May 2007 - The babies are arriving!!

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Thought i would start the offical May 2007 thread as it is May and we have now had our first offical May baby - even though we have 6 naughty babies who queue jumped and arrived in April .

Probably be a while before there are many messages but a least we have a thread now

BB - DH is feeding me up with healthy food and I'm snacking on biccies and chocie in between. Think O just had a late start. I think my milk came in a bit late and then I had trouble getting him to feed. All is ok now but he's playing catch-up which is why his weight is still a little low.
Think he would regain it on his own if I just carry on demand feeding, but don't want to take a chance that they won't discharge him next time, so will be trying to do the 3 hour routine, even though I think it's going to be a nightmare!!

blimey jl feed for 45 mins! Same happened with A I didnt let him go for longer than 3 hours for a couple of days but 45 mins seems a bit much I was told tostimulate him for the first 20 mins and then let him fall off whenever he was ready after that. Am sure he will bounce back up soon.

Bloody busy here today went out at 10 and only just got home. Not sure I can handle BF in public had a rather awkward encounter at the health clinic while waiting for A's hearing to be tested. I was asked to move to a private room even though I had a muslin draped over my shoulder and nothing could be seen. Needless to say I refused - hope A hasnt inherited my pig headedness.

Draping yourself with a muslin, noooooo. Im brazen, whip it out wherever i am I must have a look of "just you dare ask me to move\stop" as have not been commented on yet. I was asked to leave Mc Donalds once when feeding the twins but that was 8 years ago. I fed today in the BB muffin place in town, in the orthoptic clinic with both ds#3 and 4 waiting for an eye check. Then in the school playground the iafternoon, i had a few children come up to see the baby not knowing what i was doing. They looked a bit shocked but as i dont make a fuss and let them carry on cooing and stroking Beau's head they dont mind. DD pulls her top up to feed her dollies she just thinks it's normal

Im making a real effort to eat more and im sure it is helping Beau, he is much more settled now. I guess my size 10's are going to have to wait a bit longer >

Where is everyone today? I waanna come to Wild Cherry with you Befnal, it sound delish. Not sure i can justify the 5 hour round trip though I did used to do a 4 hour one for KK's though

Maybe I misinterpreted MW then. She said I should change him and then feed him every 3 hours and it should all take about an hour, so I assumed 15 minutes to change him then 45 minutes feeding. We've had 2 goes so far. First time he fed for about 40 mintes. This time he only managed 25minutes and then fell fast asleep.
Will try to keep it up till he's discharged then go back to demand feeding. Am sure there is nothing wrong with him, he just got a late start due to my milk coming in late because of c.section and me not being able to feed him right.

Probably now JL he'll put on masses of weight really quickly!

I'm with LG&T, I get my norks out anywhere and everywhere, even in the golden arches this lunchtime, though I did turn my back to the queue of workmen behind me more for fear of embarrassing them I think I've perfected my technique by now Maccy ds was a treat for ds1 who went to the speech therapist and was a good boy, however, Scoot, I can't recommend it for bf mammas as the fallout this afternoon has meant us almost running out of nappies, serves me right

hi all, well I have been evil grumpy today, my dd has done my head in she has been so noisy ds has only fallen asleep once, just got him settled now after warm bath and milk - she is banned from upstairs until bedtime, I have even said no bath her voice is just sooooo loud, bitten dp's head off, told him to get him and dd out of my site - as im typing she is being a little cow grrrrr, dont know the root of my evil today but feeling thoroughly fed up!!!!!!!! oh well tomorrows another day, hopefully will have cheered up and its just hormonal

Hope ev1 else is ok, sorry for rant needed adult company

Must be catching Lups..Lily has been positively demonic today..she has aquired a new noise that she makes when she's cross or wants something-it sounds like she is being killed and is very loud..she has done this ALL day..Mae has also woken up and found her voice today and cried from 9am till 3pm, then 6 till, well till now, she is hopefully dropping off now..Think she had a bad tummy though as at 3 she did three huge nappies in a row then fell asleep..Jaysus what a day..

Am still dosed up on flu plus capsules..have a big night out planned tomorrow and am buggered if Ill miss it..I am NOT ill!I refuse to miss my first proper night out in 10 months!

Hey Tam..thats some decent sleeping M did then!Good for her!

Cant believe people still take issue with women BFing in public..its like the dark ages..wollies..

What did you have at the family business Cam?Just out of interest-am salivating at the thought..I havent eaten anything unhealthy since Mae arrived..thats 15 days with no chocolate, McFlurries, crisps..(have had a few glasses of wine etc but I dont count that )Have lost feck all weight though, very annoying!

Must be the day for mad children, Archie woke at 7 this morning and has had a maximum of an hours sleep and is still going strong now he just will not give in to sleep.

Sending Scoot antiflu vibes - you will go out tomorrow!!!!!!!!

A has slept from 6-9 and is just having feed now, very sleepily, Willow (grrrr) didnt go to sleep till 9.45, so no peace tnite, off to bed in a mo and forget today

You will be out tonight having an amazing time SCoot - I'm sure of it. YOu bloody deserve it too

JulieWoolie - can't believe some twat told you to move!!! For fucks sake, all people care about on TV etc is seeing a nipple and thats in our LO's mouth so it's all discreet. I'm whipping it out anywhere, anytime and just dying for sometime to give me a hard time so I can have a barney with them.

BRING IT ON

Off to Tower of London with my sis and Tilda. Have great day all

Can't believe you were asked not to bf in a bloody health clinic Julie! FFS.

Juicy - If it's any help - A wakes up and feeds for about 20 mins. Even if she falls asleep again whilst feeding, I often lie her under her baby gym before burping. She'll wake up after a minute or two, have a bit of a play and then the need to burp will make her get a bit grumpy. Once I pick her up, she'll burp easily (rather than spending 5 minutes patting a sleeping baby) and she'll be fully alert again. Another few mins under the gym, a little cuddle etc and before you know it, she'll have been awake for 45 mins to an hour and when she starts to cry - I know it's because she's tired again and it's time to settle her. I know your LO might be sleepier and she's younger of course, but I just thought I'd share what we do in case it helps. She didn't like her baby gym up til this week, btw, but she did like those black and white baby books and would spend time looking at them once I'd managed to get her awake.

Still feeling evil today, actually i think its more fed up than evil, sure your all fed up hearing about dp but i really am not sure how much more i can put up with from him, i know he is depressed, but this morning he asked what was up so i said, i get zero time to myself and you dont help me enough, so he asked what needed doing and i said could he wash up - he said no, so later i asked if he could drive dd to preschool as it was tipping down, with 10 mins to go (takes 15/ 20 to get there) he asked what time he needed to leave - then said he would only take her if i can too - which i couldnt as someone needed to stay here to wait for a parcel which was on its 2nd attempt delivery, so i hurridly got me, ds + dd ready and marched to preschool, i am pretty sure these are not unreasonable requests, also he has started making a coffee and saying is there any point in making you one, you wont have time to drink it, so its not lie he doesnt realise i dont have 2 seconds to myself, fedddddddddd uppppppppp

jl - had forgotten about your first class in flight catering . can you send him round? for the first time in my life cooking is no longer a hobby . L was a little grizzler all of yesterday after a bad night. just too much. had my mother here yesterday and she kept asking me whether i'd left her to cry yet . makes me not want to let her babysit EVER.

do any of you have an opinion re my chickenpox question? on here everyone said go, but everyone i've asked in real life said that it would be madness...

lg&t, we must get you down here on mass! we've got the museum of childhood and the city farm which your brood would love .

jw - email me if you fancy lunch on tues next week -the gallery cafe don't mind bf and they have a great sofa for the lo's to sleep on whilst you chat and eat cake .

xx

oooh - had the emoticons out in force there. shame there isn't one for grizzly little bugger.

Just a quickie while Alana is sat quietly in her bouncer listening to Bon Jovi

Hope everyones LO's are being good for them today. A has been a bit restless this afternoon but i think its the weather, it has got very clammy and looks like we are due a storm, hopefully a really good one to clear the air a bit.

A is 1 month old today i cant believe how quickly it has gone by We had to make her appointment for her first jabs today. I was going to get dh to hold her when the time comes but we have also booked ds2 in at the same time for his MMR2 jab so I think i will give him to dh and i will have A. Poor ds2 is older so he will know what is going on. Im already feeling guilty about it lol.

I dont know what is going on but i have so many dr's/hospital etc appointments happening over the next month it is ridiculous. Ive got hospital next tues for ds1 and his seizures, then the following week ive got A's hip scan, then its our 6wk check, their jabs and in between all that ive got to take ds1 to the opticians and the dentist. We've also got a couple of kids parties and my nephews 21st. Its all go here, be glad when it quietens down abit again (then i will be moaning im bored, have nothing to do lol)

Lupins my dh is a lot like yours in that he doesnt help me out much. It drives me mad. He expects me to look after 3 kids, cook,clean,tidy up after him, run around after him etc while he sits on his arse and moans that i do f'all I totally understand how you feel about having no time to yourself. I dont even get 2mins peace to go to the loo without one of the kids calling me! Sometimes i can cope with it all but others i get so fed up I could cry or scream. Funnily enough i screamed today Dh was moaning that i hadnt ironed his clothes, bearing in mind id had my parents round all morning then had to pop out for a bit after lunch. I then had other things to do so told him to do it himself (although not that politely lol) and for once he listened. He ended up doing all the ironing, making plans to mow the lawns front and back and cook me a nice romantic meal Sunday night I just have to wait and see if he does them now but why does it take us having to scream at men before they do anything Some men are just plain useless i guess lol. I will get my revenge soon though, I have a ticket for a spa day and will leave him to do it all on his own and see how he copes

Lupins - I feel really sorry for you. Living with a depressed person is just so difficult. They can't find any enthusiasm for anything or the get up and go to DO anything and that's so hard for you to deal with at any time, never mind when you have a baby to care for.

All I can say is try to remember that he's not doing it to get at you and for the moment, can't really help himself. Having been prescribed anti-depressants myself, a number of years back, I can tell you that I felt quite an improvement after a couple of months on them (SSRIs) - hopefully your DH will be the same. x

Wow its quiet on here today!

BB, i wouldnt go, but thats only because i am a worry wart. L is still very little and it can be very dangerous in small babies. I had a sinilar issue when E was 2wks old and i had to cancel J's b'day party because of it.

Lupins, sorry that your dp is still not giving you any support.

I am really at the behaviour of some people towards bf in public. They dont get looked at funny when they are having a snack or eating their lunch. I am in the camp of 'i dont care what people think' and i would happily tell them where to go!

Sorry to see that so many of you have little pickles to deal with at the mo. Do you think it may have been down to longest day of the year??

Well i have been on an ebay mission of late, selling all of E's tiny baby clothes. Figured that as i am not having any more babies that i dont need the clothes! So far have got 28 quid and still have a fair bit to get rid of. Once i have done that then all my maternity clothes will be going on!

Have uploaded a picture of my lovely landscaped garden! NOT . We are supposed to be having the wall done tomorrow and then we have a further 3 weekends of work until it is finished. I am just pleased that i will be out all day & night tomorrow.. Going on a hen day which i am hoping will be great. Its a murder mystery evening and my character is Bubbles from AbFab. My costume is very bright and consists of pink shoes, black and pink striped leggings, denim skirt, acid green top and bright jewellery.

Hope you are all keeping well and babies are doing well.

thanks AM

lol at your garden!

Hi all

Been to a HV run baby group today. It was ok, everyone very friendly. Callum made a friend named Thomas who was born 2 days after him in the same hospital also by emergency C section. I was horrified when I got home and realised I had been speaking to someone for nearly two hours (his mum) and don't know HER name. She is obvioulsy already Thomas' mum .

Got C weighed yesterday and the little porker is 12lb 4oz. My mum had come to clinic with me and said that the milk he was having must be good and the HV thought she meant formula and asked which one. I said I was b/f and she said I must have full fat milk then - I said it was all the chocolate biscuits I was eating. I seem to crave them.

Decided not to wake him up at 11 pm for the next few days and see how it goes. Last night was the first time but he had drunk a 6oz bottle of expressed milk at 8 pm. He woke at 12.45 am and 4.30 am but I got more sleep (7 1/2 hours) than when I was sitting up until midnight with him. Not sure how long he will sleep after an 8pm b/f though. Tonight will tell.

Sorry just have to come on here to tell you this:

ds2 (3yrs) has just been riding a two wheel bike, no stabilisers and with no help. He just got on it and rode off on his own I am so proud of him. He had all the neighbours out there watching him and no one could believe how good he is at it. It isnt even his bike it belongs to a 6yr old girl and today is the first time he had tried it. Guess we will be buying him a new bike!!!!

Im off now just had to tell someone, dh is at work and unreachable and everyone else seems to be out

Proud mummy now leaving the room

Hurrah! Enjoy your proud mummy moment!

Good evening all and it is a good evening. I am full of salad, mackeral and soup, M has been asleep for 4 hours, I slept for 3 of them and ate for one of them, it's slightly less humid than it was this morning and M has started chuckling and locking her legs out all the time. Favourite game of the day is sitting on daddy's chest, kicking his chin with bare feet (stubbly chin) and laughing. She has started sucking her thumb too which is calming her down I think.

DH invited his family over yesterday in the misguided belief that they could help with the constant feeding/crying cycle while he was at work. So they whipped M off and would only give her back every 2hrs for a half hour feed- a feed that she obviously desperately needed as she guzzled like her life depended on it before being forcibly wrenched from my nipple. I didn't have the energy to fight them and they wouldn't listen to my pleas. Result? She barely slept last night, was desperate to feed at all times and I woke up at 3am so ridiculously engorged that I couldn't move and was leaking milk everywhere. I was soaked, the bed was soaked, DH was soggy and M was licking the mattress hopefully. Have gone back to feeding her on demand today, explained to DH that I want help with the housework, shopping and cooking and M can eat what she wants when she wants and is to stay with me. Otherwise you don't come to see me. She's 6 weeks, she won't do it forever and the gut-wrenching feeling of listening to her cry while people tell her she's not allowed food for another 45 minutes is not worth it. Thankfully DH is a star, he does as much housework as he feasibly can while working ridiculous hours, cooks food and leaves it for me and leaves notes in her change bag/the bath/by the kettle etc with mini 'you can do it' cheers written on them. Sounds silly but it helps. He has also booked me in for a haircut and colour- not a huge thing to some but I have never had a proper hair dye/style at a salon and we're off to this wedding in July so he thought it might make me feel a bit more normal and maybe slightly more special. Will be modelling said haircut at the meet. He got a bonus too and has bought me this to wear to the wedding. Is it ok? I like it but obviously know nothing about fashion. It's a wedding in a Jacobean manor house. Will I look a tit?

RE bf in public. Gah! is all I can say. I fed M in Sainsbos today. Was halfway round looking for gingerbread (buggers had moved it) and she was having none of it. I sat next to the pharmacy in the customer chairs, fed her and listened to the queue of people mumble their embarrassing ailments to the pharmacist. Beats watching TV any day. Have only had one negative comment and that was in the doctor's. Bf her in Costa a few days ago and the manager came over. Thought it would be a mini bollocking but he wanted to know if I needed a cool drink and some free biscuits. Turns out his wife has a 2 month old and he understands! Going camping next month with friends and DH's brothers and have just found out that usually enlightened BIL1 is anti pubilc breastfeeding. Shall be educating him on that one I think.

Hope everybody's well. I'm going to watch Dirty Dancing on DVD and eat chocolate biscuits until M wakes up.

Lastly (((((((((((hug)))))))))), that's for everybody but a special extra one for overworked Lupins and a poorly Scoot.

Love the dress SOH and hope you have a great time. Stick to your guns re demand feeding - like you say it won't last forever. I am demand feeding but luckily he is only demanding 3 hourly. It was less but as he is just over 6 weeks I think he is having a growth spurt. He is in his electric swing at the mo and I am trying to make him last a while longer.

Well done to DS2 Pebblemum, that a fantastic achievement at 3.

I have also been feeding in public as and when and was sat in a Wetherspoons pub yesterday by myself (I had to go somewhere and the (non smoking)pub is a lot better than the Boots changing room LOL). A man walked passed and said oh look he is asleep. I said no he isn't asleep he is feeding and he stopped to chat about how nice it was that I could and how it wasn't obvious etc. I was pleased but willing he to move on!

omg there is a march 2008 thread, wheres the time gone!!

Thanks for the positive comments about BF in public. Have had my baps out allover the place today.

BB defo up for a few bites of a cake on Tues will text you on Mon to arrange a time. Do you reckon JL would be up for it?

SOH well done sounds like you are a bit more sorted.

Really feel for you Lups my exp was a manic depressive and it was bloody hard going. Well done it will get easier especially once the anti d's start working properly.

Started reading the baby whisperer today does anyone else follow the schedules laid out if so is it working well - she seems to talk quite good sense, DP and I are very proud of ourselves as we had been doing the night time routine already and it works a treat.

Have a fab weekend everyone.

Wow it doesnt seem that long ago we all joined the due in May thread now look at us!!

Dh phoned earlier so ds2 told him of his achievement, i think dh was a bit upset that he missed it and hadnt been the one to show him how to do it but then again we never expected him to manage it for ages yet. He is the youngest person around the green that has done it (most of them are 4 or 5 before they can ride on 2 wheels)so poor Alana has her work cut out to beat him lol.

SOH i like the dress, I bought a similar one last summer to wear to a wedding and I think i looked lovely in it