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honeybe21

hi ive just had my 3rd baby a son called riley hes 5 days old now.ive been a regular on the pregnancy thread and thought i would come on here.

we have been breastfeeding which is going great.me and hubby and baby went to a breast feeding cafe meeting which was great although i was the youngest there and everyone else had only one child it wasnt as bad as i thought they helped me with some breastfeeding advice as ive never done it before and i could answer things for them as ive been and done most things with my other 2.my oh even tried on a baby sling and we have been converted so going to a baby sling try on meeting in a months time.

scruffy96uk

honeybe21 Hello, welcome and congratulations on the birth of Riley John.

My local Asda had boxes of 88 Pampers active fit nappies for £8 not sure if this is better than sainsburys or not so check it out first.

nifi26

Boots always have good offers on nappies and they can usualy be bought at 10pp nappy - best value I have come across yet.
Also sign up for a boots card and joine their parenting club and you get discount coupons and freebies and double points for baby products in the shop.

Never introduced myself: I'm a new mum to 7 months old gorgeous boy. Got lots of experience with babies and young children from previous jobs and it helps a lot.
Avoided spending money on lots of baby gear that I knew we wouldn't need!

tsstss7

congratulations on the birth of your boy HONEYBE21 and welcome to the thread. Good to meet you NIFI26!!

I have a big one (boy that is) aged 10 and a little boy called Archie who will be 8 mths old on saturday. I go to a local breastfeeding group too.. I had bucket loads of problems breastfeeding when DS2 was very small so it was pretty invaluable to me really - it is definately one of the friendliest groups I have been to.

Becles

Congratulations honeybe21 and nifi26. Nice to meet you.

Hope you stick around as this thread is brilliant, especially when you have those dumb questions that you really need to know the answers to

honeybe21

aww ty u all for the welcome.
riley has his heel !!!!! today and as its hubbys first hes more panicked bless told him it is over in seconds and they whinge a little.

do u need to eat more when ur breastfeeding i usually only eat once or twice a day have a really small apettite recently though this week ive been having a cereal breakfast,sandwhich,fruit(but eats tons of that neway) and rivitas is this enough?

SusanC_2

Yes you particularly eat a lot early on when breastfeeding. I was eating three large meals, loads of snacks (toast and fruit/dried fruit) and was having four marmalade sandwiches when I got up to feed in the middle of the night. I think the davice is to eat to appetite rather than a specific amount.

daphne_descends

Hi Honeybe, congratulations on the birth of your son! Riley is a lovely name

Don't worry about what you are eating for now, milk production isn't really affected by how much/what you eat/drink, though you may find you are thirstier, I drank gallons in the early days. I didn't have much of an appetite for a couple of weeks after the birth and was nauseous a lot of the time but that soon passed and I started eating everything in sight! 8 months later I still am... :eek: Just eat whenever you want and whatever you want, find things that appeal to nibble on, nuts and raisins are good for energy, and get your husband to bring you drinks and chocolate every, ooh, half hour or so

I was a nervous wreck over the heel !!!!! test but my DS slept through it!

honeybe21

he cried a little but not much im not so bad with them having had them done twice before hubby was a bit worried but fine after.
thanks for the advice on food

traveller

Congratulations Honeybe21:j -I remember you from the 'other' thread,lol! Time really does fly, my little one is 2 months old today, but it still feels like yesterday,lol.I too find i'm eating a lot more and feel faint if i don't.Sometimetimes i feel sick while feeding A'ron if i'm eating at the same time-does anyone else get that feeling