April 2014 thread! - still continually supporting one another!

[Cupcake92]

New thread :)
I want to see lots of our old faces back!!
Come on girls!

DD not sleeping the way DS did. She is fed about 11, sleeps until half1 or 2, is fed again and sleeps until about half 5. I do the 2 feed and DH gets up for work and does the half 5 feed. He drops DS off at nursery on his way to work at 8 and DD and I get up about half 8. By the time she is fed, washed and dressed and asleep again and I am washed and dressed and done my hair it is about 10. I do some tidying up, ironing, cleaning and she is awake and ready for another feed and then we pick DS up and me and DS have our lunch. Then it is walk time and we do a bit of shopping in the village and when we get back she has a feed and DS has a play and we all have a little sleep. Then I make tea ready for DH coming home. I have turned into a 1950s housewife. I am knackered as well.

Lol it is non stop isn't it! So nice to have a couple of minutes to yourself, if you can get them. Just wait til you throw work into the mix! Great when you see the kids interacting in a few months when she stops just feeding and nappy changes. DS will love it.

He is not very interested in her really. MIL asked him if he is being a big brother and he said 'No'
Today DD was crying when we were getting ready to go for a walk and he said 'Put her there mummy' and pointed to the washer

Ha ha. What did he think was going to happen to her in the washer? Would definitely stop her crying. I think at that age they are a bit confused about the changes but they soon adapt.

He just doesn't like her crying. I think he was saying to put her in there while we went for a walk

Aaw they say the funniest things don't they. Ds3 is coming into his own personality now, strutting around the house like the head honcho. He has started to say a few words too and it sounds so cute. How are you finding it with a toddler and baby? I promise it does get easier when baby is a little older.

I had forgotten how babies just want attention when they want it and can't do anything at all. DS can do things now and it makes a difference. But having to be at DD's every whim and manage him - he's off like a shot if you take your eye off him- is hard.
He is funny with her. Today I was giving her a bottle and he was watching. She finished and I was rubbing her back and she was scowling with wind. She burped and he laughed loudly and she was a bit startled and started to cry. He put his hands over his ears and hid his head in a cushion.

How was ds first day at nursery lulu? My ds starts pre school in a couple of weeks and I'm terrified! I'm going to have a meltdown I think!

Dd is teething now and I am exhausted!

Hello!
Sounds weird but I've been on my antidepressants nearly 2 months now and I feel great! I am in shock how well I'm handling 3 children ! My DM looked after them all last week while I met my friend for a meal out and she said she was exhausted (I was gone 3 hours) and called me super mum. she said she can't understand how I cope on my own. I honestly think the antidepressants help a lot

Lulu, bless ur ds! It's hard for them having a new baby but he'll get used to her in the end :)
My ds1 and 2 fight a lot atm, don't know if I mentioned it but ds1 pushed ds2 and he hit his head and it split open and had to take him to hospital! He was okay tho and ds1 ended up feeling so bad n was so nice to him for a good week after!

Sunny how old is ur ds3 again?

Ducky I hate teething and do not envy u right now! :(

Kids do the funniest things don't they. Wont be long before he is telling her off for touching his toys.
Teething ducky gosh I don't envy you. Teething sucks.
Cupcake ds3 is 16 months now. He's got his own little personality. I think he is going to rule the roost lol He has the older two wrapped around his finger already.
I'm really glad to hear you're feeling much better with your anti depressants. Makes a great difference to your quality of life I'm sure. Glad to see you have your mum helping you. It's nice when you have that time to just do your own thing. My dh went out tonight so once I put the kids to bed I just had a lovely time relaxing and watching a bit of TV. It was great.
How are you feeling now Lulu? You were saying you were feeling down a few weeks back. Hope you're feeling better x

PS hope ds2 head is ok cupcake

DS was nice to DD today. He sat on the sofa and held her - with DH closely supervising Then he gave her his meerkat grub in her chair with her. However, he did also take her bottle which DH has put on the coffee table while he took her to get a bib, when he went back DS had the bottle and was sitting drinkng it. She has started smiling now which DS likes. He soon got bored with her though and wanted to go in the garden.
He has a liitle strip of garden to plant things in and he and DH have planted some sedums- which are almost indestructible and are star shapes- and two sunflowers and have made a pebble garden round them. He waters then with a tiny watering can and we water them properly when he has gone to bed. He is very pleased with himself. DH does the digging really and DS 'helps'. We are going to get him a tomato plant to grow.

I don't know how you cope Cupcake. You must be a really good organiser and keep on top of it all. I am hopeless at the minute but am getting into a routine. If DH wasn't so good at doing anything and everything Ds would probably not get to nursery half the time- not clean, fed and dressed anyway.

SIL had a baby girl this morning. It was quite a difficult birth but she is just beautiful and SIL is ok. Still in hospital. BIL has been very emotional, he said he was scared. Anyway, they are all fine. We have not been in yet. She is likely to be home on Friday- they are keeping her in for an extra couple of days. Phew!

How's the scar healing cupcake?

Sunny I do love a bit of tv time alone!!

Congratulations to sil lulu! Did something go wrong? When I had ds we both got infections so we had to stay in a few days. Drove me insane.

Baby got stuck and SiL ended up with 3rd degree tear and then had bleeding and needed transfusion last night.
She is amazingly OK. I called into the hospital this afternoon with DD and SIl looked tired and pale but was chirpy. Is very uncomfortable but up and in chair. Baby is just beautiful- shock of dark hair and very cute (bit bashed at the minute but will be fine).

Congratulations to you and your sil. Third degree tear (ouch) I had second degree which was hard so feel for her. Hope she's ok now and not too traumatised by the birth. How are things with you cupcake? Hope things seem a bit easier now.
Ducky how are you? How are kiddies? Teething ok? I think ds3 is also teething. He has started to copy lots of things we do which is really funny. It's weird how you can tell that he likes certain songs on the radio. Would never guess they would do that at such a young age. His fav at the moment is symphony.

I think DS might be a gardener. They have a little vegetable patch at nursery too and he loves it. He pesters us to let him plant things in our garden.
Today has been really warm up here. He spent the afternoon with a bag of compost and a big pot, filling it with his little beach spade and then putting it back in the bag and sweeping up or 'weeping up' as he calls it. Occupied himself for ages and stopped for a drink and a scone. DD watched from her little seat under her parasol. (wasn't much interested really but he thought she was. He kept saying 'watch' very bossily).

Congrats to ur sil and bil lulu!! :)

My scar has finally healed which is good :)
I've had an awful week tho. On a day where it's been chucking it down with rain my cars locks malfunctioned and locked ds2 in the car and me and ds3 were locked out in the pouring rain. I had to get fire brigade out to get ds2 out :( it was the worst ever feeling having a child locked In the car and me not being able to get to him.
He's okay tho and he just happily sat in there eating some crisps lol
I'm on holiday atm with my dm :) we are in cleethorpes. It's rained most of the time but was sunny this morning so managed to get to the beach :) we go home Monday morning so still have one more day left.

I'm currently awake as I'm feeling so so sick for some reason!

I hope everyone is okay!

Nice to hear from you cupcake. You're not pregnant are you

Glad your scar has finally healed Cupcake. Is that about 4 months? Your DS2 must be placid and content to do that. It is a good sign- he must feel secure. You aren't pregnant are you? We are going to Cornwall- to near Trebetherick- this summer to a cottage for 2 weeks. Hope the weather is good because I think there is a beach and not much else and it is a long way from here.

DS now 'luffs' DD and kisses her a lot. She looks a bit taken aback by it all and he talks to her all the time. When she cries he says 'Stop it Anna'. He can say her name now, He 'helps' me with her- brings nappies and toys for her.

He has a scooter which he rides around the garden path and takes to the park but we don't trust him anywhere there are roads- he is a bit random. I am amazed by his balance with it.

I wonder where Ducky is? And how it is going with her new man?

I'm back!

Tbh I have had so much going on I completely forgot to check here!

My new man is really amazing. He has been my rock. I wish he was closer!

I have had social services out, they said it was standard procedure as I contacted the police on stbxh. But it was very worrying for me.

I thought everything would be ok, stbxh didn't contact me at all for over 5 weeks. Then he sent one text asking if he could see the kids. As I was advised by everyone I spoke to, I ignored it.

I received a letter from his solicitor today saying that he has repeatedly asked to see the children and I have refused which is unacceptable of me. It says I am causing them emotional harm and need to make arrangements for him to see them.

It's really got me down

Omg sunny and lulu noooo I am so not pregnant again
I am a nun now! Plus I need a man for that
I'm already seeing and researching sterilisation.

Lulu it's been 3 months :) ds3 is 12 weeks old now! It's gone so fast! So glad DS is loving his little sister more now! :)

Ducky I'm so happy things with ur new man are going great!!! N don't worry about stbxh. Things will be fine :)

Ds3 weighs 10lb 8 now! He's a tiny baby still still mostly in newborn clothes but just starting to go into 0-3. I'm still exclusively breastfeeding! 12 weeks now! :) so proud of myself! And can u believe he's already got his first tooth poking through! None of my Ds's got teeth till they were like 8 months old!

Well done for the ebf cupcake!! Can't be easy, especially with 2 others!! I'm thinking of sterilisation too.

Ds went to his settling in day at pre school today! I was really worried because he was so quiet and not leaving my side when we went in which is unlike him. But after about 10 mins he completely forgot about me and was off playing! He didn't want to leave and has been packing his bags over and over today saying he's going to pre school now.

How is everyone?

Ducky - how is your new man?

Cupcake - how are you and the boys?

We are fine. DS has a silver tiara with a flashing pink hert shaped 'jewel' that is is favourite thing in the world at the moment. Had some odd looks in the village today when we went shopping and he wore it all the time. 🙂