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Lexie wrote: »

Nutella ask the Bakery in Tesco for fresh yeast, some charge 30p for 100g some will give it for free.

Thanks - will try that! I did ask once and they didn't have any, but that was years ago, so definitely worth another go. Although I'm very pleased to have found some in a shop that I go to regularly anyway Now, what to bake?.... Something involving oats I think - I love oat bread! And it so happens that we have a giant bag of the stuff

Mrshaworth2b

Well my neighbour has annoyed me today, drilling and hammering all day, unfortunately I have no rooms except lo nursery (that he isn't in) on the front of the house so I can't take him away from the noise and its meant he's missed two naps! Guess who's going to be grumps later?

I'm off to the drs tomorrow, for the last month I've had a banging head, felt tired, no sex drive and irritable, had some bloods taken but all come back well. And remember the snotty nurse that have me a lecture on lo's jabs? Well she gave me the blood results and said "oh your postnatal aren't you, don't you think it's just that" I'm thinking I'm going to change drs, these seem so judgemental and would rather put me feeling this way to having a baby, he's nearly 5 months, I shouldn't feel like death everyday because of birth? Should I? Or do I have too high expectations?

How happy I am that my bedroom is only 24 degrees now, I'm loving the clouds and cool weather!

lazywife

Nut: Yummmm oat bread sounds lovely, although with my appetite at the mo (not really eating any less than when preg ... whoops! I'd eat it all at once with a lovely dollop of peanut butter.
MrsH: I've picked up back to my normal self since giving birth (LO now 11 weeks). I do get headaches, but I'm sure it's if I don't drink enough that day (BF). Maybe just change of routine and the heat has tired you out more. I don't think it's normal to "feel like death". Seems to me like your doc surgery isn't the place I'd like to be if I was ill and needed TLC.

What time do all your LOs go to bed for the night?
T tends to have a feed about 9.30pm - 10pm ish, although I put him in pjs or grobag at about 8.30pm so whenever he feeds after that he can go to sleep. He tends to drift off on the breast at the mo, but will wake as I put him in crib. He'll suck his fingers for a few mins then go to sleep. Then only wakes once in the night.
Tonight he's gone to sleep at 8pm (last feed was 6pm), now I assume he'll wake for another feed before bed so I can change him etc, but then he'll wake in the night still (normally only awake for 30 mins or so at night)
Should I be putting him in pjs after 6pm ish feed, then if he goes to sleep an hour or so later put him in crib then and accept that I'll do a feed at 10ish and then v.early morning (3am ish) and then again in the morning when he wakes (6.30am ish)? Or just keep him downstairs with us, napping or not, until I do his final night feed and then all to bed?

I'm mainly asking as Vicar said she'll come round about 8pm next week as that will give us time to settle LO down before she comes. Just made me think, when does the bed time of 7pm or 8pm (ish) come about.

Sorry for all the questions ladies, I'm not paranoid, quite happy to go with the flow, but it's lovely to have a forum like this with everyone so friendly to ask these sort of mundane questions!

L.xxx

DayDreamBeliever_2

At almost 8 months I've finally had to move lil miss up to 6-9 month clothes, she's in a short sleeved vest for bed and although the length is great the neck hole is wider then her shoulders so she looks a little daft but very cute lol.

Hope everyone is well and little people (and mummies!) Have enjoyed the slight drop in temps x

Yay for Dewi sitting up Bamama!

We ended up at a&e this morning as Shay was really struggling to poo, it was just too big rather then her being constipated and was (way tmi sorry!) Splitting her lil bum and the screams were awful so a couple of glycerine capsules saw the most ridiculously sized poo appear, it was so big the nurse called over her colleague to see! we left with a box to use if she has the same problem again.

Mrshaworth2b

lazywife wrote: »

What time do all your LOs go to bed for the night?
T tends to have a feed about 9.30pm - 10pm ish, although I put him in pjs or grobag at about 8.30pm so whenever he feeds after that he can go to sleep. He tends to drift off on the breast at the mo, but will wake as I put him in crib. He'll suck his fingers for a few mins then go to sleep. Then only wakes once in the night.
Tonight he's gone to sleep at 8pm (last feed was 6pm), now I assume he'll wake for another feed before bed so I can change him etc, but then he'll wake in the night still (normally only awake for 30 mins or so at night)
Should I be putting him in pjs after 6pm ish feed, then if he goes to sleep an hour or so later put him in crib then and accept that I'll do a feed at 10ish and then v.early morning (3am ish) and then again in the morning when he wakes (6.30am ish)? Or just keep him downstairs with us, napping or not, until I do his final night feed and then all to bed?

I'm mainly asking as Vicar said she'll come round about 8pm next week as that will give us time to settle LO down before she comes. Just made me think, when does the bed time of 7pm or 8pm (ish) come about.

Sorry for all the questions ladies, I'm not paranoid, quite happy to go with the flow, but it's lovely to have a forum like this with everyone so friendly to ask these sort of mundane questions!

L.xxx

My lo 18 weeks goes to sleep between 8:30-9:30 depending on feed, we all come to bed just before his last feed and I wind him, change him and put him in a vest/sleepsuit and his sleeping bag and put him down. We've done this since about 8 weeks when he started going without night feed. Before that he'd have last feed at 11 then 5 so we'd just stay up till 11 and bring him up with us. Hope that made sense

Ddb - glad lo got sorted, never Tmi regarding poo, it seems to be all I talk about with my lo lol!

*Nutella*

MrsH, I agree that it's not normal to feel like death I went through a phase like that (pre-baby), had lots of tests and they all came back normal. Acupuncture helped me, but to be honest I probably wouldn't have tried it if it hadn't been free through our health insurance... Are you getting enough sleep? I know that might seem a bit of an obvious question, but never underestimate the power of a nap. And a good multivitamin Hope the doctors can do something for you. Boo to drilling - if it continues tomorrow, could you put your buggy in the nursery and have him nap in that?

DDB - glad they got the poo situation sorted; that sounds really painful, poor thing

Lazywife, I eat oat bread with Nutella (:D) and sliced-up strawberries. I know that sounds a bit weird, but it's a fab combo. Oh, and re. bedtime - at that age, we'd start our bedtime routine (bath, milk) at around 8pm, so I guess that means she'd be asleep at 8.30-8.45-ish.

LO's latest thing is sitting on stuff! She turns anything and everything into a seat - today alone we've had the Duplo box, the toybox, my leg (and all other accessible body parts) whilst I was sitting on the floor playing with her, my cardboard box of *special* Nespresso coffee capsules, a laptop and OH's shoes. She tried the Sky box too, but mummy said no!

Mrshaworth2b

Nutella that's so cute about you lo sitting on everything!!

That's the thing I don't get, I sleep 9-10 hrs a night, and lo naps between every feed for 30-45 mins so I don't have it hard! I've been getting a half hour nap a day but it doesn't make any difference!
I'm being dramatic saying I feel like death please excuse me lol hormones! But I do feel crappy! Ah well I will sort it tomorrow!

Mmmm to oat bread, mmmm to freshly baked bread!

Bamama

Lazywife, we've never had a particularly early bedtime. It was around 10 in the first few weeks. Then he magically started going earlier, around 8. Web this happened I made sure he was dressed in his pyjamas by 6.30 so he could feed and fall asleep as and when he wanted without me fussing him. It went back to 10 shortly after that. We're back to 8-9 now at 7 months. If say, if you've had a few days of earlier sleep with a night feed and a middle of the night feed then deffo try to move the bedtime to that earlier sleep. I wouldn't get my hopes up of it lasting but it's always worth a try!

Saffagal

Morning ladies

Just a quick one, lazywife, A is 12weeks and has gotten herself into a routine of last feed about 9:30 and asleep by 10. Some days she'll have a brief nap about 8ish but if so wakes herself ready for cuddles and a last feed.

Have a lovely day ladies

Sammie_03

Morning all

Hope everyone is ok and enjoying the sunshine.

I can't sleep in this heat, luckily OH is an electrician so he fitted us a ceiling fan but its still so bl@@dy warm so I end up downstairs most nights!!

Took Noah for his first hair cut last week, his curls were out of control!

Summer holidays start Wednesday :eek: god help me!