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...

Mine as squishy too...grrrr it's all so confusing/worrying!

spotty sounds like they're just settling down. That's what they're supposed to do. except mine are faulty and still all over the place

Constant feeding since 8 last night. A scant 2 hours sleep thanks to dp. My bum and back hurt from being propped up in bed and onthe sofa. My boobs hurt from being sucked. I can't do this, baby just won't bloody well sleep.

Oh Pidj, are you me? I could have written that. Last night I kept thinking of all the people who have more than 1 child and hoping that this meant that things improve, otherwise there's no way people would do this more than once!

Thanks honey I was worried it was because I haven't been eating enough. Also slightly disappointed that they're no longer massive!

Pidj you're doing an amazing job it will get better and these bad nights will seem like such a short period of time and for you

Pidj and mama can I join you crap night too...not really slept dont know if she's feeding properly no real pooey nappies...argh! I'm feeling both your pain! Where the instruction manual!!!

Wrt to dirty nappies, we've gone from both poo and wee in both (small poo) to big poo a couple of times a day.

I'm bad mummy. I left R to cry fornearly 10 minutes while i got dressed and made tea and toast I'm now feeding abloodygain but with the benefit of a packofchocolate fingers...

It's important that you eat! It won't have done him any harm

I had a good night (sorry) DH stayed up and woke me to feed at 01.00 and 05.00. He seems to have a good feeding rutien at night, but during the day he will lip smack, suck everything, but the second I get my boob out he turns his nose up and screams, I'm slightly offended!

Went out for the first time since the birth, took him in the car on my own to tesco, nearly ran over a pedestrian with a walking stick, got the car seat jammed in the base and had a sugar hypo at the tills. Relieved we made it home alive!

Oh eggs| that sounds eventful.

We went on the school rub this morning in the wrap sling. So easy. Kids loved showing Ethan off, everyone was amazed I was there but I'm fine tbh. Slightly sleep deprived but other than that in fine. My blood loss is tailing off and physically I feel better than I have in months. God I'm crap at being pregnant lol!

I just got a staff discount in the canteen. A sign I've been here too long?!

Oh spotty!

pidj my baby is a fellow member of the "will nurse all night" club. I'm trying to give him more during the day today in the vain hope that might help. I was particularly uncomfortable as he only likes my right breast (he has only used the left one a handful of times). BUT my new favourite thing is my medela nipple shields. They give your nipples a break from constant direct contact, plus with them i can also get Zach to latch straightaway onto the less-favoured left breast.

Yay for medela nipple shields. They're life savers aren't they?!!

So we're home now! Those with more than one dc how on earth do you stop them poking/prodding/trying to get in the Moses basket with them?!

Congats Spotty - wonderful, brilliant news!

Second, let me know if the 'more during the day' thing works. I have no idea. I actually think the issue with nighttime isn't that little C is hungry all the time, but that she's awake. And when she's awake, she purses her lips/does the hunger signs, so I feed her. But what if she could just fall asleep?

Also, how do you reconcile all the literature about sleeping with newborns in beds/on sofas, when your baby just won't do what the literature suggests.

Can you tell I still haven't seen a midwife?! We were discharged on Friday. It's Monday. I am going bonkers. Can't even find an effing phone number.

Fantastic news Spotty - welcome home Felix. DD is probably just really excited to have her little brother home - novelty will wear off once she realises newborns have quite a limited repitoire!

Sorry to hear about so many sleepless nights. We weren't too bad last night, but feeds in general seem to have ramped up today. I do remember with DS that the first few weeks were pretty relentless but it did calm down,not to the point of sleeping through for ages (sorry) but he was probably last amongst my friends' DC to reach that milestone. Here's a (highly caffinated) for anyone who needs it.

Took N to meet everyone at work today - still can't quite believe he was born 12 hours after I was last there. It all went well, but had the enormous benefit of DH being with me to hold onto DS1. Getting a little bit wobbly about the fact he goes back to work tomorrow. I know we'll be fine, but have visions of DS1 bolting and not being able to abandon the pram. Think I'll have to find a sling meet soon...

spotty your dd is still little isn't she? My kids are bigger and haven't taken to prodding him etc but they do go and stare. Although Ethan has only been the Moses basket for 5 mins.

We're now asking for food every 2-3 hours so I'm not worried anymore. Did the school run again this afternoon with Ethan in the sling and it helped settle him, he even stayed awake for 20 minutes! He started fussing when we got home but he's now asleep on me after another feed.

Yeah she's two and a half. I suppose we've only been home a couple of hours. At least dp is here!

Dd was 2 when ds was born, she once carried him in to me in the kitchen where I was washing up because he had been moaning they soon get bored of it though newborns are pretty boring. So ad Felix is home where he belongs!

Ah found you all again! Marking spot.

Kitty has been feeding really well, 3 days old now but bloody hell, my nipples have cracked :(. I think the latch is getting better, I breast fed DS for 2 years and he was a breeze after a crappy start, just bloody hurts right now, she's pooing and weeping tons though so all is good. I've also got a touch of the blues, miss all the close time I have usually with my DS, feel guilty.

Will read throug all this and catch up, just been flat out today. My mother who is helping is unwell which has made things a bit more stressful, i did have a blub at lunchtime when it got hectic here, our next door neighbours dropped in, plus another set at the same time, phone rang it was my best chum i was desperate to talk to, meantime my DS drawing on the wall with a black crayon, i had been trying to organise DH to make lunch (he'd lost track of time) DS and I hungry, and then the baby woke up wanting a feed and started to cry.....that was it for me, lol!

I've got some weird version of Stockholm syndrome since leaving the neonatal unit……

Lol spotty so pleased you're home!

Called MW earlier and chatted through issues...thought I'd share as it may help some of us out! Basically she said A is having a growth spurt which often occurs between days 8-14 and is she is basically telling my body that she wants more milk and to get producing! This afternoon my milk is already flowing more!!! She also said to be careful that she doesn't graze as she's only get the 1st milk cant remember the correct name and not the fuller milk. Try to leave her between 2-3 hours as a minimum to avoid grAzing and if she cries beforehand let DP console her as she'll smell my milk...hope that makes sense and here's for some sleep tonight!

Fore milk and hind milk I think Bella see ds only feeds for ten minutes but he happily goes 3-4 hours so he must be getting enough? I don't see how he can get that much out in ten minutes though I would rather a good twenty but he won't have any of it!

Great news spotty!

Does anyone else's baby sleep for most of the day? Is this normal?

I should say - sleeps for most of the day EXCEPT
FOR all the feeding