Jan 2014 - And lo' there appeared a star: Our babies start arriving!

[AnotherStitchInTime]

Hello ladies,

Thought I would start you off. We can just keep this a stats thread until we all deliver and then move across if you like.

AnotherStitchInTime Dc3 Mason Oliver born 23rd December at 9.57am, 34+5 weeks, 2.976kg.

angel Try looking at a picture or video of Finn if he's not there. Or, preferably look at him. I found that helped with the let down.

The Aveeno is working wonders!! Her skin is the best it's been in a while.

Morning all! Henry spent most of yesterday either being sick or sleeping in his sling. He didn't want to be apart from me at all. Tomorrow dh starts a week holiday, but he's out most of the day with some old friends. Then my mom comes with my youngest brother and my sister. Mom last saw Henry at 7 weeks and the kids (who aren't kids anymore at 17 and 16) haven't met him at all. So i can't wait to introduce them.

today is going to be a survival day I think. Ds1 is watching Thomas the Tank engine, and Henry is sleeping. Long may it continue! What is everyone else doing today?

Eek my mom and the kids are now coming today! She is on a canal boat holiday and is cold, so handing the boat back today instead of Monday. She called and asked what I was having for tea. I said I've taken something out of the freezer, could be chilli or possibly a casserole, I wont know until it's defrosted and then she asked if she could come today. I'm very excited

Hope you have a lovely day with your mum million.

Alice must be going through a growth spurt as she was awake feeding every two hours last night.. So tired!

million hope you had a good day.

altered I have 20 cloth, 10 bumgenius and 10 LL OSFA pockets. I don't use them overnight, mainly because A is ridiculous about wees and screams the second she is wet, so I get through 12 cloth a day, so use disp overnight to slow her up a bit and let me catch up on washing. I don't use them when out, either,as only have one wet bag.
Re bumgenius drying time, you do take the liners out of the 'outer' to wash and dry, right? The outers seem to dry really fast and I tumble the liners for softness and absorbency.

Had a couple of lovely days with A being angelic, sleeping well, etc,then Friday she was awful until she finally, on sat morning, did two huge poonamis. Now she's been up three times so far tonight. Gah. DH has been whining about being tired, so I am giving him death eyes.

Hope you had a nice day million. I love it when my mum comes up. She makes me put everything into perspective when I'm feeling a bit down.

So DH and I had a bit of a row yesterday as it was my one proper chance for a lie in as he's too scared to have both children at the same time. DS was with my parents. He takes Lara, puts her down for a sleep, mooches around downstairs and decides to take a shower about 40 mins later which is when she usually wakes. So basically he did fuck all with her and her crying woke me up. So as soon as I was back asleep from her morning feed/change, I had to get up to sort her out.
When I write it down it really doesn't seem crime of the century but I'd been looking forward to that lie in for weeks!!

So we have DS back which is nice but he's becoming a right diva!!

Lara slept a little better last night and was in with us from about 4am only, which was when she wouldn't settle. Her wind will arms kept hitting me in the face until she fell back in a deep sleep.

For others whose babies are also waking lots, do you feed them each time. I'm not as guessed she wouldn't be hungry 45-60 mins after a last feed and she eventually goes back to sleep, but then felt a bit mean!

Have a nice day everyone. We're going for lunch with some of my uni friends and partners. Luckily there is a soft play for DS to be entertained in!

*windmill!

I do feed every time but only because I'm lazy and it's the easiest way to get Alex back to sleep. Out of nowhere we've had a run of good nights where he's slept from 9-2ish then 2-6ish in his Moses basket with a couple of dozes on me either side. Been really easy to get back asleep at 2am too. I'm enjoying it whilst it last because if the 4 month sleep regression doesn't mess it up, the 10hr time difference on holiday will. Annoyingly dd has been up in the night too though.
Anyone else still keeping baby with them for all sleeps? Dd was in her room for some sleeps from 8weeks so not sure what to do when Alex outgrows his Moses basket.

Pidgy I do feed every time, but only because he wakes up no more frequently than every three hours (usually it's longer stretches).

So, I had my first 'night off' last night - I got to go to the dinner and drinks bit of my friend's hen do. Four hours away from DS - first time we've been apart!! Had a lovely time, but feeling the hangover/tiredness this morning - didn't drink loads, but after ten months of sobriety, having a couple of glasses of wine has really hit me this morning! Was also up at 4am trying desperately to express as being away from Finn meant that my boobs were ready to explode! Too sore to sleep!

We're doing a few friends and family visits this afternoon... Anyone doing anything nice?

Ohh tarka that gives me hope that Lara will settle! Last night she did 8-2.30 on her own cot (own room as she's too big for the basket) which was GREAT! It's the hours after that she's really unsettled. We'll get there one day so feeling quite positive.
Good job Alex!

Angel I remember that feeling well! After I went to the Paralympics (DS was a few months) my dad gave me a hug goodbye and I almost screamed with the pain. Got home and woke DS to help me out!

Alex is in her own room for daytime naps, but in with us at night. I'll start her on sleeping in her cot overnight after she gets to 4 months hoping we don't have the fabled four month sleep regression.

humpty i'm not quite sure what you mean about inner & outer bits for bumgenius. I do turn them inside out to hang them up but they're all in one jobs so def can't dry them separately.

I'm rubbish at the baby sleeping thing. Little puggle (15 weeks today!) goes to bed when I do (about 10) and is still co-sleeping as won't do more than 2hrs in bednest, if that. Still got baby windmill thrashing arms too that mean I'm getting woken slightly more often than 2 hrly. I can only get him to sleep in sling by daytime and by feeding at night. I'm really really hoping that the 4 month sleep regression might miraculously bring me a baby that sleeps more than 2 hrs at night,vaguely on their own and maybe could nap stationary.

On the plus side, its not so bad I've ever attempted to change the current status! just fret in the wee small hours that I'm doing it all wrong

Meredith is with me for all sleeps. In the day if we're home she's either in the pram or on me, and at night she's in her sidecar crib in our room. This won't change any time soon because she doesn't have her own room. So when she goes in a cot, that'll still be in with us.

Today we've been to Shooters Hill for rugby. I think it was DS's last game of the season and they trounced Shooters Hill, so that rounded it off nicely. Then we came home to a nice gammon joint I'd put in the slow cooker before we left, and mash and veg.
My big babies are going to their dad's for a week in a couple of hours, which will be weird. They don't usually go for a whole week at a time.

Same as you Toblerone baby pumpkin is with me for all sleeps, either on me, in carrycot/bouncer downstairs or in her crib upstairs. Like you she doesn't have her own room either and I don't trust her sibling's not to pick her up in the night so I will be keeping her in with me for quite a while and try and squeeze a cot in our room when the time comes. Then maybe at 10 months move her in with older sister and move my 3 girls into their own room together.

We had maggi chicken, medititeranean vege and potato dauphanious. And a day of tedious laundry folding and putting away was had by me lol

Gawd I forgot about the four month sleep regression. DD STTN before that happened and then didn't again until, err, last week. She's 21 months. The six week spurt didn't seem to affect little man so hoping perhaps the next one won't either. Who am I kidding?!

I need some perspective.

dh is out meeting his old friends today. He left at 11.30, he said he wouldn't be too long, so i expected him back about five, but I'm pretty relaxed.

he txt me at 5 that he would be home soon, he was just finishing his drink. So i figured at 7 at a very, very, push. I'm not the type of wife who demands him be back at a certain time, I've always been a "just let me know if you're staying out later, I really don't care".

I've manages to get both children to sleep (they were massively over tired, so it was a push) and he's still not back. And he's not messaged. Which is starting to piss me off. I just think it's common courtesy. Would anyone else start getting annoyed yet?

I'd have been annoyed at 5pm, million, and I'm pretty laid back.

I agree with toby. Dh can stay out with friends all night if he wants but we talk about it first. I don't like him just assuming I will be available to provide "childcare" as a default.

I'm full on raging. His text at five said "won't be much longer, * is on his last drink".

he's just called. He's missed the bus he was planning on getting. planning which means he had no intention of getting home sooner, so why the fuck didn't he tell me? So he's getting a McDonalds and getting the next bus in 15 mins. He asked if i still love him, which is what he does when he knows he's pissed me off. I just uh huhed him.

he will be home at 8.30 at the earliest. And he's eaten. I have to forage for food (nothing in), can't go to the chippy as the boys are asleep, and we've no junk food. I'm full on raging

I will be available to provide "childcare" as a default. that's how it feels!

He's just rolled in

He just said why he was so late. Then he looked at me. So i said "I'm mad at you. I'm not doing the girl thing and making you work it out. I'm telling you. But why am I mad at you"

he had no fucking idea. Then, when i calmly started to explain he said "million, i don't go out very often and I've had a really good night, so remember that before you start". So i gave him a look and I'm running the bath. I'm so fucking annoyed

Cal is with me all the time and I do all feeds/night changing. But Dp will get up with both boys, change and dress them and see to breakfast so I can sleep a bit longer in the mornings.

I agree with toby, million, I'd be pissed off at 5. Just doesn't seen very respectful.
I'd also order something in for yourself, whack on a dvd and try and have some me time. Don't give him any more thought.

We've had a lovely day, had Sunday lunch at the inlaws and have put DS1 to bed after a light dinner (minestrone soup, cheese, salad). Cal is refusing to sleep (dp walking him and shushing him as I type) and hasn't slept much all day. Maybe an hour at dps parents around 2ish but hasn't since. Have tried pretty much anything and were both starting to flag. Please help?? I've tried white noise but it hasn't worked today.

X posted. Million, he's a tosspot.

Ugh million I would be raging and I'm an easy going sort most of the time. Agree with whoever said about the default childcare option too. DH sometimes has the nerve to call to say he's just leaving work but is going for a quick drink first before coming home. It's the assumption that I'm happy to stay at home carrying on with my day job indefinitely whilst he merries it up in the pub. It's not like I ever have plans to go out (or if I do it takes weeks of planning and reminders) but that he has the apparent freedom to choose to do these things when I don't sigh