FESH spa and creche: The Ultimate Destination for survivors of the Palace and Deli: Prologue

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Welcome weary travellers. It's been a long road, but you made it! Now, hard as it might be, leave your ESH spawn at the creche and step into the spa - where we have every treatment available to soothe your Amityville Horror undercarriage, ravaged raspberries and worn out wits. And - wait for it - we've got the bar back. And it's all-inclusive

So, what are you waiting for? Grab a glass, lower yourself into the jacuzzi and lets get chatting. We are Forever ESH!

P.S Children never cry here...

Yep, her of Juno "I sniffed a cock and got pregnant and then I gave it away for adoption and everyone lived happily ever after".

FESHs , do your babies sleep much during the day? I'm finding Squeaks is awake a lot. She tends to sleep if we go out - with the pram/car moving. But back at home she just cat naps and I seem to spend a ridiculous amount of time soothing/entertaining her. I could make a point of going out every day - the walks would do me good - but I am thinking she should be tired at some point anyway. Maybe I am just naive?

casp That sounds exactly like us. It's the reason I keep going out. He stays awake (or only naps on me) if we don't. When I was in the car a couple of days ago he slept solidly for ages and I was wishing I could harness the time somehow, but I can't replicate it at home. Also I often try to plan my walks in the pram for optimal chance of him staying asleep for as long as poss after we get back. Sometimes it works.

ski Woo hoo!

Oh and I meant to add for ski that NAKing is Nursing at Keyboard.

honey the feed / pump double act was made easier by my devotion to using pillows for BF. With a widgey and another pillow on top, once he's properly latched I don't need any hands for him. And the pump just needed one hand but could also be hands free if I decide to dig out my hands free bra like this!

fannybum re Him Indoors pat leave - who knows if legal. Some of the tricks they have pulled over the years have been rather choice! After a whole one minute of discussion Him Indoors has booked off the week after I am due off and if I go into labour beforehand then he will have to down tools and leave. Tho I wouldn't be surprised if they said "sorry no, we got no one to cover you" and then all hell will break loose as Him Indoors won't stand for that and then it will probably get all serious with his boss/HR and shit.

rots I could do morning if 11th as typically this is the same date when the Active Birth Worksho. Is happening, tho it's in the PM. I am sure gin will taste just as good early doors!

Typical I have a morning off work for check up, no need to set alarm and BANG awake at 6! Is there no justice!!!!!

Oh god! My first mummyfail. :(

This morning I was supposed to be walking the dogs, getting Bear & bridle/headcollar/change of clothes/me in to the car, pick jailbait up from work, go to beautician (in 90 minutes), then to stables. Jb had taken saddle down to car this morning.

Total fail. Bear keeps sicking up his breakfast then screaming for more. Dogs unwalked. I'm just eating my breakfast now.

Thank the LORD jailbait is not working late today and is on his way home because I've not walked the dogs, it's raining, bridle is not yet put back together and tbh I don't want to take Bear out if he's having an off day. Better to stay at home with his dad if poss.

Did he plan this? Has he waited until mummy had a really busy day to pull this stunt?

He's on his second outfit of the day already.

Fail. Fail. Fail.

Am also out of lemons - without lemons there can be not satisfying G&T. Must do supermarket on way home.

AIBU to make daddy take control whilst I go out and fix "everything else"?

PS silver tbh, I think turning up to your workshop reeking of gin & regret is probably the only way to handle those patronising PFB mummies-to-be!

6am start? Soon you'll be thinking "oooh lie-in until 6am - result!".

Not at all ski. I am about to leave Squeaks with her dad all day and go to the shops. Even though he has been up half the night with work. She's quite calm though today, unlike Bear. Yet she has thrown one lot of breakfast on me and managed a fountainous piddle which soiled my second lot of PJs!

Thanks for the solidarity fanny - you put it exactly right, we cannot harness that time when they sleep on the move. If only housework/sleep/cooking/entertaining toddlers could be done at the same time as driving!
I should not complain though, as a restless day has just made for a very sleepful night in the Casp household.

I wrestled her into a swaddle in her pram at 8.30pm, in the hope that she'd nap for an hour, before the proper bedtime routine (she had been wailing in my ear). She lay there quietly, eyes open for a while, then took herself off to sleep! An hour later she was still spark out, so I took the decision to sleep in the livingroom next to her. The dog stayed too, in her basket and with SFF at work, it was all the girls together. I had feed at the ready, expecting her to wake at 10, then 11, then 12... It was 1.40am when she finally woke up enough to demand food!

She then proceeded to feed nicley, fart a while, and allowed me to swaddle her again and repeated the act of taking her self off to sleep while gazing around a darkened room. Another four hours' sleep followed! Hurray! And this time I didn't wak every hour, ready to jump into bottle making action.

Sorry to go on, but this was the best, most restful night in weeks. No grunting! No screaming!

And the best bit: She's napping right now

Typical.

I am in shock. First she manages to poo two days in a row and now all this nightime sleep. I'm probably about to jinx myself, but maybe there is something about the magic eight-week mark after all...

at silver's paternity leave situation.

sorry for shit start to day ski, it can only get better?

Yay for the ride, that's brilliant!

casp I agree with swits re the dresses, I tried a few on thinking they would be all comfy and floaty and lovely and they just made me look eeeeenooooorrrmous.

Thanks cos and swits
I did have a maxi when very diffed - I wore it to the hospital the day labour started. Yes I looked big, but I was! And it was comfy.

But I am now thinking it would make me look still pregnant...

ski did not spy any potential PESHs at the class. Did wonder as I checked everyone out but I fear not a gin mummy in sight.

Thanks for the sympathy re : paternity leave. All I can say is that I better NOT be left with MIL whilst he is at work. There will be hari kari.

Quelle surprise - my drs appt is not on time and the waiting room is rammed. Rammed with patients with germs. Place is riddled. Prob come out of here with who knows what.

I feel you ski. Just back from park - glutenous poo everywhere. When in car seat the force of his poo drives it out of the top of his nappy

Oh and with a bigger bump I have totally cocked up the wee sample!! Couldn't see to catch it. Gah!!!

Ta also for the reminder of the forthcoming sleepless nights!! Him Indoors reckons on the nights it's his turn that it will merely involve pickig baby up and plonking s/he on my boob. If only!!!!!

silver I use a funnel!

cos Garrr!! Why did you plant that image in my brain? Now I somehow have to figure out how to look you in the eye on Friday and not laugh.

casp yay for peaceful night!

ski If it's any comfort we are on the third outfit of the day. Two big vomits so far, one all over mummy too. Poor Clyde has a horrible blocked nose/congestion and is constantly sounding like he's choking on phlegm. His only way of dealing with this is to swallow the phlegm and then vomit it. You should see my washing pile.

I knew there was a reason I bought a funnel on the last weekly shop.... Thanks for the reminder Cos!

lol shall I bring it with me so you know who I am? (as if the mahoosive bump will not give it away?)

I ache. :( Rode well but now have fear of dismount.

cunty That sounds delightful! Poor Rastus/mummy - I take it it's you who gets to clean the car-seat and not daddy dearest?

I am a bit "mithered" with my beautician. I've been going there for donkey's and we were both TTC at the same time. She was getting pregnant at the drop of a hat but had three mc last year. :( Anyway, she got the all-clear to try again after some genetic testing and now of course it's not happening. Today she "insinuated" that my ML was for me to be 24/7 with the baybee and I should not be out galivanting (presumably this includes going to her salon?). I bit my tongue because I know it's hard when you're TTC.

fanny, cossie is the one who looks like she's just stepped off of Footballer's Wives - although drinks slightly less than Tanya Turner and didn't set her tits on fire like Chardonnay.

Btw cossie - your chosen boy's name has just gone through the roof in popularity due to the Twighlight series. :(

Cheeky cow!! I hope you didn't tip her!

Yeh cos, I don't think we're going to have any trouble recognising each other. One of us being 9 mths pregnant and the other accompanied by a 10 week old baby.

Please don't bring the funnel.

fanny When I met her she talked about boob leakage. Loudly. :(

FESHES what kind of round the house nighties/pyjamas are best in the early days? Something that will unbutton - i.e. pyjamas maybe? Or nighties - low or high neck? Presumably I'll need a soft cup bra to stick the pads in for sleeping too?

honeymonster Primarni do button down nighties for £3.50. Bargain!!

I didn't think about breast leakage overnight!!!! Bugger. Will steal be interested in ideas to combat this!

Woo hoo! Clyde took a bottle of expressed milk tonight from MrP. It was so fab watching them. MrP was really touched and got something in his eye. Unfortunately he (Clyde) then vomitted it up again. This is not unusual today with the congestion problem. Oh well, at least it's a start.

honey / silver I take a variety of approaches to the problem. I get really tired of the bra / breast pad thing though I know a lot of people wear this arrangement to bed. I do mainly little vest tops, which you can slip breast pads into should you wish. Or stretchy cotton spaghetti strap nighties which you can pull down as needed for access. I sometimes just shove a muslin in the side I'm not feeding on (as that is when most leakage happens). I also have a looser t-shirt style nightie for colder nights. It has poppers down the front. I also lay muslins or burp cloths on the bed under where I'm feeding to catch the milky dribble. And change the sheets a lot. It's a milky wonderland chez Pricless.

Thanks pricey. I think slinky vest top with pad wedged in will do the trick. How many bp's have you gone through!? I have starter box of 50. But have no idea how long they will last. I went for chuck aways (soz rotters).

Suppose I better get up for work.