Discovery Home & Health

Just bought one of these for Josh...

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/BruHome/BruBabyTo...sBabyEinstein/711977

and he loves it! I love it now he is old enough to "play"!

thanks for the link jenpen, i'll keep an eye on it, the only places seem to have ones are amazon and play.com, but they are wanting £100 + for them and i'm not paying that. spoke to the staff in game yesterday and today and they are getting stock in reguarly but its flying out the door so they told me to check with again tomorrow. so heres hoping it comes in tomorrw, it's so frustrating!!!! how cute is josh in his bumbo, i bought alanna one yesterday but it's going to be a few weeks before she can use it. his new activity center looks great too, such an exciting time for you.

Phew! I found you all again!

So sorry I've been AWOL for the last four weeks but this is the first time I've had a sec to get anywhere near the computer since I posted my birth story!

To say Oliver's been a tricky customer is the understatement of the century. It's been one thing after another. Cracked nipples, mastitis, constant crying, cranial osteopaths. Wont be put down. You name it. Still, he's getting there slowly. We're starting to bond more now which is very rewarding and we love him to bits.

Just wanted to let you know we are still about even though I've not popped on for a while to say hello and catch up with your news. I think about how you are all getting on all the time.

Hope to have a little more time in the not too distant future to see how you're all getting on.

Moo xx

OK, I am going to attempt a post whilst Miss Cora is sleeping

MooMoo - great to hear from you. We missed you around here. It sounds like you have been having a hard time with Oliver. I am sorry it has been hard going. I have had similar problems with Cora although things are ok now (boy does mastitis hurt!). Things will soon be a breeze for both of us I am sure. Take care of yourself

Nic - we are fighting for Wii fit too. We trapsed around today going in and out of various shops and not one in sight! I refuse to pay £100+ too! The thing is it makes me want one more now I can't have one.

Jenni - that play centre looks great. Josh is a lucky boy! Thanks for the Wii Fit site...maybe I should register too. You lucky thing only paying £69.99 :-) I can't wait to get one now! I can't believe Josh is rolling over. What a big boy.

Zoe - I am glad you MA is sorted now. They have been nothing but trouble have they??? I am in awe of you talking of number 3 already! Go you! I don;t think dieting will make too much difference in terms of TTC. Although saying that, we were TTC for 6 months and I had no AF. I was overweight at the time. I went on a strict diet and lost a lot of weight and my periods started straight away and I was pg (although i lost that one) within 3 months. I am excited to hear about your good news.

RJ - thanks for the WW info. Good to know. How is Riley doing now? Is he sleeping any better? I would avoid hungry baby as much as possible as a long term milk. Zoe has good advice. I hope things will improve for you. The older they get it should get easier :/

Loocy - how you doing? My life is slowly starting to be less hectic. I hope yours is too. Well done on Lochlan's weight gain. That is great. How is the formula going? We don't need it with Cora now (she only had 3 bottles in the end and only 1-2 ozs each) and she is actually sleeping ok. I hope your schedule is better. I am so jealous you have the Wii fit :-(

Cherie - YAY to hearing from you. I am sorry you are having tricky days. Cora was the same but she has improved lately and now feeds less often although still more than I would like. How great that he sleeps so well at night. I would LOVE a decent nights sleep like that. What a great weight for your boy!

Ok, i think I have caught up a little.

Things are still good here. Cora's feeding is much better and my supply seems good. She is sleeping ok at night (sleeps from around 9:30 - 3:30 and then from 4-6 so not too bad at all. Would be good if i was going to bed at 10:00pm but I am not. Oh well. DS's behaviour is improving and I am just so in love with both of them. He loves her so MUCH too which is great

Take care all x

Ever - Thanks for all the advice you have really made me feel alot better. I am just going to continue putting Kyle in his swing now just for an hour or 2 through the day. As you say its not going to do any harm and it makes me feel much better knowing I can have sometime to catch up on the housework. Sometimes he will sleep for a bit in his bouncer too so I am going to try putting him in that too instead of his swing all the time. I cant tell you how much better I feel knowing that I am not the only one that does this and that it wont harm Kyle in anyway.
I know I am supposed to eat more when breastfeeding but I just feel so down because of my weight at the moment. I really thought I would have lost weight alot easier as im breastfeeding but that doesnt seem to be happening! I cant even fit into any of my jeans as I am 2 sizes bigger than what I was before I fell pregnant and I just refuse to buy that size, I know its stupid eh! Im just going to try and continue to eat healthy as I really should be thinking of Kyle and not about the way I look.

Nic - I done the same went shopping a week ago and ended up buying nothing as I looked so crap in everything! I just cant seem to except the fact that I am fat and need to buy bigger sizes! Are you on the weightwatchers diet? How are you finding it?

Looocy - Kyle is such a good boy sleeping through for me so I know I should get a grip and realise how lucky I am! Lochlan seems to be doing really well, cant believe the weight he is putting on!

Jenni - Its so annoying as for 2 weeks I was eating healthy like you mentioned but I just couldnt shift any weight! One thing though I dont think I am eating enough veg so I am going to start eating veg every night! Oh loving the pic of Josh in his bumbo! I am going to get one for Kyle tomorrow, cant wait to see him in it.

Rachael - Nice to know there are a few of us doing the same thing with the naps through the day! Its interesting to know that you can follow weight watchers when breastfeeding. I think I am going to try eating healthy for a bit and see what happens but if I am the same weight in a couple of weeks time then I will look into doing the weight watchers. Its totally crap knowing that you have so much weight to lose eh? I have never had to loose so much weight before so I know I will find it hard!

Lea - Thats good news that Cora is latching on well now and putting on weight, bet you are so relieved! I am used to the one hand typing now as if I come on here through the day its always when im feeding Kyle! It does make a big difference when you get a decent nights sleep. I dont think I would be able to cope as well if Kyle wasnt sleeping through!

MooMoo - Nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear you have been having such a hard time. Feel for you about the Mastitis, its soooo painful eh! I still have it on my right side but it is nowhere near as sore as it was a few weeks back. I cried with pain every time Kyle fed from that side, but it does get better.

I went to my friends house last night and got very drunk! It was so good just to relax but I did think about Kyle the whole time I was away. DH couldnt get Kyle settled until 12am, think he just wanted his mummy! Poor wee thing didnt know what was happening today as I was feeding him expressed milk from bottles. When I eventually fed him his little eyes just started rolling, it was so cute!

Ok think I have gone on for long enough!

Cheryl
xx

Cherie - yay to you getting drunk! The first time I did I felt so great - but now I've gone right off it again - the 2 day hangover did nothing for me!!! So glad you are feelign better about things - thats whats so great about talking things through - its amazing how good it feels to hear what everyone else is up to!

Lea - for my height I am not officially overweight yet but if the scale tips too far out of my favour I may just have to curb my eating a little bit!

moomoo - great to hear you back! Poor you havign a tough time - hoep it levels out a bit soon x

wyatt is a little unsettled again - despite the gaviscon. Poor little man - DH went to chemist to pick up new prescription and his dad's girlfriend was in picking up his dad's gaviscon and my dad pops the old gaviscon too! As me and DH also suffer with heartburn I guess its only normal the poor little mite would have to have it too!!!! We are the gaviscon family it would appear!!!!

I'm really tired but DH is at work and I caN'T sleep if he's not here so I hoep he hurries up and gets home!

Love to all xxx

I bought the wii fit as part of a package as we didn't have the console, and a lot of places just seem to be selling it with other things. but try this website
http://www.wii-consoles.co.uk/wii-fit-in-stock.asp
as it keeps an eye on where and when it's in stock.

moomoo it's lovely to hear from you - I was thinking about you the other day wondering where you were so glad you are still alive and surviving. having 2 definitely makes for a busy busy life, but it's soooo worth it!!! How is your DS1 coping with it all??

Lea - sooooo pleased that all is well with you and things are settling down for you! Am sooo jealous Cora did such a long sleep - Lochlan's longest is around 5 hours but he has such a nssty cough at the minute it keeps me awake while he's fast asleep!!! Typical. Anyway I started a routine a few days ago of giving him a bottle at 11pm - he took 2-3 oz but last night he fell asleep at 10pm without a bottle - so much for that routine!!!

BTW we got the Phil and Ted in the end and so far it's fab - will let you know how we get on with it as Lochlan grows!!!

cherie - yay to getting drunk hope you didn't have a hangover!! I had a glass of wine the other night and felt right tipsy after it - I'm such a cheap date these days - I haven't been well drunk in well over 2 years what with being pg, bf, then being pg again - LOL!!!

glad to hear everyone is well
love
Loocy xxx

afternoon all,

i've been stalking those stock locator sites like a hawk trying to get my wii fit but still had no luck, my friends son works in GAME and i asked her if she could get him to text me when they came in, and shes gone one betterand if i give him the cash he''l get me one the minute they come in and even try to get me a discount. woohoo so hopefully won't have to wait much longer.

zoe, going by your wedding pics you don't seem to have much weight to lose chick, definatly not enought that i would think you would have any trouble ttc.

moomoo glad you dropped by missing your mammoth posts but sounds like you have your hands full, but glad things seems to be improving for you and oliver, hope you make it back soon to kep us upto date.

lea so glad coras feeding is going well now and seems like shes sleeping not too badly, i hope you have some luck getting your wii fit it's a bloody nightmare isn't it i'm like you too i want it more because i can't have it.

cherie you sound so down about your weight honey, try to stay positve your right in that kyle is more important than what you look like but i feel the same after the last year i feel like it's about time i got my body back and started feeling a bit like me agian, i haven't started weight watchers yet, i'm just eatting really well, not having any junk or fatty stuff and going for the low fat version of everything, i'm also doing alot of walking as most of my weight is on my hips bum and thighs, so alanna and i have an hour walk nearly everyday. yay to getting drunk, i did last night too so nursing a little bit of a hangover today for the first time since last july!! it was my best friends hen night so i went a bit nuts, alanna is gusseling my frozen milk supply today, but shes been a dream, she went to bed at 8pm for dh last night woke up at 5am for a fed and the 9am again, and dh did all the feding while i slept. now shes been napping for 2 hours, it's like she knows mummy has a sore head and needs a wee rest.

looocy glad the phil and ted is working out, i hope it grows well with lochlan.

lots of love to everyone and all those georgeous babies. xxxxxxxxxxxx

nic - so jealous alanna sleeps so well at night! Wyatt still waking randomly and difficult to get a routine going but tbh the HV thinks he's still trying to find his natural line - he dropped off his centile right after birth and so I guess he'll guzzle whatever he needs whenever he needs it til he's back on to his centile.

He is so great at the moment in terms of entertainment value - me and DH sit there hours after DS1 has gone to bed just pulling faces at Wyatt and he laughs out loud and has the best smile bless him! Today he gave a massive big grin to DS1 who was thrilled to bits!

As for me i feel awful - in terrible pain suspect AF is about to return with a vengeance =- anyone else experience this? Its terrible cramping and its going to take alot of paracetemol to get to sleep tonight I can tell you!

Nat - still trying to find the powder dispenser you have but can't find one! At this rate I might just get the Tommee tippee one but not sure how that works as it seems to go inside the bottle somehow?.....

Ok off to be grumpy somehwere else - very hot bath might be in order to try and ease these cramps...I'm assuming its AF but I suppose it could be OV pain - but I don't remember havign it like this before? Could I be missing something? Is it normal to get this much AF pain?

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend - love to all xxx

Hi everyone

Just to let you all know my dad died on saturday it was the most horrific thing i have ever seen in my life. The only comfort i have is that he is not suffering anymore. He was a very loved man. We have to arrange the funeral today, where do you start?

Hope your all well

Nat xx

oh Nat I am so sorry for your loss sweetheart. nothing we say can help with the pain you are feeling. I have lost both my parents, and still miss them every day. keep yourself busy hun and take care, just keep cuddling your little precious baby xxxx

Me again. Zoe meant to say if you go for tommee tippee bottles I have two packs of 4 milk dispensers still sealed if you want them I will gladly send them to you. I use the tommee tippee ones and I think they are ace... You just fill bottle up usual way and dispenser just sits on neck of bottle all sealed up and water doesnt get into it till you empty it and shake.... brilliant idea.

Lea, noticed you gave up on swing idea, I used the Graco one and my goodness what a godsend it is. Any time Zak grumpy he goes in swing and drops off every time, think he doesnt like being held sometimes so swing life saver

Well Zak still going down between 8 and 9 and sleeps till 5-6 not sure if sun wakes him at that time he doesnt actaually seem hungry when he wakes

omg, nat so so sorry to hear about your dad, don't know what else to say, nothing can make it better i know, i'm thinking of you sweetie. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

teri, alanna has the same sleep pattern as zak, down at 8-9pm wakes about 5am and feeds then nods back of until 9am, pretty sure she is waking because she's hungry, i have really heavy curtains in my bedroom and no light gets in there.

zoe how you holding up? af arrived yet?

oh nat i'm so so sorry to hear about your dad - I really hope it gets easier for you as time goes on. We're all thinking of you hun

Loocy xx

Nat - Im so sorry Nothing I can say will make you feel any better, but i want to say im thinking of you at this awful time xxx