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

Labour is no excuse! lol

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Hello ladies

Just finally checking in, will catch up properly next week. Am having a bit of a time with it feeding Isobel and her not sleeping etc. but haven't forgotten you all and really need to find out how everyone is.

DP is ordering me to go and rest whilst her ladyship is asleep so will check in properly hopefully on Monday.

xx

yeah, I'm a bit rubbish about sleeping when I get the chance. i did kick DP out of bed for the 9am feed today and he kindly let me sleep til lunchtime.

:)

Ha bubba if I did have to lift up dress - trust me I would only need lift it to waist height .

Gallic I don't know why I want sex as so exhausted too but i'm all about the lazy sex

Okay going to make now. Had to write that just to use the picture :)

Good to hear from you running, we were getting worried. You are by no means alone with tiring LO and struggling to feed easily if that's any consolation?

rofl salt - don't know what you mean - my boobs are the very definition of pert, especially after two years of BFing and embarking on another year probably!

Hey Running lovely to hear from you, hope you have a good sleep. I've just woken up from a 2 hour nap on orders from DH, bless him.
Salt you're braver than me thinking about sex this soon after stitches. I had no stitches this time but not contemplating it just yet, mostly because I'm far too tired. Hope you have fun at the wedding, bet everybody will be cooing over Henry all day.
I had some of my nct friends over this afternoon so 5 2 year olds and 3 babies in the house which will probably explain the 2 hour sleep. Everyone had a cuddle with Evan though which was lovely and DD even managed to share her toys without too much fuss.
Right just thinking I ought to get something to eat. Fingers crossed for a good night for everyone.

Ok ? more notes taken ? you lot are exhausting me with all your chat!!!!

Ok ? firstly pleased it?s not just me with evil boobs ? mine?s my right. My nipple pretty much sticks out as far to the right as it can go ? so makes feedinf really really hard. Managed to feed across tummy today but only with left boob ? right boob too stupid ? plus is really sore ? my nipple was killing me and very tender. M/wife is coming tomorrow so I?m going to bore her to death with breast feeding questions.

And my parents are away tomorrow ? thank god! They have managed to really upset DH over money and other stuff ? long sotry short my mum?s a little ?odd? at moment and I think once DH goes she?ll calm down, but doesn?t help ? not really fair her taking out whatever she feels on DH. And as always, I feel stuck in the middle. Luckily on the whole DH front, I?ve had to put up with my fair share of crap from his mum ? as I said to him earlier ? we have one nutty mum or the other!!!

gallic Poor you about the BF ? it took DS 3 days to suck ? if I hadn?t have been in hospital I think it would have gone more pear shape ? I couldn?t even manage to hand express myself. So I have every sympathy ? but you know what ? as long as your DD is well, that?s the main thing ? and bottle or breast ? the main thing is you love your DD and are looking after her. Aaah ? love the picture ? soooooo cute- and lovely hair

question - how often do you have cuddles ? most of Jesse?s schedule is boob, nappy, sleep and maybe 15 mins of cuddles every 4 hours?.?

salt - agree about the slouching ? I am getting terrible back ache. Def def going to take baby out this weekend ? problem is we live up hills and I?m crap at walking cos of c-section scar ? so sticking to original plan of walking by river/estuary where it?s flat. I even ached after going round tescos and came back and had quite red blood so I?ve obviously over done it. Oh, and when home ? before gigantic boobs ? I rarely wore bra- so mine hang down to knees anyhow! But now are SO big that I feel I might smother Jesse! And have a lovely wedding!

And no sex ? although DH felt me up other night which was nice ? but god no - too exhausted and achy!

Aaah bubba love the pervy MIL! Ha ha! Maybe she?s just trying to make you feel like she is taking an interest?

Oh travis sorry about OH and his job. What a bummer- but like you say ? silver linings and September is long way off, so hopefully he can find something else before then? And no noise when pooing ? but smug look on face during!

running pleased you are OKAY! And not to worry about not popping in ? I was queen of chat before birth and now queen of giant posts once a day!

On the napping front ? when I put Jesse down after feed ? he needs proper peace and quiet for at least 15 mins ? so I have to sneak out of room and then sneak back in later for a nap ? but makes night sleeping a bit of a mare!

rock hoping by the time you read this you are safely at your parents and George is getting lots of cuddles from his Nanny.

I think I?ll just feel 100% better and more settled when I get home to Syria. Counting the days ? aiming to fly 30th March ? and the only thing I am dreading is the breast feeding at the airport!

Right ? shattered now ? one day must try and log on twice or three times a day ? I get so far behind!!!

Oh meant to say Evan is incredibly noisy when pooing and he has this wonderful habit of doing a huge poo then when I think he's finished so change his nappy he then does it again! I swear he waits for a clean nappy to finish, he definitely looks smug too, little beggar
Travis that's pants about redundancy, I suppose at least you have a bit if time for him to look for something new.
Going to see if I can wake Evan up a bit for a feed so I can go back to sleep. Night all x

fuzzy DD does exactly the same thing. I don't bother changing her before feeds as I know she'll push out a big one while feeding. Oh, and she has evil burps It's the formula that stinks really.

cupcakes glad you asked about cuddles. I have some days where I feel all I have done is feed and change the baby and try to get her to sleep. It occurred to me that I should make an effort to just sit and cuddle and interact with her more. It'll help with bonding and also means she's not wide awake at night because she's slept all day!

My experience of cuddles here is very different - I hardly get to put Lachlan down as it's difficult to leave him if the girls are playing - I trust DD1 but not DD2 not to point out his eyes/nostrils/mouth etc when I'm not in the same room. He's currently in an old swing chair which doesn't work - it should play music and swing itself, but it doesn't so I need to push it and sing! :o

fuzzy L likes to poo in a fresh nappy too! almost to the extent that I'll change his nappy, but then just leave him undressed and sit and wait for the 2nd bout of pooing before changing him again and getting him dressed again!! Monkeys, the lot of them! :o

Crappy night again - he slept loads yesterday afternoon and evening (couldn't wake him for love nor money!) and so he played until about 2am with feeds in betwen - would not be put down in his crib. Tell you what though, discovered that, in the middle of the night, magic fm plays a whole load of fabuely decent mellow crap without a stupid DJ prattling on. :)

for "fabuely", please read vaguely !!

bad night fur us for similar reasons to bubba. Timing of feeds was out so didn't get to bed until 3:30. :(

heavy rain outside so at least I have a good reason to stay in bed.

Hi all - anyone else amazed at how long it takes to do anything?? Not you Bubba - you will no doubt be well past any of that, but just trying to get out seems to take ages. It's well into the afternoon before we get out! Even just for a walk round the block. Incredible.
Saskia is such a smiler - she first smiled when she was only a week old. We can't decide if she is very very clever or possibly a bit of a simpleton... Anyway, she likes to shout (she doesn't scream so much as shout in an aggressive way or grizzle) in the night, and when I go to pick her up she gives me a big gummy grin that would melt even the hardest of hearts. Monkey.
As for doing the deed - NO WAY! My scar will have to not hurt at all for me to do it, as while it hurts there is still an echo of the hell I went through to get it. Surefire form of contraception I can assure you.
Cupcakes - we have cuddles quite a lot but Saskia is a bit of a weird newborn. She doesn't sleep enough in the daytime!

Thinking of you all - rememeber this time will pass really quickly and we will all look back fondly on it!

hahah yeah takes forever to get out of the house.

In all fairness though I am a faffer. Like now for instance, I should be expressing milk, but no, I am lurking on MN. I also need to shower before DD wakes up again but no doubt I will leave it til last minute and not get any extra sleep again.

hello, hello!

bad night here too... is this an end of jan earlyfeb baby thing? thought he was sleeping at 10pm and i could grab an extra cheeky two hours, but nope. he was awake, gurgling and playful until 2am ish, then 2 hours kip and awake again for ages. finally got a few hours in later on when my clever baby (PFB ALERT) managed to latch on by his little self! hurrah!

was going to "nip to the shops" but have also discoveredc the impossibility of doing anythign quickly or within the two hour sleep window available every few hours!

re: poo!

Xavi doesn't make a lot of noise, but does have a smug look on his face when a particularly stinky one drops down! aw bless

either i didn't have mastitis and was just having a poorly/exhausted moment or i did and i managed to get rid through feeding through it... either way, i'm feeling better and it's gone.

still a wee bit zonked tho and stitches have just started itching! i thought i'd had it far too easy with no pain there, but now i'm healing, it's uncomfy... bugger.

and SEX??? SEX??? you have to be flipping kidding! I'm never having sex again! the last time was 10 months ago (oh god, shrivelled up sex drive) and as a result i'm now going to be sleep deprived and poor for the rest of my life BUT I will also have the most adorable baby to show for it!

well done Crysty and Xavier. Let's hope this is the start of good feeding habits for you both.

ROFL at the smug look Xavier gives you when pooing. I have to admit Alys sometimes gives me this little sideways glance and a half smile like she knows a secret, the secret being she's pushing out a stinky one.

I swear butter wouldn't melt. She's probably going to be one of those kids who says "I love you mummy" just before I discover she's painted the living room floor/broken a window/drawn on the walls etc etc.

yes, gummy smiles to melt your heart are one of the things that make us continue to love these little buggers darlings!! I have finally managed to capture a pic of Lachlan smiling so hopefully will have uploaded it shortly...

very pleased you didn't have mastitis crystyll - it almost made me stop breasfeeding last time :(

Ha ha - snap bad night for me too - got sleep from 12-2.30 but then 2.30 til 5.30 was up - had feed him, put him to sleep at about 3.30 - then he had hiccups and they lasted for 30 mins, then he threw up, then nappy change - and dduring that he did a wee - so change of outfit... and then more feeding and then FINALLY bed. Ugh. And Dh pretty much slept whole time.

Then today m/w comes - makes me feel a lot better about b-feeding and we tried ferw positions. BUT she said we are wrapping DS in too much at night and shouldn't swaddle him - he was too hot. So after she left, i finished feed and when I put DS down - he didn't want to sleep as not swaddle - so cried and then I cuddled, tried to put down... wasn't having any of it... and basically it's taking 3 hours of feeds, cuddles, 1 throw up, 2 nappy changes to get him to sleep!

I am SO SO SO shattered. And DH has been out the whole time, and of course by the time he gets home Jesse will be acting like an angel

crysty Jesse is a smug poo-er too! And very pleased your boobs are back to healthy

Ha ha - like the thought of Alys being a secret naughty girl gallic

I'm using my reuseable nappies and it's going well! HURRAH!

On the plus side having a nice time without parents - and managed to practice breast feeding on the couch... in differnet positions too.

Why are these naughty babies collaborating at 2am? Maybe we shouldn't give them each other's mobile numbers after all!!

Right, pics uploaded :)

Hi ladies, just checking in briefly. I haven't had a chance to read through all the posts, I will do so later.

I have arrived at my parents house (after a horrid 5 hr car journey) and I have to say hats off to single mothers, I'm shattered! George has decided he is going to cry unless he sleeps on me and it takes inconsolable screaming and at least 3 put-downs in the moses basket before he will sleep...day and night!

I am only just having my lunch now due to his screaming and the fact he has decided he wants a feed every 2 hours now. And not to mention the ridiculous amounts of pooey nappies he is producing, I want to go home already as DP is a Godsend.

Anyway, I am here for the week so I'll just have to grin and bear it. My tummy is really hurting from all the pacing and rocking I've been doing to get George to sleep and my feet are f*ed. DD better enjoy the week at her Dad's after all this crap!

Hope everyone is having a better time than me at the moment and please forgive my whinging lol, I'm having a self pity moment.

A good whine does us all good mentally. My DP gets upset when I have a little cry (I'm not the emotional type) but it's just releasing all the frustrations.

For all you moms with clingy babies, it's worth considering getting a sling so you can keep baby close but still have your hands free. Also consider co-sleeping. I did it one night when DD just wouldn't settle and she slept pretty well. Not sure I'd do it often but it's worth considering now and again.

I think Alys might be having a growth spurt. She's not settling well, not going as long between feeds and is finishing bottle totally. She fed an hour and half ago and has jsut taken another 30 ml! 180ml here we come

Just a quick hello!

Gallic saw your thread on the breast feeding forum and think we have had similar issues with latching on and feeding, am expressing but it's causing all sorts of arguements between me and dh as he thinks I should just give up with trying to latch and also tinks i should begiving him more formula!

bubba loving your pic of Lachlan

Rock glad you've made it to your parents, although the 5 hour journey doesn't sound good. Fingers crossed your parents will spoil you and George rotten and you'll get some time to recouperate.

Cupcakes glad you're enjoying the time whilst your parents are not there!

Another who thinks sex is off the cards for a while - dh has said he is coming nowhere near me until he knows my new cycle as he is adamant we are only having one!

right have a little boy who is wriggling away so better sign off before he falls on the laptop - although am quite impressed with my one handed typing!

I'm pretty much giving Alys however much formula she wants, when she wants. It's working out around 120-150ml every 3-4 hours. She's happy and will throw up if we give her too much. She'll certainly cry and let us know if she's hungry.
Sorry your DP doesn't sound very supportive Pootle. Maybe it's the stress of havinga new born and all the changes. I have to admit, I'm disinclined to return to exclusive BF if it means sleepless nights again.