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

Pinkjenny - you're not bad. It could be worse, but when there's anything wrong with your baby, it's distressing. However, I think in a few days or maybe weeks, you'll feel much better about it.

LilKel - Did someone tell you to wake her every three hours? Personally, I would let her go 4 to 4.5 hours. She might start stretching her night feeds too.

TYG I settled on 3 hours as it seemed like a reasonable goal and it's what the babywhisperer suggests starting with - and her book worked well for me last time. I guess I could try stretching it out, just am afraid of screaming baby syndrome again LOL...

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Hello! I'm having a section on Friday unless anything happens in the meantime (chances: none and a dog's), so I'll be here next week all being well. Glad to read such lovely news of all the gorgeous May babies! Hope the accidentally June ones are as good!

Hey everyone!! I think that Cruz is a gift from God, because he only wakes up once during the night nurses for about 30 minutes and goes back to sleep. So I'm still getting a good 7 hours of sleep.

He sleeps a lot and I worry that he isn't getting enough, but he pees and poos so I have to assume he is. Oh well we go back in two weeks for a weight check so we'll see. He's just so good, and reminds me so much of ds1 when he was a baby.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Pink, well I am glad to hear its not the most serious it could be, but its only natural that it distresses you, for sure she won't be in any discomfort and you will be so used to it in a months time and then suddenly August will be upon us and you'll be taking it off!

Lil'kel, personally I would let a sleeping baby lie but I have never bottle fed, nor read any of those books so as TYG suggests maybe you could stretch your dds sleep out a little longer?

I made a mild-ish curry last night and J has been pretty grumbly all day, I guess that means curries are out for a while

MKG - its not fair , how did you manage that then?

made a curry?With two kids and a baby to look after?How are you doing it?And can you send me some please?I am in desperate need of curry and pineapple..

Hi to all by the way...no news here of course..but TYG says we are all having our babies on Friday when its the full moon and I for one believe her!Believe and it will surely happen!

I don't how I managed it. DS1 was the same way he would sleep all day, wake up to eat, and go back to sleep. I've also found a great spot for Cruz to sleep in because he doesn't like to sleep in the cradle yet, so I put him in with me with his pacifier (which I am a huge believer in, my mom calls it "the mothers helper") and he sleeps happily. He sleeps all day for huge chunks of time, but tends to feed in clusters.

Cruz turned 1 week today and it has been the best week ever. Having him and ds1 has been so great. I am so in love with both of them, and am really enjoying the beauty of toddlerhood and newbornness (like how I make up my own words)

I really want another right away.

Oh, so glad its going so well MKG!Lovely to hear!

Scoot, its a super fast curry recipe with a little help from a jar! My dad is visiting, great for kids story telling and playing planes and trains, but it means I have to cook properly, ho hum.

MKG - you sound soooo chilled, how lovely to hear. I tried dummies with the other two and they just kept spitting them out! How is your ds reacting to the baby?

We are going to an airplane museum today to keep out of the rain and keep the house tidy as we have a viewing at 5.45, which is just the worst possible time of day, its like feeding time at the zoo here then.

If the full moon does its job we should be full of new babies by the end of the weekend, yippee!

Hello again, thanks for all your advice, things seem to be improving slightly, not least because the doctor took one look at my stitches and told me I had an infection, so now I'm on antibiotics and the pain is improving a bit which makes everything seem a ittle less bleak. B/F is improving, she seems to go longer between feeds so maybe she's finally getting enough. And last night, joy of joys, she slept for a whole 3 hours, woke for a feed, then slept another 3! Yippee! Not counting my chickens but I feel like I've been to a health spa for the night! Thanks for the Lansinoh advice - it definitely helps ((and good lip gloss too!) So thanks lovely May ladies! x

CAM how easy did you find it settling into another country, dont know why im worrying so much this time, I have lived in America and took myself of working in Greece, seems differant knowing I have kids to think of now as much as I really dont like what England is becoming, have a good day at the museum it so hard to find stuff for them to do when its raining especially at half term when everywhere is so busy

LGT woohoo good to "see" you hun, totally agree with you on the time consuming, how is it that something that only eats and sleeps causes so much disruption

MJB glad you had a nice time eith your bf and Jorja is doing well, lovely pics of your family

PJ glad that most of the news is good, can understand that it is still distressing that she has to wear a harness, still August isnt that long and better to be safe than sorry

LIL if it was me I would go to 4 hourly

MKG Cruz sounds like a dream baby along with LW'S, glad its going well

I have been really down and not myself that few days, cant seem to lift from the gloom, keep wanting to burst into tears, do you think its delayed baby blues?
Also feeling bad that im going to have to work part time with Arlen and with Willow I was a total home mum, all my work was home based,
Also, when should af reappear, has been 8 weeks now, i know with dd i had already had a period by now, Also dp is saying when can we ya know, but i have got absolutly no desire at all, my body feel dead down there let alone the fact i look fat and my boobs are floppy erghhhh, will i get my libido back, its never been great at the best of times but i have never felt this lack of it before

Sorry for seeming bit moany, hope everyone is chirpy and it will cheer me up

Lupins, at the risk of turning MN into a "superfluffysitewithloadsofsmileytickers," have some ((((HUGS)))). Sounds to me like you've a few big issues on your mind and naturally, a touch of baby blues doesn't help!

I'm only a week into having my new one and already the self-loathing of my body has kicked in. Where is all this flab supposed to go???

If it were me, if it continues to feel tough in a day or two, I'd have a word with your MW or GP, whichever is friendlier. Just a chat can help a lot sometimes

Thanks kel, I think the fact that its half term and my dd isnt giving me a minutes peace isnt helping, and this bloomin weather

At least I only have a stone to loose I suppose rather than the 5st I had with dd

Hi all,
Numbers dwindling on antenatal...

Lups, sorry to hear you are feeling so blue, not surprising given the weather and half term doesn't help. Re the old libido, frankly I'm not sure mine has ever properly recovered Maybe your af is due soon hence the blues as your hormones adjust?

As for living overseas, the dc have adapted soooo quickly and easily to each place we have lived, as long as they have some of their favourite toys from the start and mummy and daddy are there, then they just go with the flow and make new friends pretty easily. We will be moving to Kenya in December and naturally I am hoping it all happens quite as smoothly as before

Glad to hear you are sounding more lively PB!

We have been to the air museum and I am exhausted! Still it was great fun even changing J's nappy underneath the wings of Concorde I'm sure I scared a few people off . We have tired out my dad who to dd's delight is currently snoring on the sofa. We are all now watching Mary Poppins, happy rainy day..

Thanks Cam glad you had a good day at the museum, funny how out parents get so pooped when dealing with our kids, my mum says she never goes to bed as early as when she is down here

Nice to have the sun shining, we are off to the park in a bit, just got back from baby clinic, Arlen is 6st 12.5 - so that would be roughly his birth weight as due date was tues, seems unreal he is actually 8 weeks already, so he has nearly doubled in size lol

Afternoon all

Have had two great nights sleep with Alana sleeping for at least 7hrs so im finally feeling a bit more 'normal'. The only thing wrong with her sleeping so long is that im waking up with rock solid boobs and nipples that feel as though ive a red hot poker sticking in them. Im also having to wear two breast pads to stop me leaking so much and waking up with wet patches, not a very sexy look.

I am glad though that i seem to be producing enough milk to satify her as with the boys i really struggled and ended up having to top them up with formula. Hopefully i can keep it up and when we go on holiday in October i wont have the hassle of packing formula, bottles sterlising tablets etc.

I am definately finding it hard to get into some sort of routine now ive got three kids to deal with. Just as i think ive got it sorted it all goes pear shaped again. Ds2 is really caring when it comes to his baby sister but is pushing his luck with everyone else, poor ds1 cant do anything right as far as he is concerned and when he cant get his own way he is just turning into a cry baby. I hate having to tell him off at the moment as I dont want him to feel pushed out but at the same time i have to be strict with him so he knows he cant go on the way he is. Luckily ds1 is at an age where he is more independant and is more than happy to either go out with friends or sit in and watch tv/play his DS so he is easy to deal with although he does seem to goad (?) ds2 sometimes. I take my hat off to LG&T I dont think I could cope with any more. Hopefully it will all get easier in the long run

Pebble you have my admiration - just had my second DC and feel as lost as I did with the first - it makes having only one to look after seem so easy! I can only imagine that it gets easier in a few weeks once routines are established and the smallest sleep a bit more at night. (she says, hopefully...)

my little girl has stolen my heart but the sweet thing has dropped weight since birth, as I feared. Today is day 6 and she's 10.5% less ... not life threatening I know but worrying! She's so sleepy all day it's a chore to get her to wake up enough to eat - one good thing about FF is that I know for sure how much she's getting.

Hi ladies

Lupins, sorry that you are feeling down at the moment. I hope that you got out the other side quickly. Moveing to Portugal sounds rather cool! We have toyed with moving to Florida on more than one occasion but i dont think i could leave my family. Great news on Arlens weight.

Cam, your day out sounds fun.

Pebble, at A going 7hrs! Ella goes for 3.5-4hrs at night and i am happy with that as Jack was a nightmare so any improvement is welcomed

I am finding it quite hard to shift this last stone - probably stuffing my face with lots of sweets and KK's isnt helping, but people keeping bringing them round - its the over hang that i am not happy with! Must try and locate my stepping machine this weekend....

Dh is taking J away for the weekend - woohoo - so its just the girlies in our house. I am really hoping to use the time getting E into a routine.. Can i crack it in 3 days? Just to get her to sleep in her basket during the day would be an improvement. Have managed to get her down in the basket this evening. Normally she settles on me after a feed at about 7.30 and then doesnt wake until 11pm. So far she has been asleep since 8.30, so fingers crossed we can continue. Main problem is, is that we cant put her to bed in our room in the early evening as dh is concerned that if she were to wake then she might wake J and then we would have to spend ages getting him back to sleep. But i figure that we could hear her on the monitor and tiptoe upstairs and settle/feed her without making too much noise.

I hope all babies are good for their mummies tonight

AM I lived in florida when i was a kid for about 2yrs, I was too young to appreciate the oppurtunity (sp) then but looking back it was really good - I was too pubescent and sulky to know what was good for me lol

Feel better for having another moan at dp, got to keep him in check, feeling quite empowered now I have started moaning lol, poor sod

What is it with these cluster feeds,omg he has been a bottomless pit today, glad I bought some more bottles!!

Will catch up with ev1 else tomorrow, havent had a minutes peace all day so am off to my pit

Morning hope your all well, hehehe the moaning worked I got a lie in and he did the laudry and got dd's breakfast, fab!

Have a good day all, enjoy the sunshine

Lupins why does it take us moaning at our Dh's before we get any help. I get fed up with trying to do ten things at once while mine sits on his arse. Now and again he will suddenly shock me by doing something without me having to ask first but most of the time I need to moan at him to get any help.

Its my wedding anniversary today, 5 years, surely i must be up for parole soon lol. Guess what my Dh has got me??? Nothing, not even a card although saying that I havent been to the shop yet to get him one yet but I may not bother. He has gone off to play golf, then straight to work so by the time he gets home it will be 1am and our anniversary will be over. What happened to the romance Actually im not that upset, he did offer to take me out for a meal but I told him we should wait until the boys are back at school next week, it makes it easier, we dont need to find a baby sitter then. Plus Alana is 10days old today so we have the midwife coming out at some point to sign us off, the other day we waited in until 4.30 for her so its no point us making plans for today in case she comes late again

We had another 7hrs sleep last night with Alana having her last feed at 1am and sleeping until 9am (she didnt go to sleep until 2am). I know though that just as i get used to sleeping again she is going to go back to waking every four hours and it will kill me

Happy anniversary pebble, mine didnt get me flowers when having Arlen - he said that the thought was there so he didnt have to bother - wtf grrrr, well i suppose we must be with them for a reason we havent found out what it is yet

Well done on 7hrs, totally jealous

Off for a walk in the park so dd can build birds nests with her friend, we had a lovely day doing this yesterday and she was most amazed that butterflies kept landing on her