Baby Support Thread - Page 177

Mandimoo · 18-09-2009, 09:41 PM

getting bored! i keep getting pains, but no squeezing feeling, one or two a day atm, i just want her out now, am sick of craving food but not being able to eat it!

how are you? mand x

Undetermined.Fate · 18-09-2009, 09:49 PM

uncomfortable;
i got into a car accident this past week, on my way to get the twins from my foster parents house. I fractured my wrist and Adam got a concussion. He stayed in the hospital longer than I did, it was just rough.
things are getting a little better, my mom has been coming over and helping me with the kids. and now my sisters are coming over a little bit more to help to.

Mandimoo · 18-09-2009, 10:51 PM

its good you've got support, my mum does so much for us and i only have the 1! its gonna be a reality shock when i move out because i'll have 2 by then! hope you recover fast,
mand x

Undetermined.Fate · 18-09-2009, 10:59 PM

Thanks.
Yeah, i'm glad that i've got support.
I don't know how i would be able to take care of two at the same time.
especially during feeding time, they pretty much have the same schedule.
they want to eat at the same time, sleep at the same time.
Sleeping, I do not mind. Eating is the hard part, I'm breastfeeding one, while bottlefeeding the other (with breastmilk not formula) and then the next feeding i'll switch babies.

Mandimoo · 18-09-2009, 11:09 PM

i'm hoping to breastfeed this one, but we'll have to see. my nipples are so flat, chloe just wouldn't close her mouth because there was nothing brushing the roof of her mouth, so it just didn't work.

Mandimoo · 20-09-2009, 12:48 AM

yeah i'm tryign to find somewhere that sells the newborn ones, i've only seen a used pair on ebay, will try again. i'm already wearing breast shells coz my bra makes them really sore.

i figured if i bought the shields and left them sealed i could try without first and if needs be sterilise and use them and if i didn't need em then they could be returned.

hows everyone else?
oh btw i've reached full-term now... so labour/birthing vibes muchly appreciated!
mand x

Mandimoo · 20-09-2009, 10:40 PM

the avent nipple shields are the ones i'm looking for, my nipples are too sore to consider the niplette, although i had heard of this and was considering giving it a go.

the problem is the avent shields come in 2 sizes, standard and newborn and i can only find the standard or listings where it isn't stated (such as mothercare).

chloe bashed her face today, she was lay on the floor and tried to get up and her arm gave way so she face-butted the floor. poor baby. she also keeps walking into things, like doorframes, especially when tired. and she walks on the inside of her feet... is that normal for this age? she stumbles a lot because of it.
mand x

mand x

Mandimoo · 21-09-2009, 05:10 PM

we're wondering if she might have a slight ear infection coz she isn't usually this clumsy. might try to make an appointment tomorrow at dr's for same time as my midwife so we can do it in one trip lol.
mand x

Mandimoo · 22-09-2009, 10:45 PM

i'm 3/5 engaged. anyone been told they were 3/5ths before? can you remember how long until you went into labour?

~Grace~ · 22-09-2009, 10:48 PM

ooooh how exciting!!

Mandimoo · 23-09-2009, 12:20 AM

is 3/5ths more than halfway or less? chloe was never engaged so never asked, and forgot this time, is it done like 'free' being 5/5ths or 0/5th? and is fully engaged 5/5ths or 0/5ths etc?

Kelly · 23-09-2009, 07:38 AM

I think I was 3/5ths at my 37 week appointment and I went into labour at 41 weeks - although that's probably not what you want to hear, sorry!

Mrs Sam · 23-09-2009, 08:32 AM

3/5th's means its more than half way there but from what i'm reading it has no bearing on whether the baby is about to make an appearance or not!

Mandimoo · 23-09-2009, 02:09 PM

i keep losing bits of my plug, but it's not a 'show' until there's blood, apparently lol.

i didn't know if 3/5ths was what could still be felt above the pelvis, or what was deemed to be sat in the pelvis.

Mandimoo · 23-09-2009, 10:58 PM

shoes then, welcome to the expensive bit lol! chloe outgrows hers about 6-8weeks and they cost nearly £30 a go!

Mandimoo · 23-09-2009, 11:39 PM

some say shoes help the development of feet so to get them as soon as they're walking about 10 steps a time.

i'm thinking chloe doesn't wear her shoes enough, the foot turning still worries me, not sure if the shoes will stop it though?

Mandimoo · 25-09-2009, 12:43 AM

chloe's not a well bunny, she's got the sneezes with cutting these teeth, i thought she was going to be ok this time, one half of the tooth is through but now the otherside is going too as well as the top gums. she has had a sniffle with every tooth so far, so i'm taking it she will have it everytime.

she's so tired but not sleeping. only had a 20min nap all day. she's tending to lose the first nap and sleep 90mins-2hrs in the afternoon instead, but only 20mins today, she was crying all afternoon. she fell of my mum's lap, sorta nodded off and slid before mum could catch her. she went down slowly coz mum managed to get a hold on her, but she was in shock and crying lots, didn't want to be put down etc.

a few chocolate buttons sorted her for all of 10mins.

but she started calling my dad gah-dad today, he's been nannan and nannandadad... she's getting close to grandad! grandma has been manma for a long time now, she even wakes up shouting manma now. she can see their bedroom from her cot, but not ours, so she wakes up and shouts them.

i just want her to be ill-free and happy.

Mandimoo · 25-09-2009, 08:44 PM

the link doesn't work hun.
i got mine off ebay for £100 inc p&p, but it was a traditional sort of dress with a train etc.

mand x

Mandimoo · 26-09-2009, 02:22 PM

it just says that the purchased item can no longer be viewed. you could post a pic?

chloe's gone to my nan's with mum and dad to give us an afternoon off, i have a bad stomach and matt's got a cold and its already turning into a chest infection.
mand x

D-liscious · 28-09-2009, 09:00 AM

hey,

just thought id pop in and say hello, i think i might be spending a bit more time here in the coming months to get some advice and support from you experienced mummys,

i still cant believe im pregnant, although the sore boobies and the sickness are constant reminders, things are a bit up in the air for me ive only been with my bf 5 months, but we both want baby very much, but were not living togther yet and i feel kinda like a naughty school girl who has been caught in the act lol