November 2012 - Babies are getting busy, busy, busy

[StuntNun]

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1858262-November-2012-In-which-the-babies-start-to-reach-their-first-birthdays

ditsy that must have been scary

fatima is the croup improving?

Self indulgent post warning.

Feeling really down in the dumps trying to work out how I'm going to cope alone.
Mum n sis keep going on about how hard it is to look after H. 3of them take it in turns to have him and bring me food n drink how will I cope with two of them and feeding all 3of us?

You let one of them cry while you deal with the most urgent task - which sometimes is your bladder or stomach! Make a room as safe as you can and stair gate it. Or a nice big play pen. And every time they say "Oh, H is such hard work i don't know how you'll cope" you reply "I'll be fine, I'm his mummy. And hes got his lovely aunty/granny coming round all the time to play with him, hasn't he?" with your sweetest smile...

I'm exhausted. R is teething and growth spurting and spent half the afternoon feeding. I'm drained dry, bedtime feed was 30 minutes, he's normally down in 15 I'm about to raid the cupboard, there's some dates and i might send vvvdp to the shop for nuts...

GT there's no two ways about it - the first six months with such a small age gap is going to be hard - hence why it's so rare to have babies so close as even the eldest is a helpless tiny babe. BUT every day it will get easier and easier. I think 'everybody fed, nobody dead' should be your mantra. And get a slow cooker, a sling and a playpen to either keep H in one place or protect A from too much brotherly attention happy slapping and eye poking. You'll come out the other side of next year as a battle hardened super Mum!

I answered gt but MN crashed so c&p'd to FB

We went into Edinburgh today with my sis and her two whilst DH WAH and dog-sat. Jonas crawled miles round the Museum of Scotland and giggled for ages at everyone who pretended to chase him. There's loads of kid friendly stuff - it was so much fun. And he was so knackered bedtime took 8 minutes! We also had dairy free pizza (cheese less bah!) and dough balls which he gorged on and then he helpfully polished pizza express's floor for them by doing laps. A Lithuanian chef with the same name was smitten with him. A really nice day. My new motto is 'if in doubt get out the house'.

GT ((hugs)) - you will indeed be a super-multi-tasking-wonder-woman before you know it. I think PRs advice is perfect - and you must remember that things are going to be very very hard right now, as Hs world has been turned upside down, and he is trying to understand the recent changes. Soon he will be more used to the new normal, and less unsettled, and soon A will be less shiny-new and helpless, and a bit easier to leave on a playmat for 5 minutes. You will cope and you will cope admirably I have no doubt.

Sophia I am delighted to hear ds1 did a poo on the toilet!

Pidj yay to some extra money, enjoy clothes shopping. And I think you would be a wonderful peer supporter. The bf lady at the boob group I used to go to asked if I wanted to train and I would have loved to, but sadly couldn't have given it the time/dedication now I'm back to work. I think it must be a very rewarding thing to do.

Another self settle tonight, thank goodness. And todays new trick? Is to use The Pointing Finger (aka fave thing ever) to turn light switches on and off. And on. And off. And on again....and off. You get the drift.

GT in a few months H won't even remember a time before A xx

PP you'd be awesome at peer support for BF - you're unflappable, upbeat, can-do and you know your stuff

BP awesome news on the pointy finger - no pointing here yet.

I'm checking in, we are having a few steps, but it's all confidence. He's now on a big cup, and still very cheeky.

Right off, to work tomorrow. Another 12 hours shift.
Evil

Ditz I would be the same. Heart racing for hours after.

QQ. Is the event of same happening to others. I thought you are not meant to remove clothes? What is the best thing to do?

Soph- woop woop poo in the correct place.
Love the idea of a wood burner and doing crafting

Pp good idea! You pass. Lol

Another QQ nipple shields are still hurting? Wwyd?

Bleeding one side. Cracks the other. Jezz this sucks.
However long my bf journey lasts I'm glad I've stuck it out (TWO WEEKS TOMORROW!) as I've really loved looking at A all milky n drunk. there have been moments today I've thought. Fuck this for a laugh.

Off to google nipple pain.

((Hugs)) ditsy How's the arm? And the heart rate?!

Glad to hear of a successful potty day sophia :)

GT Having 2 so close together was always going to be hard to start with, but give it a few months and you'll have it cracked. And give a year or 2 and it'll be brilliant :)

pidj I reckon you'd make a great peer supporter.

Night time squinting eyes, A waking up everyone. H yelling mummummum. Pls don't let this be a 3 hour feeding session.

Think I need bigger nipple shields didn't think I'd go from no (flat) nipples to large ones. Lol!

Ditsy I hope LO is ok

GT you are doing amazing and you will crack having the two of them. Give yourself time xxx

Disastrous night here. Am so tired.

Thankful that just a week short of 5 months since the last two teeth came through, number three finally showed its face this morning.

Morning all, gt I'm really impressed you are doing so well!

Sounds like a lovely day yw. Perfect. I love pizza express.

Have woken up with a rotten headache and there is no drugs in the house. I think it may be the start of a cold as I feel hot in the eyes ( I hope someone can identify with that and I am not just weird) so I have had a le sip in the hope it will clear it.

The wind turbine is maxing out so it will be polo necks and autmn knitwear al the way today.

Hello number 3!

GT as much Lanisoh as you can apply, before and after feeds. Once your supply is established A won't need to feed for as long and your nipples will heal. Breastfeeding is hard work but it gets easier and easier. Once you and A know what you're doing you'll be able to put him in a sling and feed him while playing with H. It's easier to bf a baby one handed than ff. I really admire your determination and perseverance. You've given A the best start with all your lovely antibodies so he'll have a bit of extra protection. Keep up the good work and please keep posting on here, you can give our bf peer-supporters some practice!

Only just able to get on! Loads to catch up on

What a night, much is needed. S was up from 11 until 2am most of that screaming. Calpol didn't work either. It wasn't until about 1:45 that I even thought to give her some milk and she calmed down and went straight to sleep. Well how shit did I feel after that knowing she was crying that long because she was hungry and I didn't even realise

GT, let down aches a bit to start with. Count to 100 and if it's not gone, get checked for thrush.

Sophia, i get hot in the eyes too. Bit like Matilda...

R slept 6-5:30 and has just had his first morning nap in his cot hesjust stirring but I'm praying for a self settle - he can do it at night, but doesn't really like his cot during the day... Hmm, i can hear the odd grump

Oh no fruit , but your brain doesn't work properly at that time of the night!

Sod's law - today is swimming the day I want him up early so he naps before the pool and at 8.15, fearing the worst, I have to go in and wake him! Please sleep that well at the weekend bear. Guess miles of crawling yesterday exhausted him

I think it was coupled with the fact she hasn't had a feed in the night since she was about 4 months old so it just didn't register that it might have been that

Yay for R sleeping so long pp

fruit it would never have entered my head! I often wonder how I would know as it is so long since p did a hungry cry.

Great sleeping pp!

No plans here at cote d'crisp. Just been looking up playparks in Nice but we seem to be several miles from any of them. Considering p insisted on walking round the hypermarche yesterday I would say the girl has energy to burn.

It is always the same yw! Whenever I actually need p awake she is snoozing like a snoozy thing.