November 2012 - the birthplosion (thanks Peaky)

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Previous post-natal thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1579907-November-2012-babies-are-here-at-last

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stunt yes. I was suprised he is such a good looking fellow!

stunt I too have a DS3 whose eyes at the moment are grey so the jury is out. It would be nice to have a pair of brown eyes to go with the blue pair and grey pair we already have. DS1 has grey eyes and they are just beautiful i am very biased DS3 is a mixture of both boys but definitely has my nose.

Our room is the coldest in the house so the heating is going on tonight to try and keep it to 18 degrees. May try a gro bag tom night given that he is big enough.

stunt I too have a DS3 whose eyes at the moment are grey so the jury is out. It would be nice to have a pair of brown eyes to go with the blue pair and grey pair we already have. DS1 has grey eyes and they are just beautiful i am very biased DS3 is a mixture of both boys but definitely has my nose.

Our room is the coldest in the house so the heating is going on tonight to try and keep it to 18 degrees. May try a gro bag tom night given that he is big enough.

DD has the same green eye colour as me - identical down to hazel flecks around the pupil & the dark grey circle that runs around the outside of the iris.

DS currently has blue-grey eyes, with a dark grey ring. Its odd, given DH has brown eyes.

He is also going more blond. My DD has an almost caramel colour hair, which was quite a lot darker at birth. I have brown-auburn hair, whilst DH has dirty blond (but was v light blond as a child) so guess DS is taking after him. No idea where DD's hair has come from!!!

DD newborn looked exactly like me as a newborn (according to my mum) but nobody can work out who DS looks like. He is not v much like DD at all. Both are, obviously, gorgeous though!!!

Ack! I started writing a reply two hours ago and ran out of power - my phone that is, not me!

chunky that is entirely appropriate! I am proud when P does poos so why should you not be proud at colouring in?

That is really interesting petite. I grew up on a farm with spring water pumped into the house from a well outside. The well was condemned many many years after we were all small children drinking from it regularly. My point is that I am a believer that a little bit if bacteria is a goo thing. However, I think that is up to me rather than a manufacturing company to decide if that makes sense. There is the WHO advice which is felt to be necessary even in the developed west. Anyway, I will work it all out in a way which works for us as a family.

Little P looks like a baby still. That's obvious I know but she has a generic baby look about her. DH examines every single part of he and has attributed 'parentage' to each part. His ears, my feet, his eyes, my mouth and so on. I just hope she has his brains - with her mahoosive head I should hope so. She does have absolutely massive long feet as well which is odd as I have size 3 feet.

Why can't I sleep? I got about 3 hours last night and a half hour nap today. DH is sound, wee P is dreaming an yet I am lying here awake.

Congratulations Detective

DD as far as we can work out looks nothing like either of me or DH! He's blonde and I sadly can claim to be nothing other than ginger but she is dark! Didn't see that one coming I must admit!

Feeling very lonely tonight DH has been vomiting all afternoon so has gone to sleep downstairs on the sofa bed and the bed feels very big and empty. Just hoping none of the rest of us get it.

Sat in bed feeling like shit :( why do men go from really supportive to undermining from one second to the next? :(

If I hear one more word about feeding I will scream. Does he think o don't know what I'm doing????

pass love how u and hubby have assigned all her parts
I can't tell who bubba looks like. A few ppl say she looks like dh but I can't see it myself. She just kinda looks like... Well ... A baby!

barme hope dh gets better soon.

Right, first post midnight feed done ! So I better catch some sleep now before the next one. Fingers crossed for the next one to be at 3.50am!!!

Omg exhausted. Went to a dinner n dance event for bday. Took LO. Was loud n very stimulating for him, n it's taken almost 2 hours to settle him to sleep. With aid of lullaby app n a dummy. But I'm exhausted, n bk hurts from wearing heels. so want him to sleep n will use whatever means necessary. Tried a small feed hour ago, he drank it but was wide awake.

Dummy has fallen out of his mouth. . Still asleep. Praying he is now asleep for a few hours.

Gona catch up today's goings on

pass horsey I use powder at night too, I have a small pot with 3 section and a lid with a hole, I make up 3 bottles of cooled boiled water and Rae Tito bed with my little pot. Ta da. Job done. I don't wam bottles unless I am using some ready made that has been in the fridge.

Ahh yes, now reading some subsequent posts and remembering I make up my formula in line with guidelines from DD2, not the most current ones. So don't necessarily listen to me. I will just claim I m continental!!!

Mahoosive bout of colic. [Sad], tears from 8 till late. Eventually fell asleep on me some reading suggests colic doesn't exist and it is actually I over tiredness, I think there may be something in that, whatever is is is bloody nightmare.

Hints and tips mums please!!

soph I think there are a few typos in there. Do u take cooled boiled water to bed and then add powder from ur dispenser when LO wakes for a feed?
As this is what I do. All 3 of my SIL did this with their children. I do not heat the bottle as LO seems to drink it fine at room temp. When taking expressed milk from fridge I would heat in warm water.

Going to read detectives story n the bottle feeding tips. . Should b sleeping.

Has anyone seen this discussion about sterilising and why the guidelines are as they are?? I found it interesting.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/breast_and_bottle_feeding/1618053-Totally-confused-about-sterilising-bottles-HELP

We have been awake since midnight! DS just will not settle. He'll snooze happily on me, but as soon as I attempt to transfer him he wakes, and I can't settle him without picking him up. Don't want to co sleep as already have DD in bed with me and she takes up the entire bed, and would either have to pu DS next to her to be kicked, or put DS on edge of bed. Am looking forward to being at home tomorrow (assuming we can get back to the Westcountry in this weather).

Stupidly I am awake. DS is asleep on my chest (bless) and I'm on here, instead of putting him in his basket & going to sleep. Why??!!

Congratulations detective and brockle.

Was so cold feeding h had to traipse down to kitchen to check boiler and discovered dh has switched off heating altogether. To add insult to injury he is lying there totally wrapped. in duvet snoriing.

H is the spitting image of ds1. He looks. very much a neewborn still. l am constantly stopped and asked how old he is.

Hope you are getting some sleep now madam.

Congratulations detective!

I'm just on the first feed of the night! Is such an improvement on last night where the first feed was 11-12 and the second (there were only two) was 1am to 6.30 at which point I was beyond sleeping.

Last week I met up with a friend who's baby was born on the same day as mine (so nearly 5 weeks ago now), and her LO is sleeping 10 straight through he night already! What a dream.

Congratulations brockle too!

FYI 6am is a night time feed everyone. It is still the middle of the night. And on a Sunday So is the 9am feed.

Just thought I'd share.

Currently sitting in A&E with DP after he got attacked when out tonight, thankfully he's not that Hirt think it will just be stitches

nervous how horrible for your dp, hope he's ok.

madam dd goes on the edge because it feels safer that way, she sleeps on her side because it helps her reflux and I out my arm closest to her round her so she doesn't fall out.

Had quite a good night again, slept 10-1 had a feed and burp straight back to sleep til 5 then a feed not sure if I got much sleep after that as ds woke up. I'm now up with him while dh has a lie in with dd. not sure that's fair but hey ho!

Oh no mrnervous I hope you are ok.

GTthat is exactly what I do! But then reading all the stuff it says you shouldn't do that. But t s what I ave always done.

Nanny is here, so I am still in bed, fabulous.

Detective I told DP in the night that if he mentions one more word to do with feeding I was going to stick something where the sun doesn't shine.
It's amazing how they become experts seeing as they have no breasts and aren't the ones doing the cluster feeds, sore nipples, fussy baby thing.