October 2014 // thread 6 // baby's new year resolution is to sleep more?!

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Fate me too. Plus milk feeding is much easier - no mess, no sticky face, no ruined clothes, no stinky solids nappies, no washing up, no turning wee noses up at something you've lovingly crafted!

Oh, I just remembered. Today I met a man with seven children. Seven! He basically hadn't slept for fifteen years.

Seven!? Nooooo im only just getting dh to consider a second (but that may be due to the pattern of 1 then twins in my family.... also bloody terrifying!)
So babymoosd has slept for 2 hrs and woke like the world was ending. Had 5 mins feed and is now dozily chewing away on me. Really thought the sleep at the weekend was due to change from omep back to ranitidine but mustve been random fluke,
Ah well dh is off tomorrow as we're off to look at nurserys :( but it does mean i get an hour to myself in the aft for a nice bath! Very excited! Altho i might fall asleep if this night continues like this...

Got woken up by someone blowing raspberries in the dark Although this new noise is funny it is less so at 5am. Baby now on boob!
Should I be looking into nurseries now then? Not sure where to pick as I work at 2 different sites and may be moving house this summer!!

I'm amazed anyone does this twice never mind seven times!

Although A slept 8-4 last night so if he keeps it up I might change my mind I suppose. But no, even then, no! I love him but he's enough for me. I'd like DH to get a vasectomy.

We have 3 close to our house to look at because we get the train into work and its a rammed against the windows type train so i couldnt take babymoose to any near work, does mean he'll be there pretty much 7.30-6 which i feel fairly awful about. Trying to persuade dh to let me do 4 days a week but we would lose money, and because im on a training course id still have to do exams at the same times so theres every chance id end up spending my weekends working/revising which sort of defeats the object... hmm why are these things so difficult!

Thats a good sleep splendide! I know what you mean, babymoose is so difficult and has so many issues but when i look at his little face i just couldnt imagine not having another! Hormones i guess! Lol

I do feel bad thinking about him as an only child and I do like the idea of having more people round the dinner table!

But then I'm the sole earner more or less and don't think we could afford another maternity leave. Plus I was basically suicudal for the first couple of months and I think being like that again with an older child to care for might have ended me.

Oh sorry that reads really badly! It was meant to come across more that despite how difficult paddy has been that im really surprised at myself already thinking about wanting another...

I don't think it came across badly at all! I think it's lovely actually. :)

splendide it's fine to only want one. I always wanted a second, but was dreading the first few months tbh and thought I would be a certifiable wreck by now. But actually I'm much less emotional this time round, am sleeping better (not only because this baby is a better sleeper) and the time is passing much, much faster. I would still take the toddler if asked to look after either a baby or a toddler for the day, though!

Re weaning, a friend of mine tried to wean her pfb onto raw, local, seasonal food only (think raw oats mixed with grated apple and water). Unsurprisingly the baby was unimpressed .

My best friend had quite serious PND after her first child. She conceived DC2 'accidentally' (she has talked about not wanting an only child though - not that there is anything wrong with an only)

But when pregnant with DC2, she, her GP and the midwives had a plan in place to tackle her mental health. She had a prescription for a breastfeeding friendly anti-depressant in place waiting for her to give birth. She started the medication the day after giving birth.

Of course having a new baby is still hard work, the medication doesn't change that. But my friend coped much better and did not suffer with any PND or anxiety following her second birth.

We're going to have 'just' one. We can afford, from a financial and time point of view, to give one child a lot of family time and opportunity. Less so for more than one. Also I'm 41 at the weekend, and didn't enjoy pregnancy that much, so don't have time to forget what it was like before doing it again! If I'd started younger, probably we'd have had more, but I don't regret my life to now, so I'm ok with our decision.

I think boyfriend will have a vasectomy later this year. At least I hope he will cos I've not quite got round to having a coil put back in, and I don't want to either.

Lots of my friends have the one, it's more common now so they'd never be the odd one out at school etc...
Although I've just had ds2 I loved having ds as my little mate, we traveled loads just me and him when my OH worked to visit friends abroad and it was so nice. It won't be as easy with 2, and there is something special about that one on one thing...

If I think N is allergic to egg, every time we've prepared it and even after washing my hands if I touch his face it flares up red with little white blister type things on... (It goes down quite quickly.) Should I see the doc now about getting him allergy tested/avoid egg in my diet/ not worry and be careful when I wean him...

Today I met a man with seven children

I know a woman who is one of five, married a man who is one of six. They have six children (and are done) and her brothers family (who I also know) also have six children.

They must have massive family gatherings.

I have four children, but they only have two cousins and there are likely to be no more. We are the only large family within my extended family group.

I have a large extended family. My cousins now all have children most of the. Have three, one with four, a few with two. My brother has one but I think there will be more. I love big families in theory!

Anybody snowed in yet its been quite heavy here at times but not landing as the ground is quite wet. I have 4 year old waiting patiently (so far) for it to land as her dad promised it would !!!

Sazzle contact rashes can indicate an Ig-e allergy - they are more serious and can include anaphylactic reactions. I'd cut egg from your diet and speak to the doc now so there's a plan in place for weaning. They may want to do an egg 'trial' where its first tried at hospital with an epi pen handy in case the reaction is serious.

We have a friend who has 11 children!

She had 4 than met dps best friend they went on to have 5 together. They split up she met someone new, found she was pregnant went for a scan and it was twins! They were born a couple of months ago. I have no idea how she does it.

No snow here, again! I'm having a bit of a pamper on Friday I'm so looking forward to it. We are going to a black tie dinner on Saturday so I'm having spray tan, eyebrow wax ( I look like noel Gallagher) nails done and hair done on Saturday afternoon. Boys are staying my mums and girls at dsd's for a sleepover so get a full nights sleep and a lie in woo hoo in fact I'm more excited about the sleep than the dinner!!!

We're predicted to have snow from tonight for 24-30 hrs :s dont want to be trapped in again!

Yellow, thanks booked an appointment for Friday, will see what they say!

No snow down here, although there was thunder earlier. Only got a couple of half hour naps today. Had a nice bath so now trying to feed my insomniac devil darling daughter into submission!
Poor Ned, glad you got an appointment Sazzle
And to someone with 11 children- how did she manage to find the time to make them cope?
Subway for dinner as I'm having a slob day

Yes 11....how is her lady garden?!! Yikes!
No snow here, too far south I think...
On day 5 of the earlier to bed routine. I'm still being woken almost every two hours through the night but he's going to bed slightly better, just waiting for the classic 45 min wake up... I'm hoping eventually I'll see longer gaps. Fingers crossed hey?!

The baby pooed in her bath twice tonight. She does it with an absolutely expressionless face. Sometimes I really think she's just having an elaborate joke at our expense.