Feb-May 2011 Mommies

Lucy it is a struggle some days. At work im not always able to express and then i get engorgement.
Abdul hakeem weighed 6.6kg last week.
Congratulations on all the teeth coming out. Abdul hakeem has been teething like forever, but nothing yet. Im not sure i want to breastfeed a baby with teeth, so going to have to think about that one.
I am not well and have the flu. Not sure if cos im tired that it feels worse than it is or the fact that it feels like a broken rib. And when i cough i get this hectic pain and you can't touch my ribs. Or the fact that i think another gall stone is moving and i have pain there too. Going to see my doctor on thursday at least and can take it from there.

Schatsie what a cutie pie.

Faw how on earth do you look after a baby and toddler, have a full time job and have time to express!? Well done.

Betty nice to see you again! I followed Missesmom Advice and used the mom2be shake. It worked wonders! Good luck getting it going again.

Well ladies telkomsa finally reinstalled our phone line, so our adsl is back up and running!

My milk supply seems to have dropped dramatically. Sarah is refusing to breast feed when we are out in public, so I have been giving her the bottle then. She still drinks from me in the morning and at night. So I decided that I would start epressing the day feeds that she is missing out on. When I try to expresss I get hardly anything. She is also not even keen on boob sometimes at home.

The sister suggested that I try fenugreek, a herbal supplement to get the milk flowing again. Have any of you tried this?

Schatsie - Armo is Sokol cute!

Far - u are so lucky to have all that extra milkies and well done for donating the milk!

Meats - congrats on Matts tooth! Have any of the other babba's got teeth yet?

When did you all start with solids? I hear that the WHO suggests 6 months?

Lucy - who is Tom E? Did Tessa's tooth come out?

Gosh Meags, a prolapsed bladder sounds hectic!! Can it be fixed with surgery?

WOW on Matt having his first tooth already!

And wow Mistymom on Ryan's first tooth too!

I thought Arno was also teething because he's been drooling so much and sticking everything in his mouth for the last month, but there's nothing yet.

He finally went for his 14 week jabs today (although he is 17 weeks already). The clinic where we normally take him didn't have any govt stock and I am NOT paying R1400 for 2 injections and some drops. So DH took him to the govt clinic today and he got 3 jabs and drops. DH says he was very brave and didn't cry at all, but I just hope he is not niggly tonight - so far DH says he has been fine.

He is getting SO cute now! He's 4 months tomorrow.



He's SUPER interactive now - makes a lot of noises and smiles at me when I get home from work and talk to him. And he's growing very well - he weighs 6.9 kgs now and has outgrown all his 0 to 3 month clothing.

I'm enjoying and loving him more and more every day! He really has made my life complete!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

HI!!

I haven't been around because since like forever I have been able to write my message, but it vanishes and then its gone and never gets sent. So I have given up. I am using the works computer to send this. I have been reading though.

I cannot even remember my last post. I found out that the thing that came out of my uterus was a massive clot. I had a pelvic ultra sound and they have found gall stones but my uterus lining is good and I have fluid in the pouch of Douglas. The doctor also sent me for a mammogram and a papsmear which all came back clear. The idiots at Groote Schuur told me that I have very dense breasts.... duh I am breastfeeding.. what were they expecting. The milk cyst my body also reabsorbed so I am very happy about that.

I have given up milk permanently to see if Abdul Hakeem would have an easier time with his tummy and it was almost instant. So at least now I have a happy baby again. He still screams but not like he was before I gave up drinking milk. I have stopped cheese as well and chocolate. Giving up chocolate has been the most difficult thing to do.

Last week I took Abdul Hakeem to see a Urologist Paed for his penis. They still cannot tell me if he has Hypospadias but they have told me not to have him circumcised because he doesn't have enough skin and if i do it there won't be any skin for his shaft. So he is having totesterone injections and has a steriods to make it grow bigger so that we can get some answers and I will see the Urologist again. I am so glad that I didn't listen to the nurse or my ex husband who told me I am imagining things. I had to fight with the nurse to get the referal. I still want to go back to her and give her a piece of my mind because I knew for once in my life what I was talking about and that she should give moms some credit. Imagine I listened to her and my son ended up scarred for life because she was dumb. My ex has been pressuring me to have him circumcised but I kept telling him no and that I had to go to the urologist first. On thursday last week I told him I am taking Abdul to the urologist and he wanted to know why. Yoh I was ready to hit him on the head... thank heavens he wasn't around.

He has been promising to bring all my stuff down, on the weekend he asked me if he must book a place for all of us.. ie him, me and the children and I said no. He then asked if he could see the children and I said it would be supervised. That obviously pissed on his batteries. To add insult to injury he has bought a beach front property in Shelly Beach but claims he has no money. I was more than angry cos he isn't looking after his children. Anyway in the end he told me he isn't coming down and he doesn't have money to come here and I have to go fetch my stuff or he will sell it and keep the money for himself. I have been in a flat spin about what I am going to do and how. I have a friend who is going to bring what he can for me at the end of the month. I was going to go up and face them, but I have decided that I am too chicken for it and what happens if they kidnap me or something worse. He told me he has written me off and I will pay for what I have done and for keeping him away from his children when all I said was that it would be supervised but he hates my mom and wants nothing to do with her. So he is cutting his nose to spite his face. He was very vindictive and I haven't heard from him again. I have to get a quote from an attorney to find out if he really owns that property and if I can do anything about him not working and owning the property in Caledon where we used to live.

Sulaiman has started day care 3 times a week and loves it. On the other two days I have become posh and have a nanny helping my mom look after my children so that she cannot complain that she cannot do anything. She is not sleeping well at night because her back is playing up and of course her hands which she still has done nothing about. And my dad is still with us....

I have the flu but am still going to work. Next saturday I am going to the baby sense seminar which I am looking forward to. I am also still breast feeding and expressing milk at work and donating close on 2 litres a week to mowbray milk bank. I am very proud of it. Abdul is now 5 months and 2 days old. Next month I will make cupcakes for him and sing happy birthday. LOL!!!

I am quite excited and some of you may think that I am crazy but my ex boyfriend that I lost my virginity to way too long ago has approached me and asked if he can do my memoirs for me as an anonymous blog on an adult erotic website. I have agreed to it. He wants to practise his writing skills and I want to see how famous the memoirs will be. It will be a joint effort. He is still a very good friend and happily married with two children so its not like anything is going to happen. It has already turned out interesting cos he gave me his side of our story and I have given him mine. Its still in the beginning stages and is not up and running yet.


Chat soon.

thanks guys! WOW!! I would've TOTALLY interpreted 'just add milk' as just add MILK i.e. from the fridge!!!! Thanks girls!!!

Cath - definitely breast or formula!!! Cows milk has been linked to type 1 diabetes if given in first couple of years.