Any Scottish April 2013 babies out there??

[bbymc]

Karen, you are allowed 9 months off before he can change your terms and conditions or hours. If you go back after that, he has to provide you with a job, but it doesn't need to be the same as you were in, pay, conditions and hours could be different. Whatever you do though, you are entitled to a full year if you want it. You just have to inform them of your intentions ( usually a least 28 days notice) and there's nothing he can do.

I have no idea what to do about missed feeds. Only solution I can think of is to take a pump and express. But that would be a right pain :-/ That's why I haven't been out yet. I can express but don't want to miss a feed incase it has an effect in my supply or (more likely) I end up full and sore.

I'm definitely gona still take Lewis to the docs. It will mean it goes on his records if nothing else.

 

[Kaybee]

Thats what i thought. I really dont want to meet with him because I will feel bad and trapped into a corner and will either agree to something i dont want or tell him to do one and jack. Just depends on my mood on the day! def going to speak to someone first and get the facts on whats allowed.

Think the wedding will finish around 1. The other girls were on about sharing a taxi but i think i will take the car and maybe stay until 10 or 11. It starts at 730 so I would be away from say back of 6 until just after midnight.

Emma you need to say something to your MIL or she will just keep behaving like that. What a bitch though

My gran get robbed in her house today. Two of them. She had been doing gardening and gone in the house for a cuppa and one of the was at her front door distracting her and the other came in the back and took her purse out her bag. The police arrested two guys that they think did it. Thieving scum! I cant remember how old she is but she must be in her 80s!

 

[bbymc]

When I told Ryan about it that night he asked me the same thing. Lol even he thought I was stupid for not saying anythin. The only reason I didn't is cos I was filled with rage. I felt I better keep quiet cos if i didn't I was going to explode and say something I might have regretted.

It was all bad, but I can't stand her constantly talking to Lewis about me when I'm right there rather than asking to me. Lewis definitely has reflux. Does she think I'd make it up?? Fuck sake. Cow!!

I told her Lewis had a cold and she said oh well you need to make sure he was lying flat. I explained that she was wrong and that he still needs to be tilted but 5 mins later, I came in from hanging washing to her 'adjusting' his basket. Clearly trying to flatten it down.

I told her I didn't want to put lewis' shorts in the wash. 2 mins later I couldn't find them and found them when she left in the washing basket.

Total nightmare!!

 

[Kaybee]

The missing feeds is a pain. Kaiden was about 16 months before I had a night out i dunno what to do. Will be seeing hv again soon for his next lot of jabs so will see what she suggests.

 

[lj2245]

Oh no that's horrible Before I moved here to live with Stephen my house was broken into and although a lot of expensive things were taken, the worst part was knowing someone had been in your house. I didn't feel safe there after and it's a huge reason why I moved here instead of Stephen moving to be with me. I hope your Gran is ok and is being looked after. She must be terrified

I have had 2 days out at the cinema and have been away 5 hours each time and have been ok. I BF Alex at Stephen's mums right before I left then he had expressed milk, then I fed him as soon as I got in and expressed the rest, then made sure to express again that night. He had 7 oz of expressed milk while I was gone and I made sure to express 7oz before I went to bed. I think as long as you express the same amount as he drinks that day your supply will still meet demand.

 

[bbymc]

Thieving *******s!! Opportunistic I guess. How folk can steal off old folk, I just dunno. At least it was just her purse though and she wasn't hurt. Glad they got the guys!

 

[Kaybee]

Hmmm see he tends to do a bit of cluster feeding before bed. My pump is electric too. Maybe he will have stopped feeding so much by then

She is a bit shaken but totally understandable. She is usually quite careful but i think they must have seen she was in her garden and probably let her gaurd down cause she was just going back in the house for a wee break. What *******s though. My mum and my sister went out to see her and there were 3 police vans and police dogs. Glad they were taking it so seriously. Sorry, you were broken into as well Laura. We were when I was younger living at home and our car was stolen.

 

[bbymc]

That 2 days since ive stopped dairy and lewis has slept 8-4.30. Shame he then wants to get up at 6am. He used to go until 8. Still, what a difference from the last few weeks. Here's hoping we are back on track! xx

 

[lj2245]

How are you all getting on?

 

[arlene]

Hi ladies.

Sorry I've not been on, the move was a bit stressful! However we're here in our new home and happy John has gone off to annual camp with the Army Cadets for two weeks though so I'm on my own! We aren't getting the internet in til next Monday so I'm trying to access stuff on my phone.

James has started sleeping for a 7 hour stretch at night! He's going down about 9pm and waking about 4.30am so I'm going to start pushing it back night by night til we get to 10.30ish, that way he should sleep til 6am and i can cope with that!

How are the boys? Xx

 

[bbymc]

Glad you're all settled Arlene. Bet youre counting the days till John comes home. How do you think you'll manage without john there? Ryan's going away with work for a week in August and I'm dreading it! Will be easier if james keeps up his 7 hours at night! !

Well, everything was going great and I managed to convince myself I was overteacting and imagining that lewis was better since I had gone off dairy. Not a clue why. Anyway I ate a bit of skye's (my niece) bday cake which was covered in butter icing. He was fine ( I thought), until today and hes been spewing loads again. Not as much as when I was eating dairy normally, but still, enough that thetes a really obvious difference. Tonight he was arcjing his back a lot too. So im back off dairy now lol. I would have thought it would have affected him much sooner though and be out of my system by now. Weird.

How are Alex and Dylan?

 

[arlene]

He's home on the 26th but he's only up at Barry Buddon which is just past Dundee. The kids are all going to M&Ds on Sunday so I'm either going to meet him somewhere or he's going to come home for the day. If James continues with sleeping well then I think I'll be ok. I'm now just at the other end of the village from my mum and she's off work this week so I have plenty of support. Going to take a wee trip into Glasgow as we got John Lewis vouchers from John's work and I need to buy a baby monitor. I'm not comfy sitting downstairs while James is asleep in his moses basket upstairs.

Emma, at least now you know dairy has this effect on Lewis and to avoid it. Hopefully it's just a phase x

 

[Kaybee]

All the best in your new home Arlene. Thats great James is stretching out his sleep.

Emma did you take Lewis to the doc?

Dylan doing good except he today he has suffering from hellish trapped wind. I am wondering if its the red onions I have been having at lunch the last few days he is really starting to love his jumperoo now though. I was trying to get a pic of him earlier but he was bouncing too much he can roll onto his right side now as well. Started in the last week.

 

[bbymc]

Aw thats good Karen. Im desperate to get lewis in his jumperoo. I tried him in his bumbo last week but hes not strong enough for it yet.

I did take lewis to the doc but he just told me to keep doing what I'm doing lol. Bit of a pointless visit tbh. :-/

 

[lj2245]

Alex LOVES his Jumperoo. He's in it just now bouncing around with his arms flying about everywhere haha. He just worked out how to turn the elephant lol. He gets angry if the music stops and he can't get it going again hehe

I'd love Stephen to go away for 2 weeks lol. I wouldn't need to do so much housework

Alex rolled for the first time today. Right off my bed Thankfully he's ok but what a time to roll! I guess I need to get a bed guard now!

 

[bbymc]

Lewis isn't rolling yet. I'm gona try our jumperoo later cos I was holding Lewis earlier and he was jumping about all over the place. I'm sure he'd manage he jumperoo now.

I'm paranoid about leaving Lewis on the couch or bed nowadays. Glad Alex is ok. You must have got a real fright finding him on the floor!

 

[lj2245]

I was standing next to him so managed to catch him lol. Still gave me a fright! I've warned Stephen not to leave him lying anywhere now as he has a habit of putting him on the changing unit then walking away to get his clothes.

We are going to Blair Drummond Safari Park tomorrow. Yay

I bet Lewis loves his Jumperoo! Alex can reach the ground no problem because he has really long legs but most folk put something under the baby like a yellow pages to begin with so they can bounce lol.

 

[arlene]

Aww, I always feel sad James isn't doing the same as the boys then remember he's a few weeks younger! I just bought him a fisher price gym mat down to £30 in mothercare. xx

 

[bbymc]

Well lewis seemed to like his Jumperoo. He's been such a happy wee soul today but hes been throwing up spectacularly all day. We both went through several changes of clothes. Wracked my brains to think what ive been eating but ive had nothing out of the ordinary. I'm hoping its a crap day. He wasnt distressed though so that was a bonus.

How are you all?

I was going through lewis' clothes today and now have a mountain of stuff on his bedroom floor! Its ridiculous how much there is!!

 

[lj2245]

Emma, when I gave up dairy Alex was brilliant for 2 days then started spewing again and it turned out to be the oat milk I'd been drinking. Have you been using any substitutes? Alex is allergic to dairy, eggs, soya, wheat, oats, barley, gluten, corn, coconut, beef, beans, pulses, peas, berries and tomatoes. I've probably forgotten some things from that list but the paediatrician said they are all very common things to be allergic to and you usually find kids who are CMPA are allergic or intolerant to other things. Alex tends to follow a pattern of improving drastically for a few days after elimination before he starts spewing because of other things.

Alex does still spew his because babies sometimes spew but I can tell the difference now. An allergic reaction is more violent and there's more of it, he gets a rash (sometimes just behind his ears) or eczema depending on what he's reacting to and his nappies are dirty more often and change colour and consistency.