Summer Peaches... going to be ripe in late July/early August!!

[stardust599]

km have you switched to hungry baby milk?

My 8 week old nephew is drinking 6oz every 3hours now and sleeping through the night 10pm - 7am!!

 

[kmbabycrazy]

Yeah she's on hungry baby milk. She does well at night. She drinks every 3 hours through the day but usually goes down at night between 9-10pm wakes up between 3-4am and gets ups some time between 6 & 8am so it's not bad. Don't get me wrong I'm absolutely looking forward to when she will sleep through the night x

 

[molly85]

all round jealousy here for the nephew and lily chris does 3/4 hours at night I was thinking of dream feeding him but I'll leak like crazy if it works sniff catch 22

 

[misse04]

My stupid laptop wnt load this page anymore so only just got on here. Harveys doing well into 0-3 month clothes and still doing feeds every 4 hours in the day and 4-6 at night. Seriously need him to sleep through soon I'm so shattered. Every night I find it harder to get up lol. And last night was a bad night he usually goes straight back to sleep but was sick over both of us so had to get changed and start all over again (he seems to do this once a week lol) ...
Me and OH had big argument in the night where everything was goin on, just both tired I think. Did have sex Saturday though and after pretty much 2 years of pregnancy I completely forgot about contraception haha so going to ge morning after pill today... OH remembered but he said he thought best not to mention it in the middle... Thanks!

Hair looks nice KM I want mine done but waiting til November for my bday because it needs to lighten before I can have highlights!

 

[kmbabycrazy]

Got quite upset last night at OH. Got up to get Lily's feed and almost fell down the stairs I was so tired. I'd fallen asleep stood up and started falling but luckily I hit the wall first which woke me up and I managed to stop myself from falling down the stairs. When I got back upstairs I told OH what had happened (Lily had been whinging so he was up trying to keep her quiet whilst I got her bottle sorted) and I told him I wished he'd get up in the night more with her. He acted all hurt and said "I thought I did my bit" well I can count on one hand how many times he's done a night feed and in the 6 weeks of her life I've had 2 lie ins and one of them was because I was ill. I said this to him and again he sounded all hurt and said "well I don't know what to say to that, I thought I was doing my bit." Ummm how about okay hun I'll get up with her a bit more so you don't almost seriously injure yourself just going down stairs again! But nope he just rolled over and went to sleep. I am just so tired to even think sometimes. It means I am doing things wrong and also more emotional so am constantly in tears as I'm doing something wrong and I get upset with myself. It's pissing me off yet every time I ask he says he will and then doesn't or throws a fit when I remind him he said it. Don't get me wrong he is brilliant with her in the day. If I need to go out or to tidy up or go for a shower/bath he'll be there playing with and he'll feed her...but so he should. So do I if it's the other way round. And if I was breastfeeding I would of course understand that it was my part...but the other day he told me he was actually glad I'd stopped breastfeeding as he kind of felt pushed out...but obviously the night feeds aren't part of that equation. It just annoys me that he very often sleeps in past 9 when I'm up at 6am after also being up in the night with her!!

Don't get me wrong I love being with her and feeding her just a full nights sleep once in a while wouldn't go a miss.

I didn't mean for that to be quite the essay it turned out to be x

 

[molly85]

lol daft sod! Matt actually said he was to tired for sex.

KMb get those feeds ready to go in the bedroom like the water preboiled in the bottle and powder measured out and a bottle warmer then kick his ass. We have and arrangement that matt sleeps I feed chris then he gets up with abby when he's off as he can't feed chris and if he did i'd leak all over anyway so it's pointless

 

[kmbabycrazy]

lol daft sod! Matt actually said he was to tired for sex.

KMb get those feeds ready to go in the bedroom like the water preboiled in the bottle and powder measured out and a bottle warmer then kick his ass. We have and arrangement that matt sleeps I feed chris then he gets up with abby when he's off as he can't feed chris and if he did i'd leak all over anyway so it's pointless

Theres not enough room or plugs to do it in the bedroom otherwise I would. There's no surface space apart from the floor and i don't wanna risk spilling it when trying to put the powder in the dark lol x

 

[molly85]

I shall impart my secret tip for getting man to do bottle. Don't cut your toe nails, if they don't move after 2nd kick use the toe nails. they have to get up anyway to stop the bleeding!

 

[Mosnippy]

Lol at Molly !!

Can't you try using a flask to keep water warm or bottle insulation thermal covers?

I have everything I need by bed ok I use ready made cartons for night feed and he normally has room temp but have little travel kettle next to bed in case ,

Just kick his ass an say your turn !!

Ladies not sure I'm going mad or not I am sure George is teething is grizzly not really eating chewing and sucking fingers and fists rubbing his tongue back an forth over gums and when I rub my finger over gum I swear can feel something , also drooling

I have clinic on Wednesday to get them to check if I am imagining it!! very restless sleep as well

 

[irmastar]

Sometimes I'm glad I'm BF as I just get LO outof her crib and feed her sidelying in bed so i fall back asleep until she is done then she goes back to her crib,but sometimes I wish OH could help me to feed her so I can get a desent bath or do my hair, I have some BM frozen but I would end up needing to pump again bc if not I get engorged ugh can't win. But I don't complain he has been waking up early on sundays to clean up the house.

 

[stardust599]

It's hard isn't it girls

Doing it all on my own here - single and 2 under 2 is HARD. OH (/ex-OH??) usually stays one night a week and maybe once at the weekend and to be fair he does give me a rest. We're not supposed to be together but I keep sleeping with him misse I hear you on the morning after pill, I've had it twice now and been lectured from the doctor like a 16 year old school girl both times. Got myself on the pill now and OH/ex-OH has his pre-op assessment for vasectomy today. If we don't end up together I'm begging the NHS to sterilize me!

Alex usually goes to bed around 9pm. feeds at midnight - 1am then 4-5am (with a few wakings in between to rub his tummy or turn him over or give dummy or clean up sick) then doesn't really settle back down so he comes into bed until I give up at 6am and force myself out of bed (sometimes we snooze a little longer). Then he gets medicine and I have a coffee and start feeding him before M wakes. Then get M and mines breakfast, get both dressed and finish A's feed. That's the only bit we have sorted the rest of the day we just muddle through! Bedtime is hard - A usually screams the whole time I'm putting M to bed and I feel awful but I have to remember there's only 1 of me and there's 2 children so I'm doing my best!

Alex has paediatrician today, going to ask for more meds but not holding out much hope as his weight gain is fab. Think it'll just be a case of surviving this hellish sleep until he outgrows the reflux a bit.

Currently trialling Neocate but it's not making any difference, I don't think he has a milk allergy anymore - we've already tried Nutramigen and Pepti with no difference. Think he just has awful reflux

Plus we have to thicken feeds to custard consistency for his dysphagia but cos it's so thick he swallows air and air gets trapped in the milk too meaning he has lots of trapped wind overnight. But it's better than choking and screaming when eating.

I have PND again, not sure if I mentioned it before. But anyway I'm on Citalopram and Amitriptyline and doing okay

 

[Mosnippy]

Aw Hun! Just careful about that I know it's hard but don't want him thinking he can still treat you like shit an you sleep with him make him work for it!! Prove he has change and wants you

Only say that cause of my past abusive marriage they never change and it's you who ends up hurt all the while

Big hugs tho no matter what. You doing fab job xxz

 

[kmbabycrazy]

It's hard isn't it girls

Doing it all on my own here - single and 2 under 2 is HARD. OH (/ex-OH??) usually stays one night a week and maybe once at the weekend and to be fair he does give me a rest. We're not supposed to be together but I keep sleeping with him misse I hear you on the morning after pill, I've had it twice now and been lectured from the doctor like a 16 year old school girl both times. Got myself on the pill now and OH/ex-OH has his pre-op assessment for vasectomy today. If we don't end up together I'm begging the NHS to sterilize me!

Alex usually goes to bed around 9pm. feeds at midnight - 1am then 4-5am (with a few wakings in between to rub his tummy or turn him over or give dummy or clean up sick) then doesn't really settle back down so he comes into bed until I give up at 6am and force myself out of bed (sometimes we snooze a little longer). Then he gets medicine and I have a coffee and start feeding him before M wakes. Then get M and mines breakfast, get both dressed and finish A's feed. That's the only bit we have sorted the rest of the day we just muddle through! Bedtime is hard - A usually screams the whole time I'm putting M to bed and I feel awful but I have to remember there's only 1 of me and there's 2 children so I'm doing my best!

Alex has paediatrician today, going to ask for more meds but not holding out much hope as his weight gain is fab. Think it'll just be a case of surviving this hellish sleep until he outgrows the reflux a bit.

Currently trialling Neocate but it's not making any difference, I don't think he has a milk allergy anymore - we've already tried Nutramigen and Pepti with no difference. Think he just has awful reflux

Plus we have to thicken feeds to custard consistency for his dysphagia but cos it's so thick he swallows air and air gets trapped in the milk too meaning he has lots of trapped wind overnight. But it's better than choking and screaming when eating.

I have PND again, not sure if I mentioned it before. But anyway I'm on Citalopram and Amitriptyline and doing okay

The NHS won't sterilise you i'm afraid. My friend has had 3 kids and is 24 and they won't do it for her. Her pregnancies have been worse each time and she's been told that another probably would do some damage to her but they still won't. They won't do it until you're older because it's not reversible in women. Men if they've had kids they'll do it as they can get it reversed if absolutely necessary but you may meet someone else even if you don't get back together with OH and in 10 years time decide you want another child and you won't be able to have one so that's why they won't do it for girls so young I'm afraid.

Why not get something that lasts a little longer and you don't have to worry about though, like the coil can stay in for 5 years or the implant can stay in for 3. And either (as long as it's the mirena coil) can be taken out any time you like.

Lily is getting too big for her carry cot on her pram and her moses basket...not ready to move her out of our room yet but there's no way the cot will fit and she's going to out grow the moses basket in the next couple of weeks. Best get hard working on that bed time routine as we don't really have one at the moment x

 

[molly85]

he's done 6 hours 2 nights in a row!!!! thats sleeping through for a newborn, especially a bf'd one.

Yup star be careful with that bloke your on meds as it is so you look after you. Hope Alex starts to feel better soon. Chris is refluxing but only bothered by it when he does it, it will be mentioned at his 8 week check up

 

[irmastar]

Stardust I undesrtand you, I ws the same when my DS's dad and I splited up,I would still sleep w him every now and then until I realized it wasn't doing any good.
KM-why you say as long as it's the mirena it can be taken out any time you want? I had the copper coil and took it out when OH and I started TTC. Getting it again this time.
Molly-6 weeks BF and sleeping through the night??so jealous lol

 

[molly85]

it was only 6 hours! and may not last lol

 

[kmbabycrazy]

I was told you had to have copper coil in for so many years...maybe its just my doctor x

 

[Mosnippy]

NO I had copper coil and can take it out anytime also mine was a 10 year coil and going to get one again as all I can have

 

[kmbabycrazy]

Well obviously my doctor talks bollocks lol x

 

[Mosnippy]

Lol damn doctors!!

Having a shitty night one pissy baby screaming blue murder for ages like in pain I eventually got him to settle hate it
Also had like a fight with oh and I refuse to apologise or try ease the atmosphere as I did nothing wrong ! Tired and emotional great combo!