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

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Time to start the post-natal thread.

And start those PELVIC FLOOR EXERCISES!

This morning was a lesson in not trying to do too much. I was running late for the dentist after washing up, expressing, sorting my washing out and dealing with the boy. Ran for the bus (with JP in the sling) and missed my footing... went flying . Some kind ambulance drivers were passing and scooped me up from the floor. I was insisting I was fine and that it was just grazed on my hands, but they took one look at my leg and dropped me off at A&E.

I have had three stitches to try to close a big gaping hole but it's still a right old mess, so my knee modelling career is definitely over . JP had a once-over and charmed the nurses and doctors by flashing his gums. He is fine, thank goodness.

Currently at home - DH is making me a steak sandwich and a mocha-chino for medicinal purposes. God, I love him. Is it too early for gin?

PS. Less 'me me me' post later, when the steak has worked its magic...

Clenching I hope you're feeling better and the steak was tasty (and your dentist doesn't charge for missed appointments!). Take it easy and rest your leg as much as possible. Glad your DH is there to look after you.

N managed to sleep 7:45-1:30 last night, then 2:30-5ish. It's the longest stretch she's ever done and for the last 2 weeks she was usually awake and looking for a feed twice by 1:30. I'm keeping everything crossed that it wasn't a complete one-off.

Wow Clenching - that sounds like a made. Glad you and F arent too badly hurt - what a horrible shock though! Take it easy and if you start to get knee pains get it properly checked out to make sure you haven't hurt the ligaments/cartilage (knee injury veteran here).

Glad last night was at long last another good one for you SNFED - J has definitely regressed a lot on the sleeping front.

Yikesclenching sounds sore, glad you and baby are ok.

Interesting chat re eye colour. Ds1 has grey-blue eyes like his daddy, and ds2 and ds3 have brown eyes like me. Their eyes were both really dark, inky grey when they were born so I knew they would have dark eyes. M's eyes are darkish blue so I suspect her eyes will be blue-grey eventually too!

M had imms this morning, ok so far, but ive heard the rotavirus drops can makd them v windy so we'll have to wait and see.
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Made = mare. Stupid autocorrect!!

Ouch Clenching! Rather lucky to have the ambulance passing, it's good to hear you are being well looked after at home too. Steak sandwich sounds fab

This chat on eye colour is interesting. C has beautiful blue eyes, but both my dh and I have green eyes, so I've been wondering if they'll change to match ours.

SNFED great stuff on the longer sleep! Having read on fb about a lot of LOs regressing, I have my fingers crossed for us all getting more sleep!

Thanks for the sympathy all. I'm a little less shellshocked now. Thinking, I was v lucky at the passing ambulance-people. Especially as the first person to stop was someone cutting the grass verge on a ride on mower . SNFED - the dentist's receptionist didn't mention charges, but I rang them with a screaming baby in my arms from the back of the ambulance so maybe she took pity. I should have asked them to turn on the siren for good measure! Dinky, hopefully will have no lasting effects (apart from I now need a new pair of jeans) but will keep an eye. Knees can be such troublesome beasts.

Annoying I was supposed to be meeting an old workman for dinner later. My first baby free night... not sure I can do a 50 mile round trip drive now though .

SNFED great to hear of N's improved sleep. Long may it continue. We are just getting back into the swing of things after the cold, but usually waking 2-3 x a night to feed and dropping off again soon after.

I have given up understanding all this genetics/inheritance business; I'm still surprised that JP is blonde when I am so dark. My eyes are v dark brown, DH's are blue and JPs still the colour of a dirty puddle.

Fecking autocorrect. Workmate not workman for dinner. That would be a crap night out, for sure .

Clenching - I'm Indian and I have 3 blue eyed v English looking boys! Genetics are an odd thing.

Panda glad yo home and wish you a quick recovery.

clenching ouch! But lol at your night out with a old workman! :-) hope you can rearrange it soon!
Had two good (ish) nights here but Theo hasn't slept much today, he got over tired so after trying everything to stretch out bedtime routine he's already in his sleeping bag almost finished his 2nd side of feed so think its all going to be thrown out tonight!

Clenching oh my goodness poor you!!! Glad you and little one are ok- workman made me giggle too

SNFED Juno had a food night too last night maybe there's something in the water... She went down 7.30 - 3am then fed for about 20mins and went down until 6am! I'm usually up 2/3 times in the night... Fingers crossed for a repeat performance too...

Silly autocorrect! Food should read good...

Ouch, panda - hope you aren't too bruised, and lol at night out with a workman.

Definite sleep regression here, too. B wanted feeding every 2 hours last night, and DS1 is going through a very anxious phase and was awake needing loads of cuddles and reassurance several times. All in all and exhausting night. DS1's daytime behaviour has also taken a nosedive - hitting/pushing B, tantrums, hitting/pushing at nursery and SO stubborn and contrary. Hard work. Does anyone have any recommendations for reading for toddler behaviour/jealousy issues?

Mortgage man said yes so as of next week we are having the whole bathroom pulled out & redone - we don't have another toilet or bathroom So looking forward to it bring done though - not least because we don't have a shower at the moment.

Must go to sleep now in case tonight is as bad as last night!

Also meant to say, trying to get active again with the hope of shifting at least the15 kg I need to lose to get to my pre-pg weight. Been cycling everywhere again and yesterday did 10 miles (just going from errand to errand, nursery etc) with the trailer, including a couple of miles with both kids and a load of tiles. My legs are definitely feeling it today, better bloody well do something to the scales too!

I want to do some kind of Pilates/yoga too but so far yet to find one on a day that DS is in nursery. Maybe a DVD is the way forward.

(Btw this isn't intended to show off/guilt trip anyone into exercise - with DS at this stage I counted just getting through the day only having eaten one tub of ice cream a major success!)

Well done on the cycling vinegar. I don't think I could even sit on a bike yet, never mind go anywhere.

J has now had enough of meeting relatives and has cried most of the evening and been a hot sweaty red faced mess. I've been lucky so far and never had to try to deal with this before. I even had to let the fire go out he was so hot - my DF's house is never too hot. Ever.

Hopefully he'll now feed to sleep. And then I may eat the big packet of dairy milk that's just out of reach. No, wait, got it.

Vinegar, with regards to jealous/behaviour issues, I found keeping both ds1 and ds2's routine as close to normal as possible very helpful. When I had DS2, I made sure that DS1's routine isn't too disrupted. This included plenty of cuddles, playtime and going out just me and him while DH looked after DS2. This helped him not to feel like he is competing for mums attention. Also involved him in looking after DS2.
With DS3 the age gap is slightly bigger so different approach. Ds1 is 8 and DS2 is 5 so i have mainly involved them in the care of DS3.

DD1 is mostly very good with N, giving her cuddles crushing her, kissing her and trying to help, but gets fed up and jealous when I'm BF and can't play and will tell me to stop feeding her etc. I've found cbeebies is my feeding time friend, but it doesn't always work. I try to read to DD1 whilst I'm BF N in bed in the morning. There's definitely been an increase is general tantrums and pushing the boundaries since N was born, but I don't know how much of that is just due to age and DH being around a bit more with his can't say no parenting style and how much is due to competing with N.

Last night wasn't quite do good, but still a big improvement on before. N slept 7:45-12. DH tried to settle her & gave her a bit of expressed milk, then I fed & settled her at 1 and she slept 2-6ish. She didn't get an afternoon nap yesterday. I think the better she naps in the day, the better she sleeps, so going to try to improve her nap routine if that's possible with a toddler around!

Ouch panda! Hope you're now on the mend and I'm glad JP was A OK must have been scary. Lol dinner with a workman

Snfed, glad sleeping is improving for you, hope you are managing to make the most of it and getting some sleep too.

Vinegar, im reading an interesting book at mo: raising happy children by J Parker & J Stimpson. It talks about behaviour generally rather than specifically coping with new sibling, but may be worth a trip to the library for.

L definitely doesn't like the cold mornings on the school run, poor thing must be a bit of a shock for our heat wave summer babies. Luckily I have an unemployed DH so L gets to stay for snuggles on the sofa, still desperately looking for the bright side with DH

Oh and vinegar, I'm very keen to get on my bike too. Got to sort out a front wheel issue and he some new tyres then I'm going to give it a go. DD has just learnt to ride her bike too

The old workman is the.best mn.autocorrect I've seen since the multipack of muslims. just imagined you driving 50 miles to see a man with a tool belt and a,wrinkly builders bum I'm still laughing! Glad youre ok panda

it is interesting to read about eye colour. Neither of us have blue eyes (dh dark brown and I have grey/green) but joseph still does. my mum has blue eyes so I'm wondering if she has the genetic trump card or if it will still change

ug good luck with the exercise vinegar the most im managing are walks with the sling ..being.able to cycle with your children sounds excellent.

Clenching I hope your knee is feeling a bit better today. I also had a good giggle at your old workman!

Eye colour is really interesting. I have dark brown eyes and dh has hazely green eyes. F's eyes were very dark blue at birth but they now seem to change day to day between dark green and grey. I have no idea how they will end up. I suspect like dh's.

We had a great day yesterday at our first baby swimming lesson, F loved it. Although it's expensive is so worth it because she enjoyed it so much. Today is much less good coz we had vaccines this morning and she's a crying grumpy baby since. I've just managed to get her to sleep on my chest, hopefully a good nap will make her feel a bit better.

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vinegar well done on getting on your bike again, I'm sure the weight will come off with a bit of time- I always say it takes 9 months to put it on, and 9 months to lose it again. I always seem to hang onto the last 5% till I stop bf mind you. Re books I'll assume you've read toddler taming, another book I've got recently is called 1-2-3- magic. It's to improve bad behaviour and also strengthen your relationship with your dc's and can be used for ages 2-12. I bought it with ds3 in mind and it might be working a bit but still to soon to say.
Since school went back I've had much more time to spend with him (& M) but because she's quite settled we've been going to groups most mornings so we are having fun together. I always end up running round doing housework if I stay at home so much better (for all of us) to go out. Housework can wait (and does wait in this house )
Sunday that's great re your dd!

persuasion glad you are enjoying the swimming. M is very happy in the bath and I think she'd like swimming if we go to a nice warm pool. Our local one is way too cold, but there is one about 30min away with dedicated toddler pool, family changing rooms with heated floors (so no wet floors) and special family swim sessions when 2 adults can take in 4 children as they have extra lifeguards on. Its always really busy but we will get round to it eventually!

Laughed so much at old workman I woke up DD after spending about half an hour getting her to sleep!