MSE Newborn to 1 year (& beyond!) baby club 3

Metranil_Vavin

Amy - BF'ing can be really tough, sounds like you are having a painful time of it

My nipples were so sore until I got to around the 4 week mark, and even now a bad latch can make me hit the ceiling!

I've found it easier this time round though as with DS I think I gave up too easily. Having said that I won't be sorry to leave BF'ing behind me in the next month or so!

amyloofoo

Thanks for the words of support ladies, feeding has actually been a little better today, still sore and still have a blocked duct but not as painful as before - maybe it's the PMA shining through? Have been reassured about Inara's feeding by today's weigh in too - at 16 days she is now weighing in at 3.75kg, up from 3.4kg at birth and 3.29kg at her lowest weight. The doctor has confirmed my suspicions and diagnosed her with an umbilical hernia, but it's not a huge one and we're all hoping it resolves itself with time.

Lola is an absolute beauty MV, that picture put a huge smile on my face!

Angelmommy, I think your fears are entirely understandable :grouphug: I'm twitchy about checking on Inara and paranoid something will happen beyond my control - it must be so much more pronounced and 'real' after what you have experienced.

Delain, hope you get some relief from the flooding soon and that the school run wasn't as dire as expected.

Congrats to saffa for the weight gain Can't believe your DH hasn't taken A out without you though! It must be difficult to co-ordinate around bf, especially if you're not expressing too.

Hope everyone else (and their LOs) are well and cuddled up out of the cold this evening.

Metranil_Vavin

Love the name Inara btw.

So pretty and unusual..what are it's origins?

amus

Angelmommy wrote: »

I hope this doesn't make me sound a bit bonkers but I'm petrified that Joshua will die during the night. Does anyone else feel like this? I've had a few nightmares about it and panic if I can't hear his breathing. I didn't feel like this with my girls. I think it's because I've just had the anniversary of our Angel baby and his funeral etc. I love Joshua so much that I keep thinking something is bound to happen to take him from me IYSWIM.


Xx

Not at all I'm exactly the same, I have a movement monitor under the mattress but I still seem to wake every 2 hours to check on her!! I find the worry and anxiety one of the hardest bits of being a parent!

katiechoc_2

Hi ladies, been ages since I got on here! And a new shiny thread too!

Looks like lots of new names so welcome to all, I won't pretend I've read back as it would probably take all night . But hope all are well

My little chap has come down with hand, foot and mouth today - went from being perfectly normal this morning to miserable and flushed within an hour, and from there it wasn't long before he chucked up all over both of us. Repeatedly . Atleast it meant I got a 2 hours cuddle while he slept on my knee and I watched Downton, the only upside to poorly babies is the extra cuddles!

continualdiamond

Well baby yoga was great. I felt a bit guilty 15 mins into it as had to stop as Scarlett was hungry, but the instructor did say it is all about the babies and how they want to join in, so if they're hungry, need changing or sleep that it is totally fine.

Sounds silly but found myself wanting Scarlett to sleep and eat before the class started so we could join in for the whole hour. Of course I wasn't the only mum that fed her baby.

She is the youngest in the group and the instructor said she did really well for joining in as much as she did.

It was a really mad day and I had no food all day until I got home just after 4pm. I was on the phone for ages updating tax credits this morning, then visited a child minder (such a daunting task choosing childcare) which was for an hr, then had an emergency dentist appt as my tooth broke and then was at baby yoga.

In between each thing I literally had 30 mins to get organised for the next task, just crazy.

I also am exactly the same at night re Scarlett sleeping. I worry constantly that something will happen to her. She is right next to my bed and at random times in the night I put my hand on her chest to make sure she is breathing. She goes to bed about 7:30 pm in our room as she hates being in the lounge with us now, but I don't relax, I am forever checking on her.

Here she is when she turned 3 mths old on Monday:

minimuffin12

Mv and cd, gorgeous pics of your lil ladies I really should take more pics of ds. CD, glad the baby yoga went well, I have found it so daunting going to things on my own, mind you ive only been to 2 baby related things since ive been off. I have found it v.stressful arranging childcare, tried the childminder but I arranged to see her and she wasnt there! Then when i rang her she said she left a msg to say she couldnt mind my son. So he is going to nursery and his granny is minding him too.

Amus, thank you for the weaning guide fron the hpa, going to get a print out of it.

Anglemommy, I think we can all relate to that, I dread ds going into his room cos I cant see or hear him. The worrying never ends does it?

Angelmommy

Thank you all, ladies. I was worried you might think I had PND or something - though I didn't think it was that. I'm just so anxious. And yes! I put my hand on Joshua's chest during the night too, to check he's still breathing! Can't tell you how relieved I am that what I'm feeling is fairly normal. I normally talk to hubby about anything but I didn't want him to worry about me, or for him to start worrying about Joshua's breathing too. Xx

minimuffin12

Big hugs angel mommy, im the same, the anxiety of not being good enough to look after him, and the huge responsibility of looking after a baby, is overwhelming at times. My dh would think I'm bonkers if he knew half the things that I worry about!x

Sparkles87

minimuffin12 wrote: »

sparkles I feel your pain, ds hasnt slept through in ages, once last week, but it used to be every night but from he has learnt to roll it wakes him up for ages and usually at 5am and 2am sometimes. I had a meltdown one night over it. Im going back to work in a matter of weeks, so very scared about working with severe sleep deprivation!! Night all xx

I had a meltdown too, started wondering if I have a touch of PND but I'm thinking (hoping) it's just sleep deprivation. I'm back to work in February too and dreading it - it's a full on job mentally and involves two late shifts until 10/11 two days running and currently LO will only be put to bed by me. It's going to be a tough month getting LO used to daddy time in the evening.