December 2011 - crying and grizzling (and that's just the mums!)

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FairyBayleaf DC1 EDD 6th Dec BORN 29th Sept Albert Elwyn 2lb 14oz
Tjuice DC2 EDD 21st November BORN 7th Nov Amaya Rose 3kg
Sevensevenseven DC2 EDD 20th Dec 25yo Southwold BORN 21st Nov Eva Rose 5lb 4oz
Girlwiththemouseyhair DC2 EDD 24th Nov Maggie Juliet BORN 25th Nov 8lb 9oz
YBR DC1 EDD 22nd Dec BORN 25th Nov (girl) 6lb 3.5oz
LittleBlueBoat(Cheeptrick) DC2 EDD 5th Dec 29yo S.Yorkshire BORN 26th Nov Hope Brynn Frances 8lb 9oz
Kri5ty DC1 EDD 13th Dec 26yo Manchester Boy BORN 29th Nov Saul Harrison 6lb 13oz
LauraSmurf DC1 EDD 3rd December Girl BORN 30th Nov
BeeMyBaby DC2 EDD 29th November 25yo Scotland BORN 1st Dec Safia Hawwa 7lb6oz
SoTiredOfTheWheelsOnTheBus DC2 EDD 7th December BORN 1st December Boy 8lbs5oz
Iggly DC2 EDD 2nd December South London BORN 2nd Dec (Girl) 8lb 1oz
Girlsyearapart DC4 EDD 6th December BORN 3rd Dec (Boy) 7lb 7oz
HoneyLovesCake DC1 EDD 2nd December Cornwall BORN 6th Dec Rocco Kaleb 8lb 14oz
Mmmmcheese DC2 EDD 25th December 32yo BORN 7th Dec (Girl) 7lb8oz
Itsybitsy08 DC2 EDD 6th December Boy BORN 9th Dec Kieran 8lb4oz
Msbuggywinkle DC3 EDD 13th December 27yo BORN 10th Dec Miranda 8lb6oz
OiMissus DC1 2 December, 39yo, Horwich, Bolton BORN 10th Dec (Boy) Alistair Jude 9lbs
jigglebum BORN 11 Dec Freya 7lbs
Pludophtherednosedreindeer (plupervert): DC2 EDD Dec 10 (Kent) BORN 12 Dec Helena 8lb 6oz (3.8kg)
NorthernChinchilla- EDD 19th December, BORN 12th Dec, Boy, 7lb 7oz
Jomouse DC1 EDD 2nd December 35yo London BORN 14 Dec (Girl) 5lb 8oz
Tyelperion DC1 EDD 3rd December 27yo Windsor BORN 14 Dec (boy) 9lb 8oz
KateM77: DC2 EDD Dec 10 34yo BORN 16 Dec Daniel James 8lb 6oz
BennyBenBear DC1 EDD 5th December Manchester/Bolton BORN 18 Dec Oliver Stephen Bolton 8lb 9oz
Kiteflying DC2 EDD 7 December 44yo Australia BORN 18 December (Girl) Lulu 8lb 14 oz
mopsytop DC1 EDD 25th December BORN 19 Dec 6lbs 11oz
AWomanCalledHorse DC1 EDD 22nd December BORN 21st December 7lbs 6oz (Boy)
Figgygal DC1 EDD 12 December 30yo Bath BORN 22 Dec Daniel James McMillan 9lb 4oz
Kitty5824 DC1 EDD 21st December 33 yo Manchester - Don't know BORN 23rd Dec, Boy, 7lb 14oz, Sebastian John
Aethelfleda DC3 EDD 27th December London BORN 3rd January, Albert Thomas William 8lb 10 oz
hawthers DC2 EDD 22nd December London 33yo BORN 28 December 7lb 4oz (boy)
LittleMissFlustered DC3 31st December BORN 6 Jan (boy)
hopeful1 BORN 6 Jan Noa Francie Kate 10lb 3oz
MissRee BORN 12 Jan 12 Freya Violet 7lb 7oz

Ooh and thanks for asking northern, the grumps seem to be improving a bit: though it's his first lot of jabs tomorrow so things may well go up the Swanee...

Cheers for the solidarity too, honey, I am well reconciled to the facts that the babies don't read the books and so DS has no concept of the recommended number/duration of growth spurts. It's a question of get on with it and juggle around what needs to be done versus what can be got away with. i've de-arranged a few things we had planned to give myself more leeway for the next few days just in case I keep being a human milk machine and not much else....

Arg, should be sleeping by now! Someone please whack me
over the head with a sedating fish of some kind....

Aethel I'm chuckling at the extra padding in the Santa suit!!! How exciting to think that our babies will be old enough to get involved at Christmas tho - it will be Freya's first Christmas too!

I'm off up to London tomorrow to visit work but I'm being a total wuss and taking my mum with me!!! I did contemplate taking her in tee slung but figure I'll need somewhere to lay her down.

First jabs on Friday... eeek!

Saturday we have the first in Freya's "Baby's first year" photoshoots! It was a gift from my parents

Tee slung??? I meant the sling!!

Freya has slept from 9.30-6.30 for the last 3 nights

ow ow ow, why after 10+ weeks have I suddenly got a cracked nipple

As always I have left way too much time between posts to comment on anything specific, but have been sending supportive/sympathetic/encouraging vibes to everyone, and snorting with laughter mostly when appropriate.

at some of the impressive sleep times and weight gains.

at how many chores some of you fit in...feeling very inadequate and realising my ebay addiction eats up almost as much time as mumsnet

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Clearly she heard me

Minimopsy just drank her bottle way too fast and projectile vommed all over me ! Yum!

Morning Ladies.

Hope some of you got some sleep.

I've got my GP appt this morning and then a friend over for lunch.

Haven't got a clue what to say to the doc either. [sad

dsm just start with "Hi. I'm finding things quite tough at the moment..."

Then the GP will look sympathetic and I expect it will all come out from there. It's the sympathetic/kindly look that generally unstoppers people. Good luck hon (((((hug)))))

My meeting starts today at lunch until Friday lunch. I have been trying to express (in between feeds) so that we can stick to breastmilk. There's enough for this afternoon's and tomorrow mornkng's feeds, possibly. And I'll feed him when I get home, but then I'll be joining them in the evenings too. It's goingvto be tough finding time to express during the day to get us through til Friday. I've bought some of the Aptamil cartons as back up. I'm a bit worried that, when breastfeeding has been going so well, I'm messing up the supply. I'm sure it'll be alright, but we may be growth-spurting, after a feed at 9:30pm, he woke at 00:30, 02:15, 05:15 and 07:30. (maybe my expressing has meant there's been less for him) he wouldn't be satisfied with a dummy.
(yawn!)
I'd better get up and get ready.

Morning! Good luck at doctors, dsm, hope is helpful and good luck with work/expressing etc.,oi and congrats on bonus yay!

After projectile vomiting all over me and her at 5:30 am necessitating an entire change of clothes for both of us, minimopsy then did a poosplosion all through her clothes, cue another entire change (and a bit of gagging!). Lucky she is so so cute, I can forgive her anything !!!

Had lovely date with husband. Nurofen plus is magic. Only had to take it twice in 24 hrs to keep the toothache at bay. Not looking forward to dentist later though !

Have a good day y'all.

Thanks Aethel

Seen my GP who is lovely. I walked in and before I said anything he knew something was wrong, as i'm normally a strong and upbeat person. He sat me down, then I started to cry and he gave me a hug. Told me i'm a brilliant mother and I shouldn't think otherwise even tho he knows how much homelife is a struggle at the moment. I said I feel like a failure of a mum because I don't know why Darcie is doing it and I can't fix it so I have my happy little girl back. Told him all the things DP says too after an argument erupts and he said that he was being very harsh & unfair. He will ring CAMHS and try and get an appt asap and that to keep going as he knows how strong I am and that it will all get better and he's there if I need him.

Mopsy Good Luck at dentist.

Oi Hope your meeting and expressing goes okay. Well Done on bonus.

I'm making a cottage pie for dinner today, have to go and get sum veg tho.

Wonderful start to the day- not really DP's fault, but he always leaves the milk out on the side. I caught it with my elbow and so we have milk and broken glass all over the kitchen floor. So sweeping, hoovering and washing the floor is added to jobs list today!
Sewing and nails are the other jobs; a quiet one today, as it's piddling it down.

So glad you've got chubby thighs hawthers (aaargh, that's badly phrased! I'm glad that your DS has chubby thighs) they're the best! DP and I spend a little time just squidging DS each evening, cos it's so yummy , ahem....

Glad grumps are improving aethel- maybe you'll be lucky like me and DS will just sleep for 24 hours post-jabs.

MissRee, you were obviously not sacrificing enough chickens to the sleeping Gods . I'm sure Freya will get back on track.

Ow at the nipple Kitty, that's so unlucky.

I bet your washing machine is working overtime mopsy, that all sounds a little grim. We've found the Pampers 'activefit' as opposed to the 'newborn' fits (same size, no.3) much better at containing poosplosions.

Glad your GP has been good DSM, it sounds like life is getting a wee bit better.

Off to scrub the kitchen floor!

figgy It must be something in the name Daniel James...they're big boys

DSM pleased to hear it went well at GP

mopsy good luck at the dentist, hope it's not too painful

MissRee glad the new travel system is so good. I couldn't do without autobase. Sorry about the sleeping...I always find DS hears me too if I brag about mention how much sleep he's been letting me have

Oi congrats on the bonus. Mine was more than I was expecting too, it's great when that happens. Enjoy the househunting...maybe that play patio will be yours after all

Morning!

kitty it seems to happen fairly often as babies get older, you get more casual about latching them on and don't notice a not-quite-right latch. Back to basics with the latch and you'll be fine in a day or two.

dsm hope the GP visit made you feel better and gives you a boost.

mopsy joy! I think babies enjoy making washing.

aethel you might find that Ali reverse cycles and feeds all night while you are working. It is very sensible of babies really, but bloody tiring!

Thus far today I have done the washing, tidied and hoovered the living room. Having a pint of water now then running to the shops for milk. My doula and her scrummy baby coming round for coffee later on, DD2 is pleased as she loves the baby!

DD1 is very excited as she has cut her first permanent molar! No wobbly ones yet but I don't imagine it will be long.

Morning all. I'm v excited. My parents are here to look after the boys whilst DH and I go away for 2 nights! I can't wait to have N uninterrupted nights sleep and a lie in. Boobs might wake me up so will have to express lots! DH goes away for 3 months soon so it's my little bit of respite before the really hard work starts. It was DS1s 2nd b'day yesterday so he's got lots of new toys to keep him occupied and the fridge/freezer is stocked with milk for DS2. Fingers crossed they'll behave for my parents.

DSM really pleased your GP is so supportive. Fingers crossed the referral can be hastened.

oi hope your meeting goes well and there's no embarrassing milk
leakage!

nothern what a rubbish start to your morning. Hope it picks up from here.

Scooby enjoy your time away. That sounds amazing and just what you need to prepare you for 3 months on your own

Determined Thinking of you this morning, as aethel said and you clearly found out it?s getting the first sentence out that?s the hardest. Once you start talking the floodgates will open. I know that?s what happened to me after my Dad died and I realised on the way to work that I really wasn?t OK and maybe needed more that the 3 days off I?d allowed myself. Top tip, arriving at the GP surgery without an appointment having cycled there sobbing generally gets you seen pretty sharpish Your GP sounds ace!

Mopsy goodluck at the dentist, fingers crossed it will be painless both to you and your purse.

Northern I feel your pain, I kicked over a full pint of squash last night all over the living room carpet just as I was going to bed at midnight

mrsb using nipple shields, but have def noticed a somewhat more aggressive determined latch. Have dug out the lansinoh.

Scooby enjoy!

On a non-baby related note, does anyone else live with a hoarder? I?m starting to pack our stuff for the move down to Northants (DH got the job, we?ve found a house to rent, booked the van for Easter weekend etc) and am wondering if anyone else has 8 of these full of CD?s and DVD?s? Although to be fair I do have this configuration filled with books... maybe I need to stop moaning

We're hoarders and part of my mat leave job is trying to declutter a bit. I too had mad numbers of CD cases but downscaled to those pro-logic CD cases. Have hundreds of CDs, in recent years have eased off my purchases a lot. Also have a LP and audio tape collection plus the stuff to play it on.

Well done dsm you clearly have a sound GP. Make sure you keep him updated from time to time.

oi good luck with the meeting, I'm sure baby will addapt OK

Nearly bailed On the jabs as we all have colds but DS was chirpy at the Gps (his feeding has settled a bit too) and didn't have a temp so we went ahead. Relatively quiet day today and have calpol at the ready for tonight....