Sept 2008 - no witty title as we're too busy dealing with stroppy 3 yr olds.

[MrsArchchancellorRidcully]

Hello all. Couldn't see a new thread so thought I'd do the honours. Sorry for rubbish title, I'm no good at witty! :)

Yes - I saw DG had a lovely baby boy on Monday afternoon. Looking forward to birth story!

Becaroo DD has only ever had one McD in her life and that was cos we were at a service station on the way back from holiday at about 9pm. When she can ask for one, she can have one

Went to London to stay with family, back a day early! It was a bit of a disaster. M was at her most boisterous and annoying. The house and my relatives aren't really family friendly so it was really noticeable. I was really tired and so didn't react to it particularly well.

Dd1 was tired and whingy and wet the unprotected bed that I was in! They didn't eat any of the extremely adventurous food they were given ..........

Never mind you live and learn. We did go to a lovely play at the southbank, to the cinema and the wetlands centre which was fun and my aunt did an Easter egg hunt for them.

I love my aunt and uncle but just felt awful all the time.

Glad to be home :) exh is having them tonight and for the next couple of days which is good but I feel bad that they're time with me wasn't the best :(

Have you seen the Facebook picture of DG's baby, sooooo sweet :)

Carrie, I can understand the Barbie thing. Dd1 ended up with olds, but she's sold them :) I've bought her playmobil now in the hope that M will get more into that but I think the lure is too great.

So glad easter is over, we are chocolated out.
And it is hailstoning and thundering here.
Back to nursery/school on tuesday so some normality will reign. Luckily my lot all get along reasonably well but dd1 is a bossy worryier and gets stressed when Robyn plays up and ds is so darn loud it drives you mad!

Just officially announcing on here - although most of you have prob seen on FB - that ds has a little brother, born on Easter Monday weighing 8lbs 12. Not quite the easy second birth I was hoping for gory details here. But we're home after two not unpleasant nights in hospital and I'm looking forward to my mums food and my own bed. Got there in the end!

Congrats digi .

Just the words 'code red' sent a shiver down my spine! Really pleased you are both ok. Lots of red meat and your mums yummy food for you I assume?

How is DS1 finding the transition to big brother?

Conratuliopns Digi the photos on facebook are gorgeous! It sounds a little scary at the end.

Woop woop congrats digi!! Cheers!

Well done digi

So glad you are both ok x

Congrats digi!!

Hurrahhh for digi and baby!!! He's utterly adorable and looks a lot like A. Enjoy the newborn cuddles and the sniffing of small, soft fuzzy heads. Sigh, just thinking about it makes my hormones go funny. Luckily it only takes a quick look at my two and the chaos they generate to acknowledge that my reproductive days are over!

Thanks for all your congrats! Ds2 doing really well - running me ragged already. Cluster fed all night, except for a couple of hours where I left him on my chest to sleep. But can't do that all the time as it gives me terrible back ache. Ds1 slept through all the crying though - we'll see if he repeats that tonight!

So, nipples are so painful now! Have lansinoh, anything else I could do? Just hoping that once supply is fully established that latching on won't be so traumatic.

Think ds1 is coping well. My dbros have been here all week keeping him company so he's been one of many for a few days. The weekend will probably be where we're left alone as a family of four so we shall see how he gets on then. Then he's back to pre-school next week.

Get teary everytime I think about what we've been through to get here, but then someone cries or demands my attention and there's no time to dwell. I'm also grateful that DH's patience with me is unlimited, I've been rather grumpy since getting home (baby blues combined with frustration at still being immobile).

Digi glad you are back home now. Any nipple pain you are getting is probably due to latch so keep checking it every time you feed and relatch if it looks/feels wrong. Try not to let it get worse, I know easier said then done, as poor latch can lead you on till all sorts of problems with poor supply and engorgement. Keep trying and enjoy your gorgeous new son

Many many congrats digi and just let dh look after you for the next few weeks - it's a blimmin rollercoaster with 2 in the first few weeks. I remember in the very early days when I was still bf, trying to get DD ready for bed whilst DS was clamped to my nipple. It all got a bit chaotic! But it is great and enjoy yirlur newborn snuggles on the couch when ds1 in preschool. I am so glad I've kept DD in nursery 3 days a week (despite feeling guilty about it).

Last night was awful. DD woke about 1.30 wanting to come in with us as she was afraid of scary monsters. After lots of persuasion (she never ever sleeps if she gets in with us) DP ended up sleeping on the futon in her room at 3am. Then as I was just dropping off, DS woke coughing and didn't resettle till 5am and my alarm went off at 6.30. I am soooooo tired but did get a 20min nap when DS slept. I just feel too tired to do anything and the sun is shining. Tbh, I've had a cold or catarrh on and off since Jan and am just fed up feeling ill. Sorry, mememe over.

MrsA I always used to suffer with colds that lingered and turned into cattarh and eventually sinusitis, but when i was pg I was prescribed beconase nasal spray and now at the first hint of a cold I use it morning and night and it holds the whole thing at bay, highly recommended!

Pacita I know what you mean about broodiness! I have to keep reminding myself that I don't have to act on it. Recently had AF back for first time since 2010, so hormones all over the place!

DS2 has got diarrhoea :( He's had runny/creamy poo for a couple of days, but yesterday afternoon I lifted him out of his car seat and the poo poured out of his trouser leg and actually splashed on the floor
He's happy in himself and still eating and drinking, I'm giving him extra water and dry plain food, thankfully he's old enough to eat toast and rice cakes. I'll skip his afternoon bottle since he doesn't take much anyway, and milk feeds the bacteria, and give him cooled boiled water and a snack instead. Got family visiting for the weekend so for many reasons I want him better, but mostly for his sake of course!

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Congratulations on your baby digi!

And on your engagement MrsA.

dd is 9 weeks and has hugely improved in the last couple weeks, some decent sleep, less vomit, but mainly just starting to be interesting! My brain is also working better and breasts not leaking so much. Hope it all continues. A is being mostly great, and says he really likes his baby sister. They had a bath together tonight which was very sweet.

Poor DS Carrie have you stopped breastfeeding him now? Lucy is the same atm, she kept us up most of the night last night, and I have just been upping the breastfeeds and cutting out as much food as I can, Robyn and ds tend to feed her if she asks.

Argggh. Bad bad nights here courtesy of DD not DS! DS is being woken by DD as she has nightmares.

I've posted separately and would appreciate any thoughts you guys have. We are all struggling.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/1450881-Help-Need-advice-DD-3-5-waking-every-night-with-night-terrors

MrsA - that sounds tough. DD1 was badly affected by M being born and it did go with time.I don't have good advice about the night wakings though if she won't settle in bed with you. Sorry

mrsa So sorry about Cs night terrors I dont have any advice, but sending lots of sympathy. Have you had a word with your HV/GP? Could be a reaction to Ds being born. Has she moved rooms at nursery recently/changed key worker? Does she need to be at home with you more?...could be so many things.....

So.

Toby first day at pre school I took him at 9am. Only told him he was going yesterday afternoon. He wasnt best pleased Seemed a bit overwhelmed at first - about 18 kids in all. They were happy for me to stay (after last years debacle at another pre school) and I left after an hour. He was playing outside when I left. Its a "free flow play" pre school...is that a new thing? The door is open all the time and the kid can come and go, which Toby will love.

Oh I hate this

bookmarking. Back from holiday and have a million jobs to do but can't be bothered to do any of them!

bec how are you doing? Have a or do you need something a little stronger?! I'm sure Toby will be fine.

MrsA DD used to cry and cry in the night for no reason when she was aged 2-3. She was settled by one of us sleeping on her bedroom floor - we kept a futon mattress in there for a couple of months. Sorry can't offer any more help than that.

DS2 is better, I've never been so glad to see solid poo!

debs I'm still bf morning and night but my supply is at rock bottom, I expect he'll reject it soon but hey ho, he's nearly 8 months.

Can anyone remember what age their DCs sat up? DS2 can sit for a bit but not well enough that I would leave him sitting on the floor, he topples pretty quickly. DD sat up at 6 1/2m and I can't remember when DS1 did but I'm sure it was by now. Its so much easier when you can plonk them down rather than lying them in the middle of the floor or having to find a docking station

Huge congratulations to Digi on your gorgeous new baby and MrsA on your engagement

Bec I hope T has had a good morning at pre-school.

It's reassuring to read that some of you are having a few issues with your darling 3 yr olds! DS2 has been going through a long phase of bursting into tears and screaming at ridiculous things- bascially anything he doesn't want to hear ranging from being told no he can't do/have something to being corrected when he says something that's wrong. DS1 doesn't help as although he is generally lovely he tends to try to do things for ds2 or tell him he won't be able to do that. And they are both so bossy and headstrong when they are playing so it usually results in ds2 crying within about 10 mins.
It was really noticable on holiday as the friends we were staying with don't have children so I was more aware of their behaviour.

We had an amazing holiday. The flight out was fine but long and boring. The boys loved the thousands of programmes, films and games on the tvs and slept reasonably well. We managed to keep them awake until normal bedtime so other than feeling like we'd had a couple of late nights we weren't really jetlagged at all. We took our friend's campervan away for a few days which apart from being very rainy were good. Did a boat trip where we saw dolphins and a penguin which was very exciting!
Then headed back to Auckland via an amazing beach- DS1 had been asking ever since we arrived if he could go swimming and his face as he ran into the sea was amazing! DS2 loved the water too which was great as in Cornwall last year he hadn't liked the sea at all.
Spent Easter weekend in Auckland, DH jumped off the sky tower!
Then went away again with the campervan and our friends to a gorgeous area with beautiful beaches including one with hot springs that come up through the sand. You dig a hole and then just sit in it, it was like a bath that never got cold! Then went down to Rotorua which has geysers and bubbling mud everywhere- very surreal! Did the luge there too which was great fun.
Then back to Auckland for a rugby match before coming home. The flight back was horrible. DS1 had been sick the night before we left (ds2 had been sick a couple of days before but we thought it was maybe sunstroke at the time) and although I felt bad about gettting on a plane knowing we were contagious we decided it was best to get back. He was sick twice more on the plane (once all over me, gross) and then I had the runs and was sick too! So it was a pretty miserable 30 hours!