November 2017 - rocking and rolling - postnatal thread #1

[Zampa]

Link to old thread - www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/3082493-November-2017-5-You-wait-ages-for-a-baby-then-3-come-along-at-once-Ante-post-natal-chat

Looking forward to sharing news of our babies as they reach their first milestones and grow into little people.

I've started a blog if anyone is interested, it's www.mamasinpyjamas.wordpress.com and also on instagram and Twitter under same name x

Just had the most frustrating appt ever about my coccyx - wait 5 months to be told I need an mri scan and that's it! Why could that not have been a phone call?! Monumental waste of time and obviously baby screamed throughout the appt

Ah love the blog, Lydia! So true, you write very relatably. Will be following it. I’ll find you on Instagram too! I’m under the name @princessharriet, and I set up an art page last week under the name thecreativemrs.

DH really wants me to try and be productive during my maternity leave (as if looking after a baby isn’t enough!) and try to get my drawings out there. I know he wants me to give up work and do wedding invites and commissions full time but I’m scared to give up my stable council job that I’ve had for years!

I hope the MRI helps get some answers. I still have lower back pain since my back to back labour, I think I make it worse by wearing a shit sized bra and not sitting properly when I breastfeed (I sometimes walk around with her on boob 😬🙈) xx

Did baby spin for the first time this morning, I loved it! I was really scared before lol x

@Hazandduck how does baby spin work?! I used to love spinning even in pregnancy but won't be on a bike for ages with my coccyx :(

Love the blog lydia sorry you're having such a tough time. I hope you get to the bottom of things soon & there's a solution.

Ladies I'm not sure if I'm overthinking things here, but... what happens when the clocks change?? DD isn't the best sleeper, rubbish naps & a fair few night wakings, but she does pretty reliably go down @ 7pm.. when the clocks go forward, do I put her down at the same time (for her) so 8pm on the clock, or do I try to shift it forwards

I love the blog @lydiangel83 , I've followed you and @Hazandduck on Instagram. Feel free to follow me back!

Iris has gone into her own room tonight. She looks so small in the cot bed, she was bursting out of the crib. She, of course, is fast asleep & not fussed in the slightest whilst I'm a nervous wreck constantly checking the monitor. I wasn't as worried with DS & he moved earlier. Maybe it's because she's likely to be my last & she's not my tiny baby any more.

I can't remember what I did with the clock change when DS was a baby, probably just put him to bed as normal. Some people move bed time slightly every night in the run up to it but I'm not sure it helps.

@lydiangel83 you're not having the best of times at the moment between your pain & Liliana's. Hope things start improving for you both. Have you decided when you're going to start weaning to see if that helps with the reflux? Have you got to have any more tests for her heart murmur?

Ah @sock I think I’ve found you, are you ‘looneybop’ on there?? Sorry if I’ve just followed the wrong person 😄

@Lydia my bum is a bit sore today so may not be great for your injury? You keep baby in their car seat in front of the bike and they watch you cycling. They all seemed fairly content, I think it’s the music and lights that distracts them. I loved it. It’s good to feel a bit achy today too, I didn’t realise I missed that post exercise feeling!

So we gave Matilda some baby rice mixed in some expressed milk in a bottle last night, and she was only sick one tiny lump. this last week her reflux has got so bad, she has been projective vomiting when before it was more just dribbling really. Today we mixed some up in to a thicker consistency (about 2 scoops with 60ml breastmilk), spoon fed her and she ate the lot! And so far...no sick! Even after I’ve breastfed her too. Let’s hope this actually works and helps her keep the milk down. I sometimes wonder how on earth she gains weight when she is so sick, but she’s definitely getting bigger. I get comments from strangers constantly asking if she is 1! Xxx

@womble I’m not sure really. Matilda sleeps downstairs with us til we go to bed so we’ve not crossed that bridge yet.

@topsy oh no, I was hoping when I have another one I may be more relaxed than I am now 🙈 xx

I've just been out on my own without DD2 for the first time. I was so itchy, waiting to get back to her! I don't remember it being that difficult with DD1!

It’s weird isn’t it @Zampa, I feel like I’ve forgotten something! Find myself looking around for her. X

@Hazandduck yes I am looneybop, this massively outs me from my teenage years of being a huge Hanson fan 😳

Two days ago we have started to give Bea some baby porridge as part of her evening feed. The first day she ended up wearing it. The second day she cried with impatience between spoonfuls. I'm thinking porridge this week and to introduce some puréed vegetables next week.

@Hazandduck no way I could sit on a bike! Sounds brilliant tho!

I am Logwood Dressage on instagram... I am hopeless at following people until they have followed me 😳 So if you are on there, follow me and then you will come up for me to follow back.

I am absolutely loving having 2 children. Our daughter is just amazing with J and she is so helpful. My husband has been away with work over seas and she has just been the biggest help to me.

@DuRezidal and @lydiangel83 I've followed you both. It nice to put faces to your user names

Love the blog! Will keep it as one of my open tabs on my phone. Didn't even consider the changing of the clocks.... just trying to get through day to day atm! E's sleep is awful atm.... barely going down during the day and if he does it's for 20 mins unless he is on someone and at night he's up every 1-3 hours because of his tummy. Have had to kick dh out of the bed again the last 2 nights to have e back in the bed with me as I can't keep on getting up because it's every 5 mins if I don't soothe him. No idea what to do anymore! I'm motherhippylala on Instagram will try to find all of you x

Thanks @theotherendofthesockportal ... mine is mostly work related but I do put some photos of the tiny humans on too

Glad you are enjoying it @durez. I’m already excited to have more, really hope we can. Although the other week I did have a minor panic when we had a little ‘incident’ and before I did a test I was having a meltdown saying I couldn’t cope with two 😂🙈

I totally agree, it’s lovely to put faces to your ‘voices’ on here. I’ve followed you all I think now! Xx

The thought have having another baby terrifies me. I always wanted 2, but now I'm not sure although I feel that it would be unkind to leave Bea without a pal. I had a coil fitted last week, as if I do lose my mind and have another one it will be a few years away

Thanks @Motherhippy16 glad you like it :)

We are constantly saying we don't want another one, I think with the reflux and my broken coccyx it all just feels too hard. But I also don't like the idea of Liliana being an only child, and I feel like I want another go at labour and having a new baby - is that silly!? I'm so grateful that she is a smiley baby it does keep me going when times are hard

We are having shockingly bad nights at the moment - I have a permanent headache and feel dreadful :-/ I don't even care how I look but I look dreadful too.

Pic of my beautiful smiler tho :)

Awww @lydiangel83 I can empathise.... am up pretty much for the whole night and it seems as though his naps during the day have complelty gone tits up despite watching his cues, calming, massage etc to try and help him. Would also love another baby but dh is adamant he doesn't want another one...... I think he will in a year or so though! X

@Lydia oh she is just lovely! That smile! Sorry you are struggling :( I had headaches pretty much every day for Matilda’s first few months, it’s dehydration. I drink a lot of water any way but I’ve had to up it even more because breastfeeding just makes me so ridiculously dehydrated! Could that be causing your headaches? We’ve started to sleep with the window open too as our room is so hot and that’s helped. Xx

@motherhippy Matilda has got harder to settle in the day, she used to be excellent. I have to hold her for most of her daytime naps at the moment, and she jumps at the slightest thing (I opened a letter today whilst she was napping and it jolted her awake FFS) I don’t know what we can do.

Has anyone else’s little one started screeching? She does it when she is excited, happy, and about to cry from tiredness. So most of the time 🙈 It is so loud I’m worried the neighbours will hear and call social services! She proper, proper screams it is like nails down a blackboard. At first we found it funny because it went so high and she did it when she was happy, but today it’s just got insanely loud she has given herself a sore throat doing it! Shushing her, holding her, blowing raspberries on her, works for a second then she just smiles at us and does it even louder. It is really distressing our poor cat, he keeps getting really close to her wanting to find out what’s wrong. Any ideas what this is? X

I was adamant I wasn't having another after DD. She was a Velcro baby and I had a horrible time breastfeeding - it took me a few years just to get over that. But here I am! F couldn't be more different to DD, he's quite a laid back baby. @durezidal how old is your daughter? Mine is nearly 6 and so helpful, she adores her baby brother and it's sometimes like he has two mums!

@lydiangel83 she's gorgeous, such a lovely smile.

Sounds like a few of us have hit the 4 month sleep regression - naps getting more tricky etc? I think we just have to ride it out and it'll get better in time. We are still struggling with sleep at night thanks to freddie's blocked up nose from having a cold.

I'm going to have to try to work out instagram so I can find you all!

@hazanduck I imagine the screeching is because Matilda has found her voice! She's likely experimenting with making sound.