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Do eeeeeeeeet. My elder is now 3 1/2 and this is his first winter without tights - I thought they might cause confusion when he's going to the loo. But if it gets super-cold I might change my mind!

We used the little round IKEA chair, which was great. V.cheap too! You're very welcome come round and try it out. In fact, you're generally very welcome to come around! :)

Yawn.... very, very unsettled night last night when Twosling kept insisting he hadn't had enough, and he wasn't tired... but anyway we are scheduled for the tongue tie correction today, which I'm dreading but also have high hopes of. Wish us luck..

I don't think it's an English thing ( ! ) just an individual thing. Some people are just more perceptive and inclined to practical help than others. My mother is amazing, cannot do too much for her grandchildren, and always insists on giving me and my husband a heavenly joint lie-in when we stay with her - a rare treat. My parents-in-law, though loving and great with stories, playing etc. never offer to get up or do anything much by way of practical help, preferring to follow me around to take part in bathtime, bedtime etc. without doing it for me. I've found a polite request to do a small and specific job, followed by lots of thanks, goes down well.

Advice I was given by the breastfeeding specialist at King's was to give the same amount in oz as baby's weight in kg. So for a baby of 3.5 kg try 3.5oz - obviously you'll then need to adjust depending on your child. She also suggested not heating up the full amount at once, so as not to waste any if the baby doesn't want it all. Good luck!

We sold our well-loved XT and bought an XLR so that we could take advantage of being able to strap an infant carrycot to the top of the XLR (you can't with the XT), turning it into a mini-pram, parent-facing. It's slightly wider and bigger than the XT, and much more expensive. I'd suggest you go with the XT unless the infant carrycot is useful for you - and I think the Knomelet is beyond that stage?

Knomester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I haven't found BF an enjoyable or bonding > experience... That is indeed sad, but to echo the spirit of what Fuschia said, I found feeding my elder son very difficult and discouraging, and swore on a daily basis for weeks that I'd stop tomorrow. But things changed, and it became easier and less of a chore. The last feed of the day before his bedtime in particular became a very relaxed and happy experience. I hope it will too for you! Thanks so much for this thread - invaluable.

Knomester Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love your dedication to the Christmas tree > Moos!!! > > shush, you. :-$ should be back to one message now... Did I mention we have real candles on the tree? :)) Mr. Moos Put His Foot Down some years ago, and won't let me use fairy lights...

We love our Christmas tree, so have kept it with our 6-month-old, 18-month-old and 2.5-year-old, and all was well. We roped it to a wall about halfway up, and kept the more delicate ornaments for the top half of the tree. I think it partly depends on your children...if you have the cupboard-raiding, experimental, stool-climbing, fingers-in-everything kind, you might need to be more cautious than if they're the laid-back kind. Good luck!

We love our Christmas tree, so have kept it with our 6-month-old, 18-month-old and 2.5-year-old, and all was well. We roped it to a wall about halfway up, and kept the more delicate ornaments for the top half of the tree. I think it partly depends on your children...if you have the cupboard-raiding, experimental, stool-climbing, fingers-in-everything kind, you might need to be more cautious than if they're the laid-back kind. Good luck!

I don't understand this thread. The lights are all up as usual, same as the last few years. Only one had been switched on as far as I saw, perhaps by mistake?

Thanks Knomester - actually we haven't got a clinic appt yet, but have been referred, so fingers crossed it will be soon -I'm guessing week after next at the earliest now. There's a new system in place whereby Claire Kedves has to see each baby twice (!?) to confirm her diagnosis, so we are seeing her on Wed. Will try to see my GP tomorrow re: Novogel and infections - your point definitely taken.

Can we have some analogies for this unique activity? I'll start: breastfeeding is like dressing an enthusiastic octopus in a poloneck.

Am amazed by the stories elicited by this thread, and incredibly impressed by the tenacity and love they demonstrate. Hope other people in the position of having tongue tied babies find inspiration here. For me, so far so good, fingers firmly crossed*. Twosling had his 2nd weigh-in today, and has gained 9oz from his birth weight, so he seems to be thriving. I am now lansinoh-tastic, which is helping, and planning to give shields a try. The windiness and super-long feeds I guess I'll just have to live with until the snip - and to all intents and purposes, that's just life with a newborn. Thanks all for your kind good wishes. *not literally, it's hard enough doing everything one-handed as it is...

Best of luck to you - all the very best for a smooth resolution. If you do end up scheduled for a CS, read the recent thread on it - lots of reassuring info about how relatively easily it can go. I know absolutely not what you would wish for, but at least some comfort? Fingers crossed for you and wishing you joy for your new baby soon!

Countjc, crossed with your post - what a wringer you've been through. I'm so sorry.

Molly and Gina, thank you very much, hurray hurray! :-) Twosling is feeding well (fingers crossed for today's weigh-in) but it is getting more painful, I must admit. I will follow Claire Kedves' advice and ask GP to prescribe Novogel, and hope to avoid the more serious problems anna-r had.

Afternoon family roomers My one-week-old son has just been diagnosed with a posterior tongue tie. We've been to the specialist at Dulwich Hospital, need to go again for the confirmation appointment and are getting lined up for an appointment to have this corrected. We are relatively fortunate in that he has already taken well to breastfeeding, albeit he feeds very slowly (each feed at least an hour, and often more like 2) and slips off the latch quite a lot - ouch! Fingers crossed he is thriving in spite of it, but I have hopes that the correction will improve his latch and help him be less windy, poor little bean. The specialist also suggested that the difficulties I had with learning to feed my elder son 3 years ago (he struggled to latch on and was very windy as a small baby) may well also have been related to an undiagnosed tongue tie, and even that the difficulties my own mother had with feeding me and my brother could be connected! I had not previously known this was a genetic condition, nor that so many apparently go undiagnosed. Anyway, just wanted to mention it especially to anyone with a tiny one or who is expecting a baby soon to ask your midwife to check whether there is any sign of tongue tie. Mine only checked because I, being very conscious of tongue tie with various friends with tongue tie babies, had observed to her that my son's tongue doesn't stick out very far. Before then, everyone had just said that we had a good latch and all seemed OK.

Happy birthday, Katie! 13 today... Enjoy your teens! ;-)

well, me and Mr. Moos on the arrival of a new little brother for the Moosling. Twosling was born yesterday and all the family is well and happy.

Byee. Halicon, sorry for being part of derailing your thread.

Look at me! Look at me! Look at my thread! Me! Me! MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Are you eight years old?

Absolutely right. How dare anyone comment on anything other than your riveting tree thread. Thanks for the tip, halicon.

A nannyshare is a good option if you can find a suitable family to share with and a good nanny - makes the 'platinum option' a lot more affordable. It's great to have your child cared for in your own home (at least part of the time), but it's still more expensive than a childminder.

Love Italian food, but there are lots of restaurants and pubs which serve Italian or Italian-style food in the area already.