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October 2011 - Let the poo obsession begin

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PenguinArmy · 13/10/2011 10:55

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

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dannid · 12/12/2011 23:18

Evening everyone! Thanks for all the get better messages, think the antibiotics have now kicked in and am feeling a lot better than I did yesterday Smile

Seems like there's lots of coughs and colds doing the rounds... I hope your all feeling better soon...think the lack of sleep etc makes us all that bit more susceptible to it at the mo.

B has had a rash all over his face now for weeks, the health visitor said its hormonal and nothing to worry about...is this the same as baby acne or something different?! Either way B is not bothered by it at all, just looks horrid!!

Had a massive row with DH tonight, he is currently sulking on the sofa while I have come onto bed with B. I don't really know what started it now (it's quite rare for us to argue)...but he has turned into a bit of a chauvinist since I have been on mat leave. I now seem to be expected to do 'everything' round the house now...to the point that he just dumped his plate on the side tonight rather than putting it into the dishwasher (apparently it was full...so why not bloody well turn it on and wash the plate in the sink!!!!!) and then moaned that I hadn't yet put the clean bed covers on the bed so he couldn't get into bed!!! I totally lost it with him and started listing all the little things that he keeps doing that irritate me at the moment Blush think it must be my hormones but it has made me so Angry Not only that but he held B for ten mins tonight before handing him back to me cause he was crying (apparently the fact that I'm breast feeding means DH has the 'I think he needs feeding' excuse to use when ever he wants!!!!!) AngryAngryAngry Sorry for the rant, had to get it out before I thumped DH for being such a pig!!! Wink

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 03:59

No sign of AF here either M is almost 7 weeks I think lochia has stopped or it does for s few days at a time then comes back and I keep thinking that is start of AF

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 07:28

Sorry about ur dh dan mine seems to flit between the chauvinist who does nothing and expects me not to leave the house to a dream man who does everything!
He'll do all the housework then suggest taking kids to my mums or something "to help me cope"
Or he does absolutely nothing and when pulled up he says I'm off work anyway and hes not. Not sure which annoys me more lol.
I had Xmas craft fair on Sunday and was a total dive Sad I made £21 and my table cost me £15 Shock so now have 30 Xmas hampers cluttering my house Sad

Does anyone elses baby fall asleep while still on the breast and if so do u still burp them?

Engelsmeisje · 13/12/2011 08:09

I just managed to trip our fuses by putting on the washer and dryer at the same time (DH TOLD me not to!). Lovely smell of burning from an overheated plug and all the lights snapped off [shock ] (was still dark here this morning so I was rooting around with the fuses, using the baby phone as a torch!). DH was NOT pleased. And it's not even 9am yet!

M had kind of rash on his face a few weeks back, but it cleared up by itself. Apparently it's really common among breastfed babies.

Had first round of injections yesterday. He screamed! Sad (for about one minute, then forgot all about it!).

M has a ruptured navel. It's been there for a good few weeks and at our 4 week appt the doctor told us not to worry but it's gotten bigger and when he cries it's HUGE! At 8 week check yesterday, got it checked again again and they said as long as we can push it in, it's fine, but that it may take up to a year to sort itself out.

I know what you mean dan. DH has been muttering that he doesn't have any T-shirts (as I have ignored my iron since M was born) and yesterday I finally cracked and ironed them. To be fair to DH though he does most of the cooking (he's much better at it than me). But it's quite annoying as I love xooking as well, and I hate washing-up with a passion. No room for a dishwasher Sad (or as DH says, we have a dishwasher, it's called engels "Ha bloody ha" - my usual response).

CheshireDing · 13/12/2011 10:34

Hope you and DH are friends again this morning Dannid Grin. DH and I fell out last night too, but tbh it's me being cranky, yes the dining table was covered in all his tat and the valuer is coming today but it just made me mad. I don't know if it's lack of sleep as to why I am cranky but then I cannot have a daytime nap because it's just not me so that's not a problem that will be solved anytime soon :(

Hope you get your fuse issue sorted Engels :)

Edward P doesn't fall asleep whilst on my boob but more does a lean-back-take-a-few-final-sucks-stretch-Cheshires-nip type of thing, then pops off and falls asleep with her mouth open! That's gratitude for you.

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 12:56

Cheshire that made me giggle! M falls asleep on the boob but doesn't let her head fall back till she's in a really deep sleep I always feel terrible for burping her and waking her but if I don't burp her I get really paranoid that she'll be sick and choke.

PenguinArmy · 13/12/2011 13:05

I don't wind if he's asleep. He wakes up soon enough if he has any

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GroovyRach · 13/12/2011 14:04

Sorry to hear about you all having arguments with dh/dp's! Sometimes I'm glad I'm on my own. I hate arguments!! I am no longer talking to S dad. He txt a wk past on Saturday there saying he would be over to see her on the Sunday as he was over my way that wkend to see friends (he stays a few hrs drive away). So I cancelled friends and the little shit never turned up AngryAngry. Turns out he got so drunk and was really hungover so went home early on the Sunday morning and never bothered his backside to tell me! I heard it through a mutual friend!!! So I have deleted him from my life. As far as I'm concerned, he isn't her dad as long as he is acting like this. Makes me so sad to say that as well Sad. In angry as I know he isnt a bad guy. I've known him for years first as friends then we got together. Obv this pregnancy wasn't planned and I got as much of a shock as he did but still. I never thought he would just forget about his daughter like he has. Can't help but feel this new gf has a part in it all. He will regret it tho, in months/years to come if when they are no longer together. He will regret the fact he missed out on so much of her as a baby. But he will only have himself to blame. It's so sad Sad

But anyway, onwards and upwards Smile

PenguinArmy · 13/12/2011 14:08

DH is still doing more housework than me.

I do wonder on these SAHM where the mothers do all the housework when that started as presumable not before the pregnancy. It amazes me that someone along the line just decides to stop doing their share Confused

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GroovyRach · 13/12/2011 14:23

Oh no! My mum has just agreed to come over tonight to watch S and let me go to pump and combat at the gym Confused. Shouldn't have just ate that chocolate cake Blush

dannid · 13/12/2011 15:41

Yeah we have made friends today Blush I did make sure that DH was the first to apologise tho!! Wink I think like u Cheshire the lack of sleep and hormones (and the fact that I have been poorly) has just taken its toll. Like I said we don't normally argue....and to be fair to DH he does do ALL the cooking and is normally brilliant with the boys. He is just soooo messy (I think it's a boy thing, and now I have 3 to contend with!!!) that I end up feeling like I spend my life going round tidying up after him and DS1! Anyway he has promised to make more of an effort round the house and suggested that I defrost some milk for B so that he can do the night feeds tonight!! Grin

Sorry to hear about your ex groovy...what a plonker!!! Sounds to me like you are both better off without him around at the moment and hopefully he will come to his senses soon and stand up to being the Dad he should be.

dannid · 13/12/2011 15:51

Oh and meant to say about winding that B tends fall asleep and I have tried both winding and not. If we don't wind then he seems to puke everywhere either as soon as he is led flat or if not then as soon as he wakes up! (he is a much more sicky baby than DS1 ever was) But I have found that if I wind him over my shoulder he tends to stay asleep while I do it!

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 16:50

Moan alert!!!

I'm having the worst time ever ATM
Boiler still not working need a new pump it's on order, drain blocked, went to meet a friend at soft play today and wipers on car not working so can't go out came in to phone friend and dropped iPhone which is now smashed!
Then broke down crying and upset ds!
Just feels like everything that goes wrong is stealing my time from my babies! I'm now definitely going to have have to go back early to my shitty job Sad

GroovyRach · 13/12/2011 16:57

Oh ed hugs to you

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 18:53

And ds has now just puked everywhere!!

emmazed · 13/12/2011 19:36

ed sounds like a horrible day. hope tonight is better for you

MamaMaiasaura · 13/12/2011 20:09

Sad Edward what a very very shit day very un-mn hugs to you. I'd have cried too, actually I would still be crying.

Missed loads on here again. Tried to find fudge recipe but can't find it on here. Can someone remind me of it as want to make some with ds's

PenguinArmy · 13/12/2011 20:37

I would have cried long before you did. Hope tomorrow is better for you.

Awen copied from above

EdwardorEricCantDecide Thu 08-Dec-11 08:10:37
it's 200-300g of dark choc
1 can condensed milk
50g butter

Put all in plastic mixing bowl and into microwave for 3 mins
Line baking tray with greaseproof paper.
When done mix v well and pour into tray and put in fridge to set. then cut into squares

Told u it's too easy! End up eating it all the time

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PenguinArmy · 13/12/2011 20:38

I don't actually know if that is fudge or not?

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MamaMaiasaura · 13/12/2011 21:30

Thank you penguin. Going to make some and eat it all

EdwardorEricCantDecide · 13/12/2011 21:55

According to nigella it's fudge but she does say that a real confectioner would disagree. It only really works with good dark choc (any other kind and it doesn't set I've tried lol)
Am now going in for a nice hot bath with a book to destress and dh brought me in galaxy choc so feeling better already :-)

MrsHende · 13/12/2011 22:13

Hooray for chocolate and fudge, makes a lot of things better!

We had to go to Yorkhill, the children's hospital with L today. We had an appointment to see if she had a tongue tie. She did and had it snipped there and then! Rather traumatic for DH and I but after a wee scream and a good feed L was fine.

We had to walk through a ward to get to the room we were going to and it just made me so grateful that we were there for a quick and minor appointment, lots of tiny babies hooked up to scary machines.

Hope you and all your babies are well tonight x

LittlePebble · 14/12/2011 03:31

Edward hope you have a better day today x
Dannid glad you and DH made up, we've had a few silly rows too I think sleep deprivation and hormones are a killer!
Groovy I'm sorry your ex is being such a prat, he's mad as S is gorgeous it's definitely his loss.

Well I am amazed as just doing first feed of night 5 hours after went to bed!! Longest yet and after last few nights it's much needed as I've been ill and really struggled with lack of sleep as well.
Hope you all have had equally good nights Grin

MamaMaiasaura · 14/12/2011 07:48

Thanks for recipe Edward and for reporting penguin. Is in fridge cooling. Only had 200g of dark choc so will see how it comes out. Made jelly too so lots of naughty bits cooling in fridge Smile

J was a pickle last night and wanted to party... Not much sleep till 1 but she's soundo now and had milk at 6

CheshireDing · 14/12/2011 07:57

Think I might need to explain to P that Father Christmas doesn't come to babies that don't sleep. She didn't go to sleep until midnight (which she hasn't done since she was newborn), then woke at 2.30am, 4.30am, 6am. She is now punching her basket and trumping, arrrggghh.

Soooo tired, might drown in the pool at swimming.

Groovy I think your ex is an idiot, you would think as a grown up he would be more sensible now S is around wouldn't you really. You are doing the right thing though, just you and S get on with things and sod him Wine

Edward surely today will be better for you - fingers crossed.