Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[time]

To be honest I've no idea what she weighs, the last time she was weighed was over 4 weeks ago! They didn't do it at 6 week check and I've not heard from my hv who promised to ring.. So I rang her yesterday and she just told me to go to the surgery tomorrow and get her weighed! My aftercare has been absolutely horrendous and I'm not happy at all.

Glad millie and poppy are taking a bottle to give you a break! The sterilising is a massive pain though.. Me and hubby have an agreement he does bottle cleaning and sterilising and I do nappies!!!

All the babies are growing so fast I love seeing all the pics on Facebook!!! They're all gorgeous!

 

[ttc_lolly]

You should have some sure start centres near you time? There's usually 2-3+ drop in weigh centres you can take her too. I think you're supposed to have babies weighed every 2 weeks until they're 8w and then monthly after that, but I'm sure if there were any concerns about her size then they would have said so at her 6w check.

Yep... Can't say I envy all the cleaning and sterilising and preparing feeds that come with bottle feeding. It used to drive me crazy with Amber, and I'd hate trying to get back to sleep after having to get out of bed to make the bottle and feed her. I am lazy though lol!

It's great seeing all the pics on Facebook. I post loads of my girls, it probably drives some people mad but I don't care

 

[kellie_w]

I love seeing all your pictures! I post far too many as well but I dont care. Those that dont like it can block my posts! Its amazing seeing how all our babies are changing so much so quickly. And they are all incredibly gorgeous, we are all so lucky! They don't worry where I live about weighing, you just go if you want. I finally braved clinic yesterday, my old hv was there and was shocked I had had another baby after how much I struggled with luke. Oliver is a monster, weighing 14Ib 13oz! So he definately isnt failing to thrive! He did however test positive for a uti so is now on 2 weeks of antibiotics. No wonder he cried so much poor little man, I know how much it hurt when I had one. I now have him on hipp milk, he brings his wind up so much easier now and has normal poo again. Highly recommended for anyone moving to formula!

Hope everyone is well, well done on your weight losses! I have lost incentive after losing half a stone, must get back to it and stop cheating! X

 

[kellie_w]

Has anyone else's baby found their mouth? Oliver has spent all day today celebrating 12 weeks with his fingers and fist in his mouth chewing away, the first time he has done it! X

 

[ttc_lolly]

Awww poor Oliver I'm glad they detected it and he's on the mend. Millie's only a lb lighter than him and he has 3 weeks on her

Millie constantly has her hands in her mouth chomping away. She prefers her hand to her dummy, but I don't want a thumb sucker so trying to discourage it I have an inkling she's beginning to teethe though so I think it's because of that.

Time, sorry hun forgot to answer before. Amber is a homeopathic treatment for teething. It's not to be used to chew on (obviously), amber when work against the skin releases analgesics that help pain, especially teething. We didn't have any problems with Amber (daughter, not the stones haha!) teething and I swear it was down to her amber necklace. We never took it off as I didn't want to find out!

 

[kellie_w]

Lauryn, can you buy amber bracelets do you know? We got lucky with luke, never any problem teething but I dont think we will get lucky twice! I thought as soon as I saw his hands in thats a sign of teething and have read so many horror stories on here about horrendous teethers. I was thinking of the amber, but dont really want a necklace! X

 

[Scally]

Hey Time! Lovely to see you on here! Awww bless Wren still in newborn! Hope the weighing goes well tomorrow.

Lauryn- Tescos clothing is so tiny! Its madness! For Izzy i have always had to go for a size bigger!
I gave her EBM for two nights running, but havent found time to pump today! I think i might try it twice a week, particularly weekends when Dave is home. I find pumping so tedious, and my pump is so blooming loud!

Kellie- Well done on braving the clinic, hope you took some pepper spray or at least wore some tracksuit bottoms to fit in! lol
You can get amber anklets, which i am tempted to get, I got an amber teething necklace for Izzy, but she was such a horrendous teether, mind u should could have been worse without the necklace! I thought i'd get one for Pops, got to be worth a shot!

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

You can get bracelets and anklets Kellie, and in lots of beautiful colours. Millie has a bracelet for now. We get ours from this lady: www.dinodaisy.co.uk fab prices and real amber (with certificates) so you know you're getting the real deal and not just plastic beads!

 

[Scally]

Ooooh and Kellie- Poppy is loving her hands, it is quite comical watching her trying to get it in there she aims and then hits herself in the eye, then nose, then finally she'll get her mouth! lol
Will have a nosey at the link thank you Lauryn!

x

 

[time]

Thanks lauryn that's brilliant I will get one ordered!
Went to the weighing clinic today and wren weighs 11lb 5.5 which is an oz a day since she was born!
Hv asked about my 6 week check and said that the way the Dr treated me was terrible and the fact that she left me terrified with no information about the heart murmur was disgraceful. She wants to mention it at the liaison meeting this week and also said I should write a letter of complaint. The Dr also apparently gets paid to weigh and measure at 6 week appointments so she wasn't happy that she didn't do that! I was glad to finally get it all off my chestand feel much better now!

 

[ttc_lolly]

I'm glad your HV wasn't pleased with your GP either time. Get that complaint letter written before she's let to worry and more new mums

 

[Scally]

Hey! hows everyone? hows all the gorgeous babies?

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Hi :wave: all good here, not much to report! Hope everyone else is well

 

[Scally]

Hey Lauryn- glad all good with u!

I went to the clinic this morning, Poppy now weighs 12lb, the HV started talking to me about weaning, and gave me a leaflet....already?!

Poppy is so awful in the car, we went to Kent yesterday, luckily we left early so she slept in the car, on the way back my god she screamed like we were killing her, for most of the hour and a half journey. We stopped for a bit halfway to calm her down a bit, feed a little bit and change her bum, but she still screamed after! Izzy was awful in the car too, why do my children hate it so!? Its very off putting on the M25! Plus we have a journey to Gloucester next month, and North Wales in June! I hope we can find something that helps her!

x

 

[Scally]

Time- just read your post- dont know how i missed it! I am glad your HV thinks your doc is out of order and shes going to complain! x

 

[Inoue]

All good here too

Really need to get Reimi weighed soon, been at least 4 weeks!! Ill try and get to the hospital tomorrow if I get no visitors . She's still sleeping 6 hours solid followed by two more after a feed in a night so im happy to get that sleep.

Time, Glad the Dr also felt how you did, get that complaint made. How has things been left with heart murmur? Just keeping an eye on it I guess . Glad your doing ok overall

Scally, your traveling sounds like a nightmare!! Reimi is out cold as soon as my foot hits the accelerate, regardless of journey length (so far!). Guess all you can do is sit in the back and entertain her with sound books and a dummy, Joy!!

Hay Lolly!! Glad your doing ok huni!

Xx

 

[Scally]

hey inoue! yay for Reimi's sleep- thats great! hope u manage to get her weighed tomorrow. i am so jealous with how reimi is in the car, we cant sit in the back with her unfortunately as no room with izzy's seat, bless izzy she fell asleep, god knows how! x

I'm going to leave it a month until i weigh her again- she is doing great, following her centile so I'm sure i dont need to go as much!

x

 

[Inoue]

After an hour and a half wait (!!) I managed to get her weighed and she is 12lb 9 (10w old) so doing better than fab! . I wont go back for another month now either.

Totally forgot about yout other daughter in the car Scally, guess its not great parenting if you sit on her during a car ride . Hopefully poppy will settle down soon, I say that with my fingers firmly crossed. Our car journey to Weymouth in May is about 5 hours each way so the telling time for Reimi will be then!

Oh, and ive lost 3lbs this week!!

Xx

 

[Scally]

Woohoo!!! well done Inoue on the 3 pound loss! fantastic!!! How much do u want to lose? How are you doing it?
And yay for Reimi's weight! shes doing so well!
Might be a bit cruel if i sat on Izzy! lol! Was thinking abot ear plugs for the next journey, but might be a little cruel too! ooooooh i love Weymouth!!! i'm very jealous!!!

I'm meeting Kellie today! cant wait to have snuggles with Ollie!

 

[Inoue]

Saw your FB pic, looks like you had a wonderful time! The babies look so cute and poppy looks like a size of a pea next to Oliver! Lol. Glad you had a fab time!

Im well chuffed with weight loss, also lost 3.5 inches off waist and love handles in 2 weeks . Im eating 1200 cals per day (sensible stuff) and doing about 50 mins of fast walking on treadmill, seem to lose 2-3lbs a week that way. Just need to keep it up!

How are you doing with it all? Oh, are you using any particular cream to try and reduce how noticeable stretchmarks are? X