Waves is determined to keep winning now that Acrobat has arrived.

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So, Acrobat did actually arrive (only just) on the last thread. And he is here and lovely!

Links to previous threads:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/a1670597-So-DH-said

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/1745551-DH-said-DH-left-waves-is-still-being-sick-but-into-the-third-timester

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/a1801734-Waves-is-winning-Here-comes-the-Acrobat

I do hate it when docs/whoever say that a TT is not in need of treatment - it can make SUCH a difference! I personally believe that all babies should be checked for TT at birth, and snipping it should be offered as a matter of course. It's so easy to do, the babies don't feel it, they feed straight away and everything is so much BETTER! (Have had 2 boys with TT, can you tell? )
Do consider taking Jacques up on her offer, it is life-changing IME.

Dentists might consider doing it for you as well, they do here in Australia, because a TT can prevent normal oral hygiene - you can't use your tongue to get around your teeth after meals, getting all the bits of food out of the crevices, so you're more likely to have caries. It's not just about the feeding!

The photos are amazing

Well done waves, so glad to hear you're feeling so upbeat! I am 13 + 3 with DC2 at the minute, just starting to come out of sickness so I made a stab at your lemon drizzle cake yesterday. It was lovely, the nicest thing I've been able to eat in weeks! So pleased for you and your lovely family, good luck with your interview!

I thought TT was automatically checked for - then sorted out. I havent had children with it, but my cousin did and it made a massive difference to her son once it was sorted.

morning for everyone as usual and

Im off to see if my erratic sky box has taped GBBO

Lovely photos waves - what a gorgeous family, handsome lot

Great news about the interview!

OMG! Stunning photos of all of you. Just beautiful. ALL your children are beautiful as are their Mummy.

Jax - no and no, sadly. I had to fight to get DS1's TT recognised (DH has a TT so I knew there was a good chance DS would inherit it) - 3 MWs/docs missed it, the lactation expert found it by feeling for it with her finger. It was a partial posterior, so not immediately obvious visually. Once it was recognised though, I was very lucky to be in an area where they would happily deal with it. Other people are not so lucky and either have to find a private consultant to do it at a cost of ~£100, or go to another area where the NHS will do it.

Even in Australia, I was lucky to get DS2 a referral to a paed consultant who was happy to do it - a friend of mine here saw a different paed and he spouted the worst bollocks at her about how "all kids are born with a slightly square tongue, even if he has a 'tongue tie', which is the current buzz word, then having anything done about it won't make any difference to his reflux/ difficulties feeding. I recommend you stop bf'ing and put him on a thickened formula immediately" (her baby was 5mo). SOoooo glad I didn't see that prick, he'd have got an earful from me!!
Another friend here couldn't get a paed referral for her DS's TT but the dentist did it for her.

Crazy!

What a lovely few posts to come back too .

I was told DS2 had a tongue tie but I just fed him and he was okay. Then a few months later the GP saw a photo of him with his tongue out and said he hadn't so we worried for months. The point to say that was can you get C to stick his tongue out to double check as they do get things wrong.

Good luck for the job interview .

Those photos are absolutely adorable waves. I have my favourites though!

Beautiful pics! Love all of them but especially the first one- all your dc's are gorgeous you must be very proud.

Sorry to bring some ness here but am so so upset. A friend, not hugely close, but known since school and worked together, and more recently pregnant together, lost her baby. I feel dreadful for moaning about breastfeeding being sore when she was so looking forward to experiencing it. She was 40 weeks and it was found just hours before that he had died. She went through labour and delivery and saw her beautiful son, but he was gone already. My heart is breaking for her and her husband and her family. That's all I could put in a brief message to her. There simply are not words are there.

And since I found out I have just been watching Caspian, he is sleeping just now, and thinking how fragile life is. Life can be so awfully cruel. Just makes me want to cling so tight to my darling children and never let them go

Oh bloody hell . That is just too tragic for words. I am so sorry.

So so sorry to hear about that beautiful baby boy. you are so right Waves that we should learn to appreciate all the good things we have and not let all the bad shite bring us down.

I'm so very, very sorry for your friend, waves. There really are no words.

No, that's so terrible :( I'm going to go upstairs now and stare at my sleeping children x

Lurker just back from looking at my babies.

So so sad for your friend, just the worst thing. Poor lady, poor family. :(

So sorry for your friend waves. What a terrible, awful thing. X

So very sorry for your friend.

How tragic - can't even begin to imagine their grief.

Those poor, poor people

Im sorry for your friend waves. Sadly it is far too common in our developed country. It happened to a good friend of mine and she has never truly got over it. Life has continued as she has twins, but it has affected her marriage, her whole outlook on life.

I spent much of last night just watching all three DCs sleep and feeling sad for my friend and her family, and truly blessed also. Twunt lost his first son at 39 weeks, he'd have been 13 now.

So today I've baked and done art with my big 2, and done feeding and changing of C. Yesterday he rolled over a few times and I put it down to a fluke. Today he's done it again. I put him in his back, feet to foot, in the carrycot of the pram, and went in a few minutes ago and he is up the other end on his tummy, snoring away. Not sure how to manage his sleeping arrangements now. Any ideas? Surely 3 and a half weeks is too early for this?

I need to write a packing list now, and go charity shopping for newborn clothes. Other than vests and sleep suits, I have only a few t shirts and nothing else so want to see if I can get some cheap trousers and a few extras for our travels. The. 0 to 3 months is simply enormous on him and falls off so will have to get some bits at least!

What a clever boy!! Rolling over at 3 weeks sounds amazing but obviously has meant you will have to rethink certain things much sooner than you would expect too.

Actually this is day 3 of rolling. Day 1 was the day we went to see the photos, and the photographer witnessed it too. Maybe it is a sign of cleverness, but mainly I am a bit concerned about the sleeping and also gutted that I am not going to get my few months of relative calmness in terms of immobile baby who stays where they are left.

Got to dash - been meaning to leave the house since 11.30 and still not out. New bank account to set up (my branch is closing altogether over here so no choice but to switch banks) and small trousers to buy!