In the midst of injections and various angst the April mummies struggle through.....

[EllieK]

thought this quite apt

sorry to see you're down CD, i'd text you but my bro has gone home with my phone

Hi Elkie!! >

I agree, Ellie is a Super Star!

Hi everyone
We think T has jaundice again - does anyone know anything about this in an older baby?
Apart from that, all well here, CD sounds like you have a fun day of painting!

I've sent you an email WCL

Hi Ellie and good night

Just found out some gossip about work, itching to know the full story, trust me to find out on Friday night!!!

I felt really ill overnight, fortunately a temporary blip, but got into a panic about looking after Danny and dealing with an appointment with health visitor at her office (inside a local health centre) and my own 6 week check up at a different GP's surgery. I'd been feeling a bit sick late yesterday evening but trying to ignore it, but threw up twice at around 2 am and then woke up a couple of hours later having to run to the toilet with diarrhoea.

I'm very grateful that dp was able to cancel the earlier of the two meetings today and come to see the health visitor, and very lucky that my dad lives nearby to me and is very happy to be asked to make up all his failings as a father as a grandfather (he left my mum for someone else when I was 2 weeks old and didn't pay much maintenance although he did see me regularly). I rang my dad at 8 am when I was feeling a little better but still concerned that I'd be running to the toilet constantly, and asked him to come and help me at 11 am, he stayed with us all afternoon and came out to the doctor's surgery, then had a cup of tea back at the house before leaving at 5.30.

I'm lucky with all the support I have, a rather unusual extended family and multiply married parents can be a blessing! Next Saturday we're taking Danny to visit his stepgran (my dad's second ex-wife) in Surrey.

i hate it when that happens Katy

ladies, please don't feel that you can't moan about doing things on your own just because i always do it on my own, I have said to many people in the past, when you are on your own it is all you know, when you are used to the help and then it's taken away it is 10 times worse than what i cope with

I chose to go it alone, which is partly why i find it so difficult to ask for help, but i hate feeling that you are all being careful with what you say cos you don't want to upset me, this is ME fgs, I can take it

i don't like wallowing in it, and if anything, heraing that it's not so great for you all too makes it easier for me to feel ok

rant over

Thought I'd split posts here - geordiemacminx, hadn't realised your child and mine were born same day (probably because I was a bit preoccupied to catch the birth announcement when I got home more than 36 hours later!) Danny weighed 10 lb 9 oz today, at exactly 6 weeks.

Formula feeding - we were still giving 4 oz at roughly 3 hour intervals, but not making him wait if he woke up sooner. It's become clear we need to up his feed. I'm not sure what teats we're using, my dad kindly bought us 3 more 8 oz bottles as most of ours were 4 oz bottles (being as we were pretty clueless when we bought them).

Clearly from his weight today we will have to put away quite a lot of my favourites among his babygros very soon, he has had lots of 0-3 and 3-6 months stuff given to him from an amazing range of sources, but Mike chose these ones and I think he picked ones he thought I'd like most too.

Advice I will have to pass on to any newbie parents whether they like it or not - don't buy bottles and clothes too small!

No, I don't think others are so mad wanting to have more babies already, I do too (well, just one more if I can). I am jealous of all you youngsters though because you can if you choose space your kids out a bit more than I can.

Motherhood is probably the first time I've found myself the oldest in various groups on or offline, I'm used to being one of the younger obes in political and trade union circles and in the middle at work.

I'm not trying deliberately just yet, I need to go back to work for at least 6 months as a condition of my maternity leave, but will probably start ttc again about the time I do return to my job next Easter.

Anyway, I need an excuse to hoard all those lovely tiny baby clothes...

Ellie just tried to write a post saying i knew what you meant comparing how i felt when i was single with 2 dc and now dp is here but i cant get it out right again! Need to go bed i think, dp snoring away on sofa, so much for a nice night together.

I think when i was on my own at times i felt depressed and lonely, with having dp but him not here or not helping i feel stressed, angry and frustrated. So neither good but in different ways! Anyway too much wine and not enough sleep to make any sense! Feling bit depressed at times myself too but not so much i think its a problem yet iykwim. Had serious pnd last time so determined not to be going there again.

Night all

new thread here and round up emailed to you all