We've no time for JSing. We're battling green nappies, sleepless nights, x-box playing men and trying to hide our sling addictions. Fuck it, let's do a runner on a golf cart.

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A lovely thread for all the JS Grad Grads to chat feeding, sleep and post-birth STUFF.

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Roll call please ladies and perhaps add the number of slings and buggies you have acquired at the time of posting... wink

It will pass min, keep going.

So. My child now goes to bed at 10.30pm. BUT. She then sleeps through til half five. Can't argue with that. Hoping bedtime will move itself earlier and we'll get an evening back. Only taken 8 months...

I'd take that Juni. I'm kind of wishing I'd never bothered moving bedtime forwards.

Hello to all the Newbies, still can't believe the speed your all popping babies out, the threads getting busy!

it does get better min just seems never ending at the time.

Good work on the night time sleeping S!

How come you all get all these health visitor development checks? After 6 weeks we don't see anyone until a year unless we request an appointment and then the buggers don't turn up

Mr furry pulled a diamond out his pocket last night & proposed at the bottom of the garden!

Congrats Furry!!

Honest to god Min I hated it when DD was teething. Felt like the worst thing in the world. She ended up popping 4 through at once!! It was horrific but it definitely doesn't last forever.
We started putting DD down at 7:30 pretty much at around 3 months and then did a dream feed at 10am and then she's wake at 4am for another feed and sleep till about 7am. Now she sleeps straight throughfrom 7:30-8am most mornings. She's started waking up abut earlier though as I think she feels like she's missing out on something now DS is here.
Ive been a bit naughty and driven today- just into the little town and back, honest to god I get so emotional if I do t get to go outside everyday and I've been feeling trapped sitting in this house and only being able to do small things. I put a cushion over my scar and just took it easy, it's like a 6 min drive but a 45 minute walk! Anyway I feel loads better for getting out. DP is back at work so hoping getting back to normality also helps me. Sorry for moaning so much but I was in complete despair yesterday.
DS managed 2 night feeds last night instead of his usual 4-5. Managed to get more Oz down him at any one feed so didn't find last night as bad as the nights before. Hopefully he'll keep that up!

After the HV had convinced herself I was being domestically abused she seemed to bugger off and I've not seen her since apart from DDs 9 month check not that I'm arsed because she was a bit of a nob if she thought for one minute Id sit and let DP hit me and not leave the bastard! I know how horrific it is as a child watching your parents fight and seeing your dad hit your mum. No way would I stand one more second in this house if DP did anything of the sort!
You'd think she'd keep an eye out if she was that adamant that he was hitting me but hey ho.
I've got a new one coming round next Wednesday and she sounds quite young and friendly so hopefully she won't be leaving little domestic violence leaflets everywhere!

Oh wow scoob huge congratulations to you!

Right I'll hold you lot to it, if it doesn't get better and she doesn't get back to being able to go past the dreaded 45 min mark, I'm coming for you... If I can be arsed of course. Safe to say, you're all safe. I've frig all energy.
Thank god it's the weekend and the husband is home, also the gps are staying tomorrow night so I'm assuming she will be on her best behaviour.

Right, negative head off, positive head, on....

Hooray Furry! That's lovely! Congratulations.

I get like that when stuck in the house too Pixie.

MrWil now off for the summer. I could cry with happiness!

I think I had to let MiniWil cry for a little bit in the daytime to go over the 45 minute mark Min, not going to lie. She would have been a bit older than R though. With this one, white noise seems to work occasionally.

This one doesn't cry for us tho. Just talks a bit then shouts. Shall I leave it a bit longer?
She managed it allows week without me. I know she can do it, she's just so stubborn,she won't do it.
What a madam

Congrats furry!!

wil that's the bit of teaching In schools I miss! Never mind, 2 weeks today then MrZ is off for a week and a bit, then we've got a 2 week holiday in sept so not too bad! :)

If she's not crying Min I wouldn't go in. Sometimes they wake up then go back to sleep. God how nice to have a non-crying baby!

Are you looking forward to your holiday zyla?

I'm trying to have a relaxing morning in bed. Micro is not up for this though .

Yes wil it seems ages away but will be good I think! I'm generally trying to be more chilled out and H reacts well to that :)

Yay I've been discharged from midwife care this morning. R is doing well and put 5oz on in 5 days!
I have to take iron tablets though for 6 weeks and then get my levels checked at my check up.
Has anyone had the implant as a contraceptive? The pill really doesn't work for me at all. I've been caught twice on it now and I can't afford to have anymore children but the thought of maybe having to abort one if I became pregnant again doesn't bear thinking about.
I don't want the coil as I'm not good with people I don't know being all up in my nether region and condoms aren't very reliable.
R was up until 1am this morning! According to the midwife he's had a growth spurt so should be calming down again hopefully, we're all shattered.
I drove yesterday, I know people will think I'm stupid 10 days after giving birth but a nurse I know said as long as there's a cushion over your tummy, you don't drive like a loon and take it easy I should be fine. I feel guilty about it but I can't get anywhere if I don't drive, OH doesn't drive and we don't have people on hand this weekend to get stuff for us. The nearest town is a 2 mile round trip and in all honesty I've done that once and that was awful the day after in terms of pain.

I tried the implant but made them take it out again because I couldn't stand the hormones. If you're fine with that side of the pill then can't see it would be a problem though.

Do you think a foreign holiday with baby and toddler would just be stressful?

She's just so loud I worry about the next door neighbours. Although they themselves are noisy.

I have the implant at the moment, but I want it out as I have had huge weight gain on it and lots of headaches :(

She probably isn't as loud as you think Min.

Cookie I was practically ripping it out of my own arm, I wanted it gone so much. Have half a mind to try the IUD/coil whatever it's called to see if the hormones have less effect seeing as it should act in a more local way.

I didn't get on with hormones at all, have had a copper coil before, no hormones which was good, but made my periods even heavier, which was bad..

I'll have to try it as the coils not an option and neither is the pill I'm not great with hormones though, they either make me sick or send me doo lally and pretty much bipolar.. At least they can get it out if need be and it stops working straight away.
Is anyone else on here susceptible to flavourings in food? I've had an MSG intolerance for 10 years now and I think I must've eaten some last night as I woke up with my throat swelling, palpitations, irregular temperature- 1 min shivering and the next red hot, disorientated, confused, breathless, rapid heartbeat and dizzy. It was horrible but only lasted about half an hour, they've been known to last longer but not had one in 4 years as I've always been so careful as to what I eat and usually check the packaging. I didn't check the packaging as didn't think they'd use it in sweets! How wrong was I?!

Ooh pixie that sounds awful, glad you're better now!

That sounds really extreme Pixie, how horrible. I thankfully don't have anything like that. Some foods don't make me feel great but I'm greedy so eat them anyway . I find the girls' allergies a total pain if I'm honest.

Zyla did you try the coil with the hormone? Interested to see what someone who doesn't like hormones thinks.

We've been back to 5/6 wakenings a night the last couple of nights. Joyous. She also has decided that her big sister is hilarious and screams with laughter at her. Very cute.

No wil I knew I was shit with them so was just copper, no hormones.
Sorry. About the sleepng, but yay for lovely laughing!

Omg wil! DS only wakes up 3 times a night and he's 2 weeks! Couldn't cope with 5 or 6, you must be shattered!
DD is back from her long weekend away with GP. She seems to have had lots of fun however she's come back with an epic sized graze on her forehead. She got a bit overexcited and fell over on the beach. Not that I'm overly fussed. Bangs and grazes are what comes with a toddler I suppose. Was a bit of a shock to get her back like that though lol.
She seems to be taking to her little brother quite well and does pat him nicely every now and again. However sometimes she can be a bit heavy handed and slap him more than pat him! Thing is we try and not tell her off because she's only still a baby herself (13 months) we don't want her to be acres of interacting with her brother if she thinks she's just going to get shouted at all the time. Has anyone got any hints or tips for babies that are born quite close together and how you allowed them to interact with one another?

I think that's totally normal that she does that with him Pixie, all toddlers I know are the same. Holding hands nicely and then suddenly they're squeezing really hard! Second borns grow up tougher because of it I reckon . I would just stay close by initially and keep emphasizing being gentle and modelling how she should touch him. Hard at her age as she won't necessarily understand what you're saying to her but they pick up a lot. Must be hard work for you.

I think I'm just used to sleeping badly now. Plus I go to bed at 8.30!

I forgot to say, H had her first accident yesterday, well I call it an accident... DH had got her in the sling, bent down a bit to plug in the vacuum and banger her head off the door frame! She screamed! Red head and a big egg, it all went down with some ice and boob calmed her, just a tiny red bit there today and she's fine. He was so upset. Got him to have her in the sling today again, just to prove to himself that she didn't mind, she didn't and all was fine! She's also big enough for us to not have to cinch the bottom of the connecta in with a strap any more, my big girl! (Still wrapping some around the bottom though so she can see over the top of it)