Mayhem Babies! May 2011 mummies and babies

[Wiggler]

Bum grapes still playing you up?

 

[wild2011]

they are hurrendous! i mean bloody awful cant poo cant fart, cant sit on my arse, creams not working, someone hijacked my rear exit and took off with it

 

[new_to_ttc]

Cant they do anything? If delivery is the cure cant they start you off? I know not ideal and I know how traumatic it was for me but if it gives you relief it may end up worth it hun xxxx

 

[wild2011]

they wont,

 

[new_to_ttc]

that is sooooo not fair its not like its a cosmetic reason ffs you been in so much agony xxxx

 

[Wiggler]

Oh hun I've got all my fingers crossed that your little man comes soon so you can have some releif

 

[mummy3]

Wild Thats awful they wont start you off, those piles sound awful! Any signs of sprout?

New, glad you've seen mw, thrush clears fast after treatment Another way to help is airing the breast but best wait if you have company lol. Yay for the jeans Whats your target size?

24/7, lol at Sam, they do make the best faces You're doing really well hun, are you still trying him at the breast even though he's not latching?

Wiggler, dont you know men need more sleep, OH cant help it Lol yay for manslave! Thats great about your mum too cant wait for piccies.

Milos, welcome

Its nearly 4am here, Eilidh super hungry after her weekly poo. My son and Anja both up and down withh ilness. Ruaridh has a runny nose and what sounds like croup and Anja the gut rot, I hope to god they dont share the lurgys.

 

[wild2011]

if i wasnt in discomfort id be quite happy sat here waiting, wish sprout would just mkae his appearance so it can all be over, i do think im gunna go over tho

 

[wild2011]

thanks ladies, and mummy nope no signs as far as im aware x

 

[mummy3]

I really hope sprout doesnt decide to go over

 

[Inge]

Last of the moving is tomorow and I get my double oven, ceramic cooker fitted and get to do washing Later wer going to take my pc up and drop some food off. Chris is fitting the cooker and taking the last of our stuff up tomorow at 5pmish and Il be at the house during the day with Leo. I cant wait. No tv though as have to wait for TV liscence to come through the post and have to fit the aerial when we get the liscence, so Il be busy sorting the house and sorting out Leo No internet for 2 weeks though WHat will I do?!

 

[BrandiCanucks]

We made it through the night Sore breast is feeling very full so now Im looking at something to buy to express, based on Brandi's review Ive been looking for the Avent one she suggested but cant find it, but found another few Avent ones. The electric is £90 and the manual is £30 and Im not sure which to get, both have the best reviews for manual/electric categories. They both seem to be well used by larger breast ladies so do I go manual or electric? Im a little worried that if £90 doesnt work I have a huge expense of bottles and steriliser on top and its going to be a bit harsh in one lump sum! MW is due in 1 hour so will be asking her advice on the way forward. I slept well and more focused today, tried him on the breast, I cant do it, nursing with a razor blade is pretty close to a description. The boob is very full and I feel no lumps. If it is thrush is it treatable?? Does expressing still hurt the nipple like the baby does?? Is he too young to be fed bottle and breast or will I have to waste the milk?? Oh I suppose i could freeze it until he is old enough. Arghh so many questions sorry, but my determination is better today, I dont wantr to go down the formula route. Awww OH was begging me last night to open the formula and stop putting myself through it but the good breast feels so good, I have extremely little latching pain, its not even pain just a sharp 'oooo' then he is on and feeds so well.

milos I kept losing this thread lol so I bookmarked it now

Okay. Electric is better for complete emptying, manual is better for gentle expressing and light emptying, for temporary relief. The electric drains better than the manual. I have two Avent manuals and the double electric. There is a single electric that works well too, just as well as the double, it's just one breast at a time.

Thrush is very treatable. Nystatin is usually the first line of treatment but recent studies have shown it to be less effective than other thrush medications. My personal experience with Nystatin is that it doesn't work. Isaiah and I battled thrush with three rounds of Nystatin and it didn't work in Isaiah. The thrush went away on its own. The cream helped me. It hurt like hell to nurse through it, but I did it. I took ibuprofen half an hour before he would feed and that helped with being able to get through it. However, I also found it easier to pump through the thrush I had. It did hurt at first but once we got going, the pain began to ease. I was able to control the pressure of the pump's suction, where I couldn't control it from my son, but we did get through it! YOU CAN TOO!!

He is NOT too young for both breast and bottle. Anberlin's been having breast and bottle for a week now. You might find he rejects the nipple at first, so try a variety or have someone other than you try and give the bottle at first if he does reject it from you. Anberlin will ONLY take Avent nipples.

Good luck! Hope I answered some of your questions. Must go pump, then go grocery shopping before Jesus comes and the world blows up!

 

[Wiggler]

OMG the clothes my mum and nan got Bethany are so cute! She is too dinky for them now though so no pics yet. She did take a nice piccy of my and Bethany but its on her phone so when OH gets home I'll text her and ask her to send it to me. Also going to get OH to take a piccy of me and the kids when he gets home then I will get a piccy of him and the kids. I forgot to get my mum to get a pic of us all as a family

Dylan is being soooo good today compared to normal, he did get stroppy when my mum left and headbutted OH in the face, but he calmed down really fast, him and OH have gone out for some father and son time to town, then Mcdonalds (OH found a ticket for a free sundae ) then to the canal to feed the ducks so me and Bethany are having lots of cuddle time

I set a new record for leaking through a fresh breast pad - 10 mins

 

[meow951]

Wild- Hope you feel better soon! Surely they could do something if you are so much pain?

new- Hope you are getting the bf issue sorted today. Sounds painful!

24/7- Even if you can only express and feed it to him through the bottle he'll still be getting all the goodness. Hopefully the mw will be able to help you to get him to latch on. Even though bottle feeding was the right decision for me i still feel bad about it

Wiggler- If they can't prove if the noise is coming from you or the neighbours then i can't see how they can prosecute? Sounds a bit daft to me. If they did try to take you to court i'm sure you could contest it and win!

Inge- Hope the move goes well. How exciting moving into a new house


Does anyone know if bottle fed babies sort of cluster feed? Over the past couple of evenings Josh has been really unsettled from about 7/8ish until about 11/12. He is really unsettled and flailing around and wants milk sort of every hour and then he goes to bed and he's fine. I did think it might be wind and we've been trying to wind him and get it out. I did also think that he might just be grizzly from being a baby and having lots of new things happening every day etc.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Yup! Formula fed babies cluster feed too, especially when having growth spurts. The first spurt usually happens between 7-20 days old.

 

[Wiggler]

Meow - I'm not sure about the cluster feeding, Dylan wasn't on formula full time til he was 6 weeks, but when he went through growth spurts he acted like that.

What we are going to do is if the council want to take it further we will just have the recording equipment put in our flat, Dylan is much better now, doesn't bang as much, much quieter and happier so if they do try to fine us we will appeal it as we know we aren't making too much "out of hours" noise, and TBH the only way of stopping Dylan kicking his door when he wakes up is to sit outside his room til we hear him stirring, HELL NO! I don't fancy getting up at 4am every day

My big girl just had a good feed and for the first time took both breasts!!! I am so proud of her!

 

[wild2011]

meow, all we get is that its part of the parcel were afraid, not long left my dear and all be over comments, this is the 3rd pregnancy ive had it with, and though the worse, i know by now they do jack shit so there's no point going on at them.

re cluster feeding yes its normal, and thats likely what it is. xx

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Well ladies, I suppose I'll say goodbye while I have the chance to. You're all going to disappear and be raptured in about an hour, right? So I'll take this opportunity to say goodbye and it was nice knowing you. I've had a blast sharing my pregnancy and two week old baby with you all. See you all in about 5 hours when we're BnBing from the Pearly Gates!

 

[Wiggler]

Fare thee well BnB ladies, see you on the other side

 

[Inge]

I think iv been too naughty in my 20 years to be saved! Goodbye ladies