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.

Morning FESHters. Weird night here. Bad side, she didn't go to sleep until 1am. Good side, she slept until 6.50am. I did not because I woke up absolutely sodden, soaked through the muslin stuffed in my bra and massively uncomfortable. I had to express to relieve it, I got 2oz from each side in about 5 mins and boobs still mahoosive. So it would appear first thing is my prime pumping time. Not. Happening.

Today is her 6 week check, although she's 7 weeks. And the smiles have started coming in properly, it's a wonderful sight.

silv I'd like to say mock but if she's trying that hard to maintain the facade then she's probably not "in a good place". Oooh get me being nice 'n' all!

Right, I've got to go to the dentist. Yay me. He looks like The Hoff and is really nice but am just seeing a tecnician today for a cleaning. Apparently my teeth escaped pregnancy. This must be down to all the greek yoghurt I ate/threw up/ate/threw up - nb, didn't eat the stuff I vomited up. That would be wrong. Sorry to bore you all. x

I need the dentist but am in denial that there is a problem of course. Good luck and personally I think that the cleaning technicians are evil wenches put on this planet to torture us cos they get paid crap wages.

So who is rubytues visiting today?

musical GAH to exploding buzwams. Mine still leak now and again usually first thing if MB has decided to sleep longer than usual!!

Achievement of the day, MB slept in the cot !!!! No wakings !!! Huzzah!!!

I use Waitrose reusable shopping bags all the time! We just happen to have a cupboard full of them. OH used a canvas Waitrose wine bag as his prefered choice of changing bag when TT was a baby. I was mildly embarrassed - not because it was posh, but because our child's nappies and stuff were in a wine bag.

Second tooth on the way through here. Apparently it is giving him a LOT of jip at 5am. Roll on him getting his own bedroom. The builders have started work, but it is still at the 'scary holes in the ground and wall' stage atm.

Supposed to be visiting ginhag and extremedressinggown. Just getting a cab to bring the car seat from Hom's work in Holland Park to my house in Kingston. He's paying.

And he will continue to do so for some time I would hope.

Boxer Wellll... thing is, I'm thinking silv's Asda woman is trying to keep up appearances with the neighbours. The only way your neighbours will know where you've shopped is if the Fortum's heli lands in the paddock and a brass band strolls through the village. At least that's the way I interpreted it.

I too have been known to use a normal carrier bag rather than a great big bulky travel bag. The shite they fob off on first-time mums is unbelievable!

We've got loads of Waitrose canvas bags too. They have been used for many things - swimming bags, picnic bags, toy bags, they are very useful!

Glad to hear the building work has started at last Boxer, how long do they think it will take to complete?

Smiles are fab aren't they Muse! BB has started proper laughing now, she's got a really loud little chuckle, it is just adorable.

Pah to the sleeping through. My little angel has decided that daytime is for sleeping, night is for eating. Stupid baby. He went to sleep at midnight, woke up half an hour later, then went back down until 1.50 and spent the rest of the night catnapping and eating. And you know what? Co-sleeping and side feeding doesn't mean I get any sleep at all because sharing the bed with a baby means that I hallucinate that I've rolled over on him.

Second night in a row that this has happened. Where do I get my money back? And he's six weeks today. There are supposed to be smiles to make up for all this sleep-deprivation.

I didn't get smiles at 6 weeks Drom. I got some yesterday. Today it has been crying on the boob because she doesn't like something about it.

Could the sleep change be the 6 week growth spurt? I blame everything on spurts and wonder weeks

I totally blame everything on growth spurts. What is a wonder week?

Wonder weeks is when they go weird just as they're about to make a developmental leap. wonder weeks

Has anyone heard from the gorgeous duo that is honeymoo and okiecokie?

hmm Wonder Weeks. That might explain why my darling daughter just spent the whole morning at mums' group crying hysterically, then came home, ate lunch, giggled and is now standing in her cot, investigating the monitor camera. Some lovely close-ups. But I wish she'd bloody well go to sleep and give me some peace.

Anyone got any experience of cervical polyps? Had smear this morning and nurse reckons she found one. I'm trying to decided whether to visit Dr Google.

I am feeling quite lonely and "left out" because I can honestly say that I'm still finding it easy and even the hard days are easy. There, out in the open.

alps the days are a breeze, I just wish the nights were better, but on the whole I'm finding it easier than I thought I would tbh.

I'm not finding it hard as such. I just wish she'd nap a bit more during the day. And perhaps sleep before 11pm at night. Apparently some people put their babies down at 8pm. At 8pm she is firmly clamped to my boob.

Still, it's a short time out of my life so I just go with it. If I didn't want my life to change at all I wouldn't have had a baby.

How old is she again Muse? Artie didn't start bedtime at 7ish till about 4 months I think. I kind of forced naps on him, by driving or walking or something, as the days he didn't sleep were hellish by 5.

I think the early days are just really intense and you never quite know what's coming next. Now at 7 months he's found a routine and is so much more predictable it's a lot more relaxed.

7 weeks Cos. I know I'm not the only one doing this so I'm not overly concerned. And if she did sleep at 7/8pm TBG would never see her.

I try to force naps on her. Today I walked to my NCT meet up. It took nearly an hour. She fell asleep for the last 10 minutes and promptly woke up again when we reached the cafe. Same on the way home. She wasn't crying. Just staring at me with her big blue eyes.

TBG is going to take her out in her sling in a minute as she's in a grumpy mood. We went for her 6 week check and she therefore got rudely awakened from that last nap. She screamed so loudly the GP mucked up her prescription first time and I have no idea what it's a prescription for. Drops of some sort. Vitamin D maybe?

Not finding it difficult as such, alps. Would just like some fucking sleep - I don't function brilliantly on naps.

To be honest, though, this stage isn't hard, it's an endurance course. Just - and I suspected this would be the case - a combination of boredom, anxiety and overwhelming happiness. Berwhale mostly sleeps, eats and poos - not the most thrilling of schedules. I still find myself a bit worried about his eating, after the inadvertent starving of his early weeks - but I'm writing this one-handed while he's attached to my boob, which is a level of expert that I never expected to get to!

I iz here Alps surrounded by CAKE. I am just pretty fucking busy what with kids and stuff. Plus the house is now officialy on t'market and I seem to spend most free time looking at rightmove.com and failing hopelessly at finding this "forever" home we are supposed to find at this point in our life.

I also had a birthday this week and it was lovely to go out on Saturday for some nice grub. Not really impressed with my age though but that is one thing I can't do much about.

I don't find it too difficult either, it is just a juggling act trying to feed, clean, sleep people and keep on top of the washing and get all where they should be at specific times of the day. I am hoping that as Peppa starts to need more attention as she starts to move about and needs more than just a boob and a wave of a rattle every now and then mini oke will be able to entertain himself more. I still can't leave them alone. This morning for instance I was rushing around trying to get everyone ready and Peppa was happily lying on the bed then was suddenly in hysterics. Upon asking mini oke what had happened he simply said "I bit Peppa on the hand mummy" (kids can't seem to lie that the age of 2!). Then he gives her a big kiss and and cuddle and a sorry. He is not "a biter" but just does shit like that for attention. It is trying I tell you.

Anyway, Cos and Curls hope the first week back is going ok and you have both had nice days off today.

I have failed at meeting up with Moo for some time but I think she is OK.

Hi Wonder Women! Had gorge day with Clint....then he fell forward in the bath and cut his eye :( It is a small cut in the corner, his eye looks normal and it looks like his eyelid may bruise. Should I take him to the quack tomorrow? T'internet is divided. Any experience?

Sorry not been here much, am rubbish at typing on virtual keyboard.

Muse 7 weeks is v early to expect anything I reckon - we didn't settle to anything until well after that. Though I should mention my lazy arse lack of approach was "baby led" (ie he did what he wanted and we let him). Not fashionable but worked for Clint. As he got a bit older he started cluster feeding on the evening which then helped him sleep.

I am having a relatively easy time, too, though it is more that Clint is as laid back as his dad rather than anything I have done....

Also Clint doesn't go to bed at 7 even now at 6mo. It's now around 7.30 but up to at least 4mo was closer to 9. We sacrificed our evening for sleep overnight - he seemed to settle properly at 9 and stay asleep.

Mad that 4mo seems an age ago already.

VAG Is baby-led old-fashioned? I did the same, his routine was our routine at first - no stress involved when I wasn't trying to mould him to my pattern. Although the "mummy's just got in the bath" instinct was very strong. I would not take him to the quack - but famously I'm the type who won't take the child to the doctor.

okie Very good to hear you're OK and survived the eating of the cake! Wow wrt mini-okie - I didn't know they couldn't lie - this will prove useful no doubt when the dog's ear is dripping with blood and he's got fur around his chops!

muser Yes, probably Vit D - they give Vit K over here too if you're bf'ing.

Just read some bits of the wonder weeks link, and depressed myself that apparently a normal 4yo pre-schooler should be getting 12 hours straight sleep and an hour or 2 afternoon nap. TT hasn't slept during the day regularly since she was 2, and it's only since the introduction of the monkey clock that we have managed to persuade her to stay in bed past 5am! (Although my heart broke the other day to hear her in her bed early in the morning sobbing 'wake up, Monkey, pleeeeeease wake up!') As for LG's sleep - he is far too busy fretting about the second tooth to sleep. Although last night was better than the night or 2 before that.

On the plus side, LG is now much happier to play with toys, which seem to keep him very busy indeed. He is getting easier to entertain in ways that don't require me to pull funny faces at him all the time.

Going back to the wonder weeks thing, OH and I have always said it was like our kids 'level up' noticabley, as in a computer game where you keep on plodding along at the same level and accumulating points and then suddenly they have enough points to level up and overnight have gained a whole new set of skills. This usually happens just as you as parents have got used to their last level up and are completely thrown by the new level!

alps We appreciate your confession. Your confession is important to us. And to be honest if I had just Clyde this would be actually, erm, fun! (Disclaimer: now that he's well again that is. Non-stop vomitting I can do without.) But the two together... sheesh it is hard work. Be careful what you wish for.

And yes, Clyde is finally well again. And on top form. I luffs him. His face totally lights up when he sees any of us (esp Bonnie) and he actually has a sense of humour already! He hides behind the curtain then whips it away and bursts out laughing. He plays chasing games. And did I mention that he is now crusing? He babbles away to me. And he sings if I sing to him!

You would think I wouldn't be amazed at all this stuff second time around, but I am. Soppy bint.