FESH Spa & Creche: Plenty more FESH in the brie

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Welcome all those with aching scars, undercarriages, eyelids and limbs. Find comfort here. Menfolk barred.

thanks poo. looks like I'll need that gin cause I spoke too soon. She woke up, cried, spewed everywhere and has spent the last 45 mins or so trying to get comfy face down on my lap or chest. She doesn't know what to do with herself. Going to be a long night.

Alps has FBed, she has had nightmare journey and no mobile signal. She is not upset.

Poor sick threadkids, I'm hoping for speedy recoveries.

Oh that sounds so grim Casp. Poor you. And poor Squeaks.

Cunty are you about? How was the interview?

I've just stuffed my face with curry and I've got a rather large vodka in one hand. Fucking need it after today! Boo ill and whiney, BB had jabs and has either been asleep or screaming. Currently sleeping thank gawd.

I'm so relieved alps is OK. You had me worried there.

Poor Squeaks. I hope you both get some rest soon. Clyde has gone to sleep with only a little vom after his milk, so fingers crossed for him tonight. (I'm hoping it won't be a repeat of last night when he puked all over my pillow as I was holding him in bed in the dark.[weary])

pols Hope the vodka has the required effect.

Blimey, all these poorly children. I hope you have a better night Fanny. And yes, the vodka is helping. I'm tempted to go to bed now and let BB wake me up for the last feed whenever she is hungry. I could theoretically get a couple of hours kip in.... tempting!

So sad about our poorly little angels - casp you are properly going through the mill, my poor lamb. Hope all are fixed soon.

Interview was gruelling - full day from 8.45. Case study preparation then discussion followed by 30 minute presentation followed by informal chat with outgoing chap followed by formal interview. Mostly went ok i think, although i'm always hopeless with presentations - end up with so much reliance on what is on the slides that i end up not being able to think for myself. Will prob hear tonight. In all honesty if i get it it will be v awkward timing-wise, about 6 months too early. We'll see anyway.

Cunts I am a bit of a believer in what will be will be. I guess you have to ask do you really want it? (assuming you are offered it!)

Ladies that lunch I think I will cancel the London meet up today. Moo can't make it now and it would be best to try and get together when more people can make it, see t'other place...

Good luck Cunty, sometimes the interviews you think you've flubbed turn out to be the good ones.

So, I was prepared to do battle today to teach KateBob to nap. She has recently developed an aversion to napping at home and has been a wailing feeding monster as a result.

We got up, she got changed and fed. I decided to pop her in her bouncy chair for a minute so I could make breakfast, thinking she'd probably want more food. She looked very yawny and sleepy but was fighting a bit. I popped the phone in next to her with white noise playing on it. She conked out.

Please can it continue to be this easy? No? Thought not. But my word it's nice to eat breakfast without clutching a baby to me. I fear her willingness to sleep this morning is due to not going down until 1am last night. I know cluster feeding is a thing, but 7pm-1am is a little extreme for me.

Oooh - your poor nipples Muse. How you getting on with the BFing, cluster feeding aside??? Burning nips and excruciating let-down here so decided to do battle on the latch last night. Babychick was not impressed but my boobs are feeling soo much better today [phew]

Interview presentations are usually pretty shoddy IME Cunts so you've prob done better than you think. If it doesn't work out something better will come up - fact!

Big, old meet-up fail this week then - classic timing from the sicky babies, huh?! Bloody typical, inconsiderate children interfering with our social lives!!

The BFing is going well. Despite the cluster feeding my nips are in good shape. I could live without the occasional blanched nipple though. Ouchy. I also realised, after timing them, that it's not the length of feeds that's the problem. It's the frequency. And I think that's down to her new found inability to nap. Hence Operation Sleep.

Muse What do you do to survive cluster feeds? Sofa/telly/kindle is my recipe, but am wondering if I also need a catheter...

Parents have left. Fuck. Have been waited on hand and foot for the last five weeks. Now what? Aargh.

All those plus my iPhone Drom. I thought I'd be too busy for the Internet but turns out I was wrong. I do a lot of thrusting the baby at TBG and rushing to the loo. Nappy changes make good loo breaks. Cluster feeding is also responsible for my expanding waistline as I find I need vast quantities of chocolate to survive.

I have just had my second meal in a row unencumbered by a desperately feeding baby. She fought the nap but the nap won. And I got to have lunch with a friend.

Woot! It's clearly the magic six weeks, no? And soon, soon we'll be through the fourth trimester and I may sleep...

Haha - I love your optimism Drom!!!

Pliz to reveal what's magic about the 6 weeks as my experience is enormoboobs, milk spray, huge feeds and sore nips. Oh well, at least I'm getting some sleep even if it is interrupted every 2 hours [weak smile]

Am fecking annoyed at the fecking feckers at work too....some cock-ups in finalising my redundancy agreement have resulted in an extra £1k legal bill and the arsewipes are refusing to cough-up on the basis that I have 'benefited financially' from the outcome. Dickheads

Fuckers Clucky, keep fighting.

My work's cock up over maternity pay ended up being in my favour as I got a payrise so my missing days from last month will be at my new higher rate. Rock on.

I may not be able to get this baby to sleep during the day, and she may do mad cluster feeding. But she does usually manage around 4 hours at night before she wakes. And on a few occasions 5 hours. I thought 8 weeks was the magic point? Or is it always 2 weeks from where you are?

Well despite being ill I hauled ass to baby clinic as HI informed me at the last mo that he was too busy and I seemed brighter. I'll give him fucking brighter. Had to go to baby clinic as MB needs more drucks. They also weighed him and he's not gained. Same as last time so have the official "time to wean" sign off from the HV. So as of tmw he'll begin weaning.

I'm now knackered and feel shite.

Bit of a pointless post I know.

sorry about all the crappy shittyness. And to hear of cancelled London meet.

Hope Boo and Clyde feel better. We've been battling high temp and dehydration here. Vom last night, diar this morning. And Squeaks reverted to newborn mode. i feel like I've had her in my arms day and night since Monday. Even took her into bath with me today, which she seemed to enjoy.she's drinking more now, but bizarrely happier to eat pasta and bits of wrap rather than drink milk. i'm hopeful she'll sleep in her cot tonight (lasted 45 mins last night)

sorry that's so boring, but that's life!

Any word cunty? They' d be fules not to snap you up on your terms.

Ouch to nipple talk. Squeaks is making up for lack of BF by using mine to hold on to when coughin/otherwise trying to get upright.

muse big differences came at 8 and 12 weeks old here IIRC.

chin up silv. btw Squeaks has been same weight for ages despite eating well (normally). She has got taller and skinnier though. Not so chubby now, below the neck. She still has hamster cheeks!

Damn, I knew my luck wasn't going too hold. No afternoon nap for the small one. SLEEP CHILD.

Berwhale had a catnap. Then a tantrum. Then a bath and another tantrum. I think he misses his granddad.

NB 6 weeks should mean a real smile. Hopefully. Thus better.

I at least have had some quiet moments. She lay on her activity mat for a bit, she sat in her chair for a bit and in the sling for a bit. But no sleeping.

Casp I hope Squeaks is better soon.

To top everything off.......... Bastard droid.

How are you doing without the parents Drom?

I am desperate for this smile. No sign yet.

Not heard owt casp so assume rejection. Spares me the dilemma of whether to accept or not though