Sticking Together Crew

[lilrojo]

Happy Birthday Stacey.. thought i would say in here too.. Have a great day hun..

Hope everyone is doing well.. My plans are to go to town.. get groceries.. yay fun.. not lol but a necessity..

 

[sept10]

lol yeah need to sort out tickers.....now how do i do that again..right lets see

 

[QueenVic]

Tracy - congrats!!

Vic - i totally get it its the wind/crying after feeds thats a pain....well other then the actual pain when he doesn't latch on proberly....i know Darragh is only a couple of days older then harry but honestly in the last few days he is much more alert and now doesn'r really let the changing him or wind upset him anymore, he just seems to lie there and look around or stare up at me...also i was changing breasts in every feed but i've stopped that now and keep putting him back on the same breast in one session - that ensure i empty the breast and he gets hindmilk as well as just foremilk - seems to make the wind better and less spitting up milk aswell.

know what you mean about the tears...mine started a few days ago - escalated yesterday when my mum left - i'm hoping i'm in more control of my emotions from today.......last night i started crying and didn't know why and me and my hubby ended up laughing with me still crying...odd.

Darragh has also put weight on when he had his 10 day weigh in...now 8lb 5oz - i was such a proud mummy!!!

Phew it's not just me then !!
I really hope he settles a bit in the next few days too, fingers crossed because at the moment I don't like venturing out with him or having people round ! It's like butter wouldn't melt when he's not crying though.. u wouldn't believe it..!
Midwife seems to think he will but then I also know some peoples babies have had really bad colic for ages

Wow thats a great weight gain !! Wasn't he 7lb9 ??

Yes the tears come out of nowhere don't they, bloody hormones...

TMI passed quite a large clot just now but I think the midwife said anything smaller than golf ball size is ok?
Didn't Cran pass quite a large one if I rmb.. anyway yuk I was shocked and now I don't want to move from the couch, lol

Stacey HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!! Why did I miss that.. baby brain..

 

[sept10]

Vic - hang on in there, we hard some horrible days/nights but then we have had some much better ones ....maybe its him but then maybe its us gettibg used to him aswell.......darragh is right now in the middle of a really cranky evening....fx'd this means he gets it outa the way and we have a settled night. just when you think you've cracked it they change things up to test you but we'll get there
x

 

[Traskey]

Happy Birthday Stacey!

Yes, Ysa was right. My EDD is 18 October.

I am not suprised the new mum's are crying. It's got to be an emotional rollercoaster! Add in the hormones and i'm suprised we are not all crying all the time.

Ysa, amazing that you heard the hearbeat. What make is your doppler?

 

[Sun_Flower]

Happy Birthday Stacey

I cried quite a few times when I first had Eden for no real reason (I had reasons, but they were ridiculous, lol) I think it's just the total overflow of hormones when you've given birth, lol. You'd think we'd get back to being normal hormonally regulated women after that, but then comes the time of the month and we're back to being raging monsters, lol! xx

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Yay hormones!!

October 18 for Fred and Ginger... must add that to my list. So our babies will all be within a year of each other!! How cool is that?

Snowing here... ugh.
DH finally fixed his tire and was going to take the truck to work but asked me if it was supposed to keep snowing and I said no, because this morning it said no accumulation... But now it's snowing pretty hard and I feel bad.

 

[Sun_Flower]

LMAO Fred and Ginger, that's awesome

 

[Traskey]

Aww Jen, i hope he got to work ok. Jen, where are you in the USA? North, south, east or west? I have friends in Michigan, Rodondo Beach, Alabama, Atlanta and Pittsburgh

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Northeast Ohio. About 80 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

I was worried about him until he got home. I felt bad telling him there wouldn't be a lot of snow, but I really didn't think there was supposed to be!
I'm sure he'll take the car tonight. It has better tires.

 

[Traskey]

Aha, now I see why you get so much snow For some reason I thought you were down South!

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Idk... I went to school in Kentucky... maybe I mentioned that?

I forgot to give DS a nap... and now he's happy and content... and dinner, bath, and bed aren't that far away... So looks like we're skipping naptime today. We usually don't nap anymore anyway, but he was really grumpy this morning.

Haha my dr asked me on Thursday if I was working and I said no. And she said, oh, at least you can take a nap in the afternoon then. I laughed. I couldn't help it. I said, Oh, no. I have a four-year-old. We don't nap.
I'm not sure why she said that anyway. I hadn't said I was tired. I do battle some sleepiness in the morning, but really I'm not that bad, considering I'm only sleeping about six hours a night.

 

[sspencer99]

Morning all how are we all doing ??
Dh has gone to Dubai for a week with his sister soo I'm going to be all alone xx

 

[Traskey]

Aww, bet you'll miss him Stacey. How are you feeling today?

Happy 38 weeks Jen

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Stacey-- Wow, Dubai?? That sounds really far away... Take care of yourself while you're on your own. Will you be able to talk with him while he's gone?

Thanks, Tracey.

Every time I stand up, I get cramps. And today just happens to be a buzzer-butt day. I'm tempted to just stay standing right next to DS all morning and wait on him hand and foot since it will be less painful than sitting and standing over and over again. Argh.

 

[lilrojo]

Aww sorry to hear you will be alone all week Stacey bet you will miss him.. but duabi sounds so fun to visit.. have you been there too?

Tracey how are you doing hun.. so excited for you.. and all the fun to come..

Jen happy 38 weeks.. hope your doing well.. sorry to hear your being a maid today hope they let you sit and relax for a bit..

 

[QueenVic]

Happy 38 weeks Jen !! Not long now !!! Can't wait to find out if you have a little boy or girl in there.. and Logan.. exciting !!

Stace.. dubai, very nice ! Is it for work or a hol? Shame your not going, we will keep u company

My mum arrives in a few hours, house nearly ready just got to bath and change H... hope he likes his bath better than last time !!

Hope all you lovely ladies are having a good weekend

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Vicki-- have fun with your mum visiting! Is this the first that she is going to get to meet Harry? Will she be staying with you awhile?

I can't imagine how it would be not to have my mom live close by. I've never been one of those people who has their parents as their free full-time babysitter, but my mom is good for coming over and playing with Thomas so I can sit on the couch or even taking him for an hour or two so I can nap or if I have a dr's appt.
I think I'll feel bad doing that once I have two. I think it would wear her out. She's no spring chicken.

 

[lilrojo]

Have fun with your mom vicki.. I love having my mom close by.. she's about 20 mins away so i can always drop off mckenna.. she is taking mckenna the whole time im in the hospital since its 45 mins away.. so dh can stay with me.. giving her the overnight bag for mckenna tom night.. so exciting now..

 

[AmaryllisRed]

Wow, giving her the overnight bag-- that seems like a big step!! Any day now...

Hope everyone is well...