End of May 2013 babies CONTINUED..

[pebbie1]

Now you say that, yes that's true. Mine reach till on my feet and I'm 5ft 9. And that's the regular length there. Think the petite ones are shorter?

 

[OmiOmen]

I am 5'5" and they seem a tad too long on me so I probably should talk a look at the petite ones.

 

[babyface15]

ooh maxi dresses, I'm going to live in those this summer. i'd love to show off my big boobs, but def want to hide everything else.
my belly is going down but it's not flat like before and the skin is saggy and full of stretch marks. so are my boobs and thighs. & my belly button looks like a sad saggy cone lol! I'm pretty sure I'll never wear a bikini again

tried the magic bag in the crib and she went down wonderfully. I couldn't be bothered to go all the way down to the kitchen at her 430 feed and she's been mostly up ever since!

 

[OmiOmen]

I didn't get any stretch marks with DS1 and hoped I would be lucky again this time but my belly and thighs are covered in them.

You have been up since 4:30am?

 

[babyface15]

yes it seems that's her new routine to wake for the day at 4:30 I just got her down for a nap (it's 10:30 here) so I need to get my butt to sleep now too!

I'm not sure how to get her to sleep later!! maybe the magic bag would have helped. she'll nap with me a bit after 4:30 if I have her on my chest or in bed with me and I don't want to get her into a habit of that

 

[pebbie1]

I've been up since 4 yuk. Markus woke and that was it. So I took him downstairs at 5.30, wanted to go and sleep when he fell asleep at 6, but then Marielle got up! We're on our way to Surrey for an overnight stop before we go to France tomorrow. I expressed milk in the car for Markus his feed lol! I was completely covered under a cardigan and managed to spill half the bloody milk on my bra as I couldn't see what I was doing hahahaha.
Sat in the bak with the kids now watching Cinderella and I could easily nod off

 

[pebbie1]

Char, horrible isn't it! I had none last time, nine this time and then my belly went down really quick and now I have stretch marks! Booooo

 

[pebbie1]

Chilling in the back of the car with Marielle. The sun was shining before but now it's raining lol

 

[pebbie1]

Oh that's a new one, a picture upside down!

 

[babyface15]

aw looks lovely! hope you have a great vacation pebbie

 

[OmiOmen]

Have a nice time in France pebbie.

Aww, you must both be exhausted. DS1 never slept well at all and I was so worn out I felt ill but Cooper sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time without fail. At least once a night he wakes up for a bit after a feed but it isn't too bad. I currently feel lucky but know how a baby sleeps can suddenly get better or worse so he may change still.

 

[babyface15]

uh I can't stand my husband right now. He is always complaining about how tired he is and how it's worse for him because he has to work. He gets 7-8 hours every night & more on the wkd!! I haven't had more than 5 or 6 since she's been born and most days it's about 4 broken hrs. ugh!!

he took the day off today due to medical appts. I asked him to take the baby so I could nap. he said he couldn't bc was going to mow the lawn. this desperately needs to be done, part of our lawn hasn't been mowed yet and is turned into a meadow. But instead he takes a nap because he "had a bad sleep last night". bad sleep?? I had two 2 hr naps yesterday!! So I woke him in time to do the lawn before his appt and we got in a massive fight over it. Now he's gone BC whenever we get in a big fight he leaves. Wish I could just pick up and leave when I felt like it. grrr so frustrated right now!!! >: (

rant over xxx

 

[babyface15]

I hope Cooper keeps up the good sleep omni, especially while you are recovering!

 

[OmiOmen]

Babyface, DH did the same with DS1. In fact everyone would say how great he was doing. I got 45 minutes to 3 hours sleep a night and DH never once helped on a night when off work and always got between 8-14 hours sleep a night. I don't think men get how hard looking after a newborn is and it is so frustrating. I know that even my most stressful of paid work was nowhere near as hard as the fist few months of looking after DS1 was.

 

[pebbie1]

Ahhh babyface. Sorry to hear that hun. Mine is the same. ff-ing useless. He tells people everywhere how hard it is having a baby as he only sleeps 3 hours?!? How's that true when you're lost snoring all freaking night and I have to nudge him when I'm feeding Markus as it does my head in.
I wish there was something they could do to men that would make them feel like us after giving birth and then sleep deprive them for 4 months. They'd be running off, crying for their mummies lol!! That's why women give birth as men can't deal with stuff like that. There'd be dinosaurs again on this planet

 

[pebbie1]

Ps, how annoying that he leaves!

 

[Zfbaby]

hi all,
just a quick update whilst I can. Things are pretty much the same here. Louis is still suffering with the trapped wind and silent reflux. Weve finally been seen by a gp who took the time to listen and has prescribed something to help.
we are now on bottles as it was just all too much for me. coping with his constant screaming during the day and then feeding him through out the the night was more than I could do. Plus we werent sure if my diet was making him worse. He is now on hipp organic manily on demand but he can go 4hrs. We hope that once the colic and reflux is under control he will sleep inbetween feeds. at the moment by the time he is calm from the pain and winded enough to settle its time to feed again. Im not getting much sleep as he will only sleep upright on me or in the sling or in the boppy so i have to stay awake to make sure hes safe. Im hoping the meds and formula/dr browns bottles will help settle him soon. hes gaining lots of weight though so we know hes ok on that score. AFM, Ive been diagnosed with pnd and been put on tablets and we have to see how things go. thats about it this end. how is everyone else?

 

[OmiOmen]

I'm really sorry your having such a hard time at the moment Zfbaby. I am glad your getting some help with the PND and the reflux.

 

[babyface15]

uh what's wrong with them?? omg omni 45 mins, you poor thing. good that cooper sleeps better.
bah pebbie you're right there would be no babies if men had to go through this
he came back shortly after and said 'I keep telling you, you have to sleep when she sleeps' so when am I supposed to eat, drink, use the bathroom, do laundry etc?

oh zfbaby I'm so sorry you're having such a rough time with it. I really hope things get better for you soon

 

[pebbie1]

Zfbaby I really hope the meds start to work soon and that he settles so you can catch up on sleep. Good to hear the gp really listened to you.
And well done to you for telling him about how you feel. It's hard to admit how you feel, but it's best for you to get the help you need. So I hope your meds start working soon too so you can all finally start to enjoy your little family that you've waited so long for!
Big darling
Xxx