November 2012 - The Adventure Continues

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1787896-November-2012-Crawling-Already-Uh-oh

This thread's topic is what size of nappies are your babies in? And how are the cloth bum babies doing?

Fuck knows. It wasn't that hot last time, and I defo wasn't burned! And felt worse last time.

Feeling sorry for myself. :(

DP just sellotaping the bed down fuck you fucking dog so I can go the fuck to sleep!

Ice cream first though to cool me down! .

One of the worst sunburns I ever had was at school sports. I was in charge if the senior boys' high jump - serious stuff. I blistered my chest and arms. It was horrendous. Ironically I spent the whole day reminding kids to get the cream on.

Glad you and wee J are feeling better VQ

I once got sunburnt on a cloudy day, sat on a windy beach whilst my brother surfed and I sulked - didn't move the whole day, so the entire front of my legs was bright red. Like someone had attacked me with a paintbrush. The back of my legs was resolutely ghostly.

DP just bought me my solero.

I looked at him. He's sat there in his underwear. He looks fucking ridiculous! The burn looks even worse!

Even his ears are burned. And they were under his hat haha!

Hiding from slappers sounds funny pidj!

Didn't last. LO woke her up so she shuffled into our bed. But it's a massively good start. LO v unsettled. Heat? Teeth? Overtired? Possibly. PITA? Definitely :o

Am feeling quite good this evening. Will explain on Facebook tomorrow. Trying to get some sleep tomorrow.

My worst sunburn was when I lived in HK. A friend was part of a team racing round HK island on a dragon boat and I was in her support boat cheering her on drinking. The tropical sun combined with the light reflected off the water and a deceptively cool breeze.... I have NEVER burnt so badly. A Pakistani pal I was with burnt too - I never knew skin as dark as his could burn I'm such an ignorant hick. I had a meeting with local government representatives the next day and I was red as a raspberry and my face was swollen and sweaty I had so much foundation on to try badly to hide it I must have looked like a poor imitation of a geisha. I remember feeling the glowing heat off my face for days. I swear that one suntan fail aged me ten years not spending my entire twenties partying oh no.

BP ((hugs)) good luck for tomorrow. It's for work - it can't be helped - don't beat yourself up. When does separation anxiety end? I know it's quite bad right now in our house... hence I'm uber wary of trying him with a babysitter just so we can go out for dinner as I don't want to scare him but I'd like him to be comfy in someone else's care come November so I can freelance two days a week... He does adore my sister (bounces up and down and giggles when he sees her) I guess I should just leave him with her for an hour and see!

Can't sleep. DH freaked me out by waking from a nightmare convinced someone was grabbing his leg. I hadn't realised he was sleeping so was doubly frightened. Made me switch the light on and all.

Oh so tiered. Legs tthrobbing. Done like being pregnant. It sucks. To hot again tonight.

27deg in lo room he is just in nappy n vest. Seems to be sleeping ok. Hope he doesn't get too uncomfortable.

2.5hrs since last feed. He only slept for 2hrs.wont settle now. Am tired, very fucking tired. And hot and hayfevery and just tired again.

I hope J settled and you got back to sleep Izzy. I'm sure the heat isn't helping anyone.

We're on the second feed of the night. In less than three hours my alarm will be going off. Last check in for the ferry is 7 so that's going to be a challenge. At least the crossing should be nice and smooth, hopefully I won't get sick.

MM how awful. I'd be livid. I'm not sure I'd get over someone referring to my girls that way.

And stunt as well. daisy's idea is a good one - a shared activity /hobby might mean he focusses more and that and less on nit picking behaviour?
My situation isn't a patch on yours but mine and DPs relationship has improved tremendously since sleep was sorted out - at one point I was looking at houses for me and the girls and mentally building myself up to being alone. It does sound like you have bigger issues than just that though :(

Yay for own beds PR

Glad you enjoyed Bon Jovi kyz

Well done on the bike ride daisy Especially in this heat!

I think you're right to view that house even though you think it's just a dream VQ You might walk in and just know its the place for you :)

We've had a good weekend, if a little quiet. Zafira is ordered - a very long and boring process though. DD1 was so good. At one point I told her I had her book or her iPod drawing-- and what did she want? She thought for a moment and then said 'a pony!' what have i created?!

PR I used to get night terrors quite regularly. I would often leap out of bed, turn the light on and run into the hallway. I usually thought I was about to die - that if I swallowed, or opened my eyes, that would mean the end for me. Scary. Haven't had one for a while thank goodness. Glad you are feeling positive

GT I was thinking today how awful it must be to be pregnant in this heat - I hope you're coping ok. I didn't have a little giggle to myself when I thought of XSIL who is currently 8 months pregnant. Honest.

Thanks for the hobby suggestion Daisy and Kirrin. He has tried that before, taking them climbing and buying DS2 a guitar. Unfortunately they can be a little indifferent, it's just another activity to them rather than something they love, and I think he found that frustrating. He likes them to watch his favourite films which works out sometimes (Back to the Future) but can also scare them (Lord of the Rings).

Anyway the 'small stinky alarm clock' has woken us up demanding a feed so we're up ahead of schedule this morning. We won't have any trouble making the ferry, but may require a lot of caffeine do the drive up to Aberdeenshire. DH is looking forward to seeing his baby sis who used to be a quichette. We were due the same week but she lost her baby girl to eclampsia at 35 weeks. I hope she'll be alright with J, I'm sure it will be upsetting for her to see him and imagine how things might have been.

Morning.

Girls ended up sleeping theough. I hardly slept. Updated my situation on FB yesterday evevning for those following it. So stressed it's unfunny. DH keeps wavering between is it worth fighting or not. When I'm going over it during the night I lose confidence completely.

Saturday I am going to the Dr to get me some drugs. My wellbeing has nosedived. I can't function on so little sleep. I know the situation shouldn't be stressful - I should just be raising a middle finger and walking away.

Morning,

So far I fed O, cooked soup, made tons of fruit purees and ironed. I am determined to spend the rest of the day taking O to playground and play with her as much as possible.

pr saw your update but I don't think I can add anything to it. Hope there is a solution.

I missed Wimbledon this year, I wish I didn't. Life just got too busy going to swimming pool.

yw I have a babysitter, she came first when O was asleep. Now she looks after her when I go to the gym and O is awake. She screamed for an hour for the first time. Half an hour second. Gets excited now when she sees her approaching. Having said that I never left her with a sitter for longer than an hour when she is awake, that's yet to come.

I don't get burnt. Never did. Always use sun cream maybe that's the reason?

bp good luck today

Good Lord Stunt, so very sorry to hear about your SIL. Please send the quiche's love. We do not know her name, and there are so many of our group that just disappeared, I wonder sometimes how many have suffered a loss but did not want to say I prefer to think they are just too busy having fun. My friend was due a couple of weeks after me, and lost the baby at 8 weeks pg. She has not seen J yet, but loves hearing about him. To lose a child at 35 weeks I just cannot bear to think about.

PR good call about seeing the Dr. Could you go sooner?

Stunt shouldn't it be the other way round, him watching their favourite films? for your sil, that's my absolute worst nightmare. Fx for a rainbow when she's ready.

I burn no matter how much cream i use, so now i just stay in the shade whenever possible

Dr at 10:40, hopefully I'll cheer up when my leg isn't throbbing!

I got burnt when skiing once. My nose was like Rudolph. Thankfully most of me was covered. I used to get burnt all the time as a kid as I do not blister, I just go brown. My great grandmother was Maltese and my father goes very brown in the summer. I thought I has got away with it but I developed a rodent ulcer on my nose when pg with DD1 and had to have it removed. Have also had a dodgy patch on my cheek. Thankfully nothing serious, but it scared me enough to be very cautious of the big yellow thing in the sky.

I thought that too about the favourite films PP. I missed your post about your leg somehow.

I have had a couple of suspect moles removed. My mum had a cancerous mole when she was 21 so I keep a close eye on mine.