March 2008 births

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Welcome March Mums (and late Feb/early April Mums!) from the March 2008 threads.

oooh found the PN thread......just in time for BM (baby monster) to wake up...I am sure he has a MN radar! Will read and post later !

:waves:

boo, found you all too!
Things ok here Cooper hasn't stopped sleeping since we came home, i am in shock! He wakes every 3-4hrs has a feed, a look around then zonks out......whats going on....?? in comparison to DS1 he is a saint and an angel...although i shouldn't speak too soon!

Had DS1 birthday party today, more adults than kids admittedly, but still a knackering day., going for a hot lavender and tea tree bath, Lov e to all and will def catch up next week!

good luck mb! saw pics of your boys, they are so cute. welcome mofm.

mastitis/fever scare must have been in my head as am fine now. but had frustrating day as my perfect little sleeper is now fussy and getting up every two hours, feeding irregularly etc. thought it was growth spurt but it's been going on four days now, today being the worst.

have been in pajamas all day and have only slept ate and pooped (which is going well btw :.). basically i am just like a newborn!

ps so funny - the ross rachel veto on baby naming episode was on tv tonight!

pss and the name they fight about the mkost is Ruth which is our LO's middle name....ha ha

Hello ladies and babies! About time I posted over here...

All is going well so far, I'm definitely more chilled than I was with pfb DD1!! Very sleep-deprived though cos Allie just doesn't like to sleep at night! aaaaargh! In fact she likes to have a huge nap just before bed time, then feeds and has awake time until 1:30-2am. Hopefully she'll start sleeping better at night soon before my brain melts and runs out of my ears from sleep-deprivation.

DH goes back to work tomorrow and I'm a bit nervous. He's done such a good job of keeping DD1 entertained while Allie and I slob out on the sofa feeding and cuddling. But it's all down to me tomorrow, eep! I'm planning to keep Allie in a sling most of the day but I got the sling from a friend, without the instruction video so I have no idea how to put the darned thing on!

Remember ladies, sleep is for the weak and it will only get easier/better!

hi all, hate to be so brief. ta, MNFM...and 4 days so far - it still sounds like a growth spurt to me! derah, which sling is it? sometimes you can find instructions on line, you tube etc

MB - great minds think alike! After not finding any videos on the net the other days, I found lots this evening on YouTube and can now type properly cos Allie is safely tucked into said sling instead of me having to hold her!! It's a Hug-A-Bub sling and so far seems very comfy and secure...

i've got a kari-me to play with later this week. hope it's going to work...need more hands free with toddler on the loose!

made it back! phew! its hard work having 3 monsters

Had a terrible night last night...BM was great...every 3 hours he woke rather than every 2 but DS2 had ear ache so woke A LOT

Am having latching issues at the mo...BM will latch on but oly after he has rooted all over the place, rubbed his face in my boob, covered himself and me in milk, fallen asleep and cried loudly. Going to see if the MW can advise when she comes later. 11 days now....where the blinking eck did the time go?????!!!!!!

You guys with toddlers are heroes! I can barely hold things together with just the baby. The house is relatively put together and baby fed but I look like a crack whore most of the time!! Derah - good luck on day 1 on your own...

Speaking of time flying, Sanam is one month old tomorrow. Holy sh*$!

Marchmum - LOL at 'crack whore', glad I'm not the only one! Love the name, by the way.
Glamma - hope you are feeling better and glad your stitches weren't where I thought you meant, had most awful image in my mind!

DH first day back at work today and my little booby muncher is very hungry. My aim for the day is to unload and then reload the dishwasher. And maybe brush my hair [birdsnest emotiticon]. I think I need a servant! How on earth do you manage with more than one child at the same time? DH is already talking about no 2 - start trying in 6 months he reckons.

Actually, blooking ike a crack whore is IMO a sign you are doing it right - you've slowed right down to baby speed just when its needed.

I had to get dressed and schlep GG down to UCH for bilirubin test this am. I am almost winded with tiredness now. Ouch.

Night night from me!

ahah i have found the postnatal thread

i shall quicly post and add it to my faves whilst madboy4 is asleep. just back from the school run, i feel shattered but good.

the littlest madboy is doing fine and is loved by his brothers, dp has the week off work so he is doing all the cooking, washing up etc and i am trying to rest... but ds3 makes that quie hard work as he is a bit over enthusiastic about the baby, hoping the novelty will wear off soon...

still no name but i am sure we will think of something....

MNFM - well, I guess we second/third/fourth timers are just more chilled about things. I remember with DD1 that I really couldn't cope with more than just looking after her. If I managed to get dressed, or even get a load of laundry on, it was a great day indeed!

Not sure what I was doing with my time though. Today I have...

• got myself, DD1 and DD2 up, dressed and fed
• done a load of laundry
• cleaned the kitchen
• vacuumed downstairs
• sorted out DD1's pre-school application
• walked the dogs
• ignored both my children !!!

A sling is definitely a godsend with two to look after though. LO wouldn't settle in her moses basket today so she's been in the sling most of today. And Ceebeebies has been on a lot!!

Ooh, meant to tell you yesterday.... mw has asked me to go along to her latest ante-natal class on Thursday and show them how to b-feed. And she's going to bath LO to show them that as well. She says it would also be great if I can hang around to answer any questions about home/water birth. And of course, I'll be ready to promote my lovely cloth nappies, since they'll be seeing LO undressed and showing off her clothie bum. Should be fun!

3mb i find GEORGE a very good name

Mmmmm, i think with the first one you spend the time thinking. You have to think so hard. You have to learn a load of stuff about babies, and even more stuff about yourself, your recent experience, your guilt, your fear, your love, your man, your family, your home. You have to come to terms with balancing everything out in the end, while putting the baby first and trying to find who you are now.

That, and weeping at the dust bunnies under the sideboard which you can't get to because the baby (here you might never swear out loud but you resent the baby taking ALL your time so much you are doing it inside) JUST won't get off the breast/settle/stop squirming/stop crying/stop feeding and WON@T LET YOU PLAN.

By the time numbers 2+ come along, you've answered so many of the big questions, and have sucha clearer picture of what your family is shaping into. So then it's a question of logistics, stamina and luck...

What do you other 2+ mums think? WHy is it do-able? WHen I had only one, I wouldn't have believed it, i was frightened of coping at all!

Good thoughts. I do feel I don' have enough time to process what's happening. I am still churning the birth around in my head!! MB as you say maybe you need less processing energy with the second.

3mad, take your time with the name - we took three weeks! :.)

Am not as worried about the dust bunnies or my to do list as I thought I would be - was worried type A german engineering would do me in but have thankfully been able to let go alot of that. And washed my hair today so reduced some of the crack whore feeling!

Speaking of thinking, all my mental energy last few days is taken up with sudden switch in Sanam's temperment - she's approaching naps/eating in a new way. Is it something I am doing? Growth spurt? Something wrong? So, yes, this makes sense, having to do a lot of thinking.

But she's sleeping now so am off to do the same!

Goodness MB, what a deep post! And all very true, I think. I'm well impressed!! You're right, it's just all so new with number 1 that you do need to spend a lot of your time figuring out what the heck you're doing. And double-guessing yourself, plus alternating between adoring and resenting your baby (especially at 3am!).

A far more reasoned response than my "we old timers are more chilled"!

DH is home, so I thought my coping alone time was over. But he's off out again to see his brother at the airport. Fair enough, it's his twin brother and they haven't seen each other for nearly a year. Just bad timing that said brother is arriving on my first day alone with 2 DCs! So now it's an evening alone too, help!!

see, now that's bad luck!
yours, merry-'ommmmm'-berry

MB very glad to have read your 'deep' post, i was really wondering how i would cope if a second LO arrived + feeling v bad about the state of the house and being distressed by clothes not put away in drawers after wasing. piles of stuff everywhere! but you are right, as a first timer i am doing lots of learning and thinking.

derah - what kind of sling do you have? i really like the idea but worry that it would make it harder for her to settle at night. Also what nappies are you using? i have got some (bumgenius + fluffles) but at 7lbs5 not sure if emily is a bit too small yet!

I've woken up this morning with huge norks. Ouch. I think Luke liked his first feed this morning so much he hasn't had another one since. I'm feeling very lucky at the moment with him. The fisrt night home he slept from 12 until 6.30am, then last night he went through from 11.30 to 7am. He woke a few times, but didn't cry and put himself back to sleep. I am now waiting for this to end .

The community midwife is coming round at some point this morning, not sure when though. Luke seems to be feeding well, pooping ok, but he does seem to have a yellowish tinge. Hope its nothing too serious.

Hope everyone is enjoying motherhood as much as me for either the first, second, third or even fourth time

what are norks? translate for the canadian! boobs?

sanam slept just like luke and now on the 3 hr schedule religiously, even at night! have decided to deal with it until 6 weeks when i am going to try and 'train' her to sleep through the night (or more so) as per baby whisperer. we'll see!

told dh the crack whore joke and he said if i still had my iv bruise (they made a mess of it) the look would be complete.

off to meet up with nct buddies...

norks are boobs.
norkage is your bosom.

Piggy - I'm using a Hug-a-Bub. It's been amazing so far when LO just won't be put down but I have stuff to do (like look after DD!1!). LO is really hard to settle at night anyway, annoyingly. She seems to prefer to sleep in bright light and noise!

As for nappies, I'm using size 0 Bimbles and Kissaluvs. I've got birth-to-potty for later on, but at this early stage you really need some little nappies. They're so cute!!! And on their second use (they were DD1's) so I'm getting my money's worth.

Well, ladies, day 2 and still all is going OK. I even manged to get everyone fed, dressed and out of the door by 9:30 this morning to get to our toddler group Easter party. Maybe I'll cope with this 2 child business after all!! Now if I can just get DD1 to stop watching CBeebies all day and DD2 to stop sleeping all day.......

gosh i do have magnificent norkage today if i say so myself. and finally at day 7/8 the insane let down/blister/split nipple agony is easing off.

the upside of having this giant baby is defoo how large his stomach is. He can go a fair time between feeds compared to ds1, and his mouth is more efficient and milking the breast. I've worked out with ds1 at this stage I was feeding 8-10 hours a day. With GG it's only 4-5.

going to treat myself to a couple of posh bras i think. dp, braceyour walllet.