Septermber 07 poppers.....please meet here!

[dal21]

Hi ladies - cannot see a thread for the sept ladies who have popped. Thought I would start one (hope I havent been totally blind and missed one already set up)

we can share our trials and tribulations of our LO's here!

Bit late to this and don't post that much but hello.
My as yet unnamed DD was born on the 24th.
Been suffering the blistered nipples too but worked through it now and am just enjoying her. It's sorting out my other 2 DD's that is hard work, this gorgeous baby is so far a dream.

Hi all ,
Back online at last,getting to be a regular thing with bloody Sky ....on for two weeks off for two ,cant wait til the bloody contract is up.

Anyway to more important things ,congrats to everyone who has finally managed to pop bet you thought you would still be pregnant at christmas!

MrsFish about time too...congrats.How strange that you had forceps on your last birth ...the same as me, and a CS on this one ...the same as me,and we both have two lads!
But you do have a name for your latest addition.....not the same as me .
No ladies I still have no name for my not so little man,how shameful!Still we have a short list of Lucas, Blake,mason and Logan .DP is not that keen on having Logan though but I do like it.I really need to decide now though and I am starting to panic over it.
Might call him tango as he is still jaundiced lol!
He is doing well though and was weighed today and tipped the scales at 10.10LB so getting plenty of milk down his neck and I still have organ stop nipples to show for it !
He is windy though like some of the other bubs on here but I have found that if I express some milk off first to slow the flow rate down he is not so windy otherwise he just ends up having to gulp it down as it just jets out too fast.
Hope everyone is doing really well anyway and enjoying their little ones,please enjoy them while they are in your arms as they grow to little terrors in the blink of an eye ,my DS1 is three on Sunday...Where did the time go?
Anyway Tango man has woken from his kip and is starting to rev up for a fed so will have to go and get the pump on the go before the fed.
Catch you all soon ,Love to you all.
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Hello ladies. Congratulations thomcat! I know what you mean when you say that its the other 2 that are the hard work! I didn't realise how easy I had it with the first and even the second. I've no idea how those with 4,5,6 or even more cope.

Dal, sorry to hear you and Ryan aren't so well. Hope you both are feeling much better soon. Liam had a very sore bum when he had diarrhea, but the good news is that it cleared up as quickly as it appeared. Hope you get some sleep soon. I've been thinking of holly and hopey too, hopefully they are well and I'm sure we'll hear from them soon. Big hello to you both!

MrsM, been thinking of you too, but I see you've been on today. Glad things seem to be going well for you, you've done brilliantly.

Sophus and ccpink, congratulations on the big poos! It's mad what our world revolves around now isn't it?! I remember when ds2 poo'd just once a week it was never a big amount, just the regular size and I used to wonder where it all went. But someone explained that breastmilk is so efficient that it has very little by-products, and hence sometimes hardly any waste.

I had a huge row with dh this morning. The first big one since Liam was born. Things haven't been right between us for a few years, but we've been a bit better lately. Not any more I guess. I feel like I'm always moaning on here. Sorry.

Hi mmmar, I like you name choices. My fave is Logan. It was on my list, but dh wasn't so keen. Hope you reach a decision soon!

Hiya all,

i really am struggling to cope and I definitely don't find time to log on as much as i'd like. i went back on the anti depressants a few days ago so i'm hoping things will improve soon. ds1 (19 months) is being an absolute nightmare and i'm sure that me being cranky all the time is making it worse. he's being really spiteful at his toddler group and that is making me feel like i don't want to go anymore as i'm sure everyone watching must think i'm a bad mum. feeling so overwhelmed and don't really know what else to do about it. sorry for the depressing post.

love to you all

LLL xx

I finally found you all!
I haven't managed to read the thread yet, but will. I hope everyone is coping womanfully [as opposed to manfully lol]

Hi LoupyLouLisa

((HUGS)) So sorry you are feeling like this but glad you came on here to say how you are feeling. I think it is very brave of you to admit it is sometimes a struggle and I hope the anti depressants start to help soon. Try and be kind to yourself, you have a lot on your plate - a new baby is very hard work, though lovely, particularly when there are other children to look after as well, and 19 months is still quite a dependent age.

Sorry your DS1 is finding things hard, which in turn makes it hard for you, but I expect he is very confused and anxious at having to share his lovely mum with a new baby. The only way he can think to get your attention is by acting up at toddler group - is it a drop in group? Perhaps give it a miss this week to take the pressure off both of you, though I am sure the other mums aren't judging - we have all been there too Could there be an opportunity for your DH/friend to cuddle the baby for a while while you have some quality time with DS1 - I have really had to make an effort to set aside time with my DTs (nearly 3) as one of them in particular was quite jealous of the baby. We also bought them some new colouring pens, books etc from the baby and hid them in her pram for them to find. sorry if you have already thought of all the above, and really hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself.

kinki - sorry to hear about the row with DH, its horrible when you are tired and rushed off your feet and having various health problems without that sort of stress too, especially as he has just come back from a lads week. FWIW I think you have done brilliantly to get this far with a new baby and two other DCs before having a major row - me and DH had a screaming meltdown the other day and Millie is much younger than your little Liam - so I think you both deserve some credit there. Its good that things were seeming a bit better lately, perhaps give yourself a chance to sleep on things (Ha ha, sorry bad joke) and maybe they still might be ok - i hope so

MMooMar and Thomcat - don't keep us on tenterhooks too long with the names for your lovely babies. I like all your names MMooMar, especially Lucas - surely you get to decide as you did all the hard work

Dal - hope Ryan is feeling better and his diarrhoea settles. great knews about the scan

Nicki10 - congrats on the arrival of Poppy, hope you are recovering after your dramatic time.

Kyala - nice to hear from you - I seem to have taken over the epic posting tonight - the house is falling down round my ears, I am a scummy mummy

Dal - sorry hope you are feeling better too as well as Ryan. Funnily enough I had my first full on cold in years last week - its rubbish not being able to crawl under the duvet and hibernate until its gone isn't it - hope you and the wee man on fighting form again soon.

MrsMar, hope you had fun with the in-laws and sounds like you and Luca are experts at this BFing malarkey now - glad you got it sorted.

ccpink and sopus - congratulations on the huge yellow poos! Good grief, I am not going to be hired out as an after dinner speaker any time soon

Twitmonster - how's it going with four - am toying with squeezing in just one more

Thank you hammer.

I've just finished reading the thread and I'm so sorry for any one finding it hard going at the moment. Try not to worry too much about how you feel right now as it will get better, and you have all of us here to help.
Well I suppose I should catch you all up and tell you about the last three weeks, but it will be short as it is almost bedtime.
Ryan was born [very amusingly just as m/w pulled up] was told by a m/w he was jaundiced and needed to go for tests, whereupon I told her he looked no worse than the others did and I would wake him every 2 hours day and night for feeds in order to flush it from his system. Another m/w came the next day and agreed that I was right and that he did not need to go in. [got the feeling that the previous m/w was a bit naff and prone to doing this.] He feeds 2 hourly in the day and then wakes at 2 am at night, having 'gone to bed' with me at 10 and getting up at 6/7 am. lol. He was weighed at 6 days and was 6lb 10 and we were discharged.
This is just as well as dp went back to work after one week, mum and s/dad stopped for a couple of days and by last monday I was back on the school run. No more blood {hooray} so can start feeling more human again.

my h/v is great, although the one I saw with dd was shite.

life with four is interesting. no time to eat or [lol kinki] poo or sit or shower.... at tea making time I had Ryan making himself known as is his wont at that time, dd screaming because ds2 took a toy off her and ds1 and ds2 fighting and shouting. plus folding the washing, nappies, feeding, cleaning.....
I could go on. Have I put you off yet?
All the lo's love him, including dd who kisses him all the time.

very long, sorry!

oh,and I'm getting married on the 31st.lol

and it's my birthday tomorrow.

[desperate for some attention now

32 before you ask.

no cards as postal strike. Dp forgot. Has remembered now but he is back at work until friday.

now I'm going to bed sulking lol

Hello all,

I can't help but feel ever so slightly of you guys at having pooey nappies, albeit at different intervals etc! But then, I guess you'd be of me at Cerys sleeping through every night, so its swings and roundabouts! We've had a few emergency bag changes over the weekend as it doesn't seem to be sticking in the right places - DH has had to step in as my helper (he initially couldn't handle seeing Cerys go through it so my parents were coming round every time we did a bag change). I have to have somebody with me to hold down her left arm and leg and also whisper reassurance in her ear while she screams! DH has done really well but he's not really well himself to be honest - he had his clinic appointment this morning and they've put him back on some different ad's and also given him sleeping tablets for one week but thats a whole other story...

I too have had a stinking cold for a few days and its really getting me down now! DS gave it to me and it seems to have gone to my chest today - hope I don't end up with a chest infection, haven't had one of them for a couple of years. I started taking echinacea a few years ago and haven't had a cold since then but obviously stopped taking it when I was pg so my immunities are low right now. I've done a bit of research and it seems to be ok to take when bf'ing, afterall I'm only feeding her a couple of times a day now as I think my milk is running out. (btw, we've bought some of that carex handgel to keep our hands clean and I'm using a few squirts every time I blow my nose/cough/sneeze - so far Cerys hasn't picked up the cold so it might be worth trying?!)

DD1 (9) burst into tears on Saturday night when we had to do a bag change right when X-Factor was starting - she said she's worried that she's not my favourite girl anymore bless her! I cried with her for a while and we've promised we will have a proper X-Factor night as soon as possible. No matter how much she loves Cerys (and she really does bless her!); life has changed dramatically since she arrived and she requires more attention than I had anticipated what with everything that has happened so I feel awful - I've already made an effort to spend some time with her to even out the balance a bit and I'm giving her extra cuddles when I can.

I think I'm having my first period since having Cerys and my tummy cramps seem to be worse when I'm feeding - anybody else got theirs yet? She's 5 weeks now so I guess its about right but I've never been regular...

LLL - thinking of you and sending you ((hugs)). Can't imagine going onto ad's with a newborn to cope with too - DH is pretty much out of action when he goes onto them so I'm dreading this next week or so as he'll be suffering with the impact of them while I juggle Cerys and the older kids around.

kinki - You moan away, thats what we're here for - you've certainly put up with plenty from me! Hope you have managed to avoid a walkathon again today? Roses eh, I guess thats a start but sorry to hear you had a row - keep your chin up! How is DS2 now? As far as visits etc go, I saw the community mw's twice before our 'adventure' kicked off and since then, I've seen my hv once and my 'nursery nurse' countless times for weighing. She is happy to continue coming to the house to watch Cerys's weight due to our circumstances and she's lovely. And the book: When I had DS (13 years ago mind!), my mw handed me the birth to five book but stressed that he hadn't read it yet so not to hold him to it! You're not missing anything there I'm sure!

Hammer - LOL on suffocating Millie with your boob, must have been a strange vision to walk in on!

amyclaramum - we seem to be getting loads of those WTF expressions too, they're hilarious! We've had a few glimpses of genuine smiles (slightly different from the windy ones) and we're now in training for proper smiles! I swear she gave me a couple of genuine ones when we were in the hospital but I reckon they were miraculous ones to keep me going at the time iykwim

dal - hope you have a better night with Ryan tonight, also so pleased to hear his hips are fine!

kyala - lovely to see you, how did today go in the end?

Twit, MMooMar, Thomcat and Nicki10, lovely to see you all and everybody else - big hugs!

PLP xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIT!!! Darned xposts lol!

How awful that the strikes have come at the same time as your b'day - just think, you should get them all together on Thursday (if I heard correctly).

You really are superwoman, I take my hat off to you!!!!! Do you wear your knickers on the outside?

Getting married on 31st of which month? How exciting!!!

Hammer-That's hilarious about you trying to squirt milk in Millie's eye!! I have to admit, I also looked like I was trying to suffocate my LO, it kept dribbling down her cheek bless her!

Im having good and bad days here, sometimes Millie will just feed and cry all day and other days she is so content. Guess that's the same for all babies...

Last night she woke at 5 for a feed which was excellent.

Is anyone else being a bit rubbish with their pelvic floor exercises? When on earth are we supposed to find the time?! Have noticed those muscles are very weak though so really should remember...

WELL DONE EVERYONE, THIS IS HARD WORK! XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi everyone

Thanks for your messages, I feel heaps better today as does Ryan...he did 6 and then 4 hours between feeds last night (hoorah!), his diarrhea and nappy rash has cleared up..so he has basically fed and settled straightaway, so I got a chance to catch up on my sleep.

I have texted holly and hopey to see if everything is ok.

Thomcat - congrats!
Moomar - great to hear from you.
Kinki - sorry to hear about the row between you and DH. Hope things get better, am sure they will.
LoopyLou - great to see you on here and am glad you have come on to share. Sorry things arent great at the mo, but as the other posters have said, take it each day at a time and am sure the tablets will start helping soon enough. to you! And am sure that no mums are judging you. Young toddlers lashing out when a new one arrives is more common than we think. My boss' son started biting other children when their twins arrived - and his son is normally a very happy and well behaved child. He will grow out of it soon enough.

Hammer - well done on the epic posting. hope everything ok with you.

Twit - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! And yes, you have put me off anymore. . in all seriousness though, I was thinking last night how much harder it has to be with any subsequent pregnancies when you already have a toddler. DH and I were thinking about trying for no.2 when Ryan is 12 months old...will think it through very carefully.

Enjoy your days everyone, London is wet and miserable...i am planning on staying nice and warm indoors!

Hi edie - XPosts! Ryan is exactly the same, terrible days (yesterday) - crying lots vs great days and nights (last night and this morning)....guess they are going to do what they feel like doing!
I think I should do pelvic floors when I am feeding, but I am always doing something else (eating/ reading/ watching tv...already onto series 4 of my SATC boxset from nighttime feeds)

Congratulations Nicki, Thomcat and MrsFish (sorry to any I've forgotten).
PLP, so sorry poor little Cerys is going through this, and that DH is suffering too. It's such a difficult time for all of you.
LoopyLou, hope the ad's are helping you and that the toddler tantrums are ebbing.
Hopey, if you're looking in, hope things are improving.

Glad to hear about the mega-poos!

I've uploaded a couple of photos on my profile - one of DD1 showing she is a great sister. She's decided we can keep the baby, now. I'm getting a lot of 'Do you still love me as much?' questions from her(as well as hideous tantrums), but the leg means she's already had to deal with my being physically distant and distracted for 2 months - it may have helped. All I know is that she is looking forward to a time she calls 'back to normal' and that's a great thing to know.

happy birthday twit! it was my birthday yesterday and the postal strike was my excuse for not getting any cards. but getting a card from linus was all I needed to make it brilliant, although he undid it by screaming until midnight, and all because he was tired and couldn't settle. I woke up at 5.30am with him still in my arms in bed - opps.
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Twit and sophus - HAPPY BIRTHDAY . Hope you had good ones and enjoy the huge flood of cards and pressies which will undoubtedly arrive on thursday.

Toadstool - love the pics, how proud and delighted does your DD1 look to be a big sister, how old is she?

Dal - very glad to hear you and Ryan on the mend - he does seem to be a good boy at nights (when not poorly). could he do a little masterclass for my Millie.

Edie - pelvic floor- what's that? . Hadn't even thought of it, though have started clenching since reading your post. Was able to jump on a trampoline without Tenalady after the DTs, but suspect that would not be the case now.

Hope the rest of you are having a good day, I may need to eat a lot of chocolate. x

Purple - sorry you are feeling rough, hope your cold clears up soon, but very glad Cerys hasn't got it too. Sorry to hear DH not feeling great either, hope the tablets help, you guys seem to be having more than your fair share of stress right now. So sorry if all the nappy/poo comments are a bit insensitive when you would love for Cerys to have a big dirty nappy, the bag changes sound very difficult for all of you ((HUGS)) Bless your DD1 for asking being worried she is not your favourite girls anymore, its heart breaking isn't it when there is just not enough of you to go round. Hope you get to have your x-factor night with her soon.

Having said that about the poo, perhaps this might make you laugh. I was changing Millie's nappy in bed last night after a feed about 4am with her lying on the changing mat on top of the duvet, as I am too lazy to get out of bed and just have all my baby paraphernalia cluttered round my side of the bed within arms reach like a little mothercare annexe. Anyway I was letting her have a little kick before fastening the new nappy and she let off a couple of warning farts, which I stupidly ignored, before spraying a yellow jet of liquid plop all down my nightie, my leg, my foot, the bed and the duvet. Started yelling "oh shit, I'm covered in shit" to sleeping DH who woke up with a start thinking I was the one who had pooed in the bed. I reassured him it was not me and he sorted Millie while I limped to the bathroom leaving a trail of yellow shite on the carpet (I discovered later), gave myself a quick wipe down and put all my clothes to be incinerated . Then realised that baby poop was seeping into our very expensive memory foam mattress so started hurling bedding on the floor (also leaving a light pebble dashing of poo on the wall I discovered later). Must have been a terryfying sight, me, naked furiously trying to scrub poo off the matterss with foaming carpet cleaner, then insisting we turn it over. the bloody mattress weighs about 8 tonnes and I couldn't manouvre it very well and nearly knocked over Millie in her moses basket. Finally settled back to bed much later and DH looked over at me muttering "I'm a lucky man indeed", but i suspect he was being sarcastic. Am resting now after sanitising the whole of upstairs before the DCs catch something.

sophus - happy birthday!

hammer - thanks for your post. hysterical. thus far have stuck to changes on changing table and will now stick to it.

am i the only one who gets up to feed and change at nighttime? would get bored staying in bed...

Hammer-Sometimes im tempted to put the change mat on the bed at night but after that post I think ill stick to the floor

hammer - pmsl at your post - fabulous - though not for you or the bedroom. I'm getting up dal but only quickly to change and get organised then getting into little bed in nursery to feed. very cosy. can't believe you're there watching satc!you must be shattered! don't think i could even follow it.
kinki and loopy - hugs to you both. hope things pick up. agree that you should come on here when feeling down - this is our sanctuary - well mine anyway!
twit and sophus- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Twit - definitely put me off having more. I feel things are going better than I thought they would so maybe I should copy and paste your post somewhere incase I get tempted to think of a number 2!
my mum came down yesterday but went today as she said dhe felt a bit like a spare part!? Guess she was expecting us to be in turmoil but I figure I need a little routine of my own. Don't think she was being funny but now I'm not so sure?!
anyway must dash. determined to empty dryer before next feed