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TTC A 2012 BABY - THE GRADUATES PART 4!

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AnchorBun · 06/06/2012 21:53

Mamma and McKayz's thread!

It's the home run ladies

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EpicOde · 04/08/2012 10:36

Morning all! DP has Odie so I have both hands free to type! Woo!

ellie don't feel bad about talking about how hard it is here - it's precisely what this thread is for - we're all here for each other! Looking after a baby is hard work and anyone that says otherwise is lying! I love Odie to bits but by the time DP gets home in the evening I am so ready to hand him over and have a break! There are times in the night when he's been crying recently when i've felt at such a complete loss; nothing I did was working to make him stop crying and I just wanted to curl up and cry along with him! But these times pass and then you have the days when they are all smiley and giggly and lovely and the desperate night time waking feels a million miles away.

Worrying about everything is part of being a mum! The thing I try and do is not to give voice to the worries; I tell myself I'm worrying over nothing and force myself to talk and think about something else!

I can understand why you're worrying about the weight gain - but if the consultant wasn't worried then I think you shouldn't worry! Not all babies are the same and they don't all stick exactly to centiles - they are all little individuals with their own pace for growth. Don't worry about going to the HV with your worries though - make that the time when you let yourself worry, then let them reassure you. Then when you leave the clinic, make a concerted effort to box the worries away in the back of your mind and focus on all the good!

I'd go and do the PND test ghost linked too though - difficult births are a risk factor for PND - I know my community midwife (and subsequent HV visits) have been careful to ask/check how i'm doing after my horrible time in hospital. If you do have PND it's nothing to be embarrassed about - there is help out there and you should get it! (Although as ghost also says in her post - there is a level of angst that is totally normal for a new mum - we all get it, so don't rule out the possibility that your worries are completely normal new mum level and nothing worse!)

trouble another one here who thinks YANBU - DP texts when he leaves work, then again to confirm he made his train (he has a half hour walk to the station). If he's going to be late he knows to let me know as soon as possible. He did this pre Odie and I'd say it's even more important now we have a baby. I hope you can get him to understand this - it sounds like you've been making a real effort sending updates on Fyfe to him during the day (I do the same with Odie for DP) so it's not like you're asking him to stay in touch when you don't.

Mamma WOO! 8 hours - I am deeply deeply jealous! Hope the BBQ party goes well!

bun Wow - Lily's sitting up - that's amazing! Loved the photos - especially the one of Lily surrounded by all the cuddly toys!

davina AF - nooooooooooooooooo! that sucks! :( good luck with the shred! It sounds knackering! I haven't bothered weighing myself yet - my tummy is tightening up nicely from all the buggy pushing / odie carrying and that's good enough for me! :) Hope you got some better sleep last night!

We finally got an answer on MiLs cancer; if they operated they'd have to take the entire lobe of the lung to be sure of getting all the cancer - which is v risky. So we're going to watch and wait - so long as it stays small/non aggressive and isn't causing any side effects then we shall leave it. Next monitoring ct scan will be late sept. So now we can get on with all the check ups for her other health problems! oh the fun...

Odie kind of took a tiny bit of milk from a bottle this morning - yay! I think he found the flow rather much though - even though we have a slow flow teat... he stops and starts a lot on the breast and you can't do that so easily with a bottle... but still, it's progress!

He slept better last night - no crying, which was nice. He's a super restless sleeper though - definitely going to need his own bed soon..

ooh - speaking of beds - our new one is being delivered on tuesday!! Yay!! We're getting one of these, with the headboard in dove grey and a pocket sprung firm mattress (we were coveting the memory foam, but they aren't recommended for co-sleeping so we decided against it. Odie will be in a bedside cot/in our bed for feeding till at least 6 months, so it seemed wise to stick with something definitely safe for him).

Oh - we did Odie's first vaccination! Was so nervous for him - we just did the pneumonia as it's a single vaccine, so not too hard on his immune system (we hope) He cried a little bit after it was done, but calmed down quickly - was a bit less happy afterwards (but not actually grumpy) and had a bit of a grumpy / upset period in the night - but seems basically fine. He had a red lump about the size of a 50p (maybe slightly bigger?) on his leg which now (48 hours later) is starting to go down. No temperature though which is great. Those of you who have done vaccinations already - does this sound similar to how your babies reacted? I react so badly to vaccines I have no baseline for what is normal! Frustratingly the previously understanding nurse is heaping pressure on to catch up his vaccines - tried to get me to agree a 2 weekly scheule!!! so more frequent than normal - which given the fact that we're trying to spread them out to avoid overstimulating Odie's immune system beggars belief really. Next one is booked for 4 weeks time, so we shall see how he gets on!

Right - sorry for all the stuff i've doubtless missed - haven't had my first coffee of the day yet so am barely awake!

Hope you are all having fun weekends! :)