SEPT 2005 - thread 2

[pooka]

here it is

Beatie - hope you get a treat for yourself whilst you're out. Enjoy the trouble free shop!

Best wishes to all xxx

Hello everyone! - wanna hear somthing scary?? my dear friend who shared her due date with us and had her little girl the day before me has just discovered she is pregnant again!!!! i cant believe it!! her dd is almost 8 weeks old and she is pregnant! poor girl is absolutely stunned!!

Milward - hmmmm, don't tempt me with treats. The only things available where I will be shoping are cales and chocolate and I have been soooooo good this week - except for dipping into dd1's chocolate raisins

Helenemjay - Wow! How does she feel about it? Was she breastfeeding and thought it couldn't happen?

We are going to my mums tonight as i have been feelng abandoned most of the week. Monday DH worked late, tuesday he went out to a karate assoc meeting instead of training but was back later than usual, last night they had a warranty meeting at work and he didn't get in till 9pm and tonight he is training till 9.30.

I am not going to attempt to get david into a routine till about 3 months ish I tend to leave him in his basket downstairs whilst bathing Nat, reading her story and putting her to bed. Wether DH is here or not, on the nights he is out David has to be left to cry for a bit if her wakes up whilst natalie is in the bath, if he wakes up at story time I fetch him up and cuddle them both whilst reading then Nat settles down and goes to sleep whilst david and I go back down stairs to cook dinner.

Have found that I have to take him with me round the house if he is awake durring the day, otherwise I will never get any housework done, he follows after his siter and is mesmerised by the washing machine/tummbledryer.

DD is having trouble grasping the concept of playing quietly with me so not wake david so that we can do more together cause when he is awake mummy has to sort him out if he cries.

Lovemygirls - I call parents/sister if i am struggling of an evening sometimes it is enough to have them tell me that I am doing well and everything is fine but other evenings they either come and sit with us for a bit or take a child home for an hour or two or take all three of us to their house depending on a) which is most convenient for them, b) what state I am in when they get here c) what the kids are doing. I have good days and bad days luckily the good are starting to outweigh the bad otherwise I think I would be back on the prosac by now. I suppose what I am trying to say is that if your family are near by they are hopefully the best support network you can have and would rather spend time with/help you than see you struggling.

Milward - hope your blood results come back ok.

Going to do the nursery run now, will check in on you all later!

Yeah she was and still is bfeeding! - she said she figured she should be ok all the time she was breastfeeding and that she and her dh only did it once a couple of weeks after her dd was born and they'd had a glass of wine or two!! she is really really really shocked i dont think she can believe it yet! she has taken 4 tests and went to her Dr's hoping it might be hormones left after having her dd, but the dr has confirmed she is definately pregnant - about 5 weeks!!!!!

at being pregnant again

I can't be seeing as it would be an immaculate con ception .

Alice has a cold . She is snotty and having some problems feeding. But still sleeping fine which is good. Poor thing, DS didn't get any colds until he was lots of months old and Alice has had chicken pox and this cold already.

How can i get snot out of a very small nose?

My dp is having the big chop! we havent put much thought into what we are going to do about contraception until then, but you can bet we will now!!!

Thanks for making me feel better esp the bit about adjustment. beatie i meant to say dd1 has her bath in the morning but i bath dd2 in the evening and do the whole massage thing then feed her n put her down at 7pm then dp will make sure shes settled while i read to dd1.

Helenemjay - your poor friend!

mummyhill - good luck with the scan results.

Oh my word pregnanat with only 10 months between babies - what a terrifing thought!!

Been to Rachel's hip scan - all is fine & no problem with her hips.

PC -I asked hv about what to do for colds in under 8 week olds - you can elevate head when sleeping (placing little cushion under materess) or give them cooled water to help reduce the phelem (spelling?) I tried a little albas oil on a tissue in the room - but hv told me off!!!

Sadly when you have an older child - baby will pick up colds and illnesses so much earlier than a first/only child! Rachel had a cold from 3 weeks!

I am of those of you with DH/DPs who are there at food and/or bedtime. I can manage to put DS to bed with Alice hanging off me but it would be nice to not have to.

Will be doing bedtine on my own for 4th time this week and when DH gets back he will probably be tired.

RedHelen - glad to hear that DD's hips are fine . Might try pilloe under mattress for Alice. Suppose she is getting to build up some immunity - and DS is sharing with her

PC I know what you mean about bed times - DH only around every other week at bed times (due to shifts he works) so I try to read a story to ds whilst Rachel has a good scream with me try to calm her and read and point out the words for ds - need at least an extra arm!!

Dp has been working late alot lately and so i have had to put my two boys who are 5 and 2.5 to bed on my own too, with dd hanging off me or laid in her bed squawking her head while i rush around putting nappies on and getting them ready for bed - its a bloody nightmare plus dd isnt sleeping hardly at all at the moment, she wakes me up for a feed at least every 2 hours at night so im knackered and grumpy too, my poor boys think im a devil woman!

PiccadillyCircus - my health visitor said it was ok too put one or two drops of Karvol on my dd's bed when she had a cold a couple of weeks ago, she said only a small amount and not too near her head, it did help her though! its not nice for them though is it, my poor dd was snorting and snuffling away all night we lifted one end of her mattress a little too and that also helped her alot! hope your dd feels better soon poor thing!

Hello everyone - not had chance to post yet today... just going to catch up over lunch x

My Alice had a cold around3/4 weeks. It kept her awake after her early am feed. We got some saline drops from the pharmacist. I'm not sure they helped Alice but may help a baby who gets to the dried snot/blocked up stage. Alice's cold never got that bad.

You can also buy pippett type things so you can suck the snot out.

Lovemygirls ~ You're doing much better than me then if you manage to give Jess a bath and massage every night.

Helenemjay - respect - 2 boys and a dd to get ready for bed!

Welcome Jaydeelady and other newbies.

Grace's first immunisations went well. She didn't even cry, just made really annoyed sounds at being woken up!

The thing for sucking the snot out their noses is called a "nasal aspirator" and is only about three pounds at the pharmacy. (Franch attached a link about this ages ago on our first postnatal thread). We got one and it works well.

BEATIE - any chance of being in touch?

I'll email you. I'm having awful problems with Yahoo so have started to use my Virgin account. Watch your inbox.

I am amazed about your friend Helenemjay! Prenanty already. Much as I miss being pregnant (and I do - was so much easier!) the idea of having a tiny, feeding in the night, feeling sick all at the same time just sends shivers down my spine. I still haven't even stopped bleeding...let alone feeling alert enough to be amorous

Hi everyone,
HELENEMJAY, pg already? wow, congrats to her
JAYDEELADY, welcome
REDHELEN, glad rachels appt went well
PC, hope alice feels better soon.

Well, i've had Mia weighed today and she has put on 3lb4oz, she's now 11 lb 6oz, not bad in almost 9 weeks

I have to say pooka i was amazed when she told me! not only because she is pregnant already but that she felt like 'it' so soon after the birth - i have told dp to sod off bless him!
Thanks Redhelen lol its a mad house in our house but i think dp is around tonight so he can help! about time too! i think it gets bonkers in every house sometimes doesnt it no matter how many kids there are!

Fallen out with dh. He came home from work and has hidden himself in the garage playing around with motorbike. He is now going to Spanish, followed by running club and may be home by 11.30! He is really pushing his luck! Meanwhile ds is playing up and dd has been sick on me!