October 2012 babies - we meet them at last!

[YompingJo]

Getting thread in place in readiness!

hi mummies and babies, Just checking in to see what life is like on the other side. u sound like u are all coping amazingly well in the face of hormones, other kiddies, minimal sleep, sore tits, crazed relatives and loads more. hope to c u soon x

It's colic o'clock here - poor Bean is rippling with wind :( Infacol seemed to work at start but doesn't seem to do much now. We got Colief but MW neglected to mention that you have to express milk if you are BFing. Has anybody found any foods you eat that upset baby tums? I'm wondering is it things like beans, lentils etc or is it because I eat some cheese in the morning? Baffling. Don't like swaddling in evening unless we are desperate, tend to leave it for ON.

Bean fed and swaddled, radio out of tune to static. Asleep in 3 mins flat. Wish I'd done it hours ago and saved her an evening of shrieking with wind and tiredness

Come join us soon ladies - and in the meantime sleep as much as you can! :)

Morning all!

I'm after some advice if I may? I suddenly had horrendous worries last night. My DH works in London so if I went into labour, it would take him at least 2 hours to get home. But how will I know if its proper labour or just patent labour that could last for days??? How will I know to make that call???

I really don't want to end up giving birth alone in my house

We've been discharged from Midwives too, and had HV visit. DD is now 1oz over her birth weight. She slept like an angel last night, waking every 3 hours for a feed then staright back down in her moses basket . She's got a really sore bum though. GP was not helpful at all, his first advice being 'use disposable nappies' instead of reusables which is bollocks, don't know why so many people have an issue with me using them . We've had a very peaceful morning, just waiting for the downfall, she's bound to start screaming just as hairdresser arrives this evening I reckon.

LoopyLa You will know! You need to phone the midwives when your contractions are regular, between 7 and 10 mins apart and painful. Before that they will tell you to stay at home. Try not to worry, even quick labours arent that quick, my super fast one was still 3 hours. First labours tend to be longer too.

Just a quickie

My mum is here! She knows things about babies, she wants to hold and play with and sooth Jess all the time, she keeps trying to make sure I get lots of naps and breaks... I even got two hours snuggle-time with boyfriend this morning!! (Not up to sex or touching anything down below but fooling around like teenagers and unable to stop laughing after attention results in spontaneous quantities of milk)

I feel so much better, wish she could stay forever. she is full of lovely sense and advice. I had a lightbulb moment where I realised Jess doesn't ALWAYS want milk when she's grouchy, sometimes she just wants cuddles or playing or bouncing or rocking. Life has been much easier since. Though I am still sleep deprived and hormonal.

Managed to go out today to get a few bits from the shops, with jess in the sling, only took 15 mins to get ready which I am dead chuffed with myself about. Also feeling/looking like my normal self in skirts and tights and tops, not quite back into jeans but hopefully it will come. Did a very gentle 15 minutes "post-natal rescue" workout this morning, it felt good. mostly stretches and pelvic floor exercises.

Having a nap now.

Morning ladies :) Ewan has arrived and is lovely! Bean seems to like him. I also assembled her rocking / vibrating chair thingy and felt rather heroic :o Hardest bit was actually finding the screwdriver, not using it...

Have any other beans come out in little spots all over forehead? Came up a few days ago. Think they are little milk spots, started pink and have gone to little white heads, bleugh! With CS Bean came out all perfect and unsquished. Now 3 weeks today she has...
a) A spotty forehead
b) Yellow-green alien slime from eyes
c) Dry skin on arms and legs - this is going away now thankfully.
It's not her best look! :o Just read a forum that says try a bit of breast milk on them, otherwise they go away in a few weeks... fingers crossed!

Squid enjoy having your mum there! :)

Quick pop on to say hi and coo over your babies!

And a message for Fjord, have been thinking of you, hope you are OK and things are getting better with feeding.

yomping, loopyla, beccus, londonmrss we miss you! I hope you will be over here soon.

angelico yeah my little jess is the same... perfect skin on delivery (though strangely shaped head from hours and hours of squashing her!) and now lots of "baby acne" and little scratch marks where I've not very successfully filed her nails down. Oh yes and peeled like mad last week, particularly hands nad feet, that calmed down with a bit of olive oil. Apparently the spots are normal and won't trouble them and will just go away, agree they'renot as cute though!

Mum has bought me bouncy chair as she swears it settled all of us when little... will try it later and report back! in the meantime have got up to check worriedly on baby after 2.5 hrs sleep and she's STILL asleep, woo! so I've come back to bed...

Yeah been thinking about you too, Fjord - really hope you're ok.

Got a friend here today helping which means I still haven't officially done my first day alone! DS2 has so far slept through all the major points of the day, like mealtimes, but he also did a directional poo which destroyed yet another outfit and his nicest blanket and DS2 has done 2 poos today too. So very glad of an extra pair of wiping hands! I still can't imagine a day by myself - such a chicken I am.

DS2 awake gotta go

DD's nappy rash is causing her so much pain she wont stop screaming. I feel like the worst mum in the world.

orange it's not your fault! have you tried metanium?

angelico i too have a spotty baby tis nothing to worry about.
want Also have bad nappy rash here and would highly recommend Bepanthen can be bought in supermarkets etc has improved it greatly as was red raw :(

Found Kamillosan very good last time round for nappy rash. Thank God none so far with DS - just neat-constant farting, hiccuping, belching etc.

metanium always worked so well for me.

Big love to all of you. V. Excited to join you, hopefully soon.

Xx

Hello ladies, it's my due date today but Smorglet seems very comfortable where it is for now. I had a cuddle with an (almost) newborn on Monday and it was just wonderful - her little head was tucked under my chin and she made all these snuffling noises into my neck. Was rather hoping it would kick things off, but nope. Going to the clinic later for a scan and foetal heart monitoring just to check all is well, hopefully see you on here soon

Quick Q for all you new mummies and second timers... what would be a good, useful, not-too-expensive little gift to take a new mum? Preferably that is easily obtained in a supermarket? Meeting up with NCT group today and 2 of them have had their babies (grr!), want to take them a little something but want to steer clear of flowers and babygrows etc as am sure they are already drowning in them. Want to take something thoughtful and useful but not too much as I don't really know them that well.

And by the way, I am so rubbish that the only reason I thought of taking along a gift is because I dreamed that I took them flowers, then woke up thinking "actually, it would be nice to take them something"!

Will be leaving to meet them all for coffee at about 10:10am so need suggestions by then - hoping to capitalize on the fact that your babies are keeping you awake so you might be around to offer advice

Thanks in advance xxx

I have very much appreciated being bought chocolate - does help when knackered in the middle of the night!

yomping or a meal!

Someone bought me a "new mum bath soak" -been having baths as much as possible to rehab my bits so that was very welcome, have seen them in the supermarket in baby section

ok TMI alert but question about lochia - had been bleeding less & less to the point where I was going to switch to standard sanitary towels, but in the last 2 days I've been bleeding reasonably heavily again, dark red blood. I'm discharged from midwives - should I contact them or is this normal? No clots or anything.

Thanks, have decided, for future arrivals, on a little "new mum" pack containing:

• chocolate
• tiny pot of CJs BUTTer
• Huffle's Earth Mama Angel Baby bottom spray (looks lovely!) or some bath soak if can't get hold of the spray.

For today, I'll go with chocolate and the pot of CJs as I have a few of these that I ordered and think they would make lovely gifts and I can always get more before Baby Yomping arrives on the scene.

Any further suggestions appreciated, as there will be lots of new mums in my NCT group (plus a couple of friends with imminent new arrivals) so I can always add in extra/better things as more babies arrive!

Nappy rash is much improved this morning. I used Bepanthen its worked great. Thanks for the tips.

Yomping Chocolate. Definately chocolate! Hand cream? For all the constant washing of hands we have to do now.