Aaaargh dd this look bad and is it normal?

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My landlady just knocked on the for to say hello (some workmen ar round tree pruning or something in the garden and she likes to check all is ok) and she hasn't seen me sic having or baby I weeks ago. I am wearing a night dress and cardigan both with baby sick on them ad fluff bed socks and slippers. Har s greasy and haven't even cleaned teeth. This is because ds in n the kid of mood where he will only be carried by me and screams when put down. Seriously I ave tried several times but he cries so am just letting him snooze on me. Should I have things mor together by now?!! Is this normal?

One week ago? I didn't get dressed for about a fortnight with dc1.

Very normal!

Do you have anyone who can help? Take the baby off you so's you can have a relaxing bath or shower? Bring you cups of tea?

I'm just about dressed now but i still haven't brushed my hair. DD is 7mo.

Don't worry about it - it's fine!

Yes, that sounds perfectly normal.

Meh, my youngest is 4 (years!) and I'm only just getting my shit together

Do you have any neighbours or friends/family that would enjoy having a baby cuddle while you have a bath?

I dont have kids and look like this a lot of the time. Minus the sick of course. I was in the front garden yesterday morning for about 15 minutes, spoke to various neighbours etc. Only when I went back inside and passed a mirror did I realise I hadn't brushed my hair, had make up streaked across my face, an old greying white vest with a black bra underneath and a pair of DH's shorts with massive holes in the back.

I was the female version of Jim Royale!

Sorry I haven't got practical advice for you, but I thought it might cheer you up!

Normal normal normal! I opened the door to the HV with no top on and a baby on the boob once. Cant be helped! x

Totally normal.

My neighbour asked me when the baby was due... As I was carrying dd Uni the house

DH was like 'this baby?'

Soooo normal I almost didn't reply! Beyond normal! As normal as a normal thing with a special reason to be normal!

OP I didn't open the door for two weeks. :o
So normal.
Oh and congratulations

Congratulations on the new baby.
She should be amazed you opened the door seeing you had a baby last week.
She should have offered to make you a cuppa and watch the kids while you lounge in the bath.

Omg typo made post totally innaccurate. He is 9 weeks! sorry. Hard to type when BFing which is only chance to go on iPad!

At 9 weeks I would say it's even more normal than at 1 week! Particularly for breastfed babies who tend to wake up more often and of course take longer to feed. You've used up your sleep reserves by that stage and are probably shattered.

My son was a terror until he was about 6 months old, had to be held ALL the time and rarely slept. Fitting a shower in was a major juggling act. If I knocked on the door at 9 weeks and the new mum looked like she'd been dragged through a hedge backwards I'd think: all normal here then

I know it's normal but I know personally I feel much better if I get dressed and wash my face of a day!

Normal! I have an 8 week old and only get anything done when dh holds the baby and sometimes not even then.

Normal. I was out of the hospital 4 hours are DC birth but that didn't mean I was 100% okay. I had a tear and bad bad piles, sorry if TMI but ouch!!

I didn't leave the house for at least a week maybe even 2.

DS2 is 16 weeks and I noticed a wee while ago that I hadn't brushed my hair in 6 weeks... I've been literally scraping it into a ponytail with my hands every morning. YANBU

Oh 9 weeks, erm... yeah I was getting dressed by then but you know each to their own, I wasn't breastfeeding and had another child to take to Nursery. So I had to get dressed. Sadly.

If your fine about it then - It's fine.

Years ago (oldie here ), mums and babies stayed in hospital for a week or more after birth and we were in our nighties and slippers all day. It was lovely.

I'm sure your landlady wouldn't have expected you to be up and about after only a week.

Congratulations and take it easy.

Totally, totally, totally normal.

Thank you! I hasten to add I am usually dressed by 11 am but sometimes we still get the kind of day where it just isn't possible. Doesn't help that there is so much to do around the house as my DH is starting to feel like things are going back to normal a bit so has stopped doing so much! I would like to clear up but I only ever have one hand free. Oh well at least am not alone!