Just Mumming 9- We're suffering the curse of Mel B, ST syndrome and the rise of the sleep snatchers. We've all had enough and would just like a good JS.

[PixieChops]

Morning Viroids

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Name: Pixie
Age:29
Pests: 2- P (girl) 17 months old, R (boy) 4 months old
Things I can't do anymore- have a crap in peace, drink a hot drink, do any housework, shag ST, sleep, take naps.

Things I can do- carry a toddler, baby, dirty bottles and nappies down the stairs all at once, put a double pram up in 20 seconds, have a shower inc washing and shaving in under 5 mins. Be coco the clown on 26 mins sleep.

She sounds like hard work pixie....

Sorry about the bad nights ladies! I don't know how many times minipopz was up in the night but i never managed to get back to sleep in between them He took a frigging AGE to go down in the first place as well. He's so clingy at the minute....

By Christmas may be a tad optimistic Dulcet but there's no chain either side so who knows!!

Shagging was sore until very recently for me La. I assume it's quite normal. Bfing makes things dry as the sahara down there too.... Joy.

popz yay for house!

purple glad he's ok, it's so scary when they're poorly!

la we still don't dtd too often and it's only recently stopped being really sore for me too! More lube!

Good to know I'm not being completely unreasonable in my thoughts then viroids, thanks

Anyway moving on because I just start getting the rage again when I think about it and I'm boring myself now haha.

I have to go to work for a couple of hours today- I have a sore throat and what I hope to god is period pains. I was put on a mini pill AGAIN unknown to me (got caught with R on Cerazette) and had to go and demand a different one on Monday. It was only by chance that I'd realised I'd even been put on a mini pill as I researched some symptoms and it came up as a mini pill. I wasn't amused. I've not come on yet even though I stopped taking it Monday: if I'm pregnant I'm going to shout very loudly at someone (my Dr) because we can not afford another baby and I can't afford my mental state to go any worse. It's not happening, Id end up with an abortion and feel shit about it for the rest of my life. Definitely feels like period pains. Never wanted an AF so badly in my life.
If I've not come on by this afternoon I'm doing a test.

Hope you guys manage to get some sleep later if you're not napping already. Think both my kids are coming down with colds- great stuff.

Ugh my PILs comment that our cat is spoilt too. She's not spoilt, yes she loves attention and affection and we give it to her in spades or used to before we had a baby but we didn't get a cat so we could ignore it did we?!

Melba had me up feeding 6 times between going to bed at 9.30pm and getting up at 8am. I kept hoping for a decent chunk but it was not to be last night. I hope it's because she really does need all the boob and really hope she's not developing a habit of waking and wanting a quick boob cuddle to go back to sleep again. She never feeds for long but she doesn't during the day either, she has become somewhat a snacker.

We're off to do pottery painting today, I have warned DH we may not get in seeing as it's a Saturday and Christmas is on the way but we're going to chance it later anyway seeing as our plan for a walk has been rained off.

Ugh. Sorry for the MIL woe.mine is great but so worried about upsetting me that she gets herself all het up over nothing

We are staying at my MIL's this weekend. S has yet another cold and is not feeding or sleeping well. He was screaming last night and she actually said to me that she thinks it's because he hates her house such an odd thing to say. Also, she won't just pick up S/ do anything for him - I have to ask or suggest it to her. I find it all very strange as my family are very forward and will just do things without prompting.

DH has massively redeemed himself by getting up with S in the night AND giving me a lay in this morning.

I really need a night of solid sleep without interruption. I have asked for a night in a hotel on my own for Christmas. I don't even care if it's the travel lodge down the road....

Load up on lube La! BF can make things a bit dry. I haven't had any problems touch wood. Just a bit too tired and edgy to relax and enjoy it lately.

We're also at the in laws this weekend. They're lovely but elderly plus MIL is disabled so they can't help out. DP keeps telling everyone how tired he is and how he couldn't be at home with us in the week and work full time (you know like every other fucking father does ) I had to point out I'd be working full time plus doing every night on my own in 6 weeks time. His response was she's be in her own room by then. Great so night wake ups would also involve me having to go to another room. Wankbadger

Pixie your MIL sounds hard work. Mine is fine but she's hands off. I take B to see her as I want him to know her and she's besotted with him but she's never done a nappy, and will only do a bottle if I hand it to her.

La hope the jabs go ok

Dulcet is J ok now after his?

Pis have you thought leaving Babypis with MrPis overnight and fucking off out?

B is much better now. He went down at midnight and woke at 4 and 8 then a slurp at 10 and slept til midday. He's fed at 4 and was awake an hour then slept since. He's so much more settled now but he's sleeping an awful lot. I don't know if he's still getting over his bug (there were a few kids about with high temp that didn't last too long). I'm expecting him to wake soon for a feed then put him to bed hopefully. I've got a musical light show thing for his cot today, in the hopes that it will help teach him to self settle

Are there any immediate plans for moving in together pis? Seems like he's having his cake and eating it somewhat!

Fuck off with your fucking fireworks you fucking fuckwits!!!! It was frigging over a week ago!!!

Bloody just woke baby up. Twats.

Hi pals.
Checking in. Still alive. Just. So R decided that on top of getting on my last nerve she adds another fucking tooth to the mix.
Narky all fucking day long.

Yy to lubing up.. Ouch indeed!

I was going to say the same thing Popz. ST isn't amazing all the time but he's here, you've probably answered this before pis but how come you guys don't live together?

La they are still going off here too. It's driving me fucking insane. Kids are sleeping though it but they are coming down with colds so they could be a bit more restless than usual.
I hate the fuckers- I'm all for just events using them than the general public.

It's pissed down all day today. We were supposed to be going for a walk tomorrow however as mentioned MiL can't really be bothered and apparently it'll just piss down again anyway. So we are going for family walkies instead- in some local woods. Even if it's raining. Just need to get out of the house!
I did a pregnancy test. Luckily for my Dr I am not pregnant. Thank god!

Since you got the result you wanted can we give the POAS pompoms a shake? It's been ages and we love it!

There's two things - we each have our own houses and he works away. Before he got this contract we spent time at each house but together so I wasn't on my own much IYSWIM? We each have our own houses as I need to live where I do for DS' school. I wasn't prepared to make him leave his school and friends to live with DP. DP has an amazing place he doesn't want to sell and can't rent out (terms of the leasehold) where we'll move once DS finishes secondary school (he's in year 10 so we have a little over a year and a half yet).

Morning!

I'm knackered! Fucking leap 4! He's like a hungry beast. Was sleeping really well until 2 nights ago and now it's every hour/2 hours. He is wide awake so takes ages to go back down also and seems to suck and suck but doesn't seem happy. Moody too - if I'm not quick enough he screams.

Pixie hoorah for bfn! I'm on this mini pill thing you're making me nervous! Actually though you have to have sex to get pregnant.

Toast not much advice I can offer as mine is also a frequent night feeder! I do sometimes thing bf makes us martyrs. All my pals who ff have lovely sleeps as their babies sleep through. In my group of friends only two of us bf and neither babies sleep well. Really pisses me off - particularly those frigging milestone 'my baby slept through' cards that they keep putting on Facebook. Grr

How did your pottery go? I loved it!

Yesterday I went for walk in pissing rain with my mate, DS and her new dog. A month ago she asked me did I think she should get a dog. She has 4 cats and 3 horses, one of which has severe ongoing medical issues and costs her a fortune. She's about to leave her dh and move to a flat with the 4 cats and doesn't earn a fortune and works 9-5. So I suggested it might not be sensible to get a dog. Cue she suddenly turns up yesterday with her new dog. That she's having problems crate training to be left at home when she's at work all day and the cats are terrified of it.

'Don't say it' she says.

I miss wil on here - where is the android app!

Fleur my mil is like that too, in that I have to ask her to take DS. Perhaps they are nervous about overstepping some mark with dil or something? We are staying at hers next week and I'm hoping she'll be more helpful! Well done to mr Fleur! Mr La is being more helpful too - he takes him in the morning so I can sleep for an hour.

We've got to go to a wedding reception that starts at 7 and take B with us. He normally goes to bed at 7. This could be interesting!

Pis your man sounds like he needs a reality check! Does babypis still stay over at his sometimes? He does sound like he's got his cake and is eating it. All the nice bits of baby with no responsibility

My DM had the cheek to say she wonders if we 'expect too much of our husbands these days' as my df apparently did very little with us as babies and she did all the house work on top of it. So I'm expecting lots to ask dh to hoover once a week and take his son for an hour three times a week. The rest of the time he's at work or sits and plays on his phone.

Speaking of that - how's Mr Popz doing popz?

Congrats on the house, woop woop!!!!

'Expect too much of them'?? That would make me mad la! Surely it's not expecting too much to take a fair share at home and be actively involved in their child's life. I know times are different, would hope it would be refreshing to see rather than a negative. Luckily I don't have anyone with those type of milestone cards on my media but remember FF isn't a given for them to sleep more. It's not magic and he could just be a light sleeper at the moment.

I see a fight brewing there pis. You do seem very calm about it. I would be struggling to keep my cool with him. At least you have an end date but feels far away I'm sure!

Yay for the house popz! Do you need us to help you decorate. Some late night googling of lampshade or something!

Was that the pottery place in the little shopping centre toast? Was thinking of trying that for Christmas presents, how was it? Unfortunately that sort of waking doesn't seem uncommon. I always feed back to sleep as well, not sure how else I can do it! Worried about it becoming habit like you say but if they are feeding then must be hungry I guess...

Yay for no pregnancy pixie. Got to admit I was excited when you were POAS - been ages since we've had that going on! Pleased it was the right result for you though.

Can I moan? It'd my birthday and I was going to have a day off from slimming world, we'd got a meal booked with family and I was going to be having pudding too! Except..been throwing up since last night and now H is getting upset and moany like she's ill too, bloody stomach bug so we cancelled the meal. Am on sofa feeling shit :(
I just wanted one nice day :(

Aw Zyla that really sucks. Really shitty timing. Hope H manages to avoid it and you're feeling better soon. Hope you get to rearrange the meal too!

Oh zyla you poor thing! Hopefully you'll get to enjoy it soon.

It was at a garden centre dulcet, at a nearby town. I'm not sure where you mean, let me know as it'd be good if there was somewhere closer! It was busy busy so we just went to the cafe and came home. We'll try again on a weekday.

Other perks of BF are that I constantly seem to have a nork out in a car park somewhere! Though currently sat in supermarket baby change room which has a chair I presume for BF purposes. It's not too smelly either. (some are rank aren't they?) The light did just turn off though on its timer, is Melba taking too long?! Luckily it seems to be on a motion sensor rather than only opening when the door is opened otherwise there would be some serious flashing!

zyla I am sorry to hear you are so sick :( and on your birthday how shitty for you!! Fx it doesn't last long. And happy birthday

We had E's foot prints done when he was 2 months old, 7 months and 13 months it's so nice to see the difference

So E has had been having a very accident prone couple of days, he fell over and cut his lip open on Friday before nursery, he fell over and smacked his head on the table at nursery. And today he fell backwards and smacked his head on the brick carpark earlier :( twice I have debated a&e but he seems fine and showing nice signs of concussion!

What shit timing zyla! Hope you can postpone your enjoyment at least. You can still have dessert, just need a but longer to wait. Do you do presents in your house?

He is in the wars cookie! Poor E! What a stress for you too - hopefully you can avoid the hospital!

There's one upstairs in Marlands toast. Not sure if you can just walk in but doesn't look mega busy. Oh and car feeds are so uncomfy!

Question for those with older ones - if I was going away for the day but BF on demand how can I account for milk? Looking at getting theatre tickets for londinium for Christmas but would mean a day away. I don't know how much he takes or how many times he feeds as it's up to him. Do I just leave shit loads of milk? Or never have a social life again?

How old will he be then Dulcet? After about 5 months I'd say minipopz could go much Ionger between feeds. And actually wasn't really bothered about milk when I wasn't around. It's only when I got back that he'd suddenly remember boob was a thing and then be "desperate" for it! So you may not need a huge stash. Could always leave some emergency bottles of premade formula too.

That's rubbish zyla Happy birthday and hope you feel better soon!

Poor dog! I had that with one of my mates last year - got a puppy with no thought put into it whatsoever. They ended up taking it back to the breeder after 3 weeks.... (One of the reasons she said was "the dog was coming between me and my boyfriend....." She's now pregnant. Ha.)

Oooh La. I think I'd have slotted my MIL if she said that to me!

MrPopz is much the same. Ignores my frequent digs about how much time he spends on his phone. Was marginally better around the house for a while..... Meh.

Still to scared to actually acknowledge the house thing tbh! Am a bit scared to jinx it!!

I don't have a date yet as not ordered but would be maybe Feb/March time so he would be 6/7 months. Might be ok then!

I often pretend big things aren't happening popz, coping mechanism! It's how I managed to largely ignore pregnancy at work for so long.

Tonight fed up with being a parent. So much that I can't even type out what I'm fed up with as I might cry. I dread bed time and I dread Mondays as the start of another week on my own. Sunday night is the worst combination!

Aw Dulcet I'm not sure I have anything helpful to say apart from you're not alone and it won't always be like this x x x

It gets better. You might not even notice it happening, you just find that it isn't as bad as it used to be.

Dulcet this parenting thing iis a lot to handle sometimes isn't it. we could do a viroid meet up one day if you like? Haven't been to any of those icecream/waffle/crepe places since Melba arrived.. Fancy it?

Yeah that would work. He'll be having bits of food and water to drink by 6/7 months. He would probably go all day without milk if he needed to. Sorry you're feeling down missus xx

La I'd have had something to say about that! Mine is amazed that DH does a night feed during the week! When he's waking 3/4 times a night then yes he should if I'm expected to function. I know it's different if BF and believe me I still wish I was. But I'm not so I might as well make the most of what I've got!

Dulcet I completely get where you're coming from. It's why I went to the docs last week. Not sure what to suggest, I'm sure you've been though all the options. Sending you a hug anyway

Popz Gx for the house

Can't remember any more. We've got massage and a trip to the docs tomorrow to see how B and I are doing. He's 90% better, not sure about me. I am loads better but the anxiety is still hanging around a lot