Jan 06 babies - no sleep til....!

[GeorginaP]

Hi there. Anyone feel up to joining me from Jan 06 ante-natal thread?

Forgot about Ikea will have a look when I get a minute hope they deliver though don't think I could get it in the back of a Clio.

SK, I dont think Ikea do online orders that they deliver but if you go to the shop and buy your stuff you can drop it off at the delivery counter (for a small fee of course) and it will arrive at your house that same week. Much better than some bed companies. On the down side, you do have to race to the store when you know the stuff you like is in stock. We have a Sultan Hasselback mattress and it is great. I highly recommend it! Zzzzzzz... lovely!

My goodness - I have never seen so much poo! Alex had not done anything for a day or 2 and it finally all came out while I was changing his nappy earlier. I used about 10 wipes to catch it all. He did 3 little wees while he was at it to add to the fun. I really couldn't believe it but he must feel so much better now.

I have only seen Desperate Midwives onces. Is it just once a week or more often? Would like to see it again.

ooh definitely check out ikea beds sk - we 'revitalised' our old bed with one of their 'top mattresses' - the most expensive one if i remember rightly - but a great investment! Cheaper than a new bed & soooo comfy. And you can turn it over much more easily than a complete mattress

sorry to hear about jabs and unsettled babies... hope they've all had a better day. No jabs here till 3mths - glad I don't have to face it yet, but he'll be even more aware of what's going on then :(

I've finally booked to visit the rellies in the UK - off next week Wednesday to Wednesday. Taking Theo & Clemmie - so not anticipating a holiday! Clem is 23 mths, so keeping her in her own seat on the plane may be a bit of circus! But it'll be nice to get to my mum's and let her take over (she's great like that!!)

My dad is in Australia visiting my sister, and to be honest I'm quite glad, cos he's being v insensitive in the whole break up with his lovely gf of 6yrs (who I will be visiting). Families - who'd have 'em eh?? He will probably come out here sometime in the summer.

So looking forward to visiting Waitrose Anything new in the last 2 yrs I should look out for? :) :)

Rach - did you ever get a "de-brief" about your CS from your MW? Know you're so much more experienced than most here on the childbirth front but it sounds like you've been pretty deeply affected by Finn's birth. Are you sure you're ok with all the whys and wherefores.

We do seem to be missing quite a few people at the mo To be expected I suppose - all knackered but enjoying LOs.

Lisa - hope Lola's a bit more settled today.

Tickle - bet you're so looking forward to your trip I love Waitrose but our nearest on is quite a trek. I tend to overdo all their ready made salady things (I'm a sucker for sun blush tomatoes mmmmmmm)so can't help on the new lines front I'm afraid.

Sweetkitty - good luck with the bed hunt. I love Ikea too. We got Dom's changing unit from there and it's brilliant.

Eshay - I can so sympathise with the poo. And why is it always so foamy? (or is it just that Dom is such a fartpants that he aerates his beforehand!!) Dh got a handful in mid change yesterday and wasn't amused - it was so funny. Annoying though when you end up using about 3 nappies in one change.

PS - Georgie have found a bit more about Gina Ford and have changed my mind . The prospect of more sleep appeals greatly so I'm off to buy the book tomorrow. DH is a bit of a routine fiend so maybe Dom will too.

Hello all, firstly - aren't all the pictures lovely! I really enjoyed seeing the LO's (and must confess was equally excited to finally put names and faces together!)

Bee had her hearing test today, apparantly the hospital shouldn't have let us leave without her having it... not at all disconcerting . Fortunately everything appears to be fine!

Lisa - Hope your LO is better now? Mmm calpol, is it wrong that I'm looking forward to having that stuff in the house? I swear, I could probably drink that stuff .. maybe not whilst BF tho'!

Eshay - Bee loves the bath too! She goes in with DP, they have their 'splash time' together, tis very cute! The only problem is getting her out after, have you tried baby massage? It seems to calm our LO down..

Oo Ikea! I just wish there was one closer to us, Norfolk isn't exactly a small place but as of yet we don't have one! It's also annoying that there delivery is so expensive, only worth doing it if you want something big or lots of stuff, not the £30 I'll spend :)

Rach69, can sympathise with your crap night, I've had a pretty awful day with Bee, I'm not sure what is wrong with her (I'm thinking it might be her 6 week growth spurt), she's fed, changed and will she sleep? Goodness me no... the worrying thing is today she's only had a total of about 2 hours sleep (on top of the night which she slept on off from 10-7!). Surely this isn't enough? She's certainly a grumpybum today, but won't settle. I'm sat in a dark room with her at the moment, she's in her Moses basket, she's quiet but she's certainly not asleep (it's been almost an hour now!) Poor thing, going to change and feed her and hope for the best! At least she's not screaming now.. :(

Tickle - Not sure if you're a vegetarian but Waitrose do the most amazing meatballs! We had some the other week and they were fab! Such a treat.

Anyway, I'm off to try and get little-miss grumble pants to sleep! Sending my night time vibes to all the other little ones!
Stars
x

Hiya girls
Lola's a bit better today but she's still had a couple of screaming fits and the only thing that seems to calm her is putting her in the car seat in her buggy and moving it about a wee bit. Am really hoping this isn't going to be a permanent thing. I know the jabs are for the best but I feel really resentful that they seem to have caused such a change in her.

Have managed to get some time today between her outbursts to get some stuff on ebay (feel free to have a browse \link{http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZbbwbabelisaQQhtZ-1\HERE} (hope that link works!)

Esther - Poor Alex, the wee soul must have been really uncomfortable with all that in the works. Hope he's OK.

Re Gina Ford, I've got the book but I think it's a wee bit too strict for me. Lola seems to be in an OK routine, she feeds about 11-12 then sleeps til about 5am, settles around 6 and sleeps til 9 or later. I reckon if it ain't broke...

I know it was a while ago that someone mentioned Freecycle, but I've been meaning to post about another great site!

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If any of you have books you no longer want/read compile a library then get busy swapping them for books you do want! I've found it to be a huge success, it takes some work to begin with (just getting all your book info in..) but it can easily be staggered, it isn't always a success (not everyone wants the books you have etc!) but still, I've managed to get some brilliant books, all for books I no longer wanted!

Thought I'd let you know about it anywho... let me know what you think!

Hope you are all having a good Friday! Bee slept last night (finally!) looking forward to the weekend! Off to the country to see my IL's, WOO!
xxx

hiya all

rach

thanks for missing me. we're fine, just mad busy. alex feeds fairly frequently, but as it's stopped hurting now (nips FINALLY healed, phew), that's no problem, just time consuming. i'm still really enjoying him, the house is still a mess but i'm getting through the washing, with a little help with service washes at the launderette now and agian, and nobody's starving, so i reckon things are going well.

it was jabs day today, yuck. i cried! wasn't expecting to, but i'm obviously getting softer and softer with each succeeding baby! alex has been a bit unsettled, he's had 2 doses of calpol so far and has slept deeply since 6 pm. i hope he sleeps through the night! i'm not used to him sleeping in the evening. last night was our first full night, 11 - 6, fabulous and unbelievable, but maybe a one off, will keep you posted.

like you rach, i'm very excited with my washable nappies, i've got some tots bots, a bumble, some motherese and another green baby nappy. i'm using about half and half washables and dispies, but will maybe move to mostly disposables some time soon. i got some kushies too, but they're absolutely crap, i'll be trying to sell them so don't buy them whatever you do!

dd has gone to her first rock concert, my baby rock chick! kelly clarkeson, with her dad and a friend, hope they have fun.

ds has a friend over for sleepover, testosterone and smelly armpits abound here, i hope the baby isn't screaming all night! they're right next door.

right, i'm going to head for bath, then dream feed then bed.

nighty nite xxx

hi all just checking in whilst I have a minute or two. Went to a new Mother and Toddler group today, Abbie had a great time Talia didn't even open an eyelid for 2 hours in a room of 30 screaming toddlers. Thought I was insane but there was a mum there with 2 twin girls of 19 months and a 12 week old DD wow! But as DP said she probably gets a lot of help from her family. Phoned my mother today and she didn't even ask how Talia was doing don't know why I bother.

Eshay - poor Alex he must have needed that poo, speaking of which Talia does the loudest poo noises ever and her nappies are always really heavy, she's on size 3's already, don't remember Abbie having such heavy nappies on just milk. Most unladylike will remind her of this at 16.

Lisa - glad Lola is feeling better Talia will be having her jabs in a few weeks hate them.

lilstarry - hope Bee got some sleep bless her. On Ikea don't think I could ever only spend £30 we always take a list of what we need then you go in and see all these cheap really useful things and think oh I'll get that it's so cheap and you come out with a trolleyload that cost £300 or is that just me? Your nearest one is probably Lakeside or Milton Keynes isn't it?

Tickle - great you are having a visit home. I'm sure you will be fine on the plane too. I'm sure all the rellies will want to fuss over the new baby too.

Rach - hope Finn has had a better night last night for you bless him.

Has anyone else thinking or planned the christening/baby naming ceremony yet? I have to admit that we haven't got Abbie "done" as we were always in the process of moving. I don't know where to begin planning it. DP is RC and wants the girls to be RC too but I don't have a clue.

Hope you all have a good weekend x

Hi Lyra good to see you back & that Alex is doing well.

Tried the Gina Ford sleep thing(after a fashion) yesterday & hadn't realised just how little sleep Dom was getting - no wonder he's been cranky. We let him cry for a few minutes last night (all I could bear - I ended up in tears & had to go to him) but he only took about 10 minutes to settle & then slept from 7-11! Unfortunatley he went into hourly mode from 4 until morning but I think it was because he was cold as he kept kicking all his covers off. We've got a sleeping bag thing for him but hadn't used it yet so maybe it's time to get it out.

Sweetkitty - I never got DD christened or anything as I didn't want to bind her to a particular religion (exDH was a lapsed catholic). My beliefs are a bit of a mixture & DH is nonplussed about the whole thing so we're going to have a naming ceremony for Dom sometime in the summer. We'll probably combine it with a party to either see off or welcome home DD from her Vietnam trip.

Went to the garden centre today & bought a plant for Dominic. I love the idea of having a plant grow at the same time as the child. I had a prayer plant for DD but unfortunately it died whilst we were out of the country(must replace it sometime )I did want a tree for Dom but we settled for a beautiful fiery leafed bamboo type bush (evergreen)with red stalks (the tag fell off on the way home so I'm going to have to go back to find the name) We picked it as it looks best in winter/early spring - I'm so pleased with it. We're going to have a little potting up session tomorrow if it stays fine (DH is parked in front of the TV - rugby takes precedence in this house!)

Hi there one and all

Not a lot of love in our house today . Libby been hard work. bad night. grumbling all day today. decided to go for a walk and Mollie just grumbled all the way there and all the way back. i'm knackered and so is gav. we've been taking it in turns to deal with one or the other of them. just want to go and hide in the cupbaord under the stairs and cry. feel like an awful mother. just been grotty with mollie all day. snapping at her and dh. ugh. just want some sleep. been feeling v insecure as well. want to get back in shape and stop looking like i've been dragged thru a hedge backwards. i used to be so groomed . and now it's all i can do to brush my hair and put some cover-up on. i'm not a 'natural' beauty by the way. i do need some help in the mornings not to look like cr$p .just very aware that dh doesn't seem to be very tactile towards me at the moment. know he's prob just not wanting me to think he's pestering me, but a kiss and cuddle would be nice. i know i shouldn't moan as thousands of women would bite my hand off to be in my situation. friend of mine can't get pg for toffee. and i have 2 lovely girls. beautiful home and a lovely hubby. but..... i know it's only a matter of time until things get into a better routine. it's just a case of keeping my head above water for the first 3 months.

sorry to moan. as my mother says, tomorrow is another day.

Hiya,

After the massive poo the other day Alex didn't do anything for about 3 days again. I know it's perfectly normal but I don't like it one bit. I really think he would be happier if he did more regular poos. It's not all that foamy nymore but I suppose that's because I mix feed and on some days he gets more formula than BM.

We had our first perfect GF night here, with Alex sleeping between 7 and 7, fedding only at 10.30 and 3.30. I know it probably won't happen again for a wee while but it sure was great! To make up for all that perfect behaviour today was pretty awful...

My in-laws stayed with us last night and this morning Dh drove them to the airport. They are moving back to NZ so it was a sad goodbye and I had a good cry with my MIL. It's especially sad to think they will now miss out on so much of the two grandsons. On the upside: we are planning a holiday to NZ this October so people can meet Alex so we will see them again reasonably soon. Now we don't have any family left in the UK. Thank goodness I have you girls :)

Tickle, Have a wonderful trip back home. It will be great to have your mum take care of the kiddies. Did she ever make it back to DK after Theo was born?

SK, we're not planning any sort of ceremony. We're not religious so we're not doing a Christening and I'm not even too sure what a naming ceremony is. What happens and who is present?

Iris, great that the Gina thing is working ofr you, if only partially. I definitely love sleeping bags. Thomas has had one for ages and never gets cold. We still have Alex under a blanket as we still swaddle him. He just loves being swaddled. And it looks so cute and newborn-like :)

Geogie, sorry to hear you're having a tough day. Does it help if I tell you that we have days like that too? Today was not all that great here either. A stroppy toddler and a baby who just would not have a proper sleep or feed. I managed to have a little sleep but now DH is completely exhausted so I have him to tend to this evening. I just brought him a pint of Diet Coke. That might perk him up a bit. Don't you think that your DH's not being too tactile at the moment is most likely down to the fact that he is exhausted as well? It's just so tough, these first few months. Listen to your mum: Tomorrow IS anoher day. Gradually it will all get better and a bit easier. Tell your DH a cuddle would do you an awful lot of good. Sometimes these things just need to be spelled out :)

Well I spent the weekend shopping :) the weather is so icy/snowy/dank here. Got some nice bargains for Finn’s bedroom in Mothercare, with the money I saved on clothes because I got 7 babygros for 99p and 7 vests for 99p on ebay Also spent yesterday in Ikea (c’mon, who put that idea in my head?!) I’m so easily pleased with some bits and bobs and a hot dog!
Hi Lyra – glad everything’s ok – I think older kids are just as hard work as toddlers but mentally! I have to negotiate rugby training, karate and gym today with an extra kid for tea and no microchips (thanks asda – please substitute more items! Why can’t other people’s kids eat proper food?)
Georgie – hope you are feeling better, I think we all need spring to brighten us up. I also want my wound to heal (still not quite there) so I can get some exercise and lose some weight, am feeling heavy and frumpy – huge bf boobs don’t help!
Eshay – not sure when ‘desperate midwives’ is on – I just spot it on BBC3 (freeview) now and again, (I think I was watching ‘the apprentice’ first?). This is a new series set in Birmingham (the last one was Derby).

Iris – no, I am working myself up to officially complain to the hospital about my case – if only for some other poor soul having to go through it. But guess what? The mw who was so hateful has left (according to my gossipy mw – and mine wouldn’t be the first complaint about her) to go to SMA! (that figures, considering how supportive of bf she was).

Your tree sounds lovely, I’ve never had any of my kids christened as I’m a lapsed catholic and not really sure what other church I’d choose. Baby-naming sounds lovely but we both have so much family living far away and 2 sisters and a brother abroad that it would seem a bit empty.

I think sleeping bags are really great invention, Finn is so not like a newborn anymore – he’s out of 0-3 months clothes now, a real chunky monkey.

Tickle – how lovely to see the rellies with Theo – I took all 3 kids (and my bf, god love her) to NZ when dd was 22 months – lots of fun! Waitrose? You must be posh!

I think I have given up on my dream of a holiday in the sun – it would cost 1600-2000 at least in the school holidays. I now think I might go for Center Parc instead – lots to do, like luxury camping! And no sunburn, sunstroke, food poisoning, manky pools or chavs! Probably no sun either though…

Hope all the other babes (and mums!) are well.

hi all not a bad day here today, Talia has been asleep since 2.30pm so almost 4 hours will pay for that tonight. Abbie was asleep for an hour so managed a shower and to sort some pictures out so I can print them out. Don't know what happens at weekends but their sleeping patterns completely go to pot at weekends (I blame DP).

Georgie - I so know what you mean somedays are so hard. It feels like all DP and I do is have one or the other and then swap them between us. It's like OK I'll have them you go do X,Y and Z then we swap over. I just try and keep in my mind that this is the worst it can be and it will get better.

Iris - the tree thing sounds very nice

Rach - am at all your shopping. We had 4-5 inches of snow yesterday so we couldn't go anywhere. We got Abbie all wrapped up and out we went to play. DP and I had a great time building a snowman don't know ho impressed Abbie was though bless her. Has been raining most of the day here today though.

Eshay - defiantely know about the stroppy toddler and newborn and feeling completely exhausted. Am still completely BFing and it does get to you at 3 in the morning when DP is snoring and I am feeding. No point waking him up though. Abbie has started to have tantrums now as well! Sorry to hear all your relatives have gone home as well.

Well better get back to it take care xxx

Hi all

pants night last night & Dom has woken with the mosy awful red blotchy face (think it was the cheese I ate last night as I've not eaten any for ages) He went down 7-10 but then was up every 2 hours again. I've been up since 4 as I got so worked up that I couldn't go back to sleep (how stupid is that!) Didn't help that at 12 I woke up to DH crunching crisps and reading with all the bedroom lights blazing

Georgie - hope things are picking up for you. If it's any consolation I'm in the same boat (suspect we all are in varying degrees). Loveometer reads empty (& has done since getting back in the saddle)& there's no sign of any attention for the foreseeable as DH is preparing to go away to work at the weekend for 3 weeks (in between watching the bloody rugby and sodding Time Team or any other crappy programme - or reading in bed until all hours - Grrrrrrr)

and, to top it all, they still haven't delivered my bloody fluffles so I've got to buy even more bloody disposables - bloody, bloody, bloody!!!!
sorry to rant but needed to vent.

On a lighter note [attemptataweaksmile emoticon]
I'm v of all your snow and trips to Ikea (did you get your bed delivered in the end Sweetkitty?) but at least our snowlessness means I can go out easily. I'm meeting a mate later for lunch so that's something nice to look forward to.
Hope you're all well & sorry to be such an irisbigfatmiserypants - be better tomorrow

Hello all!

Long time no post... we've been fairly fully occupied with one very colicky baby, a bout of mastitis, and a mother-in-law visiting from Canada for three weeks. Unfortunately nice though she is, the MIL didn't help much with the baby (or anything of any practical value really) so I've been rather tearing my hair out. Three visits to a cranial osteopath seemed to help the colic (but not the MIL :)) for a good ten days, but on Sunday, and for no apparent reason, Scarlett became very unsettled once again, and despite yesterday's visit to the osteopath she's been terrible, and we now feel like we've regressed back to how she was two weeks ago. I had a good cry yesterday when DH got home, but still feel very angry at the world that this is happening to our little girl, who is otherwise such a happy smiley little cherub.

Anyhow, woe is me etc. I just wanted to say that even though I haven't had a chance to post I have been checking in on this page regularly, and it is still a great reassurance to see that we are all struggling with various issues... obviously it would be far perferable if we none of us had any worries at all to deal with - apart from the difficult question of which gorgeous outfit to dress our LO in each day! I am hanging on to the idea (which I have read many times) that things will improve greatly once we hit the three month mark... please tell me this is true?!!

I re-read GF yesterday after reading about your various successes, having dismissed it as being too regimented very early on. Suffice to say that it only made me feel more stressed at our complete lack of routine, and continued co-sleeping arrangements! I can't really see me being able to implement any of it with Scarlett until we have got the colic sorted.

I may book an appoinment with my mum's chiropractor, who has assured her that he can eliminate colic very easily (seems to good to be true quite frankly!). I'm willing to try anything now!

Anyhow, better go as my left arm is about to give up (from cradling Scarlett). Sending good vibes and virtual hugs to all you lovely ladies...

Aw no, normally I'm so happy to hear how we're all getting along, today tho' it sounds as if everyone's been having a bad time of it :( I'm sending sparkly stars and magical rainbows to you all!

We had a pretty bad time with it Sunday afternoon/evening, and again (a little) last night! Bee was just inconsolable Sunday, situation wasn't helped because we were at my IL's, who despite being lovely probably didn't help the situation (constant attention, me feeling nervous of my parenting skills!). It can be so hard, I'm relatively confident but sometimes I just feel like people are watching me and criticising! I'm a pretty firm believer in letting Bee whinge for a few minutes before rushing to hug her, obviously only when I'm sure there's nothing wrong.. and I mean whinging, not crying! She's such a star 99% of the time, when she is a bit of a beast it's a real shock and bloomin' hard work!

She's sleeping at the moment tho', thank goodness! I'm trying to get my mums motherday present sorted (I'm making her a photo scrap book of all the pictures of Bee).. I know it's not until NEXT weekend but I'm going home this weekend to celebrate my birthday so I'd like to get it done before then! :)

I best get on, just wanted to let you all know we're all in a similar sleep-deprived boat, just keep smiling and enjoying the good bits!
Love to you all!

Hi y'all

Just a quickie to let you know that I haven't jumped off a cliff . So glad to hear that everyone else has days from hell as well. Well, not glad that you do, but you know what I mean.

Things have been better since Sunday. Managed to get a nap with Libby on Monday and she slept better last night so got some kip as well. Feeling a lot more sane today. Mollie has been lovely and very helpful today. She saw me polishing the bedroom and whipped the duster and polish from me and went off to do her room . Bless.

I do however think that my tendancy to want things 'just so' might need to be tamed as I caught her in the bathroom with the toilet brush down the loo trying to get her little poo stains off

She's only 4 and a half!!!

Anyway, just wanted to pass on love and hugs to all and say thanks for the kind words.

Am off to the Big Scream tomorrow. Our local Odeon has a special screening of a film for mums and babies. They lower the volume a bit and set up a nappy changing station as well. How cool is that????

Sleepy vibes to one and all

G xx

Hope all the restless babies (mine included!) are feeling better, I blame the weather, or a growth spurt, or something... Everything does pass, honestly! :) I'm just so pleased to be at home (and not at work this time) that I want him to be a baby forever!

Had parent's evening tonight for ds2 and dd - I could have punched ds2's teacher (also the deputy head) who is a sanctimonius old cow - she said ds2's work had slipped (ie he only has the reading age of an 11 yr old now - he's only 9!!) and that he has 'obviously been very disturbed by the new baby'. I was speechless, I don't doubt she has a point, any baby is an added stress on the family but how the hell would she know anything about what goes on in my family? The whole uncertainty of me being in hospital before the birth was horrible and unsettling for all of us but it could have been due to any stay in hospital when the kids had to stay with their grandmother. Ds2 is probably the most interested and attentive of Finn. When dd grumbled 'why does Finn get all the attention' he even replied 'because he is the most precious'! I always tell them that they are all precious, but that babies are delicate. Grrr It was the way she said it really, making me feel like some rabbit with every child having a different father. She admitted his work was much better now. Dd's teacher (who has just selected ds2 and dd for the school gym team and knows him well) said they had both been a little quiet for a while but that they were probably just missing me. She said she didn't go looking for deep psychological trauma in normal behaviour, hear hear!

Georgie - that sounds really innovative, what is the film?

Morning all feeling really grotty here today, am so so tired. Went to bed at 10pm last night Talia was practically sleeping downstairs so thought a quick BF and she'll go down, well she went to sleep OK put her in the bedside cot next to me and she woke up, cue 1 1/2 hours of me trying to get her off to sleep (DP sound asleep beside us too ) anyway eventually got her off to sleep, she wakes at 4 for a feed takes ages getting back to sleep, cats wake me up twice fighting downstairs and trying to get into the linen cupboard double , DP gets up at 6.15am for work, Talia wakes wants another feed at 6.30am, then Abbie is awake at 7am!!! Feeling very down about it all today sorry about the rant.

Got the dentist tomorrow and I am terrifed, last time I went I was sedated and it was great, didn't know where I was but this time can't be due to BFing, have to have some teeth repaired including part of one that fell out the day after T was born .

Iris - we ended up not getting a bed from Ikea as we cannot get there in the forseeable future (ling story) have ordered a nice one from a local store though, can't wait for it to arrive.

Loomer - hi good to see you sorry to hear your LO has colic, mine don't seem to suffer from it (touch wood) always feel so sorry for them poor little mites, still it does pass quite quickly.

lilstarry - I felt like you with your ILs when I first had Abbie and I was 29 so I think it's nothing to do with age, if she was unsettled everyone seems to know why "hunger" "colic" "tired" etc everyone's an expert. Remember my mother trying to get Abbie to sleep she kept putting her down and Abbie kept waking and crying of course it had to be colic not that she hated not being held, Abbie would only sleep being held at one poitn thankfully she grew out of it. It's hard though especially if you are feeling stressed yourself and thinking you are not doing it right.

Georgie - glad you are feeling a bit better it's like that though some days you feel awful and other you think this isn't too bad after all.

Rach - your poor ds2 I think I would have punched his teacher too. I think it's bad enough getting "told off" by the HV don't know how I will cope when others start critising my princesses! Bound to be unsettling for them while the family dynamnics change, you sound like a great mum btw!

Right am off to change some nappies, SK x

Hey all things have been soooo busy here and ds is soooo demanding. Can't be put down, waking every 2hrs (hourly after 4am), crying constantly if you put him down. Not fun with an almost 2yr old.
Finally took him to the doctors yesterday have a great GP and she said, sounds like silent reflux apparently not all reflux is sicky and they drink relentlessly as when they stop they are in pain. He has been prescribed baby gaviscon and he has been beaut today a different child, long may this continue.
We have an appt with the homeopath anyway next week just in case.
ds is now just over 10pounds but 59cm long.
No action in the bedroom for us at all, still feel loose and flappy if you know what I mean and terrified of hurt as my bits are still sensitive with scar tissue etc.
Eshay where will you be going when you come to NZ in October. You'll both have to get a webcam and hook up with the GP that way, that was what we did before we moved back, worked pretty well.

Take care everyone, hope it all starts to improve from here for us all.

Hi

Just to say dont get online much but things going well. Have a very good baby who feeds and sleeps well. Is enormous - had to put her in 3 to 6 months from end of first week!

Just cant keep up with reading the messages but hope the colic and unsettledness goes away to those to whom it applies.

Hope the sleep deprived get more too.

Hope to catch up more in the future - DH has some days off over next few weeks so maybe then

Bye for now

Hello everyone,

Have not had a chance to read the whole thread but have read a few from the top sorry to see not all is going well for everyone

I may as well join in the rant, having down days & up days but mostly down, have found that i am very emotional & have to cry at the end of everyday i want to cry through the day but i try & hold it together & show to everyone i am ok (dp says this is wrong)

I don't know why i feel the way i do i can not even explain it, i have the most perfect baby she never ever crys unless she wants feeding or bum changed or some attention she is just fantastic, i am so so grateful for this as i think if she had been slightly harder i probably would have crumbled by now as ds is my main problem at the mo. Ds is getting a bit better we have the bad days & good with him, but his behaviouuer is very destructive quite alot & he is extremley jealous of Sophie but is coming round to the idea a bit better now.

Ds has also started a new nursery which he goes to on a tues,fri morning so thats better than nothing, i was so scared of leaving him because of what happened in the last one but he was fine, he needs to go to nursery because he loves it & misses it so much but to be honest if i could have my way i would have him at home now till he was due to start school BUT thats not in the best interests of ds !!

Just to top of a crap time my boiler has packed in so we have no heating or hot water its freezing & we all have to go over to my sisters or mums to get bathed etc its a real pain, we have 2 little heaters in the house which is better than nothing but we all have stinking colds & coughs,

I have given up on the breast feeding front which i am totally gutted about but to be honest i was so so stressed with what was happening in my life that breast feeding was just stressing me out even more, everytime i wanted to be alone sophie would cry for food & i was finding it al to demanding especially with ds being very jealous as he would do something naughty whilst i was trying to breast feed, it just got to much, so bottles for us now, i am gutted i hate bloody bottles & all that comes with them but thats life

Sophie was weighed on monday & is now 11lb 10ozs so she is doing really well she is now 8 weeks.

Well dp is home today i am having a bit of a down day so quite glad of it really.

Speak to you all soon, take care xxx