Just Mumming Thread 7 - the grads grads cope with walking, own rooms and have little time for shagging

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New thread! Roll call...

Don't microwave it wil most of them melt into a weird plastic sculpture as I have found out.

Dulcet no help with the uterus, is it something the infections effecting?

cookie hope your heads aren't too damaged

We had a great time doing the shopping yesterday, scanning everything on the way round ment we avoided the usual checkout meltdown. We had a chocolate chip muffin to celebrate!

yo!

fleur I think the bond will grow as he does - I think it's very much normal to not feel like you've got a perfect bond from the start. I love B to bits, but I notice he smiles and looks at everyone else more than me and I feel like a shit mum a lot for getting annoyed at him. But I guess that's because I spend most time with him. He's just so fussy on the breast and it can become a battle - I ended up saying 'oh for god's sake will you stop it!' to him and similar, which is so much different to the coos and soft chat he gets from everyone else. He's going to think his mum's a complete bitch at this rate!

cookie - ow!

Ear worms are awful! I remember not sleeping at all one night when I was about 14 due to EYC and 'Feeling alright'.

wil thank you! Yours is the combi success story I was after! I'm going to wait a bit longer and then start that I think.

I'm tired and crotchety and generally an awful human being today - I've snapped at mum and just snapped at dh. He is still in bed at 11:30 whereas Ive been up with the baby since 7:30 doing constant pattern of feed, wind, rock, put down. I don't mind him sleeping in a bit because he's got to work tonight, but it just feels a bit shite that he gets fucking 8 hours sleep. I snapped at my mum because she keeps insisting on rocking B to sleep, when I had started getting him use to being put down sleepy but not yet asleep. I've tried telling her that it's not a good sleeping habit to get into and that it's no good her coming for 3 days and doing that as I can't, and don't intend to, keep it going. He's so heavy - rocking him to sleep takes half an hour at least and kills my back.

I never knew cluster feeding went on for so long before B came along. I thought it was just occasionally during growth spurts.

The tommee tippee cups don't melt in the microwave as that's what P has her morning/ evening milk in everyday. We still warm it slightly so it's not too cold for her.
La you're bound to snap. I feel like snapping at my parents all the time because sometimes trying to get them to help is like getting blood from a stone. They know all about my PND but are too busy to have one of the kids over night so me and ST can get a good nights sleep. ST has been working late and starting early as well this week and we reached breaking point yesterday, he got so pissed off with some wallpaper that he was hanging and it kept ripping when he was doing it, thy as soon as he's finished (at 7pm!) we got us all a chippy, P included, bathed both kids, stuck them both in their cots and sat and watched GBB on catch up. We were in bed for 9pm!
I mention all of this to my mum but get nowhere. Just "I know it's hard".
ST was at work the other day and messaged me during lunch and asked me how I'd feel starting afresh and moving to Canada. Er yes please!! It's not like anyone really helps us out that much here (parents and PIL too busy enjoying themselves on holiday and my brothers are fucking useless) so bollocks to it! Going to save up like mad for a year or two and just pack our shit and fuck off! ST should be able to find work relatively easily out there as well because of what he does.
What everyone doing for bank holiday weekend? Anything fun?

Pixie that's mega exciting.

I mean in the micro steamer though - not just in the microwave - so 4 minutes of boiling steam.
How did you sterilise sippy cup Popz?

Leaving Micro tonight for about 7 hours. Not sure how this will go...

One of our friends emigrated to Canada last year. It's quite tough to get accepted so worth checking that out early? If you're going to do it then it's best to do it before the kids start school so it sounds like the timing will be right

Good luck Wil and enjoy yourself!

Where did my post go? Stupid mobile site anyway in summary - good luck Wil

Aaaand now it shows me my first post. I give up mutter piece of shit mutter

Aaaaargh this site is really tricky! Dh keeps using my phone and scrolling off it and it takes me ages to find it again.

Pixie that's exciting!!

Can't scroll up to see what the rest of you said!

We are having a gaseous explosion today in our house. What experiences have you had with gripe water? We gave it to him today for first time. Oh my god! The burps and farts have been flying out all day! From sounds of it he's been a big balloon of gas just waiting for release.

It does mean he's extra fussy though. My nipples are getting screamed at very much today!

Gripe water gets a thumbs up here! He has stopped writhing around in agony with wind and is much easier to burp.

Plus he loves the taste.

I have just had a 1.5hr nap poor S was starving though but my MIL didn't like to wake me
DH is grumpy as I had a nap and he didn't (he spent his time reading so really not my fault).

I don't sterilise the sippy cup wil ... Just wash it up with the rest of our stuff. He only drinks water out of it though.

MiniP used to clusterfeed from 6pm - about 2/3am.... I used to just sit downstairs with him as there wasn't much point in going to bed til then!

The bond will come Fleur - I spent a lot of time being frustrated at him in the beginning too - not really understanding the mechanics of breastfeeding, misreading his cues etc. It just takes a little while to get to know each other.

Been on a hen do this afternoon. Little bugger didn't miss me at all apparently... And he didn't have any of the ebm stash I left! Hey ho.

Have I mentioned how much I hate this mobile site!!!

It's an internal infection wil, I'm very tender and losing 'goop' now bleeding has finished. Could be related to uterus not contracting back.

Great idea about Canada pixie, if you can then why not! Great to aim for.

I say much worse that that to J la, dont feel too bad. They don't know! I get what you mean about tone though, everyone else can just coo at the good times. I might try calling J a penis in a more friendly tons when he's playing up on the boob!

How was hen do popz? Mobile site sucks arse!

Yay for naps fleur!

What's this scanning as you go thing furry?

R still smiles at everyone more than me. Fucks me right off! But then I get that toothy grin and she's forgiven (until she wakes me up at 3).

Hey hey, guess what? I won 2 rosettes, I came first in a photography comp and second in a baking one.
Very pleased!

Goop sounds unpleasant Dulcet! Will it contract once the infection's gone?

Hen do was good. Cocktails and a salsa lesson first and then afternoon tea at a hotel. I ate way too much cake though so feeling even more fat and disgusting than usual!

Well done Min!

Oh - miniP has started pulling himself on things to stand.... STANDING! :O

dulcet it was my blood, he smashed his head into my top lip cutting it on the inside :( he didn't cry at all! I held it together and then went to the loo to check out my injuries asap! Bloody hurts

Tonight he head butted me in the side of the neck that was really painful too!

wil for a quick sterilisation I would pour a freshly boiled kettle over our tommee tippee cup.

min congratulations, well done you :)

pixie wowsers and yay!! My sister lives in Canada!

Ouch Cookie! Ps just taken to slapping the shit out of my face on a regular occasion. I think she hates me because now I have to give R attention too as well as her.

Wow Popz! Standing already!! Next it'll be walking.. And then running and then you'll be fucked! I pretty much wished Ps life away by wanting her to walk. Problem is all I ever want her to do now is sit the fuck down for longer than 10 seconds! Now when I ask if she wants her nappy changed she thinks it's a game and runs around the house pissing herself laughing (probably literally!)

Yay go Min! Well done on your competitions!

Dulcet that does not sound fun lovie, hope you're feeling better soon.

Well I went on the Canadian Embassy whatsit yesterday and did the "points" system thing properly. With my experience in business and STs 14 years in his vocation of home decor (which is a B category and means that they are actively seeking immigrants to do this kind of work over there) we shouldn't have much of a problem. We just need to save and have at least 10k in the bank for us to be let in and that's only if ST doesn't have a job secured which in an ideal world we may be able to get him one if he gets on the job search websites. Would also mean we could even bugger off sooner. Think we'll save up some money first and then start looking into finding ST a job. ST has already done a years worth of work over there as well which helps towards our application, I've never visited but think I need to before I can definitely be sure I want to live there.
Anyone going anywhere nice for the bank holiday? I'm going to be cleaning this morning and don't know what's on the cards for the rest of the weekend. Hopefully something fun!

And today he crawls! That'll be me never sitting down again then....

So exciting pixie I'd love to go live in Australia. Not sure I'd ever be brave enough though! I've still got the heebie jeebies about just moving house!

MiniPopz is a genius. I'd say we might get crawling here soon but nowhere near the standing thing.

The sterilisation was not needed as Micro also didn't bother with the bm I left. Just went to sleep apparently, she'd never do that if I was here. I also feel all out of sync for missing feeds.

Ah well done minipopz! hen do sounds excellent!

Did you have a good time wil?

That's really exciting pixie! I'd love to go to Canada, it looks like a really lovely place. We've got relatives out there who really live it and we keep meaning to go and visit.

Sounds sore dulcet, hope you feel better soon. I don't have any experience of uterus not contracting down I'm afraid. Did Dr say anything about it contracting down after infection has cleared?

Ouch cookie!

So, E puked all over both of us during her 2am feed last night. Nothing sinister, I think a burp got stuck behind some milk and when the burp came up so did most her feed. Had to do a complete clothes change on both of us, which she thought was great fun. Cue E then wanting to play for the next THREE hours. At 4am I handed her over to dh in tears (me not her) because I'd gotten myself so frustrated and I was so tired. She finally went down at 5am. I felt awful afterwards because I'd gotten so wound up that she wouldn't go back to sleep She seems to have forgiven me this morning and we've had morning snuggles and she's now having her morning nap. Needless to say we won't be going to our cousin's 1st birthday party today now - we're all bloody knackered!

Oh, and glad the gripe water is working la and fleur! It is amazing how easily and quickly the wind comes flying out after a dose isn't it?!

Wish I had tried gripe water.

Do you feel unwell then Dulcet? Poor you, that doesn't sound nice.

Will there be backlash for missing the birthday party?

Had a good time thanks Mini although had to drive. Still, I would have felt even more dreadful today with a hangover and my four hours sleep.

He only does it in the playnest wil so it may well be fluke!

Tough night mini! Hope you get some time to chill today!

Hmm dh changed his mind so we are now on route to birthday party. This is gonna be a loooong afternoon....

Fell off Fred, I miss the app.....

On fourth consecutive night of catnapping baby. He sleeps for 40 min tops, then is up wanting food or for at least an hour. No daytime naps either. Does this sound familiar at 12 weeks to anyone? My WW leap alarm went off at 3am, I might have growled 'no fucking shit' and slammed iPhone a bit too hard on nightstand.

Just eat All The Cake mini