I don’t want to go back to the playgroup. I got the day wrong for the mother and baby group so I went to the toddler group instead. As soon as I started to play with Moo Boy, other, larger children flocked to me as if I was a play worker and as I edged away they followed me. How do you explain to a small child that you actually don’t like children and you just want to play with your baby, as babies are great and small children are noisy and alarming? Especially in front of their wiser parents who sit around to watch. I thought fighting for the toys would be going down to their level a bit childish, so I just kept moving. The other reason I don’t want to go back is the well off mums. Now I have chosen not to work. In fact I really don’t want to go back to work, I want to spend time with the Moo and I don’t really mind having to watch what I spend. It’s just the idea of luxuries I like. New shoes, regular haircuts, gyms and baby clothes from Mothercare instead of the car boot. Most of this I don’t really want, I’m just jealous of those that have it! If I had money to burn I know I couldn’t in reality spend £10 on a babygro that would last 2 months at most. I really couldn’t, I tried to buy new cot sheets a few months ago but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it when I could cut down one of our old sheets for nothing. And I hate exercise, why would I want to go to a gym? Anyway, I’ll go back when I have conquered the chip on my shoulder and fear of small children that can move and talk.
Moo Boy started to sit up this month. I just plonked him on the bed while I was talking to my bloke and realised some time later that he had been sitting all by himself for ages. As I type he is sat on the sofa with strategic pillows to stop him falling off, trying to stuff a giraffe into his mouth. He is not fussy about what goes in there; he can get through quite a lot of junk mail and enjoys sucking the Maplins catalogue. He does get frustrated when he can’t get the whole thing into his mouth. I have been blaming teeth so have started on the least powerful things to try to make him more comfortable. I don’t want to rush in with the paracetamol until things get really bad, and we are worried about the additives in things. This is what we are using least aggressive first.
Carrots are supposed to contain something to soothe gums so I cut a slice of a nice organic one for the Moo to suck on but he wasn’t interested at all.
The homeopathic remedy Chamomila is for teething, colic and ear infections. The tablets or granules are usually made with lactose (milk) and as both his dad and I are allergic to milk I use the lower dose 3c in sucrose and I can’t find any side effects for that. Also it has been used as a painkiller in premature babies.
Bongela teething gel’s main active ingredient is a dental anaesthetic, but there are no really nasty additives although ‘banana flavour’ could be anything, it’s probably not banana.
The bongela and chamomila combination work pretty well, enough to get him to sleep usually. Sleep has been much improved by a few things, mostly thanks to the No Cry Sleep Solution. Longer naps during the day work wonders and I go to sleep too! We have really slowed down the hour before bedtime and he goes to bed earlier. Also, I have given up on the cot as I can’t place it anywhere there is not a draft so he is in bed with us all night. I get about 4 hours sleep in a row on a good night and I am a human again.
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