Boots-Baby and toddler health & wellbeing webchat-22nd Feb

Hi Angela, My 16 month old always scratches her right bum cheek each time I change her nappy. She scratches it so much it leaves marks and bleeds. It's not near her anus just on her cheeks? She wears Pampers Baby Dry nappies but I was thinking of changing the brand. We do use Aqueous cream and dipro base on her everytime she has a bath but it dosn't seem to help. What can you suggest?

BAD TIME OF MONTH

Hi,

I'm exactly the same but I lash out... I haven't had an AF since my little one's been born but scared of what she'll see. I had ante-natal depression and was referred to a counselor who I still see. She's going to be referring me to a CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) programme which should change my way of thinking etc. In the meantime I've bought St John's Wart capsules - I haven't tried them yet - or I used to take Kalms. But, if you're like me, you don't realise you've got PMS until after an argument and things have calmed down and you have a chance to reflect... or even a week later when your AF arrives! Biut believe me you're not the only one.

Interferring Mum!

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone can offer some advise but I'm going to rant anyway to get it off my chest. My mother is too interferring. My LO is 3 mnths and ever since she was born my mum has been lookoing over my shoulder and just interferring in everything. I know she means well but she's crossed that line of being helpful to just really damn annoying. Firstly it was about how often we bath the baby, we bathed her once a week and top and tailed her everyday, we were told by the midwives that babies do not need to be bathed often as they don't get dirty enough to have a bath every night and bathing everyday can dry their skin. But my mum just would not been told that! She wanted us to bath her every night, when I tried to explain she would say 'Have you asked the Mid-wife?' I'd say yes and explain again and this carried on for ages. Now it's about weaning, The thing is my mum goes on and on and on and I feel so pressured! I've got to the point where I'm so fed up of her interferring that we had a huge row at the weekend. I've apologised for my side and tried to explain that she can be a bit too much at times but she's very stubborn and says things in the heat of the moment and has now said she doesn't want to see her grandchild again. With the lack of sleep and other worries she doesn't realise she makes everything so much worse - she's another stress which I really don't need but she won't listen or understand where I'm coming from. My partners parents aren't like this at all. I can't talk to her and she just doesn't understand what she's doing. I don't know what to do.

Nervous about being Induced :\(

Hi Bec,

Thank you for the links! I've had a quick read over some of the articles on the homebirth site and it's really very interesting! I'm going to discuss putting off the induction with my OH when he gets back from work due to having another sweep tomorrow and will also discuss it with the midwife tomorrow and see if I can have a date early next week as a compromise to give the 2nd sweep time to take effect.

Thanks again!

xx

Nervous about being Induced :\(

I've just booked a 2nd sweep for tomorrow morning in the hope that'll get things going before the need to be induced.

Fingers crossed! x

OMG Kerry Katona on This Morning

This has to be the most talked about topic on the forums... There are about 4 postings about her and I completely agree with all of them. She's a disgrace and should not be given anymore work until she's completely cleaned up her act. I used to like her, when she was in the Jungle etc but since then she's just gone from bad to worse. I know it's petty but I refuse to shop at Iceland for as long as she's promoting it... I don't want to be put in the same class as mother as she is. She's an awful, awful example of a mother.

OMG is anyone watching this morning??

Ha ha! I just posted exactly the same thing in the General forum! She was an absolute mess. Philip and Fern were brilliant!

Nervous about being Induced :\(

Hi all,

I had a sweep on Monday and since then had continuous brownish discharge (sorry for TMI). While I was there I was booked into having an induction on Friday (meaning I have to call up Thursday night and go in then if they have a bed). So since Monday I've been trying to coax labour on but it's just not working and I'm really worried about being induced, mainly because of the thought of possibly having to stay in hospital for a few days. I was admitted in about a month ago and diagnosed with Ante-natal depression but due to some emergencies I was left on my own, in my own room, unable to leave the ward, talk to anyone (unless my OH was able to visit), and for what I thought would take a few hours I was in for 28 hours. It was the first time I'd ever spent in hospital and hated it... it actually made me feel more anxious and nervous - not what you need when you have AND.

I had booked in with a birthing unit (about an hours drive away from me) because the care after birth sounded fantastic compared to the care given in an already over-stretched hospital, and due to that care it was be really good for me due to the AND and i wouldn't feel rushed and I would have been more guarenteed a water birth. But, now I'm 41+2 and the threat of being induced is learing I'm getting more and more nervous, everyone around me has had their babies (most of them early) and I haven't even had a false labour. It's just made me feel really down and scared and the thought of not being in my own home with my OH for even a night upsets me.

Is anyone else in the same position? Is there anything I can do? :\?

Kerry Katona on This Morning!!!!

Did anyone see the interview with Kerry Katona just now on This Morning? Dear Lord! She was an absolute mess - she looked fabulous - but was just an absolute mess. She was slurring her way through the interview which was about her recent cosmetic surgery, she had been told by doctors not to smoke for two weeks after the op but she said she did anyway. She didn't know what to say when Philip confronted her about her slurring and that she had changed from the Kerry they knew a few years ago! It was proper car crash TV.

Why does Iceland keep using her in their adverts? She's possibly one of the worst role models, and I can't understand why Iceland would want her to represent Mums who go to Iceland...!

Birthing Centre vs Hospital

I'm booked into my local hospital, which is 5 mins away and a birthing unit, which is an hour away! If there are any complications at the birthing unit I can be transferred by ambulance to my own hospital, or if it's an emergency they will transfer me to the local hospital.

I've got more chance of getting the water birth I want at the birthing unit and also more one-to-one care afterwards, whereas my hospital is over stretched and they only have one pool.

Kinda new...

Kerry Katona on This Morning!!!!

Interferring Mum!

Why is finding the right pram so hard?!!!

Anyone in and around Bromley???

Nervous about being Induced :\(

So bored of waiting!

OUCH! Sore Nipples...!