Moms of April/May/June 2010 babies thread! :)

[Windmills]

Emera, I really relate with the work thing- V only left his job a week ago and he's driving me insane. I didn't mind doing everything while he was working but now I want to strangle him when he claims he's too tired to get up with the baby!

 

[maybebaby3]

omg i have just cried my eyes out watching the film stepmom. it scares me the thought of getting ill, dying and leaving the kids. sorry what a morbid post! got to dry my eyes before heading to morissons now!

 

[L-C]

hi

maybebaby - I have strangely developed a fear of choking, I dread something like that happening to me to - must be the crazy hormones!

hope you all had a good weekend, ours was quite eventful. Will wouldn't settle at all and on Saturday night I gave in and called the Dr. I'm on antibiotics for mastitis and thought they must be upsetting him, the Dr thought otherwise but said it would be ok to give him some calpol a bit early - it was amazing, he settled instantly.

I have stopped taking the antibiotics as I'm sure that's what it is, I felt awful on them, indigestion and stomach cramps. Fingers crossed things improve today.

Anyone else finding their baby doesn't settle very well during the day? Will only will if he is held and rocked. Went in his moses basket for about 40 mins earlier long enough for a shower but that's it despite him still be very tired. Any suggestions?? I'm not getting anything done at all, only last monday he slept for a good couple of hours! Ran round like a mad lady...

The nights are ok - just hope it stays that way, although he will need to be moved into his cot soon, which may cause problems.

Anyone else exclusively breastfeeding (i've lost rack of who is and who isn't) and worried that you'll be waiting ages for a good nights sleep, I feel quite envious of those who have been out. But because the birth didn't go to plan I feel like I need to keep going with the breastfeeding.

I'm finding my in laws keep making suggestions and encouraging me to go out - very annoying, it's not that I don't want to or am scared, I just like to keep things calm and have no where to go really.

Well I am going to attempt a tesco shop today, a weekly one, so there may be tears all round later!!

 

[Windmills]

Where's Pixie81 when you need her?

 

[modo]

Where is LoganMama?

Haven't seen her in ages and hope she is ok.

 

[maybebaby3]

LC - i am exclusivelt bf. my 1st 2 children never slept through til over a year old so i am just riding the storm again. that said erin was by far the worst as she woke about 20 times a night. prob was may fault for comfort feeding her in case she was hungry.

 

[L-C]

oh no - i'm so tired already!! still i really do want to bf especially for the first 6 months...

well i did it, the weekly shop all by myself, I'm very pleased with myself and absolutely shattered! my little man is having a nap in his own bed, for the last week he has given up on napping during the day so i'm especially pleased, fingers crossed this is the start of something...... please please please

keep wanting to go in and check despite having a sensor monitor! resist resist resist xx

 

[maybebaby3]

wow i cant believe that he doesnt nap during the day LC!!! owen has days when he will sleep more than others but he does nap, tho sometimes they are 10min power naps he'll sleep if i lie down with him but then i get nothing done and i can only do that if the other two are out!!! he's sat in his swing now after a feed and i'm going to get dinner ready for dylan and erin.

 

[maybebaby3]

Where is LoganMama?

Haven't seen her in ages and hope she is ok.

was wondering the same thing too!

 

[A3my]

Hi - I was wondering about Logansmama - I checked her out the other day and she has posted a couple of times on other threads

L-C I'm just BF and I have the same problem with Alex. I saw the Health Visitor today and he is putting on weight (11lb 7oz today) but she says it sounds like his tongue tie is interferring with his feeding. I'm seeing a specialist next week to assess whether he needs it snipped I know its hard work. Dont beat yourself up if it gets too much. Its not your fault the birth didnt go to plan I've got no interest in going out either! i hope the nap is a sign of things to come

 

[L-C]

well my boy napped for an hour and forty minutes - yippee!

Amy glad I'm not the only one! I thought Will was a bit tongue tied they mentioned it in the hospital, but doesn't seem to have been a problem since. I really hope alex doesn't need his snipped, I think they can grow out of it xx

 

[A3my]

L-C an hour and 40 mins! woohoo! yeah they told me his tongue tie was minor and didnt need doing but becasue he is sooo unsettled the HV wants me to get it checked out.

I've just eaten two boost bars I really need to cut all the rubbish out of my diet!

 

[LogansMama]

Where is LoganMama?

Haven't seen her in ages and hope she is ok.

Here I am - alive and well! Thanks for thinking of me! I haven't been on in a long time - I know! Been busy and not had too much to report. I tried to catch up a bit...

For the ladies that have/had mastitis - IT SUCKS. I had it once with Logan. Had no idea thats what it was - I was only a few weeks pp, and my dh made me rush to the hospital ER because I was suddenly so ILL... when I realized thats all it was I was embarrassed! Hope you are all feeling better now!

As far as the heat goes - MY GOD has it been hot here. And when it hasn't been scorching its been storming. Florida summers are the worst. Hot, humid, and thunderstorms practically every afternoon. If you get up and out of the house early enough though - you can hit the pool every day because the rain usually holds out until 2ish at least. SO thats pretty much what we've been doing.

My Logan FINALLY learned to swim about 3 days ago. He's like a little fishy now! So cute.

Dillon is still a perfect little baby. Quiet and rarely fussy. He's generally content and easy going. Gotta love that. At his last check-up (2months about 2 weeks ago) he got his vaccines and did great with them. He weighed in at about 10lbs 2 oz... so he has gained about 3 lbs since birth now. He is in like the 25th percentile for length and like 15th for weight if I remember correctly. He's on the small side - but growing like he should be. All good stuff!

Yesterday was Independence day here... my favorite holiday. I love it because its just a day of fun with no stress... no presents to buy...just friends, food, fireworks, and fun. We had a great day. Went to a BBQ with some friends, hung out by the pool until the rain came, went home and napped, then went to the fireworks on the beach (in the rain!) at night. Gotta Love that!

Anyhow - now that I'm all caught up - I'll try to check in more often!
Talk to you all soon....

 

[muddles]

Hi everyone :wave:

Nice to hear from you LogansMama. Your avatar picture is very cute. Am jealous of you being able to go to the pool everyday!

Well last night I went along to the breastfeeding workshop that's offered to pregnant ladies so they can find out about breastfeeding. The health visitor who runs the drop in I go to asked me and two other mums if we would go along and talk to the pregnant women about breastfeeding. It was nice to go back and try to help others as I remember the mum who came to talk to my group when I was pregnant was very good. Have been asked to go to the one next month too so we can't have done too badly! It was funny because Oliver woke up so I was holding him and he started bashing his head on my shoulder and opening his mouth really wide, the midwife running the session noticed and asked us how we knew when our baby was hungry-I said Oliver either does this, or he just opens his mouth wide and launches himself to the side! The lady next to me thought this was very funny. Then a little later one of the ladies asked about how we get wind out and at the mention of wind Oliver produced the most enormous burp I have ever heard, I swear it echoed round the room, everyone laughed so Oliver smiled.

We also went swimming for the first time. Well I say swimming we actually sat in the baby pool for 10 minutes so it was more like being in a giant bath. Oliver was more interested in what was around him than the pool itself. He loved the shower though and kept leaning back into it. He wore a little wetsuit thing I got from Tesco so he didn't seem to get cold. He decided that the moment I started to get dressed was the exact moment he wanted to feed so I had to sit in my bra and pants in the changing rooms and feed him as I had left my nursing cover in the car. At least it is only women in there, and as the woman next to me had walked stark naked from the shower with no towel or anything I figured she wasn't going to say anything

Have a good day everyone. Off to get a coffee then have a look on here as Oliver is asleep still (he slept 11-7 then has been asleep again since 7:45 ). Tesco shop arriving soon too with lots of lovely things to eat, yum.

 

[Windmills]

Amy my friend has taken her baby to Alder Hey to get her tongue tie snipped today, she's dreading it.. Hopefully he won't need it, but if he does it might make him a bit happier
LM- glad to hear you're all doing so well!

 

[Windmills]

Muddles, it sounds like you did a fab job!

 

[Cactusgirl]

Feels like not been on here for ages!! Hope everyone is ok.

Muddles - how great you are now advising new mums. Is anyone saying that it can be hard though and it can be painful to begin with until you are more used to it?? Me and the others from NCT who are all bf wish they had been a bit more honest with us rather than its all natural and easy. As it made us feel bad when it did not come naturally

Katie - so sorry to hear about Vinny. I hope it is not what you think even though it is not sounding good. Even if it is not drugs he should not be taking your money like he is.

A3my - fingers crossed Alex does not need his tongue tie done - but it seems like a simple procedure these days

L-C - I am exclusively bf. Che has slept 11:30-3:30/430 for the last few nights which has been bliss!! I have a hen do on Saturday and have been stockpiling expressed breast milk so DH can give bottles whilst I am out. Che happily takes a bottle as have checked that just in case.

Emera - sorry to hear things are not going well with your OH. I know how you feel, my DH has not been good at all. He has started taking a bit more interest now Che is smiling and being more alert but nowhere near what I would hope for. I am hoping when I go on the hen do on Saturday he will have some serious bonding time with him and things will change. We have been together 9 years and prior to this I would have said we were so strong and now I am not so sure anymore.
I read in another thread that having a baby is like throwing a hand grenade at your relationship, taking cover and then coming up sometime later and seeing what is left. That really struck a chord with me.

Well we (me and Che!) have been really busy we are out everyday which I love! We are about to head out to our first baby massage session. Trafford Centre has become my new best friend as it is so easy with easy parking, good for pushchairs, lots of places to eat and get a drink. It is great just to wander round or to meet others and get something to eat.

I did not even think about how much harder shopping would be with a LO. Even just trying on clothes if there is no disabled cubicle you cannot fit the pushchair in and if you need the loo have to find an attendant to open the disabled loo!! None of this even crossed my mind!!

 

[muddles]

Feels like not been on here for ages!! Hope everyone is ok.

Muddles - how great you are now advising new mums. Is anyone saying that it can be hard though and it can be painful to begin with until you are more used to it?? Me and the others from NCT who are all bf wish they had been a bit more honest with us rather than its all natural and easy. As it made us feel bad when it did not come naturally

Nice to see you CG. Enjoy your hen do! Baby massage is fab too we have been to two sessions so far. Oliver hated his tummy being done but loved his legs and bottom being massaged. Not been shown how to do anywhere else yet.

I found it very helpful when i was the pregnant one at the group so wanted to try and help others. I was very honest and anything I was asked I answered honestly. The other two mums were the same. No point lying about anything otherwise you feel like a failure if everybody says 'oh it was so easy...' We were asked about the baby latching on during skin to skin and I was totally honest and said my boy was way more interested in sucking his thumb than trying to find my nipple and he made no effort what so ever to even try but did latch on when the midwife helped him. He is very good at letting me know when he is hungry now though and never wants to wait. We were asked about our labour too. I recommended holding a sanitary towel against your stitches when you go for a pooh as it feels like you are holding your insides in! The things you talk about with random people after giving birth.

 

[Sarahwoo]

Its not just me having OH issues then. I feel like a single mum sometimes. When he expects me to do everything I have no idea, since I'm looking after Oliver 24 hours a day. He doesnt even take him for ten minutes for me to get a shower lately. So the house isnt as tidy as it has been, but I am doing my best.

I'm having a bad day, so I think Oliver and I are going to go out for a bit and hopefully I'll feel less like packing our stuff and going to my mums when we get back. Either that or we'll get into town and Oliver will start crying and I'll end up joinng in.

Argh, the first time in days Ive managed to get some makeup on, and now Im crying my eyes out and will need to do my makeup all over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[muddles]

Oh Sarah Don't worry about your house, enjoy spending as much time having cuddles and smiles from your beautiful baby boy. A smile from Oliver who will always appreciate you and love you no matter what will make the worst day seem a bit better. Go buy yourself something nice.

Make up what's that then? I have to wear my mascara every day but have only used the other stuff a couple of times since having Oliver.