IS THERE A SEPT 2005 CLUB YET?

[pooka]

Hi all fellow September mums. If I'm duplicating another thread please tell me. If not, would love to hear how everyone is getting on.
Tom is a week old today. All well - though has a slightly infected cord stump so am going to GP today.
I'm still madly hormonal, could burst into tears whenever I think about the impact all this has on my lovely dd (2y2m).

Alice's head was 32 cm at birth but that was small (it was on 2nd centile). DS's head was 34 cm. HV said that the birth measurement was prob a bit low as now her head is more normal sized, if that makes sense.

Hi All

Charlotte and I survived our first day at home alone today - am feeling very proud of myself! Our new stroller also arrived today (had borrowed a pram from the people downstairs, but I couldn't get it up and down the front steps by myself, so ended up buying a Maclaren Techno, which is much lighter), so tomorrow we are going to venture out and get some fresh air.

She seems to be snack feeding a bit at the moment (5 - 10 minutes every hour to hour and a half in the middle of the day, with longer feeds in the morning and the evening), which is a bit frustrating. However, managed to get her down at 7:30 tonight, and DH and I managed to have an uninterrupted dinner, which was bliss! And she's still asleep... Also have one rather sore nipple [sad} - think she might be chewing on it, so need to nip that in the bud!

PC, it does make sense. i have to say, i'm a little relieved as i thought i was going to end up with my own little humpty dumpty LOL. i'd still love her to bits anyway

Hello everyone. My name is Libby. I have 5 children. One older step son, 3 girls in between and little Gil who is 3 weeks today.

Anyone else totally shattered?

Congratulations Jessysmummy and welcome to abigail isobel. Will get round to posting properly when I have more energy.

Hi Libbyss
Think we're all shattered for one reason or another!!!
My little one (Conrad) is three weeks today - what do your three girls think of having a little brother? and what are all their ages(inc' your eldest)? I have big gap between mine - my dd is 13 (14 next month) and I've left it till now before returning to mother(of a baby)hood!!!

Hi Libbyss - glad you joined us here . And yes, I think just about everyone is totally shattered , but happy to have their babies (some of us waited quite a bit for them to come)

Bubbles, my dd's head circ was 35cm at birth, and the mw said that is very big for a girl (boys apparently generally have bigger heads at birth than girls). She was very surprised that I didn't tear because of dd's head size (thank God I didn't).

We are still having feed-a-thons here, lasting hours in the evenings. DD is piling on the weight.

Just to say hello to everyone. bf ds at the moment & typing with one hand. here busy getting other kids to & from school - will have to get up earlier to be sure to be on time at the second school. will hopefully find time to post some more but I expect it's the same for most of us!! afternoon with 4 kids today after school pick ups at 12.00 & 12.20! I'm really back to reality today!!!!!!

good mornung and welcome libbyss,
kiwikate, thats why i had such a bad birth then, i didn't tear either (doesn't say much about me, and believe me, i've heard all the jokes). my friend had her baby last monday and her head is tiny. probably why she was bragging that she had such a easy birth (lucky cow LOL)

still no news from rz, i'm also starting to worry.

welcome libbyss

Alice's head was 34cm at birth and I tore I think the normal range is 33-35cm??? or 34-36cm?? Something like that.

I'm exhausted today, Alice fed loads last evening up until 11:30pm. I felt sure we were in for a 4 hour stretch of sleep. She then woke at 1:30am and 4:30am and then wanted feeding at 7:30am and has not settled since. Typical. I took DD to pre-school and have been back since 9am and have managed to get nothing done.

I keep feeding her and winding her but nothing seems to help. I wanted to walk to the post office but I don't want to take a screaming baby out, plus, I haven't even sorted out all the things I need to post!

It's going to be one of THOSE days.

Hi Beatie. Alice and Tom were clearly in cahoots yesterday - exact same happenings here. Getting really worn down by screaming. Tom very windy, no matter how many burps I manage to get, or massive farts he manages to produce. He'll lie in his pram for maybe 5 minutes, then screams and screams. Feel so sorry for dd, as she's being completely left out at the moment.

Just left dd with my parents for hour and a half and had hair cut - feel sooo much more human!!

Also embarassed to say after a hellish week last week - no sleeps longer than 1.5hr inc overnight I bought Gina Fords book and read it. All far too strict - mad woman - but some of her ideas seem to have helped and Edie is sleeping in four hour stretches at night. Yay!!

boompi - which ideas are those that worked?! Do Tell!!

Hello

How is every one?? - just had to have so called disolvable stiches removed - ouch! Doctor thinks I'm now on the mend!!! Rachel has gained 1lb in 3 weeks - she is a real scoffer!! Night before last she slept for 6 hours - but last night only 3 at a time!
Caught dh singing prince's - Could you be the most beautiful girl in the world - to her earlier - I see I'm now second in his affections!!

only way I've managed to get some rest at night is by co-sleeping & bf in bed. did this with my other kids as well. I have to be able to look after them in the day & get to & from schools - couldn't do this if really tired out & exhausted. I'm feeling a bit worn out - not by ds4 but by my 2yr old. she is just driving me crazy.

milward - I'm sorry to hear your 2 year old is playing up - I rememeber being an unsettled 2 year old when my brother was born - I understand it only lasted a maximum of a month - all the same horrid whilst it lasts! My son (nearly 6) moves between angelic and evil at the moment! He's not to sure about his sister - he says he loves her , but resents the lack of attention (not from me and dh - but people generally!)

congrats to JM and well done for avoiding induction! Have had some fantastic tantrums from DS this week although sttill very gentle and caring towards Gabrielle. Think it may be more due to Dh being at home all day and lots of visitors (I hope) Baby refusing to settle tonight. She's been really good up to now and waking late evening then only once in the night.

Pooka, How did it go taking Tom into Yoga?

Bit concerned about RZ too. Where are you?

thanks redhelen - she's really well behaved at pre-school but then just it just goes wrong on the way to pick up dd1&2. hopefully things will improve. hope things go well for you with your son.
rumba - hope everything settles down. could well be all the visitors.
best wishes to all xxx

Hi everyone - another one of my late night posts...

I'm a-takin' my hat off to all of you who've got toddlers and your newborns .... I've been looking after Dearest Sister's little 2y/o this afternoon - in return for her loving little Conrad for me this morning.

WELL... UH-UH I'm not doing that again in a hurry!!!!!

He's such a lovely little boy but OH I'm just not equal to it, he was EVERYWHERE ALL the time

Don't know how you all do it... doing a course at Uni's nothing compared to the level of "on the ball-ness" required!

Trouble is, it leaves you feeling like you're some kind of ogre for having to say 'no' time after time after time - I didn't realise I was such a tyrant

Really hoping all is well with RZ xxx

Morning just fed ds and expressed whilst catching up on all the mn gossip. Seems daft that the only time I get to post in peace is when most normal brits are fast asleep.

Have had a lecture from HV about overdoing it apparently this is leaving myself wide open to PND. Will get thyroid levels checked before assuming that I am deppressed. I wish that hv's would be a bit more practical though, yes DS is only 3 weeks but DD needs to be taken to and from nursery every afternoon, housework needs to be done (it can't be left forever or they would have social services breathing down our necks) DH would get it all wrong if I sent him on his own to do the shopping and I need to socialise or I would go insane from lack of adult company. Think that if I get desperate I will be on to homestart to see if they can send someone over one morning a week so I can get some sleep!!

Will catch up again/post at some ridiculous time at night when I am feeling wide awake. Hugs to all the mums and their families.

Did anyone meet RZ and does anyone know how to contact her? I hope she is OK. Her absence is really worrying.

I had an awful night's sleep. I let DH sleep elsewhere and didn't seem to be as successful at winding and settling Alice back down to sleep (his jobs usually) so I was awake between 12 and 1 and then awake between 3am and 5am and to make matters worse, dd1 disturbed my sleep at 5:20.

I will be like a zombie today. DH said "Try to have a sleep today if dd1 and Alice are asleep this afternoon" Oh, thanks! I know if I plan for a sleep it won't happen.

Hello

Beatie is it worth trying to cat rz? I think a few of us are starting to worry about her as she hasn't posted for a while.

Managed a minor miracle this morning everyone is fed and dressed and dh left for work on time am expressing as i type and with any luck will get dd to nursery on time today thanks to a very kind friend who has lent me a buggy board. She has been in tears the last two days when i have been to collect her. It is a good 20 minute walk from home to nursery at my pace it takes upto half an hour at hers so she must be shattered. If i can push the extrat weight without too many problems will invest in a board of our own. Another friend has offered to lend me a double buggy but as dd is nearly 4 I would rather not get her back into the habit of sitting in a buggy.

Hi all. Also hope RZ is just too tired to post.

Mummyhill, quite sensible not to get dd back into the buggy habit. Good luck with her on the board. Maybe she could walk some of the way and ride some of the way?

Can some mums on this thread confirm to Libbyss that cluster feeding is normal when baby is three weeks old. And also, that it is normal for babies to sometimes be unsettled, and this does not mean your baby is not getting enough milk from you. Her MIL is hassling her to give Gil formula, even though she (Libbyss) feels that feeding is going well. Her MIL even went and bought some formula for her . Sounds like Libbyss is doing a great job, despite interfering MIL. We all know that bf is hard enough without others undermining you! I thought someone on this thread could offer some moral support.

Libbyss - Ignore MIL you are doing fine cluster feeding is perfectly normal especially when they are having a growth spurt. This happens with breast and formula fed babies. I am currently exclusivley expressing for ds as he can't latch on, he is three weeks old and I am having to time the expressing to his feeds which means that sometimes I am attached to the pump every half hour. Go with your instincts you are producing enough milk for him it is very rare for a breastfed baby to need formula top ups. If you need any further help/advice/reassurance please post on the bottle/breast feeding forum there are a lot of more experienced mums there who can help you.