Can I join in. We are meant to be a Nov buddy, but Ashton decided to have other ideas, so will be posting across both the buddy groups. Can't wait to get to know you all and your newborns
We are home and doing okayish. Ashton is just about at his 10% loss of birth weight so the home midwife may decide to re-admit him back to hospital till he gains again. He is a very sleepy baby and went around 8 hours without a "decent" feed during the night, which was a bit of a concern. All the tricks of the trade couldn't get him awake enough to feed, so hopefully he makes up for it over the course of the day. We were told to expect it being 4wks early, they go through a very sleepy stage, but usually from about a week.
Tegan - congrats on your newest arrival Charlie. I saw he came the day before Ashton.
Welcome Kathryn. I am in the same boat as you. Thomas is due this Thursday but decided he wanted to be a Sep bub and hurried into the world 3.5 weeks early. I can't believe I'm still not due and he is 3 weeks old today. Luckily he didn't go through the sleepy stage and is feeding well and gaining lots of weight (although 8 hours sleep sounds appealing!!). I hope Ashton does not need to go back into hosp. That would be awful for you.
I have discovered that the hardest thing about having 2 under 2 is going out. It's fine if Jack (20months) is in the pram, but the other day I took Mum to the airport to fly home. I didn't use the pram as it's a pain to go through security with it. Once Mum left, Thomas wanted a feed so I had to try and watch and chase Jack while feeding Tom. Then on the way back to the car I had Thomas in the sling and Jack got tired and wanted to be carried. Not so easy to do!! Luckily he made it to the car, although a nice grandfather offered to carry him for me! I think there are going to be lots of those "moments" but so far I wouldn't swap it for anything.
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