JUNE 07...Starting thread!

[nannyjo]

Well i think i was the frist to 'pop' from the due in june thread so i thought it was about time we started the post-natal thread.

DS2 is 2 weeks on monday I had him 4 weeks early due to induction for OC. Everything is going really well and i think things are finally starting to settle down (i hope i haven't just spoken too soon!!)

He is really suffering with colic though and were getting about 4 hours sleep a night on average and with a 2.5 year old there is no chance of catching up in the day, but i shouldn't complain as i'm lucky to have got two wonderful boys. Thats it now NO MORE!!!!!9smile0

I know a few other june mums have had their babies so it would be lovely to hear from you to see how you are all getting on (when you get the chance )

Hi brownsuga....sorry about your engagement ring...its the sentimental value that can't be replaced isn't it?

Glad to hear your sugacube is doing well, and hats off to you for expressing. I tried the other day and got a measly 60ml out. How much does he take at each feed?

he;s taking 100ml now, hard to believe, first week was only 10-15ml and first few days 5ml. he lost quite a bit of weight, but has mostly regained it. express out about 130ml each time now, hopefully it'll keep increasing to meet his demands.

that's the only complaint i have of the hospital stay, the b/f specialists don't work weekends so did not get help until a couple of days had passed, and even straight after delivery, it was DH that suggested we try him on the boob, the midwives just left us to it.

That's a bit pants about the hospital MWs. Mine were very good and really helpful with helping to get her to latch properly, even though they were short staffed. I think it helped that I'd done it before as I felt much more relaxed about it all.

Have you tried him on the breast again, or do you have any BF cafes near you for some help and advice?

There are a few around Leeds, and I plan to get out to one towards the end of this week.

I've had a few half hearted attempts since home but he doesn't latch properly and ends up just sucking a bit of skin on the side, should give it another go. there is a group here the HV gave me the details the other day, just need to gee myself up to go to it.

Its worth it if you want to keep giving him BM...expressing is quite difficult to maintain in the long term I think. I'm sure there's lots of info on here about it.

We're obviously getting better at this new baby game...an actual live conversation on the post-natal thread.....

Hey Daisy!
Bsuga, I would just die if I lost my ring. I doubt DH would be so kind as to replace it (let alone with a bigger one!) either! Sorry that it happened to you though!
We're planning to register S tomorrow but didn't make an appointment. Is it always necessary??

After loads of fennel & anise tea my girl totally emptied her bowels. Phew. I hope she can therefore sleep tonight! My big question at the mo is when to move her into DS' room. I want to do it gradually but there's probably not a whole lot of time left till the moses basket becomes too small (she's weeny but long!)

it's quite surprising how quickly you adjust. I've just got on with it, and made sure I've got out of the house every day, much to the surprise of people round here, they must think it's a disease or something. I was a bit worried previously as I was never all that maternal, never babysat for anyone, even at 38 weeks, didn't bother to take a peek at a relatives 3mo, i thought that was abnormal esp. for a pregnant woman. fortunately, it has kicked in now, i'd kill for the little blighter.

hi likelbel, i think you do have to make an appt. they gave me a card in the yellow brick road book.

dh was rather good about it, more so than me, still can't believe it. we picked the diamond and design and it had this wee splodge of white gold dropped in the yellow gold, which to me, made it genuinely handmade uniquely special. just as well our anniversary is 8mths away to give time to add to the new ring fund. i did think if i started getting excited about a new ring, that it would be found. you know how that works.

hey bs - but I've no phone number for my registery office. . And what's a yellow brick road book? [idiot emoticon]

so guess what we are spending money on chez lilkel? boiler repairs (£900) and conservatory roof repairs (?!?!) - much rather have swell new rock on my finger

maybe I'll accidentally lose mine... no, i'm too much of a wimp. sigh. must just sit back and admire my nonleaky roof...

we should really be spending it on a new ensuite and floor tiles . you'll be needing the non-leaky roof with all this spring rain we've been having.

we got an orange card with registry office number in the yellow brick road which is the childhood health book that you get when LO is born, maybe they're different in different nhs regions. has all historical details of health/immun/weight/height etc...

ah ha. Mine's the "red book." Funny this stuff, isn't it?

pah to ensuites. a girl needs a good diamond!

we get a red book here....it was the same in scotland so i assumed it was the same everywhere. I think we were given some info re registering the birth at the hospital before i was discharged.

we need to spend a couple of K on repairs to our garage roof. its a flat roof and has been leaking very badly, especially in all that rain at the weekend.

I would love a new engagement ring, as I don't officially have one. dh bought me a sapphire and diamond ring years ago which was a commitment ring....then he decided he didn't want to commit . We were aart for three years then got back together. He wanted ds and I to move to Leeds, which I would only do if we were married....so we just re-cycled the commitment ring as the expense of a new one practically paid for the wedding!
He does know that I would like a diamond solitaire.....but alas the garage roof and new bathroom suite and new windows take priority. I'll get it some day.

OMG. Just found out my bf from waaaay back has a brain tumour. . OMG. She has 2 children...

life is just too precious...

lilkel, that's awful. is there anything they can do about it? can they operate?

hello guys.. know i was technically may.. but ur all me friends i dont want to start again!
birth annoucement finally posted too

Hurrah - hello Natty - we were worried about you!
Hello everyone else - haven't been on here for ages, and not because of LO, who is a right chilled little bundle. Her older sister has been kicking off a bit and wanting LOADS of attention, so has been a bit hard to get on the computer. Anyone else having a similar experience with their toddler? She really loves her little sister, and is very gentle and kind with her, but has been having tantrums with us (most unusual, she's not really a tantrum-y child) and bedtime has become a daily battle. Oh well. At least baby is one week old today and seems to be thriving apart from a touch of jaundice and being rather sleepy. I keep having to wake her up to feed...but guess I can't complain as it does mean I've been getting plenty of sleep.

BrownSuga - r.e. latching. Did they tell you about gently stroking the baby's cheek to get him to open his mouth? Also if you hand express a little just so that there is milk on your nipple he will be able to smell it, and should help with latching? I found some really good guides on the web when I was learning to BF with DD1...especially useful and MW's / HV's didn't make a huge effort to teach it. Good luck anyway. Right...DD off to playgroup with daddy, so I'm going to try and get some work done!

Yay....Natty, glad to hear from you.....thought you'd fallen off the face of the earth!!

Off to read your announcement and will "talk" to you later hopefully

BZ....my DS has turned into horror child. He had the first real tantrum if his life, at five years old FFS, last week!

and he loves Em and is great at helping and wants to give her kisses and cuddles as well. It's DH he's taking it out on mostly, because he wants more attention from me. It's just that usually when I would be dealing with hime...school time, home time and bedtime, Em needs feeding! Need to get a routinge sorted before DH goes back to work!

hi all i am trying to join in just not had time, dont know how you all finding time lol,

how much is your lols whos on bottle taking? chole only taking an ounce every 3 hours hours but we have to wake her for it too

Hello Hello Hello!!! LOL Trace, I completely agree where do you guys have time? I have not touched the computer til today. Am going to try to get back into things but will have to come back later as have no order some essential food for us all

psssst... (looks over shoulder and whsipers) Trace, Jake is on the bottle too.... shhhhh.

SG...my DH is doing everything around the house and to do with DS...so I have windows of three hours when Em is sleeping where I can talk away on here to my hearts content....it'll all change when he goes back to work in two weeks and I'm here on my own for three/four days a week. Either that or DH will come home on a Friday to a weeks worth of laundry and washing up

sorry to hear you're tired DG...I don't feel too bad, even though Em was up twice in the night. I need to get into the habit of having early nights though, but sometimes she feeds at 9, sometimes not till 10:30.

Got my ankles and feet back today....yay!! now I can get my shoes on again. I've been stuck wearing a manky old ripped pair of sandals as they were the only things I could get my feet into!

What does thrush in your nips feel like? Been getting a stinging in one when she feeds, but it feels different to her not being latched on properly. I keeep checking her latch which seems OK. My nip stings for ages after she's fed as well and earlier I was getting pains going from my nips to my armpits.

Hi all, just wanted to declare myself now an official member of this thread as of last friday. Also take the oportunity to send proper congratulations to Seansgirl, BadZelda, Trace2, Domesticgrumpess and anyone else I missed congratulating on the old thread, as I couldn't post for quite a while.

How's everyone? My nipples are falling off