We're still teething, trying to wean and our babies just won't go to sleep when we're trying to JS for another one, it's Just Mumming no. 11

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Ignore your mil country you know what's best for your baby. Hope you get some sleep!

sky 2 weeks! It goes so quick. R is 9 weeks now. It's flyng by

Sounds like a pretty standard new mum look there sky!

3am and it's awake time apparently. Whyyyyy?! He's currently pulling my hair while I try ignore him.

Have decided to "sleep when the baby sleeps" which is wholly impractical... have been pretty much in bed all day (when not eating or feeding or being vomited on) although had a delicious 3 hour tandem nap from 930-1230 this morning. Too bad we have a hospital appointment at 1030 tomorrow and an appointment on Thursday morning... I could get used to this. Still sore as anything. Wondering if I need to get my thyroid checked yet. This nerve/joint pain is awful.

Sky you are still recovering from birth, spending all day in bed is totally acceptable.

Decided I should kick start the weight loss so started 5:2 and generally eating less biscuits and the like... Hopefully I'll see results soon, I hate the way I look now.

Got O weighed on Friday and she's 10 lbs already! She's so different to C, he was teeny! I wish she was different in sleeping too, but no progress there yet...

Struggling too carrot. I shrunk my two floaty mat tops and all my normal floaty clothes aren't floaty on me at the moment. So I have only one top that I can't wear that vaguely fits that I feel comfortable in. I'm not sure what to do about it right now. Long term I can tone up (hopefully)

Lol Country yy to floaty tops being not floaty! My biggest problem is my arse though...

Ok, finally my eyes aren't stinging so much that I can't type-
Dulcet hope you managed to catch up on all 8 months of sleep deprivation this weekend!?!
sky I miss my bump but can't say it's making me want another one just yet!?
H is 21 weeks today and my stomach is still huge and flabby! And what's this overhang thing??nobody warned me about this pre-cs! Still, I cant quite be bothered yet to stop eating my massively increased body weight in chocolate biscuits so I'll just stick with baggy tops and tucking my stomach into my stretchy jeans for a while longer!!
We put H into a travel cot in our room last night, poor things been too big for his Moses basket for about 6 weeks but I just wasn't ready can't imagine ever being!to move him into his own room. It's got a bassinet part to it so he's not sleeping on the floor. He seems (touch wood) to be sleeping a bit better. He's still been up 6 times so far and still needed boobing every time but at least last night he went pretty much straight to sleep when put down as opposed to the fussing and needing rocking for 30 mins that he was doing in his Moses basket. Score!!

Oh rdm the overhang. My body looks like it's smirking at me bleurgh

I can't complain really. BabyPis made no difference to my body at all. TeenPis did all the damage so I've had time to get used to never having a bikini body again!

I'll never catch up properly but I e read through. Hello and congrats to all the newbies! You'll sleep again one day.....

/waves nervously

Little dude is 8 days old now, registered his birth today - ended up having to breastfeed him in front of the registrar because he started howling!

He's surprising well behaved, but he's still waking up a bit from his rough start...

Right, fuck it, I need to get back on somewhere where I can vent anonymously (sort of)

I'm La by the way. NC because it's about time I did as too many people know my nickname and also I need a fresh fucking start.

Tri hey! Congratulations lovely!!!!

Read through quickly - yes to spending day in bed and napping whenever the fuck your can! Do it Sky, do it!

Yes to successful sleeping of any kind!

Boo to colds! B slept through 2 nights following sleep training, then got a fucking cold the next day. So it went to shit again. He's feeling a bit less snotty today so I'm hoping tonight might be better...?

I'm watching Gossip Girl in Netflix. My god it is good to watch trash to in the evening again. I haven't felt like myself since having a baby, and finally 8 months in I feel like I'm starting to get back to normal - but with a baby of course!

Still tired, but sort of :)

So for folk not on Facebook - I had my birth debrief yesterday and it laid to rest some ghosts. At the time I thought my EMCS was due to me being too tired to push him out, due to getting no sleep on induction ward the night before and being in induction 2 days before pushing. I was so mad at the hospital and gutted for myself. But yesterday I found out he turned late on and was transverse. That, with his size, meant that there was very little chance I was ever going to get him out without help. She also filled in all the gaps in my memory about what happened (I lost a lot of blood and went into shock post CS, so the hours after he was born are a total blur). It was so lovely reading about B's first moments, as I can't really remember them! I'm very glad I did it.

Was in work for kit day today and discovered my mat cover has for some reason 'made comments' on some of my reports. Why?? I'm totally hacked off. I hired this person and they are a level below me.

Hey hippo! GX for sleep training going back to normal tonight for you. Your mat cover sounds like they are trying a bit too hard? and are maybe a bit of a dick

I went shopping today after taking mini for her follow up blood tests. Well that was effing depressing. It would appear my bum is only a size up from pre pregnancy but my gut she is another story... I also realised I have no idea how to dress my gigantanorks... I am an apple shape normally so A lines or plunging necklines or baggy tees with tights or skinny jeans was my look... This no longer works. I look like Danny DeVito as The motherlovin' Penguin from the Batman film in those styles now... also my maternity jeans are now all too big but regular jeans won't contain my bulge... even stretchy ones... argh... If anyone needs me I will be rocking on the corner repeating "leggings aren't pants"

The norks will settle down Sky and hopefully you can feel a bit less top heavy! I've always been big up top and wear a lot of square and round necks which flatter the boobs without being in your face. I look like busty la rue if I wear anything plunging. I remember the inbetween jeans bit - I wore leggings for a month solid . You'll soon get back to yourself I'm sure

I think you're right and she's trying to impress. It just irked a bit as its hard going back after 10 months off without someone commenting 'actually I think this would be better' on a frigging report you wrote and submitted in 2013!

Why is she even reading them Hippo? What a weirdo!

Hi TriJo! You did a baby! Congratulations! I am so shit at keeping up.

Welcome tri

And forgot to say hippo really pleased you finally have some answers and that you are feeling better about the birth

sky you've just done a baby, leggings can be pants. And so can sweat pant and pjs for that matter! Maybe not in a year but for now just showering and having brushed hair is an accomplishment!
hippo glad you got to lay some ghosts to rest. Tell the jobsworth that you've got more important things to think about than her trying to climb the career ladder by trampling all over others.
Oh and I ❤️ Gossip girl! I got Netflix last month because I had visions of watching One Tree Hill whilst feeding (I've got the viewing habits of a 17 year old!) but they don't have it so I tried GG and ive watched 4 series in a month!!

My baby and my boobs are in cahoots against me!! Last night with H going in his travel cot I decided to try and not boob him back to sleep at his hourly wake ups. And it worked a little bit in that 2 of the 6 get ups I just cuddled him and he went back down. However tonight my boobs are so full and uncomfortable that I've ended up boobing at each wake up just to ease the pressure! Total baby witchcraft!!

That is so annoying rdm! Well done on cutting it back though initially. You might just have to be uncomfortable for a bit while you readjust. We are down to two feeds a night, although 4-5 wake ups. Going to trying cut down one of those this weekend and then the other one once that's happened. How to stop the waking up at all though is another matter! Which answers your previous question - I did not catch up on 8 mnths sleep. But I did get a nap at least!

I was in maternity leggings and jeans for months and months sky. Perfectly acceptable! I have still snuck into the leggings on the odd day, have put them away to stop that happening!

Hey tri! Great news on the registering the birth - i'm sure they have seen boob in the appointments before, must be part of the job in dealing with newborns.

Welcome to the reborn, returned hippo. You belong here with us! I would be so put out by comments on my reports - I am really uncomfortable with someone covering my job and that would not help at all. My cover will be staying on when I go back and I am really not looking forward to it.

I was looking for something new to watch on Netflix - will give gossip girl a spin. I just started Jayne the Virgin but only half paid attention to it.

I work in fashion so unless you are Elle McPherson leggings indeed can't be pants but luckily I don't have to go out in the general population outside of our area of N London too much. I am thinking maybe stretchy black capris or cropped riding pants might work? Or gasp jeggings?

I have a nearly six year old DD and a nearly seven year old DSD in addition to mini so life is kind of marching on around here. No rest for the wicked

Boo to mat cover people. They'll never be as good as the originals. And THAT is a fact.

Oh my lord my child is whingey today! I get that he's snotty and feels rubbish but oh my god! Screamed and whinged through lunch, doesn't want to play, but if I take anything away I'm evil. If I hold him I'm trying to kill him, but if I put him down he throws himself down and screams. Deep breath!

I think he's in the phase when they are really frustrated because they want to move but can't. He almost crawling but still can't reach what he wants, he's trying to communicate but can't speak yet. I get it, but I really wish I had a bottle of gin

Fashion is pretty interesting sky! Do you get free clothes? I love love love fashion but I'm way behind on latest stuff since having B as I used to read magazines before bed and now have to go to bed early. But my stack of subscription Glamour mags are waiting for the day I have time again. Soon....soon...

I think my cover is just desperate to be noticed. It's her first job after uni. But I'm not someone who particularly likes people poking nose in without me inviting them to! If she'd asked if she could read my stuff and comment to get practice I'd have said fine but this was just odd.

I'm still boobing but only twice s day now. I'm down to one working boob since my biopsy and I look ridiculous by 4pm! one massive boob and one very small one in comparison.

He's still not well. Changed to new GP practice today in effort to get someone to listen and check him over. Sick of the illness, just want it to stop.

I like my new name! I feel incognito

Welcome to spy status hipp!

I'm not fashionable in any way sky but never jeggings! It's never that bad!

Have you got an appointment with the new doctor hippo? (I'm going with hippo as the shortened name if that's what you'd like?) This frustrated stage is noisy isn't it? So much whinging!

hippo one of my clients does lovely stuff and I get given quite a lot. Unfortunately there's only a couple of tops this season that work with my boobing needs and shape. I managed to snag a couple of tops from TK Maxx that work. One is a frilly trapeze type thing in a really pretty coral colour that looks a bit like a clow top but it wirks and I feel pretty in it. I got a lovely loose vest thing and rediscovered a little leatherette jacket I put away when I was pregnant with boobing in mind. I nipped into Primark and got a pair of dark wash high waisted skinniest, black stretch capris, and a pair of thick jegging type jeans in a sage colour... that with a selection of my maternity vests and bliss should do me for now...Thank goodness the weather is getting better and at least I can wear cute shoes! As far as being fashionable... I'm not really. I kind of do quirky but I am not exactly trendy, not by a long shot! I too buy magazines and barely ever read them. Then sometimes on a Sunday I will just sit and go through several... I have a hard time throwing them away too. We have boxes full in our storage because I hoard them like treasure

Hoping everyone gets a good night's sleep tonight...

And now I remember why I turned off autocorrelation