September babies!

[Bekki]

Hes soooooo gorgeous and hes all mine! I'm on such a high right now, don't know how long it'll last though.

I didn't have to be induced, I didn't even have to wait till my due date a healthy baby and no stitches! I'm ecstatic! The relief of it all being over is wonderful. Now I'm going to concentrate on remembering every last detail of his face before this stage passes away too.

Come on Cha and Ailsa!

Spod sorry but I don't think I can help. I simply can't keep my little DS awake during the day or for a full feed at that. He is still feeding 3 hourly. My HV witnessed this today. I tried to wake him as she sat there and said, rather smugly I thought, 'wind, change, undress him to keep him awake' and thankfully my ds went true to form and slept! thus, proving to my HV that I am not a moron. 'Oh, she said, well unfortunately you will have to just continue feeding little & often.

sounds like our babies are twins wiltshire!!!! cant wake ours duting the day either... and feeding every 2.5/3 hours... only for 25-35 mins also...... makes me feel better that someone else is the same at least... thanks

Spod, everyone tells me to keep him awake during day & up his feeds. Has anyone got a clue on how to do this?

wiltshire... i have just asked exactly the same question on the October babies thread... I'll start a new thread under 'sleep' called 'daytime sleepers' and see if we can get some suggestions!! if you find anything that works then let me know!!

Well hello again everyone. finally a chance to get online, prob won't last long though.
Bekki I understand what you're going through at the mo. My dd1 also 4 well two months off, is being extra difficult. Nothing too bad just stroppy and as soon as she's home from pre-school the whining starts and that goes THROUGH my head like gunfire. It doesn't help that when she comes in dd2 stalks her around the room with her eyes, oh but it is funny.
Wilty and Spod soory to hear your woes, I suppose you've both tried stripping them completely whilst feeding.
They now simultaneously shout YES WE BLOODY HAVE
I can't complain about dd2, she's absolutely perfect and has slotted into our family perfectly and don't all hate me, but sleeps most nights from 10:30/11pm to 5am then has short feed and goes back asleep till we're all up for pre-school.
This is only compensating for how much of a pig dh/h is being. We had an explosive row the other day, basically we both reached the end of our tether on seperate issues.........his my nagging, me doing EVERYTHING you know how it is, bloody annoying species if you ask me...
Anyway just checking in, bub's hungry

Hi

Im with you angelmother about the annoying bread we choose to live and reproduce with grrrrrr

On a MUCH brighter note just had to announce that I put Harvey to bed at 7.30pm and he went through to 7am!! I couldnt believe it It was great boost as had horrible day yesterday and it was also his full day back on the boob after a few days of me thinking Id lost my supply so that was fab!

Becca
xxx

Oh well done Becca, so glad the feeding is going well again, you need a break at the mo. Hope things are ok.
My little bub has a rotten cold, I think so many others on here have been down this route already. Amazing we've escaped till now, dh and dd1 had the worst dose a few weeks ago.
Anyway her and I have this horrible cough and sore throat (at least I do), so never brought dd1 to pre-school today as couldn't face going out (also avoiding another mum at pre-school but that's a different story).
So we all sit and watch the Tweenies.............

well done becca! isn't it great? I will very quietly admit that miles has been doing 12+ hours every night for the last 6 nights, so I think he has cracked the sleeping lark, what a sweetie pie.
I'm completely in love with him at the moment, he is so smiley and has great long coo-ey conversations with me, he is delicious!

Hello Ladies, Just a quick pop in from me as all hell seems to break loose if I happen to switch the PC on or god forbid use the telephone!
James had his first jabs to day and I very nearly punched the nurse because she was so heartless. He'd had his 8 weeks check(well poked and prodded like an animal) and was crying anyway so I calmed him down and she rather brutely(sp?) stuck the needle in. Ohhhh his little face....his already sad face had an absolutely terrified look on in it and he screamed and screamed and SCREAMED. She didn't hardly let me calm him down at all before she stuck the other one in and then, insisted on squirting in the polo stuff while he was going mad and he nearly choked on it. BITCH!
He's sleeping at the moment even though he's almost 1.5 hours overdue for a feed, my poor little man is exhausted from all the screaming.

On a nicer note....
PPH, I know exactly what you mean about being sooo in love. I love all my boys but I don't rememeber it being so all consuming as it is this time. I can remeber the big rush of love with DS1 after not really knowing how to love a baby(!! I know that sounds odd!!), with DS2 I knew what it felt like and I feel in love instantly but with James that rush just hasn't stopped yet, I'm fiercly protective of him and can't stand it if anyone else even holds him.......he's mine, mine, mine, all mine!

Maybe I 'm going abit doo-lally with the lack of sleep as he's still waking during the night, mostly for a cuddle as he only drinks a little a bit and then nodds off again. Still I won't complain I love the cuddle too.

Oh Emma it's true, you make me smile when I really need something to lighten me. My dd2 has a rotten cold which has got worse and only a half hour ago she was crying quite badly, her little throat sounds hoarse and sore too. Anyway I lay her down on the floor to change her nappy as this is the only thing to calm her sometimes. She'd just calmed down and big sister playing at cinderella in glass slippers stands on her head..........ohhh the cry and the face just crumpled, so she crys, dd1 crys seeing what she did, I cry as am feeling bloody depressed at the moment.
Three women bawling their heads off simultaneously, no-wonder dh is out. I think it's time to get the wine out....

Hi Angel, just posted on your other thread. Didn't want you to think I was ignoring you......thinking of you, hang in there mate!

Ds2 is now down for the first time for a proper night sleep! Its been a struggle but we got through it. He normally goes down at midnight. He went at 8.30. I'm so relieved, I've had some time to myself its wonderful. Just had to share that.

Angelmother, we all know exactly how your feeling. Although you probably feel fine now. I tend to find that as soon as I've poured my heart out to mumsnet I feel fine and the post is no longer relevant. I've only had about three good cries since baby was born as apposed to continuous wailing after ds1's very vocal entrance to the world. At first (the first 4 weeks) I thought (quite smuggly) that it very easy with two kids. And then ds2 stopped sleeping all day and ds1 became a 'little difficult'. As soon as anyone is ill routine and coping mechanisms go out the window. Wines a great moral booster. Fingers crossed for a quick recovery.

Bit of advice please girls as I know a lot of yours have already had bad colds.
DD2 the poor little mite has a rotten cold. She is feeding and sleeping well, has no temperature, still has regular wet and dirty nappies and is her normal happy self most of the time BUT when she coughs I fear her lungs are coming up and her nose is so bunged up I fear she'll stop breathing.
Dh tried sucking her nose clear this morning (Eeeurgh !) but it doesn't seem to have helped much.
Oh I know from writing all of this that there's not much else I can do but how long did it last with yours, she's had this since Thursday and I don't think she's any better
Thanks Bekki, you are right I did exactly the same "Oh two is a doddle" then one gets sick. As for the wine, well let's say I drink far too much for a brestfeeding Mum

Is she 12 weeks yet AM? If so she can have medised.

If not you could try raising the head of her cot or moses so she is sleeping on an angle. Keep the air in her room moist. Not much else to add - no help am I!

8 weeks Becca, so no medised yet I suppose. Thank God she's not having her jabs this week (no baby clinic till the week after).
It's just so heartwrenching seeing them so ill isn't it

My doc always says to use steam therepy(sp?) for a stuffy nose in babies/children. Basically put them in the bathroom with you when you have a hot shower or bath and the moist warm air loosens it.
I've also seem a device that you can out up their noses to suck out the.....snot....sorry!. Abit like a syringe I suppose but at least it will save my Dh getting a mouthful Angel. what a dedicated daddy can't imagaine my DH doing the same.

Angelmother, sorry to hear she's not well and you're feeling low. What about running the shower on hot and sitting in the bathroom with the doorshut to see if the steam will give her a bit of respite ? I was going to see if it helped but had a postnatal moment and forgot to check there was hot water first ! I hope she starts getting better really soon.

Angel, hope she feels better soon, my ds is exactly the same at the moment and he has just got over croup. As for using steam. I put my wallpaper steamer in my bathroom and it worked wonders. Was like being at health farm.

Morning ladies, I'm going to have to join you in the shite DH/DP club. Cutting a long story short the argument started about some photos. I asked him to bring them back from his mum's when he went yesterday as they were the first lot we finally got around to downloading and developed. well he left the whole lot there, luckily I'd taken my 2 favourite one out as I didn't want her to choose those ones. Okay Iknow we can get them done again, that I can look at James all day but it's the principle, he sais he'd bring them home knowing probably full well he wouldn't. And this is the bit that upset me most, when I had a go at him he just said " well I paid for them" yes you fucking did because I don't earn any money staying at home looking after the children. I know it's petty really but it has really upset me. I could never go out to work with the kids being so young but I feel like that's what he saying I should do. It's not the first time he's said something like this either. i'm going to spend the day getting the house spottless just so when he comes home he'll see I've earned my keep today.
GOD I'm so mad, ds1 asked why I was crying this morning and I felt like saying because you father is a thoughtless prick!....obviously I didn't.
Thanks for listening girls.....gonna go a tackle to washing pile now.

Sorry I've realised I shouldn't have tarred (sp?)all your DH/DP with the same brush as mine........please ignore my Shite DH/DP club comment as I think my own deserves to have exclusive membership.

What is it with the DP/H's on this thread eh!

He sounds typically, annoyingly like mine Emma!! Why dont you say when he gets in - I start work next Monday arrange childcare would you dear and Im afraid someone else will have to cook and clean lol

Harvey slept 12 hours again last night - wahey - he is worrying me though, he has been v sicky for the last few days which is so unlike him, cant work out if hes being greedy, reacting to something or poorly!

Ive just done it too! Sorry everyone with a decent DP - Im sure they are out there somewhere

Let's just get them put down
Only joking

Im a bit worried about harvey, his sickiness has continued all day and has now thrown up big style a couple of times, I fed him just now and he brought back quite a bit at each burp. He is now sleeping. Any advice?

Becca is he in good form otherwise, wet nappies, dirty nappies, smiling and sleeping?
When was the last time you had him weighed?
Could it be something you've eaten....my HV told me that in these first few weeks we find out all the things which we eat that might effect them.