MSE Parent Club - Part 2

cazscoob

the poo stories made me laugh!!!!

my littlest 2 are 3 and 10 months adn the 3YO would watch tv 24/7 if i let her, the LO will sit when something catches his eye and wil clap and sing along. we all watch the simpsons together and abi also likes to watch hollyoaks with her mum while dad beds the baby:D

Dormouse

The poo stories are great! :T :rotfl:

Isn't it funny how before you have children, these sort of conversations would freak you out, and now we find them entertaining! :rotfl:

SB - sorry to hear Poppy is suffering with her teeth, poor thing. Alex still only has the 4 (the bunny rabbit look) and he's a couple of months older!

Chocoholic - poor you, hope you all feel better soon.

I have to say I've had an absolutely rubbish couple of months health-wise. Bugs and colds, flu, chest infection, urine infection , conjunctivitis - you name it, I've had it recently. :eek: Was just chatting to a friend about it and we came to the conclusion that we blame the kids for bringing all the germs home. Grrrr! :rolleyes:

chocaholic110

Dormouse wrote: »

Chocoholic - poor you, hope you all feel better soon.

I have to say I've had an absolutely rubbish couple of months health-wise. Bugs and colds, flu, chest infection, urine infection , conjunctivitis - you name it, I've had it recently. :eek: Was just chatting to a friend about it and we came to the conclusion that we blame the kids for bringing all the germs home. Grrrr! :rolleyes:

I think that's probably it. I'm back at school so spend my days sitting among the little darlings being coughed and sneezed upon.

Sami_Bee

oohh Just remembered a good poo story!
anyone every seem the TV prog Mum's on strike?
well anyway the basic idea is mum's that do pretty much everything get to go off to a spa and they film the hilarity that ensues when dads are left to look after the kids, this dad was cooking dinner when his little girl (about 3yrs old I'd guess) walked in and said "daddy poo poo" he turned round to see her stood there holding a poo :eek:

nadnad

oh lord. you remember the days when you used to get together with the girls and talk about men, and clothes and girly stuff? now its just poop poop and more poop. and the sad and distressing thing is i find it funny and interesting lol.

i'm meeting a couple of mates tonight and we've all got children now, we've been friends since we were 11 (17 years my goodness!), we went to uni together and lived in the same student house, we used to go out get drunk, trawl for men, giggle and laugh about all sorts. Tonight we're meeting at 7.30 for dinner we'll chat about the babies have a few baby related laughs there'll be no drink taken cos 2 of us are driving and one is pregnant and we'll all be home by 10.30! Oh what a difference a few short years makes! But its still fun and frankly if i'm not in my bed by 11pm i'll be a wreck!

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Called by for an update and had about 15 page to get through over a few days! Didnt get online for a little while lately.

Jack is now 2 and started playschool this week, he loves it and only cries for a bit when I leave, but he's had fun by the time I get there. When I ask him if he likes school he says yea yea and yes please when I ask him if he wants to go back. He's in a big boys bed and finally settled into staying put for naps and night time. Hurrah.

Molly is nearly 9 months, crawling, pulling to standing and taking a few tentative cruising steps. She's been poorly all week, another constant cold and her inhaler hasn't worked, so the doc put her on steroids to boost her as she has been sooo wheezy. I was concerned one night and took her to hospital. She's been hard work this week, so sensitive and screaming, crying at the slightest thing, I'm trying to make allowances as she's unwell but its draining.

Its nice to have 2 mornings without Jack, I've got things done,especially as Molly had a 3 hr nap on one of them. Unfortunately DH has been off work all week poorly too, so I've been running around playing nurse maid to him. The upside is we've been having our tea with the children around 5pm all week, so by the time they are in bed, are evening has been so much freer, its felt later than what it was and we've actually watched some tv. I wish we could always eat early with them, would make my life so much better.

I still have PND and some days are ok, others i'm a mess and doesn't take much to reduce me to tears. I feel very tired after dealing with Molly day and night and looking after DH. Jack has something 4 out of 5 mornings a week, so we have to get out the door on time, easy if it was just him, he could be ready from bed to door in 45 mins, its Molly who takes the time with her meds etc. I feel like I have to be one step ahead of myself the whole time, planning and organising in advance just to make it out the door. I'm hoping when her reflux and constant colds go, i can do her a lot quicker.

Her get up routine is something like this.

Up approx 7am, omeprazole given, wait 20 mins before milk, give water, change bot and do creams, get dressed (whilst fighting with a screaming wriggly baby who doesn't appreciate being messed around with). Give milk, burp, puke, change bib and maybe clothes, wait another half hour, offer breakfast can take 20 mins to half hour to complete, clean her up, juggle burp and puke, do eye drops with more screaming, give steriods with more screaming, bundle her in coat and into buggy hysterical at times.

That's as well as get jack up, dressed, fed, coat shoes etc. Tidy up kitchen and get DH out the door. I've started getting up before 7am so I can get myself ready before everyone else, or I can't be anywhere on time.

How do you lot manage?

SusanC_2

I manage because I have it easy. Apart from breastfeeding, OH does everything with Alice between 7 and 8.30 when he goes to work. He gets in 5-5.30 so we eat together and he does the bath. I also don't go to lots of activities (Ladies Bible Study once a week in term time and meet up with some friends with little ones once a week) which means that I have more time at home to get things done and also I'm not rushing to get to things every day. We get a weekly veg/fruit box and milk and eggs delivered so between that and an online shop at Tesco or Sainsbury's every two or three months, I only have to do bits and pieces of grocery shopping and we have a Coop in the village which is within Alice's walking distance. I also try to do jobs when she is around so that I'm not trying to do everything when she's in bed (although obviously certain things can't be done when she's around like ironing and sometimes you need to be able to concentrate like if you are writing a letter) and I get her to join in if possible (such as loading the washing machine - see my avatar). I'm sure I would find it a lot harder if OH was out for longer hours.

chocaholic110

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Molly is nearly 9 months, crawling, pulling to standing and taking a few tentative cruising steps. She's been poorly all week, another constant cold and her inhaler hasn't worked, so the doc put her on steroids to boost her as she has been sooo wheezy. I was concerned one night and took her to hospital. She's been hard work this week, so sensitive and screaming, crying at the slightest thing, I'm trying to make allowances as she's unwell but its draining.


How do you lot manage?

To be honest, I'm not sure I do manage! I was whinging a couple of pages back about how tired I was as Tom and DD have been ill and I've had virtually no sleep this week. Plus work is really REALLY busy this term and Tom doesn't seem to get any easier as he gets older. He's still very clingy and cries if you move more than a few steps away from him. He's also very reluctant to go to anyone else, even OH when he comes home at the weekend.

I find it very difficult to do everything I need to do for work, get any housework done, give any attention to my other children and this week Tom has been even harder work...in fact exactly as you've described Molly.

Also when he cries he is often sick...lots!! PLus he keeps biting while feeding and has torn one nipple - very sore. I keep saying No and putting him down but it doesn't stop him and he laughs manically when he does it. You would think I had never had a baby before but i've never had one as demanding as Tom.

It was about this time last year when i went off sick at work with depression and I feel like I'm battling the same feelings again, except this time there's no way I can stay off work and work isn't the biggest problem anyway.


It's funny as we tried so hard to have Tom and I do love him very much but sometimes I just wish I could hand him over to someone else for a few hours. Is that really bad?

tsstss7

chocaholic110 wrote: »

To be honest, I'm not sure I do manage! I was whinging a couple of pages back about how tired I was as Tom and DD have been ill and I've had virtually no sleep this week. Plus work is really REALLY busy this term and Tom doesn't seem to get any easier as he gets older. He's still very clingy and cries if you move more than a few steps away from him. He's also very reluctant to go to anyone else, even OH when he comes home at the weekend.

I find it very difficult to do everything I need to do for work, get any housework done, give any attention to my other children and this week Tom has been even harder work...in fact exactly as you've described Molly.

Also when he cries he is often sick...lots!! PLus he keeps biting while feeding and has torn one nipple - very sore. I keep saying No and putting him down but it doesn't stop him and he laughs manically when he does it. You would think I had never had a baby before but i've never had one as demanding as Tom.

It was about this time last year when i went off sick at work with depression and I feel like I'm battling the same feelings again, except this time there's no way I can stay off work and work isn't the biggest problem anyway.


It's funny as we tried so hard to have Tom and I do love him very much but sometimes I just wish I could hand him over to someone else for a few hours. Is that really bad?

no of course not chocoholic - my lo is realy badly clingy at the mo. and as well as antagonising his dad (as he always prefers me and tries to come to me if he sees me and dad feels pushed out) it's ever so hard not even to be able to put him down to go to the loo without gushes of tears.

My mum used to come and take him out for long walks in the pushchair but can't at the mo as she is too busy and how I miss those 2 hr breaks!!

purplepatch

chocaholic110 wrote: »

It's funny as we tried so hard to have Tom and I do love him very much but sometimes I just wish I could hand him over to someone else for a few hours. Is that really bad?

Gosh, don't we all feel like that?!? I know I do.

I've just spent my one day off a week cleaning and tidying and all Isabel does is go around after me, from one thing to the next, creating as much mess and havoc as she can - I'm fighting a losing battle. It drives me to drink :rolleyes:

My DD1's teacher pulled me to one side yesterday and said they had done a topic about what keeps us awake at night. Olivia (aged 5) had written..."My baby sister keeps me awake at night and it drives me insane!!" We had a chuckle about that, it is soooooo the sort of thing I say :rotfl: