May babies no. 5 - crikey!

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Wouldn't we all be a nightmare on a rare ladies only night out?!

succesfully put ds to bed - havin breakfast now . - morning spots! counting on you that you are right! it's just been a veeeeery long phase so far grmpf - but oh well, guess you are never happy with what you got. i sort of remember the times when he wanted to be fed every hour; night and day!!!! so can't really complain now

Twiggy come back!! we need you at the may thread.

Im 27, so does that make me the baby??

Bad night here as well. DD went to bed at 8 fine with no probs but woke at 10.30,1.30,3.00,5.00,7.30. I fed her each time as cuddling didnt seem to do anything. Can only hope that this is a one off and not likely to happen tonight. Maybe its a sign that she getting hungrier and will soon need weaning. I hope not as I was trying to get to 21 weeks. She was starving poor dap, when I went to feed her at 3 I lay her on my lap to undo my bra and she pulled herself up grabbed my boob with both hands and shoved it in her mouth and then cried because my letdown was also tired at 3am and took a bit of time.
Off out today to a pub for lunch with other mums. Ive never had a social life so good until I had dd.

Kbaby, I'm 27 as well. WE can be babies together.

Dd2 woke up at 3am this morning and she was not going back to sleep for love nor money, believe me I tried to bribe her with some pocket money, lol.

Was a hellish night all round actually. First of all I was woken by the phone ringing at 1.45am Dh's brother! asking if Dh was here, he was asleep BIL said oh it doesn't matter then! All very strange Dh thinks he's an insomniac.

Went back to sleep then dd2 woke up at 3am. On her cot she has this pink bunny that was dd1's you pull the string and it plays twinkle twinkle, well she kept rattling it against the bars of the cot. I tried to ignore her but she kept doing it. SO I got up and checked her temp thinking she might be a bit hot because of the jab but no she was fine. Went back to bed and tried to sleep but she kept rattling the damn bunny and chattering to herself. She sounded like her teeth were bothering her so I gave her some anbesol, but she still didn't go back to sleep. I tried to sleep, she wasn's screaming for food so didn't seem hungry, but in the end at 5am I gave in and fed her and she went back to sleep. I was dozing inbetween but I kept having really weird dreams. Finally got back to sleep then dd1 got up at 7am for breakfast and I had to get up for her and get ready for school run etc anyway. Oh and I took the bunny off the cot at around 4.30am.

So feeling very tired now and I have my driving lesson at 12pm. Grrr will try to keep awake and pay attention.

better go get ready for my lesson, will chat again later.

oh my, seems i am the granny here grmpf - DS seems to play with me today. finished his morningnap after 1hour (instead 2) but he was laughing at me when i checked on him. so we went downstairs and played and danced and sang - an hour later he showed me "i am tired" which i expected - but no way he fell asleep; just chatting away in his cot and babbling and cooing and in the end he got whiney so back down again; we played a bit more until it was bottle time (i try to feed him bottle now 11.45 and solids 12.15 - maybe he gets to understand the difference; otherwise he always expects a bottle with his solids!) - and really, 10min after bottle tired again and NOW is actually sleeping pfffff - sometimes quite hard work - meantime i've got to get ready; at 1 i've got to wake up dp and ds; we'll have to meet up with the "kitchen-guys"

egypt, i quite like these

www.bloomingmarvellous.co.uk/bmsite/BloomingMarvellous/prdgrp/AW04BB632.htm

oh well done!! you star!! thank you so much. am definitely going to get some.

seems like many of us are having sleep probs at mo then. just a phase just a phase just a phase just a phase just a phase just a phase just a phase

phew, what a day! went to M&B this morning. lovely to see all the other babies and compare notes, although many seem to be sleeping through grrrrr
dd was an angel. she missed her 10am nap as we arrived there about then and she was instantly nosey. but fell asleep in my arms an hour or so later. have only fed her once this morning since she got up and that was only a little bit. at this rate she is feeding more in the night than the day! oh hell, i have a backtofront baby. . going to give her babyrice at teatime today instead of lunch, in the hope that it fills her up for bedtime.

well, going to baby massage in about 30 mins, so must go and see if i can wake dd to feed her! (and she pooed about an hour ago - bad mummy bad mummy)

I just realised that Twiglett has had ALL MESSAGES WITHDRAWN, as in all, as in deleted from way back presumably even before the May babies were born. Think this seems impossibly sad. We all sort of got to know each others' progress through the various stages of pregnancy and babyhood, and I always like to think that I have an awareness of the young characters across the country growing up together. OK, we're not that far into their little lives yet but I really mourn the 'loss' of one of our party. It's like a fire in the house that burns all the family photo albums.

I only have a sketchy picture of what went on so this is all said without reference to the incident that sparked T's exit, but Twiglett and her family have been a real presence for me during MY mumsnet time and I'm damned sorry that such drastic action has been necessary. (Would rather like to be reassured that it WAS necessary, as selfishly I liked T's messages intact thank you very much!)

Twigs if you ARE reading...shock emoticon doesn't quite cover it. I have already said, but will say again, that we want you back where you belong! xxx

taking over justaphasejustaphase... - giving ds solids (rice+fruit; joghurt) around 5.30ish -unfortunately he gets tired really quickly after that and i just manage to fit a bath in and off he goes to bed! when i go to bed i feed him his "nightbottle" but he still wakes up about3-4 times a night! well, justaphasejustaphase! - hm, somehow there are not many m+b meetings in this aere

Egypt how did the massage go? Wasnt it this week you were doing the back and worried about DD being on her front.

Spots, I know what you mean - she has been always the voice of reason whenever I had that shrill first time mum tone in my voice. I really hope she is looking in and that one day will join us again. The whole affair has left a bitter taste in my mouth and I really hope that her friend's husband and friend realise the impact of their actions. It was wholly selfish and bang out of order, I know things were said about her friend that were a little harsh but there is no need to bring it into the public forum in such a manner and use RL names whilst doing so. (Oops, still a bit cross).

Prufrock, if you do get hold of her will you please tell her that we miss her and we want her back?. Also that we are thinking of her and hope that her RL situation is also sorted as quickly and smoothly as possible.

i know. irealised t's messages had been ALL deleted yesterday too. like you spots i feel very sad. we were on the ttc thread together, bother taking the same treatment and obv, both fell in the same month. miss you T xxxx

baby massage was ok. dd got a little upset, not too bad. had her over my knee a bit and that was better. all the other babies except one, were the same.

dd has a tummy bug. actually she has had very frequent dirty nappied for about 3 weeks now. in massage today she did 3! very runny. tmo i know, but 2 other mums said their d's were the same. the hv said there must be a bug going round. should last 24 hours to up to 7 days. i said, well dd has been like this for 3 weeks! god, i never realised! she said that if it lasted for another week then take her to the docs with a sample. she is fine in herself, so not to worry. but i am. think i shall cancel her jabs tomorrow and take her to docs instead. think this may explain the constant feeding and waking at night as all she eats is just running through her.

I am 34, 35 later this year.
Am also that we're (temporarily?) missing a member.......
Just a quickie to catch up on everything before bathtime! I'll be off now. Egypt - hope your DD is feeling better soon!

well i am not that an "old" member here but i don't like not having t's around either

pheww, ds in bed - managed to put him down 1 hour late than usual!!!! i made dp give ds dinner (rice+fruits, joghurt) - first he didn't want to do it but when he saw how good ds was doing he enjoyed it - and ds really is fab eating his solids!! he recognised the cup and spoon and then his mouth opens wiiiiiiide, swallow, mouth open wiiiiide - really cute! you can't feed him quick enough - he actually was quite upset when cup was empty, i had to make him a 2nd one!! - and he was just so funny all day!! hardly cried. instead laughed all the time. over anything and everything - just look at him and he would laugh! - oh no egypt! hope dd is getting better soon!!! - is it actually worth it doing baby massage??? - i'd like to go babyswimming and later on babysigning! - going to spend next hour with dp, then he'll be off to work - so see you all a bit later

oh my, had a real bad day yesterday! one of those when you are just all empty! couldn't be bothered to talk much and everything just seemed so difficult. dp even asked if i was mad at him grin - well, i told him "after about 10months of no proper sleep i can't be 100% happy every day. energy runs out sometimes.." - i just wonder how men would cope with that?? - and besides that i had that pain for about 2 days; felt like trapped wind (?); but had lentils yesterday, so that seems to be sorted now grin - aww poor lo's; i understand now how they must feel!

but new day new joy! ds was quite good last night - woke 1ish, had wind () and took us a long time to get rid of it! and then he woke again at 5 (!!!!), quick bottle and he slept till 7!! not his fault that i didnt get much sleep

Well, I'm actually feeling pretty depressed at the moment. The itching and the spots are getting better, but I still feel puffy and leper-like (dread going out in case anyone notices and thinks I'm contagious) and knackered from the medication. Ds1 is talking constantly non-stop at the moment too, which while very cute, is wiping my energy and I find myself getting more and more stroppy with him. Ds2 is fine, but he's not getting much attention in the day.

I've got so much to do and catch up on after our holiday - prepare for the naming ceremony, get the house sorted before the extension gets started, STILL haven't got through all the washing. All I want to do is lie in a ball on the bed and hope the world goes away.

Keeping busy anyway. Hope I shake this soon.

God, that sounds like I'm on the verge of slitting my wrists or something. I'm not that bad. Just very tired and low.

aww poor georgina!! hug - i know exactly what you mean! i have to kick myself at the moment to get anything done. - fullmoon???? - and ds is talking here too all the time - as long as he seems to be happy i can't make myself go and play with him ... pffffff, can someone please send some energy this way???

If I find any energy I'll send you some Know what you mean that if they're happy, getting yourself to play with them is hard. Having to really force myself at the moment because I know that if I don't give him enough good attention I'm due for some really atrocious behaviour in the next few days that will take even more energy to deal with.

oh georgina, hope you feel better soon. what's the full moon supposed to do then susi? god, isnt it FULL and bright?

babymassage is good. sposed to help bonding, communication, awareness of body, lalalal but all dd seems to get out of it is a good nose around at everyone else and ignore poor mummy doing the hard work!

not such a bad night last night, finally. gave in and gave her a bottle of formula at 7pm. she woke at 8 and i though oh god here we go again. topped her up with bm and she slept until 1 where my boobs were bustin. then 4 then 6 then 7. think i have sussed what's making the 6 am wake - the heating goes on. it actually woke me this morning and 2 secs later dd cries. would rather be cold!

just phoned docs to see whether should cancel dd's jabs due to her bad tummy and they said she wasnt booked in for today. i checked my red book that the nurse had written in and it said today. the receptionist told me that the nurse was off today and must have forgotten to transfer the appointment to the other nurse!!!!! so?? so she couldnt have it done anyway! what?! that's terrible. am seeing doc tomorrow about her now and will book another appointment then. but had she been well and i just turned up, surely they wouldnt have sent me away again? bad

well, isn't fullmoon supposed to influence people? might as well have taken away all our energy - agreed georgina; can't let ds play alone for too long! so i forced myself earlier to play with him and guess what? he is in bed now ! - hm, might give babymassage a try. if it's not for the baby then i might at least meet some other mums - oh egypt! that's really bad! that their own staff doesn't what they did!!! but if the saw the appointment written in yr book they sure had taken you in - glad that you had a good night though! hihi remember the times when i bf ds! god, sometimes i couldn't wait for him to wake up

when did you stop bfding susi? just out of interest.

hopefully the full moon will influence dd is sleep agian tonight

ought to go and spend some time with her. poor little mite is watching baby mozart dvd. bless. just nosing at the new calpol thread that is shortly going to be deleted. god, what is going on on this site?

had to switch to bottles wk7 - i just didn't have enough! - ds didn't put on any weight for 2 weeks and he lost so much after birth - but oh boy did he make up for it once he got formula

he's doing so well now.

i want to carry on bf, but i am afraid i'm not giving dd enough. justaphase... weird how she woke after the formula last night, after an hour. bf then slept for 5 hours. will prob top her up again tonight, but may bf then formula topup. my friend did that the other night, she is having the same probs and her dd slept through for the first time! we can dreammmmmm

having a new tumble dryer delivered this morning. how exciting (how sad)

happy for you that lo is improving!! - hihi yeah, little things (new appliances) make us already happy! pffff, we should get out more. but it's really nasty here today - like to go into towncenter and do some (window)shopping