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November 2012 - GTbaby is back! Hooray hooray!

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StuntNun · 01/04/2013 17:48

And she only missed 10,000 posts!

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1717592-November-2012-Were-ready-for-Spring-any-time-now-please

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PurplePidjin · 03/04/2013 04:40

Back again. Can't have chocolate anyway so best the temptation is removed

PurplePidjin · 03/04/2013 04:41

Dummy+Ewan nearly worked but not quite so feeding again

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 05:08

Hello night feeders. J self settled noisily at 4.15 then DH woke him! Grr! J is snotty but coping. Bit chilly tonight too.

Poor GT being teased. Do not assume it is a girl or twins because of different symptoms. All pregnancies are different. Hope you get back to sleep ok x

Jims · 03/04/2013 05:14

I'm here too. Hoping for a quick post-feed settle. I usually cheat and plonk him on the bed next to me rather than the cot. Especially when i have both the next day!

gt i spent the first 20 weeks of my second pregnancy being a lot sicker than first time, in the evening and at night, so was convinced it was a girl. F proves vq right.

Lily311 · 03/04/2013 05:17

I am here. O is asleep. Insomnia, grrr.

O's so happy when she sees her cot, she loves sleeping in there. I am lucky. Poor luis.

Limpit80 · 03/04/2013 05:35

Hi All.
Glad Im not the only one. I just dont know what to do.LO refuses to sleep in his cot! I put him down in his side, asleep, but as soon as he moves onto his back, he wakes up (he still startles quite a lot). As soon as I pick him up, he goes back to sleep.Sad Last night he was awake every hour and almost as much tonight. Although Ive had more sleep as DP and I swapped sides for a bit earlier on.
Fuck! Am soo tired!

Bryzoan · 03/04/2013 06:22

It really should be Thursday. G slept till 5.30! Though I did have to get up for dd a couple of times.

Meeting my boss for a catch up and to show off g today too. Though not going back till November - and then only 2 days a week. Am very lucky - had said I wouldn't be going back at all this time and they offered me 2 days as a compromise. The money will be really handy and I think I'll enjoy it too. With dd's extra needs being at home with 2 is knackering and emotionally quite full on as well as being lovely. I adore being with them both and having time to work with dd (which g seems to enjoy too thank goodness) but just when I think we are all coping ok I suddenly feel really sad for her again. I think a couple of days out a week will help me keep my head together and she will be at preschool for most of them anyway. It just hadn't occurred to me this time last yr that she might still not be walking or talking by now - and it begins to look like we might be in that for the long haul. Thank fuck for makaton, and thank fuck she can use it. And thank fuck she seems so happy so much of the time. And thank fuck g feels so strong and chats so much, and that dh is kind and strong and loving even if he does tell me he's tired a bit too often. Looks like I've snuck in a bit of an early Thursday after all...

Gt - I didn't feel very sick with dd but felt awful with g. And he is a boy so assume nothing. Hope you feel better soon and can get some rest. Lovely to have you back. I thought I wanted a girl this time too - struggled to get my head around the idea of a boy. But now he is here I am besotted and wouldn't change him for the world.

Kirrin - don't feel bad about the bottle. If you're less tired you will be able to function better as a mum. That's not selfish. And introducing one bottle will not make a jot of difference to your baby I am sure.

Luis - hope you got some sleep in the end. I don't begrudge you the choc biscuits as I am still full feeling sick from too much choc yesterday.

My sausage fingers wrote a d at the start of sick instead of an s till I noticed and corrected it. Have not felt that in a long while!

PurplePidjin · 03/04/2013 06:27

Limpit, put him on his front. Only issue to be aware of is that tummy sleepers get slightly warmer - but i think that's why R prefers it!

Bryzoan · 03/04/2013 06:33

G sleeps better on his front too. I let him go with it as I'm sleeping next to him and hear his every snuffle.

Bryzoan · 03/04/2013 06:34

Hope your night was a bit better pidj.

kirrinIsland · 03/04/2013 06:46

Yay for sleeping through bryzoan :)
I found working 2 days a week was the perfect balance for me. It was lovely to have something different to think about and I appreciated my time with DD1 more when I was at home. Will your DD get any extra help or is it a question of seeing how she does for now?

Sorry to those who've had rubbish nights. We have too. I didn't post cos I couldn't see straight and cos I didn't have anything nice to say and you must all be sick of my whinging.

Luis did you get any sleep?

I have no plans for today so I need to come up with something. I cannot stay in the house all day.

Bryzoan · 03/04/2013 06:50

Bollocks. It's the morning. Hello wankbadgering day shift.

PurplePidjin · 03/04/2013 06:54

Went down at 8:30, short wakes at 12 + 2 (20 minutes) longer one (40 including nappy) at 4:30, up for the day at 6:15. Better but not up to previous standards! Jabs on Monday which will fuck it up again Sad

Bryzoan · 03/04/2013 06:59

Kirrin we would never get sick of your whinging.

We get loads of help thank goodness. Funded 1 on 1 support 2 mornings a week at preschool - and her preschool and keyworker are awesome. They even have all the staff and the other 2 yr olds learning some makaton! Also portage, physio and speech and language. And then we get extra speech therapy privately which her dla pays for. Does mean between that and trips to check up on her and g's hips the week gets pretty full on though Smile

Hope you get out today kirrin. Problem with school hols us everywhere gets so busy!

PetiteRaleuse · 03/04/2013 07:03

Happy swearing fucking Wednesday.

Bollocks night here. Can't blame anyone but my own imagination and insomnia. DH going for the snip tomorrow and got into a oh what could go wrong train of thought.

ChasingDaisy · 03/04/2013 07:31

Looks like there were some pretty bad night's last night Sad Brew and a reminder that it is sweary Wednesday to those In need.

Luis did you manage to get some sleep?

Fatima you have clearly thought your decision through thoroughly and your logic is sound. Sounds like you have made the right decision for you.

pass PR lily and any other insomnia sufferers, please let me know if you find any cures

O was a star - slept 8:15 - 2:30 and 3:15 - still sleeping now. First time ever he has only had one night feed. He took a big feed before bed but think the poor thing is just knackered from being passed around all evening and going to bed an hour later than usual.

Clarella · 03/04/2013 08:20

fucking buggery couldn't sleep myself while lo slept for 3 hours in hammock. grrrr

kirrinIsland · 03/04/2013 08:26

Thank bryzoan :)
it's great that DD gets so much support. I can imagine it makes life pretty full on though!

LuisGarcia · 03/04/2013 08:27

MORNING!

BigPigLittlePig · 03/04/2013 08:27

Fucking fucksticks with liberal sprinklings of shit on top.

uses gaffer tape to peel back oh-so-heavy lids>

8.30, 9.15, 12, 3 more wakings for food before I next looked at the clock to discover it was only 4.15. DH did this face - Shock - when I referred to F as a little witch. It was the politest term I could muster.

Chasing how was the meal?

BigPigLittlePig · 03/04/2013 08:28

Fuck that luis - too enthusiastic by far.

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 08:30

J has just woken. He went down at 10 and woke once for a brief feed around 4.30. Good boy! We have 5oz of formula left. Just as well I have one boob that still works. If they have not sorted the px at the Dr, it will be sweary Wednesday in RL too!

ValiumQueen · 03/04/2013 08:31

Too early for shouting luis!

Clarella · 03/04/2013 08:32

burst in to floods. aibu? I basically go to bed when lo does as he seems to feed from half 6 till half 7/8 and we do it in bed. not sure how to stop that but hoping it'll get quicker which it is. and as so bad at mo I just get my head down. saw dh had had a nice pudding while chilling in front of tv last night. commented ooh is that what you had? him: big grin. me: I feel miss out on everything now. him: well, you know we could work on getting him to sleep better ..... ffs so cross. he means formula (from what I can tell only diff is he could give bottle plus lo won't take bottles much) and some sort of sleep training though as far as I can tell we sort of are. he thinks don't feed ay every wake up but I've tried and if he doesn't want food he'll go but at mo he really does! it feels like 'it's all my fault' when I'm just trying the best for lo, given all the horrendous feeding stuff that's happened plus thrush on top now. :(

at the end of the day I feel men just can't be arsed with the reality of a baby sometimes. a friend said men always see it from their point of view, women see it from the baby's. so true.

Clarella · 03/04/2013 08:35

also I get really upset that dh is for ever saying things like "hes just pissing around" when lo fussing over feeding due to sore thrush tongue. I'm sure he wouldn't say that if our baby was a girl :(