January 2007 - i know i'm not the only one, come on, where are you all???

[theUrbanDryad]

hey, where are all you guys? i know i'm not the only one to have popped from the jan '07 thread!!

anyway, if you're out there, how's it going???

aww hugs to all having bad nights.

Wilkie your post made me pmsl as it reminds me of a scene repeated many a time in our house over the past 3 yrs...lolHow men sleep through everything I dont know!!!!!!

Chloe wouldnt settle again last night but problem is with DD1 teething DD2s crying wakes her up aswell..bloody nightmare. Of course DH sleeps through it all so I just end up with DD2 in arms while trying to convince DD1 she really wants to go back to sleep in her cot and not get up to play!!Brought DD2 into our bed again just for sanity but she was just cranky last night letting out little cries every hour but not actually wanting anything. Although did stay in bed this morning until 10.30am when Dh got up with Ds and DD1 at 7.30am

Hi

We have turned a corner now Hattie 2 weeks old and draining her 3oz botle every 4 hour so think I may up er feeds slightly at night in the vain hope she'll sleep a little longer than 4 hours. Took both girls out on my own thi afternoon for the firs time just a short trip to argos but all went okay and am now driving again which will save my saniy come monday when dh back at work.

bought ellie a pop up barbie playhouse/tent thing in argos and she loves it, normally always wants you to play with her but tody she has put her dolls in there and played for a few hours, Hattie asleep and dh panting windowsills and skirting boards at the mo so thought I'd jump on here.

Just read the antenatel thread and feel sorry for all those overdue so glad not tobe pg anymore

Hi girls, I'm now very proud to say that i am mix feeding. i failed each time to bf the older ones and couldn't even express but i tried to express yesterday to relieve the boob pain and it shot out.

Ok, i think you should take the phrase mix feeding very lightl;y in my case because it's onl;y an ounce or 2 of breast milk per day, with 3 oz bottles of furmula too but its better than nothing and i'm proud of myself.
ridiculously proud actually. even if it only last a week (whicj i hope it doesn't) i'll still be chuffed that i managed it.

sorry abput all you ladies with non sleeping babies, i remember how rotten that is. DS4 is an ok sleeper atm....well compared to my other ds's at this age he is anyway.

i just had a quick read of the jan ante natal thread.......god i don't envy them one bit. it depresses me just remembering how they feel. hopefully they'll all join us soon.

sorry about typos, one hand typing atm so can't be arsed to correct them

I agree Nonyummymummy, the support for BF in hospital is rubbish. Both times I have had midwifes coming into me and trying to stuff my nipple into a crying baby's mouth rather than teaching me to latch them on properly. Then blaming it on either me or my baby.

This time one of the midwifes sqeezed my nipple to try to encourage DD to feed and when it really hurt, I said ouch, and she said 'yes it really hurts when they suck sometimes' No - it was you squeezing my nipple!

Muppet- My DD was also jaundiced and very sleepy and at first they said I had to wake her every 3 hours but now they are saying to leave her to feed when she wants. I asked and the midwives said that as long as she is having plenty of wet and dirty nappies and some alert time as well as sleeping, that I dont need to worry, she will feed when she wants. She is still pretty sleepy though.

Hope everyone's night is good. Mine was ok last night as DD fed at 10pm, then slept in her crib and only woke twice, once at 2.30 and then at 7.30. Fingers crossed for tonight!!

EAH - you give me hope! J has taken a couple of full 3oz bottles today and we had a 3.5hr sleep which hasn't happened before - I'm hoping to get him downing every 3oz bottle and then sleeping a bit longer [fingers crossed emotion].

I agree with you LTH, reading the ante natal post I feel so sorry for everyone. Can't believe it would have been my due date tomorrow - feel very lucky to have him at 8 days old!!

Her's hoping for a decent night ladies...

re: BF support while in hospital; while i was on the ward in hospital this really horrible midwife took Zac off for his Vitamin K injection, and then sent DH back to me sayin "he's really cold, have we got a cardigan and hat?" because i hadn't planned on going into hospital, i hadn't packed a cardigan for him, so the MW put this vile green cardy and hat on him, then just thrust him at me and said "he needs feeding!" i was practically in tears trying to get him to latch on until DH went and got a really nice HCA to come and help me. she was holding him and said "well he's far too hot! he won't latch on if he's too hot!"

i mean, they go on and on about in "parentcraft" classes, but there just isn't the support, postnatally.

Hey - good for you LTH! Be proud. And thanks Dragonhart. Loving this thread - after a nightmare night of screaming with mad hunger (except was it really hunger? 20 min BFs, mad swivel-eyed rooting - I'm thinking partly overstimulated by the in-law visit before bedtime ...) it's nice not to feel alone I think she's really kicking the jaundice, she's like a different - active - baby this last 24 hours. And she's latching on quickly even if she still has a tendency to doze off after 10 minutes. Starting to chill out about the waking her to feed thing ... chance would be a fine thing at night!

Off to figure out some kind of edge-of-bed bolster with a towel and yoga mat to stop her rolling out if I give up on the cot and bring her in with me again at 4am.

Had my first night of two children screaming last night as DS1 is teething and DD2 decided she would feed or cry from 10 til 1.30. Think she only went to sleep cos she was so tired. Did then sleep til 6.30 then DS slept til 9.00 so got a bit of a lie in. Going to try putting her to sleep earlier rather than keeping her down with us til we go to bed and see if that helps. Have to get some kinf of routine before DH goes back next week. ATM he is helping loads in the morning so will be a bit lost when he goes back. Will have inlaws here to help with lifting DS cos of the cs but would rather be able to do as much as I can myself.

Hope bf is still going well LTH and everyone else is well. xxx

Lots of screaming chez muppet last night too, dragonheart. That's two nights on the trot where dd has screamed loudly from 12 til 3, breaking only to feed properly at 2am, before resuming her vocal exercises. So far, dh is being a star and either carrying her around, or making me sleep while she whinges away in her cot. We need to figure something out before he goes back to work on friday tho...

Sitting here waiting for the midwife to show up - I know they can;t give you a time, but I wish they'd say am or pm. I guess they'll weigh her - it's a slim chance, but I'm praying she's regained birth weight so they'll discharge us. Everything crossed.

Huh!!??.....how wierd!? George was up most of the night screaming too.

do you think they're all communicating with eachother to syncronise(sp??) their "up all night" modes

He's feeding like a starving animal ATM. draining 6x3oz bottles and any the breast milk I can create(which is about 1.5-2oz every 4hours or so)) in any 24 hours.
It's lovely to have a hungry baby because Ds3 was anightmare to feed. He'd take anything upto 2 hours to drink 3 oz, then want another botttle 1.5 hours later.....that was hard hard hard work.

I had a rather pleasent surprise this morning when I weighed myself. 6 days post- birth and I'm only 8lb heavier than I was per-PG
Admittedly that 8lb is all on my bum and thing and looks more like 888lbs but I'm not complaining. I actually wearing normal jeans today

Nothing else to report in the house of LTH, only 3 days until DH goes back to work...Hallelujah!!

Normal jeans LTH!! - I am so . I daren't even get mine out as I know how depressing it would be! But did weigh myself today and have lost half a stone in the last 2 days so at least it's going. Still have swollen ankles and fingers though - I thought they were supposed to go once LO was born??

DS feeding every 2 hours or so, bit of a shock as DD was never a hungry baby and really just fed when she was offered, never remember her screaming for food. Just looking forward to when DS settles a bit better after the night feeds - last night he was feeding from 2.30 to 3 and then look another 1.5 hours to go to sleep [yawn]

Hi all. Hattie I had REALLY swollen feet & ankles for about a week after the birth - much worse than i ever had when i was pg, which I wasn't really expecting. Just disapeared eventually though! I think you're right LTH (normal jeans?!?) the babes are communicating somehow - 'right, everyone, start screaming NOW...' Freddie was a right little monster last night, screaming his little head off from about 11pm til 3ish. Horrible . Ended up giving him a dummy in the end as my mum was convinced that it would calm him down and get him to fall asleep...and she was right . It wasn't realy somehting i wanted to do though and I've resolved not to give him the dummy in the daytime, just reserve it for those desperate moments in the middle of the night.
DP's first day back at work today and I survived, although I didn't manage to gave a shower and get dressed wil about 3pm!

Fingers crossed for everyone for tonight!

normal jeans....hmph! think i may have to ceremonially burn my maternity jeans as i'm so bored of them!!!

had a busy night here too - up every 2 hours then taking an hour to feed & settle. no screaming though - he doesn't seem to be a very screamy baby...

found out i live opposite a mumsnetter last night!! how random is that??

well i survived dh first day back both girls slept well last night one feed with hattie at 2.30 and then she woke at 6.45 had bottle, ellie woke at 7 so we were all dressed and showered by 8.30. Had mil, my mum, next dooe neighbour and a friend all phoned by 10 to check i was ok!!!!

we even ventured into town and ellie loves the double buggy so got all my jobs done in an hour, if only every day would be like this, although i am sure there are days i'll want to murder them!!

I am back in normal jeans too but have been eating really healthily since having hattie as never lost my baby weight first time round i am about half stone heavier than when fell pg but am aiming ot lose a further 1.5stone by august so i'll feel good about myself and feel fitter so just aiming to lose 1 to 2 lb a week and see what happens.

Sorry to hear about you having bad nights both of mine have dummys at night and if it gets them to sleep its a good thing, the only thing is dd1 is very very attached to hers and i must try and start getting rid of it soon as she is nearly 2.6!!!

btw does anyone know how long a growth spurt is supposed to last? Zac has been pretty much constantly attached to my boob all day!!

Think it is only a day or so Urban. DS never seemed to have them as he guzzled both sides every 3 hours pretty much from birth! Sometimes went to every 2 hours so maybe that was a growth sprut but never really noticed. Hope that means that he will sleep all night for you!

i am another one who had a horrendous night last night. finished feeding DD2 at 12.30am went straight to bed, slept for one hour then DD1 woke up howling, she had a temperature ans she couldnt be calmed down until 3.30am. DD2 woke up at 3.30am and needed fed and by the time i had fed and winded her it was 6am!!! DH took over and i was able to sleep for another 1.5 hrs so a grand total of 2.5 hrs sleep!!! i dont know how i have survived today aswell as my DH going back to work!!!
i hope tonight is better!!!

I'm back in normal clothes too which I'm amazed at as I consumed vast amounts of chocolate during this pregnancy lol. The day after the birth I weighed a few pounds more than I did pre pregnancy and a few days ago (so about 7 days post birth) I weighed a pound less than I did pre preg. I'm not trying to lose any weight but I haven't got much of an appetite, I'm having to force myself to eat at the moment.

Breast feeding is going really well and the midwife was surprised when she came to weight Ethan today at 11 days old to find he was 8lb 10 ozs, he was 8lb 2oz at birth so he's done amazingly well. He currently feeds a lot and sleeps a lot but is having some awake times too now. I'm not getting lots of sleep but that's too be expected so I'm not looking forward to dh going back to work on Thursday. Sure I'll survive the school run with all 3 somehow though lol!

arrrgh! i'm so awake!! anyone else??

First crying episode last night. From me that is....I fed seemingly solidly from 8pm -1pm (a little snacker our girl) and it was the heartiest cries (from her) each time we tried to put her down . Compounded by the fact we wanted sleep as is dh first day back to work today. In the end he came to the rescue, stayed up with her until she settled at 4.30am, then went straight to work.

Morning everyone, sorry I've been AWOL, I've tried to post a couple of times but always end up having to abandon it after the first couple of words! Ben's quite happy at the mo listening to Baby Beethoven (he's sat in front of the TV watching his Baby Einstein DVDs - he doesn't watch as such but seems to like the music and it beats day time TV hands down!)

He's turning into quite a sicky baby which is a bit frustrating....he takes his feeds really well but what used to be a 30 minute feed/nappy change/winding session is now taking forever. He woke at 3:50am for a feed and it was 5:30 before I finally got back into bed, I had to change him completely twice as he was sick all over himself

DH has been roped into taking his cousin back to the airport today (she's living in Norway at the mo and has been home for a few days) so he left at half 4 this morning and I doubt he'll be back much before dinner (talk about being put upon??!!) so I decided to sleep downstairs with Ben last night so he could get some decent sleep before he went. So I've managed my first night on my own! Wasn't too bad - fed him at 8pm, midnight, 4am and that was it till 10am this morning so I got some sleep. Still tired though - although that could be to do with being so anaemic - the midwife said yesterday I'll need to be on iron tablets for 6 months?? Joy of joys....

Anyway, I've got bottles to wash, clothes to bung in the washing machine and tumble dryer and the sterlilser to do - no rest for the wicked is there?!

DH promised me yesterday we'd go for a walk down the sea front later today if it's nice which I'm looking forward to - need to blow the cobwebs away somehow!

Will catch up with you all soon

Loubie & Ben xxx

Had a raelly good night last night. Put Ruth down at 730pm last night in her own crib rather than downstairs with us. I was on tender hooks all evening, waiting for her to wake up but she slept til 12, then woke at 5 and 8. Not too bad.

Putting her down and swaddling her seemed to help her sleep (is anyone else doing it? Did it with DS1 and it really seemed to help him sleep for longer periods of time).

Still feel knackered though! I was told I was anaemic too loubie and have to take iron tablets (yuck!). Keep forgeting to take them though as Im terrible at taking tablets so will prob emd up anaemic forever!

Hope everyone else is ok and not too tired. xxx

Grr. 12-3am screaming again. When I said I wanted a baby on a schedule, I didn't mean this one V jealous LTH - normal jeans! Only managed to ram my wedding ring back on this morning, and now it's stuck and my finger's swollen up.