May 2009 - we're all here! btw, does anyone know what the Hungry Cry sounds like?

[Momino]

phew! how many threads have we done since last aug?

Well, we've had a strange afternoon. A dozed a bit in the sling from about 2 til 3 (while I was getting cross with HR!), then we spent some time in the garden - DD1 was loving the paddling pool, and so was I . Feedathon (A that is, not DD1) until just gone 5 then she settled herself in her basket and slept until 8:45! I cooked, ate, and washed up a whole meal without being interrupted. Very strange, was beginning to worry about her. Guess we're in for a rough night.

Think I might be talking to myself tonight! Was just going to say that my blocked duct seems to have cleared up, no redness or soreness now fortunately - very very glad it doesn't seem to have turned into mastitis.

Flippin - I'm here. Glad the blocked duct sorted itself out - mine did too. That's about the 3rd time I've had one, could be the underwired bras but don't really want to give them up !

G is now fast asleep, am hoping he has a good sleep tonight after the injections. Tomorrow I have my first career counselling session. Am a bit nervous that I might actually have to do something about my increasing unease about my job / work-life balance / childcare arrangements. I don't like change !!

hello! I'm off to bed in a minute, A had a feed and a little bit of awake time and has gone back to sleep. Sat here with my new baby monitor listening to no noise!

Good luck with the career counselling, it sounds like it could be interesting. Who provides the service, and how did you find it?

Fingers crossed everyone has a peaceful night!

For anyone in need of a laugh. Have a look at this! I won one of their pouch slings on eBay and was having a look at their website and found that in America they sell 'nice' hospital gowns for pregnant women! What's wrong with PJ's or a nighty?

Goodnight everyone. Hope everyone will get a good sleep, not too disturbed by heat or babies

Sorry, still struggling to keep up at the moment.

MandBsMummy - no words to describe how awful that is for your friend. Sending you a sneaky hug and large slice of chocolate cake.

Far too hot for O today. He's another one that doesn't like to be put down for too long. About 15mins is his max in his bouncy chair or under his gym and about 5 mins in his moses basket. I'm sure he'd be a bit cooler though if he wasn't being held all the time.

Off to bed now to try and get some sleep. No covers and just a vest and a nappy.

G'night! Hope we all have good ones!

Thanks Flippin. I'm off now too. My HV put me onto the counsellor... her BF happened to qualify and I used to work with him so he gave me mates rates. All a bit complicated but I feel more comfortable talking to someone I know.

Hope you have a good sleep too

anyone else have a difficult night sleeping? Harper was up at ? (was too tired to put on specs to see clock) and tossed/turned a few hours snacking a couple of times. she's now awake staring at my towel-clad head - i showered! - whilst i try to express a few mls or 100. i've got a hair appt tomorrow to cover some greys that will take a few hours so am hoping a bottle of expressed bottle will keep her quiet.

uh, dd1 just ran in so gotta go. hoping to see at least pula and grumpy today at cinema . hope all are well.

momino - sorry to hear you had a bad night. I'm also sorry to say that we had one of our best yet! As I said last night, A fell asleep just after 5 and then woke at 8:45 yesterday evening, she woke up, got fed and changed into her night time stuff, was awake and really happy (no miserableness at all, very unusual for the evening) then dropped off again just after 10. Woke at 2, had a feed, went back in her baskey (yay!!), had another feed at 6, and has gone back to sleep - hopefully I'll have time for a shower before she wakes again. I'm beginning to worry that she's sleeping too much....

Flippin Never worry if they sleep too much!!! If they need it they will sleep for ages just enjoy and get things done cause it all could change at any moment.

Not a bad night here Rueben was asleep at 7.30 but DD really struggled with the heat so she was more like 9. I tried to cool her down with a cold wash cloth but she thought I was cleaning her face and screamed!! R fed 10, 1, 4, 7 so not too bad but still every 3 hours. I really don't think he needs to be doing that. He is the same size as DD was at 3 months and he is only 6.5 weeks . He is a brilliant feeder and sleeper so I really can't complain and he gave me an A1 first class smile this morning. He's been semi smile for a week or so but today was a proper one . Makes it all worth while.

morning...

went to mil & fil for dinner last night as sil,bil & baby were up from london (we don't see them very often) M screamed for the first 20mins of the journey then went to sleep. managed to give her a bf for 15mins when we got there but then she went all fussy again so had to give her a ff
Had a nice bbq meal then came home at 9pm managed to bf M and put her in her moses basket upstairs at 9.30 where she slept till 2.50am fed till 3.30 then back in moses basket till 6am feed.
Feel really rested today, hayfever still bad tho.

Off to BF group today their support is really needed at the moment

morning urghh after my post yesterday tea time it all went fubar. g woke up and then fed on and off till 10pm, screamed the instant we popped her down.. even though each time she'd been deeply asleep on my/dh shoulder just before fortunately she did sleep in her crib between feeds till 5am but has been back to shoulder sleeping since. to top everything off ds was up at 11.30pm because his room got extremely hot and he'd got so sweaty he needed new pj's and change of sheets and a drink..

off for some retail therapy today though

Morning

mandbumpsmum - so sorry about your friend's lo. Hope you are ok too.

another bad night here A just won't be put down to sleep so one of us had to have her on our chest while the other slept. Not ideal but at least we all got a bit of sleep in the end. I think I'm going to try putting her down in there as much as poss today to see of she gets a bit happier about it. She's doing the biggest yawns so must be tired!

Enjoy the pictures those who are going

fi Hope you get some nice things I did next on line retail therapy on mon and I'm wearing the goodies now . I've given up being able to fit in some of my pre-preg things by the last week of July. Now I've got a few nice things to take with me on our hols.

We had a good night here. C slept no worse or better than usual, so the heat is not affecting her that much. She last fed at 6.30 and is still fast asleep, so not bad!

Last night I suddenly realised that we've actually got one of those fan lights in our bedroom, so I switched the fan on, but it was so noisy I had to switch it back off. I'm going to leave it on all day until bedtime today and so hopefully that will keep the room cool-ish for the night.

I seem to have lost the adaptors for my pram so I can use it as a travel system. I normally keep them either in the car or with the base of the pram and they're in neither of those places. I've looked all over the car and in the house. I do hope they'll turn up, because I want them for our holiday. I can't find a replacement pair on the mamas and papas website either. But all other adaptors cost £20.

Hi all. agree with febes, don't worry too much about sleepy babies. Harper is a very sleepy baby and I wondered if she's ok as she's slept 9 hour night stretches from a few weeks old which meant missing a feed. there are occasional broken nights like last night so that makes me appreciate when she does sleep.

I wonder if i should stop bringing her into bed with me, maybe she'll sleep better in the basket . it's just that i was so tired i couldn't stay awake for the feed she wanted in the middle of the night . however, i can say it's one of the 1st nights in a week that i haven't woken at 4am with insomnia .

hope other grisly babies ok and retail therapy good for Fi and BF group good for looby. flippin, glad you had a good night and hope you got that shower (i can appreciate!).

Flippin - I am feeling your pain at HR departments. I phoned up this morning to check they won't be making the voucher deduction from SMP and guess what... they said the system won't let them stop it so it will make the deduction. It's not my problem that the system is crap and they should have had it sorted from April! I am really shocked that an organisation this big has got it so wrong. So I blew my top but I am pretty sure they won't get it changed for this month, so am . I feel a visit to CAB coming on! It is basically stealing my money but no-one seemed bothered in the slightest.

Then argument with DH because I hadn't done something this morning. My DH doesn't understand how much is involved in looking after DS1. If only I had all morning to do all the jobs that need doing with both hands free. Men!!

tummum That's rubbish. There should be a way they can refund you the money that's been deducted,

Got a grumpy C here today. I think she's tired, but she wont go to sleep.

Also tracked down my car seat adaptors. They're still at the car valetting place where I had my car washed last Thurs. It's a bit of a pain that i've got to go all the way to Brum to fetch them, but at least I haven't got to fork out £20 for a new set.

Hello everyone. I haven't been to this thread for days and I'm going to apologise now for not reading back much to see what I've missed. I've had an awful few days. Not so DH may lose his job tomorrow and it is entirely his fault. Our marriage is looking very rocky and we've been to Relate this morning. I was devastated when I found out on Monday but have moved on from that to planning for the worst.

Oddly his manager is being very supportive and is taking him out for lunch today, even though he is suspended. The hearing is tomorrow and his manager is chairing it, so whilst I am trying to believe that his manager won't dismiss him, I guess it is possible. I can't see that he'd take him for lunch the day before though if that was going to be the outcome. They went for coffee yesterday too.

As some of you may remember DH is a recovering alcoholic and we had that to deal with with DS1 was a baby. He has been back to the GP who has diagnosed depression and our counsellor has given us some useful strategies to use over the next few weeks to try and work things through.

I am very up and down and am scared about DH being jobless, although we do have income from another source that will help. I don't have to go back to work immediately, so that's something. Other times I'm bloody scared, not just about money but also about how I'd cope if I had to do this alone.

I'm quite good at dealing with difficult situations - am a coper - but am still struggling a bit. I just hope we get through it.

I'll be back tomorrow to let you know how things go, but I'm struggling a bit. The boys are fine though, and poor DS2 has his jabs this afternoon.

Hope everyone is well.

Oh Llare your situation sounds very difficult. My thoughts are with you and your family in this difficult time. Do be kind to yourself - it sounds as if you are doing a super job in very difficult circumstances.

llare I don't know what your DH has done, but I hope things get sorted. It's good to know you've been to relate and finding support during this hard time. You know all of us are always here to listen if you need to have a moan or need to off load anything that's on your mind. I hope you'll get through the hard times too. All the best

I've just lost a listing I'd nearly finished writing up. It involved making lots of measurements I can't be bothered to do it again now, so I'm having some food now and then. Hmm,... not sure yet. It all depends on C who's now asleep on my lap.

Llare - don't know what to say but couldn't not post. Sounds terribly stressful for you - please vent here as much as you like if it helps. Oh and have a hug n a big slice of virtual cake n a cuppa from me x x

Thanks. I know you guys are here but I couldn't bring myself to post here until I'd pulled myself together. I've been getting lots of RL support though from my father, in-laws and friend. I've been using t'internet for distraction really.

Quite honestly on Monday I was going to leave with the boys, but now things have bedded down a bit I am hopeful we can work things through.

Tax credits people were marvellous and I know we can get money from them if he loses his job. I've never claimed them before but found out we'd be entitled to some anyway, so if he keeps his job that is a very small bonus!

I feel a bit in limbo and really need tomorrow to be over so we know where we stand.

llare You sound amazingly together. I'm glad you are getting some support. We'll be thinking of you.

Llare big hugs. You sound like you are doing remarkably well. I will be thinking of you tomorrow, and I hope you get the outcome you want.

Hi! Struggling to keep up at the moment but all well here. Hoping it cools down a bit soon though. DS is just in a nappy sprawled out across my lap with his head in my left hand.

HV has just been and done all the measurements. He's 57.5cm long, head is 41cm and...

he's put on 7oz in the last week and is now 8lb 15oz

Flippineck - glad your blocked duct cleared up

Looby - hope BF group helpful. My hayfever is bad too. Beconase nasal spray is helping a bit.

Fi - enjoy retail therapy!

Llare - really hoping things pick up for you. My dad is an alcoholic (although doesn't drink spirits like he used to, he does have to go to the pub every day) so I understand a little of the difficulties. This is just as difficult for you as for your DH and whilst trying to help him, he needs to understand that.