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

Been up 1.5hrs grrr thats after already being up at 2 feeding, kept trying to get him to sleep but useless, usually we can do 1-2 nappies per night so far its 4 tnite lol

SOH love the dress - so chic

Pebble well done to your ds, I can imagine your pride how lovely

Well my evil mood has been explained, AF arrived about 2am, am quite relieved actually was starting to think something may me amiss (no not that, you have to have sex for that ), so that explains the mood and the sore tummy and pancreas

Hope ev1 else is sleeping soundly, not watching ther lo's under a baby gym , sweet dreams peeps

Aaaaggghhh 5 year old dd from hell today, even the ever patient dh is about to lose it with her

Love the dress SOH, what good taste your dh has!

Pebble, well done to your ds on the bike riding, dd has only just managed and she is 5.

We went to the osteo yesterday, who was so lovely and calm, and she 'realigned' J, she said he was a bit tight in the ribs and around his neck but there was nothing too much that needed sorted and one more session should help. He then slept from 7.15 to 1.15 last night, a record for my chubster

Great dress SOH

Scoot - how you feeling and how was your night out?

TYG - you are now my breastfeeding bible and are never allowed to leave Mumsnet...ok?

Pebble - What a clever kid Those moments are just magic aren't they? I know this is my first but I've had moments like that with my nieces and nephews and it was awesome so as a mum it must be doubly so.

Cam - day any better now? I massage Tilda into a coma half an hour ago and spent most of the time wondering whether I'll have the time to do that when I have more than 1 to look after. I am in awe of you ladies doing this for the 2nd, 3rd, 6th time!!

JUlie - keep getting them out mate. And if you are feeling particularly fiesty let me know and we can go out togther to the most inappropriate places and pick fights

I breastfed and changed madam in the gardens at Tower of London yesterday and didn't even get a dodgy glance. Was hoping to be locked up in one of the towers - most disappointed.

Question for you all (partic the breastfeeding queen TYG). When was the earliest you expressed (without having to I mean). Things are humming along but I'm a bit anal so I like the idea of having some breastmilk frozen just in case I need it. I seem to remember someone saying I shouldn't before 6 weeks but can't remember why. Tilda is 4.5 weeks today. Ta muchly

LUpins - my DH suffers from depression but I don't have the same issues with him not helping out round the house so I really don't know what to say except arghhhhhhh for you. Hopefully the anti-d's will kick in and allow him to clearly see how he is at home so he can then take more on board AS HE SHOULD

Consider the tootsie rolls in the bag

AM - what are you going to do once the garden in finished my dear as you aren't a good one for sitting around, taking in the serenity . Nice work with ebay - i need to do the same as well.

SKY - smile for your supportive bloke in Weatherspoons. I bet it made his day. Boobs and a neighbourly chat.

Befnal - I don't really know much about chicken pox but 6 weeks feels too early to me. I reckon you'll have loads of opportunities to go to chickenpox parties so maybe wait a few months. 6 months feels more fair to me. Plucked that out the air though

Can you tell my sis has gone to the country for the day and I'm catching up on MUmsnet.

HEllo to everyone - hope you are having a lovely day

Hi all.
Scoot how was your night out? Hope you made it and that you're feeling better.
Pebble - well done to your clever ds, he is very young to have mastered such a feat. Maybe an Olympic cyclist in the making!
Lupin hope things with your dh are a bit better. It must be so hard to be supportive but to need support too. I feel for you.
We've had a good day today. In laws came round and we all did the garden. I put R in her pram in the garden and she slept like a log. She's been gorgeous tonight. Ds crashed out really early so dh and I got some time with R together and on our own. She was smiling loads and cooing at us. It made my heart burst and I felt really emotional. I think dh felt it because he has been working so hard recently I think he sometimes feels he's missing out on those precious early days that are gone all too soon. God, can you tell I've had a few glasses of vino? We're chilling out watching Glastonbury now with a bottle of wine and some good food - you can't beat it.

Watcha all..

lovely frock SOH..What shoes will you wear with it?If you are a 6 feel free to borrow any of my ones if you want..could bring to the meet up-ive a lovley black wedge (lowish heel) that would look a treat..

big hugs Lups..DH might get worse before he gets better but it will be worth it in the long run, chin up hon..

Love the Tower Tam..did you enjoy it?My fave place in London..

Well done Pebbles DS!

Big hi to everyone else..

Well I managed my night out..felt like death but nothing was stopping me!Had a lovely time and didnt even spill anything down my new white jeans, unheard of for Scoot..I am a messy drinker..had lots of Rose, some gin and some other drinkies..and a little dance...feel like total death today though..flu plus hangover, plus two small girls to look after-no picnic...DH worse than useless as well, as he was terribly drunk last night.He has only moved from in front of Glastonbury coverage to be sick today!
Stil, worth it to get out and remember that im still young..

Both girls good as gold today thank God!We went for a 5 mile walk with the buggy-down the disused train track..Lily was pointing at all the birds and giggling, and Mae was awake and looking at the sky..it was lovely and quiet and made me think just how lucky I am to have two such great girls..
Though I my reconsider that at about 1am when they are both screaming bloody murder

Its nice to have some time on your own with the baby when the older one is in bed I think-its the only real time Mae gets with us without Lily bagging most of the attention by virtue of her much louder voice and greater potential for getting into scrapes..
We are watching Glasto too..Im over excited about the Killers set..cant wait to see them at V..
Sounds like an ideal day at yours Abby!

its nice to have some mumsnet time... have finally convinced dp that

a: holding the baby whilst reading the paper does not count as keeping her company/bonding and she knows it and thus keeps crying for attention
b: when i give him the baby and go on my computer i am relaxing, not wrecking my eyes and tiring myself out..its the only time in the bloody day i have time for it as i am looking after dd (see point a)

was feeling a bit low as decided not to go to my friend with the child with chicken pox's party and feel really shitty about it (felt in the end if there was any risk i shouldn't go; she was willing to virtually lock her kids away and not even bf her 3 mnth old in her party frock to make sure dd was ok . i thought is was fairer on everyone if i didn't go.

anyhoo... sitting here feeling guilty and found this thread which is doing a good job of cheering me up and now am going to watch withnail & i.

xx

lol at the pirate noises during sex thread. classic.

Im all alone {{sob}}

Actually i have Alana with me but both ds's decided that they didint want to sleep here tonight and have gone off to MIL's for the night taking dh with them (ds2 wanted his dad to stay there too)

Im only joking about the {{sob}}. Its actually quite nice, just us girls!!

I did fancy going clubing but Alana said i was too old and would embarass her so we are just having a quiet night in, glass of wine and a good book, maybe a soppy film too if A decides she doesnt want to settle

Its amazing how peaceful it is when the males are all out lol no snoring, farting etc and thats just the ds's!!

Hi All

Sooo tired today. went on my friends hen day yesterday. Started at 12pm and got home at 1am. Ella was fantastic during the day but a little unsettled in the evening. My sister did really well in getting her to sleep despite being covered in vom on several occasions.

To those in the know..... whats the difference between a bottle and a feeding cup? (havent googled it yet). Left some EBM in the room with my sis and E only had a small amount but managed to throw it all back up. She hates bottles even if it is filled with the same stuff as my boobies. I need her to be able to milk from something other then me.

SOH, your dress looks lovely. What a sweetheart your dh is.

Scoot, glad you enjoyed your night out.

Tam, Lol at wanting to be put in the tower for bf in public.

Pebble, hope you had a nice girls night in

Morning! Well, I went to the ball and had a really nice time- left DH with 7oz of expressed breast milk and an emergency bottle of formula, and all went well, T went to bed at 8 and woke at 2, by which time I was home and keen to feed him anyway. He had had half the ebm before bed,but had fed like a monster all day (including up to 10 mins before I left the house) so he must have been pretty full. I can thoroughly recommend having a few hours of fun if you can manage it, it is very relaxing. Mind you I wouldn't have done it with DS1, I am a bit more relaxed with T.

Tam, I have been expressing for a week or so, mainly to have some ebm for this evening, just being careful not to do too much of it. I seem ok so far, and i had advice from a bf counsellor. I won't do much more now until 6 weeks, just a little to keep supplies up in the freezer.

SOH, it's really good to hear you more like yourself, hurray for you and the SOh family, and well done for stating your needs so clearly apropos of DH's family.

Lupins, thinking of you, sorry you have all this to deal with.

Everyone else - hello!

Hello all, just a quickie post. Hope you are all having a good weekend, i am... dp home

Will post tom and catch up with you all

Guess who got a lie in today?

It was great, A woke at 6.30 for her feed, had a cuddle then fell back to sleep until 10.30am. Dh phoned at 8.30 to say they were all awake and i told him very blunty lol that i was still in bed, having a lie in and to get off the phone. Well how often do i get the chance normally i have my ds's calling me every two minutes and on a Sunday we usually have to get up early to go to the ILs. I was determined to make the most of the peace and quiet!!

When we did finally get up Alana had her feed, a nice bath and then sat quietly while i spent time getting myself ready. She then fell asleep at 12.30 and i made myself a lovely salad which i managed to eat in peace. What a great day im having, shame the weather isnt nicer

Hope everyone else is having a nice relaxing weekend. I guess i should go and do a bit of housework before the mob returns, dont want them thinking ive been sat on my arse all day (which i have but they dont need to know that)

Hey everyone, lots of lovely sounding relaxed mummies on here just now

And everyone partying like mad too I also managed a night out on Thurs, well 8 til 10.15, which is not bad for an oldie like me.

DD much better and nicer today, phew, so dh took her and ds swimming while I took J to Tesco, then we all went to the park in the rain to ride bikes and splash in puddles. Since we have been to the osteo J seems to have discovered what it is like to sleep for longer than 2.5 hours, he has been asleep since 11.15, round Tesco, the park and back home again and is just waking now. I thoroughly recommend it, something to consider for M perhaps SOH? Or maybe it is because he has reached that mysterious 12lb/6 week stage that he is sleeping better?

I have also booked us a week in France in August, so that has perked us all up a bit..

The sun is shining now and I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.

gaaah the weather has been a shocker here today..I still feel rough as anything and have compounded it by hurting my back somehow..the health visitor will find me full of woe tomorrrow I fear..

We have been to IKEA today to finally get Lily her big girls bed..but then we couldnt fit it in the car, Doh, so we have had to arrange for it to be delivered..went to get Lil some new shoes as well, and dropped on as they had some in her size in the clarkes sale so £12 instead of £24, which was a bit of a winner..so galling having to pay nearly £25 for a dinky pair of shoes she might only wear for 8 weeks!

LOVE Withnail Befnal..my fave film ever..so so funny..

So lots of us have been out on the town this weekend..what a bunch of partiers we are!(ha!my next night out will be in about 6 months or so!)

Glad people have had nice weekends despite the rain..
Off to watch 'How we built Britain' with a cup of Horlicks and some flu plus capsules..im so wild!

Hope your DH doesnt go back to work too knackered largegandt..

Heres a TMI question for you all..how long can one expect to be bleeding for after giving birth..and should it get heavier?..or should I be worried something has gone amiss?...M will be 3 weeks on Weds...just cant remember what happened when I had L with regards to this...

Hey Scoot - I'm still bleeding a little each day and it's 4.5 weeks now. My midwife said you can bleed up to 6 weeks and it's fine as long as it gets less and is never bright bright red

She also said you might think it's all over and then suddenly you get some more and that is fine. So sounds like you are aokay to me but if worried then just give them a call i reckon.
Tower was fab - best tourist attraction in London i think Glad your night out was good. We are off to Paris for 2 days so might get one as well

INS - thanks for the expressing advice, sounds very sound to me. Don't want to do too much just enough for an emergency. Will give it a go this week. Do you buy the special plastic bags or just whack it in anything before freezing?

Very impressed with all you party animals. I knew you were a bunch of yummy mummies Have inspired me to go out on the tiles

Take car all and talk soon

Pebble - your lie in sounds awesome. Did the same this morning with Tilda. Just bliss

Good morning all beautiful mummies - long time no see!!!

Our laptop has been in a cupboard for a few weeks, and as the broadband connection involves lots of wires and things, I was waiting for dh to get it set back up, which he did last night. That's my excuse anyway.

I've tried to catch up, but so far have only managed to 18th June, I'll carry on once I've posted this, which I feel is the least I can do... I've already typed it once, and lost it - doh!

Glad to hear all is well with everyone, well up to 18th June anyway.

I don't have much to report, Lexie is a little beauty. She is 6 weeks on Thursday, which I can't believe. We saw the merest hint of a non-wind smile yesterday, and I'm sure we'll get our first gummy grin this week.

Generally, she's good through the night, goes down around 11.30pm, wakes between 3am and 4am for a feed, usually then will only sleep on me until around 6am when she has another feed. She is a right narky thing in the morning, grizzles and refuses to sleep, gives me filthy looks when I am boring her. She tends to sleep all afternoon, waking for a feed at around 3pm and then going back down until around 5 - 6pm. The evening is when the fun really starts, or colic time, shall we call it. My poor mum comes round every night and we all spend from around 7pm to around 10pm listening to her screeeeaam, while we sing to her, dance with her, pat her, rock her, etc etc. Copa Cabana is currently a big favourite, and dh is always impressed that I know all the words. There is a tape somewhere of me singing it when I was 3 years old. I am hoping Lexie won't be quite as camp as that at 3. Not consistently, but on and off, and extremely loudly. I took her to the doctors the first time she did it as I was sure she was ill. Er, no, she's not, GP said, 'mine used to cry all night too'. Helpful. We are all fairly used to it now, but I don't think it is helped by the fact that Lexie is such a drama queen! Can't think why.

DH and I are adjusting now to life as mum and dad, albeit following a brief period of mourning our (boring) old lives. I did seriously wobble for a while there though, and LG & T was amazing, and I just adore her.

Lexie is coping very well with her harness for her hips. She gets a bit upset when it goes back on after her bath, but she soon gets used to it again. And I've stopped crying and got used to it too! The orthapaedic nurse came to visit us and said her legs looked great anyway. We are back at Alder Hey for a scan to see her progress next Wed, when she will have been wearing it for 5 weeks.

Health Visitor is coming to weigh Lexie (who has just started kicking off) today. She was 8lb 3oz two weeks ago, am hoping her weight it still on track as she does tend to be sick quite a lot as she is a greedy little guzzler.

I think the thing that has made the biggest difference to my state of mind has been getting out. I started driving again last week, against the advice of the Health Visitor, although the midwife did say I could, so if I crash I'll call her! We have been to Baby Buddies, Baby Clinic, and spent a fab afternoon at Starbucks last week, which looked like a pram club! We are going back to meet our new friends from there on Friday.

My friend is also due in 2 weeks. I went to see her on Friday, and tried not to freak her out. I do think there is room for more honesty around how it feels when you first have a baby, which would lessen the guilt when you aren't walkiing round in baby-induced bliss, more like covered in sick and crying your eyes out! It really does take a few weeks to get used to everything, and I hope I let her know that without making it sound awful.

One quick question, as I always have one. Does anyone have a Bugaboo? The parasol is driving me insane. Its absolute crap. Does anyone have any tips or anything else that they use to keep the sun off the baby?

Its good to be back. x

Sorry all excited there as Pinkjenny is back on

Im sooooo glad you are feeling better, getting out is the best thing to do, it really is lovely to have everyone coo over your fab achievement (survive prg and give birth then cope with first few weeks) Its like immediate acceptance in to a special club. Im still holding you to a visit despite your new found friends

Scoot im not partying I did indeed do the deed at the weekend...swimming in the ocean..... Had to wait this long cos i have only just stopped bleeding. I bled for about 6 weeks after dd so dont worry. As long as there are no clots in it and it does not smell offensive its all ok.

Im paying bills today, well trying too. Beau keeps yelling his head off every time i pick up the phone, it is hard to expalin to the people on the other end "could please get a fucking move on my 4 week old baby is screaming for food, no i dont want any extra insurance\store card etc....." Gah!

Tried out a 15 seater minibus this weekend, i was slightly nervous It was hell, like driving a tank. It was sooo long and awkward there is no way i could contemplate driving it for an everyday car. So we are going to get an 8 or 9 seater and a roof box for all the children

Pink am going to link the bugaboo canopy thingy you need, parasols are pants indeed.

Here it is Pink sun canopy

Thanks LG & T - I've posted some pics of Lexie for Beau to see his future wife

Hey there Pink, good to see you back online Lexie is a cutie!!

Well that was the worst night EVER. Both kiddies were in bed by 8.15 - this is the only good bit - and then at 00.40 ds wakes up and wont go back to sleep. 01.30 dh storms up the stairs with ds and throws him into bed. 20 minutes of wriggling and fidgeting follow. With each minute this goes on dh is getting more and more cross. At 01.55 i trundle down the stairs back to ds's room and try to settle him. THEN just as i think he is dozing off he starts projectile vommiting NEver seen so much puke. This makes both myself and dh feel like mean parents for having had a go at him for not sleeping, i guess he had stomach ache. Its a good job that i had taken him back downstairs as i didnt fancy that happening in my bed - eeeugh. He then comes back into our bed after being bathed and eventually falls asleep on my pillow at 2.30. 3.30 E wakes up, which is quite good as my left boob was wanting to feed her. Got back into bed, but had to move ds out of the way so that i could actually lie down! E then woke at 6.50 and then we all woke at 9.15. I just hope that they are both good today as i am knackered!