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Agutka

Mazcabs - I hope it's not chicken pox or that he gets over it by next week. I have no idea about these things. On another note, Joseph has always been all over the place in his cot - usually to be found squished against the sides, but doesn't regularly wake me up because of it, so maybe wait for him to get used to it? I miss swaddling...

nadnad, that sounds awful, I hope you can find relief soon.

cha97michelle - moan away, I can't imagine having more babies around, one is tiring enough, and I have an angel of a baby :eek:. Our routine never stays the same for more than a fortnight, then we get a cold or teething or visitors and start all over again. So getting two to match... au pair?

Dormouse

nadnad wrote: »

went to doctors yesterday because i have a lump on my boob for a week now, was pretty sure it was a blocked milk duct but was getting worried. Doctor confirmed that it was and that i have a temperature and she was surprised that i wasn't sick. she says its really high up - near my armpit, and quite swollen so shes put me on strong antibiotics which i don't like taking but i will nevertheless. Does anyone have any other tips to help get rid of it?

I've only had a blocked duct once, and TBH it was quite mild compared to what yours sounds like, but I did pretty much what Michelle suggested. I massaged the lump in the shower and hand expressed at the same time, and it really helped.

Hope it gets better soon.

Mazcabs

Thanks Agutka, my mum is going to pick up from nursery and get him checked at the drs ( lucky it was this am no surgery pm today!!) Hopefully it wont be and he can then go back but will just have to see.

I still swaddle him for his naps... it only wakes me up cos he cries so badly when he gets stuck and cant seem to turn himself back the other way !!!

Will let you know how he gets on at drs...

Hugs to you nadnad, hope you feel better soon

Errr my mum rang drs at 11.30 (they shut at 12) and they said cant see LO till tomorrow, checked with HV and they have said that its down to dr to decide, so cant do anything.. dont fancy dragging him to A&E or anything...

heather38

do you have an nhs walk in centre near you? maybe that is an option

purplepatch

Mazcabs - what do the spots look like? Chickenpox is pretty distinctive.

This is the closest pic I can find to what it first looked like when Olivia had it. She only had about half a dozen spots to begin with hence I wondered if it was chickenpox, but after a day or so they had multiplied and the water filled blister thing (this) was more pronounced.

Mazcabs

Thanks purplepatch and heather38

just picked Lo up from my mums and I cant really see what the fuss is about. He seems to have a few tiny spots on his forehead ( almost like milkspots again) and 2 larger red spots on his face and they must have a magnifying glass to see those on his back !!!
Still will go to the drs tomorrow and see what they say... suppose they are only covering themselves at nursery really....

Just see what happens overnight .....

purplepatch

Mmmm, doesn't sound much like chickenpox to me, but I guess being a nursery they have seen quite a few cases of it before, so probably have a good idea of how it looks at the onset. Even if he has got it, I'd say the chances of the spots having dried out by the time you go on hols is pretty good (that's when it stops being contagious).

Becles

Hope it isn't chicken pox and you get to go away.

On the plus side, it's better to get it out of the way when they are little. I was about 10 when I had it. My Mam was in hospital and I really struggled with the calamine lotion, and I didn't want my Dad to help as I was developing andI didn't want him to see me in the nuddy or my undies

Dormouse

Don't get me started on my chickenpox story - I had them at 24, a month before my wedding. :eek:

Definitely much better to get it over and done with. (but do hope you get to go on your hols, Mazcabs )

Lu_T

Just catching up on about 5 pages of posts!

Re blocked milk duct. I had one for about 8 weeks. I found feeding rugbyball-style, with them tucked under your arm rather than laid across your stomach, was a big help. I also massaged from armpit to nipple while baby was feeding, which I could do quite hard without too much pain. Then expressing in shower as well. The feeding style seemed to make the most difference. HTH

Re night-time screaming -we had Imogen in a routine quite early, from bout 6 weeks. Bath, feed, bed. We bathed (in a baby bath) and fed her downstairs (so she didn't fall asleep while feeding) then took her upstairs into our room, with the light out. We just left the door open and put the downstairs light on so we didn't fall over stuff! We then swaddled her and patted her back while saying "shhh shhh". Once she looked sleepy, but not asleep, we put her in her moses basket and continued to "shhh" and, if necessary, pat her chest in the same rhythm. We then backed out of the door while "shh-ing" and crept downstairs. It took about 3 nights but eventually she went off pretty well. It had the advantage that if she started crying we could just stand at the top of the stairs and "shh" and that tended to send her off again.

It does feel like an eternity when you're trying to get them to go to bed awake and not scream the place down, but it's worth persevering with. I always held on to the knowledge that it takes only 3 days to establish (or break!) a routine.

Better go, Imogen is demanding i read her 'yark' (shark) book!