Fab Feb 2009: attack of the zombie mums

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So here we all are, complete with babies and gro-bags under our eyes

Swampster Thanx for that, gonna give it a go tomorrow. Not sure if cooking is a good idea seeing as I can't fry an egg I'll be on here tomorrow afternoon telling you all how I managed to set fire to my kitchen or my microwave blew up! hehehehe
MS That sounds nasty. Getting a bit fed up here fashion wise too. Hope you scar gets better soon, not what you need.
herb Hope you had the wine and enjoyed it. Know what you mean about feeling crap all day after a decent sleep. hard to know what to do for the best isn't it? Also know what you mean about feeling like you're about to tip over the edge, I've spent all of today feeling physically weak, my body just doesn't seem to want to function, it seems my brain is working hard just to get my arm to move! Fingers crossed all of us will hit that full adjustment soon.

Just popping in on my way to bed.. just wanted to say that I have just looked at the Coram's website and think it looks Amazing !!

...from a purely selfish point of view Coram's and the Lido are the easiest for me to get too..but happy to go with the majority vote..

hope everyone manages some decent sleep tonight...

I want to make that playdough!

Since FB changed it's layout, I can't find how to log on to groups page. I lick on where it says groups and it tells me there are no recent updates but doesn't take me to my list of groups.....

NO, it's ok, found them. I am being a bit of a fish today

Hi MS Figured making it would be cheaper than buying it and we can just throw it away when done without wasting a couple of £ that can't be spared.
We are going to get very messy me thinks, but ds1'll love it.
You should make some, lets all have a playdoh day

And that would be how to spell it then playdough, see I told you, fish

Anyone there? We're up and have been for hours, Harry's nose is so bunged up he can't breathe and he's upset. I've tried saline drops, breast milk and a spray - any ideas????? {{{{{desperation icon}}}}} He's feeding now but he's doing it for comfort I think, it's only been 1.5 hours since the last feed

Pempe we're up now but I hope you've already managed to get back to bed. Sorry Harry is unwell. You could try running you shower really hot then sitting in the steamy bathroom with him. Feeding will help him though as it'll keep his fluids up, the sucking will help if he's got a sore throat and it's full of good stuff to help his immunne system.

We're up too. Just waiting for Luke to drift off again after feed.
Everything thom has said sounds like the best things to try. Hope he's settled by now abd you are all in sleepy land!
Got about an hour til ds1 will be ready to get up.

morning all, hope all you that were up in the night were able to get back to sleep.
We were up most of the night. DH left the house at around 11pm for an early hours flight to LHW, should be landing about now
Both DS and DD decided to show me who is boss (joint first prize for them) and had me running around all night. Before he left DH had DD settled and asleep in her room (its been about 10 days so far she hasn't been in with us) but she woke at 1am and climbed in with H and I. He then woke, then she woke, then he woke........ I ended up taking him into her room and sleeping on fold down bed in there and then she came back in and found us. Needless to say, knackered (more so than usual) so going attempt to take H back to bed for a few hours now she has just gone to nursery.

MS ouch to your scar but I can understand your need to get out of tracky bottoms. With me its the knickers causing rubbing problems on the scar. I've got a few pairs of 'bridget jones' ones but don't really want to wear those for much longer (nice VPL)so am trying all sorts of different ones. When I went to the party the other night I wore a pale coloured dress (I amazed myself by squeezing into it) but nearly all my knickers showed through and ended up wearing a white 'hold it all in' thong. Needless to say I was very uncomfortable all night as it didn't hold it all in and kept rolling down and my son was in tears when he heard me say I felt like I'd put Graces's (DD aged 2) pants on by mistake! Must rejoin 'fat club' tomorrow.

herby hope you managed your long sleep

Pempe hope Harry gets better soon. Its so awful when they are snuffly, Harrison was like that for a couple of weeks when he was only a week old and it is so hard.

SMS good luck with the playdough

dinky good jetlag tips, might try some of those. In fact, did have a bit of a nap yesterday pm when the gruesome twosome were both napping at the same time. Managed about an hour and a bit and woke up in a panic at 4pm and had to rush to cook dinner.

Right, hopefully off for a nap now, insha'allah as they say here (god willing)

MoS It's still only 5am here, so middle of the night for us! Hope you get a good nap.
Battery on laptop is about to die, I can see a red light flashins so off I pop.

morning all, hope all of you who were up through the night are now resting. We had a good night, Harriet fed at 10, 3 and then up at 5.45, DS up at 6. Amazing what a 4.5 hour stretch of sleep does for you! Infact I don't think I've had that long unbroken since early in the pregnancy!
Just looked at the Coram fields website, I never knew it existed and I lived in London for a few years It does look good though, has a date been set for a meet? I'm thinking a day trip could be in order- I could convince dh to meet me and take the dc while I go shopping
Sorry some of you are suffering with CS scars, it sounds awful- but hopefully you are all well over the worst now.
hmmm should really go and turn cbeebies off, ds is watching far too much since dd arrived.

We have been awake since 5.30am but I tried to stay in bed for as long as possible- got up about 6.30am. Baby hungry and exploding bottom but he's very very smiley this morning.

It's a gorgeous day here - looks really sunny, think we might spend the day outdoors.

Morning. jen my ds watches far too much cbeebies too but I've convinced myself it's not crap, it's good quality tv for young ones so that's ok. (don't anybody burst my bubble, please )
MS Yes, far too nice to stay in, dp wants to go look around the car boot at Hounslow, aparently they started up again last week

AIBU to be pissed off that DH goes to bed when he likes, leaves me to get up to do feeds and see to ds1 at the same time in the night who had nightmares. Then expects me to get both dcs up and dressed, breakfasted etc whilst he sleeps in until whenever he feels like it.

Then has the feckin audacity to moan about tiredness as the kids 'disturb' him and he gets a broken night just listening to them!

Apart from the 1st 2 nights we were home and he got up with ds1 in the mornings, he does this every night.

Is it grounds for divorce?

Spotty- YES!

Or a least a day in Coventry!

Oh spotty, sounds awful. They're so fucking selfish aren't they? I think it may be grounds for going on strike from all your wifely duties, including cooking his dinner, ironng his shirts, doing his washing etc, I mean if you have to do the dc's 24 hours a day, there's no time to look after anyone else is there? I tell my dp that I'm not his bloody mother..........!

yes yes yes SPOTTY.....GO ON STRIKE in the meantime.

Spotty my DH is similar. I decided a long time ago I actually prefer him to get as normal a night as possible as I cope a lot better on little sleep than him and it means when things get tough I have favours to call in. It also means we don't have to play the who-is-most-tired game. However, I do expect him to do all the cooking, bathtime with DS1 etc

sympathies Spotty, similar here i'm afraid. DH had the 2 dcs by himself yesterday for the first time. i was gone for 3 hours, since then he has complained that he 'usually gets a break on saturdays but didn't today', 'woould like time next weekend to go in to town by himself', and he had an extra 2 hours in bed this morning while i got up with the 2 babies after being up in the night
so no, YANBU!

Note to any playdoughers: I hear it is the microwave stuff that is really easy and comes out most like the bought stuff.

I had an okish nights sleep at my parents house. After putting down DD after last feed at around 11.15pm, I went off so got to bed at around midnight. But I woke at about 6.15 and then dozed on and off.

Got back expecting carnage at home but DH had gone to bed at 8.30pm and was woken at 3am by DD for a feed and then DS woke at 6am so he had a pretty good night. He's in a better mood today.

I'm with the rest of you on the above. I'm trying to push DD through to a bit later so am trying to keep her up longer so she only needs one feed in the night. DH won't wait for her longer than 10pm but then she wakes at about 2am and 5am and I've figured that if I just stay up and do that later feed

a) I get my evenings back and if DH goes to bed early I can watch what I like on the telly
b) DH might be less grumpy if he just goes to bed about 9pm and then has 9 hours sleep.
c) If I feed DD later, then generally she only wakes once more in the night and then I might sleep better anyway than the 9 - 2am and then on and off til 7am which I have been doing.
d)- DH will owe me BIG time for favours at the weekend

What is it with these men and why can we cope better on less sleep ??! I think it's because we have to.

Been to the garden centre this morning - I feel all summery and gardeny so am going to plant some seeds with DS after roast chicken lunch and hopefully DD will think that sleeping for 2 - 3 hours is a good idea

He got up at 10.30. He is now in Coventry.

But now playing the 'woe is me I'm knackered and have a hormonal wife'. Honestly I do feel for the poor tosser man as his life is truly hard

Unfortunately I cant go on strike today as we have my rellies down from York and I'm doing a massive roast pork. But am planning to lie in bed tomorrow with ds2 and let him get DS1 and SS up and dressed and do the school run. I'm also not moving into to lounge to feed ds2 tonight and will stay in bed and 'disturb' him with the slurps and farts

I had the best night's sleep of my life last night!

The pot luck girls came round and we had a great evening (aside from colicky baby, of course) and then crawled in bed at 12:30. My sister had M in the spare room, and she slept through till 6:45!!!! We had fed her at 10:30pomm and she slept soundly from 1-ish! It was a similar night to Friday night when she went from 1 till 6! My baby is so clever....

spotty - men are crap, John's very good at the woe is me thing! He did say that he would do one night feed, but he goes and makes up the bottle and I change her, feed her and burp her (totalling 1.5 hours) all the while he grumbles!

Having said that, I heard last night that one of her friends was lying in bed listening to her husband trying to settle their 3 month old on the monitor, and heard him say "Just f-ing shut up you f-ing c..." Would physically be no chance of a second child if that was John...

Do we have a date for the meet-up?