bad the situation is. crump if you are reading this, we're all so glad that you have taken these steps!

My advice from before still stands when you are in a more settled. But you should
think about the support group I suggested or even CODA. I think they will be able to offer you the help you need to stop obessing about the affair/ what he is doing. I know where you have been and it is perfectly normal for the situation but I am sure at the bottom of your heart you know that it is not something that is helping your situation. For now just think of it this way: you have enough to sort out the practicalities of your new life (yay!) so don't whittle away that time thinking about what P has or is doing/ thinking. In time to come you will see that none of that matters even if it seems all-consuming at the moment.

Isn't it wonderful how generous ppl are - not to mention most of us here who would open their doors to you (myself included but I suspect we're too close to Liverpool for your comfort), but total strangers as well. Not anything to feel sad, emotional or guilty about... just how human beings react to another being in crisis. Just don't feel too embarassed to ask for help. It is the next bravest thing you can do (after having taken the first step).

sock and ali Don't be silly we're here for each other in good times and bad. NP posting bad news if that's your news!

sock My aunt had this last year and they were ever so speedy dealing with it once found and she's as good as ever now. Hope they are speedy with dealing with yr mum or else raise hell!

ali LOL re the top incident... DH keeps saying that since I started BFing I seem happy to whip them out regardless of who is in the room. Not the time to be a prude when your LO is screaming in hunger! Hope the Doc's goes ok.

Shame I can't make the meet up... it's that bit too far to travel in the middle of term when we have so many classes etc committed to. I wonder if maybe we can do another one over the summer hols even though that means I don't get to meet the twins!

Aargh busy busy busy. Olivia's christening tomorrow (whooppee), cake being delivered today by very clever niece-in-law which means a "visit break" amongst the business, more washing to do, more ironing to do after almost clearing it yesterday, changing of every single bed in the house (lots of them and once all the bedding has been washed, dried and ironed), tidying of every bedroom in the hou...se (tip) all in readiness for stepkids arriving tonight. Let the bedlam commence....

That's it from me. No more til after weekend

cant good luck for tomorrow. x

super glad you have got it over and done with, didn't sound too bad after all!!

ali Im glad they are having a good look into his reflux and checking to see if anything can be done. At least they are listening which can be the biggest hurdle.

Im so bored today (already). I hate having nothing planned.

DS is glued to Cbeebies which always ends in tears.
TV kind of puts him in a trance all morning then he goes a bit crazy by 11am. Just too much stimulation without the actual excercise IYSWIM.

I still find it hard to take both of them out somewhere on my own as I always find one of them isn't happy or DS runs away/acts up and I don't know where to turn first.
DD hates sitting in the buggy too long so it's a pain.

On a cheerier note, I managed to get a morning place for him at a different nursery .
The one here was afternoons which would have been crap timing with DD and I couldn't have taken her to any baby stuff.
It's in a rougher area but im sure 3 yr olds won't be into drugs quite yet, lol.
It's only for a year with us moving next year. Very chuffed about that.

Roll on September 14th so he can burn off steam in the mornings.

In the meantime, id better get dressed and enthusiastic about our non day!

Have a good weekend everyone. x

yangy we are dairy free and weaning is going okay. Banana seems to make Jacob sick and tomato brings him out in a rash. Some days we still have lots of vomiting and others not so much.
I think with reflux babies they advise to avoid citrus but I'm not sure what else.

Jacob is waking again in the night we have a week or so of sleeping through then he is back to waking several times I even resorted to feeding him last night.

I have just sent off my application to Open University to make my degree an honors degree it's to start in Jan so at least I'll have chance to settle back into work.

cant have a lovely day tomorrow

Ali - a quick post as it's feeding time and a break between the housework! Interesting what you say about banana as whilst Olivia loves it - it comes up again very quickly! Also, I gave her a pureed fruit salad a couple of times and boy was she sick on that too. Probably some citrus in there!

There has definitely been an improvement in Olivia since weaning, but I must confess that with the amount of movement she is now undertaking, loads of orange gunk always but always comes back. I swear I'm keeping Vanish in business!

My niece-in-law arrived with the cake which is so gorgeous I was completely overwhelmed and got teary. Then a flower delivery came for Olivia from her "proxy" godmother who is in Zambia and can't attend the christening. More tears. Bloody hell. What will I be like tomorrow! x

cant have a great day tomorrow. I bet it will be fun but hectic.

Noop is loving her feet at the moment... who needs toys! (although she is starting to get on with sophie giraffe). Im sure she would eat her toes if she could get them in.

Have any of you BFers ever got a spot on your nipple? I have what looks like a tiny white spot, and it's really painful. Have tried Kamilosan on it and leaving my boob out to air, but it's not clearing. Any thoughts?