November 2012 - The thread where it all starts to get easier. Pretty please?

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1703340-November-2012-Four-months-Oh-no-the-dreaded-sleep-regression

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We welcomed champion lurker itsnot who has doused herself in viper repellant to finally join us. luis has an identity crisis when he realises that willies are, well, ugly.

Hope all okay MM, let us know!

meals, Teddy is not Velcro but definitely gets upset when I leave his sight. Yes I think it is early for official separation anxiety, but I think ds1 was the same at this age. Is quite sweet that I can stop his crying just by looking at him, but hard to remain in his vision all the time with a rampaging toddler demanding my attention to put on another Peppa Pig/find Rabbit/take him for a poo..!

I'd love a couple of pet rats for dd and her yet to be conceived siblings ... dh says no more pets once the cats and bunny have gone to the hutch/fresh washing basket in the sky!
I had a good but strange day dd napped ...lots! (for her -2naps)
my friend came over and we bathed dd like doing it with other people as it something nice for them to see not sure if seeing dd made her broody or put her off for a few more years!

Thanks pass. Ace summary and for the mention. I am still that I lurked so long....

hey its why not make an appeal to other lurkers ... kind of a "I can do it so can you" kind of thing!... like some diet club advert!

oh and as det was talking bout her dog (not a euphemism- and gorgeous btw).
anyone introduced lo to cats ...dd has stroked both mine (my ginger cat stroked D more than the other way around). I trust my tabby lots and she seems to be liking dd strokes - though was scared to begin with.
I do not trust my ginger cat at all.
dd seems to have started to notice the cats though and likes the feel of their fur.
wait til she gets to.really interact with the bunny ...he is softer (fur and personality wise) he just loves being stroked!
Think I'm one of the only Welsh people who woke up this morning without a hangover ... kind of wish I had gone out in the diff...the singing chanting dancing etc ... but then I think again ... the cueing ...the pushing ...the sweatyness ...perhaps not!

this happens to me every night I talk to myself and every day I can't keep up ...my baby is def on a different clock than everyone else's ...which is probably my fault!

First feed already. Yawn.

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Just checking in, not had a chance to catch up yet. DP away for 6 nights from today on his snowboarding trip think its going to be a tough week if today is anything to go by!

Sprinkling some sleepy dust all over the quiche... Night all

Have spent the evening listing maternity clothes on ebay after talk of it on here recently. Will be a bit gutted if they don't sell for very much as i'm hoping to get a second hand jumperoo with the proceeds... My SIL has our door bouncer and F is v keen on standing. By which i mean, he whinges after 5 mins on his playmat/bouncer/bumbo.
Bit scared by the prospect of 2 whole days on my own with both DSs this week as my husband buggers off on a work trip. Just wish the weather would get better so the garden is an easy option. Am so very very sick of cold and wind and rain and snow and hail now!

I'm allergic to rats Kyz plus I think the cat would do for them pretty quick. Otherwise I think they're an ideal pet.

We have had a cluster feed here since 7:30 with an hour off in the middle. I can't believe there's any milk left in there. I WANT TO GO TO SLEEP. DH was trying to settle him but he was shaking him so I had to take him back for more boob. Ffs why does he always shake him? What baby likes being shaken? I think DH thinks it's soothing but J just looks stunned as he's vibrated up and down. Every time I put him in his cot he starts yelling in pain and the only thing that stops him is more feeding.

Shaking doesn't sound good stunt

Shaking?

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Are you ok mm ?

We're doing a short feed, but N only woke up due to a coughing fit :( Hopefully she'll go a bit longer now she's had a top up wishful thinking

Shaking stunt ?

Sorry I am still alive! Bloody phone wouldnt let me post before now.

I am still a little freaked out as to what the noise was. It is always so quiet - think totally silent except for trains - here. M has turned me into a complete wuss, it was probably just something falling over in the garage. I will be happy when he gets ashore at 7am though!

Knew the routine would be fucked after last night. Great summary Pass

bloody dh for dropping yesterday's dream feed plus unknown strange thing that makes baby cry, goes with paracetamol but doesn't cause a fever.

By shaking stunt I assume you mean enthusiastic jiggling on knee? Anything more than rhat I suggest your DH googles shaken baby.

MM if uou've heard nothing else since tis unlikely to be a person. Sympathies I grew up in an old house and big noises at night always scare me.

First feed

I got a jumperoo thing (music themed one from leap pad) today, think my mum and i had more fun with it than poor bemused R! Picking up an off road buggy tomorrow, £40. I feel so cheeky, they wanted £50, but hey - bargain!

I am here. Sore throat is not fun.

It's the strangest thing, DH cradles Aj to his chest holding him really tight and then shakes him up and down. It doesn't look comforting at all. I've seen MIL do the same thing. If it works at all it's probably just by surprise. I usually hold J upright with his head on my shoulder and sway from side to side which calms him quickly but is a bit sore on the back.

Blimmin' baby didn't even manage two hours after his four-hour feedathon last night. I hope he settles after this feed, especially as I'm scheduled for the 4 a.m. crying session.

I have not caught up except reading the daily update. Thank you pass

I too have felt the force of Ikea on my car, so I sympathise cat I only have the one car to break, and we did get there.

DH recently passed his test and has been complaining of not being able to feel the clutch properly due to having huge feet. Well, I drove, and the clutch is slipping. Lots of rather unpleasant crunching at gear changes. I thought it was me just being tired and out of practice, but when it would not get into reverse for me to park up I thought hang on, then it would not go in fucking first gear.

Anyway, we decided to enjoy our first family trip as five, and had a fabby time in Ikea. The best bit was sitting at a table with the girls eating a hot meal whilst DH fed J a bottle and watched his meal get cold.

We managed to hobble home with DH driving. The car mostly behaved and he was actually a bit of a hero. The car had been showing signs for a while, but as a new driver he had blamed himself and had not told me about the multiple gear crunches and stallings.

We had a lovely day despite this, largely because I now have a happy content baby who will drink a bottle and burp once then be peaceful doing pretty much whatever we want. I had got lost in the blur of last week, and not realised quite how awful things were, blaming my perception and doubting myself.

I will not lie, there have veen lots of tears and self blame, but I need to see the positives and as pikz said, enjoy feeding time at the zoo, which in my house is a daily occurrence.

J did hid first poo for 2 days and it was lovely. Not green slimy diarrhoea.

I am angry because I ashed the HCPs 4 times for help, knowing there was something wrong, and was told he was hungry. I feel very sad that my milk was causing him so much pain, and hope he will continue to be happy on formula and mixed feeding. I am sad that I have hated feeding him, but proud I carried on, even though I hurt him. It was not my fault. It was not intentional. Many mixed feelings that I need to work through. Having a bloody good shag helped.

Hoping you missed me, will try to catch up. Not been on FB since early am.

Here too VQ . Ah, how lovely that you had such a good family trip out. Sounds as if you are doing exactly the right thing for you, J and the family as a whole. Well done x

Ds1 did FaceTime with two sets of grandparents today. Was v sweet to watch and was rather proud of my little boy at 2.5 able to concentrate, have long conversations over the Net, and describe what he'd been doing at the weekend - "we went to garden centre and saw fish, rabbits and elephants!" (The fish & rabbits were real, the elephants plastic - guess which he spent longest looking at?!) :)

I missed you VQ!

Awoken for the second feed by O flipping himself around hid cot. He lifts his bum and legs up and then slams then back onto the mattress. He has ended up turning himself round so he is horizontal in his cot Looks like a mermaid flapping around in there.

stunt When O wouldn't feed, He used to jiggle him on his knee with bottle in mouth - apparently this made him drink better. Yeah right.

I'm here! First feed after 5 hours sleep :)

VQ glad things are on the up and you've had a good day.

L skypes my sister. She tends to get really big eyed and looks somewhat confused! (L, not my sister)