Tigga and Surprise you do sound to have some fairly annoying and useless relatives there. Another one here with no real family support, though MIL does do a little bit she's too far away really.
Surprise, hope your DS2 is okay.
Schulte re the diahorrea it wasn't huge amounts with E and was probably caused by immature muscles, but no I didn't give any replacement fluids etc. just breastmilk which I think most HCPs are happy with so long as the baby is doing okay. Good luck with potty training DD1 - we had a real time of it with DS1 but it did eventually fall into place.
NL you are totally spot on. Though like Schulte I do spend a lot of my time trying to do everything on your list.
Edmund had his second jabs today and what was I thinking I weighed him. From starting 2lbs heavier than DS1 (owing to gestational diabetes) he now weighs 100g less than DS1 the tinybaby at the same age. HVs were very nice about it but did suggest expressing "even just an ounce a day" nobody listens when I try to explain I don't let down to the pump and I would die of shock if I got an oz. Oh and she gave me a veiled lecture on my diet because of the gestational diabetes - because obviously I must have had a shit diet all my life to have succumbed to that. (I freely admit my pg diet was bad owing to horrid sickness, and so will always feel guilty for the GDM) The nurses doing the jabs always tell me how his legs are so thin the jabs will hurt more and I should try to put weight on him for next time (did this with DS1 too). I don't know what they think I'm trying to do
Feel like I'm teetering on the brink of depression now and this weight crap may send me over. E is really very small. Both my babies have fed all the time, never slept or allowed me to put them down and headed for the bottom of the growth charts fast. Maybe that's the way they are but how would I ever know it wasn't just that I am completely shit at this?
Sorry this is a real whine and rant. It is the weekend at least. What's everyone up to?