Now, do i have the Mcflurrie in my fridge, or not?...
Thanks for that Kate, you really cheered me up tonight
As for pigging out on Maccyds - the pregnant body wants what it wants hun, and I really wouldn't worry about it. After the twins were born is when I got my burger craving, and I couldn't get enough double cheeseburgers, chips, chocolate, and sausage rolls. I was on a junk food drive, and put it down to breast feeding and my body needing the 'quick fix'. Just made sure to limit it to once a week and intersperse it with plenty of fruit and veg
I'm more interested in your sudden venturing out to the drive thru - you may not have noticed the change in yourself, but you seem more relaxed and feel able to make even that short journey. Are you steadily feeling like you can start 'living' a little more? I hope so
Garrick, hang in there chick. Pleased to hear you are able to go on a couple more weeks. Even at this late stage, its better for baby to stay put for as long as possible. Hope youre ok hun
Truthb has had her baby btw ladies
Hope she doesn't mind me saying, her little boy Jeremiah (gorgeous name), arrived on the 11th weighing 7Ibs 11. Way to go Truth - lots of love to you and lo, so so happy for you all
Helen hun, Happy Birthday to Bella for yesterday :hugs Has it really been a year already!?!? Bet she's lovely, any chance we could see some pics of Bella and her brother? It's funny how I create a mental image of the ladies and their babies here, but when they post pics their families are seldom what I had imagined.....lol. It's just nice to put names to faces
MA - with Amelia, it could well be something and nothing. Up to about a year old, their temperament and fussiness ebbs and flows and is rarely anything you are, or are not doing hun. I always say that baby behaviour gets better by degrees. They seem to turn a corner at 6, 12, 24wks then again at 6, 8 and 12mths. It feels like you just get them settled, have a run of 'good nights', then they have you pacing the floor at midnight again for no apparent reason. I believe that over the centuries parents have attributed these lapses to teething and colic (which it sometimes is), but most of the time it is just their 'adjustment' to life outside the womb, and as their brain develops and grows (rapidly in the first year), they are often overwhelmed, protest and really let you know about it!
At the end of the first year any sleep problems are usually resolved, and then each year after that they just get more and more delightful
One of the twins has always been 'easy', but the other has been more typical of my babies and was very fussy in his first year. He improved hugely from 12mths, but it is only in these last few weeks have we really seen him 'blossom'. It is almost like someone has flicked a switch in his brain and he is suddenly charming, settled and happy.
I was lucky that I already knew this stage was coming because of my experience with the others, and that is why motherhood really does get easier the more you have. Knowing there is light at the end of the tunnel is a brilliant thing which helps you through the difficult times. PM me any time chick if I can help at all.
I was on an insulin pump for the last half of my pregnancy with Jackson Jeffrey and then just kept it for ttc and my pregnancy with Amelia because it was the safest drug to be on while pregnant/tt. NOW though, I need to get healthy so I want off it for awhile. Extra insulin stores as fat. I can't seem to lose mine. Ugh!
I will say that Amelia is worth it all though!
I feel totally clueless!
