MSE Parent Club - Part 2

My_Fathers_Daughter

Feelie - don't let it eat away at you chick. You CAN do this! You missed it but Benjamin had all kinds of tests and I was a mess about it. He had x-rays before they would let us bring him home and were talking in words like 'injury' 'damage' and 'fracture' - I was in bits. But you get through it, honestly.


Ladies - I am so happy to hear that you get stuck to the sofa by your babies too! Sometimes I think I am the only one that struggles with the feeding / sleeping constant cycle

Js_Other_Half

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

Ladies - I am so happy to hear that you get stuck to the sofa by your babies too! Sometimes I think I am the only one that struggles with the feeding / sleeping constant cycle

You mean some people actually do something else with their babies in the first 12 weeks???:rotfl:

3onitsway

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

This baby is being very grumpy today - very tired, but wouldn't sleep unless I was holding her, so I've been stuck on the sofa. I had to put her down to go to the loo, and you would have thought I had done something terrible to her, the amount of noise she was making! I was pacing the floor for ages trying to calm her down.

I've got a grumpy baby too today who doesn't want to be put down and wants to feed a lot! Although i've found she's quiet if the hoover is on - so i popped her in her pram, and left the hoover on so I could go for a wee and to make a cuppa!!

I've also got a very obnoxious 8 year old today - she has an answer for everything and is really starting to irritate me!

Is it a full moon? It really does affect her.

WELL DONE FEELIE AND WELCOME. We knew you could do it!
It was day three for me too - its a combination of lack of sleep, big sore milky boobies, hormones and shock I think! I remember thinking 'OMG, what have I done' because youngest was 8 and I thought I was past all the sleepless nights/feeding/nappies stage!
It does get better, honest!

If you need to rant/chat and its not an acceptable time to phone someone - come on here, no doubt there will be someone up feeding!

Js_Other_Half

3onitsway wrote: »

I've also got a very obnoxious 8 year old today - she has an answer for everything and is really starting to irritate me!

Is it a full moon? It really does affect her.

Ummm, I feel bad about mentioning this, but girls start with their hormones at around 8...

My_Fathers_Daughter

Js_Other_Half wrote: »

Ummm, I feel bad about mentioning this, but girls start with their hormones at around 8...

LOL - I was just about to start my periods...I started 2 weeks after my 9th birthday.

DSS is being treated to dinner on his lap today because I am feeding Benjamin whilst eating mine at the dining room table...:rolleyes: does anyone else plan meals that can be eaten with one hand??

redmel1621

Sami - Glad you stayed dry:D and isn't your son adorable:D:D

Feelie - I have only just started to feel back to my normal self, and Kai is 5wks tomorrow. Please try not to panic too much (although I understand why you would)And definitely get out for a walk. Don't worry about dressing up baby, just feed, change nappy and shove blanket on him then go!!! even if it is just down the end of the street and back. I had borderline PND with ds2 (did actually get prescribed anti-d's) The only way I got through it was going out as much as possible, especially mums and tots groups, they really helped me.:D

caz - Were any of the others screamers like Erin? Did you BF all of them too?

3 - I had that OMG what have I done moment too, although my youngest is 6yrs. I was also very worried about how DH would 'cope' with having a baby in the house again!! But he is great, esp compared to how he was with ds2.


I also have a grumpy baby, with a bad belly and two hyperactive but moody and argumentative older boys....I'm worn out and to be honest if I hadn't had so much sleep last night (went to bed at 10pm Kai slept till 6.45am) I probably would have buried the lot of the under the patio today;):o

Mel x

keelykat

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

LOL - I was just about to start my periods...I started 2 weeks after my 9th birthday.

DSS is being treated to dinner on his lap today because I am feeding Benjamin whilst eating mine at the dining room table...:rolleyes: does anyone else plan meals that can be eaten with one hand??

It's tricky bottle feeding-i needed both hands for holding bottle and other arm to hold baby Now he's weaning i've got no chance of eating myself till hes eaten something! lol.

Krystaltips

Feelie, I know your Mum will be a great support to you with her past experience... But would you consider giving the number in my signature a ring and having a chat with someone who does it every day? They might be able to suggest something new?

MFD... I used to cut my food into bite size pieces before I even sat down with my food... It's like they know isn't it...

My cousins came over today and asked if they could have a drink of coke... My aunt let them so I had to let Aimee have one too... (She normally wouldn't even ask) cue sugar crash... She's crying up the corner because she thinks I love my cousin more than her.., While my other cousins wandering round going 'wait till the babies born Aimee!' Umm... Yeah thanks for that!

nadnad

Feeli - welcome. I was a nightmare on the 3rd day tears for no good reason that i could see but its completely natural.

As for being stuck to the sofa - there was days when Oz fell asleep on me and i was so afraid to move him that i sat there - for hours at a time!!!

Ladybird - for teething Ashton & Parsons powders are great or Teetha whichever you can get - they worked brilliantly for Oz at that age.

Oh such a lovely day, we were out looking at furniture and then went for a walk and visited the inlaws and it was all very nice, hope tomorrow's the same!

Mazcabs

Evening all, my LO seems to have some conjunctivitus at the moment, que constant eye wiping with warm water and cotton pads... did ever of you take your Lo's to the drs with this or just let it work its way out?

Had a nice day repotting my veggies for the garden, buying new shoes for Henry and a quick trip to Mr.Ts as OH did shopping yesterday for me ... even managed a sneaky trip to the pub (with OH and LO) hooray !!