supergolden88

Thanks for your tips and PMs everyone. I have hopefully found someone 2 days a week - due to start on Thursday so we will see how we get on. She works for a friend of mine the rest of the week so I feel fortunate she can help out temporarily. I still need to find someone more permanent further down the line unless her circumstances change (and she wants to stay on). Can anyone post some advise on nanny share? How does it work for them and so on? I think much as I would love to have a nanny full time or 3/4 days a week the cost would be prohibitive and I would like my baby to socialise with at least one more baby/toddler. Also please give me some advice on your nanny care costs - how much does it work out if you include tax etc?

I posted a while back about having terrible backache due to constant breastfeeding/sling/baby carrying and probably terrible posture too. Last night it got so bad that it took me over an hour to find a comfortable way of sleeping which did not hurt like hell (using pregnancy body pillow again!). I have a constant ache between my shoulderblades worse on the right. Would massage help? Or any other treatment? Send me some recommendations please.

Can someone suggest a detergent/soap to wash baby clothes in? My son has been diagnosed with eczema although the doctor suggested he would grow out of it! He has very dry skin on elbows/knees and on his face too although I have only had one case of flare up which was read blotches all over his chest, neck etc. I have been applying Oilatum Jr cream liberally since he was born because I assumed he had very dry skin - only when I stopped using it did we get the flare up. Doctor has given us Diprobase which we use but must say prefer the Oilatum cream. I have been using Non Bio but hoping someone can suggest a natural detergent/soap alternative for his clothing. Fabric softener too if possible!

So I posted a 'wanted' thread for a nanny in the classifies section and had a few replies. One nanny PM me we exchanged emails and texts and she was due to come for a chat this morning at 10. Did not turn up or even bother texting. I have texted her to say not to bother! Can you give me some tips please. What to look out for, what to ask etc. Have never had a nanny before and only dealt with nurseries. Clearly being prompt is high on the list. My son is only 4 months so what should I be expecting the nanny to do in terms of activities etc? many thanks - hope my 2pm interview turns up! edit to add this is a rather urgent situation as I find myself with lots of work on - perhaps I should have gone through an agency...

bumping this old thread to ask how much are you expected to pay for treatments (for a baby) and how many treatments are recommended?

Thanks for the messages glad to know I am not the only one out there! Baby refuses the dummy (he took it for about a week as a newborn, never since). I guess the real issue is sorting the daytime feeds and then being confident that he is not hungry in the night. Not sure how I will do this when he refuses to feed much in the day but we'll see. If only his little nose would stop being congested at night! It's been months now and no improvement.

For those who have seen my many posts on this forum you will know that I have a baby boy who is 4 months and waking up a LOT at night. Sometimes it is up to 6 times and others only 2/3 but when he is up less he tends to stay awake for hours at a time. Last night it was 3.30-5am partly because the nappy leaked and after changing him and his entire outfit/growbag he was WIDE awake and giggling. I am determined to try and improve his sleep - this is my second baby and I have been through a year of broken sleep with my daughter 4 years ago. I really want to avoid that this time around. Or try to anyway. Baby boy is breastfed although we do try to give him a bottle once a day (usually the second night feed) with either formula or EBM. Even when he takes the bottle (usually he fusses and refuses it) he only takes a maximum of 60ml or more frequently 20-40ml. My question is how many feeds where/are you doing at 4 months? My son can go 4 hour stretches or longer but he sometimes will brestfeed for 5 minutes or less even when the gap is a big one. He also tends to not be interested in first morning feed which leads me to believe he is taking too much during the night. The past few days he feeds on first wake up (between 10-12pm not always consistent) and he tends to refuse a bottle and breastfeed - sometimes very little others a lot - before falling asleep again. Second feed tends to be around 2-4am (again depending on when first one was - roughly three hours since last feed). This one he usually takes bit of a bottle and then breastfeeds on top of that. Morning feed is 7-8am depending on when he was fed last. As I mentioned he is usually not that interested. I am desperate to turn his daytime feeds around so I would ideally like to drop the feed in the middle of the night. I should also mention that his nose tends to get blocked at night which wakes him up and on top of that he is teething something fierce! That is to say perhaps he is not waking up due to hunger but is used to feeding before going back to sleep.

I think I saw something at Sainsburys - not sure it was boxes though. They had some nice frilly cupcake cases. Their bakery section seems to be constantly growing. Perhaps someone who went recently can confirm

My baby has the same and it was diagnosed as dry skin or infatile eczema. We are plastering him in oilatum jr if the rash forms a sort of circle it could be ringworm in which case you need anti fungal cream

Same reason they decide to do an enormous poo that soaks through three layers of clothing the one time you decide to go out without an outfit change in nappy bag. They just know!

I have been using cooled chamomile tea and it seems to be helping. Not sure he needs drops - hopefully we can avoid them.

Baby boy has sticky, slightly red, itchy eyes. Yup eye infection time - surprised it took so long. No appointment at GP and am trying to remember whether they prescribe basically same eye drops they would give an adult - variant of Optrex infected eyes? Can I get something over the counter? My eyes are having similar symptoms minus stickiness

CRAP ...and he is awake. Did not even last two and a half hours. He did better as a newborn :(

Seriously don't do it. I managed to avoid an induction (following a sweep) with a brisk walk around the block and nipple stimulation. TMI I am sorry!!

I am joining in the sigh of relief. Hope and pray that Japanese takeaway (currently being picked up by hubby all the way from Brixton) can be consumed before baby boy decides to wake up... I mean there's wine in the fridge and everything!

The baby clinic that was on every Wednesday at my medical centre (DMC Chadwick Road) has been suspended since January as they are doing building work. This means I haven't been able to see a HV and get baby weighed since then. Is it possible to turn up at another baby clinic and be seed even if you are not registered with the practice? I would really appreciate it if one of you can ask and let me know...

If you are after a nursery place the sooner the better in some cases as they are few ones that take babies and the spaces get filled quickly. I have seen pregnant mums put down the name of their future offspring on waiting lists at Asquith. If you are after a childminder or nanny you can wait until near the time you need them - maybe make enquiries a couple of months in advance.

Well baby had the shot and did not even cry. However his sleep (or complete lack of) is still beyond terrible. Trying to figure out what to do and I am at a loss

Thanks I may take him. If I survive today which right now is 50-50

Baby boy is seriously testing my sanity (more on that in separate thread later)by not sleeping at night. Worse than he has ever been due to teething/ blocked nose. He has a BCG jab on thursday and am wondering whether to take him or not considering how extremely unsettled he is - and witf final round of other jabs in two weeks. Do babies react a lot to the BCG? I remember it gets pussy etc eventually...

Thanks for all your suggestions. I had some responses through Netmums and Childcare.co.uk

I spend my days either carrying baby on right arm facing out or with him on a sling and breastfeeding a lot. My back is killing me - especially between the shoulderblades. Can anyone suggest some stretches or suitable exercises? I could do my yoga DVD but am too knackered to do more than few minutes of anything. I also suspect my nursing bras all need to be replaced - none fit properly which may be making matters worse.

Can anyone recommend a reliable website for finding registered childminder / nanny / nannyshare? I am looking for one of the three for baby boy nearly 4 months in Nunhead area. I seem to recall there was a free website that listed available childminders at least but can't find it. Any suggestions much appreciated

I honestly don't think there's anything the matter with him - he is bright eyed and bushy tailed it's me who is about to be reduced to a weeping heap. Just spend an hour trying to settle him for a nap. Again he would fall asleep on my shoulder or breastfeeding but wake up in cot. And after an hour of crying/hand chewing/not sleeping have brought him back downstairs. You would think that with the night he had and no nap since he would be napping, but no. If this continues I will take to GP just in case.

OK please let me figure this out. Gave him a bit of Calpol and he managed to sleep 8pm - 12.50am. Woke up chewing his hands like a mad thing and had 60ml of expressed milk from a bottle then breastfed till asleep again. Put him down at 1.30am. Was up at 2.40am and then that was it. Nursing for couple of minutes got him back to sleep momentarily but second he was back in the cot he would wake up again. No amount of rocking, shushing etc would let him sleep longer than 5 minutes. I have been up all night long - even though I went to bed at 10pm I was kept awake by insomnia or too much caffeine till baby kept me up. I tried to let him sleep next to me but I don't feel comfortable doing it and don't really like the idea of the baby nursing all night long - his daytime feeds are disrupted enough as it is. Mercy.