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November 2012 - More group hugs and moral support please

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StuntNun · 08/02/2013 23:19

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

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horseylady · 11/02/2013 17:43

Gelnda where are you? If you're near me I might be able to help with riding as I know several people looking for jockeys for ponies. I'm derby/Nottingham.

Going into work next week to discuss job. I'm actually quite excited!!

MissMummy1 · 11/02/2013 17:43

Yay sophia !

I'm seriously fucked off. Tried and failed to cook a nice meal tonight after the incompetent man child interrupted me at least 10 times! "She needs fed" - no she sodding doesn't!! Now sitting sulking feeding an unhungry baby whilst my meal gets ruined - pissing about on his laptop is more important than watching it or amusing MAngry Angry Angry

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 17:45

Wow sophia awesome!

pikz probably a mix of cold and gearing up for 12 week growth spurt.

glenda hugs x

katkit1 · 11/02/2013 17:46

Alex will be 12 weeks tomorrow and he was 13llbs 4oz when he was weighed 3 weeks ago. Quite the butterball. He gets around 8 feeds per day - 2 of those are ff.

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 17:48

horsey what might be happening at work then?

YellowWellies · 11/02/2013 17:54

VQ that's great news! Fingers crossed cutting down on dairy helps further - sadly for us cutting down wasn't enough - only total elimination. Tomorrow we try to slowly introduce soy FC I can gorge on Chinese soon.... On the plus side DS reaction to dairy is getting less violent (after I ate dodgy cashew nuts last week) he only cried for 2x 2 hours Blush

Just had offer on house refused our best and final saw us offer 97% of asking, we are chain free and can proceed immediately to a couple who are desperate to salvage their collapsing chain. Meh they can't be that desperate to move given they've been there 16 years and are mortgage free and we're quibbling over £5k. Not offering any more in a falling market - its time for head not heart. Shame but negative equity isn't a barrel of laughs. Sad Boooo could really see us there.

Titsalinabumsquash · 11/02/2013 18:07

Gah! Just given J some formula, I've got thrush in the boobs again and my word it hurts even more than last time and I just couldn't do the feed this time, why do I feel so guilty?!, his nappy area is horrific, spread down both legs and all over his testicles and under up into his bottom, back to GP tomorrow it's in clumps of tiny spots/blisters, no doubt about it being a yeast infection, he's still as happy as Larry though, kicking and rolling round the playmat.

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 18:22

tits please take comfort from the fact it does not seem to be bothering him. Formula sounds like a good idea, so quit the guilt please

YW I could not give up what you have, at this stage anyway. Had it happened earlier I may have coped with that, but now I would just see it as an excuse to put him on formula. Your commitment and determination is exemplary. Sorry about the house. Hope something else comes up soon.

blonderedhead · 11/02/2013 18:23

We might get to double bw at 6 months but only just. Another 8oz this week which is great. 10lbs13 now.

VQ that is great about naps. Hope it bodes well for tonight.

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 18:23

J slept 3 hours! He was very keen to feed, as was I! Proper boob clutching going on, and such big smiles.

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 18:25

Great weight gain blonder Jacob will have no problem doubling birth weight me thinks. He is not far off already.

BigPigLittlePig · 11/02/2013 18:39

tits ow. Am coming out the other side of thrush, and take solace in the fact that it didn't seem to affect LO. Not sure I would be able to carry on if I had it a 2nd time.

DH is feeding LO a bottle of ebm, was a bit worried as it looked like she was going to refuse it (1st bottle of frozen ebm since previous refusal) but happily she's now guzzling it down like a pig

PurplePidjin · 11/02/2013 18:43

for those in need Brew

R was 9lb8 at 11+1 last week, 6lb3 born. He needs to put on 2lb8 in the next 14 weeks to double.

I'm feeling very odd about tomorrow Confused

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 18:47

PP have you ever tried tapping? Relaxation technique. You will be fine. It is a wonderful opportunity. Try and enjoy it if you can. Hope R sleeps for you tonight x

PurplePidjin · 11/02/2013 19:01

I'll google that Thanks but iirc it's like nlp which just makes me feel a bit silly

It's an amazing opportunity but it seems so far-fetched that anything will come of it. I was pretty much born to teach (ideally music therapy but financially it'll never happen now) so no doubt I'll get a pgce eventually.

I do enjoy teaching, have picked a topic i feel comfortable with - i regularly deliver off the cuff lectures on it to my teens at youthie! - and y6 are my favourite age.

We shall see Hmm

Pikz · 11/02/2013 19:17

You will be brilliant PP.

Settling number 2... Hoping this is the last. He's had milk, capol and lots of cuddles. He's chewing his hands a lot.

Titsalinabumsquash · 11/02/2013 19:20

DP is at the gym tonight, I'm hoping it goes quickly, I can hardly bare fabric of my clothes again my norks atm let alone picking J up against them everytime he yells! I am not blessed with the sort of boobs I can let free (they'd hit my knees if I did!) I'm just trying not to move too much.

horseylady · 11/02/2013 19:26

Promotion vq and new career. In same team but different role. It's what I really really want to do....

TheDetective · 11/02/2013 19:28

My fridge just collapsed Shock.

I think I need a new one. Hmm

I now smell a gorgeous aroma of hot chilli sauce, Mayo, witchazel, ikea mustard, calpol and garlic sauce. FAFS.

And still picking glass out of everything. Hmm

TheDetective · 11/02/2013 19:34

And I still have no Internet.

And I spent 2 hours trying to get Sky ordered after I cancelled Virgin for being shit the other day. Still, 5 online attempts and 3 phone calls later, I have managed it. Was determined as I have a half price for 12 months code.

Then I spent an hour in Sainsburies while they fannied about looking for paperwork so I could have the MAP for free so I didn't have to see the GP and look like a naughty school girl Blush.

Oh yeah, the boiler broke again.

And I wasted a fiver trying to get oscars PP pics I a photobooth as it didn't tell you you only get 3 attempts Angry. I nearly got them too if I'd of had another go or 2 it would have worked. And if I hadn't spent the 2 hrs sorting sky, and another hour in sainsburies, I'd of had time to make it to town to get them done in max speilmann.

I've had a fab day. Thanks for asking. Grin

ComradeJing · 11/02/2013 19:36

Good morning! DS managed around 7 hours again. It's bloody lovely but my sleep is still broken as I keep waking up and thinking 'oh he's not woken up yet.'

Going with dh on a business trip today. Just 3 days driving through New South Wales. Lots of stops so Ds Won't be in his seat too much.

On phone so can't check back but sorry for the screaming babies, house offer refused, Uni finance issues, thrush etc.

ValiumQueen · 11/02/2013 19:39

Poor detective

horsey good stuff! I have worked at higher grades than I am at the moment and I find it so bloody frustrating.

Pikz · 11/02/2013 19:42

Oh no detective. Will send you some condiments

Well done mini jig!!

BigPigLittlePig · 11/02/2013 19:43

Oh my goodness what a happy baby I have. In bumbo, next to me on sofa. All is right with the world on merry Monday Grin

Passmethecrisps · 11/02/2013 19:47

Holy shit detective! It actually collapsed? WTAF? Is DP there? Get some takeaway.

PP is it tomorrow? I'll be thinking of you. I've never had to do an interview lesson so I would be papping myself. You sound like you have balls of steel and to cope with what you have and take this on - I can think of few people more deserving. I think I would love to share a staffroom with you.

pikz glad LO is more settled. It is truly awful when you have no idea what the matter is. Teething?

That sounds very exciting horsey. Fingers crossed for you as well.

glenda and stunt and daisy you are total champions trying to balance work and study with babies. Have I missed anyone? I have so much respect for you all. Considering how I spend my days . . .

I am really interested in the work chat. Before P I was the main only earner and it was my career that really was the driving force. I was promoted very early in my career and have spent the last two years preparing for the step to depute rector (in Scotland many secondary schools call head teachers rectors). It has been all consuming and fraught with disappointment. Immediately prior to getting married and then conceiving the lovely P I failed to get another internal post. It was a massive shock to everyone if I am honest and I found it very hard managing other people's shock if that doesn't sound horribly egotistical.

However, DH and I both agreed that had I got the post - which was temporary - we would not have had so much fun on honeymoon making Penelope! We would have chosen to wait to see if I got a permanent job and then I would have wanted to bed into the role meaning possibly another 2 years.

I am so glad I didn't get that job.