MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 2

Sammie_03

delain wrote: »

My little 2 are 16 months apart and very close, lovely to watch them play

Have you got 5 kiddies or am I getting you confused with someone else?!

I did find being pregnant with Noah really hard at the beginning and end but I was lucky in that I could sleep in the day when the boys were at school.

sunshine_1988

I admire you guys who have them close together, i think its lovely to imagine them being so close together, but I cannot imagine how tired you must be!

Off to start my ironing. xx

delain

Yep that's me!

I'm another one presumably not too far from you guys

Sammie_03

Oh wow! Are you stopping at 5? I can't ever imagine stopping! :cool:
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delain

Sammie_03 wrote: »

Oh wow! Are you stopping at 5? I can't ever imagine stopping! :cool:
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Well we have well and truly run out of space (and money since we got a beast of a car!) and OH has been down the vets *ahem* and says if there's any more, I'm in trouble and so is the postman, we've definitely stopped :rotfl: :rotfl:

Luckily for everyone our postman is a miserable git :rotfl:

*Nutella*

Sammie_03 wrote: »

Oh wow! Are you stopping at 5? I can't ever imagine stopping! :cool:
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Keep going and we might see you on 16 kids and counting in a few years!

dizziblonde

sunshine_1988 wrote: »

Theres 2yrs between me and my sister but I cant imagine being pregnant and looking after aiden....first 3months of my pregnancy I was shattered and used to have a nap when I got in from work! No chance of that now so prob wait until he is 3-4.

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The SPD was what I was really struggling with (and the reason I'm stopping at two kids to be honest) - although when I think about it - I'm not sure what would be the "easier" option between a heavy baby who wasn't crawling for 99% of the pregnancy so at least stayed where you put her and just having to cope with the logistics of moving her to the highchair, cot etc... or one in the terrible twos/effing awful threes and the pain factor while having to wrangle them and chase them down.

As for managing them - I seem to be starting to get into a routine with it which helps a lot - yes, it means I can't be fully baby-led and waft around in an aura of awesomeness on that front - but it's more of a "ok small lady's fed so I've probably got a couple of hours to deal with big lady" type situation than anything else... and just having a rough 3 hour idea in my head (things tend to veer half an hour to an hour off that but it's a nice general guide) so I can pre-empt things with getting time in with the big miss too.

The morning's been the hard part to work out how to make it manageable - we've now got it where I bring Robyn down and feed/dress (yes I'm a lunatic who does day and night clothes from the start)/change her while Erin has her morning bottle (half formula-half cow's milk now since she's 1 on Tuesday and the formula tin was running lowish) and plays for a few minutes - then I dress and change Erin while hubby sticks the overnight bottles in the dishwasher, goes for a shower then empties the dishwasher and puts the bottles in the microwave to sterilise through before going to work - then it's manageable on my own once that initial 6am lunacy's over and dealt with... not the easiest existence but better than the first time I got left for a few minutes and screaming hell (from all three of us) broke out! Had to move the morning alarm 30 minutes earlier in the day in order to fit it all in though but that's not bad really. Hubby's off next week so we can share things out a bit more though!

Think it's going to be a roughish night - Erin's unsettled on the baby monitor so I think will end up in our bed - I'm planning on having loads of big miss cuddles and daddy can have little miss.

*Nutella*

delain wrote: »

Well we have well and truly run out of space (and money since we got a beast of a car!) and OH has been down the vets *ahem* and says if there's any more, I'm in trouble and so is the postman, we've definitely stopped :rotfl: :rotfl:

Luckily for everyone our postman is a miserable git :rotfl:

:rotfl: I take it we won't be seeing *you* on 16 kids and counting then!

delain

*Nutella* wrote: »

Keep going and we might see you on 16 kids and counting in a few years!

No you won't I'm not insane!

I have a friend with 7 and her house is hectic with 4 under 5's...

I couldn't cope I don't think.

Had 3 under 2 once, surprised I survived that.

I think Dizzi is doing amazingly well tbh. I was just a frazzled mess

Sammie_03

My DP keeps threatening that he's going to the dr's every time I mention another baby. :eek:

I have told him, he didn't consult me when he bought new tyres for his van so why should I consult him when I want to try for a baby? apparently it's not the same thing!!
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