July 2010: The end is nigh... To antenatal we say goodbye!

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We're all nearly at the end so here is our last antenatal thread

Yeah Ive only just started using wipes when changing his nappy instead of cotton wool and water.
I put the oil in his bath rather than rub it directly onto his skin so its not as harsh and it makes his skin lovely and soft!

When will my flabby tummy go away? It still looks like it did right after he was born and its horrible, I dont have flabby bits anywhere else so I still look pregnant!

mlic oh bless your friend i bet shes the only one glad its not warm weather hope she has baby soon! id be chuffed if i was you i have only managed to bathe Lyndon alone once im still too scared to do it, when hes away my mum helps me!
dh i feel the same about my tummy im thinner on legs than b4 i fell pregnant always had a flat tum but not now, still not allowed to exercise til after check up so there have been tears about this wedding on sunday as i feel frumpy!

memphis control top knickers! Or even better one of those full body ones...my belly is still so flabby and horrible but it is only 3.5 weeks so I'll wait til I'm given the all clear and then start work on it.

// Rant alert //

We're due to move next week to start DH's new posting but there's no housing where we're going. We've been told 2-3 weeks before we're allocated a property as long as enough people move out, then we've got to arrange the movers/march out/post redirection and all that so that'll be at least a week, probably 2 before we can actually move. DH is due to start in 3 weeks so he'll have to go up without us leaving me with a newborn, toddler and no car during the week. I'll have to arrange all the moving and then pack up without DH. All this 6 weeks after an emcs...I'm so pissed off with the bloody army. They tell you to move all over the place, don't give you a house and then when you tell them that it's going to make life really difficult they just don't care. Fricking bunch of jack-asses

Sounds like its been a crap day for alot of us, for me its not anything to do with Dylan but the stupid delivery company making me wait in all day and they havent even been so got to do it all again tomoro.
The tracking system on their website obv means bugger all, saying it was loaded on their van at 11am

Evening all

tsc thats a disgrace, i hate having to deal with tax credits. Bunch of pompus twats

mlic dp does the exact same thing with the kids, but he does help with Rileigh. Not very often with nappies

memphis control pants are great I got a pair for saturday night and they worked wonders. lol at poo looking like a play doh machine I always thought mr whippy in korma colour

dh I hate having to wait in too, hope they come early so you can get out

chulita how can they do that to you? do you have anyone who can help you? thats crap treatment of you all

kk they treatments sound great, if you hear of one for reflux let me know lol

Quite quiet my end, I have an infection in my cs scar. The doc says I have to take 2 antibiotics and I thought my 6week check was today but its not till next wednesday when i have to spend 3 hours in the hospital with the lo, which i can see far enough.

Rileigh was 6weeks old today and smiling away wee love

tsc thats so shit, if its their cock up why does it take so long to restart it again.....shocking. I cant believe they said that to u on the phone, how dare they, they dont know u or ur circunstances, thats really wrong!
chulita Also shocking treatement, i cant believe thats whats got to happen, u cant pack up the house etc with two kids and recovering from major surgery,thats just wrong. Is there anyone who can come help u? Where are u again?
Im so of u guys who are meeting up, that must be lovely.
Well we havent had a bad day really and this evening has been particularly stress free too, lets see what tonight brings. Gina ford says that he should go down from 7 till 10ish in his room in the dark etc, however there hasnt been a night that he has done this, not for lack of trying though. Is it wrong to cuddle him to sleep at this time of night as he is really fractious and upset at this time of night. Why are we made to feel like what we do is wrong or frowned upon??

Chulita this is really wrong. How can they expect you to do this all?

Viksam just do what feels right for you. They are so young it is ok to hold them.. Don't feel bed. Every baby is different. Frank does most often fall asleep around 7pm and sleeps a few hours... but other days he does not and we hold him with dimmed light in the lounge and then put him in the bouncy chair. We then move him upstairs to his cot.

morning ladies
chulita what crappy treatment, hope you somehow get some help with the move, oh and ive got a control slip to sort everything out to the boobs!!
tsc to right you should complain hope you enjoyed the wine last night! ive been putting off applying for tax credits as im dreading all the paperwork and stress!!
had sil visit last night for an hour her kids piss me off! 3 times she said dont touch Lyndons head! i growled at her leave his head alone, she looked like she literally shit herself, defy your mum in your house not in mine!!! grrr!
woke up and someone has stole our numberplates so police now think we are being targeted by people who tried to break in and didnt get anything! but on the plus side im having my hair done today for 1st time since birth :) just got to do my gramdparents food shopping and get new numberplates before she comes over to do it

Hi all,

Seem to be settling into a night time routine, he doesnt really sleep in the evening, he drops off around half 8-9 now and sleeps til 12/1am, then has a feed and drops straight back off til around 5ish.
Only problem with that though he doesnt really go back to sleep after 5 til about 7 so thats quite a tiring time.

My dress finally turned up last night at half 8! Although annoying I had to stay in all day it was worth the wait, its a gorgeous dress and fits perfectly :)

memphis thats horrible hun hope the police get them. Regarding tax credits it is easy applying and you can do it over the phone so no paperwork, they are just crap when theres a problem

At least things are settling down dh think mlic is right and they only lightly sleep from a certain time. But i noticed you said your blinds don't keep the light out, if rileigh see's the light thats her awake. Maybe worth putting up a curtain to block it out hun. Good news bout your dress x

Well in our bedroom the windows are those slanted ones cos they are built into the roof so impossible to put curtains up, he has curtains in his room though so hoping its better when he eventually goes in there.

Also forgot to say he slept in his moses basket from 10-half 12! I have my dressing gown in there and he seems to like sleeping on that.

I've got a friend who's offered to come round and help if we do have to move without DH. Most of my friends have little babies so I wouldn't be asking them. My parents could help unpack at the other end if DH is having to work all day. It's just crap though :(

memphis how horrible that they nicked your numberplates It pisses me off so much that people do stuff like that, it's pointless but so much trouble for you!

dh I'm glad your dress turned up and that you like it, nothing worse than waiting for something that isn't what you want!

viksam I'm of the opinion that nothing's 'wrong' at this age. Until they get to about 10-12 weeks there's no harm in cuddling them to sleep (no harm after that either but it's whether you want to or not!). They're only this tiny once and as long as you don't mind doing it then I don't see anything wrong with it! I fed DD to sleep for a looooong time before I got fed up of her relying on me and we broke the habit, but that was 10 months down the line! I'm in Bovington btw :)

Morning all! Sorry to hear that people are struggling at the moment. :( I hope things settle down soon!

Things are going fine here, though Mindy still hasn't smiled at me. :( She turned 6 weeks yesterday but was 2 weeks premature, so it could be that with the adjustment she's only really 4 weeks and not quite ready to smile yet? Hopefully she'll figure it out soon!

However I can't really be upset, because she slept from 10pm until 5am last night. :D I'm not sure whether she woke because dawn was starting or because she was hungry... I'm guessing hungry since she normally wakes at around 3am. Amusingly, DH woke expectantly at 3am as has become routine now and decided to use the bathroom. That woke me, but Mindy slept right through it!

so sorry to hear lots of people are struggling. it's hard, isn't it?

actually we have had a really good day or two, touch wood - he's not been feeding constantly (which is good as my boobs are still bloody painful), he's been alert and gurgly when awake, really starting to get interested in his surroundings, and he's slept much better, with a four hour stint last night and a five hour stint the night before. it can't last...

tsc cant see why anyone would have a grudge i only moved to the area a year ago my dh has lived here all his life but is a softy that wont upset anyone, only thing i can put it down to is that we live on a private road with no neighbours its opposite a car park so no one would here if we got broke into, maybe me liking to live away from people has bit me on the arse and i should become more sociable! it was me who was feeling anxious, im feeling loads better now and only have the odd moment when im very tired or Lyndon just doesnt want to settle think that drive and stay in hotel alone with him in cornwall proved to me i can do it!

lovely to hear of all the smiles! we're getting loads here too!
memphis thats ridiculous about your number plates.how sad are some people. just pathetic little lives they lead it makes me so mad!
well ellies colic is getting a lot better i think with this cure. she was very bad the first day and then yesterday didnt cry once just slept all evening! we had to go to your one who does it yeaterday too cos it goes on for 3 days and even when she hung her upside down she didnt wake! very relaxed so hopefully this evening will be the same but so far so good!
had a rough coiple of days again between all. dp had the norovirus so he was really sick and he was literally in the bed or the toilet for 2 days. so had to bleach the whole house on top of everything else and ellie woke up twice last night after sleeping all day and one of those times at half 6 this morn she had an exploding nappy! it was literally 2 inches from her shoulders! which meant changing the bed, washing her and changing. and she was smiling away as if she was laughing at me!