October Babies

[pie]

Not sure if anyone else is ready to join me here yet...bells, woodge???

Been up since 4am, please tell me that I'm not the only one!!!

I am sure you're not
How's DD???

Alot less yellow this morning...been more and more awake, which I know is a good thing, but sooooooo tiring

That IS good news..... well done for breastfeeding through her naps

Hi Pie. Nights are a bit of a blur to be honest. I am however slightly depressed to find that all my good intentions re sleeing are so rapidly coming to nought. After 3 children, it is looking as though I will legitimately be able to offer our Moses basket for sale as 'unused'. He snores his head off all day on his own but come 10pm and he screams blue murder if he is put into the basket. He has to sleep with his head between my breasts looking like a grubby old man.

Is you dd feeding ok? Hope your other half is being helpful.

DD2 has jaundice so I've been feeding at least every 2 hours night and day since Monday...so yeah shes feeding ok!!!!

lol at the grubby old man image DD2 gets near my boobs and sucks the first bit of flesh she can get in her mouth.

DH has been waiting on me hand and foot...has yours recovered from the birthing experience?

Friends, lovely friends, my thoughts are with you over the next three months . Lots of love.xxxxx

Bells, snap re the Moses Basket. It's pristine and currently dd is snoring her head off in the middle of the so-called matrimonial bed. As MI says, thinking of you all as us July/August mummies start emerging blearily from the all-night feedathons!

Urgghh! Marina, that's not what I wanted to hear. I thought you old hands would be all efficient and discliplined by now - there's absolutely no hope for me in that case.

Pie, my DH has been a revealation as he has been fantastically helpful. I had no idea he could be so useful around the house!.

Seeing as dd was born at the end of Sept I may flit between threads if no-one minds.
Mind if July/August Mums are only emerging into wakefulness, does that mean we can't expect sleep till Xmas !!!!!
At least I know what to ask Santa for

I'd like to join in here now please!!!!!!!!!!!
our adorable Zara was born on the morning of the 17th by section as planned....came home 2 days later.... scored 10 on the agpar thingywotsit!!! totally in love...can't type for long just now... will fill you in later... proudest moment of my life!!!!! will put story on birth announcements too....

Yeah Spod!!!! I look forward to lots and lots of posts

Good luck ladies - our june/july thread has got remarkably civilized and all babies except for mine seem to understand the difference between night and day - maybe he's on strike because he was born in May.

Well how is everyone doing???

Gone insane with mumsnet going down all afternoon???

Anastacia never wants to be put down, I mean NEVER, cris the effing house down if I try, been up since 3.3am with an hours nap sometime since.

Hand her over to DH Pie and go and get a nap.

Tried that, our flat is so small could hear everything

Asked Dh to take her for walk, but he is too worried about me to leave me alone.

Pie - get your mum to take Anastacia (and DD1) for 2 hours - she WILL be fine.
Your Dh can then stay with you and nap with you..... PLEASE DO THIS !

Just in case anyone is interesteed, I have linked to some photos in the birth announcements "oaks and acorns" thread.

Pie - hows it going? hope you're managing to get some rest?? you must be so exhasted after such a hard pregnancy... hope you're managing to enjoy your new baby inbetween bouts of tiredness

Hi spod, how are you???? Hows the scar and the babe doing?

Won't go into the state of my life too much here (there is some stuff here .

Am going to the baby clinic today so hoping that Anastacia has gained this week. Also have my first osteopath appointment is a couple of hours so should be able to strut my stuff at the mumsnet xmas meet.

Anyone else severely disappointed with a still puffy tummy? Don't remember it being as bouncy after DD1

Well DD2 had gained 200g (7ounces) at yesterday's weigh in...made me feel really good as the HV had been 'telling' me that she 'had' to have formula if she didn't gain...

Has anyone here got even a remotely nice HV?

Still not sleep though. Well one thing at a time.

October is nearly over so more people better have babies, I'm beginning to think that there is an echo in here...hello????

Spod?
Oakmaiden?
bells?
bearingthebigbluehouse?
woodge?
ragtaggle?
bluebear?

anyone?

I'm here - but not posting much at the moment because my arms are normally full of baby.

Eleanor is 11 days old today, and things are going OK. Managing to get a bit of sleep, but still not really organised enough to do anything more than a quick "dive" out of the house. I think I have been out 3 times since she was born - a quick trip to town, one to the supermarket, and one to the hospital to see my son's consultant. Apart from that I have hardly even left my bedroom! (The joys of having a mother around to do the cooking for me! She goes on Friday, though ) Haven't had many visitors yet either - mostly because I feel exceptionally antisocial. I just don't really want to talk to ANYONE at all, let alone see them or have them invade my "space". I expect it will pass.

Our one struggle at the moment is feeding. I am mostly breastfeeding, but have one very scabby and painful nipple that I can't bear baby to touch, really, so we are using a nipple shield on it. The problem then being that she really doesn't seem to feed very effectively through the nipple shield and I reckon isn't getting the hind milk, despite being over an hour (sometimes nearly 2) on the breast. So I am having to top up with formula after that breast (but not after the other one). Hopefully when it heals I will be able to feed fully without top ups. Until then it is just ouch.

Still haven't managwed to put her down for long either - not certain if that is her preference or mine.

I'm here - typing with one hand
Baby is lovely, so much easier than ds was. She's 11 days now but is acting really settled, always has a good reason for fussing (ds cried loudly and almost continually for the first 5 months). The last couple of nights she's had one 5hour gap between feeds - blissful sleep. During the day she's feeding 1 1/2 to 2 hours. And has not harmed my nipples in anyway. Still can't get over the difference between this baby and the last.
Before you really hate me, there is a cloud to this. The birth was extremely traumatic, so much so that my health visitor was horrified and suggested I have counselling. I am crying lots especially if no one else is around - not sure if this is linked to the birth or if it's a return to the PND I had after ds. And I've just found out that ds needs speech therapy for a variety of reasons - I should have taken him to see someone before, but I asked his nursery, grandparents etc. if they thought he was 'normal' and they all said yes. I am feeling really guilty now.

bluebear - what happened to make the birth so awful? Or would you prefer not to talk about it? How old is your ds? Because in a lot of areas it is nearly impossible to get SALT for very littlechildren anyway - so don't fel ad about it. Easy for me to say, I know.

Bluebear, I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling so traumatised by the birth. I thought you had a positive VBAC, or did I read that wrong.

DD2 sounds very much like your little one too, crying for a reason, nipple also seem ok.

I will be seeing my doctor next week about depression, maybe the baby is so good because she knows I wouldn't be able to have anymore on my plate. Actuallly come to think of it she doesn't like to be put down at night so I end up with her nesting in my armpit every night. Very sore next morning. How old is your DS bluebear. I think that my DD1 talks funny, who has diagnosed speech therapy? Its so hard to tell when you spend everyday with a child to hear them the way the rest of the world does. Please don't feel guilty.

I'm sorry to hear the nipples aren't getting better Oakmaiden. I've seen others swear by Lanisol (is that how you spell it?) cream. I had very bad nipples with DD1, didn't like those nipple shields either. Maybe you could try the cream? You are doing way better than me with the getting out the house thing though

Baby is coming out of her sleep with a whole lot of delightful grunting...must go!

Oakmaiden - have you tried hand expressing milk from the painful breast? That will counteract the ineffective stimulation with the nipple shield and keep your supply boosted. A mechnical pump would probably be too painful.