April 2011; springtime arrivals - blackbird, song thrush, mistle thrush, nipple thrush, nappy thrush...

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Here we are, our new thread and this time we all have our babies !

I thought we were getting thrush again, but then realised I had let ds's latch get sloppy. He was constantly clicking and tutting at the breast but I was too distracted to notice.

Ds and I made butterfly cakes together this morning, ds got to choose the colour of the buttercream icing ..... It is a very lurid shade of pink and they are covered in sugar strands. You can never have enough sugar!

Sleeping through the night to me (at this stage) is from last bottle at 10ish until a decent hour in the morning but then I don't put T to bed until after said last bottle (yet). I suppose it is sleeping through my night lol. This morning is the first time T has slept until a proper morning time waking me at 7 so I am happy happy happy with that .

will start to bring bedtimes earlier when he is constantly sleeping for a decent stretch and I know he will get enough milk in the day, he isn't exactly a big lad so don't really want him sleeping 12 hours until he is taking bigger bottles.

Am defo feeling pre-menstrual today and less ill so am glad to say I'm sure it was a bug not accidental pregnancy lol (although I can't explain why my hips have suddenly reverted to the way they were with the PGP )

Maybe pre-menstrual hormone surge causing your hip pain stuffed?

Sorry others had a somewhat rocky Father's Day too. We had morning bickering as we tried to work out what to do with the weather being uncertain and a MIL visit pending making it hard to plan how far we could go and what to do. We snipped and snapped at each other until fiinally just going up the road for a coffee and a cake. Most upsetting was that DH said he doesn't like the weekends much at the moment as everything's so hard and me agreeing and saying at least he has the work week to break things up! Fun!

Oh and then MIL scandal of the day was when she had a cuddle with S and she had her facing outwards. S can hold her head up for about 2 or 3 mins at the moment so when her little head started to sag MIL said 'oh look, how cute, S is looking at DS playing on the ground'. NO! She can't bloody hold her head up! I'm frantically trying to get DH's attention so I could get him to take S off her but he walks off to make the coffees so I had to make up some nonsense about needing to change her despite having changed her 10 mins earlier. Oh well, am sure she thinks I'm mad and overprotective anyway!

It's crap how we feel we can't say when we aren't happy and when people are interfering. I'm at a friends at the weekend and when she came here she massively stepped on my toes trying to be the visitor she wanted but never had. Er she wasn't the visitor I wanted. Friends are coming too so hopefully it won't be as bad.

Well IMO DS slept through last night 11ish til 5.30ish. Then back down 6.30ish til 9.30ish.

I'd like him to have those 3 morning hour before his long sleep, but I have no idea how to achieve that at the moment!

I could just do without the 'helpful' hints from those who think they know what H needs, oh and the 'I think you're doing much better now, you weren't doing so well at the beginning and were a bit precious with him'. I won't say who it was but I very nearly took her fucking head off.

Oh jeez, cycle!

I'm still precious about him with certain people. OTOH with people I trust I just thrust him in their direction and relish the break.

When I first had DS1 MIL came round and asked why I wanted to keep him so far away from me, ie he was sleeping in own room and as he was napping I has left him in bed when she came round, I had the monitor but apparently I should have got him out of his cot and brought him downstairs so he was always in the same room I had words!!!! To the extent of "If you don't like it you don't have to see it, and you won't see him ever if you keep on" It took a few weeks to sort out but luckily DH was willing to stand by me and his mum had to learn to shut her trap Haven't had any interference this time round lol

Yeah may be the hormones caramel Don't fancy that every month, hope it doesn't continue

Hmm, on rwading back my post about mum, its come over way worse than it actually was. However, the implication was I was leaving DH to do everything while I was on mumsnet sat on my fat arse eating cake!

I'm a bit hurt she thought that though, and we probably need to talk properly about it, but thats for another day.

Back to normality today! lots of washing to do, but the nice day it was first thing has disappeared so I will be tumble drying! Got Michael Jackson on the iPod, time to get cracking beofre B wakes up again!

Lis - it's a really strange time for parents I think. Suddenly their 'babies' are also parents and so there is a big shift in the dynamic of the relationship.
My Mum has been fantastic, in fact we get on better now that I'm a Mum too than we ever have. My Dad was very odd about me not going back to work though - despite the fact that my Mum didn't work for years and years while we were all little because they thought that one of them should be at home with us. We had a 'discussion' about it, and he realised that he was being a bit idiotic about it and there hasn't been a problem since.
DH is also very hands on with the boys, and reasonably domesticated (although becoming less so as he works longer hours and I'm generally 'in charge' at home) - which has raised a few eyebrows. I know my grandma would have thought it was awful of me to 'let' DH change nappies when he should be resting after a hard day's work

H was weighed earlier, 13lb 11oz. It's less than I thought it would be as he's a hungry boy but maybe Wednesday's doctor appointment will shed some light on things. H is throwing up in his sleep as well as loads during the day and I've had it

I'm sure it's not normal for babies to throw up in their sleep, is it?

I often find F with a damp sheet, I don't know if he's sicked up in his sleep or after he's woken. It doesn't happen during his day naps though (about the only time during the day, it's a steady stream otherwise).

I haven't weighed him for ages though, might do it this week.

How old is H now?

H is 11 weeks tomorrow and he often wakes me by making coughing/choking sounds because of throwing up in his sleep.

Cycle - my friends dd had reflux, but it was referred to as happy reflux because apart from the vomiting she was fine. No acid pain and she gained weight ok. Does that sound like H? My friends dd wasn't treated as it was only the inconvenience of the vomit that was a problem.

Today ds and I baked cranberry and white choc cookies. He loved the cookie dough but showed no interest in the baked cookies! He is at his granny's this avo so it has just been I and me. So I has been hoiked into the sling while I have been doing stuff around the house. I have separated and packed the 0-3 clothes. Some that I am selling to the 2nd hand children's shop in town and I'll drop the remainder off at the woman's refuge

I didnt feel emotional or teary doing it so I know my baby making is done!

I was thinking the other day actually that I bet someone on this thread will be pregnant again within the next 3 months! Who will it be?!

Shotgun Not, as we used to say ILTMIMI!

Which reminds me, I must ring the FP clinic about that coil.

Just bathed F. He got himself in such a state he's crashed out without his usual feed. He'll wake up in 20 mins no doubt.

T weighs 15lbs 5oz!! The HV came today and started muttering about early weaning. I just shook my head and said we would wait until 6 months like we did with DS1.

He is reflux-y, but it doesn't bother him and he doesn't vomit in his sleep.

I'll see what the GP reckons, we need to see him anyway about the very dry skin patches H is getting. DP and his siblings all had eczema as tiny babies so I want to catch it early.

H napping peacefully at last, phew!

M throws up all the time. Often in the middle of the night he will have been sick and it's trickled into his ear :(

He weighs 13lb2oz (ish) at 8 weeks for comparison, but he was a big boy at birth.

(re the pg in next 3 months question btw!!)

Though i did get an 'if' from DH the other day about another baby, but not just yet thanks very much. Anyway think we have to have sex first....

Haven't had M weighed in a while but she is a chunk still. Have moved her into 6-9 month clothes as the 3-6 were just too tight/couldn't get them on easily/etc.

I know we made it to 5months with both boys re weaning but who knows with M, we will be doing BLW anyway so she'll eat when she's ready i guess. Though everyone without fail (well apart from my BF group buddies) says I should maybe start soon, err she's 8 weeks old!?!?!

Oh and she slept for 8 solid hours last night, yey. I call STTN 7ish-7ish, well i used to now we call it 7-anything past 5 with DS2 (aka the dawn chorus). SO M made it from 7ish (think it 7.45 by the time she stopped feeding) to 3.45, then 2 feeds and settled back in her cot - the first time she's stayed there all night, normally ends up in bed with me about 5ish.

Off to bed myself soon though as I've felt unjustifiably knackered today.

I daren't get I weighed, I don't need a set of scales to tell me he is a complete chunk!

Oh yes, I've had all the early weaning comments as well. The usual 'he's such a big boy he'll be wanting baby rice soon'. Er no, he'll be weaned at 6 months and I won't be doing the baby rice and puree malarky. BLW all the way in this house.

JKS - I bet you feel knackered because you've actually had sleep. I have no idea why that is the case, but it works like that for me.

Well it wont be me ILTMIMI, I have taken a vow of celebacy(sp?). DH doesn't know yet tho' :o!

I've been researching what contraception to go on to. The list is diminishing. Depo is out, mini pill doesn't agree with me, docs wont prescribe combined pill because of my weight, not keen on the idea of a coil, implant looks like a possibility but I want to know exactly what it will do to my body and what is the likely "recovery" after it's removed if we decide to TTC DC2.

Morning all. I've just woken myself up by trying to lie on my front, and discovering I've got mega-boob going on because F's been asleep since 12.30! Which is mega, because if he's going to do a long stretch it's always the first part of the night, then he's up every 2 hours after that.

He's awake & snuffling (& trumping), but I'm trying to see if he'll snooze till 6.

I think I'm too excited (& booby) to go back to sleep. Better get the pump ready...!

That's fab petal

lis won't be me but poss not that far off as I want the next one soonish but I am seeing how I get on with s and healing from c sec. also need to check the maternity policy at work to see if there is a time I have to be back at work before I qualify for mat leave. And I guess we have to talk to PIL about childcare as sil is pregnant with her 2nd so they already have 3 children to look after. The oldest will be starting pre school in sept.

S is 6 weeks tomorrow. Should I have heard from my doc fior sign off appt?

Taking s to be weighed today. Reckon he'll be about 11 1b.

Taking him to the PIL for lunch. Eek!!!!

Same here Pet - we got nearly 8 straight hours last night . The longest stretch of sleep in 7 weeks! I woke before P though due to serious leakage all over the sheets. Ooops.

P was a little monster yesterday evening though, completely refusing to settle until 11pm. I think she must have tired herself out big time. Let's see what today holds...

Kitty - I was discharged from hospital after giving birth to find a letter from the docs asking me to make an appointment for my 6 week check. I'd suggest just giving them a ring and making an appointment.

We've got our 6 week check tomorrow when b will be 71/2 weeks. So I don't think they are that bothered here that it has to be six weeks. The appointment came in while we were up the road last week along with his immunisation appointment. Ive also been "invited" to have the mmr. Anyone else? I'm sure I hadboth mmrs when I was younger because of a measles outbreak at my primary school. But hey. I'll get it again!