January 2014 Thread 17 - and the final babies will be here any day now!

[Frizz1986]

Thought i would start up the last thread before we move over to postnatal thread.

mrsv so sorry for what you are going through. Hopefully you and dh can sort things out

We had our first bout of uncontrollable crying tonight. Very unlike her. Don't know if she was just tired, but dh managed to get her off to sleep.

nature, Meredith's had one of those nights tonight, too. 6 full hours of screaming, about 5 poos and 1 spewnami :(

Evening all,

Been a long time I know, but have been lurking.

Just wanted to give mrsV a hug and and . You poor dear! Xxx

Fucking iPad ate my post.
mrsv glad to hear DH is being slightly less unreasonable, hope Sunday goes well. Keep talking, it must be scary for you.

pidgy I've resolved to ignore all the bollocks conflicting advice. It's just that, advice, but presented as fact. The worst advice I had was from childless midwives, closely followed by that from uncles who had their kids 35 years ago. Ignore them all. It's not their business to 'tell you off', you're a grown woman, and they don't get to treat you like an infant. Fuck em.

book what a shitter of a day. You need . Fuck everything else, but especially that cunting pizza dough.

In a militant mood tonight can you tell after six hours of being screamed at on and off, followed by a needy text from my DM asking me to call her, which I've ignored, but I know I will get the PA bullshit routine next time I call her ('good thing it wasn't an emergency, I might have been lying dead at the bottom of the stairs'). She cannot wrap her head around me not being able to baby her any more.

Another co sleeper here too. Have done with all 4 now. 3 eldest all on their own beds now with zero drama.

having full on time here. ds2 poorly with ear, throat and eye infection. dd has ear and throat infection and her eyes starting to look red.

also I have mastitis and midwife at bfeeding group saw Zachary as hv referred. posterior tongue tie which she snipped and upper lip tie which a not need doing so referred. They've also asked if ill take part in photo shoot to promote nursing as I'm tandem feeding.

Book - I've read that picking them up/putting them down is too stimulating for young babies.

try a white noise app? Henry likes white static. If he's sleepy he will fall asleep listening to that in his cot for a couple of hours.

we had a bad night last night, i knew we would, he was in his cot 10-12.30, then in bed with me for the rest of the time, waking every hour to cough. Ds1 was also in and out of our room like a sodding yo yo

That sounds hard toby

humpty, your mum sounds so bloody difficult. I sympathise - mine is like a 70 year old toddler.

Well, utter sleep fail here last night. DH tried to take her so I got a couple of hours to sleep, but she shrieked until I came back in. Then she did the usual of sleeping on the bed until her first night feed, then she'd only sleep on me until 7. The HV asked how I'd feel if she died because she slept on me, but she's just not ready yet I don't think.

frying we've tried apps and the dream sheep. She's not bothered by either unfortunately.

bunt a photoshoot? You're famous :)

Book your HV said WHAT?! sends shabby thoughts in HV's direction

You have to do what you have to do to get through, don't you? As long as baby's not going to fall out of the bed, overheat or suffocate then co-sleeping is fine by me - has really helped us on the trickier nights.

Don't know if the Sleepyhead could help if it's just being On the bed that she likes, or if she needs to sleep on your chest?

*shabby should read STABBY

Stupid autocorrect

Book - that's appalling! Put in a complaint. Detail in writing that you're co-sleeping safely. That's appalling

book
You know you don't have to see the hv if you don't want to, right? Not ever.

Shabby thoughts :o

Yikes book, I would complain. There is no way they should talk to you like that!

Had a better night last night Alice actually slept after feeding constantly yesterday, I was worried she was going to continue into the night and I was so nackered I couldn't cope. Poor thing is though confused by her tongue, keeps slobbering over the breast and then not being able to latch.

I have a day with DM and not looking forward to it, she makes everything about her. I asked her to bring lunch as she has a very restricted diet and got grumpy when I didn't have anything for her to eat at 1 week post cs (we have 3 supermarkets within 10 mins walk so though she could get something herself, but no).. this lead to almost crying down the phone as she didn't know what to cook, then suggested cooking in our kitchen. How is that easier for me? I'd have to get her everything, clean up afterwards and put up with all the "oh, you do it like that" comments... fun! She also keeps telling me to exercise everyday, at the moment I'm focusing on Alice and am still only 3 weeks post emcs.. so maybe not yet!

Sorry for the rant :)

Anyone else had their first set of baby jabs? Poor wee soul grizzled all afternoon yesterday then zonked out. Not quite his usual self today but I'm hoping a good kip in the sling this lunchtime will help get him back to normal cheeriness. Any idea how long it might last?

Have wrestled the lambskin under the bednest sheet (bloody tight fitting sheet grr) - here's hoping Hugh will appreciate it tonight. He did sleep beside me rather than ontop of me for 80% of the night so hopefully we're making progress.

Book what a horrid thing she said to you. How does she think anyone would feel if that happened!? Bitch!

Frozen onions and peppers arrived with my shop last night. Trying them out in the chilli I'm making in my slow cooker. Have been v slack on the cooking front so thought I'd best change that. Fed up of cereal or toast or ready meals for dinner.

DS is asleep. Send sleep vibes to Lara so I can have a nap too. Been up since 3ish so v tired (as usual!)

Book I would complain! What an awful thing to say to a new Mum!

Pidgy we have ours on Monday and I'm dreading it. Did he cry when they did the injections?

I just booked my driving theory test ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

book WTF?! I second never EVER seeing her again. Fucking bitch.

fly moan away! my DM is a pain also though last night when. I finally called her it wasn't about what I thought it would be about

puggle had BCG today, but not the eight weeks ones. She didn't seem to mind too much!

toby how is Meredith's bum rash?

Henry's is 2 weeks yesterday.

he has nappy rash under his willy, poor boy. Looks red raw! Have put loads of mentanium on it.

we had a three hour nap today, it was lovely. Ds1 is staying at mil's tonight. So I'm cooking minted lamb with roast potatoes, carrots, and new pots too probably. I'm going to make a cake too

felix I'm sad to say he screamed the place down. The gp very kindly let me use a spare room to give him a quick feed as he was so inconsolable. I think he is a wee scaredy baby though (doting parent emoticon, sick bucket emoticon for the rest of you)

puggle I've just been chatting to some mums whose babies have had their jabs, and they all had two grizzly/grumpy days. So he should be back to himself soon :)

Thanks everyone, I thought it was a bit out of order of the hv to say that. To confuse me more I've been at NCT new mums class today and the woman running it thinks co-sleeping is fine. No opinion on whether sleeping on me will cause overheating though. I'm just going to keep doing whatever gets us through for now. Her tongue tie appointment is in 3 weeks, and hopefully we'll see some improvement then. She's still only 6 weeks, and very little :)

When's your test felix?

Thanks for asking, Humpty. The dr gave us some steroid cream to put on it, but the pharmacist said it should only be used for a week. It cleared right up, but when we stopped the cream it came back. So I've been putting it on once a day anyway but I think we're going to have to go back to the dr. She said we're doing all the right things -- cloth nappies, only using water etc, but that it probably would keep happening :(

frying blimey! take it easy! You're making the rest of us look bad!

toby poor little thing. That's v unhelpful of them - it will 'just keep happening'? Bah.

To buck the trend, Alex has had her first proper daytime nap, not on me, in ages, as her reaction to being jabbed!

I've not made cake. I ate all the jaffa cake bars, some whole bag and still haven't showered. Will be doing that when dh gets home

book I can't believe the hv!! How bloody rude. I'm afraid I would have kicked her out my house

I've just booked Henry in for swimming lessons starting when he's 8 weeks. Can't wait :)

Now you've all made me want to make cake. Not that I've made anything above a sandwich yet but cakes the place to start right?

DM was as expected and cleaned our kitchen instead of making coffee and then complained. I'm just hoping nothing is broken as last time she broke my lovely bean to cup coffee machine by bleaching the insides...

Been giving Sylvie the infant gaviscon which seems to be working and means she no longer screams during feeds, but it's made her very constipated and now she's screaming because of that. It's so annoying that one problem is solved but it creates another one I keep having to do the cotton bud trick as her poo is so solid, I feel so bad for her. I could stop giving her the gaviscon but then she will go back to how she was. She's going to cry either way arghhhhh