DS is doing 10-5:30/6 last few nights, which is great but messing with my expressing a bit. When he was waking at 3/4 I used to feed one side, express the other after I'd put him back down. Always felt completely confident that when he woke next feeding would be fine.
Now if I feed at 6, then express, he seems to wake up again at 7:30/8 anyway and I have The Fear that there won't be anything for him.
This morning I woke up before he did, so expressed one side before feeding him on the other - seemed to work ok, but I bet once I get used to him sleeping later in the morning I won't be waking up early..sleep is too precious!
Denny, sounds like you're doing an amazing job with the potty training.
DS's trouser habits appear to be changing, hopefully this is a phase? He didn't poo at all yesterday, so there was the most incredible explosion this morning..then no more for the rest of today. Not looking forward to tomorrow - wonder if I can get DH to take the first nappy duty
Scamp, every time I've tried to give gripe water DS has choked as well, don't know why, he takes infacol no problem. Am going to have a look for one of those medicine dummies too - didn't know they existed but sounds great. How did Bella know DD was tired at 7:15 and would sleep?
This bit of the day gets me every time - I never feel like I know what DS wants and usually just end up feeding and feeding him.
I've just spotted this thread about cerezette - have told OH to keep an eye on me. Hope I don't have any of the effects described, sounds terrible.
Today I went into town - fairly disastrous, although not because of DS, he was excellent. I just felt quite overwhelmed & stressed using buses. I ended up on one going the wrong direction, the brakes on my buggy kept popping off and then when I realised I was heading into east London rather in to the centre and rang to get off, my wheel got trapped in the door.
Took hours to finally get to John Lewis, then they didn't have what I needed in stock, refusing to let the trip be a complete write-off I picked up some hugely overpriced top/legging sets and then had to wait for ages in queue at which point DS finally realised he was about an hour overdue for his feed.
gah...next stop was Habitat, who have a lovely store on Regent street, which has stupid steps down to the main floor . Ended up having to take DS out of the pram (he is fast asleep at this stage), leaving pram at the other level & carry him around until I can find an assistant who then confirms that thing I want is... NOT IN STOCK. Gah gah gah.
Just managed to get back on train home before rush-hour. The whole time DS was fine, even when he protested his hunger, but I felt so worried that it was all going to go wrong, and that I was running out of time etc etc.
I guess it gets easier once you've done it a few times. Please say it gets easier..
Peachy - excellent news about new and improved Bas personality, long may it continue. That exercise class looks just the thing. I MUST find the sheet with the tummy exercises the hospital gave me - was told I could probaby start around wk 8 post C-section and I'm now a week late. Caught a glance of the jelly-roll that surrounds my tum when I was sitting on the bed in the front of the mirror the other day. Not pretty.
Might need to wait a bit for the walking though - I hurt my knee just swaying from side to side yesterday. I think my ligaments are still a bit loose.