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

Bamama

Nutella, tyvm for your reply. When I left I was the only employee. There is another lady working there now. Boss seemed more than happy to pay me to work from home but I think I'd be paid for the actual amount of work rather than fixed hours (so I can't slack off and do nothing).

This is all very new to me and the boss. We spent ages working out my leave. We still have to figure out my holidays that have been accrued (are they based on the hours I was working? Because I dropped to part time for a month before I left as I was finding that I couldn't be on my feet for 40hrs). How would I put hours down on tax forms if I'm not actually being given hours?

Aimless

I guess you'd write down what hours you actually do? Working at home is not too bad I guess if you have a baby who naps and goes to bed early. Sadly I don't. I've been working today and my front room looks like a whirlwind has hit. I had to stop about 20 times to take him off the chair, out from under the radiator, from underneath my chair...

Passport photos, we used Snappy Snaps. Not too expensive, and the photo was great. As they're so fussy, it was just easier to get a professional to do it.

Bamama

I think I just really don't want to leave him. He's not been away from me for any period of time... What with him being EBF. I really don't know how either of us would cope. It's a while off and I'm sure he'll be feeding less from me by then but I don't think I can deal with the idea of not being with him. I really don't know how people do it! He seems too small. I don't know if it's me being over protective or is this how everyone feels and I just have to push through it?

Mrshaworth2b

Rubbish night here, lo woke every hour from 12!! At 5 I put him our bed where he slept for an hour and then it's up for the day!

Why's he suddenly got rubbish at sleeping through? Gr!

fluffnutter

Lola888 wrote: »

There are pros and cons to bf, I did it for 14 mths with my first. It was great not having to wash and sterilise bottles, being able to feed where ever or whenever you just pop you LO on and they can feed in seconds, not having to haul you !!! up to make bottles in the middle of the night, but then you can't pass the baby to OH and get them to feed so you can have some sleep. Plus if you do go back to work or want to go out for a bit you have to pump. If you don't pump you get really full and can leak.

Another pro is I know there was a formula shortage a little while ago and some people were left without formula to feed their LO so I didn't have this problem you only need you and the baby to feed.

It saves money as well!

My MIL was a bit !!!!y about it, FIL got really funny if I was feeding and would disappear- not a bad thing!!

And not to forget that, nutritionally speaking, breast milk is better for your baby. I'm no breastfeeding fascist - mothers should be supported not criticised - but I think it's important to remember the main reason why breastfeeding is so encouraged.

fluffnutter

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

Rubbish night here, lo woke every hour from 12!! At 5 I put him our bed where he slept for an hour and then it's up for the day!

Why's he suddenly got rubbish at sleeping through? Gr!

Because that's what they do. Little sods.

martafdz

Bamama, that's exactly how I feel too, so I guess it's pretty common to feel like that. I never work a full day, though, and yet I feel l cannot be away that many hours!

I went to a shop that did passport pictures, they put her on the floor on a white sheet and took the pic. She has proper passport face there, just needs a "wanted" sign underneath! Lol.

She is now 6 months and one day

Mrsharworth, my lo has good and bad sleeping days, I cannot find a pattern to it. How old is yours? A good day here is sleeping at 7:30pm, waking up at 3am and 6-7am for the day. Usually with one or two grumbling moments for comfort or dummy. A bad day, like last night, is going to bed at that same time and waking up screaming at 9pm, 11:30pm, 2am, 4:30am, 6 am and thanks god that at least snoozed until 8am. She needed a feed in all of them except 9pm, but she only had half of the bottle t the most. I'm looking forward to nap time!!!

Saffagal

Sorry you had a bad night, Mrshaworth2b. I was thinking this last weekend and most of the week.

But Yay for sleep. A slept for five straight hours last night for the first time ever! I also slept for 5hrs! Wow! Lol I'm sure she'll be back to every hour to two tonight but hey :-)

lazywife well done for contacting a nursery so quickly. I still need to do that. I hate making phonecalls which is half the trouble. Re going to groups, I'm shy in groups and with 'new people' but set it as a goal for myself and managed it because its for A. Now I just have to keep going!


A is 7 weeks old today :-). Where has the time gone? We've our doc appt this morning then I'm taking her to Bluewater to meet a friend for lunch. Its the furthest I'll have gone on my own with her, and on a Friday... Fingers crossed the traffic is kind!

Have a good day all

Gillyx

Try not to worry about wake ups, the best advice I was ever given is don't have any expectations, that way youre less disappointed and annoyed when you do have to get up. I had a crap sleeper until around 6m (he's amazing now so there is hope) and I found when I just accepted that's how it was, it made things a lot easier. Theyre still so little and figuring everything out.

If you really are at your wits end have you considered co sleeping or bed sharing? If done safely it can help both of you to get a bit more sleep.

Hi all, I'm still here reading feel like I have less and less to contribute, but always here for any advice x

morocha

i have no clue how many times i have been up last night, maybe 2 or 3, decided to sop checking the time and counting how many hs she slept... shes always up at 8 am anyway,
i went to Rowlands chemist to get my babys pic, £4 for 6 and they took around 4 pics and let me choose which one i wanted, the only funny thing was that i had to hold her like the monkey holds the baby lion in Lion King... she looks so cute,