To have interrupted feeding my dd to deal with...

[Molehillmountain]

...the fairly large (think mini wolf) spider crawling across the pillow towards us. She thinks i was very u reasonable!

Hope you were kind and gently popped it outside!

The spider? Yes. Dd is latched on again.

You put it out??!! OMG I would be running around screaming and baby would be howling hysterically from all the adrenaline and stress thingies in the milk.

Well there was a bit of that before I put it out

Viper she said it was a spider, not an escaped tiger Lol.

And it might have been concussed from being swept away from the pillow fairly brusquely!

Shudder! My heart would still be beating if I were you!

A still beating heart is a Good Thing!

The other day I was sitting downstairs when I heard a man's voice shout, "Arrgghh fuuuuck offfff!"

I didn't recognise the voice at all and crapped myself when I realised it had definitely come from my bathroom!

Then DH came running downstairs, saying he was brushing his teeth when he felt a crawling sensation on his head...it turned out to be a huge house spider that must have been on the towel he'd just used to dry his hair - hence the weird voice cos he nearly swallowed his toothbrush in shock

Worra I hate spiders so would probably react to a large spider or a tiger in a similar way!

Am grossed out the thought of a spider on someone's head now!

I must admit, an escaped tiger on his head would have added bonus amusement

I was just cuddling my 3 week old niece and a spider the size of my hand crawled up behind us.
It is now outside.

I felt something on my head the other week - brushed it and catapaulted a spider into the boiling fat I'd just removed my roast from.

Not sure who was more shocked!

I was definately the more alive one of us.

You put your hand outside?

Why didn't you just flick the spider off it?

I think I'd have dealt with an escaped tiger far better than a spider. I recently discovered cif actifizz kills spiders off, having sprayed a hidden one whilst trying to clean my kitchen cupboard doors...

Shudder! My heart would still be beating if I were you!

Hahahahaha. Let's hope so!

Ha ha, have just remembered something terrible I did when DD was about 5 days old .. . was doing a night feed and a huge spider suddenly came running up the bed towards me. My automatic response? To lob the newborn baby at it !

Countess, can I take a wild guess that dd wasn't a PFB? I think I can quite easily imagine hurling my second child at a spider, but PFB I would prob have let spider march all over me.

Mmmm at roast spider. Is that Hester Blumenthal?

Err no she is my first born

My protective instincts obviously didn't kick in straight away, in my defence it was during that very surreal, sleep deprived first week when you're not sure what the hell is going on!

Anyway, it scared the spider off, DD unharmed (only got chucked to the end of the bed!)

Why wasn't there a warning in the thread title. I am now scarred at all those beasts on people's heads beds and towels.

< rocks in a corner >

I'm afraid the large spider that startled me when feeding new born DD in the middle of the night got deaded by my magazine landing on it.

countess I always figured I'd do something like that given my arachnophobia. Thankfully the situation never arose

You were saving her life that thing couldve carried her off she will appreciate it years to come,

Countess, not to worry! It sounds a perfectly sensible strategy. I remember midwife advising me to "throw baby under your arm like a rugby ball" as a strategy for improved feeding position. So baby-chucking is officially endorsed. (Anyway, I dropped PFB a few times if I recall correctly!)

While mil had newborn dd1 laid out across her knee one of our cats brushed against her leg. She shrieked and stood quickly, forgetting all about dd! Luckily fil's reflexes were spot on that day and he caught dd.