Dashing through the snow... One escaped early, which December baby is next?

[HoneyMum21]

Getting the thread ready when all the Christmas puddings start making appearances...

Just deleted a long post because i got interrupted by a nappy chanfe - a dirty one

And we had another 2 hours sleep all snuggled up :)

Is anybody else's baby really farty?

Yep lots of farts! How does ds know exactly when it's been three hours?! Or is it because I'm listening our for any movement/squeak?!

Incredibly farty baby here. But rather that than the scream when it gets trapped!

Just to continue the poo theme - :) - C fed every 2.5 hrs roughly and slept in between, the little champion. At the last feed I thought I'd get my husband to help (as he'd just landed himself 6 hours sleep) and while I was out the room she did a massive poosplosion - all over him and his pjs, the floor etc. she even managed to hit our bed, a good 3m away! Time for some laundry, I think. He was a bit grumpy he bore the brunt of it. I have no sympathy!

mama

Another farty pants baby here - we find it hilarious as she often lets one go when we're gazing at her adoringly...

Ds's blood spot thingys have come back negative. He still needs his newborn hearing screening. Dd just got an appointment to see a neurologist in Southampton at 9am on 2nd jan!

mamapo always brightens the day when they inflict some of the carnage on daddy!

Midwife has been. She's not worried about his slight jaundice and said I'm doing the right thing leaving him in the back window for as much daylight as possible. She did his heel prick test and weighed him. He's lost 30g off his birth weight but I don't think that's that bad at 5 days tbh. Getting my house straight now. Feeling much more human having only woken twice to feed during the night.

Oh but how can such a small person make sooo much washing?

Isla has just pooed on my chin....

So after the stupid drs/nurses in SCBU moaning about Felix losing 50g once off tube feeds he has now put on 5oz in three days and weighs 8lb8oz so nice to know he's getting enough food!

Hi everyone,well 5 days today and had a 6hr stretch of sleep last night wahoo! Baby k fed most of the eve, we fell asleep at 10:30pm and woke at 4:30am amazing how much difference it has made.

Sat in waiting for the midwife now to find out if we've lost any weight and for heel prick
I've also been told not to express if your engorged as you will make as much milk as needed and if expressing your just encouraging more milk but as with everything if it helps you then can't be a bad thing

Feeling a little overwhelmed today as to how I'm ever going to get the boys to school in the morning, get out the house or be back at the school for 3pm, then get tea made or the boys to their clubs! I know I will as I have to but just can't see it happening at the mo.
Also feeling emotional that Keira is already 5 days old and I don't want her to grow and I know how fast it goes, totally silly I know.

I hope everyone else is having a lovely snuggly day with their babies.

COD, you also have to deal with twats people saying you've "finally" got a girl, as if your boys weren't achievement enough have you got some good responses ready?

I cba to do anything so today i will mostly be cuddling and making milk.

pidj that's all I've heard, stupid bloody comment and always when the boys are with me, grr!

Haha, I get the 'well done, one of each' comments which leave me a bit bemused about how to reply!
Getting lots of newborn snuggles as DM is on toddler care! Am astounded at how well dd has taken to ds. Phew so far. I also can't see how I'll ever get the nursery run done, but will worry about it after Xmas!
Am living in pjs as my non-mat clothes are too tight and my mat clothes hang all wrong too. May just have spent too much money online shopping...
And god! The poos! The farts! The laundry! None on my face yet though!

My gran congratulated me on "getting is right" when we told her R was going to be a boy

I'm doing an extra load every day or two, and we're using cloth nappies - couple of leaks from user error but no poosplosions or at least nothing outside the nappy iyswim...

I obviously don't get those comments Cod being first child, but my mil and nan are obsessed with me making a mini version of DH/creating an heir to the family dynasty!

Although the MW advised me to express the engorged milk, I think it's also to get more milk into F since he has lost so much weight, it's to eventually get my body to produce more milk.

Took F out for the first time in the pushchair today with the dog, they both loved it.

Weighed myself for the first time in about 8wks today, 2st over pre pregnancy weight I sense the dog will be walked ALOT. It's gentle exercise and fresh air for all, can't wait for tomorrow's walk.

Gosh, I haven't even thought about weighing myself! I think that can wait, given my walking tolerance is still pretty restricted.

A fried just came for newborn cuddles, and brought with him a load of unpasteurised cheeses and cured meats. What a man!

I've been told different thongs by different people about expressing for engorgment. First was told not to express as it would encourage more milk production, but then I phoned a BF specialist who said to express and empty the boobs so its like pressing a reset button as if they stay really full the body thinks that's how full they should be. for something that's supposed to be so natural and easy the BF business is damn complicated.

I'm scared of hand expressing! MW said same advice to me too if boobs become to big and hard for LO to latch on.

brooke it's really fun when you've got lots of milk as it just squirts out like when you milk a cow

Spotty my milk only came in today I looked down and it was dripping out and I actually screamed! A friend of mine told me how she makes her DD mash and just expresses right into the saucepan!!!!

Wow, my milk is nothing like that. I have to express using the other hand, as if with colostrum. Don't need any nipple pads or anything. Word how much variation there is.

Mine only did it when I was engorged going from expressing to breast feeding not sure it would now they've settled down. Dd is being very trying tonight I don't think ill cope when dp goes back to work!