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

[Inoue]

Hugs to you Kellie . Youve really had your run with illness and issue's havent you . The non-stop crying is just awfull, I really feel for you. Reimi has it on occasion and im beside myself by the time I get her settled, ive had that desperate laugh (sounds rather psychotic) followed by tears soon after, guess its the laugh or cry situation. Its hard, very hard. If I get very bad, I will usually phone up Marc just for a quick word, if anything, its knowing that im not alone.

Glad Oliver is sleeping well though, one blessing for you

Xx

 

[Scally]

Pops- sorry to hear about Flynns sleeping, for us it lasted about 3 weeks, with it peaking at 19 weeks. Hope it improves for you soon.

Time- How is Wren doing? Well done on the weight loss.

Inoue- I hope work is going ok

Kellie- I really don't know how you do it with the non stop crying, I think I would be rocking in the corner.


I have given up with weight loss for now, I had a tummy bug Thursday night last week, didn't eat for 3 days and my milk supply dropped so low, it was very worrying especially as Poppy still wont entertain a bottle! Luckily it has come back up again, but it has made me think I'm not going to worry about the last half a stone until I have stopped breastfeeding.
X

 

[kellie_w]

I think ill be laughing that laugh and rocking in the corner pretty soon... why why did I write that about his sleep?! Since then he has regressed, last night wide awake from 3.30 til 5.35, tonight he has woke at 2.30. Honestly why?????? Its so disappointing to regress back to where we 2 months ago

Has anyone formula deeding been affected by the milk shortage? I couldnt get c&g yesterday. Saw a article about the shortage of comfort milk back in feb, it was selling for £100 a tub on ebay!! X

 

[kellie_w]

Ohhh happy 5 months poppy xxx

 

[Scally]

Thank u Kellie!!! 5 months- where did that go????
The milk shortage thing is awful! Have u had to start using the Aptamil yet? X

 

[ttc_lolly]

Happy 5 months Poppy! Wow, that has gone so fast! And well done Ally on 5 months of bf'ing an amazing achievement hun

That's terrible about the formula shortage. I heard its because there was contamination with some formula in china or something? Lots of babies got really sick, so scary I hope they get stock fast. I haven't heard of anybody not being able to get any yet, another BnB friend said on her journal that shops in her area were limiting people to buy 2 tubs at a time though.

 

[kellie_w]

It is because of china, they are so understably scared so they are bulk buying from overseas which is leaving us short. They are increasing production to try and keep up with demand. Its only c&g and aptamil that are affected. The comfort milk was that they had ran out of the maize starch that thickens the milk. It makes me wish even more that I had been able to bf

Ally, I had to use the aptamil I got as I had no milk left at all! Its going down fine though, no issues! X

 

[Inoue]

Works going fine thanks Scally . Glad its only 2 days! Lol. Definitely hold off that half stone for a while, rest up and eat normally for a while, then maybe get back to it when feeling better .

Was also going to say the milk shortage is due to problems in China. The shelves were still readily stocked of c&g and aptimil so no worries around here, will see what its like next week when going shopping.

Pray things settle for you Kellie (also you pops if your nights are terrible too). Cant imagine what it would be like to take all them steps back, must be so frustrating .

Had my first smear in Wednesday which actually went really well, hardly felt a thing . Thats my only highlight this week, lol.

Reimi now has two small bowls of porridge a day. Love feeding her, best part of the day .

Xx

 

[Scally]

Lauryn- thank you lauryn!!! I cannot believe I have made it to 5 months- have updated my blinky! I did 4 weeks with Izzy, I have now done 5 times that! I was going to give up at 6 months, but think I'll probably keep going for a year, although i'd like her to take a bottle every now and then!

Inoue- lol to your smear highlight- I really must book mine but I hate them so will put it off for as long as possible! Awww bless Reimi and her porridge. We have started Poppy on porridge once a day because of the HV saying she needed it after dropping a centile- she is loving it!!!! She tries to feed herself but sticks the spoon too far in and gags!

She is now constantly grabbing at our food and drink- she's a monkey! I'm sure u all saw my facebook status, Dave wasn't aware of how she manages to get whatever she wants by wiggling, shuffling, chucking herself, he was commenting about how she was looking at his dinner, next second her hand was in the spag bol! So messy!!!!

How is everyone else? and your gorgeous babies?

How is everyone sleeping? Poppy generally wakes once a night for a feed which I can cope with, I would like her to sttn ideally, but because of her weight I'm happy to feed in the night to fatten her up a bit! lol.

x

 

[pops23]

Well done on breast feeding successes ladies!

Flynns sleeping has started to improve thank god, and were giving him a bit of baby rice which he is loving! Going to add some veg from Tuesday when he hits 20 weeks!

Off to America 1 week today, can't wait! Although the scream that Flynn has developed for laughs may not go down to well with the other plane passengers... Xx

 

[Scally]

I am so pleased Flynn's sleep is improving! And that he is enjoying the baby rice.

America will be amazing!!!!!! Oh dear to the scream! I'm sure the other passengers will love him!!!!

I don't know what to do with Poppy's going to sleep- for her naps she goes down fine- stick the dummy in, lay her down and she settles. Settling her for her night sleep is another matter- she screams the place down no matter what you do- she tends to go mental more if we try and rock her or something! I feed her, she goes to sleep on me, but as soon as we put her down she screams like we r killing her! What can I do? I hate hearing her scream- we have tried being with her shushing/patting, walking away for a bit just in case we are over-stimulating her (I think she prefers this- she still screams but I feel she would settle quicker, but I cant stand the screaming and we go back to put the dummy back in), rocking her sends her mental....we've tried an earlier bedtime/later bedtime etc etc but still the same result. Any ideas? x

 

[Scally]

Hey, how is everyone? How was your weekends?

I tried on my jeans today, and out of the 4 pairs I have 2 that fit!!!! Was chuffed with that! And I don't think they will be too aggravating on my scar either!!!! Sooooooo one pair of my maternity jeans were ceremoniously chucked in the bin!! yay!!!!!!

AND I managed to carry Poppy in the carrier yesterday for 4 out of the 8 miles we did without too much of a bother, which is fantastic.....dare I say it I think the problems with my c section are in the past!!!!!!

I have spent today sorting out the girls and our summer clothes and winter ones put away- cue snow and rain now!!!! lol.

x

 

[pops23]

Ally you poor thing, wonder why she is screaming come bed time but being so good for naps? Normally the other way round! Does she had a bath before bed to tire her out? Have you tried reading her a story? The sleep expert I saw told me to split feed so that Flynn goes down drowsy but not asleep so he knows where he is and learns to settle himself better, could you feed her a bit before bath or into pjs and a bit after she is completely ready for bed so she's sleepy but not asleep?? Xx

 

[Sarahcake]

Hello ladies

Just wanted to pop in and let you know that ive not forgotten about you all! Hope everyone and their little ones are doing great. Loving all the pictures on Facebook! They are growing so fast now eh, beautiful all of them! Warms my heart to see them all growing and smiling away

Logan is doing great, been given the all clear about his eyes now and developmentally he is perfect! No closer on getting him back home - things have to be decided by october now, waiting on 4 expert opinions to see what they recon so everything is resting completely on them.

Me and Neil have passed our parenting assessments and from SS side of things, theres actually no reason why he cant be home with us - but the law stops him returning until we know just what on earth is going on. Its made even more awkward by the fact that he has had a rebleed - albeit a very small one, since he has been in foster care - ie not in our care.

To be honest, social services and our social worker has been great, and the contact workers that come and supervise contact are lovely. Were now allowed to have him at grandads house instead of a contact center so thats really nice. Its all unfortunately, just a matter of time and waiting on opinion. Wanted to just give a quick update as im not very public about it all on facebook.

Will cvheck back every now and again to see how your all getting on.

Much love to you all xxxx

 

[time]

Hey ladies! All good here, wren is growing so fast and getting such a personality, laughing at everything and loving food! We now give her a sachet of Ella's kitchen every tea time! Did anyone join the cow and gate baby club? Just got a great voucher book through the post loads of money off vouchers!

Ally, lastnight we just had the exact same problem, she normally fights sleep a bit but this was horrendous! She's been going to sleep at 7, 8 at the latest but lastnight was 10!! We just couldn't do anything to settle her, we came to the conclusion it was her teeth cos we put a bit of bonjela on her gums and she went down soon after that! Having a bath then going to our bedroom with curtains shut, dim lamp on no tv etc really helps then we feed her and she nods off but think her teeth are bothering her

Hope poppy settles soon for you ally it's awful when there's nothing you can do and you know they're shattered but just won't give in!

Bet you're so excited about Florida pops!!

Glad reimi is enjoying her porridge inoue bless her!

How are you lauryn and Kellie?

Great to hear from you sarah, so frustrating that you won't get a decision until October that is disgraceful I don't know how you stay sane have you got a good solicitor? Really praying things get sorted for you it's devastating

 

[ttc_lolly]

Oh no Ally, no suggestions I'm afraid hun. Have you tried using a lightshow? That always helped soothe Amber as a baby and I've kept it incase we ever need it's magical powers for Millie I saw your status on FB re the spag Bol it sounds like she's very ready for food! We still haven't tried Millie with any food yet, although she has had the occasional sly suck on cucumber and mango fingers. She really seems to love it, I'm looking forward to introducing more to her soon!

Sarah, it's so good to hear from you love seeing Logan's pics and updates on FB. He is so cute and is the absolute double of your OH sorry to hear about his rebleed I hope he's okay and fully recovered?

Sorry to hear you're having troubles at night too time hopefully Wren will go back to being as good as gold for bedtimes soon.

Mille had started waking up between 4.30-5.30am since the mornings got lighter and it was slowly killing me I've since hung some dark curtains up in our bedroom (completely mismatched with all the other decor!) and she's sleeping until 8-9am now. Bliss!! I haven't attempted to put her in the cot in her own room again yet but will try again soon as she has blackout blinds in there so should sleep well in there too.

I sold my beloved iCandy today sad to see it go as I really loved it, but Amber wasn't too fussed about being in there and as a single it was still quite big & heavy. My sadness was short lived as I got a Bugaboo Cameleon to replace it I've spent majority of the day playing around with it and ordering lots of pretty extras and new fabrics for it. Oh dear!!

 

[pops23]

Is it a double bugaboo? I'm loving my icandy but it is fairly heavy, will probably end up getting something lightweight when Flynn is a bit older!
Flynn woke at 6.30 this morning, I definitely prefer when he wakes at 7.30!

Sarah great to hear from you, love seeing all of the pics of Logan on fb, he's gorgeous! Xxx

 

[Scally]

Pops- she did so well for 3 nights then back to screaming last night- I think we need to put her down earlier- the 3 nights she was down by 6.45, last night we didn't get her down until 7.15. We do give her a bath and she shares her big sisters story at bedtime. So strange that naps are fine and night-time sleep isn't!

Hey Sarah- lovely to hear from you, I cannot believe how long this is taking, even though now it shows you are both completely innocent. Huge hugs to you, and I love seeing your photos of Logan on facebook.

Time- awww bless Wren, she sounds gorgeous! The Ella kitchen sachets are great, I used to use them a bit with Izzy.

Lauryn- I haven't used a light show for her actually, might be worth a shot, I used one for Izzy and she used to think it was playtime rather than sleep so I didn't think about using it with Pops. Blackout blinds are great! That's far too early to be waking up!

Poppy sat up unaided for about a minute yesterday!!!!! She also has started blowing raspberries and she went from sitting to hands and knees (with me supporting slightly) and she was on hands and knees for about 3 seconds before face planting!!! She has yet to roll over though!!!

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Pops, the Cam is a single. I'd love the Donkey (the double) but I don't think OH would let me get it! I am missing my iCandy, but the Cam is so lightweight and a dream to push. I've had so many pushchairs, but I can see me sticking with this one for the long term.

Ally, that's amazing! Clever Poppy Millie is trying hard to sit but she only lasts 5 seconds or so at the most before she facepalms Amber was sitting completely unaided by 5-5.5 months, Im wondering if Millie will be the same x

 

[Scally]

Good luck with Florida Pops!!!!!! Hope you have a fantastic time!!!!! And that Flynn is good for the flight! I think your life sounds so glamorous and amazing with the cheerleading etc!

Lauryn- Izzy was the same sitting unaided at 5-5 and a half months too, mind u she didn't crawl or walk until late, she never rolled either!!!! I think Poppy wont be totally happy until she is able to move and god help me when that happens!
Do you notice their different personalities yet? Like I think Poppy will be a nightmare as a toddler as she is very nosey and into everything whereas Izzy was laid back and happy to be sitting back watching everything (after her colic had resolved itself) x