March 2007 - even though it hasn't actually arrived, some of us have (iyswim)

[CallieNewMum]

Here we go girls - Amie, Kiwi, Dixia, Flannelettepyjamas, we can start comparing motherhood notes on this one and wait for the others to arrive one by one. Although I suspect the other thread will be our home until there's critical mass. To those of you still waiting to join the post-natal people - get a move on!!

Anyway who'll be first to get up the duff again I wonder?? I reckon Diva...getting a coil out and feeling frisky...bad combination

shall we lay bets?

I reckon it'll be someone whose just had their first!!

Oh that heel prick test, poor Bertie had it yesterday and he wailed, didn't help that he had a dirty nappy as well, but I thought it best to get it all out of the way and done with rather than changing him then having him have to have his blood taken. Poor darling.

Mw comes again on Friday to check my stitches, she seems nice enough, have heard some horror stories about mw's that visit you so hope she's not one of those.

I don't think I'll be having number 2 for a litlte while, stitches still hurt too much to even thinkabout owt "down there" lol!!

Am going to have a career change when maternity leave ends, get part time work as a classroom assistant for aboutsix months (did it in my year out so do have some experience albeit a while ago!) and if I enjoy it I am seriously considering doing a PGCE, so if that takes off it could be a few years before I go for number two!! Although I'd never say never.

Also I would be nervous of going through a labour like this one again, but the memory of that is fading each day... so who knows!?

Night time changes - changed Bertie once at two o'clock in the morning, and then again at half five, but I sort of did it on auto pilot, am doing quite well with these reusables, they're easier than I thought they'd be - helps that it's sunny though so I can dry them on the line, otherwise the tumble drier would be going all the time, either that or I'd have to dry them on the clothes maiden in the bath, not so quick to dry then!!

I use water & cotton wool in the day (downstairs) and nappy wipes at night (upstairs where I've no running water).

Will try the lying down feeding thing again tonight, think it's possibly practise making perfect?

Bertie has been asleep now since half eleven, I know I should probably wake him for a feed but he was awake all day yesterday, did not nap once, so I will leave him a little longer, he might need to catch up on sleep?

Amie can't believe I missed DT on Ready Steady Cook!!

Have to say, the dogs are being so good! I was really worried, especially about Arthur because he is so boistrous (sp?) but they seem to know somehow to be gentle around him? As for Ziggy - well he is cool as a cucumber, isn't at all interested. Then again you could bring a rhino into this house and Ziggy would take a look, sniff, and then settle in front of the fire.

Right off to spend the next half hour looking at Bertie. It's a bit of a cliche isn't it, but I can't help it, he's adorable!

Mossy / Amie - was DT on Ready Steady Cook???????????

Mossy, second labours are nearly always a cinch compared to the first and Bertie needs a buddy to fight..oops play with, go on have another

I've been a classroom assistant too, it's a lovely job, rather do that than teach any day though...poor teachers have to be the bad cop and the assistant can swan around being the good cop

I think that I am the only one who doesn't change their baby in the night-time!! I do kind of give her a 'sniff test' as I lift her out of bed but I really do little to wake her at this time... just a dim light, no talking etc etc. She goes straight back to sleep after her feed - and most nights there is only one feed??

I really thought I was in for it at 4am this morning when I did change her because she was smelly (but fooled me with an empty nap) and her eyes were wide open. But I lay her beside me and we fell back to sleep .

I would love to fall preggers again. In fact, it is my fantasy to return to work in September knowing that I will be leaving again shortly with number 2 (ok, 3 - I can't get me head around this age gap).

Coming from a teacher, I think that TA's are the best people in the whole wide world . They know everything and they are so hard working.

Deanna was weighed at clinic today and shes now 8lb 15oz,I cant believe how fast shes growing.
Got all sad this morning when I took all the newborn clothes out the drawers and replaced with the 0-3 mnths.
Shes doing great at night,last night she slept from 10.30 to 4.30,I usually change her if she needs it bfore her feed,then she settles again afterwards.
Well...we are looking at ttc for no 2 asap...we want to get the sleep deprivation over with all at once lol.

havent read all the posts yet,just as far as rosy's 'i reckon it'll be diva'(to get preg again)please dont wish that on me!!!im only going to have this coil removed if they will stick a copper one straight in in its place!

in fact,im thinking more and more about getting steralised cos even the mere suggestion of me getting pregnant again makes me feel suicidal.after i had dd2 i kept saying 'never again' but i didnt feel like she was my last iyswim.i feel totally different this time.

ok,ive stopped hyperventilating now

...looks like it will be Shanks or Kiwi...the race is ON!!!

Mossy - I think babies smile at about 5 or 6 weeks old.

Monti smiled at me last week but just keeps staring at me now in a spooky manner...

I am feeling a bit broody too - but personally a 2 year plus age gap suits me better ... so I must get round to working out what contraception to use to avoid the pitter patter ...

I am almost keeling over with shock at all this broodiness!!

Not convinced that my pelvic floor could withstand another pregnancy

What a lot of posts! I haven't had time to write yet today but he's down now for the evening with the patented piffle sleep routine. He's sleeping really well now - 4 hours between feeds. What a little angel Shame he doesn't sleep at all in the day but there you go

I don't change him either - only if he's pooed which is quite infrequent. Saying that he's not pooed at all today so I bet he does one tonight. I too use a thermos of warm water in the night. When do you start using baby wipes?

I registered him today and tomorrow we're going on our first trip to the baby clinic. He hasn't been weighed since he was 10 days old and he's 5 weeks now! I'm hoping he's gained the right amount - I have no way of telling. Shanks - I've had to put away the newborn stuff too. It's a bit sad isn't it? There is not going to be a number 2 here, despite the woman in the registry office's attempts to persuade me - I can't afford the childcare

Don't worry about the tape mossie - I've got hundreds of the things kicking about.

I am lying on my bed feeding DD2 as I type. I love feeding lying down. Easier without DH im the bed as I like to spread out but very possible with him here. DD in the crook of my arm. Boob flobbing out on bed and I shove it in. I am not sure she latches well without assistance when lying down. I didn't have a good position when I fed with DD1 like this- apparently, you need to remember to check the tummy is towards you otherwise they don't swallow well. She glugs it down now though so I think we're ok. O change her at about 11ish or at the start of the last evening feed and then just sniff and poke. Unless it feels very soggy or smells of poo, I don't bother. Talking of poo, I am quite liking the smell of BF poo again. Seems almost vanilla - y. Compared with DD1 on her raisin and olive diet, it's a dream

I feel quite broody as well. The registrar who did my section said at the end "so we'll see you in about a year then" and I said " what for?", as it seemed a long time to wait for a check up. WHen I realised he meant no 3, I laughed heartily and asked for more morphine. However, I do think I've another one in me. I always thought I would just have the 2, but feel incomplete almost at the moment. It feels a bit disloyal to be talking about another one when DD2 is only jyst 4 weeks old but I am enjoying it so much this time. I am quite old though so woul dneed to get on with it. There is also the Q of ££££ which is always a worry, as i am not sure we could afford it. Still, as I am unlikely to waste precious sleep time bonking, I think I can mull it over for a few more weeks.

Hope everyone has had a good day. DD1 has been very wobbly and insecure today. Nursery yesterday was a disaster. She cried from arrival to lunchtime. Hope tomorrow goes better for her.

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Elsie smiled when she was 4 weeks,i think ds1 was about the same age.the others were a bit later,about 6 weeks i think.

sazzy-i used wipes from birth on all my babies except ds and dd1 with whom i wasnt allowed to use them in hospital so i just used them from about 4/5 days old when i got home

i only change Elsie at night if shes pooed,which the past few nights has been about 4 or 5 times.ive been having a blonde day today,this morning i used the wrong top up card to top up my phone and realised i's topped up a simcard i threw away last month.luckily o2 were very kind and transferred the credit for me.
i also realised that maybe Elsie was only taking 1 or 2 oz per feed cos she's had the same teats on her bottles since she was 3 days old and maybe the milk might be coming out too slow for herd'oh.i'm really not with it atm.im too concerned with getting fat and dp running off with a young slim woman who can actually stay awake long enough to 'excersise'

dolly-x posts,you made me laugh,i havent heard the word 'bonking' in ages

are you still in touch with booboo?

btw i know im talking crap about dp...hes been ill for over a week and he keeps saying i look great.im just going mad and thinking too much

wheres kitty today?

Hi Diva

I am not really in touch with Booboo I am afraid. We texted madly just after her son and DD2 were born, but I hav texted a couple of times since and no reply so I guess she is still baby mooning. I live round the corner from her, so expect I will bump into her at some point. I'd love to know how johnny is doing and I do miss her pithy posts and good humour.

FWIW I never used cotton wool on either of mine - I missed it first time round and used the wipes in my bounty bag and there was no looking back. With DD2 I used wipes as a. I was too knackered to go round boiling water and cooling it at night b. I don't think water would have got to grips with the meconium and c. I am too lazy.

I thought you looked great in your photos. I also thought you would be dark. Can't think why we all have you down as dark hair etc. What do yhou think we all look like ??? (polite answers only!!)

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Jensens gone from 645 - now without a feed..shock horror, and hes been asleep from 745 ish......i dont know how to cope!

i've not really thought about what anybody looks like tbh,i just thought mossie had dark curly hair cos she did in that drem i had ages ago,and kitty was small with long light brown hair in another dream i had ages ago

that reminds me,i had a really weird dream last night that all of us from this thread and some from the april thread met up to go for a meal.i was very late,and was picked up by amie and rosy who were wearing wedding dresses.

the next day it turned out that for some reason we'd all left our babies at the restaurant(even though we hadnt brought them with us),kitty,jaysecond and i had also left our toddlers there,and the manager wouldnt let us have them back untill we'd been interviewed by a social worker,who was actually my ds2's headmistress

i know its quite common to have anxiety dreams about leaving your own baby somewhere,but to dream about a large group of ladies leaving their babies...i think a lack of alcohol is causing me to go loopy

Dolly, you've got a giant blonde curly hairdo, humungous boobies, a tiny waist and you wear skin tight pink leather clothes with cowboy boots...

Diva sorry for making you panic, I was only joking. It's interesting that you just know your family is complete now. There's a whole thread about that at the moment I was looking at.
I think my broodiness is just hormones and will pass because I am more than happy with the children I have now and surprisingly dh is happy to stop now.
I caught the look on his face just after I had given birth. He never usually gives anything away (he's a himbo)but he looked as if he had just given birth along with me! And he had to listen to me moan constantly for 9 months too, so maybe he has had enough!

Jay - have a lie down while you have the chance!!!

Dolly - I think you have another one in you as well

I hope Boo is OK - might text her to check

Diva - I often have dreams about leaving DD behind - think I feel disloyal to her for having Monti as she is no longer my baby LOL at the headmistress bit - is the head a bit scary? (my son's is!! )

sazzy - at least he sleeps during the night - he must be growing too if he is growing out of his clothes! haven't had Monti checked since abouyt week 3 as he'd lost weight so have been avoiding HV like the plague

rosy-its ok,actually its made me realise how i feel and i am seriously considering steralisation as an option.i really feel the need to be certain i will never do it again,and as Elsie was my first planned baby,i dont have alot of faith in contraception.

foxy-ds2 is at nursery and the head is a lovely,totally un-scary lady.now,if it had been ds and dd1's head,i would understand.