Mother of all conception months Graduates

[molly85]

lol on conversation. Hmm hoping matt behaves himself while hes off or I will be deprived. Very glad I have not hit the BC yet or there would be no intrest at all poor man.

Sequeena I'm with the girls you have to let them suck to get it going proprely but give your self time to breath and do what you feels right. I'm feeling a little grumpy that i'm not feeding abby now but for her to be happy and growingit wasa must grrrrr bleeding genetics.

Yay for Harry being home.

Bleugh for night feeds.

Abby has finally done it gone all night without a feed. 8pm - 6 am yes admittedly she woke every hour from 3 am for her dummy but I would call this progress. We then napped on the sofa for 2-3 hours before getting up properly pokethat up your bottom baby club. Our sofa is very deep and she was snuggled in the crook of arm on the edge side so wasn't falling off and would only have suffecated on me had she felt the need to move. Such a happy bunny now, shame I have to hang washing and do house work

 

[pinkclaire]

That's fab Molly xx

 

[madcatwoman]

wow molly! i take it your bits are quite happy these days then! !!

Pinkclaire, yep trying to get it back on track, if i dont try now i never will lol!

 

[molly85]

lol my bits never sufferd even though i had a beautiful tapestry down there. To quote my midwife I have a high pain threshold. I didn't think I did but well proof was in the pudding. lol Probably why I am happy to go straight into having another one.

Oh girls does anyone have one of these things that tells you how much power you use? I have just put a load of washing on and its gone balistic with the TV off it was tickinig over at about 90watts an hour its madeit up to 2.5kW/hr bleeding heck this thing is scary and the washing machine is the one thing I need to use. tHE TUMBLE DRYER SURE AS HELL WON'T BE GOING ON. I think i need fewer clothes then I would wash regularly but have less to do if you get my meaning

 

[vbaby3]

Hi everyone,
Madcat,glad you're getting back into the sack!!

Yay for sleeping through abby!!
Teagan went from 9pm until 6.30 am,so its kinda random at the minute as to whether she sleeps through or not.
She's not very interested in bottles at the mo,more interested in whats going on around,and my house is very noisy lol!!
The majority of milk I'm actually getting into her is when she's panned out and half asleep!!
Madcat and madly,just pretend you live over here,then you won't be classed as bad mummies for weaning lol!!!between 4 and 6 months is the recommendation.
I think there's a 4 month check up here with the hv,and if I'm not weaning Teagan by then I'll probably be chastised lol!!!!No idea what I'll be doing at 4 months yet,but if she's going as she is now I'll probably hold off.Will wait and see.

Pink,you definately deserve a good sleeping baby after james,hope Lottie keeps it up!

Peanut,you poor girl,you sound awful.This whole pregnancy and birth thing seems to knock your immunity for 6.Big hugs,hope you feel better soon.x

 

[molly85]

technically not asleep waking for dummy but not to bad i didn't have to move so rather good there

 

[pinkclaire]

She'll get the hang of it soon enough hun!

Forgot to say we had our 8 week check today, shes doing great! Weighs 11lb 13 oz, but shes sooo long! her 3-6 month clothes are nearly to small length wise! I hope she slows down soon x

 

[molly85]

yikes abby is just 22inches/56 cm 90% of that is head lol
shes still in newborn for anything without feet didn't want to squash her flippers

 

[pinkclaire]

Thats what Lottie was at birth Molly lol .

 

[molly85]

lol explains alot shesgrown 6 inches in12 weeks i think

 

[loopylollipop]

Yay Congratulations Seequena and OH on the birth of Thomas Lovin the fb photos x

to a Poorly Peanut

Madly too sounds like a rough time

Molly Dylan has just gone into his 0-3 months at age 13 weeks lil mite

He slept from midnight til 7am, in HIS bed, massive progress for us!

And of course Gilz, eagerly awaiting the verdict from the hospital, fingers crossed that poor Noahs suffering will end soon xxx

 

[madcatwoman]

vbaby, teagan sounds like shes really not a big milk fan!. Bailey isnt either, i think if he was he would be downing 6-7oz by now
Hes feeds went to pot recently as i didnt realise his reflux was creeping back in at the time, he was fussing his bottles, would take a few sips and that was it, it took a while for me to realise. As soon as we started adding the gavison it was like flicking as switch, he pretty much takes his 5oz bottles again, sometimes he leaves some. His weight is ok though.
But i really dont think he loves milk. I wont be trying to give him lots of food, but just little tasters for starters really which might help with the silent reflux,i know they still get their main weight gain etc from milk.

How are you feeling this week btw?.


yes looking forward to hearing what the hospital say about Noah

 

[vbaby3]

Yeh madcat,if I start weaning it will be a wee spoonfull of this and a wee spoonfull of that.I took it very slowly with the boys too.
Just checked my orange book thing,and there's supposed to be a health check with the hv at 3 months
So they're on top of things as always lol!!not a word from them yet!!

I'm feeling ok thanks,although I HATE taking medication I am taking my relaxer tablets 3 times a day.My gp said its a small dose so not to worry about getting addicted or anything.
At the moment without them I start feeling tetchy which eventually turns into anxiety which then turns into pure panic.I couldn't handle looking after the kids without them at the mo so I've got to take them.They're working great though,I'm just not thinking about things really when on them lol,so just kinda feel like normal when I wasn't anxious iykwim!!!
I will be ringing my gp tomorrow f I haven't heard from them by then.The receptionist is ringing around the private neurologists to try find me someone fast,and someone my insurance will cover.
Fingers crossed I get in quick.

Madly forgot to say yay on your dh's bet on teagan the horse lol!!pity he didn't win any money!

Congrats Dare,I hear your lo has arrived!!x

 

[madcatwoman]

Thats good, glad to hear youre feeling a bit more relaxed. I didnt realise you were going private though (if you mentioned this i must have missed it when speed reading...sorry).

yeh im not in any tearing rush to start shoveling food into bailey but just a little bit, more for the reflux to see if it helps as i dont like having to put the gaviscon in. I am taking him back to the docs tomorrow though as they said to come back if the gaviscon was working or sooner if it wasnt when he had it the 1st time around, so im just letting them know really.

your Hv's sound a bit crap lol
we dont get a 3 month check though anyway. i dont even have to take him to the clinic to be weighed actually, its optional!!!, but i choose to, just once a month.

 

[molly85]

abs is not a milk drinker shed do 4 5oz bottles a day if i let her. she's justsampled the porridge lol sits there big grin on her face porridge on tongue looking at me as if to say what now lol. Really going no where fast i'm jst impatient and she hasn't a foggiest lol

 

[Ozzieshunni]

My baby must be the moose of the bunch We find out Wednesday his length. I bet he's passed 13lbs now!

 

[vbaby3]

Unfortunately madcat,our public health service is a disgrace.I could be waiting 2 years for a neurologist appointment,and even that long just for a mri,which I got the day after my doc requested it going privately.
We are not rich,in fact we're just getting by,but because the hse is sooooo bad I insist we get health insurance,I would choose it above treats,holidays etc because at the end of the day you're nothing without your health.
Dh often argued over the money it cost us for insurance,but now he sees how important it is,we have gotten a fair bit of use out of it in the last couple of years,unfortunately.
I think our health system is a good bit behind yours.
My parents don't have health insurance,and obviously if its life or death you'll be seen,like for example when my dad had his heart probs a couple of wks ago.But my mam is in bits,she has sciatica,herniated discs,loads of crap going on with her,and she'll get an appointment for 6 months time,and in 4 months time they'll put it back another few months,its a bloody joke.
No point in them trying to get insurance now coz she wouldn't be covered for existing illness,plus at their age it would cost a complete fortune.
Our health insurance is basically just like 1 of our bills,like our home and car insurance.

 

[tas1]

Hey ladies

Sorry your having a rough time with dtd madcat,I personally feel I have gone back into my younger years and because I have stopped bleeding after 7wks on Saturday so trying to make the most of it! And like pink We have to find time as we have Caden in our bed again most nights (must be going through a phase again) or we either to tired lol!

Pink we re inviting over 100 people to boys christening as I have a big family too,I'm sure some people won't come but still gotta invite them! And luckily the boys are the only children to be christened so no other kids plus we don't have a limit on guests! I'm looking forward to it I like a good party lol

Hope Noah's appointment went ok!!

Hope everyone else is ok and gets better if poorly!!

I'm feeling better today I must of been overtired!

I bought the boys a scrap book today so gonna do that instead of baby books! And bought Caden his school lunch box well it's a cooler bag for 75p but all lunch boxes were 8-9 quid and that's quite expense for a box with pictures on!

Gotta go bath Caleb as he has done a big poo so might as well bath him and put him in pjs now!

Oh madly glad your sister and Harry are home now

Xx

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Hi Ladies :wave:

madcat Charlie has had a few half portions of baby rice which he has loved I mean hes grabbed at the spoon and rammed it in his mouth I have pureed and batch made/froze some butternut squash and carrots and am going to do the same with sweet potato and pear tomorrow He has had one taster a day for the last few days and today he had butternut squash for the first time after he finished he gave me the biggest cheesiest grin ever hes more than ready imo just like Oliver was at this stage. Charlie has 2 tablespoons currently which equates to 6 small baby spoons baby rice he has half a portion so half teaspoon to 5 spoons of baby milk .... as for my bottom what you describe is exactly how I feel infact I am still gripping the headboard like I was in pregnancy to turn over in bed Charlie is 14wks old I feel like my bottom has split in two if that makes any sense

Pink and Tas all this talk of christenings is making me jealous I cant wait to book Charlies which will be joint with Harry

for sleeping through `technically` Molly

Pink Lottie is catching up to Charlie who weighs the same as Noah at 12lb 5oz and WoW she is long Charlie is still in 0-3mth sleepsuits I dont know what Charlie was length wise at birth but at 29days old he was 55cm and just over 2wks ago he was 60.4cm guess hes going to be short although me and DH are both 5`9and Olivers quite tall That said Oliver only went to next size at that age ie 3-6mth at 3mths and 6-9mths at 6mths and so on all the way right up until he reached 5yrs old and then he started needing a size or two bigger hes 6 in October and I have been buying school uniform in 9-10yrs

Loopy WOW sleeping through and in his own bed Well done Dylan

vbaby when I think about what you guys have to pay for your health treatment etc it makes me angry at the people who take advantage of our systems or abuse them grrrrrrr!

Tas I have a scrapbook for each of my boys too (I also have journals ) am obsessed with collecting memories for them

 

[gilz82]

Hi girls :wave:

Not long back. Noah has severe reflux disease GERD which is different from just reflux, I didn't know that.

He also has cows milk protien intolerance so we've been put onto a hypoallergenic milk with all the protiens broken down and lactose free. We've to continue with his medications and wait to see if there is an improvement in the next fortnight. If not he's to go for an endoscopy and then based on the results of that possibly the surgery for reflux which I really don't want.

We then had to see the dietician because he's refusing a lot of his feeds now. We've to start weaning but can't give anything with milk so only baby rice and fruit purees etc. Some vegetable things too but most vegetable puree have milk to bind them.

I haven't read back through the pages yet sorry, I hope you are all doing ok today