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100years · 16/04/2012 16:17
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bebejones ·
02/03/2013 19:11
So lovely! Apart from the grumpy MW!
Does the little guy have a name...or are you not sharing? xxx
Well done you! 
Is DH delighted? Are you home yet? Xx
bebejones ·
02/03/2013 21:44
I'm so so SO delighted for you! (Hope the cat is ok! 
)
Thomas is a fab name, it'd be on our list if our surname wasn't Jones!
Hope you are getting lots of rest and cuddles with your new baby boy! Bet you just can't believe he is finally here!
Oh my God AC....You're a MUMMY!!!
LookAtHerGo ·
03/03/2013 23:02
Hey folks.
Sorry. Sorry sorry.
Man I don't even know where to begin.
Firstly congratulations AC on baby Thomas and your speedy labour, I hope you are feeling well now and enjoying settling down with newborn life.
Bebe sorry to hear you have had a flare up. I hope things settle quickly on the meds and DP keeps up his seemingly slightly growing enthusiasm for another baby.
Hugs Quod.
Well, hmm it's been busy, it's been hard, it's been fun, it's been lots and lots of things.
Breastfeeding physically went from not great to bad to worse, so I stopped trying to put them on my breast and just gave them bottles instead. I've been expressing milk like I'm blinking daisy the cow, pumping off a pint on some sessions! It was a tough decision to stop trying to bf, E fed so well that I set my expectations so high for the boys and didn't factor into account all of the stuff that could (and did) go wrong. It was a hard decision to come to stopping breastfeeding but it was the right one for all of us, even if I had tears making the decision. They do have some formula but at the moment it's mostly ebm they're having. They're growing so well and I had started to tell them apart but they've started looking more like each other again!
It's very tiring, more so than it was with E, but then there are 2 of them and I've also E to look after and I don't get chance to rest when they rest because invariably E is awake and wants to play or needs food or something. But I wouldn't change things at all. I love it all even if it's tough.
E is nearly 18 months and has the vocab of a 2 year old! She's constantly coming out with new words I have no idea how she knows some of them. But she uses them in context. And says 3, 4 and occasionally 5 words together. It's funny when she says 'don't touch' then proceeds to touch the thing she knows she's not allowed to!
I'll try and check in again v soon, but now I'm trying to settle little e so I can get some sleep.
bebejones ·
04/03/2013 10:05
LAHG so sorry to hear the BF didn't improve. But at the end of the day you have to do what is best for you because ultimately that is what's best for your beautiful babies! 
DD was an awful awful feeder! Slightly better with bottles but still fussy! She used to fuss so much at BF that even though her latch was good she was so easily distracted and was on and off all the time it made it very hard work and I was really sore. She lost a fair bit of weight and I had to express a lot to try and keep up supply. I did have to start topping her up with formula, which at the time was heartbreaking but it was for the best.
I realise you didn't really need a BF story, just wanted to make sure that you aren't beating yourself up about it! You are SUPER MUM!
Saw on FB that you have been poorly, I hope you are looking after yourself too?! x
bebejones ·
17/03/2013 19:15
Oh gosh it's all gone quiet!
AC how is motherhood treating you? Hope you are ok and starting to settle into it all.
LAHG how are you all feeling now? Are you over all your bugs?
QUOD, how's things with you, hope you are taking care of yourself?
Well, after the relapse and the shitty steroids I've had a virus for about a week and a half! DD came down with it first and was really poorly, sky high temperature and hallucinating 
. Think I may have developed sinusitis off the back of it, currently getting through nearly a whole box of tissues a day!! No other news really, been too poorly to get up to anything exciting!
bebejones ·
21/03/2013 18:13
I'm usually pretty good at killing threads!
Have antibiotics for a chest (and possible ear) infection. Feel crap! Also seem to have permanent sinus headache. Feeling very miserable and deaf in my left ear currently! Hoping the drugs kick in soon!
LookAtHerGo ·
28/03/2013 21:21
Sorry. The illnesses hit hard here, but I think we're over it now, touch wood. Throat and ear infections for E and me then bronchiolitis with both boys 
was a shite 4 weeks really.
Boys both smiling now
Hope everyone is ok. Just saying a quick hello whilst I pump before bed.
bebejones ·
14/04/2013 18:40
Quiet squeal!!! Yay! Sending sticky vibes to you Quod! Good luck with the house move! Hopefully you will be all unpacked soon and won't have full boxes still stashed away several years later like we do! 
My mum just text me to say that one of my friends from back home (her parents are friends with my mum) is 12 weeks PG. (They aren't telling people yet) I feel a bit weird about it really. Mostly because knowing someone in RL is PG only reminds me that I'm not! But also because she was my maid of honour and the very first person I told that I was PG, even before I told my mum! I need to have 'the conversation' with DH again, before Weds! I have a hospital appt and they are going to ask me what I want to do about medication.......I just don't know!
bebejones ·
14/04/2013 22:56
No idea! Some days I think he's quite keen & some days it feels like he will never want another baby! Financially things are no better and that's his biggest reason against it! I've been crunching numbers in my head and worked out that if we have a baby after DD starts year 2 (after her 6 birthday NEXT year) then it'll put a lot of pressure on as DC2 will be starting school when DD is in year 6 which is important for her. But if we have a child when she starts year 3 by the time DC2 starts school DD will be going to a different school which would be a nightmare! It all seems such a long way off but there are very real practical implications to the timing of it all! 
bebejones ·
15/04/2013 08:14
It wasn't so much the separate school runs (although that would be tricky as potentially DDs secondary school could be half hours drive away) more having two children starting at new schools at the same time! (DH doesn't drive ) There is also the ever increasing age gap to consider, at the moment DD is very keen on the idea of a sibling, the longer she has to establish herself as an only the harder I anticipate the adjustment (considering her personality!!) I tend to think about practicalities and impact on us as a FAMILY, DH only ever looks at it from how it will affect HIM! DD is already starting to do activities that could potentially be tricky to cope with with another child to think about too. As you can tell my head is spinning, desperately want another baby but I think if it doesn't happen by next year we will have missed the boat.
bebejones ·
20/04/2013 18:31
So I've bought myself another year without the drugs as far as the doctors are concerned! I know it's ultimately MY decision, they always say 'no pressure' but then the way they say things is loaded with pressure and designed to guilt trip you into taking the drugs! [cynical] The day I had built myself up to 'the talk' ended up being the day DH came home from work in a complete state and frantic about money! so I chickened out!
He never thinks past next week let alone thinking about the next 5 years! Tis really grinding me down!
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bebejones ·
08/05/2013 18:00
Just checking in to wave at everyone!!
Quod, how are you doing?
AC, where are you? How is motherhood? Hope you are ok xx
LAHG
No news here, just wanted to say hi!!
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