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moozikgal

Hi,

Congrats on sucsessfully breastfeeding. Im a bf counselor in training so if you do need any advice, give me a shout!

My son is now 13 months old, still breastfeeding at night so he can go to sleep. I didnt think i would last a month, let alone 13! BF also helps you loose some of that baby weight so keep it up. Also, dont be shocked if your periods dont come back till you cut down feeding or stop all together. Mine only came back last month and what a shock!!!

You wont feel like a milk bar forever. See if there is a local breastfeeding group near by and pop along with the baby. surestart centers have great groups through the week. when i was off work, tuesday was the only day we had in the house becasuse of all the classes we went to. it helped him get ready for nursery too being with other babies. i also made some great friends with babies of the same age and its good to ask those "is this normal?" questions!!

enjoy it, they do, grow up so quick!!
vix

AdeleBird

Hello, looking for a bit of advice here, my son is now 15 months old and doesn't seem interested in walking or standing up, he can crawl around like a bullet but he only started that at about a year. Doctors and HV dont seem too concerned, probably just me being impatient! Anyone else got toddler type children that arent up for walking yet?

purplepatch

AdeleBird wrote: »

Hello, looking for a bit of advice here, my son is now 15 months old and doesn't seem interested in walking or standing up, he can crawl around like a bullet but he only started that at about a year. Doctors and HV dont seem too concerned, probably just me being impatient! Anyone else got toddler type children that arent up for walking yet?

My friend's daughter didn't walk until 19 months. Docs and HVs weren't bothered, just said she'd do it when she felt like it. And they were right.... she's 6 now and quite athletic and sporty, so nothing to worry about I'm sure.

chivers1977

AdeleBird wrote: »

Hello, looking for a bit of advice here, my son is now 15 months old and doesn't seem interested in walking or standing up, he can crawl around like a bullet but he only started that at about a year. Doctors and HV dont seem too concerned, probably just me being impatient! Anyone else got toddler type children that arent up for walking yet?

Jacob who is now 2 didn't crawl until 12minths and didn't walk until 18 months. Runs everywhere now. Don't worry yourself!

Lu_T

moozikgal wrote: »

You wont feel like a milk bar forever. See if there is a local breastfeeding group near by and pop along with the baby. surestart centers have great groups through the week. when i was off work, tuesday was the only day we had in the house becasuse of all the classes we went to. it helped him get ready for nursery too being with other babies. i also made some great friends with babies of the same age and its good to ask those "is this normal?" questions!!

enjoy it, they do, grow up so quick!!
vix

Hi Eels, remember you from the pregnancy thread. I agree with Moozikgal, find yourself some groups - HV and MW should be able to point you in the right direction. I started at a breastfeeding support group, more for the social aspect than anything else, and that has progressed to others.

I was lucky I had relatives to drive me around as I too had a c-section and wasn't very mobile for a while. I'd suggest you recruit a few willing volunteers to drive you and carry babe in to the group for you. The weeks will honestly fly by and you'll soon feel much better. Meantime, rest as much as you can.

I sympathise. I too was a 27-yr old career girl not used to sitting around. You just have to adjust your pace of life a bit. There are so many fun things to do with babies - like just stare at them!!

Don't be lulled into a false sense of security by the sleeping. He may just be recovering from the birth. For your sake I really hope it continues, but just be aware.

HTH

Lu T

heather38

my baby crawled today!!
she's been going backwards and sideways for weeks but yesterday she got up on all 4's and went forwards. the look of concentration on her face was v funny!

Eels100

Thanks for all the encouragement folks! My HV comes tomorrow for the first visit (and the anxious first weigh-in!) and I think I'll ask her about social possibilities. I know there's a baby massage class run in the local health centre, that would be a good start. I'm lucky as OH has another fortnight off work so I should be a lot better by the time he goes back. I feel fine just now but I suffer the next day if I walk too far.

Lu T - re the sleeping - you're spot on! The perfect slumbering has been sliding a little and on the basis of the last couple of nights I suspect we're heading for a spell of cluster feeding between 9pm and 3am :eek:. It's obviously had the desired effect though, because I woke up with HAYUGE boobs again this morning, couldn't plug the little blighter in quick enough! Stupidly I took a chance on sleeping without a bra and poor OH just about drowned in the night ...

heather38

I remember having to sleep on 2 towels when DD was born one for milk leakage and one under my head for the night sweats that i had no idea i was gonna get.
had to do it again when i stopped breastfeeding and my milk went back.

Becles

Eels100 wrote: »

I know there's a baby massage class run in the local health centre, that would be a good start.

Do that - it's great fun. I'm doing a massage course with Charlotte run by Sure Start. It's just a small group and I'm really enjoying it. Charlotte loves the massage, and looking at all the other babies. Afterwards all the mothers sit and chat for a bit.

There's a song and rhyme time for babies in the library that some have started going to as well. I've got my older ones off school at the moment, but will be going to that in term time. See if there is anything like that in your area. Charlotte already likes songs, and giggles like mad when you tickle her toes on "head, shoulders, knees and toes"

Lu_T

Oh Eels, sorry the prediction came true. I also loved BF and was so sad when Imogen decided bottles were way easier (I had to go back to work quite early so she was on bottles during the day). I remember being DESPERATE to sleep without a bra on and the same thing happened when I tried it!!

I think most libraries do a tiny tots story time that babies are welcome to, so you could try that for free too once you can get to your local one. I remember well how it hurts when you do too much. The trick is getting the balance between being active to help you heal and not doing too much so you're in pain. I think at your stage hubby was still getting Imogen out of her basket for night feeds as I couldn't twist and reach well enough. That seemed to help me, not sure if it will you?

Heather - that's fab! How old is little one? It's so exciting when they hit a new stage isn't it? If expensive.

Just when we thought Imogen had enough toys to keep her going for a while she loved playing with her friend's toy which lit up when you pressed the buttons. I could see she was learning about cause & effect and experimenting, so we had to get her something for home. I'm not a fan of all the "put batteries in it and it flashes and makes noises" kind of toys, so we went for a simple plastic piano with big buttons and four notes. In hindsight, perhaps something more tuneful would have been a good option, but she loves it so much and it was only £6 at ASDA:money: . I could hear her all the way round the shop as I dived off getting the things we'd forgotten!!