**** November 2012 Mummies **** (everyone welcome)

[Wilson28]

id give anything to be pregnant again and have calm in my life again lol xx

 

[sallybee]

I just want to sleep 12 hours solid lol!

Just realised... My double pump is coming tomorrow, I'm soo excited! So tonight is the last night I will be up half the night expressing woohoo! And I'm getting more milk today than I was yesterday, hopefully that will increase with the double pump xx

 

[CARNAT22]

The more you pump the more you will produce Sally.

I loved being preggers but I was lucky to have a wonderful, easy pregnancy!

James is a good baby on the whole but the moments of him being unsettled and difficult make me want to tear my hair out. God knows how I'd cope with an actual difficult baby.

I am not sure he is going through the 2nd leap afterall? He has settled in his crib without any problem? Although this means I can catch some very soon!

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[Kellybean]

I hated pregnancy but it was a breeze compared to motherhood

Seriously though I have had tears whilst nappy changing, full blown tantrums at my poor husband ("you don't know how hard it is" you think it's all fun and giggles and nappy changing is a novelty but its too much for meeeeee blah bluh....) I cannot cope some days, to the point I feel I'll from crying and get myself uncontrollably emotional and my boy can't help it and it makes me worse. I look at other parents and wonder how they manage...those of you that have twins... or more, how do you manage?

My sil is 5 months pregnant and she is as dumb about it all as I was (I was blissfully unaware as to HOW Hard it would ACTUALLY be) and I want to scream at her and tell her how hard it will be when she talks about how I should try and get him to sleep by doing this etc...but I can't as its cruel...she WILL find out. We all ave

It isn't easy, it's bloody hard and it DOES involve blood sweat and tears...and plenty of those. But it is worth it for those smiles, giggles and beautiful trusting eyes that love you! I know we should all be very proud of ourselves as we are ALL IN THE SAME BOAT and we still cope with no sleep, no you time and no sanity. We ARE SUPERMUMS.

Well done to us all x

 

[sallybee]

Yep Nat I have been pumping like mad for the past few days and I think its paying off, apparently the let down is better from double pumping compared to single pumping as well xx

Aw Kelly you made me tear up there! But its so true, I don't know how you cope when your OH is away, I barely manage to get through the 9h a day mine is at work xx

 

[sallybee]

Cathy has been asleep for 6 hours now this has never happened I've had her next bottle ready for ages! xx

 

[Wilson28]

a better night for Arthur n us in a way.
Bathed, fed and down he went by 9pm happy days NOT... ickle shitepot woke up and screamed and wouldnt settle, upstairs we went with him, finally went down at 10pmafter another feed, no noises from his basket pure silent, up at 12.30am more feeds, but didnt put him straight down stayed up till 1.20 till he was in deep sleep and put him in his basket woohoo no noises, no grunting, he was back up at 3.30 for another feed but had him in bed on my side and i dosed in n out of an alert sleep as he fed, over 2hrs, put him down in his basket but he woke up for more feeds, so in the nursey i go up another 40mins with him, back in the cot no noises i may have been up alot cluster feeding but no noises make me happy, no grunting loudly, so i get 2hr sleeps at a time but i go deep and quite awake when im up.

thats great sally, whats yr secret lol xx

 

[CARNAT22]

We got 7 hours from James again last night (10pm - 5am) but I couldn't bloody sleep. I'd had such a lovely sleep the night before that I wasn't tired - I suppose this is the irony of being sleep deprived for months...Now James is sleeping better I can't frigging sleep!

We did have a nap from 6am - 9am though!

We're meant to be getting into a new routine of going out everyday but I cba? We have everything we need in so it seems such a huge effort to get James ready for no real reason. I am also expecting a few deliveries as well?

We have to go out tomorrow and Wed's I want to visit my SIL so we may just have a PJ day today.

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[sallybee]

She eventually woke up at about 2, took 2oz and went back down only until 4 where she took another 2oz, I actually went and got into bed with OH which never happens as one of us is always on the sofa. Then he let me sleep til 11 which was far too long as my boobs are huge and killing me and Cathy has been screaming the house down for no apparent reason so we think it might be a bogey she has in her nose xx

 

[kerrie89]

Well i finally have my happy contented little baby back today. She has woke up so happy and not wingy/clingy at all.

I think we have come out of the 2nd leap. I cant believe how true the ww weeks book was to what she has been doing and how much she has changed - clever girl!

But she has her jabs at 5pm so i dont know how long this will last for.

She is currently sat in her bouncer chatting away - its not been used since wednesday as she wouldnt be put down!!

Xxx

 

[Kellybean]

M SLEPT FROM 10.40 - 5.15 yipeeeeeeeee

Longest sleep yet but.....I was wide awake. Blooming heck, typical.

Off for a 3 mile walk into town and back, I have baby bulb and wobbly bits to eradicate so no bus journeys or car trips from now on. All up hill on way back (with shopping) I'm going. To die....Massan better sleep tonight as I am Sure I will need it

I am super depressed about my body I cannot fit into any normal clothes, still wearing maternity dresses I retained so much water in my belly that I look like I have had a gastric band with the excess skin soooo upset. I'm trying to get fit and hope to fit into a swimming costume soon so I can go swimming.

Anyone else got a flabby bulge left over what are you doing?

 

[sallybee]

Woohoo for our LOs behaving themselves!

Kelly I have a horrible saggy tummy covered in stretch marks at the moment my diet plan is eat chocolate and feel sorry for myself! Xx

 

[Wilson28]

i was lucky, not one stretch mark anywhere, i went up 12stone3lb at the end of pregnancy and now 9stone 10oz my belly button is really dry though xx

 

[CARNAT22]

I went back to using My Fitness Pal on Friday as I am still 2st 6lbs heavier than I was this time last year!! I want to lose 2st 11lbs in total.

Boo hiss

Although I also got away without a single stretch mark!

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[sallybee]

I put on 2st 9 and have 2st to lose now, haven't weighed myself since last week tho xx

 

[Wilson28]

i put nearlly 3 stone on, ill put u a before n after piccy on soon lol xx

 

[Wilson28]

im just wondering if any of u mummies are on fb? xx

 

[sallybee]

Pm'd you back Wilson xx

I am going to kill OH - he left for work, Cathy was asleep so I was chilling in my pyjamas when I get s text off OH saying BIL was going to be dropping by in 20 minutes as he wanted to see Cathy! And OH had said this was ok! I'm due to express now, the house hasn't been cleaned and I wasn't dressed! I probably should have been better organised but I just can't believe he didn't ask me. To make matters worse Cathy then woke up and started screaming for a feed. Oh and I need the toilet. Yay, I am so angry right now, I really want to shout at OH but I've rang him the last 3 shifts on the work phone to shout at him so maybe I will wait until he gets home, but grr. Anyone else think that's out of order or am I just being silly xx

 

[mrswoody]

kerrie..glad you LG is back to normal! Good luck for the jabs later, I'm not looking forward to taking Madison, still don't have my appointment for these yet mind :/

kelly..welcome back!!! Glad to hear you had a fab christmas with your hubby being home finally

I've been on and off and not really been able to comment on most things as I've been up at the outlaws but now I'm back home and can settle back into a sort of routine with the little lady.

We had our first baby group today where we did baby massage, Madison seemed to love it and didn't really grizzle once I was so proud of her That is a 4 week course every Monday through January, I've also signed up for Baby Sensory which is tomorrow so hoping M will enjoy that too and finally hoping to get booked in for swimming once she's had her jabs, I bought her a swimsuit - a body suit type thing to keep her warmer.
Tonight I'm going to try and introduce bath, feed, bed she is also getting put into her crib as well so I need to make it all cosy for her so she doesn't feel so exposed. Fingers crossed. She has been sleeping pretty well for the past few weeks now and I'm hoping she keeps it up usually from 12/1am through to 7-9am so no complaints this end on the sleeping.
She got weighed today and is now 11lb 8.5oz and 56cm long! Following the 75th centile nicely

I've added a few recent photos taken over the holidays. xx

 

[ChloeNat]

Any one else's babies scream and shout the minute they are put down? Lyla is so clingy! She just screamed the house down while I went to the loo and the minute I pick her up falls asleep, whimpering mind you.

Now she's passed out from all the commotion looking like nothing happened!