April Mummies 2011

[CottlestonPie]

Anyone else having a rough time with doctors at the moment?
I used to be able to phone my old GP and get an appointment for the following day. But since then I've been transferred.

I now have ONE anti-depressant pill left. So I called my GPs office. They can't fit me in until tuesday so I asked the receptionist to pass my details on so the GP can call me. The receptionist decided that I wasn't a priority though, so I can't get a call back.
Her exact words were "it's not like you have a sore throat..."

No. No I don't have a sore throat. I have depression. When I'm not on the pills, I suffer. My baby suffers. I think constantly about self harm. I curl up and cry and get angry and my son doesn't get proper playtime. So he cries. And I get more frustrated. And shut myself off even more.

But no. I don't have a sore throat so I don't deserve a call back.

 

[gertrude]

I haven't had a period yet and I'm not breastfeeding - huh? where has it gone! and no I'm not pregnant

cottles that's awful

 

[CottlestonPie]

Fuckit... I lied. I said it was an emergency. I'm getting a call back today whatever it takes.

Scuse my language. I'm angry.

 

[CottlestonPie]

I haven't had a period yet and I'm not breastfeeding - huh? where has it gone! and no I'm not pregnant

Jealous!

 

[Emmy'sMommy]

Im jealous too! It took 13 weeks for AF to return and when it did i got the depo shot and i have been spotting ever since....going on 4 WEEKS!!!

 

[cheese lover]

I'm mad! I've had 2 periods and I'm BF full time! I swear I must be extra fertile. I don't get it! If there wasn't BC I'd probably have a dozen kids by now
Isis woke up every 2-3 hours from 7 to 7. The only reason I'm somewhat normal today is because at 2am I brought her to bed with me. Unfortunately her diaper leaked so I have to change the sheets when I get home.

Cottleston, that IS an emergency! I wish people treated mental disorders better.

 

[MissFox]

Its all this shit that makes me afraid to try anything. Sigh. Stupid bc and stupid fertility being bac so close to having a baby. I've had 4AFs.

So sorry cotyledons! That is an emergency over a "sore throat"

 

[Mrs-C]

Can't believe a sore throat is an emergency!
Hope you get your call back

 

[Mrs-C]

I don't know what to do about LO. I feel she is ready for weaning. The HV yesterday told me to give her hungry baby milk for the next two months. I know it will make her constipated - it did before, as did the gaviscon. I can't have her screaming in pain like that.

A HV online told me to instead reduce her feeds to 5oz and give her that every four hours, with water every 2 hours between. I thought that much water was a big no-no. If she is hungry I don't want to fill her with water.

I had hardly any sleep last night I was stressing over it. I even dreamt about it!

I don't know what to do for the best with all the conflicting advice. The HVs here seem hell bent on waiting until 6 months. I've heard others' HVs tell them from 17 weeks. I've read articles for and against.

Why can't there be one rule book? All this conflicting advice at every stage causes stress that need not be there!

 

[Lilly12]

I don't know what to do about LO. I feel she is ready for weaning. The HV yesterday told me to give her hungry baby milk for the next two months. I know it will make her constipated - it did before, as did the gaviscon. I can't have her screaming in pain like that.

A HV online told me to instead reduce her feeds to 5oz and give her that every four hours, with water every 2 hours between. I thought that much water was a big no-no. If she is hungry I don't want to fill her with water.

I had hardly any sleep last night I was stressing over it. I even dreamt about it!

I don't know what to do for the best with all the conflicting advice. The HVs here seem hell bent on waiting until 6 months. I've heard others' HVs tell them from 17 weeks. I've read articles for and against.

Why can't there be one rule book? All this conflicting advice at every stage causes stress that need not be there!

Do what you feel is best.
But I wouldn't give her that much water, just to stuff her.. that doesn't make any sense.
Try solids, if she won't take them then she's not ready..?

 

[CottlestonPie]

My friend started her LO on baby rice at 4 months old, pureed carrot and mash at 5 months and hes 6 months now and on jars of baby food. He's had no problems at all really... bit of constipation because he wasn't getting enough water at the start but that's all.

 

[Tasha360]

aww thanks Jakes and Amythest.
I feel soo cruel. The babies have sickness and dioreah and the Dr has said i have to starve them untill 11.30 tonight. they are only allowed water with dirolyte in and they are bloody starving!
xx

 

[MissFox]

Aww Tasha! I hope it passes quickly! I don't think I could do that!!
As from as weaning goes give it a shot. I made some rice cereal in a bowl and let Rosie play with it. She was so happy and she grabbed the bowl a d tipped it up to her face to drink some. She got it everywhere and was having such a good time with it. DH wants to give her more but I'm trying to make him wait. She was chewing on apple the other day and managed to bite a piece off. Scared DH a lot so idk.

 

[gertrude]

mrs-c you do what you think is right for your baby

I would try to hang on to 5 months if you can -mainly for babies digestion and its maturity but ultimately if you think your baby is ready then you know that best

you've read your information and you make your own conclusions

every time I've listened to a health care "professional" they've fucked things up for me

 

[AmethystDream]

Amethyst, were you BF? I ask because the midwife told me that if you're BF when you get it the bleeding should be less. I think that sounds like a load of crap especially since I'm BF and I've had 2 periods.

Yes Hun. I breast fed all of mine and had periods back straight away with the first 3 but so far nothing this time around.

I don't know what to do about LO. I feel she is ready for weaning. The HV yesterday told me to give her hungry baby milk for the next two months. I know it will make her constipated - it did before, as did the gaviscon. I can't have her screaming in pain like that.

A HV online told me to instead reduce her feeds to 5oz and give her that every four hours, with water every 2 hours between. I thought that much water was a big no-no. If she is hungry I don't want to fill her with water.

I had hardly any sleep last night I was stressing over it. I even dreamt about it!

I don't know what to do for the best with all the conflicting advice. The HVs here seem hell bent on waiting until 6 months. I've heard others' HVs tell them from 17 weeks. I've read articles for and against.

Why can't there be one rule book? All this conflicting advice at every stage causes stress that need not be there!

Mrs-C, all my girls were vastly different and you know your baby the most. If you feel that she should be tried with a little bit of solids, then go for it!

Having done it 3 times already I will confess that I don't know it all, that every child is different and only Mummy (and sometimes Daddy ) knows best. Charly was started on solids at 3 1/2 months and she thrived on it. Willow was around 6 months but she was a tiny wee thing and all she was interested in was booby milk. Eliza was about 4 1/2 months and was more bothered about rubbing it in her hair for a few weeks. She would only ever have finger foods until she was past her first birthday, when she would then sit down to a 'proper' meal. All I know about Gabe so far is that he isn't ready quite yet. He is showing signs, enough to have me buy a sippy cup but not enough to get me to buy the rest of his weaning bits in yet. He will be weaned when he lets me know he is ready, regardless of any 'advice', and if I'm wrong and it's a bit early then we will wait until he is ready. We have never tried too early yet, so I can only trust what I know about my LO.

The water thing? Personally I wouldn't even consider it. It goes against everything I know about small people, did she give you a reason why?

As I said somewhere else in this thread, the very latest advice is that they are reducing the 6 month advice back down to 4 month. It has been up and down like a flipping yoyo in the past 11 years Hun, just go with what you think

Tasha - poor things and poor you! Fingers crossed for a real quick recovery.

Gertrude - Bloody doctors receptionists, we have a right moobag at our surgery (any doctors receptionists amongst us, I apologise, but this woman gives you a terrible name!). Hope you got your prescription and feel as well as is possible during this difficult period. It doesn't last forever, Hun, I can promise you that.

 

[JakesMummy]

I haven't had my AF yet and am always wondering when she will arrive! Sorry if Tmi but I always feel like I am ovulating, and can tell. I daren't fall pregnant ! I swear I would FREAK out! I am unsure if we would have another but if we do it wouldnt be for a couple of years yet! Hard enough with a 2 year gap, let alone a year!

I was eating an ice-cream earlier, as Jake heard th eice cream man and HAD to have one, so I HAD to get one too (didn't take much convincing!) I was holding Amelia on my lap and she just LUNGED forward towards my icecream and ended up with her tongue lapping it up. Oh dear! She has been putting tons of toys, teethers in her mouth recently - even tried grabbing a leaf off an Oak tree and shoving it in there! So I suppose Amelias first tastes were an ice cream..must have a sweet tooth like her mother!

Let me just say I would never give it to her optionally, she literally went for it! So watch these babies..they are masters at work!

 

[cheese lover]

The only thing Isis is interested in putting in her mouth is my nipples or a bottle and her fingers She isn't showing any interest in my food at all. She watches me eat and kinda makes chewing motions but I don't think she'll be ready much before 6 months. Fine with me, solids seem like a pain plus she's already growing up so fast! She has a ped appt in a couple weeks and I'm sure we'll discuss it then.

Physical therapy seems to be going well. My x-ray came back good so we're pushing ahead with stretches. I already have an increase in ROM but I'm still having pain at the ends of my ROM which worries my therapist. I might need a CT scan because I may have an injury to the soft tissue in my hip joint. We'll see.

 

[JakesMummy]

You're right. Solids ARE a pain!

It was easy just feeding Jake milk, then I had to schedule 3 meals plus milk, and having to prep it all, take it out if we were out for a day. Ugh! Actually, it wasn't that hard, but at the time i WAS clueless!!

 

[JakesMummy]

Oh btw Tasha - I saw an Obaby triple buggy on ebay earlier - had LOADS of bids though, but was at 89 pounds with 45 minutes left?! Was in Leicester but they could arrange delivery if need be. I'll keep looking and will provide links if I can find any!

 

[JakesMummy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kiddicar...shchairs_GL&hash=item3a68b7a943#ht_499wt_1159

looks really wide tHough!