June Babies - come out, come out, wherever you are...

[Skara]

Hoping this might tempt fate on the June list and produce some more June babies

i am trying - honest! I think it's waiting for the footie match tonigh tto make its appearance!

at least you have MG to keep you company for a bit!

BW

well Bogwoppitbaby, I hope you're on your way by now!

Helloooooo! How are you feeling? And is Jude still a dream baby??

Well, I've had 3 days to assess baby Alex's personality. He may be a big boy but he's actually not that interested in food - yet. But my milk has finally come in (I've been panicking cos my mw said it should have happened on day 2) and so I am waiting for him to have a go at them!

He is a very very very sucky baby. I might succumb and buy a dummy tomorrow cos if he's not sucking he's whinging about it and it hurts to hold my finger in his mouth all the time.

He has the loudest cry I have ever heard! (lucky neighbours)

He is very cuddly and likes being held but screams at the nappy change.

And I think the blues are happening for me today .

Well that's us so far. I am very happy, sore, scared of what's to come, going stir crazy in the house, feeling like a complete novice - please tell me this is normal....

And where are those other ladies!

I'm here! born 1 day early exactly like DS was.

she is too eager to feed at mo so not latching really well but we will get there.

pooing for england & currently asleep in my arms

love bw

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I will be here next week having a c-section on tuesday if nothing happens before then. had sweep this morning.

Hi all,

yes he's mainly still a dream baby...has had a bit of colic/sore tummy in the middle of the night but basically just feeds, sleeps and poos . He was weighed the other day and at 2 weeks 2 days was 9lb 4oz, so has gained 1lb 3.5oz - oink! MG my second was a really loud screamer, a real shock after quiet no1, and luckily Jude seems to be quite peaceful and doesn't have such a loud voice (hence the urges for a no4, I bet if he was really loud and hard work I'd be sending h off for the snip asap ). Off to check our our thread now and see if there are any new arrivals...

HI everyone!
Wanted to come say hello for days but have been exhausted. Things are just MANIC with 3 children, even though DH is home for a few weeks. Skara, how are you coping? Although I think you said your mother helps? I had a wobbly this morning because we had various things in last few days, including the remote control AND my newly bought post-partum shorts -- we found my 4yo had packed the new clothes in DH's wardrobe, and the RC was down the side of the settee.

It was the sort of wobbly you laugh about, though.

N. is lying watching the world happily right now. Hasn't kept me too awake, but I'm still wiped out. I can't believe how much I have forgotten about babies! Does anyone else feel the same? How to swaddle them, when they are hungry or just want a cuddle. How to make nappy changes fast... Make sure the willy points DOWN when you put the nappy back on. And so on. I made up a nappy changing bag yesterday and it was a huge headache trying to remember what kinds of things go in them (my 2yo has been daytime dry for ages).

Plus breastfeeding has been a bit painful, like it was with my 1st baby (but not my 2nd). I can't figure out any reason for it, think it's not thrush. Less painful today than it was yesterday so maybe just one of those things I have to get used to again.

Hope everyone else is well.

Hi Cavy, no my mother likes to think she helps but really just floats in once a fortnight and gives cuddles then b*ggers off again not having done anything constructive, but never mind . But things are great so far, have been in new baby bliss mode but dh is now finished his paternity leave so tomorrow I'll be posting on the 'help help I can't cope' thread - or starting one

Hi all! DD just delivered to nursery and ds asleep in cot so have hopefully got a few minutes to myself (so what do I do instead of doing chores or resting - yes go on MN - far more useful!)

Cavy - agree that I have forgotten all about babies and keep asking silly questions or looking things up in one of the books I bought first time round. And I didn't know the willy was meant to point downwards - thanks for that!

DS is now less sleepy and sometimes hard to settle but in comparison to dd he is really laid back and not much trouble at all. He is a very very sucky baby. Last time dd was permanently attached to my breast but this time I am using a dummy, even though I was dead against them, but what a difference. I just try to use it only occasionally to settle him - I'm sure in due course I will have yet another thumb sucker.

What I'm finding hardest is just dealing with 2 of them, as dd is very needy still. How the hell do you lot cope with 3+ children?? Having one seems a doddle now.

And when does the bleeding stop? I'm still going 2 weeks later.

Oh well, at least I am about 24 lbs lighter than 2 weeks ago. Only another few hundred to go...

Hellooooo - I have found you all at last. I didn't realise the 'June Babies' thread was actually up and running - which is quite silly given the umpteen references to it on the due in June thread.

Pleased to hear that everyone is doing so well and coping admirably. We are fine, a couple of dodgy days when I had the biggest boobs in the world (well at least Scotland) but that issue is now solved. I do have a bit of an infection - not a surprise really given the rummaging around in there post-section - but hopefully that will clear soon.

Cavy if you have remembered how to tell the difference between the need for a cuddle or a feed, please let me know don't think I ever got there first time around.

Hey Monkeygirl don't start losing more weight just yet, that might force me into addressing my lardy bits and I don't want to!!!!!

Anyone else using washable nappies? We have given it a go this time (with Bimbles) and am finding it okay not really much hassle at all which isn't bad since DD is still currently pooing v. frequently. So frequently in fact her bum seems to be stained chicken korma colour .

Monkeygirl - I am day 12 and still bleeding too and have no idea when it could/should stop!

Okay I am off for a cuppa - take care all.

Cheers

If you can settle baby w/out feeding I think they just want a cuddle. But what they like is so individual. N. likes to be cradled or just propped slightly up. Then he just dozes off. The others didn't like to be cradled, & had to peek over my shoulder to get settled. N. doesn't like being on my shoulder at all!

I bled for 5-6 weeks w/ the other 2. Just spotting towards the end.

Delicate problem. I was taking iron supplements because I bled a lot at the birth.. but they made toilet visits painful. I stopped the iron pills 2 days ago but still finding it painful to go!

Am doing cloth nappies, too. Terries & some newborn ones I found in a charity shop. Had forgotten how bitty babypoo is. N. still screams thru most changes -- particularly when I get his bits wet!

I am dreading how will I cope w/ 3 under 5 when DH goes back to work next week. Kids had a lolly each today & they are hyper now.

I'm afraid I'm a non-green disposable nappies user - our flat is now so crowded I don't think we've got an inch of space left for a nappy bin/extra drying - well that's my excuse anyway.

Ok, today my laid back ds has turned into the baby from hell. Well that's a bit strong but he hasn't stopped crying this morning, mostly I think because he couldn't settle off to sleep, and so I had to bundle screaming baby into car to take dd1 to nursery. I also had to leave him to cry for a bit in his cot cos I had to get dd ready. Is this really really bad or am I being paranoid?? I hope this is just a blip...

Gomez - I didn't get that feed or comfort right first time round and am very nervous about the whole bf thing now because of it. Sorry but don't want another baby permanently attached to my boob yet again.

So are all new June babies still more laid back then than their siblings??

Has anyone had a bad case of blues yet? I'm just getting little crying times but am not too bad - so far...

Cavy - even after a transfusion my HB was still low so was given iron pills. I must admit to not even starting them as I know the only way I wouldn't get constipated would be to take with gallons of OJ and I was apprehensive about the impact on Lily so I have reverted to good old Floradix. Well in fact not true, I am using the Holland and Barret High Stength iron supplement which tastes better and you only need to take once a day - might be worth a try.

I must be the unlucky one as DD2 seems to be harder work than DD1 - DH thinks that is just selective memory syndrome and also becase she seems to have woken up earlier. She is also taking a huge amount of feeding - hitting in at 11lb 2oz now, not bad for the bubba they wanted to keep in hospital for an extra day as she had lost more than 10% of her birth weight. She just needs to keep it up for another few months and I might almost be curvy as opposed to podgy!! (Although to be fair the fish supper DH is currently fetching might cancel it all out .)

Don't feel I can really offer much advice on coping with 3 under 5 as I am apprehensive about doing the 2 thing so would feel a bit of a fraud to be honest! I am going to sit down tonight and plan my summer - how sad is that. Lots of outings, play days etc. and hope to keep DD1 amused for most of the time. She is being such a wee scone, so good but constant and obsessed with DD2! Also the bloody weather better improve, a real bummer since I can't drive for a few weeks. We might spend a few days on random train journeys around Scotland .

Monkeygirl - I am still pretty weepy too - but at complete stupid things and am a bit over sensitive too! Sure all normal.

Right fish supper has arrived. Take care all.

doing ok here. Molly was incredibly hard to settle last night which ended up in me in floods of tears & dh stomping off cos i snaoped at him!

I just don't do 3am very well. I am fine during the day but seem to blip at night,

Sam is being great as big bro.

boobs might just be finally settling down - 36B to a 36HH is still a shock!

have lost 2 stone since M was born! think that's mostly cos mt legs feet & ankles are finally normal size again!
bleeding has all but stopped. so much less than with ds. I was wondering if it's cos i had natural 3rd stage? or just a lucky fluke!

m/w coming for last visit tomorrow. apart from delivery i saw same mw all way thru so i'll miss her.
I miss my bump too.

h/v coming on mon. sister herre this w/e along with local gala. then MIL comes on tues we don't get on very well! so it's busy busy!

went to eureka with dh, ds & dd yesterday & to the park today. life is getting back to normal tho i only hasve 1 more week of dh at home - scary.

ewll that's long enuff! congrats if u made it this far

her's to a settled night & no tears.

BW

will type more tomorrow but BW we must be separated at birth! have also lost 2 stone, another 2 to go though . Also lost it at dh at 2am last night and ended up in tears, as I am just the same and can't do the middle of the night thing...have to go, J is starving apparently (hrmm, hard to believe)

Don't want to put the kiss of death on myself but ds is actually not bad at night so far. He usually has 2 feeds, but doesn't cry about it, just wakes up and makes tooting noises, hence his new nickname - Toots! First half of the night he settles in his cot but must confess I fall asleep with him on the second feed so wake up usually to find a baby in my armpit (my HV would probably have a fit at this!).

Gomez - did you have such an angel first baby that maybe db2 was never going to match up?? But then they change daily don't they. As I said, yesterday I had the morning from hell and wanted to chuck it all in but today ds is back to being gurgling sweetie (so far). It will be interesting to see how they all change over the next few weeks even.

I too have MIL + others coming on Sunday. I don't mind, but it does mean I have to make the effort to clean the house this Saturday .

I'm also dreading summer a bit cos don't know how I'll cope full-time with toddler and baby.

Oh well better go and do something constructive before ds wakes ups.

Hi all, I have had my MIL here for a couple of days she went home today

Scott is doing really well apart from he will not latch on to the breast so i am having to express for him which is tiring and time consuming.

The last two nights he has only woken once for a feed then gone straight back to sleep ( heres hoping ) Last night he didn't wake until 5am .

I have started to worry how I am going to cope when DH goes back which is now going to be this wednesdsay I am lucky that DD is 7 but I am still dreading it as she is feeling a bit neglected as it is and i am not finding time to sleep during the day inbetween house work , expressing and feeding, changing and spending tme with DD. I had forgotten how much work a little person creates, it is all worth it though. Think I have a touch of the baby blues at the mo.

Thts my rant over I am going to go and get some sleep wil post and catch up with you all soon when feeling a bit happier, good luck all of you and enjoy.

Hello All,

We are ticking away here in soggy Scotland! DH has returned to work and DD1 is now off Nursery so back to normality (ish) this morning. Complicated by the fact that I can't drive yet so felt a bit of a tube trudging back from Sainsburys this morning with a rucksack full of groceries - less the ones I had to return since I couldn't fit them in said rucksack or useless shopping 'basket' on pram. DD1 helped by carrying my breast pads...

Lily is doing fine, still a bit windy and trumping away like an old man but otherwise doing well. She is sleeping not too bad either but best we don't let any healthcare professionals see her as we are breaking every rule in the book - in fact she is currently on the sofa and on her tummy but ssshhh don't tell! Aahh poor baby number 2!

DD1 is still in love with her and being very good so just waiting for the melt down there. Also need to get her registered this week - you only get 21 days in Scotland so need to get it down soon - again so differnt think DD1 was registered before I was out of the hospital.

Right off for a cuppa - take care all.

boobs have finally settled down. No longer rock like!

Molly is sleeping fine during the day but then wide awake at night! she keeps getting hiccups when i feed her too.

the little guzzle guts weighed 8lb8oz this morning - 8oz in 10 days what a piggy!
anyway dh & i had a bet & I won so i get a lie in (well intheory!)

dh goes back to work next week.
got to face MIL visit tomorrow - think of me please she is a real fusspot worrier & I just can't be doing with it!
she's not on this planet! who offers to baby sit a 3yrold & 2 week old BF baby?! while we go out for a meal - as if!

I'll let you know how i get on!

off to rescue my nappies now - summat blue got in the wash with them & they are all a shade of grey/blue

It's funny that all our MILs are coming at the same time. Mine was pretty good this weekend but as I predicted, everytime ds so much as squeaked she declared he MUST be hungry, while staring at me as if I was starving him. I hate it when people know better than me and felt pressurised to feed him even when I didn't want to (turns him into a snacker and he then doesn't eat properly).

I've worked out that ds is on a 48 hour cycle ie every other day he is monster baby or angel baby, depending on what day I'm on. What's that about then?? He's lovely, but I'm finding myself wishing the next 6 weeks go quickly as I found it really hard first time round as well.

Now he's squeaking so gotta go.

Any more new babies joining us yet??

N.was a lovely baby -- now breastfeeding most the time, including 4 hrs solid in the evenings! Blech. [sad}

hi Everyone, Finally made it here. Have to say everything seems to be going really well. Grace is feeding nicely - although my nipples are so sore - well one is. Hopefully that will improve really soon. And she is going roughly 3 hourly which is quite reasonable I think.
Dd1 is being a handful of course - very up and down, but still in love with the baby, so I guess she will settle down in few weeks.
Well, baby beckons me. until later then

ooh congratulations cathncait
have been a bit manic this week with house move etc, hence lack of mumsnetting...and they're taking away our broadband tonight so I'll be offline for a week (is there a smiley for withdrawal symptoms?). J is still gorgeous and really easy; after no2 who was only happy being held or fed, it's bliss to have one of those babies who'll go to other people, settle in a moses basket, sleep a decent few hours (3 or 4) in a row at night, etc etc etc. Hope it continues! Have to run as while the other two are occupied I have to do some lovely packing...so see you all in a week and a bit once we've moved

Cavy - Alex is now bfing more or at least wanting to suck me more! But it still isn't as bad as dd1 who could do a 9 hour stint quite easily!! He's definitely found his voice and cries more.

Skara has J not changed at all then??

And Cathncait welcome here - it's nice that we have another baby.

Now where are those others?