Hi all, thanks v much for your kind words about my sister, I still haven?t got to speak to her yet (she?s just texted stuff, think it?s still too raw to articulate), but hope I can manage to be sympathetic and there for her without constantly apologising for my luck and avoiding talking about T. I do feel guilty, and I know the two are not connected but I just feel so bad for her. She?ll be such an excellent mum when, and however, it happens.
Poor little Mr T no better ? he won?t feed (anything he takes has to be lying down on his playmat as it hurts him to sit up) and he?s pooing mucus every couple of hours so his little bottom is red raw. Doc said to go back at the weekend if he?s no better but has just prescribed Calpol and said it doesn?t matter that he?s feeding so little and pooing so much but I?d have thought at this age that?s a bit dangerous and they?re at risk of losing important fluids?
LadyT, I am as ever in awe at your level of activity, how did your cricketers do?
Turnip, lol at you and WG hanging out in F?sbury Pk toilets, hope you have a lovely time on the farm and that the weather obliges
Verso, hope your meeting goes well today and well done for even going in there considering your levels of sleep deprivation. I feel nowhere near ready for work, but as I lay awake last night from 3am til 7am with mind whirring I did wonder if I shouldn?t try to tire my brain out a bit more in the day so it doesn?t go into overdrive at night.
Sugar, sorry about your ropey night and row with DH. Am sure DD will have forgotten this morning already, but sending you loads of unmumsnetty and hope you make it through the day ok.
Modernlove, sorry you had a bad night too, don?t feel bad about how your LO has slept until now, and it?s impossible to be firm with a newborn, we had the same prob with T, but that was solved with the swaddle, dummy and hoover noise (as far as rods for backs go, I always think it?s up there) but now he only needs it for daytime naps and not at night anymore. So that?s a long-winded way of saying don?t give yourself a hard time as to how you?ve got them to sleep, I say whateve it takes and they?ll eventually grow out of whatever they depended on (or if not, they get to an age where you can start tricking them). The No Cry Sleep Solution is great for ideas, I really recommend it.
Veggie, that?s so cute about your DS knowing the English singer ?in his heart?. What a lovely little boy you have there.
Kayz ? glad DS?s lump isn?t anything sinister. And hooray for Thursday pay day!
Sybil, sorry to hear about your friend, that sounds scary, hope it turns out to be ok. But how could they ?forget? to give her the result? That kind of incompetence makes me angry.
Right, off now to turn off lil T?s hoover and get flat a bit more shipshape for my ma?s arrival. She never comments on anything but after she?s gone I?ll find out she?s cleaned the bath which just makes me feel like mega slattern!