March 2007 babies - a bottle of house white please

[kiwibella]

you choose - for you or for your bubba

I can't believe the May thread is so excited that their babies are arriving. That time in our lives seems like soooooo long ago .

sazzy - something like this was invaluable with dd2 - dodgy sleeper.... even dd3 ploes it and she is a fab sleeper.

here

ploes it - no idea what that means!!

loves it I meant to say.

Thanks all - I've contacted that dream machine seller TheBlonde. And eidsvold - that looks good - and it's cheap! Well 1/2 the price of the dream machine thingy.

He's dozing now - with me rocking his rocker chair up and down. I let him fall asleep on me and put him down after 1/2 an hour in his chair and he stayed asleep for about 40 mins - long enough for me to change the minging sheets on the bed which are stiff with his dribble .

Unfortunately the washing machine is trapped under the kitchen counter so I can't sit him on it but this chair rocking may mean I'll end up with one giant thigh

I think you should do noisy games today TheBlonde

diva - weird about your af. God it's a nightmare when you're waiting around for it to start isn't it? Really bloated and heavy feeling. Hope it starts today

sazzy - that is what is fab about this chair - you can have the vibration going as well as rocking them and then when they doze off - flip the front leg out and they can sleep in the chair - dd3 prefers to have her daytime nap there most of the time rather than in her moses basket.

Hi to everyone, hope it's a great weekend your way. It's a 3-day one for us - bloomin' inset day tomorrow.

congrats about finding your "dream home" Laidback... it will be by the time you have put your magic touch to it . Do keep being there for your brother - he needs loads of strength to deal with his family. Contact the midwife if you think it will help - she needs some professional support too.

Congrats on your hubs job Fox, that's great news.

I like the look of the rocking chair too . Kate has a natures nest bed which is handy because I can stand behind it (out of sight) and either rock the spring or swing it. The only problem for us is that she likes it so much that she won't sleep properly anywhere else!!

Oh-oh Blonde... he sounds in trouble . I hope your dh is utterly miserable today.

Sazzy - my CAM msg is also about the dream thingy and getting one for free (possibly)

DH is "up"
I forced dioralyte and a huge starbucks coffee down him!

Thanks for the support with my brothers situation, will phone him tomorrow again tomorrow to see if he has been in touch with the midwife. Diva, it her first baby - but my brothers second. He has a 7 yr old son with his ex-partner. He does see his son regularly, but he so hoped he would stay with this partner and he is having a "here we go again" feeling...particularly as he things this partner wouldn't "let" him see the baby.

Kitty - how about we meet in a few weeks time as I am away 28th May- 12th June, happy to come over and bring 1,2 or 3 of my brood ?
Happy to bring cake or something ?

Oops can hear Amos crying and boobs are dripping . Catch up later

Hi everyone - just popping in - hope you're all having a grand day. Back later...

Diva - I saw that threat.

What's the point eh - in starting that arguement???

Had a bad day today

It all started off well and good.So we get to Tescos and we are joking that I had to park in a mother and baby space but there wasnt any so we was driving in circles.
Parked up and discovered my wedding ring has fell off.We have no idea where it is.I knew it was loose after losing weight during the pregnancy
DH went upset at me and it took a good hour for us all to calm down

So then we placed Deanna on her mat to play with her gym.She was happily smiling away then DH accidentally knocked a small broom and the handle caught Deanna on her forehead.She was screaming for ages until we gave her a feed.
I also think shes been teething a little today...very red cheeks...chewing on her hands etc.

So no....not a good day

foxcub-how easy is it to get to you from the M3?

hello all, remember me?

had some crazy stuff going on at the homestead and illness so not been able to chat with you all, you were sorely missed I can tell you.

Hope you are all well, and enjoying your LO's! I will endeavor to read posts and catch up with everyone now.

Joseph is doing well now, 13 weeks old and weigh 10lbs 8ozs! Still catching up with Jensen's birth weight!

Just a little concerned as he seems to have a poorly tummy, dirties just after a feed usually, isn't making him bad in any other way though, he seems happy enough, no temperature or anything... any advice? I've been making sure he and us and feeding is stuff is extra extra clean at the mo, its been like this for 3 days... should next port of call be the quacks?

My friend had a little baby boy on the 5th of May! so Joe has a little play mate!

me too Fox / Diva... especially when there are so many of those kinda threads. Sigh and say another prayer.

Oh, Shanks... what an unfortunate series of events!! I hope that you find your wedding ring. I also hope that Deanna is ok after her wee collission, oops. It is scary to think that the next milestone will probably be teething.

I saw a new lil bubba last night too. She is three weeks and was born 5pound - so she was soooo ickle. I was amazed at being reminded how quickly our wee ones have grown.

Amie - HI!! Glad that you are back and hope that things are sorting themselves out at 'the homestead'

Hiya Amie - luvvereley to see you again

Shanks - sorry you had such a crap day. If you follow M3 into London, when it ends it changes into A316 and we are just off the A316!!!

its before you get into London though!

Hi all

Just wanted to say i am still in the land of the living, or is it the living dead....

Things here have been the same as ever with J constantly feeding, constantly draining all my energy and constantly crying... that was until yesterday and last night. Now i dont want to tempt fate but i felt it only right that i share with you the feeling of hope i have right now for some peaceful nights. He went down last night at 730 and i fell asleep on the couch, about normal for me.. anyway DH woke me at 11, and i thought it was becasue J had woken for a feed, he hadnt and was still fast asleep... in the past i would have woken him for a feed but last night i thought, sod it, let him sleep and wake when he needs feeding, 3.30 he woke up !!! thats a full nights sleep for me at this stage. In fact i woke first, about 5 mins befoe he did, and thought, ' omg is he still breathing....' went into his room ( put him there three nights ago - rightly or wrongly) and he was still asleep, crept back to bed and had to wake DH up to tell him!!! then he woke, and after his feed it went back fo the two hourly routine, but hey i was on cloud nine so i didnt care! Tonight he went down at about 7, put him in his moses basket in his cot and as yet havnt heard form him.... question, should i leave him again, or should i feed him before i go to bed....i know what i want to do, but thought id ask to see what others thought?

AmieR Jensen is now 9 weeks old and 14 lbs 10ozs. He seems to have grwon up really quickly and without me really realising!

Sorry to seem ignorant and not responding to others posts, i skim read them, but feel it would take me a month of sundays to write back to you all, Needless to say, i hope the meets go well and i hope that everyone on the whole is well.

will check back soon xx

UPDATE:

I found the wedding ring

Was sorting out Deannas clothes and realised I heard a clang the other day and something fell behind the freezer.So I got DH to check and it was there.

foxcub-Cool,dont think there should be a problem,will look it up on RAC planner

Ooh stop it with all this talk of regional meet ups - I have no region buddies to meet up with. I think I might take you up on your offer Eids....! Sigh - if only.

Laidback, i think you are doing the right thing with your brother and partner. She definitely needs help by the sound of it. Very scary when it's not just her life on the line.

Dolly - really sorry about your friend's baby. I had many moments wondering if there would be consequences from Jordi's early birth, still do occasionally, and I remember the terrible feeling when we thought there was something wrong with his head. I really feel for her.

Mossy, well done on your train bfing. Bet you feel loads more confident about it now .

On the washing front, despite being the complete opposite of a domestic goddess, I do find something very satisfying about hanging washing out. What is it?

Hello everyone else. I've had a fab weekend with my best mate over from Dublin. Her DS is nine days older than Jordi but is really two months older IYSWIM. However, he's only 10lb and much more petite, like her really, and at a quick glance you would put Jordi as being months older than him. It was lovely just going for walks and to cafes with her - really wish we lived in the same city.

Babes is snuffling in his basket - still snotty from the cold - and I'm going to have myself a nice hot bath, possibly with the addition of a few choccies and a glass of wine from the bottle my mate bought me just before she left, bless her. DP's away at his dad's for a few days so as long as LO stays asleep, it will be peaceful bliss!

x-posts - Jay, really glad you've had a breakthrough with Jensen. I'd say, for tonight if he slept through till three last night, see if he will do it again. If he continues to do it, you can think about doing the dream feed in a while. And go to bed! Hope you get lots of zzzzs. Hugs.

Shanks - glad you found your ring. It's horrible losing something precious.

..sorry to hear about your wedding ring too! How upsetting

hello again

jay-good to hear Jensen is settling(touch wood).if i were you i wouldn't bother waking him to feed,let sleeping babies lie

laidback-i hope things get sorted with your brother+his partner.sounds like they both need alot of support.i wish i'd found mumsnet in the first few weeks of pregnancy,thats all i can say,cos dp and i very nearly split up as i was off my head loopy.the thing is,i didnt realise at the time,the way i was behaving seemed perfectly reasonable to me then,but looking back im at the way i was.if i'd posted some of my delusions on mn i would have had loads of women saying 'go and get help!!'

im still pretty loopy now,but not as bad....

shanks-glad you found your wedding ring

amie-i was wondering where you were.when ive taken babies to the gp with the trots,i have been told that as long as they are keeping feeds down and its not coming out both ends they are ok.Elsie had runny poos for 2 weeks.could he be teething?mine have all got the runs for a few days when they were teething.

well no sign of my af.i have ruled out pregnancythank god,im going to the doc tomorrow about these tablets.i keep falling asleep and i really cant cope with that side effect.anyway,i cant cope with not being able to drink.i'd rather be insane

Ladies, been a bit of a weird weekend, feeling a bit down and I am still paranoid and obsessing about his feeding, is that still normal at this stage or should I be feeling more confident about it now? I think his cold has set me back a bit, I thought I had it "cracked" but then it all went a bit haywire.

Dh is getting well annoyed with me because one minute I'm concerned 'cos he's not sleeping enough (and "is it his feeding?") and the next he's constantly asleep (and "is it his feeding?") if you see what I mean!! I keep telling myself that it will get better when I can actually see him putting on weight... didn't help that last week baby clinic was closed so I couldn't get him weighed

This weekend it has kind of come to a head... bit of a row with dh... followed by Bertie working himself up, and for the first time ever refusing the breast, crying and spitting out loads of milk, cue dh - and mil - saying "see he wasn't hungry" (because for the entire weekend I've been banging on about how I thought he was) and me thinking that there is something wrong because previously he would always take the breast whether or not he was "hungry" iyswim.

Could those of you who are bfing and a bit further along than me tell me how long before you became more relaxed about it and got some confidence that you were doing it right?

Sorry to keep going on about this. I feel stupid obsessing so much, but you know what Diva it's like you said in an earlier post (about something different I know) "just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you" well I feel like just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean something isn't wrong...

Anyway sorry sorry sorry, going on about my problems again.

Shanks I'm so pleased you found your wedding ring again.

Jay... don't wake him!! That would be my advice!!! I sincerely hope that things are finally settling down for you, you've worked so hard for so long maybe things are finally paying off, don't want to tempt fate for you but I hope it's so.

Laidback your brother must be so pleased to hve a sister who is concerned about him. I hope things get better.

Amie long time no "speak"! Nice to hear from you again!!

Callie... it might not be for quite some time (they owe us a visit by now!) but I promise next time we go to see bil et al in Llandaff I'll let you know and we can meet up.

Foxy at you leaving your lo in the garden! Only messing... when Bertie has a "gollum" day I am tempted to leave him down the bottom of the garden and hope the fairies swap him for a less crying model! Joking of course... we have a back yard.

Right everyone else, I'm going to go now and drink some fluids, have had a bit of a cry today so need to replace them!! Hope you're all okay and had a good weekend.

X posts Diva ikwym, even a glass of wine of an evening helps keep you sane, you feel more part of the human race, hope you get the doc to change your tablets!

Mossie _ I am totally pre-occupoed with BF too. Just lets say I "failed" with DS1 and had to give up after 5 months. With DD it was problem free and I fed dor 18 months until she made me give up - I was insecure about it right up until the end!

I'm a 3rd time BF Mum and am still insecure - thing is it goes really well for weeks/days then you can have a couple of bad altches or an engorged boob and it feels like its all up in the air again.

When it goes well its the best thing ever though

I've had sore nips from bad latches all week and felt insecure about it, but had a fab feeding day today (great latcgh, efficient and on time feeds, satisfied bubba) - so all is well with the world!

You are much more observant than I was with DS1 and you sound as though you are doing well and treally comitted to it

Hi everyone else

amie - good to hear from you.

sorry things are not going so well mossie. I remember with dd2 - even when I thought I had cracked it -t here were still days where I wasn't sure.

remember you are not a bad mum - and tell dh and mil to sod off and blame it on the hormones I still have off days with dd3 now.

house full of colds here except dd1 - probably cause she was away at school, kindy etc last week so wasn't around dh as much to get his manky flu. Hopefully mine just stays as a head cold rather than getting as bad as dh's flu. Poor fella gone back to work even though he still isn't well. dd2 did not go to bed until almost 10.30pm last night and woke at 6.30am so she will be teary and sooky all day - added to the fact she has this cold.

Finally getting some cooler weather - almost winter here and we are still getting warm days - high 20's and relatively warm evenings. ALthough today is rainy - hopefully it lasts for a while. Supposed to be very cold nights later in the week - will have to dig out the winter grobag for dd3. Luckily I put dd1 and 2's duvets back in their covers and on their beds.

Did read all the other messages but can't remember what I read - ohh except Laidback - sorry to hear about your brother - hope something can be done by the midwife to make things better.

Mossie, it ocured to me last night (as I was snuggling down with Ronnie for the night) that you have too many people "watching" you feed Bertie. I could not cope if I had dp and mil constantly passing comments on how well (or not) I was doing feeding my first son.

My Mil is always passing comments now on whether Ronnie is full, hungry, feeding too much, not feeding for long enough etc. etc . but because he is the 6th baby I have fed I just take no notice .

I think you need to start trusting your instincts, your body and your baby rather than being 'advised' by your dp and mil who are of course very well meaning but should actually leave you be!!

Sorry if that sounds harsh, gotta go and wake the household