Ladies, an attempt to catch up properly as my menfolk are asleep in the living room - we have abandoned 'project cot' whilst we've been away, and ds has been such a credit to us that he deserves an evening of cuddles. Plus dh is so exhausted from driving he's alseep too so no real point in putting ds down.
Welshie, Charley - anyone who thinks they might be a bad mother, my SIL once found her ds2 carrying her baby dd down the stairs (I guess ds2 was 2 years old at the time) - to make it worse, ds2 was wearing a pair of her high-heeled shoes and possibly a lamp-shade on his head Needless to say, all are now well but we will not be surprised about any future announcements from ds2, let's put it that way.
Charley, not eating chocolate is just fundamentally wrong when you have a new baby, esp one with reflux. I fear this is where your youthful radiance has gone, I suggest stuffing your face with a Crunchie at the first opportunity. I'm sorry but sleep deprivation PLUS chocolate deprivation? No.
Jonah, I just looked at my tummy but I don't think I ever got that line, just stretchmarks galore.
Katz, welcome back from Italy, sounds like you've had a lovely time.
Sfx - hope you can get a couple of extra months off if it suits, sounds ideal! Fingers crossed.
Lynny, Jess is just the sweetest thing. Again, thank goodness everything worked out okay on your holiday, and glad you are all home safe. Your dh's family situation sounds .. well, complicated, I hope you'll all do what's best for your own family unit.
MrsW, Welshie, I feel there should be some punishment under law from dhs who fail to understand that their lives would not be possible without the work of their wives. Obv this is not really my situation (I wish!) but it highlights the different expectations I think.
Sleep deprived ladies, I feel impossibly guilty, because my dh does the night feeds, and when we stayed in a hotel in Leeds, I slept so appallingly the first night (frankly due to his snoring - I swear this man has sleep apnoea but I cannot get any of his specialists to take it seriously) - I was awake from 1 a.m. and about ready to commit murder by the morning. Anyway, the next night I got a separate hotel room. I felt awful, esp when I woke in the night and realised I didn't have a key to get back in to the other room. I couldn't sleep knowing I couldn't get to the baby (even though he was alseep). So at 2:30 a.m. I strolled up to reception and asked for another key to "room 8" - they just handed it over no questions asked, thank god. I didn't want to have to explain how we can't sleep together - argh! I still don't sleep well, though, to the point where I think I should just do the night feeds myself. Well, we'll see.
On that note, I think I should put my menfolk in bed and try and catch up with the rest tomorrow. Take care all xxx