oh yeah lolly i missed that somehow, what happened?
are you getting stressed about it berni? you know how perceptive kids are, if you are worried about him not taking a bottle from you, chances are he will resist.
alyssa, the first trimester is the hardest in my opinion. no one knows you are pregnant unless you tell them, you have the nausea (hopefully no throwing up, but sometimes the nausea itself is just as bad) and you are absolutely knackered. your body has just been suddenly flooded with all these different hormones and the little baby is growing rapidly already. the second trimester is way easier, you arent so big you are uncomfortable, hopefully the sickness will have passed and you will be a bit more energetic. you will also feel baby moving for the first time. the third trimester is hard because you are big and tired, but i loved it still!
it is expensive, i dont remember the last time i bought something for me and we are always skint but shes so worth it.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
its possibly what kelly said then, he might still associate you with breastfeeding or smell the milk off you. even though he had problems breastfeeding, it is still instinctive to him.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
i dont know hun, i wouldnt take it personally. freyja is a daddys girl, she beams when she sees jamie and she spends a lot of her time saying DADADADADADADA when hes around. but, she mucks around when he tries to feed her. i had to come home from a friends last night to settle her as she was just giving him hell.
its difficult i know because chris is at work and you have to feed kyle in that time, but all i can suggest is that you keep at it hun, keep calm and try not to feel disheartened by it.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
If you give Kyle his bottle at night does he take it ok? Adela loves her dad and is always grinning when he's around, sometimes it annoys me because I do pretty much everything for her and Ernie just spends the odd hour playing with her, but I reckon thats why she's so happy with him, because he is just associated with play and I'm play plus everything else. Still, it's not a competition and I'm glad she's so happy around Ernie, it gives him more reason to stop watching his fiilms and sleeping! I have thought about going back to work and having Ernie stay at home because my job is more stable financialy, but I think Ernie feels like a failure because he see it as his job to be able to bring in the money. He isn't sexist it's deff a cultureal thing.
I wouldn't use a mate because normally they ask how they know you and mates will always be positive about eachother. hvaing said that, many jobs esp if there's no CRB involved don't bother checking all refs.
hey peeps.
Stace, as freja was so late your skin was probably stretched past it's maximum. It's like cutting all the elastic in a pair of control pants. Don't forget your muscles will have been stretched too, and although they may have gone back to their usual size, they may not be as strong and might not be holding your stomach in as they used to. And don't forget, pregnancy causes more fat to deposit around your stomach (for protection and warmth) so it's natural to be a different shape.
My stomach is like jelly! even though i am large, my fat used to be kinda firm but with the skin stretched so much, it is like poking a balloon filled with lumpy water.... wierd eh?
Chloe is still ill, doctors on tuesday if she is still ill tomorrow as that's 10days of being ill (the nhs direct nurse said to see a doctor to be checked out just in case this isnt just teething).
Chloe is only waking up at night when she's ill. she learned to settle herself from an early age, just hoping that she hasn't unlearned it, because we've had to rock/sing/pat her back/have her in bed with us, for her to sleep whilst she's been ill.
Jo, i think the stage 4 jars are mainly for travelling parents where chopped food would need to be kept refrigerated maybe? but in a jar can be used at room temp? i dunno. but it's only 1p more in asda for stage 4 and there's an extra meal in it for chloe!
i'm gonna have to start cooking for her, but it would have to be separate as i add salt to cooking (only a tiny amount mind) and don't eat healthily enough. (usually freezer food - ready meals, chicken fillets, chicken anything... with frozen potato 'bits') occasionally make lasagne or shepherds pie... but she hates mashed potato with a passion and the lasagne, i use jars of sauces and they always have salt in..
i don't know what to do!! im terrible at eating veg, only eat it on a sunday when it's cooked by someone else! Mainly get my 5 a day from fruit.
i will have to change my ways i know! just need to get matt to start eating veg as well!
mand x
Mand, South Wales, Full-time working, single mother to 2 scarily independent girls.
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Mand, the netmums cookbook is helpful for simple meals, helps me out when lacking in foody inspiration. Cooking healthily is important and will be even more so as Chloe gets older, it's not hard to do though, honest.
Berni, did you try Kyle during the day with his night time bottles? Sometimes it's a case of trial and error, i wont say how many bottles, cups and beakers over time, but there are lots out there.
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My heart just needs his smile, that i can't forget, like so melancholy a kiss.
I do Oliver's meals seperately most of the time too because we also eat quite unhealthily (although that's slowly changing, I'm on about 2 cooked-from-scratch meals a week now!), but I can do enough to last 2 or 3 weeks in one afternoon and just freeze it all. There are loads of recipes online, and it works out cheaper to cook your own too :)
Yeah, Mand if you can, cook things for her, like when you have your roast, just do a bulk of it and freeze it - at least even if you just give her that every now and again, it's better then jars all the time.
Esmé always had whatever i've eaten, but then, i do eat pretty healthy, despite the way i look! and cook most things from scratch. Though, i feel like i'm always cooking the same thing, so i may look into getting the recipe book you posted, so thanx Shona!
It's so easy to get lost in constantly having to present
whatever face you believe a person wants to see rather than your own
mand it definately was. i remember when the midwife wanted to check my belly after i had freyja and i think she said the muscles had separated? i dont know? but when i was lying flat, if l started to sit up the sides of my stomach would be noticebly tightening but the middle remained the same. so it looked really weird its so hard to explain. but anyway, my tummy hasnt really regained tone since as i havent been getting much exercise other than pushing freyja around in the buggy and carrying her obviously. i did go quite skinny at one point, but there was a definate curve to the belly still from loose muscle tone.
i cant believe i let his comment slide so easily.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
did the midwife not mention it to you when they checked your belly after the birth? mine told me it was quite common but didnt give me any advice on how to rectify the problem. i dont even know if it still does that!
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
She didn't mention it at all to me, and I didn't ask because I was too embarressed. But mine doesn't do that any more, just gone to regular fat now. For me I don't see the point in losing it through crazy exercise because I think it would go bad again if I had another babyand I'm too lazy!
lol well i reckon its good to try to lose the baby belly at some point because if you are slim when you fall pregnant again then you have a better chance of losing the weight once you are done having a family. i always worried that if i didnt get my figure back before having another baby i will never get it back.
im not bothered about getting a tummy tuck...im sure i can lose it. or at least tone it a bit. but its a boob lift i want. i didnt envision myself having saggy boobs at 21 years old. i blame breastfeeding but bf doesnt actually give you saggy boobs...and i have been wearing supportive bras so i dont know what happened but its depressing.
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
Losing (all) excess weight and getting fit is the least i'll do before going near TTC!
I keep debating over whether or not to put up a tree, can't help but think it'll come toppling down!
18.11 28.4 6.5 22.31
My heart just needs his smile, that i can't forget, like so melancholy a kiss.
Well, God finally made a miracle for me; I'm going to have a little baby in 6 1/2 months. Yup, as of tomorrow I'll be about 11 weeks pregnant. I am happy but scared at the same time. I'm here for advice of course since most of you are parents. Wow! I'm still speechless about this amazing new chapter in my life.
lol shona i havent even considered a tree...where would i put it in this sea of baby stuff???
ellie, congratulations!!!! hope that you have escaped the morning sickness...if you havent it should be over soon, hopefully within the next week!
so i gather you are happy about the pregnancy? enjoy every minute of it, its a magical time!!! it can be hard at times, but i miss it soooo much. wish i could go back in time! roll on the next baby!
"When I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you" - Dr Samuel Loomis
