Due June 2022 - 1 Year On: Reunion Thread

[PeeAche2]

Not sure if this will work… hello old friends. It’s been a whole year (and a little more for some of us)

How is it going? What news? How are your LOs… and how are you!?

Lots of love,
PeeAche xxx

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Oh I love this, such fond memories! We are great, my daughter is 1 in 2 weeks. Gone so fast! How is everyone?

Ahhh hi! Hope you and your family are well PeeAche! Peyton is doing great, although very head strong and bossy 😂 crawling, cruising, everything is dada or no. I think I have a diva that knows what she wants on her hands!
I return to work on the 12th and quite looking forward to using my brain and getting a bit of me time. I won’t have any time with my husband off as we are taking it in turns on our days off to take care of Peyton. It wasn’t the plan - but he got made redundant, and I can’t work around his hours so no days off together now! We aim to put her into nursery when she passes the milk ladder. :)
My father passed away in April. I’m just trying to be a good mom, but grieving is difficult, and even moreso when someone is vying for my attention constantly. I will admit the last 5 weeks have been the toughest in my life. I hope it hasn’t affected Peyton. My patience is very thin and I have run low on my mental capacity, but I try and make her as happy as I can, or atleast just fed, dressed, and nappy changed until my husband gets back from work. :(

Omg helloooo

Happy bday to all june babies 😍😍😍😍
Btw im more active on the fb group which has been a life saver throughout this yr

Wow, hello everyone!

So I'm currently lying next to my DS, who snuggled up to me on the bed to fall asleep. I don't think when I first started reading these threads and he was hardly more than a ball of cells that I could have imagined how lovely that is, to be the safe space for your little one.

This year has been tough but wonderful. DS was colicky in the first 3 months, then just incredibly needy all the time until he could crawl. We've survived - even, dare I say it, enjoyed! - an extended stay in my husband's home country, and I was lucky enough to find a really supportive group of friends whilst on mat leave.

I've been back at work for the last month which has been unbelievably chill compared to being at home with DS all day, and my husband has been using some SPL to slooooowly settle DS (the baby who still refused to be held by his grandparents after 3 weeks of seeing them every day) into nursery. We're getting there bit by bit.

Have to say I am quite glad to be getting to the end of the baby stage. I love having a nearly one year old who points at doggies and bikes and says "dsss" every time he sees a bus. He goes on swings and slides and pushes roundabouts and has an absurd sense of humour. This is soooo much nicer than the constant agonising breastfeeding and incessant pooping of the newborn days! Not to mention the 3 f*cking months of near-hourly wakes. Dear God that was not fun.

@Vimto1991 I'm so sorry to hear that your father died. It must be incredibly tough to be parenting all day whilst grieving such a huge loss. I hope you are getting some time in the evenings just to be with yourself and your thoughts for a little while!

Hello!!! My LO will be 1yo in less than 3 weeks, and whilst I'm feeling so happy and grateful for the precious baby I have, I cant stop feeling that time is flying away 🤣 Valentina is such an active and happy baby, and I know I've been very lucky because she's been such an easy baby ❤️

@Vimto1991 I'm very sorry about your dad😢 I can't imagine how you must be feeling. If it is of any help, my dad died when I was 3mo and even though my mam was so broken inside, she still cared for me as you do for your LO and I don't think it has affected me in anyway. Don't forget to take care of yourself too.

I meant to type grandad, not dad 😶

@Vimto1991 so sorry to hear about ur dad xx

Love Thissss !!! Happy birthday all June baby’s !! My little June baby is 1 tomorrow !! What’s everyone’s plans for 1st birthdays ?

@Vimto1991 so sorry to hear about your dad 💔

Oh wow such reminiscent feelings being back on mumsnet I feel like I'm pregnant all over again! But instead I've got a near 1 year old feeding to sleep in my arms 😍 So incredibly grateful for him.

People generally say they have 'such a happy baby' Well, our boy is a GRUMP! Blamed it on teething for the first 6 months of his life but have now excepted he's just got lots of opinions that he wants heard! He's not a good sleeper, we are still up multiple times in the night. He's almost walking which is fun! Definitely prefer this age to newborn as well, so much development!

So sorry for your loss @Vimto1991 must be so tough while looking after Peyton. My thoughts are with you xx

Thank you everyone ❤️ sorry I didn’t want to derail the thread with such a somber message. Trying to navigate this different world with a baby, and what I suspect is PND has been tough. Feel like an awful mother.

@Prema112 haha I’m glad not everyone’s baby is a bright ray of sunshine. Peyton has lots of opinions and wants to be heard as well. 😂 I get comments out shopping as she’s there babbling, pointing, scowling or just sounding her opinion on something. 🤣

Hi everyone 👋 I was just thinking about you the other day @PeeAche2 and wondering how you and LO are. She must be one and a couple of months now!

We are one month away from first birthday which feels so weird. I’ve also had PND which thankfully was caught early but I do have grief and guilt that the initial few months were not the blissful baby bubble I hoped for. I’m back to work soon and can’t believe that the year is almost up. I love my daughter so much and don’t want to go back to work.

@Vimto1991 I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. Parenting through grief must be so difficult. I hope you are able to get some time to process and care for yourself through this tough period. You are not a terrible mother! But I know how PND definitely weasels its way into your brain and makes you think that you are.

Hi everyone!

Yikes, I’m so sorry for my late reply - we were at a music festival!

@Vimto1991 I’m so so sorry to hear about your father. Don’t think for even one moment that you aren’t doing enough for Peyton. Anyone that ever worried about being or doing enough is definitely a good, dedicated parent. They really don’t need all of your attention all of the time anyway. But, I hope you are doing okay. Grief is such a funny, personal thing.

My little girl is 1 now. She’s finally starting to hit some milestones at the right time for her actual age and not her age + the number of weeks she was premature. She’s cruising and talking and she’s an absolute wonder. I am totally obsessed with her.

I had some terrible PND for the first 8 or 9 months. My family were not good to me and were incredibly mean and unsupportive throughout the early months. When my daughter was about 3mo, I cut them out so they haven’t seen her in almost a year. It still makes me sad but I’m soldiering on for her. She doesn’t deserve their nonsense.

Finally finished our ongoing building work. House is much better now.

Delighted to read all of your updates! And a happy first birthday to all your gorgeous babies!xxxx

Hi @PeeAche2 we've had our first birthday too! How's your little one? I remember you going into early labour (I did too in the end but managed to delay to 37 weeks), I hope you weren't too long in the hospital (although hopefully it's all a distant memory now). I've really enjoyed this first year of motherhood, although I think it's the purple patch where she mostly didn't move too much, it's too young to answer back and I was lucky that I had a baby that slept, so it might all be downhill from here 😂

Hope you're keeping well xx

And then I worked out how to read all the other messages on the thread 🙄😂 I'm blaming baby brain 😂

@Vimto1991 so sorry to hear about your dad

@PeeAche2 glad you are managing to find your own space but sorry you've had such a trial of early motherhood 💚

Hi everyone! I was actually thinking about you all when my baby turned one!

Can’t believe how far we’ve come. Is anyone else getting broody when they see new borns or jealous when people are pregnant. I mean definitely not ready for another one just yet but I look down at my now 1 yr old and feel like she’s grown too fast

@Vimto1991 I am sooo sorry to hear about your dad, I can’t imagine the pain your going through but hope you find comfort in your fond memories of him and also his time with your daughter

@PeeAche2 @fpeg my baby is also 1 now. She was born on 31st May so not technically a June baby 😅.

This whole year has gone way too fast!