― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link
The type of tea that is supposed to increase milk production is fenugreek. LLL doesn't recommend beer anymore due to the alcohol and also it isn't a substantiated thing that it increases milk production. Frequency of nursing should increase milk production.
I hope that helps some... if I think of anything else (or she mentions anything else) I'll post.
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link
Just heard an awful awful story... Woman being beaten, babies not really being treated well... It makes me so sad. :-(
― nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 22 December 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link
I miss my belly too Nath! Although I still have the sad deflated football version of it... I can't believe Alice came out of there to be honest.
Thanks for all your support - it will make getting up at 4am to feed/express that bit more endurable...
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 22 December 2006 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Saturday, 23 December 2006 00:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 23 December 2006 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Archel - hope some of those ideas help! I totally remember getting up in the middle of the night to pump; my husband used to try to get up, too, so he could wash up the equipment afterward. One time I tried to get up quietly so he would get a bit of extra sleep and he got irritated with me. I was like, "one of us should be sleeping here!!!!" I think he got my point... otherwise, that whole first year is kind of a haze...
― Sara Robinson-Coolidge (Sara R-C), Saturday, 23 December 2006 14:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Gem (gem ), Saturday, 23 December 2006 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Cutest swaddler ever:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/331222961_f7acbbf084.jpg
― schwantz (schwantz), Sunday, 24 December 2006 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Did the cookie dash across SE London tonight with our homemade gifts for the neighbourhood mums, and received a few visits ourselves. What a lovely start to the holiday - especially the big, unprompted kiss from little Campbell when I dropped off their present.
Tallulah has finally dozed off, Ava has been down since her bath at 8pm.
A merry Christmas to you all!
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Sunday, 24 December 2006 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Parents!!!
― Ned T.Rifle (Ned T.Rifle), Monday, 25 December 2006 10:54 (seventeen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/333146077_1553762b97.jpg
Ava rolling around in gift-saturated heaven:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/333143296_c4dca8edde.jpg
Ava showing Tallulah there's no hard feelings despite the clashing outfit faux-pas:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/333135029_42e71d6498.jpg
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 01:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 04:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 07:27 (seventeen years ago) link
However she's grown fed up with the formula milk so I think we'll need to introduce a *proper* breakfast and give the milk as a *side dish*.
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 09:22 (seventeen years ago) link
I spent most of yesterday firmly in the "basic zone" on the 300D but I'll start experimenting with it a bit more today having had a peek at the manual. The top two above were taken with the 300D, the bottom one with the Ixus i. It's pretty great - God bless Pam, eBay and PayPal accounts linked to credit cards...
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 10:35 (seventeen years ago) link
With the Fischer Price house.
I'm very keen to get myself a SLR camera - once I have saved up enough money - cause the one we have now is sooooo fucking slow to react! If I want to take a pic NOW, that doesn't mean five minutes later cause then O is somewhere ELSE. Grrr.
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link
RInging the doorbell!
― nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 13:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Matt Cibula (Formerly, the Haikunym), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Ah, nothing says Christmas like pacing the room with a crying baby at 3am... and yet mere hours later she looks so angelic:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/334185899_22bb9309ca.jpg?v=0
Oh and I love Ophelia's skirt nathalie.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
You know, ILxors make some pretty good looking kids!
― luna (luna), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 19:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna), Tuesday, 26 December 2006 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link
The skirt is from Mexx. Personally I love it, but I prefer Gap. Sadly (or luckily financially speaking) we don't have it here. My parents do send me stuff from Japan. I have warned'em once that I'm in Japan - in february eep! - I'll be going there on a shopping spree. :-)
Yeah, O is big, I know! Noone fucking told me that she'd be no longer a baby by the end of the year. BOOOHOOO. :-( But it's so much fun having her crawl around so much. :-) We're now decided to NAME EVERYTHING. She's been pointing at things like mad so I figure I better teach her what the things are. :-)
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 09:20 (seventeen years ago) link
On the way to the football yesterday we passed a horrible building that I happen to work in:
Mark (7): It's kind of dull looking isn't it Dad?Me: Yes.Mark: What does dull mean?Me: Well you just used it correctly so you should know.Mark: Dark?Me: Yes, like the opposite of bright and colourful.Mark: Okay... what does "YOU ARE GAY!" mean?
― Onimo drank ALL the wine! (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 10:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link
Nathalie, those pictures of Ophelia are great, but I keep going back and looking at your excellent shoes. Square toed loafers? Give me your shoes.
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 14:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Wednesday, 27 December 2006 14:47 (seventeen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/335610826_d9592eed1e.jpg
here he is at 12.5 mos next to his 28 mo cousin.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/328345071_d9228b92a9.jpgafter shots.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/326471527_f38f43ad2a.jpgI think the cuteness of this pic may force my family to move closer.
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 28 December 2006 01:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― aimurchie (aimurchie), Thursday, 28 December 2006 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link
He's so big! And gorgeous! I want to smooch his cheeks and grab his little chubby arms and legs. Oh teens, I am in love with your babydoll.
― luna (luna), Thursday, 28 December 2006 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link
She's been pretty grouchy the last couple of days, I think it's because we're still struggling to second guess her feeding patterns/needs. Can't just shove her onto a boob when she looks hungry, unfortunately. I am growing to hate her bottles and the eternal round of washing, sterilising, measuring, warming... not to mention the dreaded breast pump. But she's putting on weight like a trooper which is the main thing.
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 28 December 2006 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 28 December 2006 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link
But weirdly she seems to be able to stay fast asleep even while snuffling and spitting up, so she must be reasonably happy (if messy).
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/336141033_b160ec521e.jpg?v=0
― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 28 December 2006 13:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 28 December 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link
i am SO sick of being pregnant. over it over it over it!
here's something weird though: i've had morning sickness throughout this entire pregnancy but while I was in Australia I didnt get, or feel, sick at all. now, i've been back in the US for 24 hours and I've already puked 3 times. what the hell?? does baby want to be born downunder?
― sunny successor (katarina), Friday, 29 December 2006 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Joe Isuzu's Petals (Rock Hardy), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Just how financially secure should potential parents be?
This is Mr Pumpkins main reason for not having a baby, he says he doesn't want to just 'manage'. I think he's being unreasonable.
― Rumps (Rumps), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:42 (seventeen years ago) link
Whatever you do, don't go thinking that you'll get pregnant straight away. Yes, it might happen, but I think the current stat. is that one in six couples experience problems trying to conceive that means it takes over a year. The longer you leave it, the more risks you take with dwindling fertility.
However, I'm not a parent (yet, hahaha....)
― vicky (Vicky), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link
We figure the amount we would save on not getting to go out ever again should be enough to keep a baby in baby things forever, but this doesn't mean I'm going to try this hypothesis out.
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link
I would probably go back to work part time, but to a better paid job.
He's terrified of losing the flat, but at the moment we're left with a full wage to live on after all the bills are paid.
― Rumps (Rumps), Friday, 29 December 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rumps (Rumps), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― thebingo (thebingo), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:09 (seventeen years ago) link
(though it is a good time to go looking elsewhere, and you hand your notice in as soon as possible after you return - well, that's what colleagues of mine have done in the past)
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Ah for the olden days. Bet our grandparents didn't worry about finances and careers before hopping into bed.
― Rumps (Rumps), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost, no, because in our grandparents' day, a lot of kids were an asset, not a liability. (My dad is one of twelve.)
― Joe Isuzu's Petals (Rock Hardy), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Example, some family friends just spent nearly £200 on a baby monitor/alarm thingie. £200!!!! God knows how my mum coped with having to just keep an eye on me.
― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link