Jan 2010 babies and mothers....come here to hibernate!

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New thread for us Jan 2010 mums. Will hopefully get busier as more of our little ones arrive!

Arrivals List
1st Dec - Missmarjoribanks - boy Thomas William Francis (33+4)
10th Dec - ClaireDB - girl Mira - 5lb 11.5oz (36+5)
11th Dec - Alibobins - boy Jacob, 6lbs 1oz (37weeks)
14th Dec - londonlottie - twin girls Juliet 6lb 1 and Eve 5lb 6 (35+5)
15 Dec - Whensmydayoff - girl Olivia - 6lb (36+6)
22 Dec - Liskey - girl Ellie - 5.5lbs
24 Dec - timmette/shinybaubles - boy Oliver - 7lb
25 Dec - Fakeplastictrees - boy Luke Edward
29 Dec - CantThinkofFunnyName - girl Olivia Iris - 6lbs 2 1/2oz
30 Dec - Liny - Nottinghamsire - girl Elise
1 Jan - TheMinnieBauble - boy Freddie - Weight TBC
2 Jan - nomorebboze - girl Megan - 5lbs 12oz
5 Jan - Fraochsmum - girl, name TBC - 6LBS 2oz
5 Jan - FlightofFancy - boy Edward - 6lb 14oz (37+3)
6 Jan - salvadory - girl Imogen
7 Jan - MistletoeKisses - boy Nicolas - 6lb 8oz
10 Jan- crumpette- boy 'babycrumpette'- 8lb 15 oz

lol sock at your little monkey, Erin is having a bad hair week as well, when we wash it it goes curly but as it dries it goes vey straight and stuck out all over, but she is also trying to rival grant in the bald sides department. hats all round here.

I have been brave and ventured into the no mans land of AIBU. Discussing schools always asking for money. Am wearing tin hat to avoid the 'you shouldn't have so many kids then' bullets.

Am having a bit of a moment, that maybe be better for AIBU. My B and SIL live in devon so havn't been able to pop round and see baby, me and SIL have a strained relationship which affects my relationships with my B so I tend to keep a lid on it for harmonies sake. But i think she deliberately ignores me to wind me up. I have posted pics on face book so they could see bubs, and then rang them to say did you see pic etc. nothing no response. I am on fb at mo and she has post something about someones holiday pics making her jealous. So I posted did you see pics of Erin - nothing. I know my B is older enough to ring, fb etc if he wants but can't help thinking she convinces him not to. He makes a point of saying 'she says i should contact you more' everytime i speak to him, he protests too much i think.

Sorry for the me rant. I guess not everyone is as interested in babies as me.

Sorry maygirl no section here, but don't they say 6 weeks after post natal check I think.

Morning!

maygirl - i started driving after both sections by 4 weeks. GP cleared me both times and insurance company also said ok. The advice is that you should feel confident about applying emergency brakes. You should also be fully able to rotate upper torso etc.

Hello to everyone else. Nico waking 1.30 and 4.30 on the dot. Pushed the 1.30 feed to 2.30 and the 4.30 feed to 6.30. I think we are going to have to do wake to sleep again. This one shows no signs of starting to sleep through himself! Naughty boy!

afternoon all
maygirl - I drove 4 weeks after both sections. Only on short trips though. The insurance co said it was fine. Agree with what mistletoe says above
partyofseven your SIL sounds like she might be trying to wind you up ? FWIW my SIL is in my bad books at the mo as she forgot my birthday. I can just imagine the hell breaking loose if we forgot hers !

Had another good day today think it must be the sunshine

I'm okay think my hormones have settled down and I'm able to take everything in my stride. I just keep focusing on the fact that I've got 3 lovely children who just like to keep me busy with doctors/hospital appointments lol lol
Sometimes I think that if my life were a book people wouldn't believe it was true ;)

Last night Jacob wouldn't settle downstairs so I took him up to bed and left him in the dark and we didn't hear a peep out of him he just lay looking around for ten mins then turned his head and went to sleep (clever boy)

mk Jacob still wakes twice a night too he really won't go back to sleep without milk

partyofseven your sil sounds like mine lol

Tobin is nowhere near sleeping through the night, in fact he's started to decide that he wont go back to sleep after his 4-5am feed, not good! He gets woken forhis 10pm feed (boob) and his 1am feed (ff from DH) then he screams for his night feed, then 7am for breakfast. He's 7 weeks today, should he be eating this often still, or should we not wake him for the 10pm and 1am feeds?

Talking of poos, he goes pretty much twice during each feed, with achange of clothes most times. I really wanted to use washable nappies, but there's no way I could keep up with that! So am currently single handedly filling a landfill site

Hi all, I am being rubbish with this thread.

I have had a hell of a day. Babymoo only had 2 half hour sleeps all day and has now slept since 5am. She didnt sleep too well last night and I was so tired. I managed to sleep when dp got home though. I would co sleep with her but I am just so tired.

DD1 has been a naughty monkey today but I think she is bored.

I am actually really struggling with 2. Please tell me it will get better as they get older.

I hope everyone is ok

Thanks MK and Sazlocks, I'm 4 weeks next Tues. I asked doc this week and at first he refused as his own wife had been told 6 weeks and had tough csec recovery! When I argued it he consulted with colleagues and said ok grudgingly! Insurance said go on docs advice. Haven't driven yet, but would be good if my mum could go home, she's had to move in to taxi DS1 home from nursery! I've felt fine for a while now, and getting DDs carseat in and out of mums 3 door car is harder work on my stomach and back than actually driving would be I think!
Spent all afternoon at hospital getting DS1s waxy ears syringed, but he refused to take part in the hearing test- v shy so we have to go back. He's not been hearing properly but I'm hoping it's just the wax. Doc also said he probably has enlarged adenoids. Fingers crossed he won't need any treatment.

I'm using washables somewhathorrified, and DD often poos during a feed, so yesterday morning I decided not to put a nappy back on her after first mid feed nappy change, as not got many newborn washables- and just wrapped a terry towel under her and got back into bed to finish feed. Needless to say it was an explosive one and escaped onto the duvet, feeding cushion and me ! Waiting till she fits size 2 washables before buying a full stash. Won't be long at her current growth rate I find the explosive poos leak less onto her clothes with a washable nappy, so though I have to do a nappy wash every other day, there's less daily outfit changes and washing.

Struggling with two DC too mama2moo, especially bedtimes, DS always wants me and often coincides with DD cranky time, so they both end up crying. Managed to get her off to sleep tonight first though, so had a lovely time reading and singing with DS.

Evening all. Sleeping through? Well, yesterday Olivia hardly slept at all but fed well and went down at 10pm and didn't wake for her feed until 5am! 7 hours straight!! I was so delighted, but tbh, it still felt like 2am to me - when do we start feeling less like zombies?

Today she's been very sicky after every feed and asleep now so I'm not optimistic of a nice 7 hours again. Probably will go back to 1.30/2ish and another 5ish, which is hell when you need to be up around 6.30 to get everything ready for the school run!

My evening thus far has been spent writing letters to LA Fitness and their debt collection agency and solicitors - bunch of sharks! I cancelled my membership last June due to severe SPD, GP letter stating I couldn't exercise - jeez, I couldn't even get dressed myself due to the SPD and they acknowledged it. I cancelled my direct debit after my "notice" payment had been taken and have since been hounded by letters from their debt collection agency. I have done some research on the web and they really are a bunch of sharks. So I say bring it on!! They shouldn't have a leg to stand on - but who knows with the justice system in this country!

Such a shame because I'm so ready to get back down the gym but won't now enter into another contract with them and there isn't another decent one nearby.

Oh well, my little rant over. About to prepare 10pm feed and hopefully go to bed!

Night night.

mama2moo - it does get easier, honestly! It's never the same as it was, you just find a new normal. I did (and do) spend a lot of time feeling guilty, you know "why did I have another and spoil what I had with DS1?? "(now DS1 & 2). They are now such good buddies I really don't think they would be without each other.

Bad night for us, Naomi screaming like she was in pain for about an hour, would only settle when laying on my chest, tried to put her back in cot, cue another round of screaming (could this be colic?) Ended up with her laying on me all night, so couldn't really sleep. DH is very grouchy & tired. Said he might try and book the afternoon off so he can sleep.
DS1 has been vomiting this morning, so I have to keep him off school, along with DS2 cos I can't leave him home while I take t'other one.

Hay-ho anything to avoid a dull life.

Morning all!

Mama2moo - it does get easier I think. I find that there are great days and not so great days. So far this morning, my boys have been fantastic. I have done a load of washing, stack ironing, had a shower and they are both still very chilled and entertaining themselves. Nico stayed in his cot for 40 mins watching his mobile. Equally there are days when both want to be in my lap and cuddle lots. But the interesting thing is that DS1 does not want Nico anywhere but with him, so I think they are going to be very close!

CTFN - I think gyms have a policy of 'ignoring' letters of notice. I had the same with my Lloyds membership before christmas. They claimed never to have received my letter of cancellation and I ended up paying another months fees simply because I had no way of proving that the lying toads had ignored my letter. They have cut their own nose off to spite their face though. I wont become a member there again, and there are plenty of other gyms I can join in the area when I am back up to exercising.

Sock - hope Naomi is better today.

Lottie - I think that the routine sounds as though it is working for you and I agree that longer term, feeding them separately will pay off even though it seems madness to create more work short term. There are times when Nico is awake and I think one quick feed and he will go back to sleep until 4/5, but then he feeds so well at 3 and sleeps really well for another 3/4 hours, that i know giving him a quick snack is not going to help either one of us longer term.
He is getting used to his room and his cot which is a relief, hopefully in the next month or so, he will start sleeping through slightly longer. I need to now work on getting him to take a good daytime nap in his cot....

The sun is shining here today, so I reckon we will spend a nice few hours in the back garden playing. We actually had a picnic lunch on Tues it was so warm! I reckon could be another corker today!

Hope everyone else doing ok.

lottie bless, you really are an inspiration to me. Everytime I start feeling sorry for myself I read one of your posts and know that in your situation I'd be a gibbering wreck...fair do's I think you're awesome!

maygirl what washable system are you using? Have you tried btp's?

CTFN good luck with gym sharks. Some companies just like to try it on. I find if you phone the head office with a "how dare you" attitude things tend to get sorted.

I went for my 6wk check so no more excuses for not losing the jelly belly. Not going to be easy with my current craving for anything sweet.

Hi everyone

ali - I live in Radcliffe (NG12), is that far from you?

lottie - sounds like youre doing really well. Maybe ask Juliet to speak to Eve to get her to follow suit or maybe that is wishful thinking?

sockmonkey - it sounds like it could be colic. Is Naomi constipated at all? That makes DS very unhappy. I like the idea of your DH booking an afternoon off to sleep, i wonder when the Mummys can do that?

CTOFN - how is Olivia doing now?

Jack has finally recovered from his jabs but still seems warmer than normal but I think its because his cough is lingering. We have been busy this week with baby groups, im really embracing this being a mummy business. 1 thing i've noticed from speaking to other mums is that we really have no routine at all and we just go with the flow, i'm thinking i need to sort that out so we know what we're doing.

Have any of you taken your babies swimming yet? I'm thinking of taking Jack next week I just need to hear some good stories that its not just going to make him scream.

Dd2 has had the most awful wind this week, I actually accused dd1 of it as I didn't believe a little baby could smell of rotten cabbages like that! (We call them "pops" or "botton burts" in our house) She is actually feeding properly from me now [hurray emoticon] and I realised that something I've eaten must have upset her. We even had projectile poo yesterday. I only just managed to get out of the way while changing her. Lovely.

I went to a toddler/baby group for DS children this week which was actually rather depressing and came away feeling really tearful. However, I have talked to someone else with a DS adult son today who has made me so much more optimistic. Basically, saying that nurture is so important and we can do loads to help her.

ali dd2 has a slightly herniated belly button but they don't think it's serious although I think it looks quite prominent. I was in hospital with dd1 last year with a baby who had a hernia op, he was fine. I know exactly how you feel when something is wrong with your lo you feel like your heart is being ripped out. I've had a wobbly week too.

newbeginning thats not too far I live NG16 so I'd say about a 15min car drive away

Quirky Glad Dd2 seems to be doing well. The doctor told me to keep pushing the hernia back in but I really can't it makes a little popping noise
You are bound to have off days you are embarking on such a journey filled with laughter and tears and many more emotions. I feel a bit pathetic moaning all the time

Jacob is fast asleep upstairs everynight I sort of say a little silent prayer that tonight is the night he will sleep through lol lol but no you could set your clock by him x x

ali don't feel pathetic lack of sleep is just a killer.

I felt so emotionally raw with dd1 but she didn't sleep through until she was 2! I know loads of sleep tips now though . Having said that part of the reason I felt so awful was dd1 had woken up screaming with nightnmares at 1am and 1.30am 2 nights in a row as well as a madly busy day with pre-school and ballet etc.

Will try pushing belly button in.

ctfn that's awful about the gym! I had a fight with a broadband company a few years back who insisted I hadn't paid when I had cancelled and had moved house a year before. Eventually they gave up, I just kept resending them the letter.

somewhathorrified, I used size 2 bambinex nappies as btp for DS and I'm using some of these along with a few new size 1 nappies for DD, but I really want to use itti bitti d'lish nappies this time. I think size 2 Itti's fit from 14 lbs and should last her through to potty training. I have three new size 1s itti's and a Berry Plush she wears now and are so cute, but don't want to spend on too many small ones as she's already around ten pounds. My old bambinex are very worn though, DS wore them from 6 weeks old until potty trained, so prefer DD in the new fluffy ones! Got given some Lovables, and newborn Thirsties by a fab friend, also trialing a new all-in-one nappy for Tots Bots, and already had a few size 1 Bamboozles and Little Lambs using for nights.
Took both DCs to park today, almost impossible to keep an eye on DS when DD needed out of the pram, and froze my boobs off feeding her. She's really burpy and fussy compared with DS as a newborn. I think I have a faster let down this time, have just tried hand expressing some of the foremilk off after she gets the first letdown, and things have improved tummy wise for her, and back to yellow poos. Hopefully she/milk will settle down soon.
Glad to hear DD2 feeding well quirky
Well done Juliet!! Not allowing myself to think about DD sleeping through, DS took years ages!
Hope Naomi not starting with colic sockmonkey and it was just a one off.
We took DS swimming at around 12 weeks newbeginning and he loved it, we got into trouble taking pics of his debut swim though, as new parents we didn't know no cameras allowed at the pool! We were the only people in the pool at the time though! Pleased we have the pics though
Have to get them dressed really quickly afterwards, chilly in the changing rooms.
No routine yet here either.

Speaking of gyms/exercise, anyone going to try Buggyfit? I think I'm going to do this and keep gym membership suspended for a while. Exercise plus gossip with other mums, plus won't be the only one starting with a muffin top- sounds good to me!!!

Ali & NB1 - I'm in NG17 (the rough postcode)

Naomi behaved beautifully last night (up at midnight, 2am and 4.30), so must have been a one off.
DS1 on the other hand Well not his fault, he was sick all over his bed. I just could not summon the energy to strip off and change the bed (he's in top bunk) so sent him in to sleep in our bed, and I slept on floor wrapped in a quilt.
Just waiting for the domino effect of us catching the bug one by one!

Well Jacob slept till 2 5 and up at 6.30 (yawn) a pity Ds1 was up at 12 and 3 (yawn yawn) he's not been well all week.

sock you live quite close aswel

Hope everyone has a peacefull weekend x x

Oh sockmonkey that's horrible! I completely know what you mean, changing beds at ungodly hours is the pits, especially when you have a baby to feed too! Dd1 had a couple of accidents when dd2 was very tiny and I was having to wake her up, attempt bf, and pump. I was not amused...

We are trying to train dd1 to wake us up if it is important: nightmare, asthma, etc but not I couldn't sleep and I fancy a cuddle. Mostly, she sleeps fine as she is now 4.

I must wake and feed a very sleepy baby (she's had 2 days of "I want to stay awake" and is shattered). Luckily, it seems not to affect her nighttime sleep.

Dp has taken dd1 to cinema for a treat, they will catch the bus in (we live walking distance but it is a novelty), so I will feed baby and do some a little of a post-natal yoga dvd.

Londonlottie I am so impressed by Juliet sleeping through.... even if she decided not to repeat her performance two nights in a row. At least you know she can do it now; yippee.

I think Angélique is going through another growth spurt at 5 and a half weeks: needing to sleep more, feed more, more fretful, and, yep, just when I thought it was safe, we've had two incidences of projectile vomiting. Hurrah. Now I'm a little concerned that she has pooed less over the past 24 hours but my addled brain guesses this could be a result of vomiting up two entire feeds in 24 hours. Anyway her 3 month babygrows clearly seem tighter since the beginning of the week. Lordy lord.

In terms of night feeds she has been pretty good at giving us 3 or 4 hour stints between feeds but this is after a feedathon of cluster feeding in the evening which leaves me exhausted and slightly concerned that I am not more available for my other DC.

I don't know if anybody else hates waking a sleeping baby? I'm more philosophical about it than with my other two when they were babies but it just seems to go against nature. Of course I have to wake her up otherwise my other DC would be severely neglected

My LO has a very spotty face at the moment - I've been told it comes from the mother's hormones: I just think she looks pre-adolescent but GORGEOUS nonetheless of course ,

I however am less gorgeous with just under a stone to lose (can I be allowed some hope that my lactating breasts weigh about two tons kilos? I am also in considerable pain due to an outbreak of piles. I was so triumphant after birth as I had no trouble in that department but the killer has been getting stressed when on the toilet (tmi sorry) and hearing Angélique crying and thinking to myself 'come on, come on, hurry up' and consequently straining down below. Am I alone?

It's a good job our children provide is with so much exhaustion joy to distract us as my DH is going through HELL at work. We are having to embark on a legal case for unfair dismissal: just what we need with a newborn although tbh this has been going on since before the birth. I have never felt so vengeful in my entire life as I do with his Director and his deranged girlfriend.

Rant over.