Moos

In the last month:- - My next-door neighbour, who is already putting up with our annoying ongoing building works, pushed my mum's car when she was stuck in the snow - I posted without much hope on Facebook that I needed a rug to help insulate my cold floor and half an hour later a neighbour walked one round to me. - I had an accident and needed to get to A&E and a neighbour came round immediately to look after my young son for a few hours I had a holiday flight cancelled, and neighbours came around with delicious and consoling baked goodies

Ewwwww. Not liking the scuttly image that conjures up.

People long to have the McCanns found guilty for the simple reason that it would be a relief. Parents make horrible mistake and try to cover it up? No implication for me and my children. It's much more frightening and threatening to believe that there are monstrous abductors lurking out there. I have never believed that the McCanns could have been responsible, simply because they had no opportunity to hide a body. Their every move was watched after they reported the little girl missing.

I'm Spidey. Is that good?

Where are the Family Room dads to defend themselves? Come on, Quids, Keef...

Loving the McDonalds Barbie - and there's faithful old Ken flirtatiously asking Barbie if she'd like to super-size that.

helena handbasket Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's good to get a bit of it out though. It's > that or drink! > > We have to choose!? :)

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Never quite sure with girls whether they actually > want a solution, or they just want to talk about > it. > Ha ha, the gender communication divide neatly encapsulated in a sentence!

We use Nannytax, who seem to do a good job. Agree that it does seem to be a very standardised service (with a slight additional complication if you're nannysharing) so perhaps go with the cheaper firm.

2 weeks. There's a new system in place whereby the infant feeding co-ordinator has to confirm her diagnosis a week after the initial confirmation - and even then the paperwork has to be done smoothly and promptly in order for you to get on the list for the following week's clinic. I chased the surgeon's PA to ensure we were listed. However, they mentioned they're starting to run more clinics which might speed things up. Worth pushing to get listed as young as possible as the babies are seen in ascending order of age. Some of the older babies had to wait till 5 to be operated on - with no feeding permitted after 1pm! Must be very tough.

Yes, I have and to answer your question briefly, we had the op at 3 weeks. Am on phone so can't link to the recent thread but have a search - lots of people posted incedibly valuable advice.

Morning Pickle! :-)

Dancing Queen makes me want to tear my own eyeballs out. But I have a weird fondness for Eagle.

Fuschia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I was awake at 4.35am too... have been up at > all hours for a while now, late pregnancy... and > not likely to end any time soon with a newborn > now! Me too, Fuschia - there are quite a few of us, aren't there? Many congratulations on your little chap. Zzz Moos

TMS, PGC?

Anyone awake and feeding or changing or comforting, and taking a sneaky peek at the EDF while you're at it? If so, you're not alone.. Wishing everyone as restful a night as possible...

Betelgeuse. So yesterday.

Congratulations - happy news!

Then you'll fit right in here.

Kudos to the guy cycling home earlier this week wearing a fluorescent orange jacket, a yellow fluorescent cover on his rucksack, lights on his bike and flashing lights on his helmet - it's scary how invisible dark-clad cyclists are on dark evenings. Also, he looked cool, in a don't-give-a-toss kind of way.

I think I made a similar point to another poster recently, but don't you think it's a little childish to demand double attention to your post? Once is usually enough, unless you aren't yet old enough to grasp others' relative importance in the universe.

I also meant to say a huge thank-you to all the King's people - they were great, especially Claire Kedves, but also the midwives/breastfeeding counsellors at the clinic and the doctors and nurses. And a big thank-you too to all the people who've offered their support and experience on this thread - makes a world of difference. xMoos

Hi folks Just to close our story, we had the snip last Tuesday. I was absolutely dreading it, and certainly the long wait in a hot and chaotic room full of crying babies didn't help the sense of dread. The babies are seen in ascending order of age, so we were among the lucky early ones. I really felt for the babies (and their parents) over a few months old, who may have had a 3-hour fasting wait after the beginning of the clinic. After a general address to the crowd by the surgeon, we each went individually into the clinic where the surgeon examines the baby and discusses pros and cons of the operation with each parent. It's worth noting that they are super-careful to ensure you have full information and are the one making the choice to go ahead or not. We were diagnosed with a mild posterior tongue tie, and although the surgeon told me 80% of babies in this case show improvement after having the operation, he was so neutral in his manner that I almost wondered if he was trying to talk me out of it. The mother is then sent next door to wait for the baby (dads are kicked out to the corridor, poor things) and after about a minute your baby is brought through. Twosling was crying and had a tiny amount of blood in his mouth, but it was far less than I had imagined and he immediately fed and cheered up a bit. He was a bit grumpy for a couple of days, but otherwise well. His feeding gradually improved over the next few days and above all he has now started to gain weight again, yippee. At nearly 4 weeks, he's just about at his brother's birth weight, poor little prawn. Also, on my part the pain is almost gone, and the damage healing. We went to see the infant feeding specialist today, and she found that there is a little regained tightness in his mouth, so I will have to be sure to keep up massaging his tongue, in case the tie returns - God forbid. So overall a real success and such a relief. Now I just need to wait for the magic day when he starts to go 4 hours between night feeds... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. So tired!

thanks Knomester! I do about 3 or 4 night feeds and tend to find a little sneaky hand has escaped regardless of my efforts at the beginning of each one, so I think I will do the same.

Did you/do you reswaddle after each night feed? I'm only just starting to swaddle Twosling regularly, and he seems to partially escape each time he wakes to feed. (he is 3 weeks old) many thanks for your tips!