The ALL NEW 2 Under Two Thread..Follow me ladies!

[SuperGrrrl]

Here we go- new thread so we don't put off any newbies!

Hello Runtus- join us here

Find out for me (if it won't cause upset) I would be interested in what you find out. Thanks

Hello, can I join this thread

I have a 15mth DS and baby number two is due on 16th April, so will have about 17 months between them! I am a bit freaked out about how I am going to get things done, like bath and bed etc as DH not usually home until after bedtime...
DS is walking pretty well, but might try to encourage him a bit more to walk for longer, though we are getting a P&T coz I have been wanting one for ages and this is a perfect excuse!!

Wow. I turn my back to clean up after the sick family and a thousand new people turn up. Welcome all .

We're all on the mend here, I'm glad to say. (Tis, as Gemy (I think) said, a '48 hour' thing, or at least a '48 hours to feeling sort of normal but not inclined to eat a huge meal' type thing -- I did force a flake down earlier though to help with the healing )

Babies everywhere - I'd be impressed with potty-training from birth but good if you can do it. (I considered it with DS as he always seemed to go once the nappy change had started, not before. But DD is still only occasionally using the potty and to be honest I had too much else to deal with (post cs in my case).) I also thought I might end up tandem feeding but my milk supply dropped almost as soon as I was pregnant so I ended up weaning DD at about 14m (3m before DS was born). Bf DS works OK with books, games I can sit on the sofa for, when DD is in the bath, or Beebies now and then (roughly schedule feeds to go with the few programmes DD watches).

Cazwa - and for your brother and sil. I had a friend who's 7 year old ds was always injuring himself and he always got 'interviewed' on his own at hospital. I s'pose once someone reports it ss really have to make sure -- but doesn't sound like this should have been reported at all. (My DD spent last week with an impressive shiner and cut on her eye she got at the childminder's and I did wonder about whether I should take her to the surestart playgroup looking like that.)

Hi, joining too.. DD1 is 18m, dd2 2m.

Kaybeeandzac .. I find a bouncy chair in the bathroom is the solution to bathtimes - dd1 in the bath while dd2 watches from the comfort of her chair. Then into my bedroom, get dd1 dressed for bed and then I feed DD2 while DD1 cuddles up, we have CBeebies bedtime hour on at this point. By the end generally DD2 is chilled or asleep and I can get DD1 into bed.. DD2 is a pretty placid baby though which helps!

Welcome to all newcomers!

I know Chaotica, obviously this is the place to be

Glad you are feeling better and well done for taking one for team, and forcing that Flake down. We all have to do things like this from time to time (you know, for the sake of the family) so bat on the back

Izzy had her injections today and has spent the day sleeping which has been nice. But what kind of a night am I in for??!!!

Also, Freya managed to keep her nappy on all today after removing everything else (clothes, sleeping bag) I sometimes go in to find her Aberdeen Angus stuffed toy wearing her seeping bag and sometimes clothes - maybe she's been trying to give him, her nappy too?? Who knows. But, if she starts this again, then maybe it is time to go nappy off anf see what happens.

xxx

Hi Potpourri- we do have similar broods don't we? What's your due date? I'm quite enjoying it ATM - like you ds has been potty trained since the summer (that has made my life so much easier) and I've even managed to get dd back into real nappies now that I only need one set. Am hoping to potty train dd this summer when she will be 2.

Babieseverywhere- I didn't co feed but I wonder if the issue would be that if you fed baby 1st, then toddler your supply would adapt so that you produced enough milk for two but the toddler may get all the hind milk which is apparantly much richer and creamier than the fore milk which is more like a drink. However, there is obviously a solution as people do manage it and twins manage too!

Hi Potpourri- we do have similar broods don't we? What's your due date? I'm quite enjoying it ATM - like you ds has been potty trained since the summer (that has made my life so much easier) and I've even managed to get dd back into real nappies now that I only need one set. Am hoping to potty train dd this summer when she will be 2.

Babieseverywhere- I didn't co feed but I wonder if the issue would be that if you fed baby 1st, then toddler your supply would adapt so that you produced enough milk for two but the toddler may get all the hind milk which is apparantly much richer and creamier than the fore milk which is more like a drink. However, there is obviously a solution as people do manage it and twins manage too!

why are all my posts going twice on this thread Will try not to let that happen!

Hello All Newbies!

My lesson went REALLY well, everyone else was driving like a tit though!

Glad you're feeling better Chaotica.

Re: entertaining toddler while feeding the other, DS1 is mad on books, so he usually sits next to me for that, or will play on floor with toys or watch DVD for a bit. Sometimes i give him a non-messy snack to eat himself while i bfeed DS2 aswell.

Anyway- off to munch chocolate and drink wine- have a good sleep all!

hello all

great to see so many new people on here

well, night 3 of ds2's bedtime routine:

night 1: bed at 7 same time as ds1, woke 4 hours later for a feed
night 2: wide awake until 9, then only a 2 hr sleep
night 3: fed downstairs just after 7, then up to bed and here we are an hour later, no noise yet......

fingers crossed this continues as i love having my evenings back.

as i'm so behind, will try to catch up properly, hope illnesses gone, nappies on, teeth cut through, etc.

Hi all,
Would like to join this too!
Have dd age 2 and ds 4 months.
currently breastfeeding ds while dd watches fifi. i am watching the clock and wishing ds would hurry up and finish as we have to go to playgroup! back later!

p x

dear god, the contraceptive jab hurts

i feel like i'm being repeatedly punched in the arm.

Ow, Supergrrrl, poor you. (I presume it doesn't hurt as much as having another baby though!)

i'm starting to wonder

it'll be about a year before DH can have the snip aswell

DS1 at childminders today, DS2 been awake since 5am and will not sleep- tried everything. It's just not normal, is it?!

Left a huge post on the other thread, what an idiot!
Having the shittiest day today (politest way I can put it I'm afraid)- screaming, no sleep, colds, exploding nappies, refusal to take off fairy wings to put coat on etc etc
Does anyone else hide from there children, in order to sneak onto Mumsnet and moan?
Will read the rest of this thread later - hope everyone ok.

thanks taliac, so when do you bath dd2?
I am praying that ds2 turns out to be much more chilled than ds1 is/was. He was a very colic-y baby and had reflux so we didn't have the easiest time! I am sure it's my turn for a chilled baby

Hello everyone, sorry about yout shitty day Hazel. I think for every 1 good day, I have at least 2 shit ones. And sometimes I think 'well at least nothing else can g wrong' and it does!! Can 't take anything for granted anymore.

Izzy was a a little star last night. Dream feed at 1030 pm, a little whinge at 12.30 (though this is first) and then slept til 5am. Usually, she wakes about 3, has a feed then wakes again about 6. Hopefully, this is the shape of things to come (but you know me showing any amount of smugness means she'll be up 12 times tonight!)

Did anyone see Emmerdale tonight? I was crying for ages!

Evening all sorry to hear about your shit day, HJ. (Don't know how you're managing to unpack I can't even sort 5 boxes out.) Mine day's not been too great either...

Didn't see Emerdale but from what I gather on hear I'd have cried buckets too ('specially given the kind of day I've had).

sorry: 'here' not 'hear'

BTW glad to hear that your new instructor is better, supergrrrl. It makes so much difference (I think my first one just presumed I'd somehow know how to back around a corner without being told...)

And good luck to those of you trying to get lo's to sleep on time. DS is still not going to bed at the same time as DD (although he nearly is). But I do feel quite daft as we found out in the last couple of days that one of the reasons (at least) he kept waking up at night is because he's cold. (DD never was in the same gear, but I guess that just teaches me to treat them more like individuals.) I put a cardigan over his sleepingbag when he woke last night and he started snoring straight away.

Going out tomorrow afternoon as it's my birthday- really looking forward to it. Only thing is, my step MIL is babysitting, and she doesn't listen to anything we tell her when she gets here, just talks over us talking to the kids

it's so annoying i'm just going to write it all down, point to it and go. I don't care if she finds it patronising. Must remember to tell her not to take kids out the back (as she did last time) when it's unsuitable for DSs at the moment (that's why we go to the park) and also, please don't give DS1 tea to drink!

She wants to take them both out, but i'm not willing for anyone to take DS2 anywhere without me yet. And she's so flaky lately i'm starting to wonder if i trust her to have them outside of our house. Sometimes i wonder if she's losing her marbles

will be nice to spend few hours with DH and mates and have sick on me!

I hope that should be 'no sick', Supergrrrl (unless DH and mates are going to step in to make up for DS2 ) . Have fun!

(Your step MIL sounds quite batty - the list sounds like a good idea.)

Hi justneedsomesleep, BTW and welcome.

haha! yes, NO sick please!

we've told her we need her here 30mins earlier than we really do aswell, as she keeps being late

Hey Kaybeeandzac - well as DD2 is so small still she only has a bath every few days. So I do that separately while DD1 "helps" - ie hands me towels etc. Or sometimes DH does it while I do DD1.. Otherwise I just "top and tail" last thing at night after dd1 is in bed (dd2 isn't in any kind of a sleep pattern yet..) Eventually I reckon they'll be able to bathe together - now thats going to be fun..