big congratulations honey & Dexter (cool name!!!) Glad you had a good birth experience - have to admit, if I do it again, I'm very tempted by a home birth [just need to convince dH he wants another one?)
Good weight, but frightening to think that he's still 5lbs lighter than Toby, but 3 weeks older when born! Makes me feel justified in my screaming during labour!!!
Well, I'm having my off-gaviscon day, as suggested by GP to see if it is the gaviscon that is helping with the screaming and I've had an awful day. But I'm not certain if the gaviscon would have helped, as he had it yesterday and effectively screamed himself to sleep yesterday evening at 7.30pm. He's almost given up feeding during the day - we're lucky if we get 5 mins before the screaming starts. I'm wondering if I'm just producing too much milk, as when he comes off milk is squirting, powerfully everywhere and he can't cope with the force. Getting really close to thinking I'll try bottles and formula, but probably ought to try expressing first [probably got enough milk for us all on this thread, if anyone wants any spare!!)
So upsetting seeing him so much in pain and to top it all off, I just bent his foot completely backwards underneath him in his bouncy chair while trying to prepare DD's supper and answer some STUPID *!£%£$&%"($ cold-caller phone call - Toby was screaming away and I assumed just due to whatever normally makes him scream then I saw his foot (red, swollen and bent?!) Feel awful and crying now - poor DD is not very happy either, as she hates either me or Toby crying. Anyway, he's screamed himself to sleep now, so I have some peace (he's slept all day though (apart from when trying to feed, so he can't be that tired, can he??!)
sorry - bit me, me, me that was, but it's good to get it off my chest - hopefully this evening and tomorrow will be better.
So - how is everyone else?
So so pleased for you Honey and great birthday date to have!! How are DS and DD taking to the new arrival?
Chooster - I must be so tired that i missed you saying you'd dressed up as Mr Gadget - how really really cool!!! But at your DH's chat up lines!!! Thanks for making me feel better about the lack of sex drive! Feeling a bit rubbish in that area at the moment, so it's good to know it's not just me! I'd have loved to have seen Max's monkey impression! But maybe not that early in the morning! Hope Theo's ears sort themselves out soon - ear infections are so painful, poor little soul.
bodders - how you getting on with the gaviscon? I think it's made Toby a bit constipated, which might explain the extra hard screaming today. No poo yesterday and the one today was much thicker than normal, which stands to reason I suppose. How is DD1s impetigo? all calmed down?
Iampg - glad you are feeling more in control. I remember feeling exactly the same as you, so unprepared, as if you remember I moved house at around 8 months pg and it was pretty unsettling! But we got there in the end! Great to have organised MrsMc around though!!
Seaside - how is life with you? Dogs all ok? Bump doing well?
Rainbowdays - any joy finding Zaf yet from Spooks on your daily rounds as 006??! Hope all well at home without you and you not missing them too much. How's bump growing? How you getting on with arranging a 20 week anomoly scan?
Big waves to Ready - must reply to your message!
MrsMcOrganised - how you doing today? Keep meaning to ask how the injections are going - must be really hard now to find good places to inject? Sounds like you had a fun/exhausting weekend with your DNs - I always think that it seems much harder having other people's children in your house than your own - they always seem so much more destructrive than your own! But then I suppose DD is pretty destructive at people's houses, so it comes in turns!!
How's mini-greedy, Greedy? does seem a lot for a little girl to eat, but then you're not exactly short, so she has a lot of upwards growing to do!! (did you see how I didn't imply you were fat there?!!!, which you are obviously not!!!! I'm actually wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans, albeit with the top button undone, but better than I thought 7 weeks ago!!! Still only lost just over a stone though, seems unfair that this extra 11lbs seems determined to stay, without some hard work!) BTW, bet you're back on the horse already, so to speak!!!
Firsty - I'd agree with everyone else that this week will seem so hard, but once you are back in the swing of work, the excitment of seeing your little one in the evenings makes up for it and don't forget weekends. also what I learnt pretty quickly is that is doesn't matter that they do something first for someone else, as the first time you actually see it, is the first time for you and still as wonderfully special! I won't lie and say that it won't be hard, but it won't be as hard as you think as time goes by - but I still cried buckets after dropping DD off at nursery for the first time! But then I'm an emotional freak, as you may have gathered!!
ok, who have I missed? Hope all well, Kitkat and Buggy?]
Better go and make an attempt to make the sitting-room looked less like a bomb/DD has exploded in it, before DH gets home!!
xxx