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Fab Feb 2009: baby coos, stinky poos - three months on...

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dinkystinky · 05/05/2009 08:28

so here we go again

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PinkTulips · 15/05/2009 11:14

mos, he's just trained to be an IT technician. the job would involve him traveling all over the country but they supply a company jeep and it sounds like something he'd like. a friend of my parents recommended him to the company as they were desperately looking for someone but what he's trained in is slightly differant to what they neeed so he's gone up there more to look at the software and see is it something he could work with than for a typical interview iyswim? hope it works out as we're seriously unimpressed with being back on the dole again after him working so hard on his corse.

forgot to say... BON VOYAGE DINKY!!!!!! hope you have a lovely week with your boys

ds1 has gone quiet.... that's never good

mumoverseas · 15/05/2009 12:13

DD has just had a poo in her knickers. Thankfully its our weekend and DH is home

lardybump · 15/05/2009 13:07

Wait for it wait for

Day 4 of going through the night here...... Yay...... unfortunatly DD had me up all night so in the end got her into my bed and I ended sleeping of the floor because she was a fidgit bum all night grrrrrrrrrr!!! But DS is going through. I have lost my eveing though as he is still cluster feeding from 7 till 10....

Sorry for typos feeding ds as we speek...

Had to stop potty training today as we have been rushing around non stop today but as we are now home I am starting againg now...... wish me luck..

littleboyblue · 15/05/2009 17:22

MoS I can smell you from here, you dirty so and so
Did she respond to your e-mail? Some people have some front hey?
pt Hope dp's interview went well. When will he find out if he gets the job?
How sweet about your ds1 giving Aaron his fav teddy. Makes it all worth it doesn't it.
MoS lol at 'shitogram' hahahahaha
lardy Fantastic that ds is sleeping through.

Both my boys have been so good today! You know when they are that well behaved that it makes you really nervous?
We went to the Sure Start centre for the toddler play and ds1 made a very pretty butterfly that we have given to Daddy, he sat down and listened to the story nicely and even went around the room telling everyone to sssshhhhhhhhh. Luke was really laughing at him, which had everyone else laughing, very sweet.
Then came home for lunch and went back to centre for baby play. This group is for birth to 18 months, but they said I could go along with ds1 and see how it goes. It was fine, and I'd decided to go because I thought it would be nice to do something more Luke focused, but of course, it didn't really work like that, but the 3 of us spent the time reading some books and ds1 did some stacking cups while I talked to mum's of other babies.

Can I just say, I think I'm a better mum than I think I am iyswim. I think I am over my down period now, and everything is feeling right again. Glad to be back to being happy.
Thanks everyone for putting up with me

mumoverseas · 15/05/2009 17:27

lardy, good luck with the potty training. We are very up and down here. She seems to have got the hang of the wees most of the time but not the number 2's. Need to get some more knickers the way she is going

LBB, cheeky cow [wink}, no, the other cheeky cow did not reply, funny old thing. Don't expect to hear from her again. Will have to learn how to cut and paste so you can all see my email to her Us lawyers are very good at writing sarcastic letters!

PT, hope all went ok at the interview.

LBB (again!) I must say that I've noticed you are so much more positive on here now and seem more settled/confident. Of course you are a good mum. Looking forward to meeting up over the summer so you can share your hints to happiness/happy pills/wine/doritos

right off for bath and dvds then bed.

Happy UK weekend everyone x

lardybump · 15/05/2009 17:47

LBB I think I am where you were a few weeks back. I feel a bit useless and sometimes a really bad mum. Examples:

  1. My house is not always the tidiest but is always clean. But DD has a happy sack highchair and I looked in the bottom of the sack (a kind of netting that attaches to the legs to catch flying food) and it was full of old food and really dirty... I had forgotten to clean it there was at least a weeks worth of old food in it!!! Her bloody chair where she eats and it was so dirty...

  2. I keep expecting her to be more grown up that she is. FGS she is only 2 and I find myself getting cross with her when she is only doing things a 2 year old does... What is wrong with me?

  3. I have shouted at DS!!!!!!!! 12 weeks old... I dont need to say any more do I!

I dont deserve them do I...Go on you can say it

littleboyblue · 15/05/2009 18:02

Oh lardy
I'm so sorry you're feeling like this. Is awful isn't it?
First of all, of course you deserve your children. You are not useless and are not a bad mum. I know that me pointing that out doesn't actually make much difference, because these irrational thoughts are driven by irrational feelings iykwim.
For me, I kind of just expected everything to be fine. I'd already had a child, I knoew what to expect, I was capable and all the rest of it, and I think I wasn't really, truely prepared for the upheval of a new baby. I too have been expecting ds1 to behave above his years, and even left playgroup because he wouldn't sit down to eat a bit of apple.

Your ds won't remember that you shouted at him, that doesn't make you a bad mum, it makes you a frustrated mum I should think, which we all are.
There is nothing wrong with you at all, and I think most families must go through this stage, maybe with varying levels, but everyone must have moments where they either raise thier voices, leave to cry for a little while, wish they could run away and so on.
It's a really crazy place to be, because I was feeling guilty about everything, and then felt silly about feeling guilty and then felt guilty about feeling guilty. Nothing was making much sense, and it was all a bit odd. I found taking all pressure of myself and ds's really helped. I set myself little tasks that I would like to be completed by the end of each day, but I no longer set time aside for them, or for ds's, I just deal with each of them as they need it. If that means that I don't read a book to ds1 everyday, it's not the end of the world, but 3 weeks ago it would have been.

I really don't know what to say to be helpful and supportive. Keep an eye on it and maybe make contact with your hv.
Hope you feel better soon.
Everyone here was so good and gave lots of really good, and supportive advice and messages, so I'm certain, they will all help you see the light at the end of the dark week tunnel. ((hugs))

thehouseofmirth · 15/05/2009 18:03

Lardy we've all been there. You're just tired, hormonal and having a bad day/week. The mere fact that any of this behaviour is exceptional for you shows you are dong a fab job and just having a small and perfectly understandable blip!

littleboyblue · 15/05/2009 18:05

Completely agree with thom That's what I wanted to say..........

thehouseofmirth · 15/05/2009 18:25

of course that should read doing a fab job...

PolkSaladLucie · 15/05/2009 18:30

Um, lardy - I have seen for my own eyes that you are not a bad mum, and that your house is clean and tidy (for what it's worth, I don't think clean and tidy = good mum). MOS is right - O won't remember you shouting, and with a newborn with bad reflux, a potty training todler and a husband who's working so hard atm, you would have to be a saint not to feel stressed/low once in a while. Do you want to go for a coffee next week after Music Tots? Or better yet, you can come round here and see the state of my kitchen floors!!!

lardybump · 15/05/2009 18:48

Thank you all for your kind words.. PSL that is a lovely offer but O has osteopath next tuesday so wont be at music tots.. Off to do bed time but will be back later..

MarkStretch · 15/05/2009 19:37

Lardy- you sound quite normal to me.

Cocodrillo · 15/05/2009 19:40

I often feel like a crappy mum too - I shout at the DDs far too much (I guess shouting at all is too much?) but the kids seems to like me and think I'm ok, so I guess I can't be THAT bad.

Being a mum is such a hard job, we should all be proud of ourselves!

Tonight DH left work at 5.30, got nearly home (an hour away, taking a bus, then train, then bus), realized he'd forgotten his mobile, went all the way back again... I texted him at 7 to ask where he was as was all mayhem here - baby yelling in his basket while I tried to get the DDs teeth brushed, nighties on etc. We he finally replied I told him off for not telling me sooner! He rightly pointed out since he had had no phone for an hour and a half he couldn't have texted me sooner...

By the time I'd read the girls their stories (shortest ones I could find!) poor little DS had cried himself to sleep. Feel very mean. Where's the **ing wine?

thehouseofmirth · 15/05/2009 20:32

Oh that sounds horrid Coco. I'm dreading an evening when DH is not here as I always stay with DS1 until he drifts off which only takes a few minutes but I can imagine DS2 working himself into a frenzy in that time.

lardybump · 15/05/2009 20:54

DD is asleep in bed. DS is feeding (now there is a surprise!!) DP is on his way to offy for wine.... THings are getting better!!!!!

Cocodrillo · 15/05/2009 22:57

I am so so full of cheese

littleboyblue · 16/05/2009 00:44

coco Sounds like a great evening.......silly dh!
FWIW, I think it's quite important to raise your voice every now and then. They have to learn about different emotions somehow and that it's ok to get angry, but that you all still love each other.
thom ditto. Although I have done bedtime for both of mine on my own a couple of times. I don't remember why..........

We put the Da Vinci Code on tonight in prep for seeing Angels and Demons. I fell asleep (seen it before too) not sure about dp, he's just woken me to feed Luke. Sod.
I might see if he wants to leave boys with my mum tomoz afternoon and go cinema.

spottyshoes · 16/05/2009 03:36

Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thats about all I can say right now. My brin is mush.

spottyshoes · 16/05/2009 03:40

Oh and Lardy - I have just shrieked so loudly at DS2 (who is on his 5th night of screaming) that I woke DS1 and DH who were sleeping on a different floor.

I have had to step away for a few minutes as I really think I may have shaken him if I stayed

Now that is something to feel bad about

spottyshoes · 16/05/2009 03:41

and get rid of the basket under the high chair! Mine went after 2 months and looks much cleaner/tidier lol

mumoverseas · 16/05/2009 06:49

morning all, sorry I can't give any advice on cleanliness as seemingly I'm a dirty slob

lardy, hugs to you. Can't really say much more than the others have and LBB has summed it up brilliantly. You do deserve your children and you are a fab mum.
My DD is around the same age as yours and I also forget she is only little and get frustrated at her (particularly the frequent trips to the toilet when she won't perform then tiddles in her knickers 5 minutes later!)

spotty, its called tiredness, we've all been there but I suspect most of us don't admit it.

Supposed to be going to mums and tots this morning but am thinking of putting DD back in pull ups as am so fed up of constant toilet trips and know she will run me ragged. I guess that will be a huge step backwards though so will have to take loads of wipes, changes of clothes etc. she hasn't done a poo today yet either so I know exactly where that will be done

Hope you all have a good weekend xxx

littleboyblue · 16/05/2009 07:23

spotty No, the thing to be pleased with is you knew you were at breaking point, so you put him somewhere safe and walked away. We've all done that.
lardy I should admit I threw the basket away off our high chair a while ago because I couldn't be bothered to clean it . What's it for anyway? Not like you can keep anything in there unless the chair is up all the time.

lardybump · 16/05/2009 11:08

Ladies i have removed the offending basket... Spotty so so sorry could ou express a bottle today and dh take the boys out for a couple of hours so you can go back to bed?? Is it colic with DS2? could you try an osteopath? When ds is really sick he gets really bad heartburn and screams for hours. I have had to leave him downstairs when he is really bad and sit upstairs for 5 mins until I feel calm enough to carry on, so I know how you feel... I have been that close as well!!

I had hardly any sleep last night as ds and dd were doing a tag match all night!!

lardybump · 16/05/2009 11:11

dp has just given ds a bottle of ebm as I took dd to get her hair cut. He has taken it fine and is now asleep. Should I express now or will one missed feed be ok. I could really use a rest if truth be told but dont want to mess with my supply...