December 2012: This too shall pass, this too shall pass

[HoneyMumandSon]

keep repeating the mantra...

My LO still bats toys rather than grabbing them too.

Going back to the question about perineal massage, I did it religiously and ended up with a third degree tear...so wish I hadn't bothered!

equimum I'd read that there isn't really any clear correlation between those who massage and those who don't tear, so I figured I may as well not bother! The tear didnt bother me in the end; I certainly wasn't thinking "I wish I'd done that massage".

I had an episiotomy both times so even if I had done it it wouldn't have made any difference! At least I never felt the burning sensation of crowning due to local anaesthetist bright side and all that!

My time from crowning to birthing was so short, any burning sensation was extremely short-lived and I don't remember it at all!

Re babies grabbing - I can't remember who up thread talked about hair but I have a hair-grabber here too. Just now I was dream feeding him and his eyes were closed, and he still managed to grab hair with both hands.

Yay to the bottle Mama. How did your DD manage with her nap? I have my FX that this is the start of a change for you.

H is definitely a grabber, especially if i put her toys between her legs or on her belly. Shes not really started grabbing hair though. I've decided to sell her moses basket and swing as shes getting to big for them now they grow up too quick.

Wrote everything down religiously with dd1. With dd2 got a book, never wrote in it, dd3 doesn't even have a book! I do take as many photos and videos of them all as I can. Thank god for iPhones!

Re the cot, Tabs has been in hers in our room since she was about 3 or 4 weeks! I wondered if she didn't like the Moses basket as she wouldn't sleep in it. Cot didn't make any difference but couldn't be arsed to move it all back.

Tabs just spat milk sick in my face in ikea! Motherhood is all about the glamour!

Good for the skin WL

I've got a very subdued baby here - had his injections, screamed for 2 mins and now isn't talking to me! Sob!

Thanks all - she slept for a grand total of 15 minutes. Pretty crappy, but 15 mins better than she has (out of my arms) for weeks. She's been a bit ratty today, combination of teething and not enough sleep. Add in some vigorous swimming and a tube trip to north london and back and we're both exhausted.

It's a start mama. I find wine is particularly good for exhaustion! Going to indulge in a glass myself after an epic ikea trip (is there any other kind?)

I think beer for me tonight WL - making okonomiyaki, yum!

Dp's gone off upstairs in a strop because I told him off for swearing infront of dd (again) ffs. She accidentally put her small chair on his toe and very loudly whispered 'fuck' as she was right infront of him. He's always swearing around her and makes up shit excuses.

Btw the irony of me swearing in this post is not lost on me

Spotty, that kind of behavior is fucking unacceptable.

Until she learns to read you're okay Spotty . I've been telling DP off for swearing in front of DS already. He is a mechanic and is used to swearing constantly at work and it's going to take him a while to get used to it. DBiL swears in front of his DS, he even says fuck which I really don't want.

mama

WillYou he's a builder so seems unable to rein it in. Thing that annoys me most is that there's no apology or acknowledgement that it's wrong, he just doesn't see a problem with it

I'm no angel but since dd started repeating what I say I've learnt to hold back

They always pick up on the words you don't want them to. My little brother when at nursery age picked up the 'f' word after my mum nearly crashed the car on the way to nursery. He repeated it over and over all day, much to mums embarrassment. He wasn't even talking at the time, just mimicking without understanding.
I very rarely swear, even to type it. I learnt not to as a teenager when working with special needs children. You an never tell when they're listening! However I swore twice yesterday through frustration and tiredness. :(

I just got the first giggle!!!!! :o

seconds we're at grabbing not reaching stage too.

wlmum glad it's not just us with the spew; O hit me in the face earlier. That'll teach me to play airplane.. He has also been sick All Over a muslin today which he then grabbed and wiped on his own face, so the boy's got a sense of fairness at least!

Ds was sick down my bra

Yay pidj!

An evening poosplosion before your bath - good girl, little C.

I swear all the bloody time. I'm an Australian, that's my excuse! I will have to rein it in when tiny ears get bigger.

Pidj, so jealous I can't wait for my first giggle. Although I imagine zebra, his favourite thing in the world, will get the giggle rather than anything I do!
WLmum I took E to a cafe today and when I stood up to leave had a smeared about sick patch on the front of my top to match the one he did on my shoulder earlier in the visit. I've had a few down the bra incidents, but DP has it worst. He got sick in his mouth.
He also did a massive wee on the stairs when I stupidly did a quick nappy Change without anything down. Just popped home to pick up something quickly, turned into a long visit.

He's fallen asleep without boob only trouble is he's on my bed

Hoorah for giggles!

Rather amusingly since becoming a dad (nearly 6 years ago) my DH has lost the ability to swear! He has been known to at a swear justified moment in adult company, come out with fiddle sticks! He's quite burly and bald with a wild ish goatee!

spotty how on earth did you manage sleep without boob?

I remember my Mum's swear word when we were kids was "bugger". Any swear words that we repeated she explained to us what the word meant and that kind of took the edge off of it . But I can imagine DP and I using swear words like "duck" instead of "fuck" :) from when my work email firewall was very swear word sensitive.

DS is batting his toys on the play gym - at first he would smack them and then look amazed at this stuff moving around over his head but the other night he looked like he did a purposeful smack at them :o

Also had fist jabs today :( he did not appreciate that! Although he has been a bit grumpy and fed every two hours he doesn't seem too bad.