April 2007 - Where sleep and time alone are just a dim and distant memory......

[EllieK]

good idea, with the benefit that he sleeps in his pram
Thanks

how are you doing oooggs?

No katy hon - you are not a bad mummy AT ALL - that sounds like a pretty good summing up of early babyhood to me - You'll remember it, but T won't remember a thing - So don't worry about it - enjoy the freedom cos you'll soon be getting down to the more difficult bit once he starts moving and communicating properly etc - I think Ooooog's suggestion of lots of long walks with the pram is sterling - thrown in with lots of shopping and drinking cream teas - Absolutely fab - Goodness, I miss those early days with DD1 sooooo much - AND you have the added bounus of T being little throughout the summer months - fantastic! Just enjoy him honey - don't waste your time on stressing out about being a bad mummy when you are not - You love him right!!!? Well that is all he needs right now. You are a fantastic mummy and to T, you are the bestest mummy in the world - you are the centre of his Universe right now!!

That goes for all of us too!!

Thank you Dippy, that was a lovely post and it's nice to know i'm not neglecting him
How are you today?

I'm ok, just tired & have a lot going on in my head right now - to do with stuff that needs to get done (which is a lot of stuff!!); DH's new job; coping with the DD's; friend staying for the weekend etc etc .....

Wobble.

When does your DH start his new job?
Hope you manage to enjoy yourself this weekend, will it be stressful, or is it just stressful getting ready for it?

Just stressful getting ready for it as our spare room is an absolute MESS - ha;f the wallpaper has been stripped & is currently all over the floor. There's lots of boxes in there too that need to be removed .... also it is a friend who doesn't have children, so doesn't "get" our routine etc, iykwim!!? Fortunately, she is v.lovely & v.chilled - so should be ok - Looking forward to seeing her, just a bit apprehensive if that makes any sense!!!? Also, she's a Veggie ..... argh!!?

DH should start new job at the beginning of July, but they are pushing for an earlier start date .... eeeeek!

I'm good thanks Katy. Just remember that this is baby number one so enjoy, with number two etc... it is much different as you have other children to deal with.

have fun with him x

Captain Dippy is soooooo right

Hey Katy that's about all I do with Erin. She seems quite happy to look around the room ( interior designer in the making perhaps????!!!). She got bloody obsessed with my mother's cheapy ornaments when we were up there , didn't help my mum kept saying will you do a burp for the doggy/snowman/duck/any other animal you can think of...she's got pretty much every one! - dad keeps saying he's gonna open it up as a petting zoo!).

SOKL - Erin's getting a bit like K at the mo...she keeps falling asleep during a feed and not getting wind up then screaming with it for ages...unfortunately I think it's just Erin wants to keep the wind in she seems to burp if you give her loads of encouragement.

CD - Have fun @ Monsoon!!!

Well DH is going to see my doc today cos my coccyx is still bloody painful and I feel like crap. I'm not going cos I'm so fed up of being given stuff I could buy at boots. Last time I got some gel...I may as well have rubbed moisturiser on for all the good it did. My dad's cheapy tesco heat rub did more to help it than what they gave me. Think he's gonna push to see if I can go to a physio who should at least be able to give me some advice on how to minimise the pain and make it manageable.

Have to pack again cos we're going back up to my parents tomorrow for the christening on Sunday. DH is going to the Beer festival on Friday night with his bro, my BIL, my nephew and his best mate. I'm going out for a meal with sis and SIL. PIL are coming up on Sat and christening is Sunday morning.

Thank you Oooogs!!

Oh nutty, I am sooo sorry your tailbone is still causing you trouble - if it any help to you, mine was bad for about 4 months & then cleared up by itself eventually .... I know that sounds like a loooong time, but I just wanted to assure that it did get better!! LOL @ your daughter's obssesion with your mum's ornaments!!

Must go & get ready for DD1's imminient return!! ....

Sorry x-posted with lots of you there! It seems to take foreve to get things done with a baby!

Sorry your having a stressful time CD. Visitors are always stressful. I'm sure she'll understand how busy you've been...don't worry too much about the mess, she'll be far too interested in you and your family!

Oh and I def beat you all in the bad mummy stakes...when we came back to Leeds on Sunday I forgot to bring Erin's bottles out of the fridge. She was due a feed about 2hrs into the journey. We got held up because of an accident and I had to start sterilising stuff when we got back (about an hour after her feed was due) so she could eat something and I now only have 3 bottles so am having to keep on top of washing and sterilising them.

At least when she's toddling about and grabbing the ornaments they're cheap enough I won't worry that she'll break em! (Unlike when I was little and my great aunt gave me royal doulton's to play with ...bet my mum was terrified!)

Also (don't worry I'll stop posting soon ) I have some vouchers I won't be using for

50p off E45 nappy cream
20p off milk teeth toothpaste and tootbrush
2 x £2 off pampers
30p off dettol suface cleanser/wipes

If anyone wants them let me know and I'll send them!

wow we have vertical heavy downpouring rain here at the mo. I can't even hear the telly

well it is Cornwall and half term

Hi Everyone.. Katy44 - I´ve wondered the same thing, I don´t really ´play´ with N as such, he just has a good look around at stuff. I occasionally shake a rattle near him or whatever but tbh he seems more interested in the ceiling beams

Claricebean - how much of a pain is it that we have to see seperate GPs for the babies and for us?? A right bloody faff. N had thrush in his mouth so was prescribed dakatarin oral gel, gp didn´t even look at me, told me to use the oral gel on my nipples too. After checking out what others on MN did I went to the pharmacy and got myself daktarin cream (no prescription needed) for my nipples. After 5 days the doc said his thrush was gone so wouldn´t prescribe anymore even though I said my breasts were still sore so I was not convinced I had got rid of it. He said ´well I don´t know why you are sore, child, but this baby doesn´t have thrush´ so I´m carrying on with the cream and I guess I´ll just keep an eye on N´s mouth and be aware of symptoms coming back in him. F-ing ridiculous that the dr. doesn´t consider the issue of passing it back and forth.

Nuttygirl - sorry you are still hurting, hope dh manages to come back with something more effective for you.

Am really losing faith with the whole breastfeeding thing although I´m really trying to keep going. Dh told his mum yesterday that N hadn´t gained as he should have this last 2 weeks and she then told his sister. His sister is lovely but very much the bossy oldest one who tells everyone what to do and kind of acts like the authority on everything to do with babies. So I called her yesterday to say I wouldn´t make it to visit her and she started on with all this (very much unwanted) advice on what I should do and how I should do it etc. I felt really upset after speaking to her, feeling like everyone is poking their nose in where it is NOT wanted and I called dh in tears telling him to NOT run off telling his family every small detail if it then means they´re going to come back lecturing me. He agreed with me but said it was best left alone i.e. he wasn´t going to say anything to them about having upset me. I agreed it was best to just forget it. THEN today he tells me he told his mum that his sister had called me (I´d called her) giving a load of advice and he´d appreciate it if they didn´t. Great. I´m kind of glad he´s stood up for me but really think it might have been better left alone??

Sigh, rant over (thanks for listening, just needed to get it off my chest).. off to make fajitas (although little sister is adament they are actually enchiladas.. pedantic much?)

Hi Nutty, really sorry your coccyx is still troubling you and that your dh has some luck at the gp's for you. Hope Erin is less windy too! We are using Infacol again, as it really makes her belch like a good 'un!

Maveta, felt v cross about your dh telling your mum stuff. I would be absolutely livid if my dh did that. I appreciate dh's need to off-load sometimes, but not to their bloody mothers!

CD, hope you are ok petal, and as other said, I am sure your friend won't give a monkey's about the state of the wallpaper etc.

Katy, I am not doing much with K on the entertainment front. She spends a little time in her bouncy chair, and maybe 15 ins on her playmat, but apart from that it is the odd trip out shopping. She seems pretty happy with that, and tbh, they don't need much at this stage.

Oogs, lovely to see you!!

Had our 6 week check, and all is well. K now 9 pounds 5 ounces.

Mentioned the reflux thing, and the GP said that as long as K is gaining weight, then there is nothing to worry about. Tbh, I have a feeling we were not leaving enough time between feeds, and this caused her trouble. Are now trying to leave 3.5 to 4 hours between each bottle, and have started propping up her moses basket. So far so good. I do still believe she has a very mild case tho as there are quite a few signs she shows, but tbh am not going to worry about it any more.

So, feeling a lot brighter - helped by the fact that the sun is shining!!

Hope everyone is ok.

Popped into post as P seemed happy in her car seat - now wailing, so popping off again - Will do hoovering as she likes the noise!

SOKL glad to hear K is feeling better and good that she is gaining weight

Katy tbh i don't have the energy to stimulate S, I feel so bad but as CD said they won't remember this stage

CD enjoy the vouchers hun, hope you get a fab outfit for the wedding

Nutty hope you feel better and have a fab time at the christening

Maveta please don't lose faith - hoping that the BF issue is resolved whatever you decide to do

S has her jabs in a couple of hours, going to make sure DP holds her as i can't bear to look.

Hi all, have caught up since my last postbut forgotten most as always! D is still hardly sleeping at nights, waking every hour and a half now but i have him in bed with me so the most i have to get up is just rollingover to change sides! Hes also becoming an early riser and seems wide awake once its light. this morning it was half 5 but he gave me some of the loveliest huge grins which does help make it a little easier! hasnt done a poo for a while, i think prob a week now, but now he's bit older i think thats ok for bf baby isnt it? does seem to have tummy ache quite abit though but n was the same although cant remember what age he was when it started. maveta - d took 3 weeks to gain 200g so dont let it worry you, well try not to let it worry you.

There was so much more i wanted to say but cant think of a thing, sleep deprivation is worse than pg for memory i think!

Oh wanted tonjoin in moaning about dps, mine works nights so im left to cope with all 3 which this week has included dd having tummy bug so being sick all night for a couple of nights and ds1 c0ming downstairs at midnight to 'wait for daddy' and then howling when i told him to go back to bed, he really doesnt like sleeping on his own. But when dp gets home hes been at work all night so is to be left undisturbed all day to sleep and doesnt get up for anything. and i have tontry and keep them quiet and keep them donstairs all day He had a whole wkend away on a stag do then came back with throat and ear infection so couldnt do anything despite the fact i was still expected to cope with womb infection and even in hospital still had to feed dress change etc dylan on my own. and he plays cricket all day saturday, last week he left at 12 and didnt get back til half 11 at night. then wonders why im not all lovey dovey Although saying that he can be very good at times but only when it suits him it seems.

sorry only meant to have a quick moan, think i got bit carried away

Have been having good days and bad days with regards my moods and energy levels, more good than bad but today seems to be bit of a down day. not helped by being stuck in a small room with 2 bored kids and an incredibly clingy baby.

Rah to your DP Pesha - mine is doing my nut with his "suggestive" comments all the time - "Oooooh, the children are asleep, let's just pop up to the bedroom...." Yeah right. More like, "Ooooooooh, the children are asleep, let's go & have a kip ourselves..." Bloody men. One track mind. Grrrrr!!

Ahem. Not sure what happened there .... rant over .... .....

Right, going off to the PO & then into town to have a wee gander at Monsoon!!!!!

ellie hasn't been on for 2 days
did she get someone's permission to be absent??

CD - maybe DH is wanting no 4 already

Pesha - teach those kids of yours to jump on daddy while he's sleeping and go shopping before they let him escape . I don't think men really understand how having children changes things...they seem to just carry on as usual, don't they? I have to admit my DH is pretty good and will do loads of stuff but I hate it when Erin shows she's hungry (trying to stuff both fists in her gob ) and DH will say "Are you hungry?" for ages until she starts to scream for food. Why he can't just get a bottle in the first place I don't know. And he can't do anything without making a complete mess everywhere.

Hi SOSKL - hope all is well up your way

Yes where is Ellie?

Pesha - yes evenings are hard, dh has just left for work and will be back at midnight, in the mean time I have dts to feed, then ds1 to pick up from nursery, tea for ds1 and me (if I find time to eat it ) then get ds1 to bed and stories without dts kicking off, back to them, another feed and hopefully they go to bed to. Then me????

Good to 'see' you Yvie

all 5 of us have the same dr which is easier

have sorted out my maternity clothes and am going to put them on for sale board when I get time. No more kids...... bugger Jack now screaming... gotta go

oh and before I dash - hi nuttygirl, hope your Erin Grace is more smiley than mine she is a moody cow and I have now idea where she gets it from