April 2007 - feeling broody already? shoot me now ................

[EllieK]

not feeling terribly imaginative but wanted to get a new thread going so i could send out the round-up

Thanks for the round up
I'm sat here hand expressing into a container as I'm incredibly engorged, keep squirting all over the laptop, so don't blame me if you get a face full of milk!

good morning folks! i thought i would be the fist to post here as i express but looks like katy beat me to it!! snap on the engorgement - my boobs get as hard as the road in the early hours when c aint been on them for a while.
ellie - ta for the round up!
katy - what makes you think t is jaundiced??

hallo peeps! And thanks for the round up, Ellie.

Ohmigod I can't believe it: B has just officially slept through the night! I am amazed! This came straight out of left-field too - she usually wakes between 2 and 4 every night, guaranteed. But last night, she had a feed at 10, was in her cot by 10.30, and woke up at 6 this morning. 6! That's 7 1/2 hours straight sleep! cha-cha-cha, cha-cha-cha (victory shuffle)

Yesterday I started using medium flow teats because it had been taking her ages to finish a feed sometimes, so maybe this helped, as she's feeding much better now. And I started putting her down in her cot rather than her moses basket, so perhaps she's more comfortable too.

She had her six-week check yesterday, and thoroughly charmed the doc and health visitor, my husband says. She passed all the developmental checks, and her weight is fine. Although: her head size has dropped a centile - which alarmed me a bit, but R said the health visitor told him it was nothing to worry about, she's not going to have a pea-head or anything, so phew.

Grrrr

woke up quite early this morning, Mike changed Danny and we both fed him some of his bottle of formula milk, then Mike made coffee and I thought I'd better try and eat breakfast.

Then someone left a car engine running outside a house opposite for more than half an hour, starting at 7.15 - I ended up reporting it to the police on the advice of a council out of hours operator, only to have to call back to say the problem was resolved. But for more than 30 minutes? As well as being really selfish, doesn't seem like a clever thing to do to your vehicle. (I live in quite a small terraced street, everything is very close together).

Back to drink my coffee/eat my breakfast (luckily nothing to ruin) and chill a little before I try to express (I thought trying while the engine was running wouldn't be very helpful).

Morning. Cold & wet here again - I'm even starting to feel sorry for the tourists !

Katy, if you think T might be jaundiced you should get it checked out. One of my nephews had this (the same one as had tongue tie, poor baby!) and it was taken pretty seriously although turned out to be related to breast feeding and nothing to worry about.

Off to Tumble Tots this morning then to sister's house for other nephew's second birthday party. Am feeling a bit tired - ds was only up once to feed but very noisy and snuffly.

Have a good weekend everyone. MIL coming to stay next week but at least not for a 2 week marathon this time.

Charlie slept from 10.30 til 6.30 too - We were amazed!!!!!

ooooo x-posts - morning ladies

Morning!!!

Hope you are all well. Sounds like many of you had good nights which is fab news.

Liath, pmsl at feeling sorry for the tourists!

Had a good night here too. Dh got back at 9.30, and K slept until 6.45. Dh got up and gave her a bottle so I could have a lie in - HURRAH! Trouble is, once I am awake, find it hard to drop off again, but still nice just to lie there. Even avoided being pounced on by one of our cats. He came upstairs miaowing, and I lay as still as I could, and he went back downtairs!

Lots of chores to do today whilst we only have K, so had better make the most of it.

Have a lovely day all. See you later. xx

I hate you all - blimin early posters coming on to brag about their sleeping babies - well I was up at 10.30, 12.30, 3.30, 4.00 and 6.30 .....

DH has conceded that maybe he should do the first night feed with some hungry baby milk.

Well - despite my lack of sleep have cleaned ds room x 2, hoovered hall and dining room, put washing on and managed to have some breakfast - just in time for ernie to wake up again - he is currently yelling in his cot but am going to finish my cup of tea.

Man coming to measure/plan cloakroom and kitchen at 10.30 - dh playing golf til 1.30 - then I amd def going to the spa - even if can't find anyone to come with me!

Hello all. Babies obviously have some sort of psychic connection going on (except Ernie) as Sophie slept her best ever last night too. In bed at 7.15pm, dh woke her & fed her a bottle at 10.30pm, then she slept until 4.30am, fed and then slept until 7am. It is unheard of for her to sleep for such a long period and to go back to sleep again after about 5am, so am hoping and praying this is the start of a new pattern. Mind you, I struggled to sleep after 3.30am as my boobs were killing me (as hard as a road as Weeonion says!!).

Still, am feeling gooooooood today!

DH has taken both girls out to do the food shopping and to visit his parents, so I have the morning to myself. I have been instructed to not do any housework, but to do something for myself. SO I am on here, obviously . I am now going to go and do my post-natal exercise DVD to see if I am actually capable of doing any form of exercise anymore. S is 6 weeks today, so I think I am officially allowed to do some gentle exercise now aren't I?

Have a good day y'all and will try to catch up later.....totally failed to keep up with the last thread due to my hectic social life.

I could have stood in the shower fully clothed and come out drier than i am now!

we had a planning application meeting where the Parish Council hold a site meeting to discss the plans so I walked to it. Was just off the village green so only about a mile and takes about 10 mins to walk

this was fine, til on the way home i stopped to read a notice outside the middle school, only to spot a bag shoved under a fence. after looking at it i discovered it was a carrier bag with teaching resources and an empty wallet. took it in to the caretaker but we decided between us it doesn't belong to any of the teachers at that school so i'm gonna take it to the police.

in the meantime it's gone dark, the rain started but was only drizzle so we set off for home. got 100 yrds from the school and the downpor started!

I am now soaked thru, Joe had my coat over him as I didn't have the raincover with me, and he slept throughout, staying asleep while i wrapped him in a dry blanket at home and is still asleep now!

Yuk to rain - Can't be long as Milk Monster crying .....

Tried to do some arts & crafts with DD1 this AM; but had to get DH to take her out of the house in the end .... driving me crazy with her mood swings. She is SUCH a grumpy little moo atm - constantly tired cos she isn't settling properly at night & then waking too early in the morning. Grrrrr!

I a, VERY tired today - DH & I had a late night disagreement too Bum. We're just both so in need of a break from DD's 1 & 2 - just some time alone together (& with DD3, obviously!) ykwim!!? Depressing thing is, we ain't gonna get it .....

Sorry - apart from that, I am fine!

It's tough this parenting lark, ain't it!!?

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.... intrigued - what's the round up?

Ellie sends us all a "round up" of everyone's news derived from the chat on the thread ..... she's an absolute star! How's you flame??

How cool is that?!!?

(I do get worryingly excited about things )

Hi All,
Haven't posted for a while, and am only able to skim read mostly, so have been very grateful for Ellie's update emails.

And now am going to write a totally selfish post

Am after advice: I am able to express milk, no problems (with my whizzy electric pump - sooo diff to my handpump last time, although I know some of you swear by them), but G simply won't take a bottle. He is seven weeks today, and we've been trying this last week; maybe I left it too late? I am getting slightly panicky about this, as he still feeds pretty frequently and it means that if he won't take EBM, then I am completely tied. Mostly this is fine, but not all the time!

Any ideas? I have tried a couple of different types of bottle, including one for feeding SNs, but so far no luck.

Love to all, especially those feeling down. Re PND: do remember that most GPs are pretty clueless (however well-meaning) about mental health issues, so please don't anyone let themselves be fobbed off! I realise assertiveness is a problem for those feeling really low, but doctors don't always get it, they really don't. NB - Not a mental health issue, but remember mine who told me I shouldn't be giving my newborn so much fresh air???
xx

Bugmum, ds was refusing point blank to touch bottles & dummies but will sometimes use a dummy now.

We successfully gave him his first bottle last week when I went to the park with dd and left him with dh. It probably helped that he was ravenous (had been asleep for hours after his jabs) and it was dh giving the bottle with no distractingly milky-smelling mummy in the vicinity!! He wolfed it down so I've already made plans to get my mum to babysit for our wedding anniversary .

Ah peace!!

Ds asleep on my lap

dd asleep on sofa because she got up early AGAIN

dh out, hope he stays there, see this threadwww.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=2724&threadid=340447 &stamp=070616142739

Finally, there's no talking/crying NOTHING (except my tapping on the keyboard and of course, cbeebies)

Bliss

Bugmum, good to see you. I was going to ask on here if anyone had heard from you.

Quiet here too. K asleep in her basket, B away with her grandparents, and dh asleep on the sofa!

CD, hope you can get some rest some how.

Have done loads of constructive chores so am feeling fab - how sad am I!

Having a load of people over for a take away curry later.

Must fly. xx

Enjoy Eddas! Will have a quick look at that thread in a sec.

DH just gone to drop off DD's ! & 2 to friends & DD3 FINALLY seems to have settled Hoping it last long enough to make a good start on the painting. We've got a couple of hrs to crack on with it now (hurrah) & then going to have Fish N Chips with friends who are looking after DD's 1 & 2 ... yum!

Can't remember who is was that asked about bottles - think it was Bugmum - get someone else to give the EBM - you smell of boobies & these are obviously far superior to boobies in a bottle in your LO's humble opinion - I would try going "cold turkey" - Go out for a couple of hours (shopping / spa ....) & leave DH / DP / mother / sister / cat/ random next door neighbour with bubba - When baby wakes there's nothing else to give, iyswim!!? LO is still very young so there's plenty of time .....

Sorry for typos, no time to check ......

Nope, DD3 crying again. Hasn't settled for longer than about 10 mins today. Arse.

Just seen the email from Smole. Jesse is lovely. xx