October 08 - Ooh fancy that!

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We filled up a thread without even noticing!

Primary school outcome for dd today . They say that the emails will be sent out by 6pm (though may take longer to get through to us).

morning all.... quick question for all you seasoned baby-growers. I have been very sick and pooey overnight (lovely), but am fine now... do you think it warrants a call to NHS direct (re the pregnancy) or just not worry abour it. Don't think it could have been anything i ate, apprently there is something going round at Emma's nursery though.

ah, I shouldn't be the first one to read and respond. You know my answer. Just call to be 100% sure, but I'm sure it's probably nothing to worry over.
Oh, just re-read that. I'm not a seasoned baby grower, so wait for someone with more common sense wisdom than I have to come along

I certainly wouldn't call nhs direct, no.

Life here busy busy busy! One of these days I will get on for more of a chat .

thanks csws... i would definitely count you as a seasoned baby-grower

csws is it really difficult with 3? Is your dh home to help out a bit?

star - it has difficult bits rather than being difficult all the time. I was feeling pretty good and organised at 9:30 this morning, but then made no progress whatsoever by 10:30 - not even managing to get past putting on my bra and knickers! This was largely down to ds1 being a git - turning the tv off to annoy dd, pulling a huge handful of her hair out, hitting me and ds2, being uber noisy and waking ds2 up etc etc.
ds1 has also chosen to drop his nap this last week. I suspect it is more than a coincidence that it has coincided with ds2 arriving, and def makes life much harder as I don't even get a small break in the afternoon.

dh is here, but has to work (and is quite stressed about work stuff), so we are trying our best not to disturb him any more than absolutely necessary.

I have had ds2 in my close carrier for a couple of hours this afternoon for the first time, and that has been a huge help. Now trying to wake him for a feed, but he likes to wake in his own time, so is just collapsed on my lap whilst the older two mill about on the drive (gate to road is shut!) waiting for grandparents to arrive. I have told them that we don't know what time they are coming, so they might be out there for an hour, but they don't seem to mind, and I am enjoying the relative peace!

So D is not liking the new arrival much? I can't imagine Q would take well to someone taking up my attention either. It must be really hard for you.

No I think he does like him, but is naturally a bit confused by it all too. He mostly grins, points at the baby and sometimes laughs, and often strokes him gently, which is very sweet. He gets jealous when J feeds and I don't let him (am trying to keep him to his usual feed schedule rather than having a free for all), and obv J is feeding a LOT at the moment, esp in this heat. D even asked to have a cuddle with J earlier, so had him on his lap (all done without the use of actual words of course) and was lovely with him.

Hi all, god sounds like a logistical nightmare CSWS. When are you due KSal?

Not much to report here. I'm knackered again, so am off to bed.

Awww that's so sweet of D, csws. Sounds like it's very challenging for you, though. I'm sure you're handling it expertly, though. I hope you're getting sleep as well. Is J feeding and latching well? Is it always a bit painful at first or is it not since you're still feeding D? You don't have to take time to answer that - anyone else who knows. Just curious.

Oh swit swoo foxy lady! Ronshar you looked stunning in that video! That dress is gorgeous. I am just watching it now.....

Where is the video? I missed it

Here you go Star.

HMM I'm due 13th October... jsut keeping my fingers crossed that i get there as Em was a month early
Pistachio... that's exactly how i am seeing it now - that i am going to be taking something away from Emma (our undivided attention), but hopefully she will see it like we are giving her something instead. I am getting a bit teary just thinking about how she may be upset by it (but then i am preganant and pretty hormonal even when i am not!) She's being so lovely at the moment... but DH will be home again on thursday so she'll be back to being daddy's girl again soon enough

Wow, well done, Ronshar Who are the other two with you? Are they mners, too?

KSal, that made me tear up... this "that i am going to be taking something away from Emma (our undivided attention), but hopefully she will see it like we are giving her something instead" That is so true and such a great way of looking at it.

It's a wonderful thing, just so challenging for a mother... but nothing wonderful is ever easy!

Q pinched his finger in the door handle (outside of the car) today. It was pinche din there for about a minute I didn't see it because I thought he was just screaming because he didn't want to get into his carseat! ugh. Nothing to show now, but hte finger is quite swollen (not bruised) and he moans/cries every time he picks something up and any weight goes on that finger (middle). Would you all just leave it? Or see a dr? He has vaccinations tomorrow morning, so I could ask then, but is it too late? I don't want to call nhs direct for it as it's not a real emergency but I'd feel badly if his finger fell off!

I know it must seem like I'm really negligent... Q is just very curious and adventurous.

Fame at last

myjob - how can you tell that nothing is broken? He's really unhappy/crying whenever he uses it and any pressure is put on it. But he seems to be able to move it... well, I only saw it for about a half hour before he went to sleep. Will check again when he wakes...
Rambling nutter here... don't mind me.

NHS direct isn't for emergencies necessarily Star, but I find them generally useless and doubt they'd be able to help you with the finger! It's very hard to break a child's finger as the bones are soft & bouncy so unlikely to break. However, if he still seems in pain when he wakes up it might be worth seeing someone. When DS shattered his thumb when he was 9 months, he was using the thumb, crawling around on it etc with no problems what so ever so it's difficult to tell!

KSal - Our DS felt the same as Myjob's DS. My DS is older so I have been able to speak to him about it sensibly & he informs me that he loves having a little sister and would like two more please.... It might feel strange at first but things will get better once the baby is less demanding. Pistachio would be good to ask as she has a small age gap.

CSWS - Big congratulations for not being a wibbling heap on the floor! The fact that you are still able to write coherent sentences while coping with dd, a toddler and a newborn deserves some sort of medal! I will message you on FB about coming to visit/help out.

Pistachio - Is T able to pedal his own bike? Wow! M is too lazy to bother to try!

I'd love to come visit and help however I can, too, csws - and give your baby a little cuddle
50ft - I can't even imagine csws being in a wibbling heap on the floor. Let me paint you a picture of what I see in my mind.... She has J in the close carrier, bfing, P reading something like Jane Austen to her while D sits beautifully, batting his gorgeous eyelashes. Lovely soft music plays in the background. When D tears a page out of the book P is reading, csws calmly handles the situation and all returns as it was...

Thanks so much for the reassurance guys, it really means a lot to hear it from people who have experienced it. I have been hoping that the small age gap will help them be close and play together (rather than just fight a lot), but obviously emma is very young to understand what's going on. I guess i need to prepare myself for a difficult start, then if it turns out well it'll be a bonus.

sorry to hear about the injuries. I have no advice star - i'm clueless when it comes to this kind of thing.

and nice video ronshar!

Arghhhhh I was cleAning out Qs ear because he was poking at and digging (trying to) at it. I put the swab just barely past the hole like a millimetre and all this wax came out so I just kept cleaning it - not far in don't worry BUT blood was on swab I put it in again to see and a bit more then fading now no blood. It's not dripping out iyswim and he seems fine in himself .... Just freaking out a bit now.
Maybe me being home is bad for Q. All of this horrible stuff happening to him! Ugh. Should we go to a&e??

He probably scratched his ear with his finger nail Star. M does it ALL the time. She often has bits of blood in her ears from gouging them with her finger nails.

KSal - I have a 5 year age gap and my two play together and fight a lot anyway! It doesn't seem to matter!