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January 2014 - hoping for more sleep

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beccajoh · 11/04/2014 10:43

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/1952352-Jan-2014-And-lo-there-appeared-a-star-Our-babies-start-arriving

What's the deal with threads being closed? Is there a post limit?

I am soooooo tired today. Archie has been really unsettled the last few nights from about 4am onwards. Sometimes he's hungry, sometimes he wants to play, sometimes he wants his dummy. The last two nights he's ended up in with us as it's easier to replug the dummy, pat etc.
YAWN.

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TobyLerone · 14/05/2014 12:57

Paediatrician appointment went well. He said that although he could hear a slight sound from her heart, it was what he'd expect to find in 1 in every 3 or 4 babies. He had no concerns. Her BP was a bit high, though, but he said he wasn't worried. Who knew they even did BP readings in babies?!
She also weighs 13lb 2oz (5.95kg) now, at 18 weeks. I'm amazed she's so small, given how much she eats!

FelixFelix · 14/05/2014 13:08

Toby that's good news! Also, I did 5:2 for a few weeks pre-pregnancy and lost about 10lb. It's great, and I find the fast days very easy as I did the Cambridge diet for a few months (can you tell I'm a serial dieter Sad) so I can easily not eat much for a day. The only problem I had was I started over eating on the non-fast days, so it doesn't work too well for me after a while.

Humpty I'm convinced Sylvie is getting too big for her bednest now too (she's only been in it a week!!) and wakes up at 5 every morning kicking the crap out of the sides of it. Her nursery isn't even painted or anything and it's up another flight of stairs, and I don't want to put her in her own room yet Sad we could possibly fit a cot in our bedroom but DP isn't keen on it. I don't want to put her upstairs until she sleeps through most of the night otherwise I'll be up and down constantly! I don't know what to do!

Naturegirl82 · 14/05/2014 13:45

Good news toby glad it's nothing to worry about.

FelixFelix · 14/05/2014 15:11

I have a question! My sister gave me her Annabel Karmel book and I'm loosely following her plan for introducing purées etc. But we are going away to Scotland the weekend after next so I'm not sure what to do. I'm going to make up a load of purées for the freezer but obviously they won't survive the 6 hour drive up and we are staying in a hotel so won't have anywhere to store them. What should I do? Would I be ok giving her ready made stuff for the weekend? We will only be two weeks in so it's not like she will be eating loads. I didn't think about this Shock

TobyLerone · 14/05/2014 15:21

Given that she's not yet 6 months and she doesn't 'need' food as such yet (nutritionally, I mean), I can't imagine that a few spoonfuls of ready made food rather than lovingly-prepared homemade purées will matter too much :)

AMillionNameChangesLater · 14/05/2014 15:23

toby brilliant news :)

FelixFelix · 14/05/2014 15:30

Thank Toby, I know I'm being totally PFB about it all haha. I'll see what's the least disgusting sounding ones and buy them.

TobyLerone · 14/05/2014 15:57

One of the rugby mums told me last week that the Plum sachet thingies taste like actual food.

TobyLerone · 14/05/2014 15:59

And not PFB :o
I'll be the same.

AMillionNameChangesLater · 14/05/2014 16:04

I tried the plum ones, they do taste real!

FelixFelix · 14/05/2014 16:33

Maybe the baby food diet is the way forward for us Grin

BookTart · 14/05/2014 18:23

So pleased it went well today toby, that must be a relief. They tried to take Percy's BP 4 times before giving up because her feet were too little for the sensor thingy.

We've had no naps this afternoon. I fear for tonight...

flyawayblue · 14/05/2014 18:46

Brilliant news toby

Odd question for you all. If money / circumstances allowed when would you go back to work? We had planned on splitting maternity but dh can't in his new job. Due to this I'm all booked to go back when Alice is 5 months old. Had a second look at her nursery today and it didn't feel right. DH liked it but understands that I might want to spend more time with Alice / look at other places...

I'm really confused and was wondering what others would do.

AMillionNameChangesLater · 14/05/2014 19:00

If money was no object, I'd still go back to work in two weeks and split the mat leave.

I'm good at my job, and i need it. Dh is crazily excited to be off with the kids

flyawayblue · 14/05/2014 19:19

million that would be my perfect option and what we were working towards until dh got a new job. I love my job and enjoyed my kit days just worried about childcare now dh can't split leave.

AMillionNameChangesLater · 14/05/2014 19:25

I'm sorry i can't be more help, take your time to find somewhere you like

flyawayblue · 14/05/2014 19:27

Sorry not meaning to be grumpy / complain just confused. Hopefully going to look at other places tomorrow and Friday.

HumptyDumptyBumpty · 14/05/2014 19:51

toby good news!
puggle I can just see you chatting with the invigilators, still in nursing bras and tops...
fly my ideal would be to work from home. If the nursery feels wrong, I'd keep looking. It's too important!
nature def chase them. It can be late, but it is a booster jab, so I guess it can't be left for ever.

TobyLerone · 14/05/2014 19:53

They had to take her BP about 10 times, and even then it wasn't going well. So it probably wasn't all that accurate anyway.

Can't help with the work thing, sadly, as I am a lazy cow SAHM until I don't want to be one any more (barring disasters). And even if I did need to get a job, I'd go and work in Waitrose or something. I would never go back to my old career (accountant).

FelixFelix · 14/05/2014 19:59

Fly, I'm not going back I don't think. If I was, I'd go back as late as possible so I could spend more time with Sylvie. I can't go back part time so I'd be paying £800 a month just in childcare, so we wouldn't be that much better off with me working anyway.

I'll probably do what Toby said and get a part time retail job or something rather than go back to my old career, if I wanted to go back to working. It's so much stress for so little pay.

TarkaTheOtter · 14/05/2014 20:15

I'm same as toby and felix. I was an academic and hated it. If/when I do go back I will retrain. Might feel differently in a job I loved, especially if I could do term time working/part time etc.

alteredimages · 14/05/2014 20:55

I am fed up of being fat too, but I think a diet would send me over the edge...on the other hand, if I don't do it now I probably never will!

Anyway...half price tots bots at tesco! I have just bought loads of nappies and am officually penniless but cloth is great. You should all try it!

Swannykazoo · 14/05/2014 21:09

Hmm - I loved my job but it seems completely like another life. I'm dreading going back, but I've spent about 12 years training and only got my consultant post in June last year. I suspect I'll enjoy it when I go back but am worried about work life balance and having forgotten everything!

Angelesque · 15/05/2014 06:13

Until yesterday I'd have said going back to work part-time - want to keep the career going that I've worked so hard and long for. However... I viewed our preferred nursery yesterday (preferred on that it's really near my office and lots of colleagues use it). I didn't really like it. Now having a mega wobble. The nursery wasn't bad as such, but the room for babies under 12m made me feel sad. The 3:1 ratio just doesn't look workable with little babies.

Naturegirl82 · 15/05/2014 07:53

I'm going back full time but I love my job and it's taken a lot of studying to get it. But I am dreading it as well as I'm worried about how much I'll miss of O growing up. I'm in the lucky position of full time childcare from MIL though which I think makes it a little easier for me.