Kel, I feel like that sometimes too - though not as bad. I was so frustrated yesterday, DH didn't let me have ny "me" time save five minutes in the shower; "no, I don't want him, he looks content" and "no, I don't want a cuddle, he's crying" - FFS, when do you want to have anything to do with your son? Then he couldn't answer the phone that was right next to him on the sofa, when he gets a bit upset if I don't answer it and he's not around even though I'm BFing Liebling at the time (I am now the champ of feeding and walking around). Then we had a bad night, probably because the nap patterns had moved and because I was in a bad mood and that rubs off on my little man, and DH was woken up too, poor love. Well HA, took me ages to get him to sleep the first time and then he'd soaked through his nappy so thought it was awake time at 3am because I changed his sleepsuit. Hmm, maybe I should have washed the new cloth nappies a little more often before using them! (I needed more as I won't wash every day, I want a fuller load, and we can't use disposables now.) Anyway, it's not that I mind it taking 15mins, not 15secs, to leave the house, just that for DH nothing has changed. Certainly now the houseguests have all left and we can have sex again.
Jen, you sound busy with a baby and toilet training!
Kirsten, Quinn is an angel! I keep telling Liebling all about him. Liebling can do a good 2 hours in the car, well he made it to Heathrow and back on Wednesday, so I'm proud of him for that. I am sort of dreading the Yorkshire trip at the end of the month though.
MG, I think the top steriliser I have won't work if you don't add water, perhaps yours is the same? Good thing you didn't destroy your microwave too, DH destroys microwaves like that (I mean, who re-heats crispy seaweed from the Chinese take-out in a microwave without adding a bowl of water first?).
Have a great shower, Emily!
Lisa, I don't feel my let-down either, but I can see it if I express/play "catch the milk" while DS is feeding. Apparently looking at your baby is supposed to help with expressing too. I also use those little plastic things from Avent/Isis that catch any milk you dribble out whilst feeding, if you sterilise them then you can just add that milk to the bottle when you've finished feeding/expressing.
Kristy, yay on the projectile poo! I hear you on having the house perfect too, I really get depressed when there's housework and I can't do it. Well, not depressed-depressed, just in a right moody. It's not so bad if it's just me and DH, but if we have any guest whatsoever I have a cleaning fit and then go mad if the guest makes a huge mess of the house, even if the guests are BiL, SiL and Niece, who is 15 months (and therefore should be told not to stamp home-made cake into the floor, or at least have her parents apologise for it and pick up the worst of it). As for expressing, try to do it either when you're feeling full or just after a snack-feed from Erin. You should be expressing around normal feedtimes just so your supply doesn't go wacko and expect a feed at expressing time and not when your DD has the expressed milk. You can always express while she's taking the bottle, but that's not always easy if you're out and about.
As for me, I think I've told you everything! Had a bit of a vexing mother's day yesterday (in the UK it's in March) because DH didn't want to do anything to help me. Yes, it was his birthday the day before, but he didn't help me with anything then and I didn't expect him to! Why don't I have any me-time and he has lots of it? I mean, how hard is it to just watch your son for half an hour or more and bounce him on your knee? Or cuddle him? I manage to do it all day and point out that my back is killing at the end of the day, some help would be appreciated. Anyway, whinge over, at least he made dinner even if it was a bit undercooked.
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