August 2007- More boys than girls? Our beautiful summer babies are arriving at last!

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Thought I'd start a thread to give somewhere for Jem, Washersaurus and Bresha to discuss their little ones and make all those of us waiting impatiently jealous!

Who will be next??????

glad to hear your happy with the buggie james, you had me looking so ive been hinting to dp

think ill be lazy tonight and do soup for dinner

He's a big boy Tasha, well into 3-6 clothes. Dd was still in newborn at this age and she was full term. She's 2.8 yrs and in 18-23 months clothes.

We've got meat ad veg tonight. Normally I have to wait for dh to come home so one of us can do the dinner but ds has been asleep for a couple of hours so I've got loads done including preparing the veg.

aww bless.
your putting me to shame with your tidy house and nice dinner

i need 2 washing washines!!

Did someone mentoin tidy house and nice dinner? Can I come?

My house is serving shoulder of vomit tonight, especially prepared with phlegm.. anyone care to join us?

lol sure you wouldnt want to join us with our yummy 'chicken' soup served with a side order of soggy bread and to wash it down pure irish tap water

Tidy house? It's anything but tidy. Dd leaves her toys all over the place and dh leaves his post on the sofa, mantel piece, dvd unit etc. The kitchen is always full of dirty dishes even when I've just done the washing up and the front room has so much junk in it that we haven't used it for nearly 3 years.

lol sagpuss. Ds has his cold back too and coughs so much after every feed that most of the time he brings up loads of milk mixed up with a bit of phlegm.

I would love to have two washing machines. Or at least a separate washer and dryer. Our kitchen's too small though

Sounds yummy sagpuss!!

Well I made a vat of bolognese sauce on the weekend and froze it, managed to stretch it to five meals by padding it out with loads of grated carrot, mushrooms and chickpeas, so we had that for the second time this week.

When dp came home I went for a bath and fell sound asleep in the water for an hour, came back to a hungry bloke, a screaming baby and they were sitting there in the near dark looking miserable ffs... someone please tell dp the world doesn't stop when I leave the room!!

A silly story to cheer you guys up.

Thanks banana - I needed that after the night I've just had. Did your dp not think to try and work out why James was screaming?

Well last night all started off well. Dd again fell asleep on the way home from mum's at 5pm and we couldn't wake her up so we left her. Ds was asleep by 10:45 so we went to bed at 11. 1:30am I woke up to her screaming. She was unconsolable for about 10 minutes and then decided she needed lunch (?????). I took her downstairs and she wanted pitta bread with jam so I made that for her. She wanted to play after that. I was so worried that she'll wake ds up so I let her play for a while til she calms down. 2 hours later!!!! I still couldn't persuade her to go to bed so I woke dh up (who is very good at these things). He came back after 5 minutes and all was quiet......until 4am. She wanted milk so I went downstairs to get some and found next door's cat asleep on my chopping board. I was sooooooo that I took ages to get to sleep and sooooo tired that I was in tears. I sort of dozed until 5am when ds woke up. I waitd til dh woke up. He was quite annoyed, turned the light on and shook me to tell me he's woken up. I had my eyes closed so for all he knew I was asleep - why did he feel the need to wake me up to tell me???? I'd already been up for over 3 hours. I would really like to understand the thought process that men go through. When I wake up with one of the dcs I make sure I'm quiet as possible. Luckily ds didn't wake up again til 8am so I got a few more hours sleep.

Sorry rant over. Did anyone see The Mummy Diaries? It was really sad. All about mum's preparing their kids for their death. It really made me cry when they showed the funeral at the end.

I'm with you on the bad night - ds2 slept through (he's getting pretty predictable at the sleeping through - feeling nerviously smug!) but ds1 is being a complete nightmare to make up for it! Waking up at least twice a night and refusing to go to bed unless he can go in with dd (who I'm bribing with sweets on the way home from school for an easy life!). Not sure what to do, keep telling myself that this is a phase and will pass!

Still got a dodgy tummy - but looking on the bright side it should be helping to shift some of the baby weight! Also go a bad back so finding it hard to carry ds2 around much. Feel like I'm falling apart - dh kindly said I should expect it at my age!

DH came home last night - fell asleep on the sofa (he had a long day of travel I know but I had too!) - he briefly got up to help put kids to bed fell asleep while I did tea. This morning sorted himself out - had an arguement and went to work - and I was looking forward to him coming home! Sometimes I think its easier when he's not here because at least I can't expect him to do anything (and there's less washing!).

God - don't I sound like a right miserable moo!

gill - I couldn't even watch the advert for that programme!

I didn't watch that programme either, can't face anything sad or scary recently- my tastes have absolutely changed in the past year or so.

Gill, that cheeky cat! when my cat was little we found him in the lettuce spinner, on top of some shredded iceberg lettuce!

I'm not very well, I've got a sore throat, blocked nose, headache, and I have eczema all over my face, so feeling fairly sorry for myself. Ds won't stop grizzling, probably because he has a blocked nose too (as well as feeling crap after his jabs) but he goes nuts if I try to clear his nose, the neighbours must think we're trying to kill him!

I just want to sleep, but ds (as usual) wants to stand up all day. He took ages to fall asleep last night, then was up at 3am and wouldn't settle til I put him to sleep in our bed. Then he was up at 6am with a blocked nose for ages, then up at 9am for a feed, and been grizzling ever since.

Oh. I just looked at him lying next to me and he's asleep!!!!!!

sorry to hear everyone is sick and tierd. i never get sick its great. but i can join you all on the tierd thing
GillL that sounds like a mad night mine wasn't as bad as that, ds2 woke at about 3 wanting someone to get in beside him, he is starting to make habbit of this and the jealousy isn't settling. ds3 woke at 1, 4 and 7 again which i wouldn't mind as much if i could sleep inbetween but he insists that i hold a dummy in all night for him
and i totaly agree that it would be easier alone because i was up till 2.30am tidying this pigsty while dp sat in bed shouting at me cause he couldn't get ds3 settled have to admit though he is starting to get picky on who feeds him it has to be me prob because dp only gives him 1 in 24 hours and thats because i put my foot down.

anyway got up early this morning to get the kids ready for a haloween party i know 9 days late but anyway drove round for over an hour trying to find the place!! gave up in the end but felt really guilty for the kids as i had a little pumpkin, a frankenstine and lo in mu first halloween costume all staring with big puppydog eyes

Hi all...

Sorry Ive havnt posted much on this thread as Ive had a bit of a bad time (been diagnosed with PND and am on meds) but Im now feeling a lot
better

Baby Amy is now nearly 12 weeks old and is a healthy 14 pounds. Shes a pretty happy little thing apart from reflux which makes her pretty grumpy and very dribbly after feeds. She now smiles loads, laughs, trys to hold her weight up with her legs, bats her toys, grabs some toys and sticks them in her mouth and makes loads of baby talk sounds. If anyone wants to see a pic of her there are some on my profile.

She can sleep for hours on end but unfortunately she does it at the wrong time eg yesterday she went to sleep at 7pm and woke at 4:30am, 9 hours straight! but alas not quite at the right time sigh Hopefully we will be able to shift her sleeping patterns to the right time soon. One good thing is she has in the last week or so started without fuss moved from sleeping in a moses basket beside our bed to a cot in her nursery. She seems perfectly happy with this so we are really pleased with that.

I have been lurking when I can so I have an idea of whats been going on, hopefully from now on I'll be able to participate a little more.

Take Care all...

regards
Elenor

aaw, tasha, what a nightmare. You're being pulled in too many directions! You can't survive on no sleep and be on call 24 hours a day too! You can't be holding a dummy in all night for your lo, it's nice for them to have a dummy but not essential, don't get him used to it! Your sleep is precious so you can stay alert and available for your kids. Trust me, I dropped scalding porridge all over myself the other week when I was really sleep deprived, it could have been all over ds.

I can't believe how unhelpful your dp is considering you have three kids, one of which is premature and has feeding difficulties. The least he could do is pull his weight around the house, or with the kids. Try to rope in some help! If you lived nearer I'd come round and mind your kids while you caught up on some sleep or housework.

Supposed to be having family round tonight but I just feel so shitty and I need a shower and to go food shopping, so I think I'll put them off til the weekend. Some well placed coughinga nd hacking on the phone should do it (lovely!)

Hang on... whats wrong with sleeping from 7-4.30am? that would be my idea of bliss? Elenor- is Amy your first? If yes, don't change ANYTHING!!!!!!!! She'll soon go througuh the night, and 7 is a perfect time to go to sleep! Evie goes til about 2.30 sometimes 3.30 usually, then off to sleep again after feed.

That said, we're off to docs this afternoon as I think the cold is now on her chest, she's quite wheezy. might be over owrrying, but better safe than sorry esp at weekend.

Hi Elenor! Sorry to hear you've been suffering with PND, but glad to hear you're feeling a bit better. You're not the only one, there are one or two others who have had a rough time with it on here.

Glad baby is ok, she's beautiful, look at all that lovely hair! James is bald by comparison. Mine has been doing the standing up thing for a bit now, once they start they don't want to stop, do they? Mine would happily stand up all day, my arms are like Arnold Schwarzeneggers!

Oh dear, I'm having an accidental chav moment... James has turned his head away from his baby gym and is happily watching Jeremy Kyle on the tv! Nooo, don't look, baby!

There are bribes a plenty in our house loler. Dd started wetting herself recently so I've had to bribe her with sweets to try for a wee more often.

Are the Dh's/Dp's getting worse as the babies get older? They really don't understand what it's like having to look after the kids and do all the housework. They must be so tired after sitting at a desk all day

Hi Elenor - I was thinking about you the other day, hoping you were ok. Glad you're feeling better. Not surprised you've got PND with everything you've been going through. How are things with your dp's ex?

Going to see fireworks tonight. Dd's going to love it but I'm sure she'll be shattered staying up late. Hopefully that will mean she sleeps well tonight. Fingers crossed!!!

Forgot to mention. Had to go out to buy a blouse today for my interview on Monday. I'm so nervous. Wish me luck.

hiya good luck gillL!!
elenor i had pnd with ds1 it does get better the tablets really help.
james i know i should its just easier to give him the dummy im terrible. but after staying up till 2.30am tidying dp comes down thismorning and puts one of ds2s big dirty nappys on the kitchen bench had a huge argument with him about it.
anyway have my dad coming over from london tonight will be the first time he has seen lo and my house as i moved when ds was in hospital. so gonna tidy AGAIN

ShrinkingBagpuss...
Were you GrowingBagPuss, I remember you from the ante natal thread I think, when you went I long time overdue?
Yes Amy is my first and yes it is great she sleeps for a long time but my partner and I have been a tad irritated over her habit of sleeping from 6-7pm to 1 or 2 am and then her waking at 4 or 5.
Mind you I think it is us who have made a mistake ie because in a book we've read the advice is not to wake baby we've let her sleep to silly'o'clock ie 1-2am
Last night we accidently didnt wake her around the small hours for a feed and change and she slept for the 9 hours.
Tonight we will try to wake for a feed and change much earlier say around 9-10 and see how she goes

James...
Thanks for your info about others here with PND
As for accidental chav moment! I have caught Amy watching Jeremy Bile too!

GillL...
Thank you for thinking of me
Being on meds really does help. I have had depression before and therefore knew the warning signs this time. I had no hesitation getting help from my doctor after all my family (partner, his daughter and our lil baby) are the most important people in the world to me. I have to keep strong for them and if having a 'chemical crutch' for a while helps with that, I have no hesitation using it.

Tascha...
Thank you for your experience and advice
Yes those little chemical crutches really do help!

lo is screaming for a dummy do i give him one and spend the rest of the night holding him or do i let him cry it out??? i feel bad for him but im loosing it here

Yes, tis I, was growing, now shrinking!!

We have never managed to get into the habit of waking Evie. She goes to bed at 7, 7-30 or later if she's thrown up. She usually sleeps til 2 or 2.30, then trough til about 6.30 - but if she wakes earlier, then I have the same prob as you - she wants to be up at 5 ish - she goes baack to sleep with a snuggle - but that really annoys DH!

We never woke DS either, and he suddenly went through the night at about 19 weeks (which seems like a long time away) but we've never looked back, and he has nearly always been a dream at night.

It is difficult isn't it ? To wake or not to wake?