March Mamas 2012 Baby Group (Closed Group)

[lozza1uk]

Ooh, I hate angel delight (reminds me of lumpy school dinners) but in frozen lolly form they sound nice! My current guilty pleasure is a walk to tge park and ice cream van, but only for an ice lolly while I'm off dairy again.

Took til 8.30 to get Z down, I'd given up trying and got in the bath. He then woke at 10 screaming and I was so gutted, not to mention exhausted as is been asleep half an hour. I fed him again (this after another formula carton and expressed milk and bf) and he's just gone til 3 on his front! I can't believe I'm pleased about it, it's actually only 4.5 hours which is still not sttn but at least it's progress. However, I'm not sure it's worth the loss of an evening taking so long to feed & wind. I'd almost rather get him to sleep quicker and have him wake after 2 hours, seems less exhausting for me!

Ft - hope g went down eventually.
Waula - I've got 2lb of gooseberries in the freezer from mum's garden so post the recipe as I've no idea what to do with them! Oh, unless it contains cream in which case I'll stick to crumble!

 

[wouldluvabub]

Im sittin here in tears trying to feed B. he won't latch properly and is really hurting me. I've expressed some milk to give him a bottle.. Wouldn't take it, I tried a sippy cup an he wouldn't take it. I syringe fed him, he spat it out. He will only feed from the breast without screaming but I just can't cope with this pain.. I try again an again to re latch him but he will not latch properly.. What am I supposed to do..

 

[Sillysmiles]

I hope everyone who has been having rough nights is having/has a better night.
Glad Roh is feeling better! Hope F sleeps so you can get some much needed rest.
I can't imagine doing cry it out even now let alone a few months ago.

We've had some just nappy nights around here the last couple weeks, the last couple days have thankfully been a bit cooler. Love the food talk, we've pretty much been living off stir fry lately so not too exciting but really tasty. I really wanted to bake cookies today, but haven't wanted to turn the oven on. We do have some ice cream that we've been eating up pretty quick. I would definitely be interested to see be able to put faces to names on here, I'm not very versed in this board or in FB really so if there is an easy way for me to find people/let people know my name let me know. Does anyone else still have random stomach muscle twinges on the side when turning and picking things up? It doesn't really hurt so much as just feels wrong. D has wanted to be held more than normal today, but otherwise she seems to be doing fine. The Tylenol must have helped because she didn't wake up crying and slept pretty decent, woke up twice to eat and once with wind(love that word so much better than gas). Between holding D and the cats trying to attack my hands I'm surprised I even finished this.

 

[MsCrow]

Wouldluv, how long since he last fed? Try waiting till he's proper hungry before trying EBM if he's not interested. Do you know why it's hurting? Lazy latch? Thrush? Can you talk to a lactation consultant?

Lozza, hurrah, progress of sorts...at least you got a block of sleep. Even if it took a load of stress to get there.

Another bad night with E. Woke up crying at 10.30, took forever to feed. Up again at 3 and still feeding at 4.20. Was too hot, she's in just a vest, our room is now 23.7 degrees and she's kicking a light blanket off and so waking up. I'm so not up for this.

Silly, glad D is improving. No twinges here, what sets yours off? I can't imagine (be bothered) baking, icecream sounds A-ok to me!

 

[wouldluvabub]

I spoke to the health nurse about it and she said its sounds like vasospasm, where the blood vessels in the nipples spasm and no blood gets through which is very painful but today is not the same pain as that. It's my whole breast and they burn, i can't really explain the pain. But when he's feeding it's just killing me. I woke up last night and my boobs felt engorged and sore.. I have no idea what's going on..

 

[Sillysmiles]

WoUldluv sorry things are bad. Could it be mastitis? Hope you figure it out and feel better soon.

 

[Skadi]

Wouldluv... I have no suggestions other than to maybe get a second opinion? That doesn't sound right.

Sorry ladies I haven't been around much the last few days. I've been super busy with my blog which i just recently kind of deleted mostly everything and restarted and now I'm taking part in this huge baby shower giveaway. It's been a lot of work but I'm so excited about the prizes. I'd share more about it but its only open to Canada/US and most of you are UK!

Keira is still totally frustrating but came through for me today at my dentist appointment by screaming her little head off like a champ. This meant my dentist didn't dick around poking my gums with sharp instruments and hurting me like she generally does for an hour straight. Instead I was there for 5 minutes and when I left my teeth felt just as clean as the hour long appointments! I could have hugged Keira for it! lol

 

[MsCrow]

Heh, in the UK Skadi we want postnatal dental checkups to be as long as possible, well I do, as they're free. For that reason, MrC is looking after E. Still, least your appointment was toot-sweet as you wanted it to be.

Wouldluv, it does sounds more like mastitis, can you see a GP?

Another dreadful night here culminating in MrC buggering off early for work leaving me to try and sooth E back to some sorely needed sleep and eat breakfast.

I can't get the controlled crying thing out of my head. Who the hell practices cc on a 6 week old baby who just desperately needs comfort? When you become a parent you're faced with lots of choices to make, ways to be a parent. It's your responsibility to make those choices informed. On that basis, the choice of someone to teach their baby that if they cry, no one will respond to them just makes me seeth with anger. But it must a choice they feel happy with. WTF?

/Nazzy morning rant

 

[emera35]

Wouldluv, what you described sounds like either thrush or mastitis. You definitely want to see a doctor or bf specialist, as its not right that feeding should suddenly hurt so much. hope you can get some proper help!

Ergh, OH letting me have a lie in, I'm going back to sleep. F was a bit better but still a minx last night!

 

[lozza1uk]

Wouldluv - that sounds awful, no suggestions from me but I'd see a doctor ASAP or a bf consultant
MsC - sorry for your rough night and I'm with you on the crying, it's heartbreaking listening to z cry now (which hell only do when I'm holding him, he's not left) so I can't imagine doing it at 6 weeks! I can imagine we'll have to use some sort of technique in a few months time to teach Z to settle as I won't be cable to rock him forever.

Well I put him back down about half 3 having just had one side and he stayed til 6, rolled onto his front, trumped/pooed loudly and slept til half 7!! trying to feed him lots now and hope he has a quick nap before swimming.

Silly smiles - ill send you a message with my real name and you can search FB. Pretty sure I'm the only one with my name, if not its s photo of me and Z with his sunhat on!

 

[MsCrow]

Lozza, HUZZAH! I'm so glad your night went pretty well. He clearly is a windy soul but it sounds like you've managed to find a solution. Hopefully. E was pretty windy last night, it's so frustrating, it's not like you can soothe it away.

I'm sure at some point we will have to find a way for our babie to learn to settle when they struggle. But it will be a far more confident baby who is sure its needs are being met, not a little baby. Meh.

The house is silent. I need to go back up for a nap. After last night I'm so annoyed I have a morning meeting, I could just do with another 10:30am lie in.

Forgot, Silly, you can find me by my username @ username.com

 

[wouldluvabub]

Thanks ladies.. Your all so lovely! Feeling better tonight but I will be it looked at at some point!!

 

[firsttimer1]

Wudluv - so sorry your in pain hunni wish i had some advice for you, but can only repeat what others have said. i hope it all gets better soon...

emera - those AD lollies sound delish. is AD low fat??

missy - i let G sleep in just nappy last night. put a sheet on him about midnight. was too hot for clothes.

Crow - i know, that CC thing popped into my head yesterday too....

Lozza - yay for good night!

WT - we have naughty baby geniuses LOL

well our night was not the usual 9pm-5am.... he had me up at midnight then 3am.... but then slept till 6:30am at which point he joined me in bed till 8am. so not awful by iother peoples nights; but bad for us. Im not used to it so it knocks me out LOL.

so today my '30 day shred' by jillian anderson arrived..... omg its killer. My legs ache. how im going to do 30 days straight of it is beyond me. and its only a 20 min work out!!!

come september, i had BETTER be rocking a bikini after this

 

[emera35]

FT, I don't even know what "shred" means! on the plus side I've had to buy new clothes. My pre-F clothes are all too big. Pre-Roh clothes still waaay too small, but hey, at least I've managed to leave the plus size shop bracket as I'm finally a size 18! pre-Roh clothes are size 12/14, which was a perfect size for me, so would love to get back in those!! I'm soo tempted to burn all the size 22+ maternity clothes! I'm bound to regret it if I do though!

 

[waula]

I agree about the CC lads, not convinced I can say anything though... Supposedly she has to wait 5 mins when her LO is crying but if there's a 5second pause she has to restart the clock. I hate bloody parenting books. I'm crap with crying babies. Makes me squirt milk in sympathy.
Had a photo shoot this morning. It was hideous. I'm not a fan of posing for pics, DH won't smile on command, n had been awake from 6am and hadn't slept and every third photo would blow all the fuses in the studio. Hilarious!
X

 

[firsttimer1]

emeera - i say you burn them.... it will feel amazing.

waula - haha but im sure the pics will be lush xxx

well im now say burning in the garden - with a confused G wondering why he is in a tent we have no shade LOL x (its a UV One)

about to do the online monthly big shop.... must be good... must be good... totally looking up angel delight tho

emera - do u stick lollipop sticks in them?

 

[MissyBlaze]

Emera, you can't have been a 22! You no way look it.

Fart timer did g manage to stop screaming?

Waula I love the idea of your shoot. Ha ha. Poor baby next door. I'm heartbroken for her. My friend did that from day one. She is such a stress head now.

Well... my bathroom should have been finished today.... nope! Bath panel is snapped in half! Rah

 

[wondertwins]

Lozza!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That sounds like a much more reasonable night. I hope swimming goes well too.

FT- I've done the 30 day shred. It is killer, but it doesn't take long before your body is accustomed to the constant movement. (Granted, I was in a lot better shape at the time so I might not feel the same way if I did it again.)

Emera- Perhaps you don't want to burn them (if you plan to have another LO soon), but definitely box them up and hide them from view.

Missy- So frustrating about your bathroom. I can only imagine how defeated you must feel.

AFM... another less than ideal night. P needed a paci at 10:00. K needed a paci at 10:30. K woke up SCREAMING at midnight. I had to feed him, and although he went right back to sleep, I couldn't get back to sleep until about 1:30. WTF! That held K until 5:30. P woke up at 2:00 needing to eat. That held him until 5:35. They both dozed off again until 6:30. Individually, either one of their nights would have been bearable, but I was out of bed SIX times last night to tend to them in some way or another. The fact that their bedroom is on a different floor as the master bedroom makes this particularly irksome.

 

[Nicnak282]

Well...the 4 month regression has deffo hit us here...tired, wingy and weepy, crabby, hot and bothered...and that's just me :

A has finally given in to a nap on my lap after another short feed and screaming fit. Poor baby, she was knackered but just not giving in. I am dying for a wee and a cuppa but not moving until she's had a proper nap and not a catnap like the last few days. Got a parcel due so hoping it doesn't come now as so can't handle another crying fit as it breaks my heart.

CC - that also breaks my heart. I have no idea how someone can listen to their longed for baby cry at 6 months let alone 6 weeks Babies are so helpless and need to know that comfort is there when they need it. I know one of my NCT ladies has followed that book by that lady to the letter - scary.

Ok still asleep. Yay. She looks so peaceful when sleeping, it's nice...and quiet!

Hope you're all good?

Need to read back as forgotten it all doh!!!

Lots love xxxxx

 

[firsttimer1]

missy - i reuse to answer you if you call me that he finally went down in cot at 9pm - his usual bed time... even tho he was tired from 7 and kept sleeping on me then we had another iffy night. putting it down to hot weather and this regression thing.

glad ur bathroom is taking shape... it looks LUSH on fb!

WT - gah on another iffy night for you too but it has to get better for us soon ladies

ps.... its the push-ups on the 30 day shred which do me in. stupid push ups. gah.

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - ive just realised. i just did a mamoth food shop and i forgot the angel delight emeras lollys will have to be tried another time. Boo.

nicnak - G is currently laying beside me fighting sleep like i have to fight off eating cupcakes. its ridiculous. sleep baby, sleep!!!! there is nothing exciting happening anyway!!