October 2011 - Let the poo obsession begin

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Come chat, moan, boast (by stealth of course), vent, rage, relax, worry and be reassured. Welcome to all the new babies. Stats thread here

PA Lol, I've just had two glasses of rose. V. nice! First in 10 months. Could do with a big bar of choc to go with it..

I've already had custard and doughnuts

PA I allowed myself 1/2 a half pint of lager with my curry this evening. Cluster feeding in the evening means I rarely get a break so don't risk it.
First curry and first alcohol.

DD knocked my glass over by accident :(
I'll probably pay for the curry tomorrow too with an unsettled boy. It was delicious though. :)

Exercise? What's that?
Although carrying a 12lb baby around in a sling whenever we go out certainly makes some muscles work.

Hmmm I like the idea of a rose too, am not sure I can be bothered expressing though!

Agree with others groovy that consistency is the key. Sounds like your ex's gf is an idiot and really insecure to post those messages on his fb all the time! Why not just say I love you to his face? Either way she has to learn pretty quickly that if she is going to get involved with a man with a child the rules about what you can expect are different. It must be hard for you though, I was actually thinking of you the other day when dh was out for an entire day and night and I had a longer period alone with baby than I'd had before.

Impressed with those running! I have been going to a mums and bubs gym class, but it's pretty basic stuff so far. I have been trying to go on long walks though as I find they improve my mood 100% and am lucky that summer is started here so the weather getting nice. It feels like a looong time since last summer.

bilbio we were having curry the night I went into labour (I tried to eat it between contractions) so can't stand the idea! Maybe by his first birthday I would have gotten over it!

you don't need to express unless you get bladdered have a few. If you're safe to drive/handle a baby your fine.

at your curry phobia penelope (sorry)

penguin good to know!

And I hope I get over the curry thing, but at the moment it makes me think of writhing around in pain in an undignified manner.

Thanks for all the advice ladies. He actually text last night asking if he can come over today to see her. From what ive heard through friends, no one likes the gf, she is to controlling over him. He is a decent guy deep down, don't kno why he would be putting up with her is she is as bad as what's been made out!! I dunno

Glad to hear you were all enjoying curry and alcohol last night! I love spicy food but it does remind me of a few days before I had S when I had one full of chilli's (the nice man in the takeaway packed them in when I told him I was trying to bring on labour!) . Almost took my mouth off! Was tasty tho

Oh and I'd like to whisper something.... S has slept through the past 3 nights.. 10ish till 9.30ish . After those first crazy 7 weeks of no sleep, she has decided to play the game and sleep when she is ment to!! (probably just jinxed myself with that there )

Nice work baby S! You deserve it groovy for flying solo and doing it all so calmly.

L has slept past 7am the last two nights and once earlier in the week but the trade off is that she has become really unsettled in the evenings. It's hard work! Surely a bit late to start being colicky at 9wks so not sure what it is but will just have to wait it out. She will feed for a bit then refuse the breast and cry herself into a big screamy mess. She can stay awake around 4hrs doing this... Anyone else? Don't want to be ungrateful when she's so good in the night though!

Mulled wine here last night - and six cherry bakewells to get me through the crying time Curry sounds good though!

Hello ladies. Thanks for all your advice. In the end I stayed at home with M and DH went on his own, which everyone understood.

Groovy I don't have any experience of your situation, I have so much respect for anyone doing this on their own.

Re: gunky eye - my MW said that breats milk is ideal as it's sterile. M's eyes cleared up a few weeks ago, but the right one has flared up again. I have to stop myself from ouching it the whole time!

Everyone keeps asking me if M is sleeping through the night, to which the answer is definitely no! he manages to sleep through the evening, which means that DH and I actually get to have some relaxed time together and perhaps even watch a film all the way through (as long as I don't fall asleep on the sofa) but then I'm usually up twice in the night with him. Annoyingly, when I went out to the cinema on Friday, leaving DH with a bottle of EBM, M didn't wake up until I walked in the door at 11.45! Typical!

I really want to get out and start pounding the pavements again. I'm just working up the motivation!

We have a bottle of champagne in the fridge that we got given a few months ago for our wedding. Waiting for the right time to drink it. I still don't feel like drinking...eating is much more appealing, though worse on my waistline.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday ladies.

My girls are nowhere near sleeping through.... I miss sleep....

Well done groovy and baby S!

I too miss sleep M still gets up twice in the night so at best I get 3-4 hours undisturbed it's not too bad though as she goes down again as soon as she's fed.

I've never really liked drinking so not missing it I did have Thai chilli chicken on Friday though was delicious!!!

Oh! And it's snowing here today ds was so excited although he thought Santa had been because of the snow and expected presents. We need to explain every morning now that Santa won't come for cpl more weeks.

groovy you deserve the sleep and long may it continue.

I count one feed between midnight and 5 as a good night (last night it was until 6:30 but he went down later than normal)

timely thread in BF section about alcohol

Night times for us ate 7 o'clock expressed bottle then sleep about 8.30 (ds down at 7-7.30 ish) then feed at 12, 4 and 7.30. I try and sleep at 9ish so I get three hours before the first wake up x

DH is Muslim so we don't have alcohol in the house and I only really drink when out for dinner / drinks with friends which is rare post kids so I'm really not missing it either x

Oh I'm jealous of the snow, we just have rain!!!

I cluster feed till about 9pm them first wake is usually around 12-1 then again 3-4 and then up for the day at 6-7. (this is a good night)

Snow on ground has now melted. But has still been falling on and off throughout the day ds was so excited. (as was dh who got to try out his snow tires on the way to mass)

I usually give Sophia a bath round 7.30ish (usually has a wee 30 min nap 7ish) followed by a bottle once she is all dressed. Will then have wee play under her gym for a bit then another bottles around 9.45pm. Once she is done, quick nappy change then into her basket with dummy. I usually close door and leave her. She has self settled like this the past few nights. Of she cries I will go in, pull basket right over beside my bed and lay next to her till she is out. That's been her till 8.30 the next morning. Last week when she was still waking, it was around 4.30am for a feed.

We were down at my mums for dinner this afternoon. Didn't bother to take the full nappy bag as there is usually spare stuff at her house. S had the biggest nappy explosion to date! She got put under the shower as no amount of wipes was cleaning her! Had no clothes to put her into so my mum had to get out the Christmas sleep suit she had bought for her to wear on Xmas eve!! Lol. She looks do cute!!!

Well it's off to bed. Dh has done the night feeds the past two nights (one benefit of ffing!) but I'm back on the night shift now.

I find I look forward to weekends as much now as I did in work! It's so much easier with two. Groovy.. I don't know how you do it on your own - hats off to you (and anyone else flying solo).
Seb went off quite easily tonight. We've started the bedtime routine: feed, bath (on bath nights - every other night), 5 mins quiet snuggles in darkened bedroom, down in basket and two rounds each of two musical bunnies. It takes him a while and we're up and down the stairs a few times retrieving dummies but then he does drift off. Usually up a couple of times during the night and he often lets me have a lie in (he's obviously not going to be a morning person!)
Night all, hope everyone has a good night.
(Edward.. - Aww for your ds and his santa expectations).

Well done baby Groovy. I usually feed Seth on and off all evening until about 11pm, then he'll wake anytime between 3am and 5am but he goes straight back to sleep in his carrycot then wakes again about 7 or 8am. He's more than happy to go back to sleep then too but I'm normally up with DD. This morning I got a lie in till 10:30 though. It Was Bliss!

Last night's curry definitely had an effect today. I was worried he'd be really windy, he hasn't been, but we've had severally dirty nappies. At least I know what to do if I think he's bunged up. :o

Breastmilk definitely works on sticky eyes. Seth keeps getting them, it's because the tear ducts aren't formed yet. Breastmilk and gently massaging under the corner of his eye near his nose clears it up. If they look bloodshot go to the Dr's though. DD's ended up being down to a stinking cold.

We've just had a horrid drive back from Chorley. Hail & sleet on the motorway so I couldn't see the road markings, then we hit traffic on the M61where they'd shut a lane due to a burnt out car. I'd fed Seth before we left, but it was cluster feed time. He woke because the car stopped and he was screaming! Then DD woke and was crying about earache. DH was trying to put Seth a dummy in but he wouldn't take it.
We had a very loud 15 minutes before we were able to get off the motorway.

It's been snowing here but not stuck. It's supposed to hit again soon and last till morning, it's gone very cold in the last couple of hours so we might wake up to a white world. I hope so! I love snow when I don't have to travel :)

It all went to pot tonight! That's her just settling now! Maybe she will sleep longer in morning then and allow me a long lie...?! Wishful thinking maybe!!

Its gone all white here in Glasgow! Came on heavy a few hours ago. One thing I was really looking forward to with maternity leave was not having to get out for work in the morning when the snow hit. I shall watch everyone else shoveling from the warmth of my home

Amotai tends to go down between 9pm - 10.30pm, and will wake at 3 ish, 6ish then 8ish up for the day as a rule. It's been the same for about 3 weeks now, and am starting to wonder how to get him to drop the 6ish feed but am not sure and suspect I'll just have to let it run its course. I've noticed that it doesn't seem to matter what time he goes down though as he'll wake at the same times regardless!

Penelope my ds has always been like that (he's now 2yo) no matter how late he's up he's up between 5-6 every morning even in winter [it's barbaric getting up when it's still THAT dark]

groovy I'm in caldercruix which is about 25 mins from Glasgow and quite high ground and we woke up to White blanket this morning it's now a couple of inches deep ( really hope it doesn't get any deeper) as dh can't afford time off work. nor could I cope with him in the house!

Does anyone find that their day/routine flows easier with dh home? Mhairi is always really unsettled at weekends or whenever dh is off work and seems to feed a lot more and be fussier going to sleep.

Sorry I meant without dh home!

edward my nights sound almost the same as yours, definitely no sleeping through for us, but it is much better than a few weeks ago so can't complain too much but envious of you groovy and others who are getting lots of sleep!
I find it easier with DP home for the extra pair of hands but sometimes more difficult as we don't follow my daytime routine so sometimes Elijah gets grumpy and unsettled.
I WANT SNOW! But living in south Devon chances are very slim

I agree Edward! M is always more unsettled at the weekend - because we're out of 'our' routine. Also from heading out to see people/do chores or having visitors at home. During the week everything seems a bit more sedate!

Had an unusually good night last night - 11pm, 3am and then 7am. M started crying at around 6 but when I went in he was asleep and I wondered if he was having a nightmare - then he let off a massive fart and stopped crying!

We used a sleeping bag for the first time last night. became a bit of a necessity as he few nights before he had not only worked himself well above the covers (so he was probably cold) but edged all the way over to one side of the cot, had his hand through the bars and was then frustrtade that he couldn't get his hand in his mouth!

So many people keep expressing surprise to me that M isn't sleeping through the night - they obviously have miracle babies - and also that he needs so much feeding during the day - often he wants a feed every 2 hours. Getting fed up with DH's 'helpful' relatives who keep suggesting that maybe it's because there isn't enough nutrition in my milk. MIL has said it to me at least 4 times!

Pebble we went to a wedding in Devon in April a few years ago. DH still had his winter tyres on and was wondering whether to change them to summer tyres yet. I told him to do it and said he was being ridiculous...it NEVER snows in Devon, I said with authority (having lived in Exeter for 7 years). So, of course, we woke up on Sunday morning to a blanket of snow and then had a horrible journey back to Kent to my parents, and then on to Holland. Anything is possible! Hoping that the weather isn't quite so bad this year though. heading back to the UK by car in 2 and a half weeks and I am SO EXCITED! Done all my Christmas shopping, picking up M's ID card later today.

Miserbale weather here today - I can hear the rain battering against the window. feeling sorry for all the schoolkids cycling past my house who'll be sitting in wet clothes all day (btu also feeling slightly smug at being indoors, warm and dry!)

Sorry, mammoth post! Making the most of the fact that M has gone back to sleep!