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

[CantThinkofFunnyName]

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

yangy I started weaning Jacob when he was 6 months as we have a strong history of allergies. We do a mixture of blw and mush for breakfast he has fruit and babyrice then some toast and marmite usually I give him some of what the other dc's are having then a bit of mush after.
He enjoys it but only eats 3 or 4 mouthfulls then he's done.

cant I'm going to have a go at making Dd's birthday cake as I got quite addicted to cake boss. It's not untill next months but i'll post pictures of my attempt

yancymac My olivia has reflux too and I have noticed a vast improvement.

Same happened with DS who also had it although it has taken a good few more weeks for her to improve

Sockmonkey It sounds like a blocked milk duct to me. I had one right at the start and I got rid of it easily. I think you have to have a warm bath and either get the baby to suck on that breast or, some say, you need to use a sterilised needle to get it out. Be careful Sock; if you leave it it just gets worse. I think our DC share the same birthday, don't they? 27th Jan? I'm still bf and will start weaning at 6 months.

Hi all - aint been on here for a bit and skimmed over the thread and all i can say is OMG - Crumpette - You are in my thoughts and prayers - your a very special person and lo needs his mum to keep being strong and continue to stick at being out of that situation!Im in SE London - if u want any help pls let me know! Pls,pls,pls,pls let me know!
CTOFN- all i can say is well done you have always been so supportive and from day1 on this thread!( seems like a really long time us all talking through the internet)
also I pray all will be well for Olivia and her special day! hopefully still good weather!

Im free to meet up - jut let me know where and when i believe i saw Tuesday and Park cafe???
Im in SELondon so should be cool getting there!

Hi Mama. We're actually looking to move it to w/c 12 July now as Lottie is still around then and gives us a little more time to pull something together and a week when some of us are less busy.

Will post on here brief details - but I haveng, so if Ok with you, I will text you offline too when we know the info.

Right - DS on a sleepover so I have the dog walking to do. DH is on Olivia watch (well listen as she's still sleeping soundly) and then the day will get going.

Thanks everyone for their good wishes for Olivia's day. I'm soooooo excited... but ever so slightly nervous about orange coloured sick making its daily appearance and ruining the fabulous robe. Selection of change of outfits need to be factored in!

Have a great day today Cant. Orange sick will just add to the glamour of the occasion Better than boring old orange poo.

Jardins THANK YOU!! Gave it a soak and a poke with a sterile pin, and pain is pretty much gone. Yes our babies were born on same day. You'd think I'd know all about this BF lark now, but blocked duct was a new one to me.

Lottie Hope you and the girls manage to catch up on some sleep.

New - I believe it's your birthday today - keeping it quiet??!!! Have a totally fabulous day you yummy mummy you!! xx

Hope cant had a great day. Weather was nice here so hopefully same there.

Harumph, im so fed up just now. Nothing serious, no reason just - bored!

Let me induldge in a little moan since it's saturday night, pleeeease!!!!

My life has taken a bit of a shlump in the social/doing things sense.

I stopped working when I became a mum (except going back for 4 months and hating it). So 3 years have passed and im slowly loosing touch with work friends and only seeing mum friends who, well, are nice enough but nothing much doing on the laughing front IYSWIM, or socialising outwith baby/toddler time.

DH works 6 days a week.

Honestly this is how bad it is.....noticed yesterday neighbours in their 70's had a banner up saying 50th Anniversary so today I handed in a card and flowering shrub for their garden as they are like the beechgrove garden over there.

Anyways, he say's "tried to catch you earlier, I was going to ask you and DH over for a drink tonight"

I GOT EXCITED

I then went over and asked my mum who was still here and she (who has a life) couldn't babysit so over I went, tail behind my legs to break the news I couldn't get a babysitter!!

I was sitting earlier watching neighbours going over with bottles of wine and I was fecking jealous...jealous, I ask you, one of them had a zimmer - no joke!

I am now going to return my arse to the sofa even though they have cancelled Casualty for the sodding football, and drown my sorrows - with a kitkat chunky .

Hi all, I have more catching up to do! Will you all stop writing so much!

What is the latest with Crumpette? Last I heard her mum was picking her up.

Has anyone stopped breast feeding? How long did it take for your milk to dry up? I stopped on Monday and am still getting some.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Im going to watch Twilight now - I havent seen any of them and want to see what the fuss is about!

Yangy we're meeting up w/c 12 July. If you want to come along you can email me on CantThinkofFunnyName at googlemail dot com and I will send you details once they're fixed.

Crumpette is OK. Keeping strong. She's at home and P isn't. She keeps re-reading the thread to keep her mental state where it needs to be right now and is getting more and more horrified by the day that she put up with so much for so long - which is a great thing. The power of MN!

I had the most fabulous day yesterday. Our whole family did. And our friends are more like family too so all in all it was truly a gathering to be proud of. A big love fest at the end of the night with far too much a

Oops posted too soon! Far too much alcohol consumed by the majority (not me as designated driver doing 3 runs both ways in a 7 seater car)... and rest of family currently snoring peacefully throughout the house!!

Olivia on the other hand decided to wake VERY early today .

wmdo you have made me really chuckle, am feeling poorly, tired and generally sorry for myself but you've really cheered me up! My social life (just me not children) is sadly lacking, went out with friends fri night, had wine and v interesting convo's then my brother called to say ds4 up, lil bugger not been up in the eve since last time I went out 2 weeks ago which was only to pick dp up from airport!! He only wakes up when I am doing something aarrghhh, got home at 11.30 and he was wide awake (but was bit poorly) but I know this will pass, this will pass, this will pass....

I can totally relate to excitement of possible evening release, I would be excited to get out to anything at all!

new Happy Birthday for yesterday, hope you had a fab day.

cant Am so pleased you all had a lovely day and gorgeous weather too!

Dp has not come home this weekend, am feeling a bit fed up as feeling crap/tired and my parents are away too so am getting absolutely no respite. Dp home for 3 weeks from next fri and this time in two weeks we'll be on hols so lots to look forward to.

Am just thinking might bake some biscuits with ds3 but am doing slimming world at mo, will I be able to avoid temptation? God, just how exciting is my weekend to be having dilemmas like this???

Sounds like a lovely day cant!

DD has 'mummy out' radar too, hardly ever wakes in the evenings except if i've popped out- usually not anywhere exciting, just for a run or to my slimming world group- doing it too verycherry. Usually take her to group though as too rushed to get through her bedtime routine before going. She's funny, sits there laughing inappropriately when slimmers talk about going off the rails and boozing, she has comic timing! Some ladies are quite put out when I leave her at home, one even gave her a cuddly toy last week, sweety .

Would love a night out too, its these hot summer evenings that do it!! I NEED to be outside a bar, slim, in new dribble free clothes, with a cold glass of something!!

Oh maygirl I am feeling that need too!!! Am literally salivating at the thought of a chilled glass of Sauvignon blanc whilst wearing my skinnies sans muffin top courtesy of slimming world, however that chilled glass would be 9 syns and I am currently living in a permanent guilt fest everytime I even think about syns!!

My meeting is on a mon morn, full of older ladies who dote on ds4, ds3 is dreadfully naughty and makes off all around the hall hence we leave after weigh in now. How long have you been going and how are you getting on?

I never thought of going with DC's. I suppose I could

(im talking about slimming classes) I just realised I started mid thought.

Im still so bored people. I had the most boring weekend too very

Today topped it with a BBQ at In-laws, yawn.
As per usual, MiL had a BBQ and it pissed down but she went ahead. It's becoming a theme every year.

And as per usual the front room looked like Gods Waiting Room or perhaps just a bowling club meeting if I were to be a bit nicer .
The kitchen had men watching sport on a tiny TV.

In amongst this fun atmosphere are the 3 muskateerssister-in-laws (eye roll). I could really go on but my posts are long enough.

MiL puts sharp plastic sticks out for DS coming so he can run around with them in his hands. Well, it's not like he needs both eyes is it.
Then he is fed copious amounts of absolute bollocks, (Kerry Katona would refuse a plate at these doo's) at one point he starts choking and needed first aid.

DD passed around 40 people who don't think maybe she wants a bloody break when she starts screaming - lets all laugh at the screaming baby then look at strange mother who takes her out the room like she has taken the football out of the world cup.

Alright, yes im a bit of a miserable moo today. It's just Mil has these
'must come to this event or I will go all huffy' doo's every year and they are always shit shit shit.

Away to drink heavily (might finish one galss tonight - whoo hoo)
and watch corrie as the god's have allowed us to not watch football tonight.

I've been going since mid April verycherry and have lost 11 pounds. How about you? DD was 9 weeks when I started so actually getting out for the evening back then, even to a SW class felt like a night out!!! I've been tricking myself with a glass of very cold Lambrini Light in a posh wine glass, not Sauvignon blanc but at only 2.5 syns for 142mls can have the illusion of a nice drink guilt free! What are your diet lifesavers?!

Fairly quiet weekend here too, though did get out for lunch yesterday with DH for 5th wedding anniversary, but with 2DCs in tow, not romantic candlelit affair! Next weekend should be busier, meeting with uni friends and all our DCs for them to meet DD, we do it every year since we all began having DCs, so far always some new additions to be introduced, two babies this time Also will be visiting mum in law as she lives same town as my friend, she's in rehab since her op but is getting day release home for the weekend.. sounds like she's been in prison or something lol!

cant the christning sounded fab. Glad you enjoyed it.

yangymac sounds a great weekend, not sad at all.

Id have been glad of such going's on.

Glad my weekend is over.
Looking forward to this weekend coming, got The Singing Kettle at Edinburgh Playhouse on Sunday.
Hopefully mum will see me Saturday as she is going to Canada for 2 weeks for my Uncles silver wedding.

Me and my mum were both at their wedding in Canada with my gran and Uncle George (who died recently) 25 years ago. I was 8!!
Would have loved to have gone but 7 hour flight didn't appeal with young DC's.

Im going to make an effort to get out this week and buck myself up. Starting to feel very lonely and loosing confidence rapidly. Didn't feel like this when DS was a baby but didn't find it hard to get out and about. Need to get brave!

maygirl had weigh in this morn, have lost 1.5lbs which means in total have lost 8lbs in 3 weeks!!! I lost 5lbs the first week, don't know if bfeeding has helped it go, Ds was 5.5m when I started going and afaik the research around weightloss and bfeeding measured weightloss at around 6 months. So could just be lucky combo of both that have helped it be superspeedy loss. Now only have 1.5lbs to goal, hoping that'll be gone next wk and will be normal weight for hols.

I have, however, a very saggy unattractive tummy/muffin top which have never had before, think 4 pregnancies may have been one too many for my poor body, my legs are stuffed to arse too with hideous spider veins.

wmdo I know how you feel, I am feeling really crap again today still feel sick and shattered but really demotivated too, don't know if its because I feel rough or something else. I get out everyday, but walking with Ds3 is always hmmmm interesting! He can't walk unaided due to his cp but can walk using a special frame so getting out everyday is part of his physio but it is hard and he always wants to go in the opposite direction to me (and the pushchair), some days he can only manage say 20 metres others he can walk quite a bit further but he never wants to get in the pushchair, even if he is on his knees so its always a battle...... plus the walk from home to the shops is 5 mins, with him walking it takes 45 mins.... If I were close to you we could get out and sort our sorrows together, but am unfortunately at the other end of the country

I cracked up at your post last night re: cocktail sticks and god's waiting room, really did make me feel a bit better, you are v funny.

yangymac Your weekend sounded lovely, I have only been out in the eve a handful of times and know exactly what you mean about missing out when back at work. I am lucky in that when I go back to work I will do mostly nights so am still around for the Ds's nearly all the time they are awake. Although it does'nt always feel that lucky!!