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Bodeccia · 15/05/2012 11:07

Hello fellow May mums. Let's follow on from our lovely ante-natal threads, here's the first of the post-natal ones. Join us as we work out how to handle nappies, feeding, colic, crying and all things newborn, or just to celebrate the joys of a new baby!

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cupcakefairy · 24/06/2012 15:52

Hi ladies! Sorry not to post more often, never seem to have time but am always reading on my phone. Loving all your updates.
All going well here.. 11lbs11oz this morning at nearly 5 weeks Grin and have now been discharged. Mw checked my stitches and said you would barely know they were there it was so well-fixed. Hooray! Have had no trouble with it at all and so far no incontinence issues. Though I know these can develop later i life Confused so doing pelvic floor exercises like mad!
Still can't stop thinking about my next birth experience.. I know I should just put it out of my mind for a few years but I can't stop thinking about whether I would go for an elcs (having had episiotomy with ds1 and shoulder dystocia/big baby/third degree tear with ds2) or try again naturally. Meh..it seems so unfair that my friends who are adamant they're stopping at 2 have had v easy births..and I want lots of kids but have had a horrible time and a poor damaged perineum!

Anyway...enough of that...

wriggle sounds awful about your wrist! Hope it improves soon.

bode hope you can drive soon..is there a reason you can't yet? I thought most insurance companies were ok with cs ladies driving before the 6 weeks if they can do an emergency stop?

tostaky hate to break it to you but there's an england match tonight! (you've prob already been told by dp!) sorry your routines have gone slightly out the window but sounds like you're still doing pretty well. To have a colicky baby asleep for an evening is an achievement in itself! :) Mine is still going to sleep for the night at around 8pm...just one night this week of crying so we're definitely improving!
Still LOADS of poo at night here..sometimes up to 3 changes a night and sometimes leaking onto clothes too. Looking forward to that slowing down!!

lucky hope your dd2 is ok that sounds horrible :( must be hard her not being allowed to public places...for your sake I hope the weather is rubbish while she's confined!

goodname sounds like you have a busy day! You poor thing with ds1 not napping either...I look forward to it so much as I can sit down and relax!!
Our day is usually-
Ds1 up at 6.30, dh showers then gets ds1 breakfast and dressed while I shower.
Baby wakes around 8am when dh leaves for work. I have breakfast while ds1 watches a lot of cbeebies
9.15 we leave the house for playgroups
11.30am back home and both boys nap for around 2 hours while I have a blissful lunch and watch Grey's Anatomy DVDs do chores
1.30ish ds1 has lunch and we play while baby carries on sleeping. 2.30ish we go out for a walk/to the park etc. 5.30pm ds1 tea then in bed by 7...we have dinner then veg out before bed around 10.30pm.. all of course with lots of feeding baby in between... sorry that makes for very dull reading!!

goodname · 24/06/2012 20:37

Cupcake that sounds very orgnised. My day is much more random. does the baby stay awake all morning or have another nap? Finn seems to need to go to sleep awfully soon after he has woken up and I am not sure if this is normal as ds1 was always v alert and never wanted to sleep :(
Any tips on how to get ds1 to nap? anyone? I have watched just one episode of my grays anatomy dvd since ds2 was born grr
so tired, finns sleeping is getting worse, he is soo full of wind

goodname · 24/06/2012 20:42

oh also does anyone have tha facebook link? also i uploaded photos of finn to mu profile at last

cupcakefairy · 24/06/2012 21:46

goodname Between 8 and 11.30ish baby just dozes on and off, not a proper sleep...goes into a proper deep sleep once we get home and I feed him and put him in moses basket.
Well this has been the case for 2 weeks anyway, of course I know it could all change at any moment but I've enjoyed joint nap time so far!! :)

As for getting your ds1 to nap.. would he understand the concept of a quiet time for an hour every day? Where he has to stay in bed but can look at books/play with toys if he doesn't want to sleep. This is what I plan on doing with my ds1 if he starts to drop naps so I still get a break! I think your ds1 is the same age as mine though (just turned 2) and they're not quite old enough to get that yet are they...but you could introduce it in a few months maybe.

goodname · 25/06/2012 14:31

hmm he does not like to be alone, ever but he does like quiet time in his room reading books with me which is nice but not as good as a nap. He is actually asleep in the car today, i just kept driving til he went to sleep as last night was so tough i am wrecked today. unfortunately baby brother is awake but its better than nothing :)

Catsycat · 25/06/2012 22:34

tostaky we've used Bambo Nature nappies with all of our 3 (once the shine wore off the washables with DD1!). They are eco-friendly, and are really good - no leaks at all with DD3 yet, even after some very long sleeps. There was the odd leak with DD2, but only because she pooed every 6 days or so, and nothing could contain that Shock! I order them in bulk from Naturebotts or Big Green Smile, but Naturebotts also do trial packs. The nappies are also really soft and comfortable (tmi, but actually I had one in my knickers for the drive to hospital when my waters broke, and it was both more absorbant and more pleasant on the skin than most pads!!!!). We did try the Moltex ones with DD1, but they were a bit stiff, and we didn't get on with them as well.

Although DH's presence seems to wreck the routine, he doesn't mean to, and is as annoyed / bemused about it as me (we are consistent in the way we parent together / apart - it is the DDs who seem to subvert it!). Also, when DD3 is harder to settle when he is here, he actually does stay up with her and does his share, ditto with the older two when they are naughty. He always had babies around when he was growing up - he has two much older sisters, who have 9 children between them, one of whom lived with his mum and dad when she had her first (she didn't get on with her DH), so when we had DD1 he was much more confident than me around her! :)

cupcake you sound very organised! Glad all is well :)

goodname our routine is much more random. I get up / ready depending on when DD3 was fed overnight, and what I have planned for the day. Some days are very relaxed, like today, but tomorrow will be a military operation as there is nursery, DD1's second school visit, and one of my friends is coming over at about 9.30am - lots of going in and out of town, and times to keep to. As to daytime naps for the older DC, DD1 still had afternoon naps after the age of 3 - we used to get her to go to sleep by driving around in the car for up to 20 minutes. We could get her to sleep pretty much every day. DD2 is 2 1/2 and has not had regular afternoon naps for a good few months. She will occasionally fall asleep on car journeys, or if she is sitting quietly in front of the TV, but actual attempts on our part to put her to sleep generally don't work. She hasn't had a side on her bed since about 20 months old, so if she isn't tired, she just gets out of bed and either wreaks havoc or comes downstairs (depending on if the stair gate is open or closed!). Hope you find a way to watch more Grays Anatomy soon!!!

DD3 slept for 6 hours on saturday night, but we didn't get to enjoy it as DD2 re-arranged the stool, potty etc in the girls' bathroom, DD1 felt ill at about 5am, needed the toilet but couldn't get to it due to DD2's work Angry, and ended up pooing copiously on the floor and screaming! DH was a star and cleaned it up (I was nearly gagging!) but we were both awake by then... Hoping the long night sleeps get more frequent - twice in a week wasn't bad!

Wrigglebum · 25/06/2012 23:07

Adam had his first lot of injections today- boy did he scream! Calmed down pretty quickly and was really awake and alert afterwards. I hope he doesn't get any nasty side effects. Have to book him in for the next lot in only 4 weeks, and then another lot 4 weeks after. After that it will be only 3 months until ds1 has his preschool booster and second mmr- we're going to spend a lot of time at the surgery! Anyone else had the joy of the jabs yet?

LittleSarah · 26/06/2012 13:23

goodname - Our situations do sound similar! I too have a random lifestyle at the moment, not getting out a whole lot to be honest. Yesterday I felt like I'd on the go all day, laundry, dishes, made soup, but really felt I'd done v little at the end of it. Dd's hols start tomorrow tho so will be off to soft play in the am.

Finn too loves the sling, I tried to put him in moses basket three times yesterday morning and he was up in ten mins each time, finally gave in and he slept in sling all afternoon! He did do over an hr in moses basket today tho.

Had 6 week check with HV and Finn fine (now 9lb 4oz) but I had 'borderline' score on Edinburgh scale. Not depressed just have low moments due to the manic-ness of three children, not getting enough done, exhaustion, etc. I totally get the whole tied to house/baby thing while dh far less affected bodeccia. I'm used to it but with a young baby it is really intense. I want to get Finn to take expressed milk from bottle soonish so I can at least get occasional hour or two away but it is never the same as being able to pop out last minute etc or go to a regular class/outing without massive pre planning/organisation.

catsy sounds like an interesting Saturday night for you! Glad dd3 is sleeping well though!

wriggle - no jags yet, not looking forward to all that! Guess just have to get on with it...

hippie - Love the routine, oooh the joys of just one Wink. One thing that annoys me about my dh is that even though I am very tired in the evenings I still want some adult chat whereas he - also tired - would happily nap on the sofa for most of the night. He also gives up too quickly when Finn cries too much ('he never cries like that with you') but have decided to be firmer from now on. Time to man up Mr Weesaidie!

Thanks for all kind comments re the sleeping, was better for a couple of days then up for an hour at 4.30 this morning. Not terrible really but still feel so tired. Just waiting it out.

Right, nearly half one and haven't sorted bedroom or put washing on! Off I go.

Littlerayofsunshine · 26/06/2012 14:40

Hi All, DD2 arrived on 30.05.12.

All is going well, breastfeeding is completely painfree this time (thumbs up bonus!) had ten weeks of pain with DD1 but fed until 13.5m. :)
DD1 adores DD2, I just have to have eyes in the back of my head as she's only 20months and thinks shes a dolly sometimes !

How are you all finding things? anyone raising alone? I am right now... difficult situation but it'll all be back to normal in October...

We still continue playgroups about 3 times a week, but have nice lazy days at home too where we do messy play/ snuggle up with dvds etc.

DD1 sleeps through luckily, has done since 12months. DD2 is doing very well at night (well I think so) she only wakes once really. some nights we have 10-4/10-430/or she'll do 7-1am then up at 6 ish..

I have noticed that she seems too tired to feed in the evenings some nights, and fusses a bit. and she also doesnt like to burp - greedy guts! :) she was born 8lb1.5oz and las thurs she was 9lb 11. must have good milk!

Sorry I am completely talking a load off bull crap now. . . . .

ballroompink · 27/06/2012 10:37

Sarah it's amazing how much planning needs to go into a trip out now isn't it? I don't drive so the amount of time I have to factor in to get to places on the bus is ridiculous!

Wrigglebum our jabs are in two weeks' time - got the letter on Monday. Hope Adam is still okay and hasn't had any nasty side effects.

We had six week check-ups yesterday. I was a bit bemused by my bit of the check-up - the nurse basically took my BP, weighed me, asked if I smoked or drank, and asked if I was breastfeeding. She said she didn't need to see my notes, didn't ask about my stitches or general recovery etc. It's a good job I feel fine! Found out that I am four pounds heavier than my weight at my booking appointment so pretty happy with that. Anyone else feel as if their appointment was a bit odd?

Sebastian wasn't impressed by his physical examination! We have all had colds and he is really snuffly, poor thing. He's had a few fussy nights of late and I put it down to a growth spurt which I think was correct - he's 9lb 13oz now and had gained 1lb 4oz in 13 days!

tostaky · 27/06/2012 15:59

Hello....
I'm with you on the random life!!! Nothing really much planned except playdates and a vague idea of what to do for dinner..!

My six week check is next week and I'm a bit Sad about it... Without going into details I think I have a uterine prolapse and still a bad case of haemorrhoids unless it is something else...Sad we will see... I'm doing my pelvic floor exercises as much as I can, I'm also planning to post natal Pilate which apparently is v good for prolapse...amongst other things.
I think I've hit the stage where I no longer feel "post natal" but rather "full time mummy" iykwim. I'm starting to take more care about my appearance and about getting some kind of organised life back!

One thing made me laugh earlier, I was browsing pictures of DS1 when he was born and on every picture he is screaming!!! Just like DS3...

Currently at hospital to check baby's prolonged jaundice. I think he is ok.

Hope everybody is ok Smile

cupcakefairy · 27/06/2012 17:37

Oh god tostaky I worry so much about prolapse..I never even knew it existed til I read about it on mn.. the things we go through for these babies. Anytime I feel any kind of pressure or weird feeling down there I worry about it..a few weeks after having ds1 I asked the gp to check me & she said I had quite good tone.. but I might ask her again this time considering the whole third degree tear thing! hope your check puts your mind at rest.

cupcakefairy · 27/06/2012 18:45

Ooh also forgot to say hi to littleray so glad you're getting on ok..can't be easy by yourself.
My ds is just 24 months & also needs to be watched near baby! Eye poking and fingers in mouth has happened so far..he's too quick for me!

Also wondering what happened to limeflower is she on the facebook group? Last I read on the an thread she hadn't popped yet so tell us your news if you're lurking lime!

Catsycat · 28/06/2012 15:08

Just popped in to say hi :)

wriggle hope all was well after the jabs. ballroom we must have our jabs a few days after you (two weeks tuesday). If Z is anything like DD1 and DD2, she'll scream solidly for the 10 minutes we have to sit in the waiting room, then stop as soon as we leave.... never had any bad effects afterwards, so I'm hoping this time will be good too. I have my 6 week check on monday. At 9.10am. With all 3 DDs in tow. What am I thinking? Confused I'll have to get up about 5 am to make it!!!! I always get very extensively quizzed about contraception at the check up, so I guess it'll be the same this time!

tostaky I also worry about prolapse any time I feel any pressure! I hope you are OK, and it turns out to be nothing/easliy sorted!!! Also hoping the jaundice is not a problem.

littleray hello! Congratulations on your baby :) ballroom DD2 is very physical with Z. She adores her, but often "gives" her toys (in her mouth, on her head, randomly dropped in the moses basket). She loves to grab her head and pull hug her, especially when I'm feeding her. It is really annoying when I've jsut settled her in her chair or on a mat, to suddenly hear her screaming, and see DD2 leaning over her.... Angry So unreasonable of me to want to cook their tea, go to the toilet, answer the phone etc! Never had this with DD1 when DD2 was born, even though the age gap is the same. DD2 is generally being a bit of a terror at the moment, it's a good job she's so cute!

Russki · 28/06/2012 18:47

bodeccia - feel my situation is not a million miles away from yours - feel quite isolated at home, mainly bc i live in the Middle East at the mo, and it's too darn hot to take a baby out for walks between 10 and 5, and we live in the hilliest place imaginable, so spend most of the time at home - watching old spooks episodes on my laptop... but i'm starting to meet other mums, and feel a bit more positive about doing nothing... or feeling as if i am doing nothing.

Immensely jealous of those who getting long sleeps - little R (5 and a half weeks) is carousing until 11ish at night, sleeps till about 2.30, then till 4.30, then till 5.30, when she usually won't settle, until husband takes her off for a couple of hours after a feed around 7 am.. i am exhausted, and long for the day when it's actually a joy to go to bed.. but i AM wondering how to get her to sleep longer at night, and am contemplating adding a bottle of formula for the last feed at 11pm, rather than bf, and should I be putting her to bed earlier?

Had a minor scare yesterday when little R wrapped one of my hairs tightly around her finger and thumb so that it was cutting off circulation and her fingers were bulging - after my husband read on internet that she could lose her inger, we rushed to dr's surgery last night, feeling a bit foolish that we couldn't remove the hair ourselves...

LimeFlower · 28/06/2012 21:38

Hello everybody:)
Was going to reintroduce myself to this thread so many times but hardly any time for a laptop.

Thanks for remembering cupcake :)

Decided to distance myself from this thread at the beginning-I didn't have much to say to all of you who already have had their babies and I was still waiting,waiting and waiting... and the "haven't you popped yet" coming from everywhere didn't help my frustration

EDD of 25th of May has passed,June has started and not a hoot from my little one when s/he was going to appear.Got to 41+6 and got to the hospital for induction.My consolation was quite easy labour-pill to soften the cervix in the evening,light cramping though the night,wheeled out to the labour suite after 8 in the morning,baby born at 11:30 on 7th of June.We've got a wee boy (so my gut instinct was right,not to mention scientific research involving baking powder Wink ),called him Fraser,he was weighing 7lb11oz.Ended with episiotomy which has healed already and lost a bit of blood so they kept me in for a few days.

Hardly any time for a laptop now between feeds-trying to catch up with some sleep and the chores.MIL kindly offered to come couple of times a week and give me a hand,which is fantastic.

Fraser is lovely wee chap,he's got lots of hair and huge blue eyes.Still in the process of getting know each other,so we need to work out ourselves.I'm still freaking out sometimes why he's crying and what's wrong with him-obviously him being my first I have no clue and no experience but learning fast.

Must say got a shock of my life having him,I knew it wasn't going to be easy but never thought it would be so hard-talk to me about trapped gas,colics and the other things like baby screaming till 2 am or nipples so sore that I cried everytime he latched on.

Hope everything's going fine for all of you,I hope I'll manage to catch up with all of you a bit more often,right now it's still very early days for me-some of your babies are nearly 2 months old,mine is just 3 weeks today.

Take care everybody x

goodname · 28/06/2012 22:37

Oh Limeflower, that really reminds me of when ds1 was born, it does get easier though it can feel like it is taking forever, glad you are getting some help from your MIL, accept any offers you get.
We had our jags last thursday and no ill effects just a nice sleepy baby all day same as ds1. Kind of wish they had them more often as it leads to a peaceful day (only joking of course)
Ds1 is also very physical with the baby, he really loves him and is always trying to pull him out of bed or wake him up. I found him feeding the baby cake the other day and he has tried to feed him uncooked rice and crisps Shock
Babys sleep is getting better and worse, the evenings are hellish just now but he is awake for shorter periods in, more of them though. All in all I am getting enough sleep to stop myself going crazy (which was not the case with ds1) but not enough to feel exactl refreshed :)

Catsycat · 28/06/2012 22:39

Hi Lime congratulations, and lovely to hear from you. Sounds like all is going pretty well (apart from the sore nipples - ouch!!).

Russki scary about the hair - Z is always wrapping her fingers up in my hair too - might start tying it back after hearing this!

tostaky · 29/06/2012 09:21

Sad I posted a reply this morning but it got lost in cyberspace... Sad

Will update later - have a great day everybody and hello to little ray and limeflower!

SirCharles · 30/06/2012 06:06

hello to little ray and limeflower!!

does anyone know if i should be concerned by green seedy poos? j=had a whole day of it when they are usually yellow or mustard....

Catsycat · 30/06/2012 09:36

SirCharles We had some of the weird green stuff last week - it coincided with nasty wind and tummy pain, went away when the wind did. Infacol and vile fennel tea (4 mugs a day for me :(, 5ml for Z before last feed at night) seemed to help, though obv could just be coincidence. Oh, and I let the tea go cold and drink it in as few gulps as possible, like nasty medecine!!!! If you're worried, would mention it to the gp / hv though.

Yorky · 30/06/2012 10:49

I'm back, haven't been on for ages.
Hope everyone's nipples are calming down and you're managing adequate sleep most nights at least!

Pippa is beautiful and growing far too fast for my liking - had to get the 3-6month bag down from the loft already :( She's had her 1st jabs which she didn't enjoy but didn't seem to suffer too badly after them fortunately. Her big brothers love her to bits so I have to be careful leving her under the baby gym as I tend to find 3kids under there a minute later!

DH found out 2wks ago that the RAF are making him redundant, which wasn't a surprise but still gutting. However, he has a job to go to and his own business seems to be picking up so we don't feel totally irresposible taking the redundancy money and using it for an extension on the house?! If anyone wants to follow the progress DH (geek!) has made a FB page called project extension and the more likes we get the more publicly the builders will have to stick to their quotes!

Will try and keep up with you all better from now on :)

Nicr1 · 30/06/2012 23:30

My baby was due on the 14th May however didn't arrive until 27th May! I was induced I didn't need the gel but had a few sweeps to move it along. After 16 hrs of being induced with the help of the epidural ( which was recommended by the doc). I had a few internals and the last 1 i was 8 cm however the head would not engage which the doc did not know why. After being hooked up to the oxytocin for 16 hrs the doc said were not progressing and didnt look like it will. My LO eventually arrived on the Sunday morning by c-section. To our amazement our LO weighed in at 11lbs 3oz, no wonder his head would not engage!

SirCharles · 01/07/2012 01:34

thx catsy will mention it to HV

SESthebrave · 02/07/2012 20:05

Hello! Another one re-introducing myself.

LimeFlower - lovely to see your update on here having waited together on the overdue thread. Be reassured that my Aoife is 2 days you get than your Fraser - she arrived in the end on 9th June!

Aoife is still to regain her birth weight but she was 9lb11 when born and at the last weigh in last Wednesday was 9lb6 so she's not a million mile off.

Our biggest challenge is helping 3.0yo DS to adjust. He's not being really naughty as such but pushing boundaries, pretending to be a baby himself and then twice today he said "I not want baby anymore". Made me v :(

Sorry not to post more individual responses but laptop broken at the moment so catching up via phone. Hope everyone else is doing well though.