Bumpkins & Babies Chat Thread

[eswift]

Kte ~ Hope you feel better soon...

I've been and seen GP; I've been prescribed anti-depression tablets. I've to go back in a couple of weeks. GP thinks I've ended up with SAD (which I suffer from anyway) and baby blues all mixed together... He's not expecting any fast changes, but has said he'll look after me...

Spoke about trying to get CC off me totally, he's more than happy with CC's development; chuffed to bit by her diet and doesn't feel she's gaining any thing from still being on the boob...

Anyway, thought I'd let you know how I got on... Hope all well with you all and life is good... Busy organising CC Christening etc...

 

[florabean1981]

Lots of poorly babies atm! to everyone. And quite a few stressed out mummies too... Let's hope the warmer weather supposedly coming in over the next few weeks brightens everyone & everything up a bit

Well I've had an eventful few days. Went n saw future MIL yesterday & had lunch & stuff n met up with our wedding photographer to talk about what group shots we wanted & all that jazz. Then today, my sister & my 18mth newphew Caleb popped round... Ended up having to call an ambulance out for Caley as he'd climed into his buggy in our hallway, then fell out backwards, straight onto his head on our stone tiled floor. He laid there, then screamed, but coukldn't get up. I ran through, picked him up & my GOD, he's never cried so bad. My sis was in the loo & came running down & he was holding his head on the side, but we couldn't feel a bump or anything. I passed him to my sister, & she held the back of his head & there was basically a freaking bluey-purple golf ball sized lump on the back of his head & we both fr4eaked out big time. With him being a baby & he kinda looked 'drunk' I thought it was best to call the 'bee-bah' for him. They came in like 3 minutes!!! Checked him over & within 15mins he seemed ok, so they didn't take him in, but we've got observation sheets to fill out for him over the next 24hrs to see if he's concussed or anything. Never been so scared in all my life...

Then we had to go to the suit place to pick up my other nephew's suit & i finally found a necklace n earring set I liked that will match my wedding dress, so I treated myself to it... and now I'm overdrawn, but oh well. Then thought bugger it & had a McDonald's aswell, lol.

anyways, need to get an early night tonight as Harry is still waking 3-4 times every night & it's draining me big time.

Hope everyone is ok.

 

[Maffie]

Morning all, well Noah went to bed at 8pm last night and woke for a feed at 3.30am and then up at 6am, he's not doing well lying down as he's all bunged up and snuffly, he's not had a poo since friday either so he's bunged up that way too.

Aimee I made Noah apples yesterday, I peeled and diced 2 apples cover in small amount of water (just to cover) and boil until tender you might need to top up the water, then I mashed them. It made 4 feeds. Noah wolfed it down and not a drop on his bib.

 

[aimee-lou]

Thanks Maffie - Earl loves apples too, especially if you mix them in with sweet potato He also likes Brocolli, Cauliflower, Carrots and White Potatoes. Dudn't get round to making the two others so will do that today and I think I have some peas in the freezer too lol. Only got to last a couple of weeks until we swap to just doing breakfast foods on a spoon(they're all so messy lol) then we're BLWing all evening and lunchtime meals/snacks. I hope Noah is feeling better.

Flora - I hope Caleb is ok

Eswift - glad that the Dr's helped and I hope you're feeling better. How are the Christening plans coming along?

Hope everyone is ok this morning. Earl had me up at 5.30 this morning so We've just woken up from a nap lol. Soooooo tired I think I'm going to put myself in bed at 7.30pm on Thursday otherwise I'm not going to make it through the weekend lol.

Have a nice day ladies xx

 

[colsy]

Last night's awakenings: 11pm (feed), 2am (feed), 3am (random crying, but settled after I went to him), 5am (feed), 6am (random crying - wouldn't settle - fed again in bed and he slept next to me), 6.45am (up for the day). And now I am at work.

Eswift, I wish you big hugs and hope you start to feel better ASAP.

 

[eswift]

Thanks girls!

I too hope I feel much better soon...

CC is still very easy going, which seems to make how hard I'm finding life seem much harder to deal with... Spent a lot of yesterday evening talking to OH about how I feel etc... He's in agreement with GP that it's probably my SAD and a touch of the baby blues... It has been 4 years since I've had to ask for help, was kind of proud of myself; not feel like such a failure...

Christening prep seems to be going well... LOL just need to pay for everything... LOL Managed to get CC a gown reduced at next. Even got a pair of shoes to match (they're only too big... ROFL)... (Not even been able to look at my crochet LOL have a skirt done and about a third of the bodice...)

Need to find DS's baptism certifcate, I haven't a clue where to look; it's not with the other paperwork... Last time I needed it was for school enrolement (Wonder where it is?)

Hope you're all well...

Florabean ~ You did the right thing with your nephew, never worth just risking it...

 

[Kte]

Afternoon all,

Well I dragged myself out of bed this morning and made it to work. Chloe is at CM at the mo, I get to pick her up at 4.30. I still don't feel 100% put still can't put my finger on it; I am off to the docs tomorrow after work though if I still feel the same. Was hoping it was a quick bug or something.

Eswift ~ Your most certainly not a failure, it's not an easy thing to do to go and ask for help. I have known so many people not go when they really need to, it's good you have lasted so long without but certainly good that when you do need the help you have asked for it Hope you start to feel better soon

Glad the Christening preps are going well; excuse my mush for a brain as I know you have mentioned it before but how long until the big day? How come you need your DS’s baptism certificate?

Flora ~ Hope Caleb is okay and you and your Sis are as well, must have been horrible for you. I remember when my nephew had an allergic reaction to one of my cats and his eye started buldging out, different scenario I know, but it was such a shock, me and my sister were really freaked out!

Colsy ~ Hope you don’t have to work too hard Hope Monty doesn’t wake with random crying tonight for you, is he still a little under the weather?

Aimee ~ Ooh 5.30, hope you managed to get a nap in the end! It’s no fun having your awake and sleep times dictated!

Maffie ~ Hope Noah clears out soon, both ends. Although not too explosive on the latter!

 

[florabean1981]

caleb was sick in the night & kept crying coz he couldnt lay down properly, but my sister said he seems absolutely fine today, eating/drinking well, playing normally n chatty too, so we think he should be just fine. i think i will be buying a rug for the hall soon as knowing him, he'll probably do it again, lol!

colsy: do you have my child? haha! Harry is sleeping so badly these days... at the very best, he wakes 3 times a night, but sometimes it can be up to 6 times & it kills me! i'm convinced it's not coz he's hungry, as he will literally feed for 4-6mins, then get burped/changed if needed, the feed again (i kinda have to force him) for less than 5 mins then he's back to sleep... it's weird. i hope it's just been coz of his ear infection, or maybe too hot/cold... gone are the days whrere he'd sleep thru from 10pm-6am!!!

 

[colsy]

colsy: do you have my child? haha! Harry is sleeping so badly these days... at the very best, he wakes 3 times a night, but sometimes it can be up to 6 times & it kills me! i'm convinced it's not coz he's hungry, as he will literally feed for 4-6mins, then get burped/changed if needed, the feed again (i kinda have to force him) for less than 5 mins then he's back to sleep... it's weird. i hope it's just been coz of his ear infection, or maybe too hot/cold... gone are the days whrere he'd sleep thru from 10pm-6am!!!

Yeh, we used to do 7pm til 7am! Seems so long ago We do seem to have similar awakenings - I also have to force my boob on to Monty. I'm thinking 'if you're awake, you can bloody well eat so I know you've woken for a reason'! Maybe it's growth spurt (I think Harry's ten days older than Monty, so quite similar ages) or maybe illness (Monty's had a chest infection followed I think by the evil tummy bug) or maybe teething. Whatever, I would SO love it to settle down again soon.

 

[Kaites]

Good morning ladies!

Another gorgeous sunny day- a.k.a an "Emma woke up crazy early" day. It's supposed to turn rainy tomorrow so hopefully it'll stay dark a little longer and I can sleep in a bit more- never thought I'd look forward to rain, lol. I can't wait 'til the clocks spring forward too- that might help for a few weeks too. We sort of attempted solids last night... I still want to wait until 6 mths to wean Emma but on Monday we were out to coffee and she grabbed a napkin while she was sitting on my lap and shoved it in her mouth with great precision so I decided to do "the banana test". Well, I didn't have any bananas so I steamed some baby carrots 'til they were quite mushy and put them on the tray of her high chair. She grabbed them just fine but realized it was more fun to squish them and throw them over the side of the high chair onto the floor. The cat got quite excited until she realized it was just carrots. Not a bit of it went in her mouth. When she'd run out of carrots, I gave her a toy to amuse herself with and that went straight into her mouth She's got the skills, just no interest in carrots I guess. We might try some other stuff periodically but I think she's just exploring her environment by taste atm and it's not really about wanting to eat what the grown ups are eating. Anyway, I think I'm helping hubby with his resume today- fun times

Colsy- massive I hope all turns out okay with your OH and Monty starts sleeping a bit better. It can't be fun being so sleep deprived when you're stressed about OH's health.

Eswift- like Kte said, you're definitely not a failure for getting some help! It's not your fault the baby hormones are messing with your mood and there is nothing wrong with recognizing that and getting some help. You have to take care of yourself so that you can take care of your family Must be busy in your house with CC's christening and DS's confirmation!

Kte- hope you feel better soon

Maffie- hope Noah is feeling better!

Flora- Sounds like quite the scare! Poor Caleb! Hope he is feeling okay now. That's great that the wedding plans are going well- not too much longer now

I'm sure I've missed people- sorry- Emma is starting to tire of the exersaucer so time for me to go play Hope everyone is having a good day

 

[colsy]

Am after some baby-amusement ideas. Posted this in Baby Club https://www.babyandbump.com/baby-club/290780-keeping-baby-amused-youre-doing-stuff.html#post4674707

 

[Chaos]

Hi ya!

Sad times here at the moment. I think I may have mentioned this before .. a friend of mine who is a cancer Dr, found out last June he had liver cancer stage 5. He's 34, with a wife and two kids. Well a long story short, after much treatment, he's been moved to a hospice. It's spread to his lungs and brain, they say it's a matter of days. It's so sad. He used to come in to work and really encourage me while I was big old fed up pregnant mass, telling me how beautiful my belly looked. He used to get totally revitalized when he held Autumn, it's like it gave him the lift he needed and refreshed his soul a little bit. Such a kind, kind man. He's saved many lives. It's hard to understand why such a good bloke is taken in such a way.
Sucky life.

Maffie ~ Aww poor Noah. I hope he feels better soon. When Autumn got plugged up, the Dr said to give her a couple of ounces of baby pear or apple juice. Lawsy Mercy, all I can say is if you try it, go get a hazmat suit, cause it don't half do a number on a babys belly!

Eswift ~ Feel better!!

Re Sad/depression etc .. have any of you had your PMT kinda go a bit out of control since having your baby? Mines horrific! I went to the OB/GYN today for routine smear and he's put me back on the pill to see if that will help me out, before I punch someone in the face haha.

Kte ~ Loving the pictures on FB! Hope you get to feeling better.

Are you all ready for the clock change to muck up the babys sleeping schedule?!

Kaites ~ Have you tried toast yet? I've found Autumn LOVES rubbing the roughness over her gums.

For those who are coming in to the BLW stage, I thought you'd get a kick out of these:

https://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i260/ChaoticOtter/Blogger/0310102.jpg

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https://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i260/ChaoticOtter/Blogger/0310105.jpg

https://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i260/ChaoticOtter/Blogger/0310107.jpg

She's started to get bored of the "mush" .. apart from her breakfast porridge. She LOOOOOVES that stuff! So I decided this week to try her with lumps. She's done really really well.

I've come to a conclusion tho. At this age, babys do not absorb food thru their cuts like you and I. They have a special type of skin on their face and chin which allows for absorption of nutrients.

Okies, I'm going to go see Alice in Wonderland in a few. Have a great evening!!!

 

[littlekitten8]

Evenin girls. James is feeling much better. He has taken about 21oz today which is a vast improvement on the weekend. He was a little bit sick earlier but not alot. He is certainly much happier and back to his usual very vocal self. Gave him some baby rice again this afternoon (not had any since Thursday cos of the bug) and I have never seen him eat it so quickly. He was so excited and opening his mouth and grabbing the spoon.

Sorry to hear so many are having a rubbish time right now.

 

[aimee-lou]

I am officially frazzled. Been doing job applications since 7pm, and I've managed to get 3 sent off, and 1 is almost done, just needs tweaking tomorrow but I'm far too exhausted. The ones I've sent have probably got 100s of SPG errors but tbh, I'm just happy to have got them off.

Off to go and make up Earl's bottles for tonight now, then off to bed.

Speak in the morning ladies

LK - Glad James is feeling better

Chaos - Awesome pictures once again!

 

[Kaites]

Chaos- Massive Cancer is always sad but for someone so young with a wife and kids, it's just unfair. We haven't tried toast yet- good suggestion I love the pics of Autumn, esp. with the broccoli I think our failed solids trial has got the urge to rush her onto solids out of my system- 'til she tries to eat another napkin anyway It probably sounds weird, but I'm a bit relieved- I'm dreading the grown-up poopy diapers, lol

LK- glad to hear James is a happy boy again

Aimee- you go girl! 3 application- wow

So today's minor grumble- My family has bought me a trailer for my bike so I can cycle this summer and tow Emma along (there is no secrecy when it comes to birthday gifts, lol). The model is for ages 1yr and up, which I figure will be fine since Emma can sit unsupported and she's roughly the size of a 50th %ile one yr old already. Here's the problem- stores around here only sell helmets for kids 3yrs+ but by law she has to be wearing a helmet. You'd think that if they are going to sell the bike trailer, then they'd sell the helmets that the child is required to wear, but apparently not. Guess I'll be ordering one online.

Hope everyone has a good night!

 

[Maffie]

Morning all well Noah still in bed so im up had a coffee and need to pump (I pump one boob in the morning and Noah has the other)
I got some forms to fill in for work which need to be done by friday only got them yesterday evening I also need to go to work on Tuesday to meet my new team (im moving area, department, teams, bosses) it's a big thing of work restructuring and im feeling nervous. Not sure how much milk to leave expressed in the fridge (mum will come look after Noah) Any tips on what I need to leave him milk wise i'll be missing between 4-6 feeds depending on if he's having a hungry day but ive no idea how much he's taking at each feed at the moment.

Well im 31 today im feeling a bit old down and like my life is just shite. Dont want to bore you all with the details but feel like I need to curl into a ball and cry.

 

[aimee-lou]

Maffie - I hope that your day gets better....happy birthday hun xx

Chaos - Sorry to read about your friend. You're right...only the good die young I believe they say.

I'm so jealous of this girl on the telly just now. I always wanted to learn to play the harp....and she's just brilliant lol.

Earl had me up at 5, after us not getting to bed until midnight after a long night of job applications, then sorting our feeds. Earl woke up at 11pm as I still hadn't gotten around to feeding him so he sat up with us for 20 minutes while it cooled. We kept it all very chilled and he had a little taste of Daddy's yoghurt lol. He had his bottle and went straight to sleep until 5 when Hubby's alarm wend off....I could have murdered the alarm clock this morning. I've got really bad sleep dep symptoms today but I've just got to muscle through until hubby gets home about 2.

We've decided we're going to start Earl on a 2nd Meal (BLW style) as of tomorrow. He is just enjoying his food so much. We were thinking of starting him on the 26th as he would be 5 months then, but they hubby said 'sod it' as he's got a long weekend this weekend so we said we'd try it while we are both at home to clear up the mess lol. Bought a jar of porridge (my supermarket doesn't sell the powder? ) so he's going to have some of that tomorrow morning and see how we get on. We're having a takeaway tonight to sort of mark the occasion lol.

Earl has also become a bit of a telly addict. I only let him watch for about 5 minutes but he likes Handy Manny and Tinga Tinga Tales He's not a real fan of In the Night Garden (thank God.....scary programme!! lol) and I'm sooooo upset at what they've done to Winnie the Pooh and Fireman Sam!! He likes to watch while he's in his door bouncer - stops him spinning too much lol.

Have a nice day ladies. Time for a cuppa and JK! I'm making the most of all of this....I could be at work in 6 weeks

 

[eswift]

Maffie ~ I felt like that about turning 31! I'm just over a quarter the way through, and I guess it's not as bad as I first thought... (well, not as bad as being a teen...)

Thanks for the feel better soon comments; I'm trying... LOL

Chaos ~ I've not had a bleed since they've changed my pill, been on it now over 6 weeks. Touch wood... Hope the pill sorts your PMT...

Tried CC in her swimming suit in the bath yesterday, I'm quite looking forward to taking her swimming now LOL She kicks and splashes like a good un... We went to the reading group at the libruary; came away with a few books and a freebie... There was 2 of us there... Might go back next week as she sat quite happily whilst they read...

Colsy ~ I'm not sure what to say as far as entertaining baby whilst you're busy; CC's quite happy as long as she can see me. I try leave her on her play mat if I can get away with it; depends on what I'm doing... We spent the time whilst I was doing the dishes yesterday playing "peek a boo!" and I sing at her a lot if she can't see me so much, she tends to like the reassurance of hearing me... LOL OH & DS have now started to do the same... "How much is that dollie in the window" (To the tune of how much is that doggie, is getting sung a lot...) Hope something clicks soon...

 

[Kte]

Mornign all,

Well I forgot to call the surgery at the right time as I was busy at work, got pounced on, so I called and they fully booked today now Feeling better but still iffy, just can't place me finger on it. But i'm am feeling chipper anywhoo so I can cope with the aches and pains today.

Had a random dream I was learning how to play tennis last night but hitting a window WTF?!!


Chaos ~ Huge hugs that is really sad news about your friend. Can't weight up the world sometimes.

Broccoli pics are my fave

No soooo not ready for the clocks to go back! That's surely going to hurt!

Hope you enjoyed the film, is it any good? I am in two minds.

LK~ Glad James is feeling better and has enjoyed his baby rice Are you feeling any better?

Aimee ~ Good luck with the job applications

Maybe a future goal with that harp? Where would you begin to learn to play something like that. I wish I were more musically inclined too. The best I can do is 'little donkey' on the clarinet

I think I have said it before but I totally agree with you about kids TV programmes these days! How on earth do they learn to communicate with some of that going on!

Maffie~ Happy Birthday. I hope your day gets better, sorry your not feeling too good

I'm not sure what to say about how much milk to leave, must be so hard that aspect with BF. I worked out Chloe took 4 bottles in a certain time period and so I left 4 bottles with the CM and Chloe only took 2 in the same amount of time!?! She did have 3 yesterday. I think leave more than enough, even if you think it's a ridiculous amount, until you see what Noah is taking

Kaites~ hope you find a helmet for Emma!

Eswift~ Was that part of the Book Start programme? Sounds good, glad CC enjoyed it. We have a swim suit on the way for Chloe soon hopefully, might have to do the same and test her in the bath with it! She goes mental in the bath, spashes about and makes her knees all red!

 

[colsy]

Last night's awakenings - midnight (feed), 4am (feed, change, feed, poo, change, feed!), then all the way through to 8am. So a LOT better than the past fortnight.

A few queries for you all:

Does your baby poo in the night still? I really wish Monty wouldn't! Especially after he's just been changed! And do you ever pretend you haven't heard him pooing, cos you sooo don't want to wake him up even more? (Oh dear, bad mothers thread!)

Does your baby scream sometimes when you pop him into bed? I do mean scream, not just a little cry. It used to go right through me but I've got used to it now so I just sit there with my hand on his tummy till he forgets to yell any more and drops off to sleep. Sometimes this means he yells for about ten minutes. I feel awful for not picking him up, but I don't find this stops him any sooner, so it seems sensible to just let him get through it while he's still lying down.

To those of you who've started weaning: did your baby sleep better or worse once you started weaning? It seems there are two groups of people who have strong opinions here - HVs say they'll sleep better, but parents who've actually done it often say it causes sleep regression, because all that food is troubling baby's tummy.

Do you all belong to lots of parent-and-baby groups, playgroups, baby yoga classes, etc. etc.? I've tried, but because of our issues with colic and grumpy baby syndrome in the early days I've not really got into the swing of it. However, I'd really love to, because I don't know many young people round our way (everyone we made friends with when we moved up here is older and/or child-free, because we met them at our village local!). I'm just wondering whether I've missed the boat a bit now ... we're heading towards the 6-month milestone in a month's time, by which time some things (like baby massage and yoga) are kind of too late for babies because they're too mobile, and also lots of mums are starting to return to work then and therefore not going to baby clubs any more. Also (and I know this is stupid and I should just deal with it, but it's hard to do so), we do still struggle sometimes with a grumpy baby, and I'm always hyper nervous that Monty will scream the place down when I join a new group. I know all babies cry and I should just accept it, but I get so worried about it that I start to get quite tense in the couple of hours before leaving the house, which of course rubs off on him and makes him worse anyway So just wondering whether you're all baby club veterans now and how you find them and whether you eventually got over the nerves of having the only yelling baby.

Oh dear, lots of questions. Hope some of you manage to answer!

Maffie, happy birthday sweetie, and big big hugs. I don't know your circumstances at all, but I do know that you have posted on here before about feeling crap, so whatever it is I hope you finally get it all sorted. Hope Noah gives his mummy a happy day today