May 2006 Babies

[AbiGilby]

I thought I’d start the ‘May Babies’ post natal thread. Hope that’s OK with everyone.

I’ve put together a list of who’s who using Hockeymum’s update on the ‘May Babies’ ante natal thread. I hope I’ve got it right! Feel free to correct me!

Babies that have arrived:
AbiGilby 20 April DS Isaac
Hockeymum 21 April DS Theo
Enid 26 April DD Beatrice
Tortoiseshell 01 May DS2
Seashells 02 May DD Tabitha
Helsi 03 May DD Charlotte
Mandymoo 05 May DS Tom
Louismummy 07 May DS Oliver

Still awaiting their arrival:
Bouj Due 29 April
Squidgeymiller Due 29 April
Snaggletooth Due 01 May
Monkeychambers Due 02 May
Cori Due 04 May
Evilstepmom Due 04 May
Xena Due 04 May
Grygielmm Due 05 May
Lovecloud Due 06 May
Crumpet Due 07 May
Asur Due 08 May
Faeriemum Due 08 May
Kittenpaws Due 08 May
Supersonic Due 08 May
Alicats Due 09 May
Mumsy32 Due 10 May
Imafairy Due 13 May
Fenny1 Due 15 May
Preggiemum Due 16 May
Mummyjojo Due 17 May
Nez Due 17 May
Inkyminky Due 18 May
Spoo Due 19 May
Cmac Due 20 May
Plama Due 20 May
Winkygirl Due 20 May
Bubbles28 Due 22 May
Momamia Due 23 May
Littlemisspiggy Due 24 May
Potpourri Due 24 May
Runtus Due 24 May
Zzoey Due 24 May
Jjules Due 25 May
Ladyoracle Due 25 May
Handbagaddiction Due 28 May
Sniff Due 28 May
Theincubator Due 28 May
Mula Due 30 May
Thebecster Due 30 May

Hope DS1 is well louismummy Hope he doesn't need anything other treatment and his surgery was a success. Wishing you all well

thebecster hope your boiler has been fixed. I moved house at start of March and we didn't get our boiler sorted till mid-May. Total nightmare but at least we had electric shower so that gave us hot water.

squidgeymiller don't feel pressurised into going on to a bottle. I expressed when DS was 2½wks old as my parents wanted to babysit after being on holiday for 2wks (mum felt guilty for leaving me when he was just born!) He took to bottle fine although he still preferred a 'proper' feed. I have to say though, it is a total pain fitting in expressing while trying to do everything else. I think it's much easier to feed him myself. Plus, you have to remember that if you go out and leave DD, you might have to express while out otherwise you'll get very big, sore, leaky boobs! Last time I left DS, I didn't express while out so effectively missed a feed, DS then had a mega-long sleep after we picked him up so it was almost a 10hr gap between my feeds - I was VERY desperate to feed him!
Do what's right for you though. If you want to feed her yourself, then don't listen to anyone else. She's your baby and it's only natural that you want to feed her. Sorry for rambling but I hope I maybe helped a little

Hello everybody

Hope your DS1 is recovering well louismummy

How is everybody coping with the lack of sleep? I was Ok for the first few weeks but now the baby is 4 weeks old it is really catching up with me. DD2 has been really unsettled in the hot weather and woke up the other night at 1am, 3am, 5am and6.30am and took about 40 mins to settle each time. DH is on nightshifts next week and I,m dreading my own set of nightshifts ( currently DH will take the baby into her room for an hour or so once I've fed her in the middle of the night to let me get some sleep)Still once you are awake at 6.30 it doesn't seem so bad in the summer

Louismummy, I do hope your DS1 is well. Give him kisses from all of us.

My DS is two months old now! Where has the time gone?

Hi - just wondering if i can join post natal thread. I had my second child, a daughter Leia on 3rd May (*two days early). She is a little sister to my three year old son Josh. would like to chat with anyone!!

Welcome nikki!!

welcome nikki

Hey Nikki - i had a boy on 5th May (also 2 days early!) and i also have a girl who is 3.6yrs. Welcome X

Hi everyone - would like to join this thread if thats okay although i dont seem to get on the omputer much anymore - i had my baby boy Jack on 10/5 wighed 7lb 14oz born in 1hr and 45 mins and a brother for my dd molly who is 5yrs old.

Welcome Nikki and Supersonic

Time flies doesnt it? I cant believe Theo will be 10 weeks old on Friday! He is absolutely gorgeous! He is so smiley and cooes all the time. He cooes "oh" and "Ger". My dd (nearly 4) had been watching Shrek with him when he was cooing and she came into the kitchen shouting "Mummy, Theo can say Ogre" - he does sound curiosly like Mike Myers when he says it lol!! Also, he gave me the best birthday present today (my birthday) as he laughed for the first time! I was ticking his tummy, which he loves and he was smiling then just started laughing, he made me so happy - what a lovely present! It had been a pooey day today cos dh was away doing an exam for his masters and particularly as I got hit by a car outside dd's school this morning and am bruised and shaken, but he's managed to make me really happy. Aren't we luck to have such a wonderful bunch of babies!!!

Off to write the date in his baby book before I forget!

Hi Nikki and Supersonic.

Bloody hell Hockeymum, are you OK?

Yeah - I've just got a humungous bruise on my hip! Luckily it was her wingmirror that hit me, not the metalwork so it had a bit more give. I've got to make a big thing of it though otherwise the council wont do anything to make the road outside dd's school any safer. I'd feel terrible if I did nothing and next time it was a child that got hit. The council wont make it a 20 zone outside the school unless enough parents petition or there is a death, so I've now got to get the school involved. The headmaster has been fantastic though, really helpful and supportive and is behind a drive to sort the roads out next term.

It is odd how long it is taking my hormones to regulate after the birth though, I'm really happy generally but I seem to cry at the drop of a hat still, maybe they'll get better soon and I wont seem so teary! The school made a mistake sorting out the reception classes for dd's class in September and put all her friends in one class and her in another, I was crying my eyes out and sobbing to the headmaster "it's not fair" brandishing my small baby at him at the same time so I could get a tissue. Felt really silly afterwards making such a big weepy fuss, but at least they've put her in a class with all her friends now! I just have no poise left!!

How are you all coping with the hormones (please don't say fabulously!!!)

Hi everyone, have been really cr*p about posting on here. Just to update really, ds2 is now 8.5 weeks, and finally regained his birth weight! He's now about 10lb13 (was 10lb 1.5 at birth). Feeding really well, sleeping 10.30-7.15 in the night which is a real luxury. He's a very happy little fellow, lots of smiles ( he smiled at 10 days - brag brag brag), and we are all totally smitten with him. Ds1 and dd adore him. Hope everyone else is enjoying their babies!

hey all - am also really crappy bout getting on the the old net these days. hope you are all good and groovy - hockeymum, hope the bruises are healing. it wasn't a 4x4 was it....?!

anyway, my little Rose petal is the bestest baby ever and started smiling at 5 weeks exactly. she's now 7 weeks and gorgeous.
squidgymiller - i know what you mean about the breast feeding - i hear "are you STILL doing it?" almost daily. just be bloodyminded, smile sweetly and take no notice!it is tricky though to smile in the faces of mil's etc. is the a breast feeding group where u live? i go to one that is pretty good, it just makes you feel like you are not a weirdybeardy tree hugging hippy just for wanting to do what you think it is best for your child!
toodles for now ladies and babies xx

DS is finally sleeping so thought I would take the chance to come on here (rather than doing the washing and cleaning that really should be done but best avoided!)

Can I be really nosy and ask you all a couple of questions. First of all, how long did it take for your babies to get back to their birth weight? Just after Tortoiseshell saying that her DS has done it at 8.5weeks... MW's were shocked when my DS had gone over birthweight by day 5 - I didn't realise that this was shocking but I keep hearing people saying it takes weeks to do it. DS was 8lb10oz at birth and he was up to 9lb5oz at day 11 (when signed off from MW) hasn't been weighed since but I know he is still putting on weight. Just curious how unusual this is. (not that it makes much difference I guess)

Next question. Has anyone taken their baby to a cranial osteopath? Have read about them a few times on MN but not sure if they are worthwhile. DS is a very restless baby who loves to scream, curious if it is worth trying this option or just leave him to grow out of it. Any info helpful

Ok, last thing. Has anyone seen the Baby Mind Reader or channel 5? I've not seen it, just the ads - what are your opinions on it? Do you think he really can read a baby's mind? Would you pay for someone to find out what your baby is thinking?

Ok, I'm finished now... Sorry if this is a bit long and random - have a bit too much time on own I think

I?ve not seen Baby Mind Reader, but do babies even know their own minds yet? I thought it was all instinct of the ?I?m hungry, feed me? type? Or is that a rather simplistic (and controversial) view?

And hockeymum, I?m coping with the hormones fabulously ? he he he ! Yeah right!

Asur - some babies take a bit longer than others to regain their birthweight. All babies lose weight at first then some get right back into it straight away and some take weeks or months. The HVs and midwives just keep an eye if they haven't regained it by 10 days old. It is like with the centile charts in the red books some child has to be on the second, some child has to be on the 99th, they are all normal!!!

Baby Mind Reader, pile of POO!! he just talks about plain common sense, ignore your child and live in a crappy disorganised house and have a terrible relationship with your partner and hey what a surprise the kid is going to play up - that is how they get their attention. No brain surgery!!! Just bring back Tanya or supernanny, at least they dont pretend to be silly angry mind readers! All IMHO of course!!

Been to GP today cos my tummy was getting really sore again after the accident on wednesday and I've got quite a lot of internal bleeding from it so it has set back my c-section recovery. I'm still pretty shocked by it so she has given me some tamazepam (never had it before) so I can get a couple of nights of really good sleep with dh doing the night feeds, so that should help with the out of control hormones and weepiness. Now I have to face a bit of a court battle with the woman who hit me because she said it is my fault (Oh so sorry my hip hurt your car!) but thats a rant on another thread!

Aside from that Ds is still the most amazing thing since sliced bread!

Hello all, I used to be Inkyminky and have resurfaced to Mumsnet world with a new name as DP saw my previous one on the computer and thought it was rude , anyway lovely to read how everyone is doing.

Baby Daniel still looks so tiny but by some magic he weighs 10lb 3, he looks so scrawny and newborn still, I need to fatten the little lad up. We are getting smiles and coo's now which is lovely and I try to snatch as much time as possible to chat with him but Jack is 14 months old, has just learnt to walk and throw temper tantrums in the same time that Daniel has been home.(all good fun)but Jack has (amazingly) been great with the baby, saying "aaah" and stroking his head, sometimes with a Mega Block but never maliciously. .

We moved house when Daniel was about 4 days old...thank goodness for Parents thats all I can say, but am nicely settled and really enjoying all the parks & playgrounds to walk around in this lovely weather. Daniel has decided he absolutely hates the car tho which is a bit restrictive, the screaming in the back has turned heads in traffic with this weather and the windows open.

Asur in answer to your questions, think it was about 12 days and Daniel regained his weight, dunno about Baby Mindreader but sounds like a good moneyspinner to me (cynic to the end). Ds 1 had Cranial Osteopathy as the minute his eyes opened he screamed for about the first 4 months of his life. We tried everything else and that was a last resort, it is strange, you cant see what they are doing and it is very gentle. After the session he used to sleep for ages, so something definately happened, had about 6 sessions then the lady said she had done all she could. This was however the same time as we were recommended to wean him (by an old school doctor as he had Reflux) and that seemed to stop the tummy aches too. So I would say it dosnt hurt them, nothing to lose. But at the risk of rambling my friend went to one recently and was told "the baby dosnt know it has been born yet" (hhmmmm) so he made her sit legs-a-kimbo baby upside down and re-do the birth, but joking aside it aparantly worked and that baby is now sleeping through the night and is as happy as a sandboy!

Anyway, is anyone in any kind of routine yet? I'd love to be nosey and see how often/when you feed/bath etc. Big Raspberries to all of the babies tummies. x

Asur - Rose was 7'11 at birth, went down to 7'6 at a week but was up to 7'15 at 2 weeks. She was weighed last week at 6 weeks and was 9'9.5. Have no idea what is "normal" and what is not, but as long as you and your tot are happy I wouldn't lose too much sleep! xx

Asur - Rose was 7'11 at birth, went down to 7'6 at a week but was up to 7'15 at 2 weeks. She was weighed last week at 6 weeks and was 9'9.5. Have no idea what is "normal" and what is not, but as long as you and your tot are happy I wouldn't lose too much sleep! xx

Asur - 8 weeks is normal for my babies - they've all done this, as they were all about the 10lb mark. The official 'standard' time is 10 days I think, and some babies don't lose any weight at all. They're all different I think!

Should add, mine also lost a lot of weight so had a bit of ground to make up - ds2 lost about 560g (well over a pound).

DS was 8lbs 91/2 at birth, went down to 8lbs 5 and was 9lbs week 3. Is now 8 wks old and 12lbs 6. HTH X

Hello

How is everyone doing?

I think I've not been on here since I announced the birth of my little May...

Thats because I have not had a chance to do anything else!

I have to admit I have been finding it really hard juggling a toddler and baby and the lack of sleep? Ahhhhhhhhhhh! I totally forgot what that was like... its like torture bit I think I have finally adjusted and got use to it.

May has really settled into our little family and we all adore her, her personality is really showing this week which is fantastic to see.

The breastfeeding is going really well almost too well that I wonder if she is getting all she needs. She feeds for only 10 mins and during the night only feeds for a few minutes and is back off!!! With dd1 I was up for about an hour!

I have not expressed any milk yet and dread doing it to be honest.

I am fed up feeling fat in this heat - I know I should give myself a break seeing as I only gave birth less than two months ago, but its so hot and my chubb is on show, everytime I catch a glimpse of myself in a window I cringe and to make matters worse I just cant stop eating! I am hungry all the time.

Anyone else have this problem?

Hello everybody
Yes lovecloud I agree with the feeling fat in the hot weather bit. My problem is that I get stressed when the baby howls all evening and eat biscuits as comfort food. I'm worried that i'm doing what I did with DD1 and put on weight after the baby is born (having not put on too much whilst pregnant) And I was overweight to begin with so the extra doesn't help ( and makes me fed up with myself) DH is doing 12 hour shifts at present - nights last week and days this week - so he's out the house from 7am till 9pm so there's nobody to take over when the baby is howling (still can't complain as she's asleep now and letting me do mumsnetting!) I'm off now to buy her a lightweight grobag for the hot weather (I love grobags but never needed a lightweight one for DD1)
Take care