July 2007 - yet starting in June!

[Jamantha]

Well, I can't see a post natal July 2007 thread, so will start this, even though Charlotte, my DD was born 4.5 weeks early in June. I'm sure the other July ladies will be along soon enough.

Have had 2 nights at home now. Yesterday afternoon was fairly distressing as Charlotte wouldn't latch on, and if she did she wouldn't suck. But have got loan of electric pump from hospital, and support from midwives and now managing with comination of breast, expressed and formula milk, sometimes all three in the same feed. Finding it quite emotional, with all the issues associated with feeding one's baby, but trying to stay calm as found out yesterday that getting self into a state doesn't help anyone.

Dh has just gone out to get some things we're still missing, and I'm putting my feet up for a bit. Phil & Ted has just arrived so we might try a stroll down to the ante natal class tonight!

Any how, hope there are lots of lovely birth stories to come from July ladies, and that we can swap advice, give each other moral support etc over the coming weeks and months.

JAM - that sounds very annoying about the church.

warning show off comment: ds slept from 8pmish till 5am last night! I have stopped him napping after 4pm and this seems to help, after (I think) Caroline1852 said that's what she did on a sleep thread. Also I give him a big feed at 5/6ish before 8pm bedtime feed. And he's still swaddled blah blah.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends, we did some gardening, it was great. Cut down a vast amount of next-doors potato vine which was climbing over our acer and camilia. The garden now looks loads bigger and lighter.

AND ds started sucking his thumb this evening. What a boy.

Sorry to hear about your nightmare morning JAM - sounds like you have a lovely DH though, who knows that a cup of tea can make everything ok. I look forward to my tea almost as much as I look forward to my glass of wine in the evening!

Am with you all on the drooling. DD is permanently blowing bubbles and sounds like an old lady sucking on her gums! Good tip about being prepared with the teething remedies- thanks Cakehead.

Does anyone here have a Britax Vigour 3? The pushchair attachment says suitable from 6 months and I am currently using the carry cot. However, DD is now 10 weeks and I have noticed she really takes an interest in what's going on around her so I think she's getting bored in the carrycot (also her feet nearly touch the end!!). I am assuming that the 6 months recommendation is linked to sitting up, but what do you think the harm would be in using the pushchair from, say, 3 months? If I put a "head hugger" in there her head would be supported. Would welcome thoughts.

ANyway, must dash as bottles for this evening's room service need sterilising .

JAM - I only go to church with both children if dh goes. DD (20months) went to children's liturgy for the first time last week and although she didn't really understand, it made it bearable for both of us. Dh doesn't like going, and taking dd out and staying keeps him occupied too. He would much rather be attempting to read the papers, cooking sausages and drinking tea.

We've been in Glasgow this weekend for a wedding and I met another mn there. We've been chatting for a year and arranged to meet. It was lovely and we had a full scottish breakfast in an Italian cafe. Dd stayed with her grandparents and had a ball. First time she's stayed away from home without us and it was for 2 nights. She didn't miss us at all!

Mornin all,

Glad a nightmare weekend. DS very unsettled with lots of tears and green poo's (any ideas?)

He has his shots today so at least seeing a doctor.

He is sleeping well (although lots of crying from 6pm onwards and a need for what feels like constant feeding till bedtime), we are still swaddling, lots of bubble blowing and very drooly too!

Oh and I'm a south Londoner too! Seems there are more than we thought.

Anyone else dreading going back to work? I don't have to go till January but seem to be really thinking a lot about it already.

Have a great day everyone...very wet and windy here today! yuk!

Morning all. Things are more settled in the Chubby household, thankfully - I'm not sure whether it's the cranial osteopathy we had on Friday, the kind assistance from Jenn , the Gaviscon, growing out of it or a combination but he's slept most nights in the last few days. Still wakes frequently but feeds back to sleep with relatively minor fighting. I've got so many rods for this back of mine it's a wonder I can still walk! Got 2x 15 min naps in his pram in the house yesterday after much rocking, major significant progress.

MFO sorry your LO seems unwell, hope the doc can help. I have to go back to work in January too and it seems to be approaching way too fast. What are your childcare plans? We're planning for OH to stop work because his wage would only cover childcare anyway, although I think the prospect is a bit daunting for him now. I wish I could stay home more - part time work would be ideal - but I don't have any choice but to go back . Keep playing the lottery then ...

Jenn, I hope you had a great weekend - where did you have brekkie? I studied in Glasgow so it has many happy memories for me (and fuzzy ones too ). Thank you for your thoughtfulness, you're very kind.

Glad things are settling down. CSB. Not sure of the breakfast caff but it was just by central station by the bridge. The wedding was at the lighthouse and was lovely. We are very tired though. oH AND WE HAD LUNCH IN ANOTHER ITALIAN CALLED iTALIMANIA? Oops

Just when I was celebrating not having a visit from AF for over a year, she damn well turns up. And to make it worse, it's a really heavy one (sorry if TMI). Odd thing though, it's really tugging on my c-section scar inside. Anyone else had this? Can only assume it's something to do with period pain like contractions. Really uncomfortable at times, though. Am hitting the nurofen hard.

I'm going back to work part time in January too. We're starting to interview nannies this week. DD1 went to nursery, but the price of putting the pair of them in there is the same as paying a nanny to stay home with them, so we've decided to do that. Have no idea what I'm meant to be asking but am hoping I'll just get a feeling when I meet the right one. At least DD1 is now at an age when she can tell me if she's been plonked in front of a DVD all day.

I am hoping my Mum will look after DS but after the huge argument between her and my DH he is now suggesting alternatives! grrrrr...

I have to go back to work full time because we just cannot afford to live otherwise...and yes I am frantically playing the lottery!

Cakehead, it may be best if you prepare a list of questions that you ask each nanny that you interview (I used to work in a Nanny agency abroad). Its important to ask about qualifications but be sure to ask about family too (be as chatty as you can to make sure you can connect).

Gotta go,little man has his injections! arghghghgh...

cakehead - there's a really good list of questions knocking about one of the childcare threads.... I think maybe Alibubbles posted it?

Myfairone - ds had green poos for a while. Seemed to go away after a while of it's own accord. I checked in the breastfeeding section and green poo on it's own is not a bad thing.

good luck with jabs! Poor ds has his BCG tomorrow.

if anyone is having a bad day then this is the funniest thread ever :

here

DD is another bubble blower too. I'm hoping we've another month or so before teething starts, but I'll get some bonjela anyway, apparently I cut my teeth early.

Had an unsettled night last night. DD has been great learning to settle herself to sleep, but last night she was having none of it. Even when I put her in the carrycot asleep she woke within about 10 minutes. She ended up spending the night in bed with me where she's always quite happy.
Today she's been really clingy again unhappy anywhere except in my arms
I'm hoping she's just unsettled because I'm feeling rough. My asthma is playing up and I've got a hacking cough which must be waking her.

Ooh I don't like all this talk of the W word. I'm hoping I'll not have to go back till April, but it's going by so quickly. DP will be looking after DD when I go back. I do all my hours over 3 days which is good, but they're long shifts and I'm away from home 1 night every week. I'm really not looking forward to having to spend time away from DD, but I've no option... unless my parents win the lottery

JAM good luck with the cookery school,it sounds like a great venture.

Myfairone - what did the doctor say about the green poo? we've had the odd green one too but I've not really thought much about it.

Just got your first CAT, Jenn!

I got a list of questions off the nanny thread and have just interviewed first one. Sitting here feeling thoroughly depressed that this bright, intelligent, energetic woman is going to have my lovely two all to herself! It was hard enough putting DD in nursery first time around, but I'm feeling even worse that she'll be clearly having a wonderful time with this woman (who I liked very much indeed). Although when I said I often got in from work early - at about 4.00 - she said breezily if that I wanted to come in and go up and have a bath or whatever that was absolutely fine with her. To be honest, all I want to do when I come in is spend time with them, and the idea of just zipping off and pampering myself seems awful. I'm almost worried I'll almost be gatecrashing their party. Sorry to moan. I know I'm lucky to be able to do childcare like this, but it doesn't stop me feeling any less guilty about it. Or worrying that they'll like her more than me!

OH MY WHAT A NIGHT...I feel like I've been to a party but missed all the fun!

DS had his first set of injections yesterday and contrary to popular belief that they make them sleepy he stayed up all night! Bless him, he really was very tearful and clingy and wanted lots of milk and lots of cuddles...I am exhausted!

Cakehead, its okay to feel the way you feel. I am sure that the nanny was trying to say the right thing by offering you the chance for some 'you' time. If she had said 'oh great i get to go home early' you may have thought she was trying to find a job where she could knock off early all the time...

Gotta go, looks like LO is awake and hungry again!

Cakehead,

I don't know what to say to make you feel better, as I am dreading putting DS in nursery as of next Jan. I found it hard with DD who was 6 months old when she started nursery, and she would often be crying (mostly due to tiredness or being pushed over by bigger babies as she could only just sit) when I collected her. But if you can afford a nanny in your own home, your LOs will be more settled in familiar surroundings, and she sounds good to me.

You will also appreciate your LOs more by spending quality time with them. I find if I have them 24/7 they get grumpy tired mummy who needs to do lots of chores, whilst when I went back to work (4 days a week) after having DD she would have 1 day a week with Daddy, Grandma, and mummy separately, and 2 fun days in nursery where she got to do lots of different things. I'm sure she appreciates the variety, and she is still in nursery 2 days a week, but then I am still being paid full wages so can afford it.

Hope you choose someone nice. Out of interest, how much do nannies cost, and are you planning a live-in nanny, or just someone who comes round during the day?

Haven't been on for a few days A lot has happened.

James is still settled on Omneo Comfort. Has gone to bed at 6pm for the past week and woke at about midnight. I get my evenings back and i feel human ish. Has gone from waking once to waking twice but putting that down to 6 week growth spurt. Getting him weighed tomorrow. He looks like a chunk. Not 6 weeks
This period is still bugging me. It settled down and suddenly stopped on Saturday a week after it started and this afternoon I started to bleed again. Have postnatal check in two weeks so will ask GP then. Hope to get Implant put back in then too. Or another form of contraception I'd be happy with. I ideally want to keep my natural cycle but not run the risk of getting pregnant again. I know I don't want anymore children but no-one will take me seriously about a sterilisation as I'm only 28. They keep saying I may change my mind. All my life i've only wanted two children. preferably a boy and a girl. I have that now. I'll still be young enough to enjoy life when they are both grown as well.

Typhoonsmum - Mirena coil is MORE effective than sterilisation, because the 2 ends of your tubes can heal back together. Thing is though you might not get the reassurance of periods. Me I would LOVE never to have one ever again.

Typhoonsmum - good news that James is sleeping more and is more settled.

After boasting about ds, he's decided to teach me a lesson by going for 1.30am and 6am wake ups. Oh well.

I just added a new photo of him to my profile if anyone is interested.

Typhoonsmum - good news that James is sleeping more and is more settled.

After boasting about ds, he's decided to teach me a lesson by going for 1.30am and 6am wake ups. Oh well.

I just added a new photo of him to my profile if anyone is interested.

Theprecious he's lovely and WOW you caught a smile.