MSE Parents Club Part 10

SugarSpun

elle_gee wrote: »

Can you long term BFers still feel the letdown reflex? I can't, haven't done for ages and ages.. dunno if thats normal or odd :cool:

I can but much less than when Molly was new.

She's still doing the thing where she feeds furiously to get the supply going and then pulls her head back to let it spray in her face ... we were out at dinner last night and only a hasty turn-and-grab prevented a friend of mine getting soaked

Happy birthday elle!

BM, Weezlie is of course absolutely right, but I'm wondering if she was angry with you because she felt a bit lost and frightened when Keira was sick and you weren't there to make the decisions for her? It's hard to be a good mummy, especially when the people who are supposed to love you are judging you, but you're doing an excellent job and someone else's outburst of fear and guilt shouldn't change the way you feel about yourself.

weezl74 wrote: »

I am ginormous :DThere's only about 1 cm left before I am gonna be an outy and I am already a little bit at the end of a day. Yucky yuck

Yes but you're already 34/35 weeks!! I was an outy at 28 Actually, I lay down once and my outy sank back into an inny, but I coughed and it shot right back out :rotfl:

The postman brought me a parcel today - it's this. It doesn't look super exciting except that it's the free copy you get for being a contributing author :j

My_Fathers_Daughter

elle_gee wrote: »

Can you long term BFers still feel the letdown reflex? I can't, haven't done for ages and ages.. dunno if thats normal or odd :cool:

Don't feel it anymore. Can't remember when it stopped but ages and ages ago!!! I can't even feel which boob I fed from last anymore...but at least that has stopped me groping myself to find out which side to feed from :rotfl:


I took some co-codamol at about 12 and Benjamin woke for a quick feed at about 5.30am so hopefully that would be long enough for it to be coming out of my system IYKWIM. I think I managed some sleep in blocks of about 2 hours.

Am now back on the ibuprofen and am working from home with a hot water bottle strapped onto the bit of my back that really hurts with a scarf

Took Benjamin to the CM today and he waved me off for the first time :A he is normally too busy wanting to play with the keys as CM locks the door!



Happy Birthday Lovely Elle



Buttons - I completely agree with what Weezl said. If I were you I would copy her post and paste it somewhere, or even print it out, and whenever your st00pid mother dares to pass comment on your parenting skills just have a look at it and remember that you are a good parent trying your very best not to make the same mistakes that she did. xx

xmaslolly76

:bdaycake:Happy birthday Elle have good one :-)

BM Take a deep breath and rise above it you are a wonderful mom and if thats how she is going to be i wouldnt let her have her overnight again her loss :-)

Wi3adora i hope you all feel better soon x

3onitsway im sure your girl will be fine its horrible when they start asserting their independance you need to think of it that you have done such a good job with making her capable :-)

Well one child is back at school the other has a teacher training day im trying to keep him quiet as OH as come home after a night shift and travelled from rugby so he needs his sleep. Bubs is happy today lets hope he stays that way he has been a bit of a grump lately because he is teething :-)

SugarSpun

MFD I missed your sore back - I'm sorry, I hope you feel better soon :gentle hug:

BeenieCat

Morning *yawn*

Slept in today but managed to be on time for school, just means Amber didn't get any milk before we went and i still had bed head :rotfl: My alarms were going off from 7:15 every 5 mins, and i slept through it til 8:15.

The Freaks stopped their door slamming last night after my words. See, it's not !!!!!!! rocket science, just DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!

Too tired for booby group today... Don't shout at me I'll deffo go next week cos i liked it but my eyes are hurting i'm so tired, gonna go lie in my bed for a bit when Amber wakes for her first feed.

Buttons, love what Weezl said about the dominoes thing. There's been once or twice when i was shouting at DS and i could hear my own mam;s psycho-ness coming out and i'm so determined not to be like her. I have no idea why i turned out to be quite sensible because she's a bloody idiot. I should have turned out to be a total waster chav with her for a mother but she must have done something right.

She's more sly than your mam sounds though, i had Cam when i was 17 too and she'd just make me feel incompetent without actually saying it. Like if he was poorly when she was babysitting when i was at work, she'd not let me bring him home "cos he's comfy" which would be fine if it was that, but she just thought she was better at looking after him than me. To be fair to her she was good with him, but very very devious with me.

Like Weezl said i think she deep down knew what a c*nt she actually was so was trying (and failing) to make up for it. She kicked the !!!!!! out of me when 6m preg and kicked me out of the house because i was playing music in my room. Normal people would ask? So she made me homeless and had to stay with my boss til i was 8m preg and got this house, but she was all - oh you wouldn't have that house if it weren't for me aren't i amazing best mam ever.

Don't let her get to you,, it's hard as, i know cos i question myself still to this day about her comments but i know she's just trying to make me out to be a failure cos she's jealous.

elle_gee

SugarSpun wrote: »

.. The postman brought me a parcel today - it's this. It doesn't look super exciting except that it's the free copy you get for being a contributing author :j

Oh oh oh, I see your name :T


Carpet fitter's here. Didn't look too impressed when he saw the wardrobe he needs to lift but he managed one of the same last time and OH did mention it on the phone on Friday

BeenieCat

Becles wrote: »

I'm perched on the edge of my hair and Charlotte is standing behind me brushing it and fastening random hair clips into it

hehe :rotfl:

aless02

hugs, Buttons.

MDF, hope your back feels better.

Weezl, I command you take a long nap today! Was your insomnia this bad with Fergie? How evil, you need sleep!

Beenie, you go take a nap too!

SS, ooo book!! How exciting

Happy Birthday, Elle!

Dora, hope your "babies" feel better soon.

Last night was a wee step back, but not too bad on the grand scheme of what he used to be like! Really would love to go outside and get some fresh air, but the weather is absolutely foul again, argh. It's times like these I hate not being able to drive and the transport around here is !!!!!.

Project for today is to list some of the mat clothes on eBay that I don't mind parting with - and maybe scrounge up a few more things to sell!

got-it-spend-it

Happy Birthday Elle! Hope Rhys gives you lots of birthday kisses.

BM- I agree with what's been said. You're doing a good job!

Hugs to Dora, MFD and anyone else who is suffering.

Weezl- I never got an outie in all my 42 weeks of pregnancy so you might not.

It's filthy weather here but I'll probably try and pop out just to get out the house!

My_Fathers_Daughter

Do any of the Supermarkets sell clothes that you can order to be delivered with your shopping?

Benjamin really needs some new vests but I don't have time to go shopping - his 9-12 month ones look like scoop neck because they are stretched so tight. Full on baby camel toe!!