Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[lj2245]

I'm not bothered about my brother not being part of my life but I did find it funny that HE took the huff. Especially as I don't remember getting a happy birthday from him in Feb when it was my birthday lol!

It's Stephen's birthday tomorrow and I made a homemade steak pie for him, Shaun, my Dad and Stephen's Mum. I made it with ingredients I can have and put some stew aside for me before putting the rest in a pie. We had it with roast potatoes, turnip, peas, roast carrots and gravy. Then they all had birthday cake and I had raspberry sorbet. Alex has been up since 4am spewing his ringer It's as bad a reaction as when he has cows milk or soya and I'm thinking it might be beef. I was warned a lot of kids with CMPA and soya allergies are also allergic to beef. I am literally running out of things to eat.

Which gives me a problem tomorrow. I have arranged for Stephen's mum to babysit and have booked a table at frankie and bennys and a film at the cinema for me and Stephen. He doesn't know about it. I was going to surprise him as he thinks we are staying at home as I' not ready to leave Alex. The problem is now I have to express milk for him and can't do it until my milk stops making him sick. Also, I was planning on having a steak or naked burger for my dinner tomorrow....the only 2 things on the menu I can have. Or...could have, as it now stands. Fluff!!

Do you think he's having a wee growth spurt Emma? Has he been feeding more often?

I signed up to WW online Arlene but haven't been able to follow it much due to my restrictions lol. Have still lost 6lbs this month right enough lol!

 

[bbymc]

Well done laura. I need to start my diet. My weight is creeping up! Thats awesome you planned some time with just stephen. You could have some sort of chicken salad thing?? Do you think you will be able to express any milk or will it take ages before its not making him sick?

Awww arlene. thats crap you've got a cold! ! I hope james doesn't get too ill with it. Ryan has developed a cold too and lewis is pretty snuffly so there must be something going round.

No idea whats up with lewis. Could be a wee growth spurt. Hes feeding the same but I think I might have started producing more milk again. Been leaking loads and hes started biting me and stuff again. So he must be needing more. Hes very sleepy today. Maybe his stuffy nose is causing it aswell. Who knows. As long as iys just a blip I don't mind lol x

 

[lj2245]

I checked the allergy sheet for F&B's and the chicken salads have soya listed It might be in the dressing or marinade. I can have tomato and basil soup and chips lol so I'll just have that I can also have mango sorbet The most important thing is getting out of the house and spending time with my Husband! We are like ships passing in the night these days now he's on nightshift again.

Alex had a feed half an hour ago and hasn't been sick yet but he's been asleep. If we are having a meal and the cinema, with driving time we'll be away 6 hours. I'd need to express 12oz at least. I don't know if I'll have that spare between now and 3pm tomorrow lol! I have expressed and dumped in the hope of draining the allergens out quicker and increasing my supply!

 

[bbymc]

You'll be amazed what your body can do. Im sure you'll have enough. I bet your MIL is so excited! Lol.

It will do you and stephen good to get some time alone. I thought about arranging something with ryan but I know if I express and let my mum watch lewis then I wont have an excuse for ryan's mum watching him and I am not having that till I can trust she will do as we ask and not just keep him awake the whole time.

Did Stephen not get any time off sorted?

 

[lj2245]

No. We decided against it. I need to get used to doing everything on my own lol.

Stephen's mum is peeing her pants with excitement lol. Could you not let your mum babysit but not tell Ryan's mum? lol

 

[bbymc]

I could. But its ryan who would push to have his mum watch him cos he wants it to be fair. What he fails to realise though is, aside from me saying I dont like the way his mum is with lewis most of the time, lewis also knows my mum a lot more cos she sees him every day as well as most weekends wgen we are at the van. Mostly though, if I'm not happy with how his mum is with lewis when I am there, I'd be worried sick if I wasn't there!

 

[lj2245]

Yeah absolutely. I know Stephen's mum will be fine because she's fine when I'm there and does as she's told lol.

 

[Kaybee]

Hi girls

We have switched broadband providers and have been getting slow speeds and it stopping altogether. Been driving me loopy but it can take up to 10 days to stabalise! Dave had to reset it again this morning!

How are you and your babies getting on? We are doing good. Dylan gets his second boosters this week. He will be 3 months old tomorrow.

I am going to have to sit down and try work out our ££. I had told work I would go back in September but it is passing far too quick and I am really enjoying being off. I know you can take 12 months off but I will only get paid SMP until Dec I think. I hope to be able to manage to afford to stay off until Dec and then go back to around 20 hours per week until march. Hoping my boss agrees. It would be so much easier if we could win the lottery and i could just leave.

 

[lj2245]

Yeah. I would love to win the lottery lol. I am going to have to start looking for a job when my MA ends in November. The plan is to work as many hours as I can so I can get SMP when I get pregnant again! When I'm done making babies I plan to stay at home and Stephen can just do some overtime

Alex had a good couple of days. Slept hours through the night and wasn't sick. Then yesterday evening he started spewing and hasn't stopped. He's all covered in a rash and has had terrible nappies. He didn't sleep much last night either. I was supposed to meet some school friends at 12 today and couldn't make it. I had thought he wasn't allergic to beef as I had the naked burger at F&B's on Sat night and he wasn't sick on Sunday morning so we went out for lunch Sunday and I had beef again and it was right after that he started spewing. It must have taken a while to digest and get into my milk. So now we need to wait it out until it's out of my system and his.

I also discovered why he had a flaky, red raw scalp. The cradle cap shampoo I used on him one time has coconut in it

The list gets longer and longer!

On a positive note, I joined Amazon Family on a 3 month free trial and you get £10 off when you spend more than £50 on baby stuff. I noticed they had a voucher exclusive to amazon family members that gives you £75 off the Medela Swing Double breast pump. It was £170 and I got it for £85!! They are selling for £110 - £130 2nd hand on Ebay so I'll be able to sell it on for more than I paid when I'm done with it!

Is your ear all better Karen? What about your coldsores Arlene? How's Lewis doing now Emma?

 

[Kaybee]

Aw naw poor Alex (& you). When do you think you will start adding to your family? I have been sorting through all of Dylan's clothes that are too wee. Dave asks what I am going to do with them and I tell him give my sister her stuff and ebay my stuff unless we need to keep it for another one.....he said as cute as they are....NO! Meanie

Thats great making a bit of cash out the pump. I have the medela swing and it is brill. Will need to use it on fri as going to get my hair cut at long last. Meant to go fri past but had to cancel as dave started throwing up so i couldnt leave dylan with him and my appt was when kaiden needed collected from nursery. Never mind.

My ear is getting better and i am trying to hold out going back to the doc because it is better than it was plus i am getting xrays at the dentist next week and am wondering if its my wisdom tooth

 

[bbymc]

Funny you mention ££ Karen. Ryan and I were discussing that last night lol. It's totally stressing me out to think I need to go back to work. It looks like we would need to put Lewis into a private nursery full time. I've worked in a few and I hate them. I would rather cut my arm off than send him to one! We have saved so I will have the maximum time off from my current job, but I really don't want to go back. We want to have another baby though and if I leave my job I won't get SMP so I dunno what to do!

That's crap Alex is having a bad time. Still, if it is the beef, he should go back to his happy wee self once its out of both your systems

I dunno what's up with Lewis. He is only going a max of 2.5 hours between feeds, day and night. He was going 3 in the day and at least 6 at night. He literally feeds and wants to sleep. He usually stays awake for up to 1.5 hours after a feed :-/ He seems to be struggling to take a full feed too cos he is so sleepy. When he is awake he cries and goes rigid like he's in pain and this morning he was sick so much that we've both been through 3 outfits! I gave him calpol and that seemed to help a bit but I have no idea what's going on. He keeps waking up and screaming like he is in agony. Mega stressful! He keeps chewing his tongue too. Maybe he's teething. I dunno.

 

[bbymc]

Its awful quiet. How is everyone? ? Xx

 

[lj2245]

Lol we haven't been as chatty as usual!

I'm not sure when we will try again Karen. Originally the plan was to not use any contraceptives and just leave it to nature. I know I'll be somewhat protected because I bf and I figured when Alex stopped feeding as much my fertility would return and I would get pregnant. Now I'm not so sure. Alex needs me so much and I don't see that changing any time. I couldn't get pregnant while we are still bedsharing. I definitely wouldn't get pregnant while I'm on such a restricted diet. I guess it depends what happens with Alex. I may have to continue to bf him for a long time if he can't have any kind of other milk. I could be expressing when he's 2 or 3!

Sounds like Lewis is just exhausted from being ill. He's not eating as much because he's so tired so he's having to eat more often?

 

[bbymc]

Yeah I reckon that is it. Cos he usually takes both sides but now he struggles to stay awake to take one side. I lay in bed this morning and let him feed on and off for an hour and a half while we snoozed. He perked up a bit after that. His sleep is so disturbed, its a wee shame. I hope he doesn't have this cold much longer!!

You never know Laura. Once Alex is weaned things might get easier for you and another baby might be a good idea. We were thinking of doing similar but I don't know if we will now cos if I stay at home with Lewis, I wouldn't get mat pay. But I don't want to go back to work just to get mat pay for my next baby cos Lewis would miss out. God i never thought it would be so hard to know what to do!

 

[lj2245]

Get pregnant now lol, then go back to work after your years mat leave and go on Mat leave again at 31 weeks. You won't be back long at all hehe

 

[bbymc]

If I hadn't had a section I would lol

 

[lj2245]

Oh aye I forgot about that!

 

[bbymc]

I think we will end up having another baby anyway. Just cut back on stuff loads. We would hopefully be ok.

How is alex today? Stopped being sick? Xx

 

[lj2245]

He was sick every feed until the one he had about half an hour ago. He has had 2 massive dirty nappies in the last hour. Hoping we get a break now!

We will struggle financially with more kids than we have now but I don't care. We will manage somehow lol.

 

[bbymc]

Hopefully hes ok now then. Wee scone. He copes so well!

We will struggle too but only for a few years but I don't care either. I'm having as many as it takes to have at least one little girl lol. Although a medium told me years ago that I would have 2 boys lol x