Ruth_Baldock

Saffron, NOOOOo!!! I really hope the "science" is wrong with those numbers. Although I know it won't be- out of all 5 of us, only one of us slept through and didn't bother y poor mum and that was me (sleep trained to the hilt...) yawn.

What I didn't pack and should have done: a pillow, face wipes. What I did pack and definitely needed: deodorant, assorted chargers What I packed and didn't need: a book. No time for that nonsense! Kings provide zilch, take everything you'll think you'll need, x2 allowing for leaky nappies etc.

We are using the same cot mattress (and cot) with Lex that we did with Seb. We did as Molly did, cleaned and aired everything as best we possibly could. To be fair, he only used the cot/mattress for about 6 months- we coslept till he was 10 months and he moved out of it into his bigger cot when he was about 16mo...

1) Could be a sleep regression/ wonder week. We went through something similar with our son when he was 12-15 months (ish). It was down to developmental milestones; learning to walk (and run...)learning words ('this' and 'that' were the most widely used at the time, as they remain now...) 2) Food- my son only sleeps well if he's had a good amount of protein in his daily diet. If not, you can forget about getting a good night's sleep... I can totally commiserate. My almost 2y/o doesn't regularly sleep through any more, and the three month old is up lots in the night for milk/cuddles/epic grunting and farting. It is utterly exhausting, but I imagine it gets better?!

Excellent re: handluggage. I'm going to have to venture to a poundshop without seb in the pram, aren't I? Oh god, the chaos...

Seb used to have one of those drawling things- magnetic "pad" with a special pen that you could draw on I with, then an eraser which was on a sliding bar at the bottom. He loved it but chucked it from his pushchair a few weeks ago. We are taking him on a 7hr flight on Wednesday and feel it will be invaluable but haven't got a clue where I'd get one from?! As a slight aside; are toddlers allowed their own handluggage (mini backpack) on flights? (we are flying BA) Ta!

Oof, sorry that the clinc weren't too helpful :/ iIRC, Clare is back- but if you can't get hold of her, try to speak to her colleague Joanne joseph: do you have their number?

I am so sorry you are experiencing this, and well done for getting thus far with the difficulties you're experiencing. Have you been to a breastfeeding cafe/clinic? The one held at Peckham Library on Thursdays is excellent, (10-12, 5th floor). They've seen/heard it all, and am sure they could offer some insight. I'd be inclined to think it was down to positioning too- like snowboarder I get plugged ducts with some positions. I also second Pickle- if you need to feed from one side only, then it is entirely possible to do so- I did this with my first son who had huge preference for one side over the other.

We paid our lad ?6 and hour and Mr B picked him up and gave him a lift home. He was the som of a good friend who is a childminder! Happy to pass on his name/ number

Good GOD! But...the mind boggles.

Jb: think it's an insurance issue re: driving!

V interested in this thread! Son is only 2 (almost) but Lyndhurst is our first choice. Do you mind me asking what was it that you didn't like about it? P.S. AFAIK, there is a Camberwell forum out there somewhere...

Get the baby seen and signed off by the paediatrician asap, and then make sure you're up and about, showered and with all lines removed. Badger the staff, tell everyone and anyone how you feel able to go home, stress that you've got lots of support at home. Like ClareC, I had an early discharge. 26 hours post op!

My first baby, born December 2009, was a c/s and not having my partner there are nights absolutely impossible. The first night, I was so out of it from my GA that I slept through my son waking for a feed and another patient woke me saying he'd been screaming his head off for at least half an hour. Mortified. I had zero support from the staff for everything else too and the whole thing was a nightmare. Second time round, 12 weeks ago, my husband stayed with me on the pn ward and the experience was immeasurably better. Even just having someone there to laugh with over the baby's piggy noises (constant snorting and farting) made all th difference. I think the scheme is a brilliant idea, and IME, patients daytime guests were far more inconsiderate than the other ladies partners staying overnight.

The itch? Crabs, you mean? I apologise for lowering the tone, Family Room Discussion.

How many years, Otta? Congratumalations!

Hear, hear. My Mum was a single parent for a few years, and as a baby and toddler I had very severe asthma and was in and out of hospital constantly. My son also has athma and we had a l of hospital admissions last year. No idea how my mum coped with it all, and worked FT- I wasn't working and had the support of my husband and family too, which my mum didn't have and I was cracking up. It's hard when your partner works away,isn't it? Mr B has worked away a few times, most notably when our son was bang in the middle of his 4mo sleep regression. I felt like I was losing the will to live, honestly...

YES. Please, I mean. I'm yet to leave Lex. She WILL take expressed milk, she isn't winning this battle...

Seconding saffron's idea- that's what we did!

So true. On my second baby, and I still have no clue; no answers, just a faint sense of amused bewilderment. Seb will only nap if his lunch has included protein. Maybe an idea? Really, though, who knows?!

Miracle blanket thirded! My daughter loves hers. They're white so go a but dingey but apart from that- brilliant.

Bookstart does get mad busy, it's true. That may be my fault for giving it a rave review on here. Not sure where you live but I believe bookstart in camberwell library (Friday, 10-11:30) is less busy...

Seb used to sleep everywhere and anywhere but Lex is like Mini Ole ( ;) ) and will only really sleep in her cot or the ergo if I'm lucky. Babies, eh? Who'd have 'em?!?!

Snap, same with us. Seb really resists his naps and on the day I manage to get a puny 45mins from him, bedtime is a total nightmare. As an experiment, yesterday and today I didn't offer him a nap, but we did have an hour of quiet time- no radio or telly, drew the blinds so it was more subdued and we read books. He did lie on the sofa playing with his etch a sketch too. Yesterday bedtime was a dream and he slept till 7:30 am this morning. I do miss the childfree time, but such is life! In short, no you're not the only one going through it!

Nursing strikes are so common around this age- my son went on a proper hardcore strike when he was 9mo old, I just continued to offer and he picked it back up again a fortnight or so later. Then he self weaned at 11mo when I was pregnant, again I thought it was a nursing strike, but nope- is there a chance your in the, er, Family Way? Sorry if that sounds rude/prying.