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Yesssssss!

2010-07-30T11:05:12Z

We went out for the first time with me wearing Cerys in the stretchy dragon wrap on Wednesday, and had nothing but positive comments and the obligatory “have you got a BABY in there?“ comments, and more than anyone, these lovely comments about Cerys being snug, happy and close came from elderly ladies, who also seemed very pleased that I was breastfeeding. We went into town again yesterday and had the same thing, but a couple of people were quite surprised that I was out of the house 10 days after having a baby, though they didn’t object at all.

We had taken her out in the pram last week, when DH was still feeling uncertain about me putting the sling on safely, but she was clearly not very happy being in it for so long. We can’t say how pleased we are that we are living somewhere with so many positive and open minded people, and it was such a confidence boost for myself and Cat when we bumped into one of the community midwives in town yesterday, and she was very approving. Victory!

Travelling & vaccinations

2010-07-29T22:30:09Z

We are trying to plan some time away travelling and would really like to go to nepal amongst other places, however my big problem is the vaccinations! We are choosing not to vaccinate ds3 at all and ds1 &2 whilst having previously been selectively vaccinated will not be having any further vaccines until they are old enough to decide for themselves. HAve just been looking at the lists of vaccines reccomended for nepal and other places and feel really dis-heartened as I just can’t give them and don’t really want them myself either so we are stuck with either just travelling in Europe or travelling further afield and not-vaccinating.

I think i am just after any advice, other peoples experiences etc that can help me to decide what to do.

I really want the children to experience some totally different cultures and this is not so easy within europe but I dont want to take silly risks with their health obviously.

Thanks in advance

Lucy x

knitted doll pattern please?

2010-07-29T21:18:18Z

I fancy knitting a sort of Waldorf’y style knotted doll for baby and wondered if anybody has a pattern/knows where i can find one? A doll shaped a bit like this http://www.misi.co.uk/uploadedimages/2581433dsc01646.jpg if you don’t know what I’m talking about!

Prizes up for grabs!

2010-07-30T08:16:41Z

Enter our great competitions this month and you could be hanging out with your family at a festival, making bathtime more colourful or coming face to face with wildlife.

Yes, that’s right - we’ve got tickets for Sunrise Off-Grid, Just So Festival and Out of the Ordinary up for grabs, along with some cool kits for bathtime fun from Myriad Natural Toys and a Marwell Wildlife Experience voucher to give away. Closing date for some of these is this weekend so enter today for your chance to win!

Good Luck
Jez

Sore legs

2010-07-29T21:45:08Z

For a long time now DD has suffered with sore legs where the wrap seems to dig in to her legs. I was hoping that the next size up would help with this, but it hasn’t noticeably changed anything. The other night her bottom was incredibly sore, although the nappy didn’t seem any more wet than normal. The only way we have managed to combat this is to have alot of nappy -free time, lots of cream, and using disposables at night.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what might be going on here? I haven’t changed washing powders recently. Well I change between Bio-D and Ecover non-bio depending on what I can get my hands on at the time, but that has been the “normal” for quite a while now.

“Raising a Son” by Don and Jeanne Elium

2010-07-29T21:20:15Z

I’ve just finished reading this book, and having seen it mentioned on here a few times, wondered if anyone would be interested in discussing it?
Did any part of the book in particular make sense (or not) to you?
Has it changed anything about the way you relate to your son/s?
Have any husbands/partners read it and what did they think?

Breastfeeding and pre-menopause

2010-07-26T11:08:16Z

From the bit of research I have done it looks as though I may be in what they call the perimenopause stage. The symptoms I’m experiencing include hot flushes and night sweats, with mild cramps in mid-cycle, and breast tenderness. I’m 42, so this could go on for some time before actual menopause it seems.
What I’m wondering is how much, or if at all, the hormonal stuff that’s going on is affected by breastfeeding? Does anyone know or is anyone experiencing similar?

Spirilualists

2010-06-25T07:22:17Z

Sorry, lots of questions but here goes!

How much faith do you put in what they say?
What if you don’t like what they say?
What if they say something bad?

I know a few people who have been to a spiritualist and the things they have said have been quite accurate. I was always rather skeptical before but the things that the lady knew, she shouldn’t/couldn’t have known IYSWIM. So, I think I would like to go and see one, or maybe have my birth chart done, but I’m scared of what they might tell me - any thoughts really appreciated.

Readers wanted

2010-07-29T08:51:21Z

We have space on our reader panel for the next issue so if you fancy trying out raw chocolate, eye creams and natural bath products, please drop us a editor at thegreenparent dot co dot uk telling us about yourself.

Please note, we are looking for readers who have not been featured in the reader panel before.

Thank you!

Moving the goal posts

2010-07-28T10:19:23Z

Sooo…

DF got REALLY broody when we were surrounded by little babies on holiday a couple of weeks ago which made him realise that he wants one ASAP. He wanted a baby when we get married, but in a very blokey way he wasnt as excited about it as I was. Now he’s VERY into the idea.

While we were there, there was an offer of 50% off your next holiday if you book before you leave. So we did. But when we did the maths, if we TTC after the wedding, we will either be due around the holiday, be taking a tiny tiny infant away with us (with me possibly 3weeks post-surgery if we end up with another c-section) or heavily pregnant (not really an option because of the CFS.

All of this brought us to the conclusion that to be ‘safe’ for the holiday, we would need to wait until JANUARY!!!! At which point, I burst into tears and had a little hissy fit :S

Long story short, on DF’s decision, we started discussing the possibility of TTC BEFORE the wedding. We thought if we tried September, then I would only be a few weeks pregnant for the wedding, should still fit in my dress and the morning sickness shouldnt have kicked in yet. YAY!!!!

So I organised to have my coil removed. Should have been done yesterday, but the Dr cancelled on us. Rescheduled for Tomorrow. It occured to me that because we DTD in the last week, when I have the coil out, if I ovulate quickly (as some women do) we could end up PG earlier than we thought. Told DF and he asked how far gone I’d be for the wedding (12 weeks) how that would affect my dress (last half a stone due to morning sickness last time, and expecting similar this time, and if I dont, it can be altered)

So he decided, what the heck, we may as well not bother TTA August either.

So as of TOMORROW!!! we are officially TTC!!!!!!!

and i am doing a bizarre little happy dance right now :D