Late Jan 2011 (some very, very late!) - here we go!!!

[ThreeBubbasAndManyBumps]

Graduated
JJKM - Twin Girls
Stars - Baby Boy
FloraPost - 6th Jan - Baby Boy
Mimou - 14th Jan - Baby Boy - 7.3lb
Zippy - 14th Jan - Baby Boy - 7lb
LadyBuzz - 18th Jan - Kali Margaret Briany 6lb 1oz
Scuba - 22nd Jan - Baby Girl - 6lb 13oz
AmIGoingMad - 25th Jan - Baby Boy - 7lb 5oz
Gallicgirl - 26th Jan - Alys May - 7lb 2.5oz
BubbaAndBumps - 27th Jan - Lachlan Robert - 12lb 3oz
Travispickles - 27th Jan - Saskia Faye
Fuzzy - 28th Jan - Evan James - 8lb 8.5oz
*Saltnvinigar - 28th Jan - Henry David
Ryuk - 28th Jan - Ezra - 7lb 4oz
TheBreastMilksOnMe - 30th Jan - Amelia Rose - 8lbs 9.5ozs
SaraL77 - 31st Jan - Reuben Mark - 7lb 2
Pootle - 2nd Feb - Jacob - 8lb 9oz
cyberfairy - 4th Feb - Rowan - 7lbs 7oz
RockLover - 5th Feb - George Christopher - 8lbs 4oz
RunningKatie - 5th Feb - Isobel Millie
CupcakesHay - 5th Feb - Jesse William - 7lbs 1oz
Crystylline - 8th Feb - Xavier Louis - 8lbs 11oz

Count: 8 girls, 15 boys

Still Huffing and a Puffing..?
Shanster: 30/01 Boy (1DD)
Faraway Trees: 22/01
RobynLou: 24/01 ?? (1DD)
Loopylu: due 31/01 (1st?)

Here we go, down the slippery slope of parenthood. Slippery thanks to the poos, wees, leaky boobs and goodness knows what else :o :o

We'll be here to hold each other's virtual hands through the tough nights and delightful days, and to laugh at each other's stories of comedy nappy changes , and the fear (or not?) of getting back in the saddle, and coating some cervixes just for the fun of it again!! :o

rofl at your mum's concerns for your modesty ryuk :o

We have half an hour to get out of the house with all three with clean bums and dressed in their coats etc, so military ops are starting now...

Bubba if you manage that I'm going to be hugely impressed. My best effort so far with just 2 is about 40 minutes, must try harder here I think.
Ryuk at your mum. I can't believe you'd even consider shoeing any flesh particularly in your own home
Have finally got organised enough to express this morning, going away on a hen do early May so need to start building up my stock. Plus I'm holing to start going swimming one evening a week so need to get enough stored for DH to feed Evan when I'm not here.
Not sure what to do today as weather is rubbish again, what's everyone else up to?

Sorry i've been MIA. Practically tearing my hair out - Jesse is a bit like lachlan and feeding every 2 hours, and taking about 45 mins for a feed, and then not settling so spent ALL day yesterday feding or trying to get him to sleep... even with my parents helping i was shattered. And started expressing yesterday, which is hard too - so feel like a cow!

however - atter crying on phone to DH and thinking we might have to supplement with formula - Jesse went to bed at 10.15 and didn't wake til 4.15am! and then afetr feed, went straight to bed and slept til 7.30 - which meant after expressing - i managed another 2 hours sleep.

Haven't thought about savings yet - I'm leaving DH to sort it out - we did set up a bank account and he has also got some premium bonds from his uncle which was a lovely thought, IMO. I remember when I was younger, me and my brother used to open up savings accounts with every bank just for the free gifts - we'd only put a £1 in or so!

Love evan's rolling fuzzy! Bless.

I feel like i'm missing out on so much of Jesse' life at moment cos of constant "milking" - my parents get to do all the fun stuff

I also have no routine? should i have one by now?

Sympathises with you travis & rock about mums. Mine is so up and down - she's soooooo helpful - but blatantly dislikes DH - even though she used to love him and he hasn't done anything wrong. my best friend who was here at weekend said it was very odd how mum took every opportunity possible to slag off dh!

Love protecting your modesty in your own house ryuk

And so sorry about the sciatica buzz - and work on saturday! Poor poor you.

Have first proper outing on sunday - going to restaurant - plannign to take some express milk which will sort out my panics about breast feeding in public!

question is anyone supplementing b-feeding with formula? I kept thinking yesterday that I wasn't making enough...

Damn - jesse crying -must run. I'll try and catch up later depending on DS!

Cupcakes we've been combination feeding since the end of the second week after it was suggested by the midwife, as Ezra wasn't putting weight on and he seemed to be needing a lot more than I was able to produce. I think it helped me recover quicker as I was feeling very pressurised (and a bit inadequate :( ) up to that point. It's also been nice that DP can now feed him as well. Downsides though is that it takes a bit of time and faff to prepare and it does make him considerably windier!

Oooh cupcakes, same problem here, Mum really has a problem with DP. I think it's because we got together quickly (I was pregnant within a year of dating) and the fact that he "took" me away to Devon and therefore stole her grandaughter (Mum and Dad are VERY attached to DD due to me living with them for 3 years arfter muy divorce). It's all a bit of a drama really!

Just had the hv out to weigh George, he's around 9lb 11oz now, that's over a lb in 2 weeks so he's smack on the 50th centile. Hv was very pleased with him and said she'd not seen such a young baby who was so "chatty" as he is very responsive to people and is really good at following faces when they move .

I'm currently bouncing George in his chair (my leg muscles are seizing up lol), if I dare stop he wakes up immediately and cries accusingly at me for being a lazy mum and not keeping up the constant movement . He's not too demanding then!!

Right must go, need a cuppa and biccies and i'm also chomping my way through a box of Thorntons chocs (yeah, so the diet hasn't exactly started yet, especially with the pizza we had last nigh ). My stomach has shrunk though, but I still look really fat and I'm wearing size 18 bottoms, I am constantly hungry at the moment, even though I'm not BF. Anyone else stuffing food down like there's no tomorrow??

Hopefully will pop back on later, have a great day ladies and babies. x

Sorry Jesse has followed L's feeding timetable - but very that he sleeps for a long time at night - but I got 2.5 hrs in a stretch last night from 1:30 to 4am :o :o

Glad you're sounding chirpier today rock :) and nice move with thornton's chocs! I'm def. with you on the constant feeding (like mother, like son as far as me and L are concerned ) :o

Sorry to hear about sciatica ladyB - that's crappy :(

takes a bow in advance

hands Bubba impressive mummy organisation award

Oooh bubba very impressed with the getting out so quickly! Already i'm dreading the airport and the faff of getting ready to a proper timetable rather than whenever I feel like it!

You'll like this had probs getting DS to sleep in day - so today - put ipod on in bedroom and put glee on - and he's gone straight to sleep! Been asleep for 2 hours! HURRAH!

Very about the thorntons chocs! In fact - is it bad to order these for mysef chocs - i could tell parents DH ordered them????

Have to say - was quite scummy yesterday - DS threw up down my clevage - and ended up just wet wiping it off - and only showering this morning

fuzzy know what you mean about the sore nipples! but loved my little cuddle with DS this am - i love it when he looks at me like there's no one better in the world! That'll change soon enough... ha ha!

for Thorntons [greedy pig emoticon]. DP (who is clearly a feeder!) bought me some of the thorntons caramel squares (millionaires shortcake only FANCY!) and I polished them (plus big bag of maltesers)off on first day of Mat leave without him... Oh the shame I am also v fat still and unless I can borrow some other babies to feed I will struggle to burn THAT MUCH off. My DM also dislikes OH because she can't bully him and he put a yale lock on the front door to stop her barging in . But she is now Really Nice to him as he is the father of her DGD and it must really get her goat. She was saying how Saskia could be her fourth child she is so like her 3 daughters (she has completely written out of history what a bully she was to us all). When I pointed out she has blue eyes she quickly pointed out that her mother had had blue eyes. I equally quickly pointed out that Saskia's FATHER (OH) also has blue eyes. Suspect (after a strange remark made by her about her and I wearing the same perfume so the baby doesn't get confused) she is rewriting the present as well as the past!

What is it with mothers and grandchildren?

Both my mum and MIL have made a comment along the lines of "thank you for my granddaughter"

Well great, but I didn't go through 9 months of pregnancy and poop a large grapefruit for your pleasure!

My mum visited over the last couple of days and phoned when she got home yesterday evening to "speak to my baby". I good-naturedly pointed out that actually DD is my baby :) but ggrrrrr. Glad we live 200 miles away from rellies sometimes.

bubba well done you! I am managing to get us all up and fed and out of the house dressed in a morning in about an hour and a half which I thought was good but 25 mins thats good going!!

Sciatica is easing a bit today thank god and I have had a lovely walk this morning - i even popped in to the gym to get info on joining - now I just have to go

fuzzy I have 2 jobs, my main one I don't go back to until probably next Feb if I still have a job to go to which I very much doubt and I do relief bar work in the local social club so I can pick and choose if I want the hours, its a day shift and will be the elderly regulars so not taxing!

Kali is getting weighed again on Monday, she likes her food (just like me) so I reckon she will have put on a bit in the last 4 weeks - shes even in newborn clothes now

cupcake glad you had a better night.

rock Kali also likes to be rocked in her chair, I'll have 1 massive calf muscle at this rate

Your DMs and DGMs (not Doc Martin boots - ahh, those were the days!) sound barmy but unfortunately ever so normal - my MIL always says how my DCs can do this and that (including the way they breathe!?!) because that's just how her DS did it

She also called them her babies once, and when I questioned it, said "oh, force of habit" WTF??! It's been at least 35 years since she'll have legitimately said "my babies" Double

Naughty L fed at half twelve last night, then woke again at half one, then stayed awake till 3.30 when I gave up and took him into bed with me, then he woke again at 5 :(

Today might not be so successful! Pass the Thornton's rock

Hi all! George had a crappy night last night, woke at 1.45am for a feed, then wouldn't settle for more than about 20 minutes, just kept grizzling or screaming which I enjoyed .

He finally screamed properly for another feed at 5am and eventually fell asleep at 6am (on our bed), then woke up at around 8.40am for another feed. I am now bouncing him in his chair, but sleep seems to be the last thing on his agenda. To add insult to injury I still had to get up before 8 to get DD sorted for school, so I couldn't even nap with him in bed this morning :(.

I think I managed about 3 hours sleep last night and I feel shocking. I haven't even had breakfast yet because I don't really fancy anything as feeling vaguely sicky (tiredness symptom). My plan today is to sleep when George sleeps and that's about it!

I'll have to buy some more chocs to share with you all! Have a lovely day ladies and babies. x

Zzzzzzz must have been something in the air last night. Finally got Evan settled about midnight having fed on and off all evening. Then awake for a feed at 2, another hour to settle, fed again at 5, 45 mins to settle fed again at 7.30, now asleep in his car seat after dropping DD off at nursery so I'm going to nap on the sofa while I have the chance.
Glad to hear it's not full time work you're going back to LadyB, I too am hoping I'll get made redundant whilst on maternity leave as then I wont have to worry about what I'm going to do when I go back. Very unlikely to happen though.
Seems I'm quite lucky on the mum and MIL front they're both quite sane in comparison to some of yours .
have a good day and catch you later x

Hi all! Think S going through growth spurt, my friend said her two had eaten loads for a few days then slept for a few days around now, and she has been feeding for England and now sleeping loads. But I have been feelig light headed and faint, like am hungry but insatiable! Anyone else had this? Maybe combo of BF and faitigue but started worrying that something wrong with me [massive hypochondriac emoticon!). Sorry you have aloll had crap nights - roll on your lo's sleepfests!

Hi all. Sorry for being awol! cupcakes and rock 16th in totnes is fine. Will mail to sort details. I'm on an epic trip round the country to introduce ds to friends and family. No computer and I'm terrible at typing on my phone. Will make some notes and find a pc to catch up properly when I. Get back this weekend.

Sympathy to all with difficult parents... Joy to all the clever advanced babies and standing ovations to anyone who can get dressed and out of the house on half an hour, especially if you have more than one LO!

Am considering a dummy for my LO as feeding patterns and night time screaming making me think it might help. Is this a terrible thing?

No Crysty - but hope you have better luck than me, Saskia will not take it! I have tried and tried...

travis exactly the same here with feeding. Was going to go to how and get blood pressure and sugar levels checked. Originally thought it was due to losing lots of blood in labour, but now wonder of it's something else.

Ds did put on 9 oz last week though... So could also be a growth spurt.

Travis are you drinking enough? Not doing so was making me light headed, you need loads more when b feeding. Here's hoping Evan has a sleep fest tonight!
Crytsy great to hear from you hope your trip is going well. Evan has had a dummy for a few weeks now. A lot of HV will say not to let them have one until 4 weeks as they reckon it can result in them getting confused about dummy vs nipple/ bottle. Neither of my 2 had this issue and both had a dummy before 4 weeks. It's a really divisive issue I've found but I'd go with what you think is best (sod what everyone else thinks is my current motto ).
I was doing so well with the healthy eating until half an hour ago since when I've had a creme egg a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows . I was supposed to be on a mission to reduce belly size before we go to Center Parcs in a couple of weeks, oh well.

Oh bloody hell crysty George has a dummy for emergencies (which seem tohappen alot lol), I'd go insane otherwise.

So George has had a shit day as well as a crap night, he has barely slept all day and will only sleep in the bouncy chair....when I am bouncing him. I've got sod all done, I'm knackered and fed up.

Think I want to hibernate until he sleeps a bit more. I need to do the washing up for God's sake!!!

Ok, so I've had enough now, it's just a nightmare. George just never stops crying except when he is feeding or asleep.

The problem is he is hardly ever asleep except for 10/20 mins here and there. I am starting to worry there is something really wrong with him, or that I am not looking after him right.

I have thought that he probably has colic, although his crying is all the time, rather than from a certain time, but I will admit he is much worse in the evening. The thought of him being like this all night is starting to make me panic, I can't do the night shift and day shift with him constantly crying!

DP does try to help when he gets in, but George won't settle for him either and it breaks my heart to listen to him so distressed. Am I the only one with a cryer and crap sleeper? Think I'm going to call the hv tomorrow as I am so worried.

Are you BF Rock? It's not thrush? Just a thought...

Oh poor you Rock. I'd definitely see the HV and get her to check for thrush and tongue-tie. Maybe George isn't feeding very efficiently? Would it be so bad to try him with a small bottle of formula just so you can get a bit of sleep tonight? Does George pull his legs up to his tummy because that's a sign of wind.

Poor you rock hope hv comes up with some solutions.

Lots of our Late-Jan buddies are MIA - hope they're okay and not drowning in nappies :(

Morning. Hope the HVcan help Rock.
Even worse night here Evan will only sleep on me and then only for about 30 mins. So we're all cuddled up in bed for a bit. Will catch up later.
I was wondering where everyone was too Bubba hope they're ok.