Our babies are teething, screaming and generally not sleeping, but we're still JS-ing - it's Just Mumming 10!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the 10th Just Mumming thread...following the trials and tribulations of our babies, following the success of Just Shagging in getting us viroids upduffed!

For those that don't know, a 'viroid' is from the original JSing thread 1, where someone was trying to type ladies (in reference to all the JSing ladies), but their phone decided to call us all viroids instead!

The name stuck and we've been the JSing viroids ever since.

The 43rd grads thread is here

The thread we have graduated from is HERE in its 56th outing. WARNING: they're all a bit kerazy not to mention randy!

The previous Just Mumming thread is HERE

There is also a private facebook group (so it doesn't give the game away in your news feed!)... if you want to join to see photos of new babies etc, just ask in-thread!

Best news ever zyla

Yay amazing news zyla :)

We had our first real difficult day yesterday. R just wouldn't settle, she was feeding from 4pm until she went to sleep about 11:30, every time i tried putting her down she screamed. I even tried a dummy but she refused to take it and at one point it made her gag!

So I'm mega tired today, fun times!

She also won't seem to settle unless on my chest, is this an age thing? She's still 7 days off leap 1.

That's just a newborn thing jelly I'm afraid - she's still very new and the world outside your womb is big and scary. Google '4th trimester'.

Feeding sounds like typical cluster feeding.

Box sets, snacks, lots of water and ask people to take her between times so that you can rest. That bit is so important!

It gets easier I promise

Try Using a sling so she can sleep while you get on with things

Urgh. Cluster feeding is so draining Jelly, but it does get easier. When was she born? If she was late then she might leap early. Or she could just be building up your supply. Eat the chocolate.

I've eaten all the chocolate and had her in her connecta all day. Even managed a trip to mother care

So very tired though!!

It's tough jelly but totally normal. Just power on through as best you can, this too shall pass!

Just popping over to say hi to jelly. Miss you over on grads lady and squishes to jellybaby.

Also, Hope everyone has a nice time at Southerners Meetup today. I have birthing class miles away until 1130 and school run at 3 so doubt I will make it next time!

Just read back a bit. Congrats zyla! Wonderful news

Well done jelly it's a massive undertaking just leaving the house at the beginning! Exhausting and terrifying. You're doing brilliantly.

Really enjoyed meeting the southern grads yesterday! We are really lucky to have such a nice bunch of folk - everyone was friendly and the babies were really well behaved. I was a bit worried taking B all the way to London on my own with just him in the sling, as he can be a bit restless in it now he's older, but he was brilliant! Minor moment of panic when he pooed on the train. Had to wait 20 min at Victoria for someone to come and open baby change room for me to deal with it. He then fell asleep as we went across on underground, and snored the whole way.

I'm in love with Mae's little squish - she was all curly and newborny. Melba was so adorable and smily and J is adorable dulcet - he totally cracked up when I was pulling faces at him. I think B was a bit mystified about where we were and what was going on, but he was good as gold. He even boobed on the train on the way home!

Sorry I was so late for the meet up, it was entirely dh's fault! But I gad a great time and I was bricking it at first but it was really doable! Completely given me the confidence to go in with him to see the museums and stuff! Still not sure about Canada though

I just woke E up which is unusual, think it must be the lack of sleep from yesterday!

I'm gutted I missed the meet up! I'll deffo be at the next one when ever it is :)

Well done to the travelling Viroids and babies! Seriously though, what do you do if your baby poos on the train?! What if you were on there for hours? They don't have changing tables in those tiny loos do they?

Pud they did on Virgin east coast. I changed B at 125mph on the way to Newcastle

Thank you for the invitation, La, and sorry to have missed the meet up yesterday, sounds like fun! Son #1 had a hospital appointment so it was a busy day. Where did you guys meet, I'm in London so maybe could come along next time.

R has a cold so no sleep to be had here. Except, of course, for him when he has naps of two hours to make up for being awake all bloody night.

I feel a bit bad. I did all sorts of baby groups and social things when P was a baby but I am so destroyed at the moment I can't organise anything, just the thought of trying to get somewhere on time with the two of them is exhausting. People keep telling me I look very thin which is code for not very well. Like La, that is not a stealth boast, there is nothing attractive about looking haggard and scrawny! Just can't seem to find the time to eat properly - too busy bloody feeding everybody else.

Jelly, putting R in the sling in the early days was the only way I could get anything done and was greasy for gettin him to sleep at tricky times like early evening. Still works a treat! I have a Beco Gemini which suits our size/ shape really well. I also have a Moby wrap which is nice as it's easy to sit down in whilst keeping the baby snuggly.

Great, not greasy, obvs.

Has anyone else had any out of body experiences from the sleep deprivation? I swear the pavement was rolling up and down in waves when I went out earlier.

snap a while back I was having a really difficult time with E and my sleep suffered. I felt out if it and couldn't trust myself with him as I was so blimming tired!

I have half written a post here about 7 times but keep not finishing and losing it!

Anyway, I'm here! Sorry for disappearing. Been using my phone for white noise so not had much access. Not sure if it's working really...

Meet up was great. I was scared about taking him to London using just the sling too but he was really good with it. Everyone seemed real - no secret old man with a thing for talking about sagging tits, arse rain and being tired so that was good too. Phew!

Are you ok snap? Is there any chance of a break for you in the near future? It must be exhausting with two for sure but look after yourself too.

Sounds like you're bossing this mumming thing jelly! I don't think it's unusual for them to settle best on you. Even now I think J would sleep much better if I just held him.

So jealous of your Londinium meet up!

Nothing much to report here. Work is ok. Missing my baby loads

Yay cookie that's fab! So glad it gave you confidence! I felt the same - it was really nice taking him out and about. Everyone at the meet was lovely - it was so funny though as we were all being polite at first! E is a wee sweetie. Is he eating normally again now?

Jelly we'll organise another soon so we can meet you and jellybaby.

Pud I think there's baby changing on the train but I had so much stuff and there wasn't enough time. So I waited and did it at Victoria. Poor people in the carriage!

Snap I really hope you get a rest soon - I know how you feel and it's exhausting! Was his hospital appointment ok? We were in central London so you can hopefully join us next time?

My DM is here just now so it's amazing as there's an extra pair of hands to help with B's one million wake ups. He STILL is all phlegmy, he just sounds like he needs a good cough all the time.

Off to get my hair cut today, hooray! It looks like a mousy scarecrow. I did a kit day yesterday. Really enjoyed it, but I met with HR and I have had to cancel my flexible working request to return earlier as I was going to miss out on all my carried over A/L.

I'm 'entitled' to that leave so I'm damned if I'm going to lose it. It works out nicely for me as I get 1 more month with him and I get paid full whack for it. Pain to have to put in another flexible working request though. Also found out that the lovely girl doing my mat cover has to leave when I come back early . I was told by my manager that she wouldn't be affected but he's got it wrong. Bummer.

Yes to out of body! Floaty light!!!!

Hugs popz

I'm looking after a friend's baby today who is 5 or 6 weeks younger than H. It's mental so kudos to all of you who manage with 2! It hasn't put me off trying for number 2 though, fx fx fx. They're both asleep and I've made sandwiches for lunch and sliced cucumber sticks and got it in the fridge, feel like Wonder Woman! It won't last im sure lol.

Uhm, what else...yes to being tired all the time. We're going to start weaning her off boob during the night, don't mind feeding her to sleep and then I may enforce a feed at about 10, but then no more until 6! DH took her away last night when she kept waking for boob and she cried and took ages to settle, but did settle without it and then woke up less! So I know she can do it, it's going to be a hard week or so though, but hopefully worth it. Because I had pg insomnia I think that in the last 18 months I've had about a month of sleeping, before 4 month sleep regression set in! That's it..and I've had enough now.

She's standing really confidently now, and also on demand, so don't know how long it'll be until she starts walking!

Ah, Popz, it's so hard being separated from your baby, such a wrench. They do have such a lot of fun at nursery though and it's so lovely when they can tell you excitedly about all the things they've been up to. I still miss P on nursery days. I'm sort of dreading him starting school in Sept, I really will feel like I've lost him to the world then!

Thanks, Dulcet, I'm ok, sane (ish) at least. It's like Cookie says, though, I feel like I shouldnt be in charge of small children! The other day a pan was burning on the hob where all the water had evaporated away. I was in the kitchen and could smell the burning but didn't compute. Luckily the smoke alarm went off. I should probably stay away from heavy machinery too!

My friend did controlled crying for one night last week and her 9 month old has slept 7pm to 5.30am since. She said it was brutal, though. I don't think I could do it.

Anyone doing anything fun this weekend?