Hey everyone, ds has gone down for a nap but not sure how long for so this could end suddenly...
Had a nice NYE, went to PIL's and watched the life of brian, had buffet type snacks and i had 2 half glasses of wine mixed with lemonade (was driving back cause been bf more anyway so didn't want to drink too much). Just had a lovely relaxed evening although ds was a bit unsettled on and off, not sure why but even when he's unsettled he's such an angel, even his cries are sweet . We counted in the new year and afterwards I got a bit emotional, just stood there holding ds thinking what a wonderful gift he was and how amazing it was that he was ours! The best new years ever imo, I feel so blessed...
Yeah i've been thinking about the fact this time last year ds wasn't even concieved, I don't know the actual date he was as we wern't actually trying, well we were kind of tempting fate and seeing what happened whilst not actually ever saying 'right, we'll try now'... we really wanted him but were trying to hold off actively trying for a few months till we'd moved house, anyway we were less carefull than usual, acidentally on purpose and..oops . What is lovely is that i found out i was pregnant on valentines day so it'll be extra special this year!
I also agree with all of you who have said so that i'm happy to have 'met' you all here on this thread, you have all made my experiences as a first time mum a lot less stressfull and a lot less lonely than it would have been, i feel so close to all of you and love the way we can talk about absolutely anything without feeling embarrased or judged, you are all fab and brilliant mummys too!
Dylan had his first jabs yesterday, the poor little mite, he was all snoozy and just waking when she put the needle in, he cried but not for long and no ill effects so far .
J20 - sorry you melted your laptop, although it is a funny storey, glad i haven't done that with mine, it's only a couple of months old! Hope your insurance pays out! I too feel like i can't drag myself out of bed some days, don't think it helps being winter and having the dark mornings, some days i'm better than others though, don't know why that is?
GGG - your lo's sound like they play some exciting games, i wanna join in! can't wait till ds is that age so i can act silly with him!
inzi - hope your cold gets better soon
nellie - hope your lo's cold clears up soon
ejt - that massage sounds amazing, i've never had a professional massage of any sort but really fancy it
alice - sorry you felt stressed, glad you feel a bit better now, i get like that quite often, dh helps a lot when he's here then i feel like i can't cope when he's not, always do though!
mrsf - hope the weight loss thing goes ok, i have the opposite problem, well, sort of, i didn't put a lot on and lost it straight away but am now in danger of putting loads on cause i've become obsessed with food as i haven't got enough time to eat it so when i get a chance to eat i totally stuff my face, been eating far too much chocolate and never used to eat it that much, i've nearly eaten a whole cadburys selection box today... help, i'm out of control!
strawberry - yeah i much prefer spring/summer to winter, i mean, i love xmas and all that but the dark nights can be really depressing, especially if you don't get up early enough then it's just dark in a few hours and you feel lke you've lost the day, can't wait to take lo out for long walks when it's sunny and to the beach etc
ellens - wow, i really admire you going for number 2 already! i secretly can't wait for the next one but i think dh will want to wait a bit longer than i do cause he worries about money a lot and he's not too happy in his current job so will want to be more secure/settled before number 2, i don't want the next one right now but maybe in a year or two, keep thinking about having a few running about and playing with each other, will be so cute, will be so exciting when you concieve number 2, keep us updated!
polar - glad to hear lo had a good night, hope it continues
stef - sorry you're having trouble getting lo off to sleep, you tried white noise? we used to hold ds near the cooker hood and the sound used to help him drop off, things like an untuned radio/tv are supposed to work also, you've probably already tried it but only suggetion i could think of? Hows the feeding going? any better at all? i'm slowly picking up the pace with the bf again, been doing just about every other feed for last 4/5 days, just trying to take one day at a time cause everytime i get excited and think i've cracked it i get sore agian, no soreness yet this time so fingers crossed, if i manage to get back to full time bf i will be elated, think i'll feel like i've climbed a mountain... although have to say i've had it nowhere near as tough as you!
anyasmum - i've hears that too, that the first 3 months are the hardest, here's hoping. I think i agree, especially the first 6 weeks in particular... like walking through treacle... in fact i just felt like i was at that bit at teh end of 'Gladiators' - the tv gameshow, where they have to run up a conveyor belt and keep falling down, that was the first 4-6 weeks for me - i can look back and laugh, now
apricott - sounds like you had a lovely NYE, whicj i could stay somewhere with heated floors - bliss
choc- i have same probs with managing to eat, as i said ealier, i either have no time to or just totally stuff my face with junk!
my dh has bought me a load of ready meals so i can at least try and eat something instead of surviving all day on crunchy nut cornflakes.
muppet - i am currently ff and bf, it's a bi of a juggling act isn't it? a lot of the time i feel ds hasn't got enough from me but i'm still building my supply up after stopping, way i see it, as long as he's getting some bm it's better than no bm, do you feel like your lo isn't full enough every evening or just sometimes? could jut be growing and feeding more to stimulate your supply? dunno really, my ds bf for a total of 2 and a half hours this morning, good job i had no place to go, he must have thought 'you're not going anywhere till i get what i want', sometimes it is difficult having the responsibility of feeding them, really felt that when was exclusively bf but as am doing mixed at the moment am slowly getting my head round it and trying to get back to bf only if i can, who knows though?
By the way i'm gettin a bit sick of my mama's and papas ziko buggy, anyone got a jane or loola one that can tell me what they're like cause considering getting something different, needs to face both ways and fold up small, also needs to have good access to the shopping basket bit? any advice welcome
I'm gonna go try eat something now cause amazingly ds is still asleep - hooray, hi to anyone i have forgotten and catch ya soon