The brookers post graduate thread

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We've got so good at brooking no argument for no pregnancy complications and sneeze births, we're going for our Phds in big fat babies

I take it back about the chocolate teapot. Exaggeration will not help me. Dh got up with DD, did their breakfasts, played with her quite a lot, wore a baby in a sling most of the morning (Seb), helped clear up after lunch. It's just him whinging about being tired after helping more on one night that makes me want to hang, draw and quarter him irritates me. He doesn't know the meaning of tired!!!!!!

How do you give them the Infacol, Dream? With a syringe? I would use the same bottle, just give the syringe a wash in boiling water between them if you can be bothered

Poor sore nipples. And grr to your DH being useless! Is he hungover after yesterday? Is he up to taking the terrible two for a walk in the buggy to give you a break?

Cross post dream - ah well, at least he's helping. DH complains about being knackered too and it drives me bananas. He also keeps griping about having had to go back to work while I enjoy myself at home with Maia . Tbf, I am enjoying being at home with her a lot more than being at work, so he might have a tiny point.

Just the dropper thing from the bottle for the infacol. Hmm. They share my boobs, what's the difference?! (Sure there probably is one!)

I'd have thought twins shared germs anyway! My boobs are often covered in a lovely combination of sweat, dried milk and baby sick - definitely not sterile.

On a separate note, DH called me Zeppelin last night because my boobs were so huge .

And the staying at home bit just gets more and more fun as.they do more and you get more sleep. It's fab!

Right, they're sharing the infacol.

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Where'd y'all go?

Actually, I wouldn't be envious - I'd be super chuffed if you are getting a whole night's sleep.

Dh and I went to bed at seven last night!

A did another pretty good night which is great. One thing to come out of the weekend is that Abbie is happier in a cot than a basket. Have the travel cot with her proper cot mattress in next to my bed now and she settled do much easier being able to throw her arms out wide.

Feeling better this am.

How's everyone else?

morning! not too much sleeping here, just tried to stay off mn a bit to get more sleep when DS2 wasn't feeding or pooping. :)

he seems to be doing well, we have real korma poos here and lots of them. he will settle in his crib ok after a feed, but quite a few times he's had a wee sleep snuggled in to me cos i fell asleep too. :)

I'm still at the happy gazing at the baby stage, although after about 3 little nappies to change during the night it might not last. DH supposed to do them ideally so i get a wee rest. unfortunately i could march a brass band over his head without response, so it's hard work actually getting him up! it would be good if he could pass me DS2 for feeds but he'd be screaming if we waited for that...

i just had a dream that i was at work and it was time for a tea break.

glad she likes the cot pomme, DS1 did the hand bashing thing when he got bigger so i wonder how long this wee guy will last in the crib.

Pomme, yay for better sleep! I got a good stretch between 11.30 and 3.15, although as it followed about 3 attempts to put M down only for her to wake up again, I spent the first half hour lying tense and sleepless jumping at every little noise. Interesting that A likes more space in her cot - M seems to sleep best in the pram, which is smaller and cosier than the Moses basket.

Am scoffing a Tesco BLT sandwich listening to small squeaking noises coming from the car seat. We had to take DH to work this morning, so M had slept from 4.30 to about 6.30, had about 10 mins feeding and then was bunged in the car seat and driven around for nearly an hour (asleep). She's definitely due to wake up any minute.

Jaggy, yy to DHs who sleep through anything! And grumps if I try to wake him up.

Biscuits, I can only post in the middle of the night if I have been driven to get out of bed and go through to the living room. It's too much hassle to juggle baby, Kindle, muslins, pillows, glass of water and laptop in bed. I want a smart phone so I can post from bed more easily, but DH thinks it's an unnecessary expense.

First baby massage class this afternoon! What do I need to take? They said changing mat and towel - anything else? Also, should I be aiming to feed her immediately before arrival, or what? Does it matter if she sleeps through it? What if she howls and howls? I need to find the leaflet - it's either at 1 or 1.30 and I can't remember which.

Oooh, look what I just spotted! If they hadn't mentioned St George's Day on the radio as I was driving I would be totally bemused by dragon emoticons now.

yyyyyyyyyy to sleep-through-anything DHs!!!! The good side is that during the week DH isn't having to deal with working on less sleep..... But, oh my, trying to wake him to change a nappy at the weekend? He always says he wants to change them but I swear it would be less effort to just change it myself rather than trying to wake DH up!

Hope you enjoy your baby massage Too. I guess it makes sense to try and feed M a bit before so she's not starving hungry? Is she ever sicky after feeds? If she is you might not want to feed her directly before?

I reckon it wouldn't matter if she's asleep. In the same way they know if they're being cuddled when they're asleep I'm sure she'll still get the sensation that is a calming bonding thing. It might well even send her to sleep?

If she cries, I'm sure the teacher people will be used to it - it's a class for babies after all. Every baby thing I ever took DS to was really accommodating if you needed to feed or if babies cried or whatever. If she does get hungry are you able to feed her 'out and about' yet? All babies cry though so they have to take it as part and parcel of running a baby class. So you'd be fine to just feed her or settle her or do whatever it takes.

I'm hoping to do a baby massage class thing in June, but I also want to start ds2 swimming at that sort of time and I'm not sure if the massage class will clash with the swimming class I want to do.

Ooooh, baby swimming! When is it sensible to start taking them swimming? The NHS website says you don't have to wait for them to get their jabs first, and M likes her bath, but I'm not sure that means she's ready to start swimming. I'd love to take her to the pool, but there's not much point in taking her there if she'll only enjoy it for ten mins max before getting tired/cold etc.

Re baby massage, she does throw up with a fair amount of regularity. I suppose by the time I've got her and myself sorted and out it will be at least 20 mins between last feed and class starting - assuming I don't feed her on arrival.

too am so in awe of your bravery and you sound like such a lovely mummy. If m has a wail in the class I wouldn't worry and just comfort her as usual. Chances are she'll be fine next week and it will be another baby's turn to have a moment. When I did baby yoga there was always at least one baby who wasn't happy but it changed which one from week to week.

This weekend f is the same age DS1 was when he eventually came one from hospital. It has made me feel so sad on what I missed out on with him. It took 16 and a half weeks for me to be on my own with him and move more than a metre from his hospital bed due to being attached be numerous tubes and wires.

Also a family relation if DH's has just emailed to say they've had their 22 week scan and their baby is measuring small and they've been told exactly what we were told and they're asking for info on what they might be facing. DH and I are so upset for them knowing what they might have to face but also upset that we can never get far enough away from that hideous experience to fully put it behind us.

But at the end if the day, DH and I are lucky enough to have two healthy children at home with us. Was it on this thread we were discussing the medicalisation ofbirth and induction? I feel like there is an expectation of having a lovely 'experience' but people forget that it is just a means to an end I.e. a healthy baby.

Could rant on this all day....

too - baby classes are always full of babies crying/feeding/sleeping. Just enjoy sharing an activity and chatting to other mums! I have booked A on baby sensory, we missed last week due to the cold but am determined to go this week even though she's still really snotty.

A is doing rubbish feeds due to snottyness again. This pm she has her first round of jabs and we get eye swab results. Iirc with dd1 the jabs made her sleep for a few days!

Too Enjoy the baby massage class. I did it with DS, it was lovely. I think I remember them advising not to feed directly before the class in case it makes them sick and if they need to feed during the class I you'd probably not be able to carry on with the massage. Might be a good idea to get a good feed in an hour or so before you go.

You can take them swimming from any age Too. It used to be recommended to wait until after jabs, but they seem to have ditched that advice. I still waited until after the jabs with DS though, I felt more comfortable about it.

I really hope to be posting on here legitimately in the next few days. At 40+3 now this baby really does feel as though it might fall out!

Quiiiiiiiick

Someone rescue me from the biscuit aisle...

Heeeeeellllllllppppppp

Biscuits! Drop the biscuits into my mouth ! roar

Oh f*ck, it's nearly 12 and I am sitting on sofa in dressing gown with soaking hair, dry skin and baby attached to boob. I have 45 mins to get dressed, change M's sicked-on babygro, wash her face and neck to remove dried sick, clean dried poo off change mat, try to eat something and apply a little makeup so I look human. M is now snoozing on me. She's going to wake up when I change her, but she can't go out looking like this!

Heehee too. I remember with dd1 getting ready for baby group once and ending up in the car, her pristine... And me in my pyjamas!!

Pomme

I fancy doing baby sensory with E but the class here is on a Tuesday when I have ds1 with me too

Too I took DS1 swimming at about 3 months. He did get cold though the first few times. We often had to get out early the first few weeks. I didn't know though that this sort of thing existed.

I'm intending to take ds2 at about 3 mths again but will be getting one of those to keep him warm.

The other thing worth investigating when the time comes is if any local hydrotherapy pools do baby swimming sessions as they're much much warmer.

A screamed at her jabs - dd1 gave her her comforter which was sweet. A then did exactly what dd1 did, fine then two hours later major pain like screaming. She's had her first calpol dose and is sleeping now.

She hasnt feed well all day and am getting in a bit of a panic about her hydration and my milk supply now. Any wise words anyone? Damn this stupid cold - two weeks now AND dh has come down with it again meaning he'll be no use for the next three days. Urgh.

Poor A Pomme - I do hope the calpol has done its stuff?

No wise words re supply I'm afraid - I don't know how quickly supply would drop? Of course I'm brooking that nothing like that will happen though.

I remember DS1 being poorly after his first jabs, and it not being until bedtime that I realised part of it was that the jab site was really sore and tender. Mind you, the racket be used to make when jabbed, I used to think they might try to sneak us out the fire exit so as not to panic the other mums. All the other babies would maybe yelp at the jab and than come out of the room calm-ish, but not DS1!

Hole she's better jab wise and cold wise soon though

Oh, and just for a bit of variety in my life, my right boob is feeling sore and blocked-duct-ish rather than my left for a change.

Variety is the spice of life as they say