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Snaggles

I blame pregnancy-brain!

SeptemberBaby_2

purplepatch wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

That's tickled me. Glad I've got girlies and none of those tricky widgies to deal with !!

You read my mind! :rotfl:

x

Mazcabs

I Know what you mean.. I go back to work on 31st March and have real mixed feelings about it. Part of me is looking forward to it ie getting brain back in gear and the other part feels that I will miss out on so much. Luckily I am going to work two days at home and only three in the office as they are so desperate for me to go back....

3kids we found that DS used to wee up his back loads but this seems to have stopped now he sleeps longer at night. Touch wood he has been sleeping from 8-5 (although slight hiccup over the weeked as visited in laws and I think sleeping in a different bed confused him) hoping this will return to longer sleeps now we are back home.

DS has blocked up nose and cough at the moment but coping with it quite well and dont want to give him anything so he builds up immune system a bit but still hard when he is snuffling away...

Becles

Saw my doctor yesterday. She thinks I am anaemic again. She wants bloods doing for that, and is also checking out my full blood count and thyroid. The nurse is busy though, so I can't get the bloods taken until 3rd April :rolleyes: Talked about the other stuff with her and I'm getting help with that too.

Managed to get an emergency dentist appointment. He said the infection in my tooth has come back. Got a stronger antibiotic to try now which I'm on for a week, and hopefully that will work. No word back on the referral to have the tooth extracted yet.

Husband also saw the GP about his knee yesterday. She suspects it's either ruptured cartlidge, torn ligaments or the onset of osteo-arthritis. She's referring him to the muscloskeletal specialist at the hospital. She said to expect to be on the sick for a very long time with it due to the nature of his job (postman). He has been getting depressed with work for a while due to changes and problems with the union, strikes etc. He's decided to spend his sick time looking for something else, and looking into training for new skills and qualifications. He used to work as a chef, then a restaurant/bar manager before he was a postman but he doesn't want to go back into that sort of environment as it's all evening and weekend work which he doesn't want with having a family now. But he doesn't know what he wants to do now!

Had eldest son off school because he was vomiting yesterday, and now Charlotte is vomiting and snotty this morning. I think I might just put a sign on the door saying "sick bay" :rolleyes:

Dormouse

We're another snotty household, again. I just removed the cushions from underneath Alex's mattress the other day, and he immediately got a runny nose so I had to put them back in again, to raise his head.

That's ridiculous about a 2-week wait to see a nurse, Becles! :mad: :rolleyes:

Dormouse

Snaggles wrote: »

I blame pregnancy-brain!

Are you talking in riddles again, or are you really pregnant?

It can't be pregnancy brain if you're not pregnant... :think:

I just have mummy brain :rotfl:

3KIDSNOMONEY

thanks for the replies everyone - i already do the pointing the willy down thing but am going to try different nappies. baby is suffering terribly with tummyache at the moment - trying infacol but not sure if to give before every feed as doesn;t seem to be working when only giving before some. thinking of trying a dummy but midwife says to wait until 3 weeks as breastfeeding - did anybody not wait. he is also full of cold which he finds distressing.

i have a graco mosaic buggy and car seat - really wishing i had bought something with suspension as i have only just realised how bumpy paths are!

want to buy him some toys but not sure what to get as he can't play, does anybody have any good ideas for toys for me to 'play' with him.

really feel like a first-timer - my only comfort is that my other kids made it thru 'babyhood' (?) with me looking after them!!!!

SusanC_2

3KIDSNOMONEY wrote: »

thinking of trying a dummy but midwife says to wait until 3 weeks as breastfeeding - did anybody not wait.

I'm breastfeeding and we started using a dummy when we started doing a bottle feed at 10pm which was at 13 days. Didn't seem to cause any confusion as I'm still breastfeeding at nearly 11 months.

Becles I'm not suprised your husband wants to leave his work - my OH has done Christmas Casual work the last three years and he said the atmoshere was much worse the last time. Hope he can find something he wants to do - mine talks about doing something else periodically but has yet to think of anything realistic.

Lu_T

Re toys - Imogen has loved her Woozit http://www.baby-toys.co.uk/whoozit_detail.html since day 1, best £10 we ever spent. They are widely available at Toys R Us, Mothercare etc.

We also had some shapes (cube, ball and pyramid) with black and white shapes/designs on them. She would lay in her moses basket and stare at these for hours. You could make your own by just drawing in black marker on some white paper. As long as the designs are bold baby will love them.

HTH?

Snaggles

Oh dear....I think I should just stop posting....I seem to cause more confusion than I solve!! :rotfl:

No, I'm not pregnant, I meant post-pregnancy brain. It's clearly still in full effect!