bump - what a fast birth! Shame about the tear & transfer, though
conker, George is fine. A complete pain, but fine. He had his heel prick test yesterday (I cried, even though I knew it was daft!) & was weighed - he's lost 9oz & is down to 8lb6, but that's fine. He's also been slightly jaundiced because of the ventouse, but has spent a lot of time sitting in the sunshine & is looking much better now.
I'm not getting much sleep at all, though. He feeds every 2 hours for an hour. Then takes a fair while to wind & settle. Hence the quietness
DH is still off uni at the moment because of Easter - he starts back on Monday. He's as useful as he can be & does most of the nappy changes & so on, but most of the issue is feeding which is obviously my responsibility. Luckily, the feeding isn't painful, so we're just about coping. If we were spending that long feeding & it hurt I think I'd be very close to quitting by now.
BB, you're so cute with your changed life I had a bit of a breakdown yesterday (baby blues definitely hit!) where one of the things I was crying about was that I always have a wet top now, no matter how many muslins & pads I've got. It's quite amazing.
purple, MILs aren't half something... Great news that you don't have PE, though. At least it'll be over soon & you can get back to your ironing
WFH, your mum sounds a little annoying, as well. I love the 'put Orbit in the rain' advice - it's fantastic the variation you get in parenting advice.
Don't be daft with your worries WRT your parenting ability - you have a toddler, a demanding newborn & a CS scar. That's not a standard 'two children' scenario. That's an exceptionally difficult rite of passage that nobody would be breezing through.
Congratulations to phd - will read the birth story later.
I'm going to have to be off now - will try to finish catching up this evening. I hope everyone's okay & lots of babies are being born! xx