April 2010 - our little bundles are here!

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Thought I'd start a Post-Natal thread as there are so many of us now sorry about the uninspired name.
Well I am slowly realising the sleepless nights thing is no myth - VERY tired!

neeko I'm trying to ignore the fact that they said to eat healthily & not to binge & am focusing on the "no dieting" advice . It has made me feel a bit better though as was considering going on a diet but think I will wait until George starts solids & starts reducing breastfeeding. I'm starving all the time at the moment though which must be due to the bf'ing as George is such a whopper.

zeeky feeding makes me starving too and I crave carbs. I'm trying to fill up on homemade veg soup and fruit instead (so not the same but I keep reminding myself we'll keep the christening pictures forever)

Harverina don't beat yourself up over those jeans as some women's shape changes after giving birth so they may never fit you properly again.

Trying the Tommee Tippee cup. H will take a little water from it but no milk yet. She REALLY knows her own mind

Neeko its amazing how clever they are already! Eilidh still taking an expressed bottle from my dh every night. We are delighted. She is much more settled now at night. Expressing seems to have helped my supply at night too thank goodness.
Think your right about my shape changing forever. My tummy is so low now! I have been treating myself to some new clothes recently to make me feel better. Eilidh and I go to the shops quite alot. Shopping centres are easy days out...lots of nice cafes to feed in, easy to park and lots of changing rooms. Can't believe its almost the weekend again. The weeks as flying by. Bought some weaning spoons, cups and bowls today. Can't wait to get cooking!

ooo i've bought some bowls and spoons and storage pots ready too. i have to keep stopping myself from making stuff already. hope she takes to it like ds did, he loved solids.

neeko, quick question - I bought a Tommee Tippee cup yesterday for 4 months plus. I though it was a sippy cup but you have to suck to get the liquid out. Is that the one you have? I went to a weaning fair recently and they said to use cups where your DC sips, not sucks?

Harverina I received a Tommy Tippee cup from my HV. It is a sippy cup and has an insert to go inside the cup when they move away from using the lid to a normal cup. It is sealed apart from a small hole which the can drink through - it looks like a good idea.

this is the one you want Harverina but as Mistymoo says you should get one from your HV with this lid, a molded (sp) lid and the clear insert with the hole.

Thanks alot - bought these already so its fine, though also bought ones where E will have to suck so might take these back!

Yawn. Just hit the 4 month growth spurt. Anyone else struggling?

I think my ds is always having a growth spurt . He did start waking up a lot more often during the night last week but the last few nights he has calmed down again, but he is only 3 months - when do they have growth spurts?

Hi. Think the common ones are 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, 4 months and 8 months but could be wrong. Feels like H is always having one, but maybe she's just greedy

Kacie has finally fully slept through the past 2 nights 9 till half 6. she was exactly 4 months yesterday. she goes down in her own cot in her room awake and goes to sleep by herself too, i really hope this sticks. fingers crossed.

she has been getting a bit fussy with her feeding, ds went right off his milk when he was weaned so not sure if its a sign that she is ready for weaning or maybe just sore gums or something. definitely dont want to start weaning now though until the sleeping through is well established. unless the last 2 nights were just a one off hope not.

Nicnac at your sleep. Up 5x last night!

5 times Neeko! Oh gosh you must be exhausted. I read somewhere that increasing the daytime feeds can help during growth spurts to avoid lots of nighttime waking? E is 4 months on thursday and she has still been sleeping quite well. She has been up a couple of times during the night recently but no earlier than 4am and usually its about 5am. I had my first afternoon/night out on saturday. Was really worried at first but relaxed after a while...the fizzy wine helped a bit! E was really good for her dad and slept from 8pm till 6am. I left 26oz of expressed milk. This was enough for a bottle in the morning too, so I got to have a long lie. My dh is wonderful! We have been using avent bottles but eilidh would sometimes gag so tried tommee tippee tonight and eilidh fed much better. Still giving her a top up of expressed milk after her bath and she is much more settled. She hasn't been feeding as well the past few days from me. Her gums are definitely sore. Nic, I read than blood rushes to a baby's gums when they feed and this can make teething pains worse so this can cause problems with feeding during teething. This explains alot. Hope you are all well and not too tired. I have had a lovely hot bath tonight, ah bliss!

Sorry for long post. When i'm using my phone I don't realise how much i'm writing!

princess congrats to your sis! I kinda miss all the birth stories now! I'd love to have another but need to leave a 'sensible' gap between babies! Maybe I'll have a honeymoon baby!
Wedding will now be in the spring as I saw some photos of myself recently and NEED to lose the bingo wings and muffin tops!!!

I am very lucky to have no reflux or things like that and I refuse to read things, on mumsnet or anywhere, which would make me feel guilty about how I feed my baby.
We are all doing the best for our little ones and we're all great mummies whether our babies are bottle or breastfed.

Hello ladies

Billie loves her sleep - had to wake her after 13 hours at the weekend, of course now I have written it down she will revert to two-hourly feeding

Not everything is peaceful in the Stinky household though... having difficulties with DD1 age 4. She is so very jealous of any attention Billie gets, and also has sleep apnoea so up to her most nights, and she is soo tired during the day. Have appt at hospital in a couple of weeks, so hopefully will get some answers. Her glands are constantly swollen and I must admit I am a bit worried about that - one GP said they looked sinister, another completely the opposite

Billie is going to Grandmas twice a week in prep for when I go back to work - I feed her, then drop her off with a bottle of EBF, and collect when hungry. She is loving it, but I miss her so

So..... anyone preggers yet?

Something your not telling us stinkypinky ! No, not pregnant yet, but now starting to think I may be able to do this again! Anyone got any tips on when is best to think about baby number 2? Loving being a mum to Eilidh, she is just wonderful if I do say so myself!

Stinky sorry to hear about your DD1. Hope it gets better soon. Thats great that Billie is sleeping well though.

Eilidh still not feeding great sometimes during the day. Worrying me slightly but will just keep at it.

Harverina - you have to have sex to get pregnant I am 41 now, so not sure it would be such a good thing, although I always wanted a large family. Also I had a section, so would need to leave a year between pregnancies.

I do not think there is an ideal age gap - I thought at nearly 4 DD1 would love being involved, helping etc, but no such luck. Yes she had a long time having special treatment as an 'only', and was 'allowed to be a baby', if she had been younger when her sibling arrived, she would have known nothing else, and they would have grown up together. Even with a straightforward pregnancy and birth, it is advisable to give your body plenty of time to recover as the baby takes so much from you, esp if feeding.

I was told that having 2 was so much harder than 1 but never believed it (bloody hell it is!!!), so also there is a lot to be said for being able to enjoy your firstborn.

stinkypinky and neeko hope things get better soon.

my ds is 4 and he has been fab, i have been telling everyone it is the ideal age gap. obviously all children are different though. from being a baby ds has always wanted to be a big boy so he enjoys the fact that he's older and can help out with the baby rather than being upset that he is not the baby anymore.
everyone used to tell me that having 2 is more than twice as hard but i havent found that as Kacie is quite happy to have ds entertain her whist i get things done.

i had a couple of friends who had their children 15 months apart and they really struggled.
i think there are pros and cons for both. pros for me have been that ds is toilet trained, was in pre school and will soon be at school, eats same meals as us, can get himslf dressed and ready for bed etc etc so i have the same amount of time to spend with the baby as i did with him really because he is independent and loves to help as much as he can. he even likes to help me change her nappy
cons have been that it was a bit of a shock going back to the baby stage after being used to my child looking after himself. although thats over now and i suppose it can be a shock having a baby anyway. also if there was less of an age gap they might have more in common when they're older and be able to play together more, we will have to wait and see

i also think its nice to just enjoy your first for a while before thinking of any others, i really hadnt felt ready for another until ds was 3 as i was too busy enjoying all the stages of him growing up.
i think from what ive heard having a smaller age gap is probably harder earlier on but easier later on, but i could be totally wrong.

Kacie woke at half 4 last night so she's not sleeping through every night yet but hopefully this is the start of it and the nights that she does will get more and more frequent.

wow sorry for waffling on, i have too many opinions ha

we seemed to have lost a lot of people moving over to the postnatal thread. i hope they and their babies are all well and might come chat soon.

Hi
Rumpleteaser That sounds really sensible. Good for you.

Harverina When you try again is obviously totally up to you but I'd give yourself at least a year to give your body a break abd enjoy Eilidh. There's 3.5 years between my two and it seems to work so far. I had wanted a 3 year gap but had a miscarriage before Hannah.

Stinkypinky Hope your 4yo gets on ok at hospital. It does seem when you have two that one of them is always giving you something to worry about.

Nicnac You sound like you're in control. Good for you

Hannah slept from 8.15-6am last night! Probably a one off but was lovely.

My HV is coming to check up on me today after I had a meltdown on her at H's 4 month check. Everything was really getting on top of me and she thinks I have PND. I don't think I have but I've made a real effort to give myself a break since then. I'm sure if H would take a bottle I'd be fine.

Neeko - hope it goes ok with HV today. Did you have PND last time? I did, but seem to be ok this time - I get teary and emotional, but there is usually a reason for it. Yay on the sleep, soo well done you on the feeding, and keep trying with the bottle/cup.

NicNac - we have lost touch with loads - hopefully they are just too busy for computers.
Would it be an idea to do another list? I would find it helpful to be reminded of who had what, how many they have in total, and if I am the oldest etc...

NicNac - glad your eldest is coping so well. Asha has never liked being a big girl - never wanted to be one, is very very sensitive etc. She is so confident in social situations, nursery etc, but loves being my 'baby'. They are all different as you say, and thankfully she loves her sister. I do not leave them alone very much just in case she started torturing her