MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

katchambers

Kira000 wrote: »

Am considering a new topic called "you know u are a new mum when....".
My first entries are for today...

it doesn't occur to you that in desperation you took baby for a pram walk in your pj's until several hours after you return....

that you are so in need of sleep that you find yourself trying to decide whether to go to do that v urgent loo visit you can feel imminent, OR let the baby sleep where she is on you for however many precious minutes it will give you..

You open the door to a stranger, who turns up unannounced, and within moments have taken them to your room to show your lady bits and discuss the obs and outs of poo.....

LMAO!!!!!

So mine for this week are:

"you know u are a new mum when....".

...someone throws up on your boobs and you don't bat an eye

...going to the toilet qualifies as quality 'me' time

...you don't have time to even put a necklace on anymore

jenjade

"you know u are a new mum when....

your stood in tesco rocking the trolley backwards and forwards the you notice you didnt take LO with you.

when shopping becomes exciting because they have a mothercare rather than a new look

when you say upsy daisy when someone falls over

jenjade

You know you're a mom when..

You have time to shave only one leg at a time.

You hide in the bathroom to be alone.

You child throws up, and you catch it.

You get a babysitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the night talking about and checking on the kids.

You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.

You use your own saliva to clean your child's face.

You say at least once a day, "I'm not cut out for this job", but you know you wouldn't trade it for anything in the world...

you stand still cross you legs and brace yourself every time you feel the need to sneeze

you sing nursery rhymes in the car even when the kids aren't there

you spend all day watching cbeebies even when the kids are upstairs playing

When you're at work and someone asks you for something, and you catch yourself saying "say please."

You use your hair-drier more often as a white noise machine to soothe an infant than you use it to actually dry your hair.

You think nothing of it when a small child shoves pre-chewed food into your mouth.

Sammy_Girl

Hi Ladies

LabLover - We used the Gina Ford CLB routine too - and got on really well with it. I'm a routine kinda person so it worked well for us. As a first time mum, it has been a Godsend, and if we have another baby I will def use the same routine. DD slept through the night from 12 weeks and I haven't had to feed her in the middle of the night since. I was nervous about dropping the dream feed - and we dropped that somewhere between 6 and 7 months with no problem.

The moses basket wasn't used for too long here either. Not enough space and a bit to hard for my DD's liking. I noticed a great improvement in her sleeping when she slept in her own cot bed at 8 weeks.

We still use a dummy. I remember a few nights of doing the dummy dance and was ready to go cold turkey to get rid of it, and then DD learnt how to pick it up herself and put it back in Now when I put her to bed she goes down with 3 dummies as 1 will always get thrown out and she can always find another one. I try to limit the use during the day though so only really use them to settle at night time/naps

mozzyc

Hi Ladies

When I Google the baby whisperer book, quite a few different ones come up. Can someone let me know which is the correct one, thanks!

Sammy_Girl

Hi Mozzy - Not used it myself, but it is The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg.

mozzyc

Thanks Sammy!

mirrorimage0

ok so no one posted since 11.36 pm last night , does that mean everyone got a full night sleep or is that just wishful thinking lol

seafarers_wife

Very wishful thinking here '

delain

Hello! Lo has the Dr this morning, hv said her milk spots are getting out of hand. I'm just sat here in my pj's posting from my phone, thinking that I really need a shower and the dishwasher wants loading and the hoovering wants doing... And I managed to upset oh last night. *sigh*