July 2013 - Part 1. Remember your pelvic floor exercises!

[TotallyEggFlipped]

Time to start the post-natal thread.

And start those PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES!

funny you should say that panda (Re:rock boobs) I had that the other day, I felt like a cow really wanting to be milked! (ew?!)

Well, we've gone a step backwards in terms of night time feeding- Elka was staying in moses basket all night only feeding 3/2 before. Now she does the usual falling asleep between 8/9-12/1 in basket but if I put her back in after that she'll wake every hour so I just sleep with her next to me with a boob hanging out for her to feed on in her sleep. I was worried I or DH would roll on her but we seem to keep away (although I wake up aching as I need to sleep on my front to be really comfortable)

cheek I think you're right, it just scares me when she screams like that, I feel like I'm a bad mum :(

We had the six week check today, everything good etc, poor LO has eczema. I also had eczema at her age, hopefully she wont get it as bad as I did. This bloody weather isnt helping!

Ugh totally I understand, my DH just doesnt seem to be able to read LO as well as me.. sometimes he just lets her cry "because there's nothing you can do to settle her" ffs!! I cant stand her being 'left to cry' she's too tiny for that!

MEN! etc etc

6+6

OH! I also totally heard Elka say Hello. SHE BLOODY SPOKE. This really was the happiest day of my life.

(she totally just made oohs and woos that nearly sounded like hello, but because it's my baby she;s awesome and it sounded like hello)

(she's clearly very advanced! hahaha )

Ha ha nexus that's so funny because I had a dream about M last night when she said 'hi mummy' then got up and walked away!! Just remembered that now!

Another one here with a fairly useless dh when it comes to settling baby. She does usually settle quickly if outside though so he'll just walk her round garden to give me a break. Ach he's not bad really!!

M slept from 10 till 3.30 again last night, fed and burped and back in her own bed in less than an hour, so I'm also feeling practically superhuman today having had so much sleep! Took ds3 and M to softplay after ds1&2 drop offs and because M slept we stayed for ages and then went back to pick up ds2 before coming home. I'm hoping spending lots of time with ds3 will improve his behaviour as he's in the midst of terrible twos at the moment.

Sorry to those not getting much sleep at the moment but it will improve.

Re breast pads I actually use washable ones and they are great, would recommend them!!

Oh forgot to say m is now 6+1

Totally - thats what j was like. It WILL pass but its bloody knackering till it does. Wishing you and Nexus a more sleepful night tonight.

Thinking - which washable ones do you use? I've tried them 4 times now at night but they get soaked through when my let down happens. Lansinoh seem the only ones that can soak up the milk leaks.

So we've been using the ranitidine for 4 days now and dh says he thinks he can see an improvement in j - a bit more settled, less clingy etc. I say its too early to tell - we were on holidays with the grand parents so have 3 extra sets of hands eager to cuddle him into submission. He was great today on a long woodland walk and an afternoon swim though.

Also keen for reusable breast pad recommendations!

Had a v v smiley baby this morn which made up for only getting about four hours' sleep, if that, after an evening of screams!

I think these are the ones I have. I bought them years ago hence why I'm struggling to remember. I also bought some from nappy lady website which were too big for me and tended to wrinkle. These ones are quite small and stay in place well. I should say though that I don't leak too much generally so not sure how well they would cope with bigger volumes of milk.
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First immunisations today. I don't like the pain cry. He's sleeping now, but fed fretfully for an hour after getting home.

CatB has let a live mouse go in the living room and is being spectacularly rubbish at recapturing it. Playing with it is one thing, looking blankly at it as it runs away is quite another.

8+1 (How?)

Oh, nearly forgot. Woes come in threes. Dh failed to put the bin out. Let's hope the weather doesn't get hot again...

oh dear abz. I'm dreading the jabs I know I'll apologise all the way to the drs..but having read ahead on the june forum I hear it results in a day of grogginess then full forgiveness

going through the 6 week growth spurt here and 4th outfit change. cleopatra bathed in milk right? perhaps I'll get softer skin

I've decided to try out a new name. Previously TotallyEggFlipped.

Abzs - I hope he settles and has a good night. We have vaccinations next week - I'm not looking forward to it!

Still not really getting the hang of the whole falling asleep/napping thing. N only seems to sleep after feeding & being cuddled or in the car. No idea how babies are meant to work.

8+2

Nice new outfit SNFED.

Abzs - hope J settles OK for you tonight. Ds1 and ds2 were irate as all hell about their 2,3 and 4 month jabs - am going to have to invest in industrial quantities of dairy free choc for J's first jabs in a couple of weeks time (if not going dairy free Ben + Jerry's is the perfect mummy panacea for post jab hell!) as his temperament is eerily similar to his brothers.

Thinking - thanks for the breast pad link. Have tried those but sadly my flow seems to soak those through.

Nexus - ds1 and ds2 keep claiming J has said his first word. I have to keep explaining wah is not a real word!

Went to a cool castle today with the grand parents - ds1 and 2 had great fun doing crafts, getting faces painted, running around like loons in the grounds and playing in fab adventure playground and j had much fun being fed in various different locations :-)

Thanks Thinking! Will take a look.

dinky- haha amazing, thats awesome they sound so excited!. I keep breaming that she's actually spoke, which confuses/freaks me out in the middle of the night when I go to feed her half asleep, then realising how mental that thought actually is!. Oh the joys of not knowing reality from dreams.

Cheek- I was thinking about all the milk in the bath and getting everywhere how it would make my skin awesome, cleopatra did it with cows milk? well, I've got taylor made stuff (!) haha.

Abzs- Im getting DH to go in there for the jab, cant deal with that cry! poor things! worth it but I remember the scream from the vit k jab, freaked me out. Lots of cuddles and kisses.

Do they get a little flu-y after the jabs? I know I felt a bit odd after my whooping cough jab.. mainly an achey arm..but still calpol at the ready.

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He is very sleepy. I'm not sure if that isn't more worrying than being grumpy. Hence I'm not asleep.

Dh caught the mouse, by hitting it over head with the colander he was trying to trap it under. CatB had given up and gone to be sick on two different window ledges

I have been convinced/coerced to go to Oban in the camper van this weekend. Dh is doing a triathlon, not sure what there is to do with a baby in Oban. Not sure how on earth to feed and change a baby in our camper van. Or where he's going to sleep.

Hello all! Haven't managed to catch up properly yet but hope those on/going on hols have a lovely time. Must book a holiday!!

Naps/daytime sleeping and feeding all over the place here. I figure he's still little and it will come in time (I hope!). He did nap long enough for me to get my hair coloured while he napped in the buggy beside me today so that was a result (though he woke for a feed just before the colour needed washing off so I had to undo my gown and feed him in the salon

4+5

Ok. I need to figure out how to work the baby. Boobing and cuddling to sleep just isn't practical with a 2 1/2y old around. I never got it figured out with the first one and it was torture for all of us.
So - how do you get your baby to sleep?

still I just cuddle A, or put her in Moses basket as she's just drifting off...tho that only really works at night when I can quickly turn the light off. A sometimes gets swaddled for a feed & she'll drift off so easily after that...

Hi ladies...anyone know if I can take A to a farm/petting farm type of place? Want to take N at the w/e but wasn't sure about taking A has she hasn't had jabs yet?

Not that she'll be that close/touching anything there mind, but was curious....

replying In stages....stillno I liked your old moniker. sounds twee but a lullaby works for us. think he thinks that sleeping through it is better than listening to it

Good work on the mouse hunt abz. how is oban stocked for b&bs

cheek I'm sure N would sleep to avoid listening to me singing too! . I'll give it a go.

Stillno your new name made me chuckle, as did you not being able to "work" the baby!

DS was really hard as a baby and we found "The Baby Whisperer" really helped. As with all of these books, there is a lot of picking and choosing, but I liked the section about understanding the different cries and acting accordingly. This time, I'm much more confident now I think I've picked up on L's "settling herself" noises and will give her a few minutes before I go and pick her up. She also likes to suck for comfort in the daytime, so we offer her a dummy when that happens. She sucks for about a minute and then spits it out and goes to sleep. Know you are bf though so may not want to try that one.

I by no means think I've got it all sussed and will probably regret sharing but most nights L is sleeping for a good 7 hour stretch. Backs away hiding head and waiting for it all to come crashing down

Having a lovely holiday week here. Lots of day trips. DS having a great time with DH. Wish I could be more involved in the active stuff but I must admit the hour I got in the sun with my kindle yesterday was amazing!!

SNFED sorry to say, it might just be the luck of the draw with these babies! DD was a crier couldn't do anything with her but L just sorts himself out. He'll do a little yawn to kindly tell me his tired so I'll then take away any distractions, toys, big sister etc, make sure his comfortable , and he just goes to sleep! We were in a pub the other day so difficult to find a calm place to I held him on my shoulder quite tightly and hummed a rather tuneless rendition of a White Stripes song with gentle sways and he was asleep in about 5mins. Dummies also work for me if I'm not able to pick him up, and also the sling (close caboo) is fantastic for sending him to sleep even if he's not tired. Good luck, I know how draining it can be.

Granny, I've taken L to a petting farm already without jabs. I didn't personally touch anything, including cages, pens, doors etc and I took some sanitizer fell which I used before touching L. Really glad I went as DD had a great time on her birthday.

*fell should be gell