November 2012 - More group hugs and moral support please

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1676013-November-2012-We-want-rattles-and-we-want-them-now

Congratulations pass, who says romance is dead eh?

Happy anniversary pass.

No zcos, £10.50 was just for the bumbo, the postage was £6 so £16.50 altogether!

Charlee, S only has 4 bottles a day, she has 7oz in each of them so 28 altogether, in fact I didn't realise she only had 4 bottles a day until now, I thought she had more oops!
She got weighed last week and at 12 weeks is 12lb12oz she's getting a right little chunk aswell considering she only has 4 bottles a day so I wouldn't worry, your LO will have more when hungry!

Congrats pass

DS has discovered his hands!! He lay there starring at them yesterday at 13wo exactly & has done it again today. No idea if that's early, late, 'normal', but it is cute... Don't think DD did that much - she went almost straight to grasping things I think. DS has been batting at his toys for a few wks, but only just opening his fists. They grow so quickly!!!

n has woken up and been very grumpy, he didn't even want his bottle this morning I spent over an hour trying to get him to drink something.

Something tells me it's going to be a long day.
Evil

Spiritual home - unfortunately not found that - I've moved 34 times since I was 15 - this house is the longest I've lived in one place (8yrs in August) but I hate the house and the only reason is cos I'm with dh, before then I'd move after every relationship ended or when I got itchy feet my nan says I must have gypsy blood I think my spiritual home is somewhere in Norwich - lived there for 10 yrs and miss it so much - I'm not an Essex bird :(

Congratulations pass was LO a wedding night/honeymoon baby?? It's our 6th wedding anniversary on 24th - candy yum yum!!

Back to bed with a pile of lemon curd on toast and a bucket of tea!!!

I don't have a spiritual home Zcos but I've always had a hankering to emigrate to Tahiti even though I'm afraid of flying!

I was wondering how things were going with you and your DH Glenda. Any improvement? We've only been having real problems since J arrived but I think the seeds were there before that IYSWIM. I think DH needs help but his reaction is always to bury his head in the sand. He needs help but doesn't want it. I'm away at my parents' for a week from Saturday so I'll have a break then. It's just something we need to work on together.

This baby better hurry up with his second breakfast, I have an appointment at the asthma clinic in 20 minutes. How can they feed and sleep at the same time? He's sucking away but I swear he was snoring a minute ago.

I don't think I have a "spiritual home" but then I've not travelled as much as I'd have liked so maybe just haven't found it yet?

Zcos I read but don't really have anything interesting to say hence short posts and rants that are meant for ignoring!

Well, lesson is tomorrow. I have a nasty cold - luckily R hasn't got it, fuck knows how! - and I'm at my folks so mum can look after R so I can finish my lesson. And their computer has a virus. Fuck.

Creme eggs bleeeee bleurgh ick gak.... might as well just eat a bag of sugar now mini eggs or a feck off massive monster of an Easter egg - hell yeah. DH is buying me eggs and saving them until I can eat dairy again. I nearly cried when I saw them at the supermarket

Pancakes with golden syrup mmmmm going to try to make with oat milk.....

Spiritual home - hmmm Glastonbury village? Rocamador in the lot in France? Jericho in Oxford? Aberdour in Fife? I think despite having lived all over that I'm still looking for my spiritual home. I have to live somewhere beautiful or else I feel really down.... Maybe that's because I'm a horse in Chinese astrology but I've been a restless address book wrecker for years

DS woke up when his Dad got in the shower - he's showering in the evening from now on! and potentially sleeping in the spare room! Yawn. Wee man has just crashed and burned on me - sigh wish I could snooze too.

Stunt I would really struggle to be spoken to like that - its passive aggressive and very disrespectful how do you respond? I don't know what to advise - it must be hard at times to love someone like that

stunt baby multitasking!

P was a honeymoon baby. I thought I might be pregnant on our first anniversary - wasn't expecting to have an actual baby!

Oh, and my bumbo is costing my a fiver from another mum at clinic, my friend is collecting it tomorrow for me as she'll be there anyway and I forgot about the interview when I made the arrangement!

I find that if DS doesn't have a good 7 feeds inc the bedtime feed, he wakes more in the night. So yesterday he had a 2am, 5am, 7.30am feed then every 2hrs until lunch, then 3 in the afternoon/evening, so slept through until 5am. He took 5oz ebm in the 2 bottles he had on Sat, which is also what I got from expressing, so guess he drinks a lot in a day!!!

stunt mine does that too. Woe betide you if you take him off too soon...

I have missed so much!

My sister came to visit for the weekend and we had a lovely time. I have 3 sisters scattered all over the world. I miss them.

Went out for a lovely dinner, DP was on double duty. Then amazing sister offered to look after DD's on Sunday morning. I slept in spare room and had lay in until 11am! First lay in in 19 weeks!

cat I think we should move into a commune with our twins and make soup. You sound like super mum with your brood! 2 under 6 months is enough for me at the moment

zcos I did reply at 5am...

pass I had a BFP on honeymoon with DD. That was a bit of a - had to do the test in a public toilet as we couldn't check into our hotel yet

I got bargain from a second hand sale at Twins club when I was pregnant. Got a play mat, 2 Bumbos with trays, one bouncy chair and an inflatable play ring for 50 quid, all in great condition. DT2 likes the Bumbo but DT1 hates it and will not sit in it for more than 5 minutes.

Merry Monday everyone ? I am merry because LO has only woken once between 11 and 7 for the past few nights although this does involve sleeping in our bed

I know what you mean about the relationships board, I once asked a question after dh had been a bit of a nob, and specifically asked for constructive advice and that I would not leave him. Only advice I got? Leave the bastard. Er thanks for that? His mum waited on him hand and food so he used to be dreadful around the house, he is now less dreadful due to my nagging but he just doesn?t see mess, clutter, cat hair etc.

fruit I got my bumbo for £6 and am collecting it ? bargainous!
horsey we played around with the gaviscon having gone in on the max dose, all guns blazing ? she only needs 1 or 2 now to keep on top of things so reducing your Los down to 3 sounds like a good idea.
pass congrats ? it?s dh and my 1st anniversary in a fortnight ? we got our bfp 2 days before we went on honeymoon

Not so merry (sorry gt) was my nightmare ? was pregnant again. Cemented the thought that I don?t want any more just yet!

Damn, I thought I'd got a bargain with my bumbo, clearly not lol

passi luvs Nutella on pancakes!

Happy Mondays for me too. A quiet day with boys. Off to toddler group in the snow.

What criteria does a place need to have to be a spiritual home.

stunt I am over in NI at the end of Feb, shall I Coe and bop home on the nose and tell him to pick his shit up? Feel for you. . How long does it take you to get to Banbridge?

Can I have the prize for being the person who makes the most I pad typos in the place?

Don't worry Fruit I bought mine new

He's not all bad YW, he tries hard but I think he has the triple whammy of an abused childhood, very stressful job that involves frequent travelling, and three demanding children given that one has SN and another is a baby. I think the stress and lack of sleep is bringing out the worst in him, as it does to a lot of people. His parents aren't very supportive and mine are too far away so it's just us vs. the world really.

I'm 50 minutes from Banbridge Sophia. Do you know the area well? There's a brilliant leisure centre in Lisburn that your older kids would love: www.lisburncity.gov.uk/lagan-valley-leisureplex/.

Have a for your ham-fistedness sophia (although I know how goddamn slow the said Apple device is - it can never keep up with my typing & does the most horrendous auto-corrects!!)

My DM has had to cancel her appts today due to snow, so she's coming over to help with the housework, so I can play with DD (& DS when he isn't feeding &/or sleeping). Bless her!!

Was going out to see some pg yoga mums again - we're all on #2, our DDs are all similar ages & 3 of the 4 of us have DSs now too. Unfortunately, the littlest LO, 1mo on Wed, has a cough, so she cancelled having us all over to let him get better/go to the Dr. Shame but important to take coughs in LO seriously, as we know.

DD has just covered herself in glitter glue.... oops. Better go!!

anniversarys

its me and DPs anniversary on valentines day. Were not married, and due to spending our first few weeks together pretty drunk cant remember the actual date he proposed (yes we'd only been together about 3/4 weeks)

Jeez that sounds pretty bad written down...I will say we have been together 2 years this year and are very blissfully happy (only ever had 1 arguement and that was when I was pregnant) so I think we've done very well!

I have a sleepy baby. She slept well again last night.
10pm-6:30am!! Then fed, threw up on me, nappy change and fed again then slept 8-9:15 back in her bed then woke up then slept 9:25-11:10am cuddle up with me in bed
I wonder if she's gearing up for her 12 week growth spurt.

Just wonder though, the last two nights she hasn't woken up for a night feed, that's meant my boobs have been huge and painful in the morning. Will this affect my supply? I don't want her waking up for a night feed and not having enough milk.

stunt I'm ok with the immediate Mourne area but not really familiar with anywhere else. My SIL used to live in Lisburn, i have been a couple of times, but she is on the move to Dromore. I know the other SIL takes the kids to a swimming place in Lisburn, that must be it.

Banbridge is about 40 mins for us I think. It is the nearest BIG Tesco. So am likely to trip up there once on a while.

Have a cosy Monday all of you staying in. I am bundling the kids up and setting off to baby and toddler shortly. It f fresh air and exercise to try and blast away this nightmare cold.

My extra news is DH has an interview for a job in Glasgow on Fri we will see, would e a better commute from NI though than Wokingham!?!

chunky I know you replied about spiritual home! think that's why I said anyone else as it was only you