Hi everyone only just found you! I am so tired but James keeps waking himself up with wind. This has meant he has been nursing constantly since 7pm. Grr I'm ready to sleep lol xx

I've made it over!!!!

How's everyone???

I am shattered! Oh the joys!!

Alexander is a very booby babe and to be honest the only thing I know I am doing at the moment is feeding constantly - I cant think of anything else I might have said or done since leaving hospital, Milk has come in and I just feel like a walking vending machine !

It is worth it though but the baby blues have hit last night and have been a little weepy and had a very bad night last night as xander woke at 11.30pm - 40 minutes after I fell asleep and was still trying to feed at 3.45am - In the end Richard had to bring him downstairs to get away from me as he just would not settle and he had drained both breasts and I was crying and feeling incompetant - He settled great though and he's asleep still now after I gave him a quick top up feed at 5.30 while he slept.

Hope all of your precious little people are doing well - so glad to finally be in baby club. I thought it was never going to happen lol

xxxxx

Welcome Lana! Sorry I haven't text you back yet. Shelby was cluster feeding all evening and into the late night. She's got a rash on her torso too which we only noticed last night when trying to settle her with skin to skin. It goes away when pressed and she's not got any other symptoms so I think its just a reaction to the free sample of Persil I got from bounty. Back to my Tesco own brand washing powder me thinks!
I think she's actually managing to drain my overflowing boobs now, they are sooooooooooooooooooooooooo soft for the first time since I got pregnant! They feel all pillowy and flumpy.

Aww Lana - baby blues suck eh! Take evening primrose oil! I used to take it as a teenager to balance out my raging hormones so thought I might as well try it now too and it seems to have calmed me down a lot. I was getting awful crying for no reason at all most of the evening - stupid hormones

I often find that if she isn't settling, hubby taking her away seems to work. Just hope she doesn't do that too often as hubby is back to work on Monday and he'll need his sleep. I'm hoping I can get into some sort of semi routine once he's at work, or at least get her sleeping in her crib at daytime so I can get showered and have lunch without having to carry her everywhere! She really is a cuddly baby!

Now we're all Mummys - how about we actually call each other by our names too - I'm constantly referred to as Mummy or just Boobies just now so would be nice to be known as Gill somewhere!
Now I'm guessing -Katy is Katy () bananas - Lana, Pinkclaire - Claire, lou-lou - lou, samzi - sam?, glong88 - ????. or whatever you'd like to be called...


P.S 2 weeks old today! (and I haven't jumped off my roof from stress yet!)

lol - yes, be nice to keep some identity lol - Lana it is.

Yeah, the blues suck, big time. I feel guilty because xander is taking up so much of my time belle is suffering a bit - and when i do get a minute spare i'm too tired to try and do anything and have to keep telling her to go find something to do on her own. looking forward to getting into a routine of some kind!

Sounds like Shelby has the same idea as Xander and thinks we are just a source of entertainment for any hour of the day or night lol xx

I have the exact same thing was James. He feeds constantly in the evenings. I do find the more tired I am the worse it is and also if I haven't eaten or drunk enough. I just try and get him to sleep in his Moses one stretch of the night now, usually the first. He spends most of the time in bed with me. I've accepted now that this is just what he wants and I'm not going to deny him.

I have no time for anything else at the moment, I'm just sooo tired! I've started loving bf now, that helps with the baby blues. Lana- I take my hat off to you and anyone else with small children, it seems near on impossible to me to look after both!

My hubby goes bk to work tomorrow, which for us means going away as he is in the forces on a course. 4 weeks until we next see him! There has been a LOT of tears I'm really worried about not being able to do it on my own and letting James down

Aww Claire! Well, we are always here for you if you feel down or stressed without your other half. WI'll happily give you my mobile number for you to text if you want XX

Where abouts in somerset are you claire? Im in weston super mare - you anywhere within reasonable driving distance?

I really feel for you, richard is going away overnight on monday and back late tuesday then has the remainder of the week off next week, his paternity has been all over the place cos of not being able to miss meetings etc... Im worying how i'll cope for 1 night, but i'll still only be 6 days post birth and im in terrible pain still and now with the weeping kicking in its all just a bit overwhelming! I am sure you will do a fabulous job looking after your little man!


I feel like crying (again) - my spd has hit a new height of pain - i've had a prescription faxed over to the chemist and i've got a real weak feeling in my back along with discomfort. I thought I was supposed to start feeling better - so far, its getting worse!!!

Claire- You must be really worried about being on your own with him, I'm sure you'll be fine though, you're his mummy after all.

Lana- Yay for you being over here I still haven't seen a pic of your little man. Sorry you're still in pain though.

Gill- Happy 2 weeks to Shelby. Do you think it's gone really really quick? I can't believe Edward is 11 days old already. It's already going too fast

Edward won't sleep in his basket at night either It's so exhausting having to hold him all night, I won't fall asleep because I'm scared of squashing him. So I have a bad mummy confession already, he'll only sleep in his bouncer, so last night I laid it flat (it goes pretty much horizontal) and let him sleep in that If it was a sat up one then I wouldn't do it, but he is flat on his back when he's in it. Still feel bad though, because I'm worried he shouldn't be in it that long.

I had the blues really badly when my milk came in, I still get little episodes now, where something silly will make me cry. It is getting better though xx

Quick question...do you ladies put your LOs in proper clothes during the day? At the moment my LO is just in sleepsuits all the time, I put a fresh one on each morning and night and then any other time it needs changing. But just read another thread and it seems most people put proper outfits on during the day? xx

My bubs just wears a vest and a sleepsuit all the time literally 24 hours a day unless she's nakey having skin to skin. Can't be bothered with outfits yet - she poops too much, it'd be covered in poo within an hour or two!