October babies. Don't get lost

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Fret-y day
Lots of vomit
Didn't go out today, torrential rain
I think I'm more tired when I stay in with her... or she's harder work
Though we did have a cute conversation "ooh" "eh" "aaaah!"
I'm sure I don't entertain my poor daughter enough
I am trying to write a shopping list for xmas food and can't seem to work it out
Come home boyfriend I'm exhausted

ok I've worked it out. Are reusable nappies meant to be that bulky? it's ridiculous! I've never seen a baby look so confused.

One handed and struggling to name check, sorry:
-I have definitely fed baby on the loo
-well done for those dodging poomageddons

• i agree with elspis - small child + home alone BAD COMBO! I go out every day more or less and it helps, mostly to see people but if not just to wander
• on the subject of alcohol and sleeping, am beginning to wonder if my guilty habit of glass of wine every night is respoonsible for jess's amazing sleeping... she can be hard work in the day but is so good at night... for everyone...?

-crazy paving you poor thing. how far away is bil? can you come home? roads quiet on xmas day. I am more and more grateful we're hsaving it just the three of us... -orenisshi jess has been sleeping 6-12 hours a nigh since 6 weeks and is doing great, just enjoy!!! beccus everyone is telling me bf helps weightloss later, like around 5-6 months. keep the faith

• londonmrss i'd be worried about a dog too (even though i love dogs)
• yay cherry for rl friends, makes all the difference

-bora i have taken baby out in all conditions, i feel they are much cozier and safer in a sling really!

Gah. Baby slept all night swaddled from 01:00 till 09:30 (when I woke her) but I got fuck all sleep due to scratchy throat, am knackered. Managed to get us out the door and drive 40 miles to work to see people and show bean off, then had lunch with a friend. Had to do 3 public BFs which I still find a faff - have given up trying to drape scarves etc, I'm just not graceful enough and end up being far more obvious. Our poor principal came to use the phone beside me, not realising I was feeding, then muttered sorry and fled :o

Just home. My plan for the evening is: put on new furry slipper boots (best thing ever), light fire, have a cuppa, feed bean, watch How I Met Your Mother double bill on E4 and heat up leftovers for dinner. I will then dope myself with paracetamol and hot honey and lemon with a nip of Bushmills This cold can fuck off to the far side of fuck!

Squid X-posted :o I'm with you on the booze thing. I know some people have found the beans sleep less when they've had a drink but I don't find any difference - or only a good one where bean sleeps longer :o

So, so jealous of all the good sleepers, am I the only one with an insomniac baby?! 11 weeks today and 4 hours is still a really good stretch for her, plenty of nights with only 2 or 3 hours at a time. Sigh. What am I doing wrong?

Sorry you're not feeling so well angelico. Plan sounds good. Add whisky.

I don't even bother trying to be subtle with bf in public, if anyone is bothered that a little baby is getting fed they can fuck off and drape a scarf over their own head

smiley - nothing wrong just bad luck I really feel for you. Sleep deprivation gets to you in insiduous ways....
People have all these theories on training babies but i think babies just vary
I reckon easy babies make nightmare toddlers though... so I'll be shit out of luck

So reporting back. Baby bjorn felt like a success, but when I got home and took it off her tummy was really red??xx

I bf in a pretty obvious way to mainly because I can still only feed using nipple shields which are fiddly. have you tried one of those bebe au lait feeding covers? I've got one-day its really handy. because you can just slip it over your head with one hand.

(clinks glasses with Angelico )

also believe sleep is sheer luck (or lack thereof)

angelico am new convert to how i met your mother - love it!!!

too tired to drink

Hello ladies

I'm here, alive (just) and have been reading. It's just I got behind, then felt I needed to reply to everyone and then felt horribly guilty I couldn't find the time or energy to do it properly and then it all snowballed and there was so much to reply to... Anyway, thanks so much for thinking of me huffle you've no idea how much it meant. I was having a really bad day.

Things are up and down here. I feel terrible saying that because really, things are easy, it's just I am finding it so hard sometimes. Who was it who said you swing from on top of the world to pits of despair in a matter of minutes? Well that's me at the moment. Mainly it coincides with being on my own and sleep deprived with a crying baby. I keep having to remind myself that I'm a tired mummy and he is a crying baby and it was ever thus. I just find him so hard to console sometimes. And smiley I'm with you about being very jealous of those with sleeping babies. I'm very happy for you all of course, just also a bit blue that our bean still feeds every 3 hours (most he has ever done is 4 hours at night). When DH took him the other weekend and I slept in the spare room he brought him to me for feeds and I got a 5 hour sleep in, but the Smorglet didn't sleep for all that as DH tried to soothe him before bringing him to me and he took a while to wind and settle after the feed. I have been going to a few mum and baby groups and he has had meltdowns at all of them. People seem so concerned to take him off me and try and settle him, then hand him back a few minutes later still crying saying he's just a 'high needs' baby. Then that makes me feel blue because I had visions of having this calm, peaceful baby who slept through the night The paediatrician and woman from the local baby centre thing they have over here say Im feeding him too often (10 times a day min) and so I've tried to stick to their advice of 7-10 feeds a day. Had a terrible day Monday resulting in both of us in tears by 1pm

Injections tomorrow. smiley and squid as medics you might be interested to here what he's being given: diptheria, tetanus, polio, hib (influenza), hep B and whooping cough in one jab, pneumonia/pneumococcal meningitis in another. Not sure whats normal in UK but my folks (both docs) were a bit

Sorry to be me me me, I will try and be a bit more supportive to you all from now

I too believe sleep sheer luck as our outcome is random each night despite same routine! Just keep the faith Smiley, it will happen in time.

My fave mindless shows are Modern Family on sky one and Big bang theory on E4. have recently discovered How I met your Mother too and is good!! Or is it rules of Enfagement??

God, how shite is TV during day tho???

Hello Smorgs!!! Biseaux to you chicken, sounds like you need them. X x

Read away, rant or sob away, don't try to keep up and reply, no need to feel guilty. Things can only get better. It is so bloody exhausting all of this and you are doing great.

None of this is what we expected it to be, eh??

Greetings all from the Day of the Apocalypse! Can confirm there appears to be no fire & brimstone on Friday morning in NZ although just changed DS' pretty apocalyptically poopy nappy...

Is anyone else using the new MN iPhone app to be particularly buggy?

Also any suggestions on Xmas gifts for first-time grandparents (aside from the obvious howling baby of course)?

Very wintry day here in London. It's the shortest day soon, isn't it? For those with first babies who don't have to work all summer, hang in there! Summer with an infant is lovely - they can roll around on the grass and you can take them out for picnics ...

I'm too knackered to watch much TV (we only watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the big TV anyhow - I watch stuff late at night on iPlayer) but I'm finding Last Tango in Halifax pleasantly undemanding. Would love to finally watch The West Wing sometime.

Abscess almost invisible! Now, if the norovirus can stay away...

Hello lovely friends. Sorry I have been awol. Like smiths I got behind and couldn't catch up, like smiley I am still not getting much sleep, three hours max, and like an eejit I can't work my new phone so even a short message takes hours to write!

Have loved catching up and am finding such support reading. Huddle and crazy thank you so so much for mentioning me, you have no idea how happy that made me. Things are very up and down here but both boys are doing great. If only I could get a bit more sleep I am sure I could function a bit more. Big live to crazy and smiley and the other non-sleepers, slow settlers, late night stayer-uppers-I feel your pain!

Will catch up soon xx

Bloody auto correct!! I meant smorgs not smithsand huffle not huddle. Aaaaasghh

I love how I met your mother. And Big Bang theory. Barney and Sheldon have to be the 2 best sitcom characters ever created. Although Joey and Chandler rank up there as well I guess. And Miranda. I'm currently trying to let minihooo self settle whilst DH and I have a conversation(!) in bed. Usually it's darkness and silence so probably why she's squirming snorting and cooing... Oops!
Just remembered I used to go to sleep with my fingers crossed repeating "please let her stay asleep" over and over in my head. Anyone else have any weird rituals like this?! Please say it's not just me...

excellent, someone else who can't deal with predictive text! I wrote the word 'day' in a text today and my phone decided I wanted to instead write 'fart'. of course I didn't proof read before sending!

I've given up on the reusable nappies already. they are lovely soft material but are so massive and bulky that they completely hinder her movement. Plus they're just not as absorbent.
hi bella and smorg! I was thinking about you too.

hope you all have a decent night.

I installed MN app when first got in to this in summertime. Was crap and buggy. Installed it again as some of you were talking about , but still crap. I use mobile version of site. If tick the keep me signed in box it makes all safari buggy!!!! Grrrr

Predictive text can be hilarious. Best one I found was that mastitis wanted to be madtitis.........! Much better description! But now phone has learned the proper word!

Hello Bella!!!! Hugs to you. Hope you have a good night. Bet DS1 excited for Christmas??

Good sleep vibes to all
X

I saw a predictive text gaff where someone had written:

"I can't make tonight mate, I'm going to masturbate for relaxation."

"I mean menstruate to relax!"

"shit, I mean meditate!"

Hi Bella and Smorgs!
Good to hear from you both, sorry you haven't been having an easy time.

It is definitely very up and down here too, Smorgs, and lack of sleep is the biggest factor for me. If I've had a few hours, I can cope with anything. If not (like last night)....

I love Big Bang Theory too, so funny!

Gotta go, DS literally shouting at me because I'm not paying him enough attention. He's found his voice, very cute.

London. Have you seen Damn You Autocorrect?
How are you feeling after your fall? Sounds nasty, well done for protecting baby. I'm so uncoordinated/unathletic, I would have landed right on top.

Huffle, DS is very dribble/ bubbly now too, but I don't think his has anything to do with teething, just another development thing I think. Gives me an excuse to crack open the gin cute dribble bibs.

Really need to be getting washed and dressed as we're meeting a friend in the city for lunch and need to leave soon.