March 2007 - All present and correct now

[LunarSea]

Morning all - new thread as the old one's about to hit the 1000 posts limit.

Not so great this morning - feel like an egg-bound chicken IYSWIM. Grrr - especially as I managed to avoid it all the way through pregnancy. And not sure if there's anything I can take for it while I'm feeding?

Eids... I can't see your piccies????

Finn sounds fab

I had big plans for today, but Monti and I deceided to sleep for three hours this arvo instead, after his mega-poo.

DH cooking dinner and I'm thinking about wine...

Kitty nice to hear from you and glad the ABs are kicking in. You must be knackered. How is Ronnie now?

Foxy, did you get my email?

Kitty

I have a new e-mail address now: First word (my name) is the same as the old one , then its: at hotmail.co.uk

Hope that makes sense

kitty-glad you are on the road to getting sorted.i dont know about you but i naively thought that i wouldnt get PND again as ive had it before and would know how to avoid it

i suppose thats like saying im not going to get a tummy bug again cos ive had one before.

kiwi-my dp hasnt actually been doing anything different,its just my perception of what hes doing thats changedie,cos i feel like a fat lump of useless crap,i think hes going to have a rampant on-line affair with somebody who he will leave me for at the first oppurtunity

anyway,i had too much to moan about today so have posted a thread on 'feeling depressed' again to try and get stuff out of my system.

anyone heard from mossy?

sorry, Diva - by your 'big one' I meant your cheeky ds. Because you are feeling exhausted / down, don't tolerate his rudeness!! He is the monster not your dp

Just quick hello and goodbye to say I've not disappeared... posted on my other thread... will be back at some point in next few days, am still here though!!!

kiwi-i didnt realise i'd posted about him on here,im getting all confused !

i wouldnt call him cheeky,more arrogant i'd say

you lot don't half chat still lol!

hope you feel perkier soon kitty, it's good the ad's are having an effect already.

your ex sounds an arse, eidsvold! how weird to suddenly see him and ex mil in same week after so long. glad to hear his looks match his personality

what kind of bamboo nappies are they, piffle? I;ve got bambineo and bamboozles and I think I'm going to get some more size 2 but just the bambineo cos they seem fluffier and softer and I'm a bit softie for those cuddly nappies. but I'm not sure if they're not too high in the leg for dd for later on. hmmm

callie, it's the countess of chester i donate to but they supply more hospitals across the north west. I had to have yet another lot of blood tests for hiv etc first so i don't know why that stopped your hospital from collecting the milk, I know quite a few places are doing it. I'm glad 100mls seems an ok amount, i was worrying it might be a bit embarrassing to hand in puny amounts, I know they say they don't care, but you know

Diva, I know what you mean. I so hate it when I recognise the signs for PND. I think I can beat it if I just wish it away . This time I thought that if I had an infection that needed medication then I'd go and get some, pnd is just the same.

The doc was really kind. She kept patting me . She had a baby in between Clara and Ronnie so I guess she knows what I'm going through. I have to go back and see her on a weekly basis for a while. I still feel flat but reasonabley in control and I've stoppped feeling so angry.

Are you taking anything at the mo? Sorry you're feeling bad again though .

Ronnie is better crying wise. He does have periods now when he is awake without screaming and last night he only woke twice for food which was great. Fingers crossed that the worst is now over.

It's funny because he is still a skinny string bean of a child but at 4 weeks is already in 3-6 month clothes and is really heavy. He has also sporting a haircut like Max wall

kitty-i am still on 20mg prozac a day,have been since i was 12 weeks pregnant.my gp just looks at me helplessly when i see her about depression cos she cant do anything more to help me

at risk of sounding very ignorant/thick-who is max wall?

3-6 months clothes at 4 weeks?my ds1 was like that..he's now in 12-13+ clothes at 9.

kiwi - have fixedit up - thought I had left this pic only and went to check - had taken them all off - have added one that is a couple of weeks old with the three dds.

I love the pic of your three DDs Eids!!

Great pics eids, what a happy bunch

Morning all,

Well last night it finally happened... I missed most of Doctor Who because Bertie was crying so much!

Ah well... it'll be repeated endlessly over the next year

I'm still not feeling quite right, I worry endlessly, Bertie will be a month old on Wednesday but is still too small for 0-3 month clothes, still crying almost constantly...

Small "victory" this morning in that once he'd fed for almost two hours he came off by himself... of course he immediately started crying again and rooting around but because he'd come off by himself I didn't just put him back on the breast, I tried to settle him, put him in his bouncy hypno chair and he is now asleep...

Eids your photo is lovely your three dd's are so cute and Callie I can't remember if I said but I love your collection of photos

Going to the LLL woman tomorrow, also have to go to the dr's as the mw thinks if I'm not careful I may get pnd and she wants the dr to keep an eye on me. It's hard to keep your head up high though when you've a baby that always seems hungry, can never be awake without either feeding or crying... it means I can't go out anywhere, I can't even walk the dogs for longer than about fifteen mins before he starts wailing

Kitty I am glad you are feeling a bit better.

Diva I can't believe those kids, throwing a rugby ball at your ds2 what horrible brats!!

Piffle /Callie I am using cloth (tots bots) but am taking a break atm, I barely have time to shower atm so until this stage is over he's mainly in disposables, I have shedloads of pampers / asda newborn size that people bought for me so I don't have to worry about the cost!

Forgot to say, everyone else, hope you're all doing okay, I don't have the energy to reply to everyone atm, I know that sounds self-absorbed but hopefully I will feel better soon.

mossie-i am impressed you are managing to get on here atall.i certainly never even had time to pee till ds1 was 6 weeks old,and that was only cos i gave in and put him on formula(i hated bf from the start though and actually wanted to give up after about 5 days).
dont worry about his clothes size-both dd2 and Elsie were in newborn size till 6 weeks then straight into 3-6 months.and the sizes vary so much in different shops.

eids-your girls are lovely

Elsie is my friend today,she had a bottle at 12.30 when we went to bed then slept till 6.30am.shes not very well though,she has a cold,so im going to have to cancel her jabs tomorrow.

eidsvold , how did you supplement your LO with Bottle feeds? my babes is a hungry baby too and I am thinking about a night time formula feed to help him sleep a bit better (and me) he feeds everyt wo hours but he is 6 weeks now and should be going longer, anybody else experience this?

should mention ATM I am BF only.

Hope everyone is having a good bank holiday

Mossy things will improve i'm sure... why do you think I disappeared from posting so much? These babies are bloody hard work and ultimately if things are going badly we automatically blame ourselves as the mother. It certainly doesn't help if our partners are expecting us to stop the baby crying all the time... quite often we just can't and we surely don't have a magic wand that will keep it all on an even keel ... all i can say is what i always say... just keep swimming

Foxy your dc's are looking like a lovely pair of helpers! You've a similar set up to me... I must post some up to date piccies of Samuel now he's not so spotty!

Eids what a splendid moment for you... you must feel absolutely triumphant! Proves there is a God and he is dishing out pounds of fat to all who do wrong!

Kitty glad you're on top of your emotions... your gp sounds lovely...

Diva Max Wall was a strange comedian from the '70's who had a bald shiny head with long black hair growing from halfway down his head. He wore black leggings and stuck his bum out when he walked. My DH said i looked like him when I was huge of bump!

Callie I mostly edit educational kid's books, but have done a vast array of boring things from football annuals to country and western encyclopaedias!

No real news with me. DH has taken older 2 to watch Spiderman 3... Samuel is sleeping upstairs and I'm having a cup of tea and catching up with you all!

chocolatePenny... we did the bottle top up for a bit when Kate was about two weeks old. I wrote about this on Mossies bf post so I'm going to find it and cut and paste - hope that's ok.

Basically, it improved our lives no-end. Kate put on weight, slept more, and was generally much happier.

Mossie... great to see you posting! I admire your courage atm

here it is CP:

I just have to add that I decided to give my dd a daily formula top-up when she was about two weeks old. We had reached a similar point because I wasn't filling her up (she had lost weight and lots of crying) and I was in agony with my latch on one breast. I tried expressing but it took forever to get the tiny amount I did and she guzzled it in minutes. I felt like a failure! It was the toughest decision to agree to a formula top up but it got us back on track. I don't remember how long the bottle feeding lasted but it slowly slipped out of our routine once she would go through with just bf.

Muppet: for the first time ever I am totally annoyed that there is a Bank Holiday!! Monday is my day of (making an effort to) getting things done - and I have a family at home to contend with, aaaargh .