April 2008 - the one where Scorpio and Millie show us all the 'through the night' trick

[Scampmum]

Sorry if someone else has already started one - couldn't find it!

Much better night last night, maybe due to gripe water?

Are you BF, have your periods come back? Mine have but i don't know if that means im fertile again, have heard about trial runs??

Sal - its 18 months, your body's reserves get used up whilst your pg and this time allows optimum nutriton return between babies. it is alot for a body to go through so close together.

I quite enjoy being pg, but the 2nd and third times have been harder and no fun at all.

Soph- DS1 was 5 months when ds2 was conceived, i think its normal to be broody soon after- it all seems to go so fast and you haven't got to the pita stages yet [wink[.... but personally I would recommend it.

Sal -DS2 (7.5) can get into Bas's newborn clothes btw Sal, so don't worry LOL.

lol peachy you are still hiding??

i dont think i could cope with potentially two within a year. 18 months, yes.

and soz if i sound stroppy having a bad few days

lol Peachy you got me and sal mixed up- I have 3 (oldest is 3) and I AM NOT thinking of having any more...EVER

Haha - it's definitely not me thinking of a second just yet - in fact the last time DP glanced at me I hit him with a frying pan (not really).

Greet to meet you gals - looking forward to the next!

I reckon hormones are doing strange things to us at the moment, I have NEVER wanted a baby, and yet a couple of days ago I saw a 4-day old in the park, and thought - how cute, I'd like one of those As if my pita 6-wk old isn't enough!

Ah, ok, thanks for info Scorpio. Oh, and you don't sound stroppy at all. Btw, I'm mixed feeding - mostly breastfeeding, but formula top-ups at night sometimes and sometimes when I'm out. And my periods came back last week :-( (although, lighter than before, and not painful, so maybe it's "nicer" now, if you could call it that). I just assumed that means I'm fertile again... maybe not? Will google "trial runs" and the necessary - hope it won't bring up anything too scary!

Hehehe soph - i quite like getting mixed up at the moment, as it seems i might be really silly... .

Peachy, glad to hear it's at least normal to be broody so quickly again. My older brother was 5 months old when I was conceived as well, but then, I wasn't actually planned, lol. As the unplanned 4th child with such a small gap I'm in awe of my mom! She did say it was hard but great at the same time, but then, I guess she can't say it was hell now, can she? As obviously I was an angel at all times [wink}

Soph, can't think why you wouldn't want 4 under 4, he he

Sal, would say there's pro's and con's to big gap and small gap.
Big gap, first one at school so just like having a first baby all over again, lots of time just u and it, older child able to fend for self a bit, able to wait a bit 4 meals/drinks etc and some help ie can you start a bath running/fetch nappy etc. Oh and of course u can enerally reason with them.
Small gap, gets all nappies/bottles etc all over and done with in short time, less jealousy issues, can play with each other when baby older - only one age range toys in house, never a dull moment. Hmm thought there would be more, sure someone else can contribute.

Personally I have no preference to either way although closer together is definately harder in the first few weeks. Reckon if you want to do kids and then get career back on track after, go for it, at least your sleepless nights are done over 2 years instead of 5 or 6.

Peachy it's ok I think the've gone for a while you can come out from the shed.

BTW why does god decide to pull the plug out his bath at school run time? Threatened rain all day, 3pm the heavens opened, 30 mins later on getting home it stops think he's having a laugh?

lol denny

how weird. DS has been sleeping from 12:30 until now. He just started crying but refused to open his eyes so have latched him on. Not sure whether he's awake with eyes shut or feeding in his sleep.
I think yesterdays activities broke him.

sorry about confusion sal & niceychops. Think it might have broken me too.

Blimey thats a lot of sleep! Don't think we've had that much all together today.

help

Bas poor chap tried to scalp himself on crib rails this morning, got himself wedged- bright red head

Ladybee, if you want a VBAC then a year old scar has less chance of rupturing than a newer one.
There is no time frame to how long you must wait, I'm just not ready to be pg again yet, plus have had 3 sections now so the scar is more raw iyswim.

I know exactly what you mean about getting over the CS, bit run off my feet atm (baking muffins for DD's school fete) so I'll give you some links about birth trauma tomorrow.

lol peachy. i suggest posting some earplugs through his letter box. buy some for yourself too. maybe poor Bas was trying to block his ears for the afternoon session to follow!

I definitely want VBAC next time, ultimately would prefer HBAC. My Em C-Section was very civilised and the decision made after lots of discussion between me and the consultant, and my physical recovery was super-quick - so I was really taken aback by my emotional response afterwards. I still cry (see, here we go, tears start to fall) everytime I think or talk about how I felt in the weeks after. I think I'm really going to have to take some steps to "deal" with this properly - can imagine it's the sort of thing that if you don't then it could really bite you the next time around.

Advise please - Ben woke up this morning with a bit of gunk around his right eye, and it looks a bit red and swollen and is streaming a bit. Is that a GP situation or a wait-and-see? It's friday. Don't fancy trying to get to an out of hours GP on the weekend if it does get worse. . Might just give them a call.

Also, how long can they go without pooing? I think Ben hasn't been since Tuesday. He definitely didn't go on Wednesday and hasn't since...not even sure about Tuesday.
He's doing lots of wet nappies and seems generally well in himself.
After his big nap yesterday, he had a 30 min nap at about 6:30 when I went out for stroll with the pram and then slept from 9:30-2am, fed, then slept until 6

If it's red and swollen LadyBee it sounds like conjunctivitis which needs drops, but I'd try bathing it with cooled boiled water (and dabbing on a bit of breastmilk if you're breastfeeding) and see if it's any better by this afternoon. Gunk/streaming on its own is nothing to worry about, it's the redness that you need to look out for.

wot piccalli said.
Plus make sure you only wipe once, from inside to outside of eye, with cooled boiled water or breastmilk (my mw suggested breastmilk for alex it worked wonders) and then throw it away.
Baby's tear ducts get blocked with gunk quite easily, which makes them weep, but that will go by itself. The redness is what suggests infection(conjunctivitis) rather than normal weepy eye.

WRT the CS, try contacting www.birthtraumaassociation.org.uk
and having a look at some Sheila Kitzinger stuff

Thanks for summery VS - did you enjoy getting wasted?

Hope you had a lovely wedding anniversary denny

My wedding has been re-booked for 26th July. So providing DP does not develop some kind of ailment I should be missus DP then. Well actually I won't be as not changing my name, but you know what I mean.

Apparently he might have had a heart attack, but only a very, very small one, which caused no damage. He's going to dine out on this for months.....

Very impressed at your rolling baby TMP - I don't think Molly is EVER going to cos she hates being on her tummy. Hey ho, will keep trying. She's only nine weeks so plenty time yet I suppose.

Did you get your man sorted scorpio?

Wouldn't worry about the pooing ladybee - MW said can be a few days sometime. Try giving him some sips (not too much) of cooled boiled water during day it can help get things moving

Molly went down for a sleep this morning! Meant to do housework but went on internet instead. House still grubby but have caught up on MN which is far, far more important.

Oh, she wakes. Am trying the no-dummy thing but it ain't easy. Last night was great but only cos she was so bloody knackered from a night of practically no sleep the night before, which left both of us on our knees!

Must go see to the squeaking one...see you in a bit hopefully

tmp is yours small? small babies roll earlier dont they (at least that was mum's exvuse for being unimpressed when Bas rolled LOL).

Ellie- i'm going away that day so please acceptr my congrats ow. If you could cat me your addy i'd love to send you a card.

Not been out yet Ellie, was practising the bottle taking for sunday, but I shall enjoy it, oh yes!

BTW, just a thought FSID say not to replace the dummy when baby spits it out during sleep.

Ah thanks peachy I don't know how to cat if can work it out I will otherwise thank you for thought.

I do that with the dummy thing, but trouble is she's got very used to sleeping with it and when not in a deep sleep will wake up snorting and squeaking for it. It can be every half hour to hour in the night, so I really have to get her used to kipping without it or both of us will always be tired and cranky. But think I am winning with it - last night I took it out when she was asleep and she st