RIGHT. For once I am on my computer not my phoneand so I can do a proper catch up. AND I am home alone (DF and MIL are away skiing for the weekend) so I get to watch my fave trashy tv and eat fish finger sandwiches etc which I am enjoying muchly. I agree with your principle, squid of parenting being a joint venture, but in our relationship, I do 95% of the work, because he does all the money side of things and his studying, to provide better for us in the future. He does cook dinner when he?s not at uni (even on non-uni work days he?s gone from 7.30am to 7.30pm) and he does the 10.30pm feed, but other than that, he?s mostly not here and that?s just something I have to accept. Short term pain, long term gain and all that.
A huge thank you to Yomping, October, wantan cherry , katla and beccus who reassured me that I am not the only mother to have not been the first to have heard their baby. I felt terrible. Poor wee mite has a cold so she?s coughing and spluttering a lot and am shattered. Much more sympathy to bella for your poorly LO. I hope it?s not creating too much misery?
DD is mostly in babygros (just starting to move into 3-6 month size). Really cannot be bothered with outfits, as such. I put on fresh ones after her bath every night and when necessary during the day (much less often of late now we?ve moved up to size 2 nappies at last). I had also wondered where the black under her nails came from. She gets a bath every day and isn?t exactly crawling around in a sandpit during the day or anything?
On Gaviscon, I made up bottles with 15ml of boiled water, as suggested, and used to give DD five mins of boob, then stop her, give her the bottle, then go back to the rest of her feed. She had to be pretty hungry to suck it. If I offered gaviscon at the end of the feed then she?d never take it. It was a right faff though ? lots of sterilising of bottles. And I didn?t think it worked. Ranitidine is working much better for us. I?ve given up on Infacol and can?t say I?ve seen any difference at all. Pointless stuff. DD is also bloody brilliant at spitting it straight out, regardless of whether I put it in the middle or the side of her mouth.
On trying again for round two, not yet. DF thinks we should just get a dog since I found this so hard and spent the first six weeks in tears. I like the idea of a second because I have two sisters and am very close to them. However my mum is an only child and she says you don?t miss what you never had ? you just form different relationships with friends if you don?t have siblings.
LOVING the non-mum-like attire of squid?s leather shorts and yomping?s awesome boots. Go you.
kyrria good lord re studying. I?m impressed. I struggled to find 99p worth of coins to pay in the corner shop. Sigh.
londonmrss you made me snort with laughter about the slave boy feeding you grapes. BRILLIANT.
smiley v.glad you survived your first day back at work. Good luck funchum
wantan my hair was coming out in clumps a few weeks ago but seems to have settled down now.
woolybob SOB at the thought of almond croissants and lattes. I can?t eat either due to DD?s dairy allergy. WOE.
Right. MUST go to bed. Monster cach up ends here!