creche of may 2007!

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welcome to our second post natal thread!

Woo hoo a new thread and it looks as if i am top of things as can keep up when there is only one other message

HV has just left and Porky G is now 7lb 8oz (only another 7oz to be DD birth weight)

Thanks ladies I know what you mean re talking about Ben, I think I should judge each situation on its merits.

Lupins I agree with CM you may as well get dd settled into the idea of school and also will give you time to get things sorted. I cant believe the speed at which a poo can leave such a small person. Glad to see your dh is getting sorted and getting a bit more enthusiatic about things.

Pinkjenny love the idea of vienetta for brekky, have a good lunch. G seems to be rubbing off the hair on the back of his head but as he is fair it is not to noticeable.

Abbylou the floods are a nightmare aren't they I hadn't realised how serious it was until I caught the news late last night I just thought it was an overreaction to the rain and was cursing the traffic last night. Glad you weren't affected.

Cameroonmama sorry you have been affected by the flooding - it is sods law isn't it that it happens when you have a viewing.

Pebblemum glad you got to grips with the poo, the bath is always easiest in that situation.

Befnal well done on being signed off from the hospital. Glad it was all just pregnancy related.

Can I just ask do those of you that have had a c section have a follow up apt with anyone? Should I just book in with my GP for a once over as have not got anything booked in.

Dh not at work today due to floods so got to bumps and babies this morning, it was lovely. Plus no trekkng around for me and G today, it also meant dh could get on the computer whilst I was out and I can have it now . I feel G misses out compared to dd but I suppose them is the breaks second time around.

Anyone doing/done the race for life and if so am I allowed to post the sponsorship link on Mumsnet? Shall I just risk it? DD and I are doing it for the second time this year, she was the youngest competitor in Sheffield last year at 18 months but not sure she will be this year at 2 1/2.

Link below
DD race for life sponsorship page

Wow taking the opportunity to post twice on new thread

Hello to all of you that I did not mention in previous post.

Hope the weather not too bad for you all.

Oops - have only just noticed new thread - herewith message from old thread
hello all
have not managed to catch up much - have only read the last day or so...I have a wriggling little thing on my knee who makes it difficult to stay at the computer for long! Hooray - he slept 12-5.30 for the last two nights and is settling better. HAving said that it is not worth me going to bed before midnight because he does not settle until then - it will come. In many ways I do not mind - we had such an awful time getting to this stage with all the miscarriages that I think I am still on a bit of a high.

CM - I was surprised that I did not have a followup appt with the hosp after my cs - and yet I did with ds1 when I had a tear. I have had my 6 wk check with the dr and that is all. I have got him to book me in with the physio (had probs with back last time) and will be asking about useful exercises for post cs - will post them here when I get them - mind you, it looks as if my appt will be late aug!
With regards to Ben and how to answer people - it is v difficult because you do not want to deny his existence but sometimes it just seems easier to gloss over things with strangers. My brother died 15 years ago and I still feel guilty if I do not say I had a brother when asked. I think this is the british reserve coming out in all of us. I have found over the years that saying something like this has helped: "i had a brother who died but we always enjoyed playing hide and seek when we are children" (really bad example but can't think of another) - that means that I am letting people know of his existence but also finishing the sentence with other info that they can pick up on and so I do not have that uncomfortable silence. I hope all that makes sense and also that you do not think I am being presumptious saying this.
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Hello, I just popped in to see if Showofhands is OK? I hadn't seen her around for a while and emailed her. Looking at the last thread, I can see she's had her hands full...

SOH - Let me know next time you're on your own and I will ensure that Red Cross parcels of gingerbread are posted poste haste!

If you CAT me, I will give you my phone number, and you are welcome to ring and whinge/moan at me m'dear. I'm possibly a little out of the loop baby-wise, but both my boys were little suckers too so I at least can offer you lots of empathy.

Charley, forgot to say, I have a dr's postnatal, post cs check at 6 weeks for me and J together on Friday, but is at the GPs not at the hospital.

Evening all, quickie post cos Gordon Ramsey is on in a mo.

Disaster day, took car to be MOT'd and they wouldnt even do it till i could tell them if the Cam belt had been done. How the hell would i know!!! Cue frantic phoning round to see if it had every been done, eventually discovered it had not. Very bad news.

Went to a garage and found a car, yay! So have booked the nightmare Seat in to be MOT'd next week but really hoping to get this new car tomorrow. But i am a girl on a garage forecourt so the guy will probably try and rip me off. Am practising bargaining speak Wish me luck!

Lovely to hear from you Charley i think of you often Very glad that George is doing well and stacking the weight on. I agree with the others on how to answer people, just tell them as much as you want at the time. Lots of love to you xxx

Lupins glad dh is feeling better, hope you are getting a bit more help.

Have mind blank on all i have just read, doh. Hello everyone else, hope no one is too affected by all the flooding.

See you all tom, if i manage to get on. Hectic day ahead.....

those who are beginning to think about exercise, this is quite a nice site

Hi befsnork, maybe we should start a walking club and tour the easr end with our buggy's.

sorry East - think sleep deprivation is getting to me.

Hey all - Paris was lovely and Tilda behaved like a dream

Hope everyone is well xxxx

Just a quick post whilst I have 5 minutes!

Still feeling like crap today and didn't make it to the baby clinic this afternoon to get Lottie weighed which I'm dissapointed about. Have been having chronic headaches all day which I think is down to dehydration. C's been feeding like a trooper the past couple of days and a bit unsettled, she never seems satisfied after a feed. So have given her a top up tonight of formula and she's gone out like a light. The poor thing sucked so hard she drained the 4oz bottle within minutes! She seemed starving which is now making me feel like she hasn't been getting enough milk from me - which is making me feel very guilty and crap for not noticing earlier. Bad mummy

So have made the decision to start formula feeding. Will keep going with the breast feeding but more as a comfort thing, I like our skin to skin contact! Will bf probably for the early morning and late night feeds. She's 5 weeks now and it feels like the right choice to make. I don't think my nipples could take much more of a battering with bf all the time. She's got such a strong suck on her, and I've noticed that my nipples seem a bit cracked recently - ouch! And maybe this way she might start putting on a bit more weight.

Have also started my diet now - I'm back into my size 10 jeans and I'm determined to get back into my size 8's by the end of the summer. The idea of having to give my litle sister my beautiful, expensive jeans is too much - so I must shed the pounds! I have a stone to lose to get back to pre pregnancy weight, a stone and a half to get me back down to the days of 8 stone before I met my ex!!! So have to stop eating all crap and do lots of excercise. There have been a few hurtfull comments made recently by some family members and my little sister regarding my weight that have really put me into diet drive. Just because sodding Victoria Beckham gives birth and is seen 5 minutes later looking like a stick insect doesn't mean that's the way it works for bloody all of us!

Right, am of to bed whilst there is a chance of actually getting some sleep. Can't believe how easily she has gone down after that formula feed! Will get on tommorrow to catch up properly with all the news lovelies

Morning! LW sorry to hear you're feeling so rough. Don't feel bad about puttng L onto formula or that you weren't feeding her properly. I had exactly the same with ds although I didn't manage to bf for as long as you. I only managed 2 weeks and I gave in and gave him some formula one night to try and settle him. He downed 2 bottles one after the other and I felt absolutely awful for weeks, as though I had been starving him. He was a diferent baby afterwards and I was a much happier mummy. You have to do what's right for you as well as right for your baby. My mw actually said to me this time - 'All I care about is that you're happy. A happy mum = a happy baby' and I think she is right.

jw you are on! desperate to do some moving about, between the cake eating of course.

Can I join the East End walking club? I may need to go a bit slower to begin with due to cs, but have 5 kilos to loose and have sort of given myself till the end of summer to do it.

Am really knackered today. May have to try and grab a siesta this afternoon. Little O couldn't settle last night and I don't feel like I've slept atall.

LW hope you are feeling better soon, good luck with the diet, I too ahve a stone to loose and 1.5 till pre baby weight, you are making the right decision for you so dont feel bad at all

I have just got up hehehe, well not really, have been and done school run, got an extra day today as they are on a school trip and for once it was on a differant day to dd's normal day, so i get an extra day of peace - however they have cancelled PE on friday so missing out there, anyway got home went back to bed with Arlen all snugged up together, he is still snoozing, feel so much better for a bit of extra sleep amazing

I have put him on sma2 the hungry baby food, i phoned hv yesterday - explained that is was probably a growth spurt but his feeding is ridiculus, so she said that a few sma2 feeds a day was fine

Just about to go and get his imms done, so we may be in for a grumpy few days, grrrr, dont even think i can dose him up????

Hope ev1 is well

grrrrr stupid doctors recepionist, sorry we cant do do his injections cos he hasnt been seen by the docs, why the hec wasnt i told, what a waste of time

I have a stone and a half to lose as well..no chance at the mo as I am still confined to bed because of this ruddy infection and feel like I can barely lift arms let alone do any decent exercise..I am BORED!I am fed up!
Thanks for buggy bar and Mae's knickers largegandt-you are lovely!I wouldnt dare go near a garage on my own as they'd see me coming-im useless at that kind of thing..

Echo what the others said LW..I was the same with Lily bean, and it was a huge relief for everyone when I started her on formula..especially Lily-poor girl was half starved!Im sure Lottie was doing fine but you have given her a great start whatever the weather..well done you!

My Mother got stuck in her car in Staveley nr Chestefield on Monday-she was rescued by a farmer!Where do you live Charley?(So nice to see you BTW!)

Lil has gone to childminders today as I am neither use nor ornament..Mae is bored though and she is getting fretty now..we are in bed watching old episodes of ER..not even the Clooney is cheering me up...

What a whinge I am!

Hello All

Oh my god I can't believe the difference in Charlotte today! She slept from 12:30 last night to 7:30 this morning in her moses basket after giving her 4oz of formula I then bf when she woke this morning, again at 11ish and have just given her 4oz of formula now and she's exhausted and fast asleep, dreaming, blowing bubbles and doing her elvis impressions!

She seems so much happier - and full. Even when I was bf her earlier it felt like she was getting more milk from me becasue I hadn't needed to feed her all night iyswim? I'm feeling much happier knowing she's not hungry, I feel so awful thinking she wasn't getting enough from me and has probably been hungry for 5 weeks. I feel like I should have picked up on this a lot sooner, guilt guilt guilt!

Finding that I'm really starting to enjoy Lottie a lot more now. That probably sounds so awful of me to say doesn't it! Think it has taken a while for me to adjust and get my head around it all. Really starting to feel like a mum now, think being away from her the other night really put things into perspective. All I wanted to do was get out for the night for a break, and when I was out all I found myself doing was thinking about her and talking about her! Being a mothers a confusing, complex thing huh!

Lupins don't get me started on sodding doctors receptionists! I have 'issues' with mine lol! Glad to hear that Arlen seems to be doing so well and good for you going back to bed and snuggling up!

Abby I totally agree. A happy mum means a happy baby. That's already evident today. Tbh, although I wanted to bf I think there is also too much pressure on woman to do it. Lord knows what my HV's face will be like when she realises I'm formula feeding as well!

Juicy hope you manage to get some rest today after your not so sleep filled night

Lottie's snoring! She's taken after her grandad more than I had origionaly thought!

Need a favour, anyone about??????????

My friend is advertising on the for sale board, its the picturetrail potnoodle1 anyway if i ask her how much she wasnts for stuff she wont take any money - but i know they are skint, could someone ask how much for all the 6-9 boys clothes except the coat pls

Scoot sorry you are still feeling pants, hope you are feeling better soon

East enders..I was in a buggy exercise club when I had Lily..it was hysterical...all these women pushing buggies round the park then stopping to do lunges and stuff..think it would've been quite good for weight loss though had I not gone directly to the park caff every week after it finished and consumed half my body weight in flap jack!

Hang on Lups..

Oh lovely I'm so sorry to hear that you are not feeling to well. I hope you're better soon. Whinge away if you need to.

LW there is way to much pressure to bf, i felt really bad when i gave up with dd, but with A I did it for 1st month and altho it was something i wanted to do i certainly didnt beat myself over that fact that it wasnt working, he is certainly happy and growing well which is the most important thing

Also could someone pls remove the packet of jaffa cakes that i have nearly finished off

Have posted to ask her Lupins..

I didnt BF Mae at all..it has made it a totally different experience for me I must say..plus she weighs about a ton so its nice not to have to worry about that side of things..lawks she will likely end up obese!

thanks all..I just get so fed up stuck in and I feel like I cant look after the girls properly..Lily has been chucking paddies that have to be seen to be believed this last week and Im sure its because I havent been able to pay her enough attention, poor kid..

That said did see on This morning today a freakish woman who drinks her own wee!Gross!