MSE Parent Club - Part 2

nadnad

oh i'm not sure - check with your health visitor, - i'm sure you still see her?

tsstss7

Thanks for the piccies JS-O-H

The space I had in mind has two exits too so it sounds like just the thing.

MadDogWoman_2

Hi Everyone,

Congratulations to all the new mums.

Sorry I'm so appalling at posting but I can't log on at work as it's blocked and I can't be bothered most of the time once DD is in bed. :mad:

DD is now 17 months old and all her teeth are starting to appear, :j she got 4 molars whilst we were on holiday! Not too traumatic fortunately. Her incisors are now making their presence felt, her fingers are constantly in her mouth and she hates having a toothbrush anywhere near her sore gums. I won't even begin on the nappies, I'll just leave it to your imagination!!:eek:

We've recently come back from a fornight's holiday in a static caravan, where all the handles were at the perfect height for DD, she had the greatest time opening and closing doors!! :rolleyes: She also slept in a bed in a room on her own with just a bed guard, she only fell out once! This has prompted me to think about getting her room sorted, she is in a cot in our room still , but only to decide on the theme, butterflies, as she has a butterfly mobile and butterfly curtains.

DH needs to join the bad parent club - DD had got hold of a coat hanger and hooked an eyelid with it :eek: Phone call to my mum (DH only has a motorbike when I'm at work) and a trip to the local minor injuries, some drops in her eye, but no damage done.

DD is also doing the tidying up thing, I'm putting it to good use and having her help me tidy up her toys at night. :T

I've been to see a Rheumatologist about my joints, he's testing me for Rheumatoid Arthritis, the doc reckons I'll have to stop bf DD :mad: but I'm doing my reasearch so I don't have to. I don't want to wean her before she's ready especially with her teething. I am much better than I was, the cankles are no more, I've got some low dose steroids for a month to get rid of the residual inflammation.

DD coped really well a couple of weeks ago I was hit by a stomach bug, we were on our own as DH at work, whilst I was busy at the sink, DD opened the pan cupboard and found lots of amusing things to play with but kept coming over to me and patting me on the leg to check I was OK :A. I ended up taking her to my mum (who had not particularly child friendly) guests for the weekend, but DD worked her magic on them. I'm reluctant to call DH home from work at the moment as we're at risk of redundancy - we both work for the same company within the aviation industry.

Well done for reading my waffle


MDW

Becles

MadDogWoman wrote: »

We've recently come back from a fornight's holiday in a static caravan, where all the handles were at the perfect height for DD, she had the greatest time opening and closing doors!! :rolleyes:

Charlotte is into opening and closing cupboard doors, drawers etc. She can't stand seeing them left open, so I'll open the kitchen cupboard door, get a handful of crockery off the draining board and turn round to find the cupboard door shut :rolleyes:

She's also got a into a habit of finishing her juice and then putting the used cup back in the cupboard :rotfl:

Sorry to hear you are not well at the moment. Hope you get everything sorted out.

Charlottes latest funny is when she has a dirty nappy. When I open it to take it off, she says "ooooh it stinks" :rotfl:

keelykat

Wel it's my first day on my own today, fell out with my hubby last night after i got upset. Luckily we made up but i still feel a bit crap today. My sister is popping in for an hour this afternoon so something to look forward to.

Im finding parenthood really difficult!!

keely.x

Becles

Sorry to hear that keelykat *hugs*

What are you struggling with? Maybe we can offer some tips to help

keelykat

Its probably me just being silly and hormones still playing me up! I just feel really alone right now, really cant wait to get going to some mother and baby groups or something.

I already miss hugging my hubby so much, we were very touchy feely and hugy before-dont have chance to really go near him now! but i know it'll take time to settle down properly. Im also fed up/frustrated about my body-cant wait for the stitches to completely heal etc and my boobs to stop leaking now.

x x

Becles

awww - *hugs*

That's pretty normal to be honest I promise it will get better in time once your body gets back to normal.

Have you had a look at your local Sure Start centre? Ours runs various groups. I did a baby massage course which was fun when Charlotte was about 5 months old. They also have a group for babies under 1, a baby story and rhyme time at the library and "weigh, stay and play" where you get the baby weighed and can sit around and chat with other mothers and there are toys out for the bigger ones to play with.

Charlotte is now going to a story time group in our local school once a week for age 1 - school age children, so hopefully she'll make friends with bairns who will be her classmates when she starts nursery and school.

SeptemberBaby_2

Aww, Keely it is really daunting at first but you will quickly get into your own little routine with Elliot and it honestly does get easier. It took me a while to get out and about (apart from visiting my Mums) as it took me so long to get me and Poppy ready! It soon becomes second nature though. I second Becles idea of SureStart as they are fab. You can meet local Mums and it passes a few hours of the day. Are you still in contact with your antenatal class Mums? Perhaps you could give them a call and arrange to meet up?

xx

My baby is one today! :j

daphne_descends

Hi Keely :grouphug: I can only second what Becles said - yup, completely normal. I spent a long time mourning my relationship the way it was and I missed my OH terribly for a very long time - in some ways I still do.

It is hard, but you have to remember that tiny babies are only tiny and so demanding for a very short time. Your world changes overnight when you have a baby because he needs you more than anything in the world, and the weight of the responsibility is staggering. You and your DH have the rest of your lives to regain closeness and talk for hours about nothing, but little Elliot will only be a baby for a flash of time.

Try not to sweat the small stuff - do all you can to avoid arguing about housework or who is more tired, and hug as much as you can. Me and OH were ridiculoudly close, sickening almost! Then I barely even touched him for weeks on end when the baby was born... I should have tried more. As long as you love each other you'll come back together in time

Did you go to any ante-natal classes? The best thing you can do is meet with other new mum's so you can have a natter about all this and maybe a good cry, because you'll all be in the same boat. But of course the MSE parent club are always here to listen too :grouphug: