First week over!

Well my first full week on my own with Martha is over! I survived! Although I don't know what it is with Fridays, the last time I was on my own but not for the full week it was the Friday that was the pain! Friday just gone was the same, hopefully its not a sign of things to come. On Friday things were ok until it came to 7.00 when Martha was supposed to go to sleep. She had been unsettled the day before and I could see it was possibly a growth spurt, so I got some milk out from freezer ready to give as a top up. She took this and was still unsettled, she was winded and cuddled and rocked and nothing worked. It didn't help that I was extremely tired and hadn't manage to catch up on any sleep over the last couple of days for a variety of reasons.
Well Liam came home from work (lateish) and I was very emotional, both Sarah and David had said they couldn't make Sunday lunch and I was feeling like the world was against me.
The long and short of it was that she took another bottle and necked that and then she went to sleep very easily. I suppose the day on a whole was ok it was just the evening I found a challenge. Its now Sunday and I have taken full advantage of Liam being around and have managed to grab a few hours here and there which has been great and I am feeling like I can get through another week. Lets take each week as it comes.

Playtime and bathtime!

Just a couple of pictures of Martha on her play mat and enjoying some relaxing time with her Mum in the bath.

Clinic!!!

Well today we went to the clinic. Yuck it was horrible! we went in the middle of Marthas nap time, me hoping she would sleep in pram until she was weighed- no such luck. She was awake from the moment i picked her up! She cried while we were waiting- no one elses child was crying. However, another woman did come in and her baby was worse than Martha. She got weighed after nearly an hour of waiting and has lost weight which apparantly is fine but we have to go back again next week! I can't bear it, I asked someone if it was always like that and they said yes! I was there just after 1.30 today- I shall be there well before next week to make sure i get seen quicker. especially as the whole fact Martha was awake then had impact on her feeding and she was really hungry when we got back, I would have fed her then but didn't know how long we would be waiting or didn't really want to get my boobs out either!
Well hopefully next week will be a better experience. I shall let you know.

Hello 2007!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
Where did the Christmas and New year go? And Martha is already a month old, its so scary how quickly the time goes. Maybe its gone quicker because of Christmas and New Year, who knows!
Well I am making the most of Liam being around, although he always will be on a weekend anyway but hey. He was also around all this week which was really nice, not too sure how I am going to manage this week on my own. Although got clinic monday and meeting some NCT friends on Wednesday and then I might make a trip to see Sarah one day also so hopefully my week will go ok. I think the best thing is to plan to do something most days, although I am sure the days I spend indoors will be just as good, with just Martha and I enjoying some 'us' time.
I have posted some pictures of Martha and us over the Christmas period for you to enjoy.
Some other news is that two of my NCT friends have had their babies, one had twins a boy and a girl on Christmas Eve and the other one had a little boy this week.
Well thats all for now, going to go and see what Liam and Martha are up to.

We are crying lots!!

Well life as a Mum is fantastic, everything I could wish for and more. Everyone said that your life changes once you have a baby but I didn't expect it to change so much and neither did I expect to feel so much love for another person. Its really amazing. As the title suggests there are lots of tears from both myself and Martha but as time goes by they are becoming less from me, Hormones settling I think! Martha likes a lot of attention and is putting both Liam and I through some challenging times, especially with her feeding, she certainly likes her food- gets that from both parents I think!
Well I thought I would quickly post while Martha is asleep but it looks like she hasn't settled so am going to see what she wants- probably another feed!
Will be in touch soon and with some pictures.

A quick update!

Well that was hard work- being pregnant when i set this up and with my hormones everywhere I couldn't remember my user name and password to access this to update everyone. Well finally got here and now really need to go and give Martha a feed so this is going to be very quick. She is nearly two weeks old and the nights seem to be getting easier. Although when she is wanting to be fed for three hours at 10.00pm I probably wouldn't agree with my own comment! She slept solid for 5 hours last night which was great. I think she probably slept the same on Sat night but I was a bit distracted with Liam and his journey home from a wedding- I will let him explain! All for an extra hour drinking time!
So I did promise more details on birth which will come in time, when I have time! Will have to go now and feed and will post shortly hopefully with some more pictures and stuff on how we are doing.

Baby bennett is here!

Well as you can see baby Bennett has entered the world! Martha Eleanor Bennett was born on Tuesday 5th December at 11.48pm and she weighed 7lb 1oz. She is a little bundle of joy and for the moment is very contented. I hope she stays that way! I am going to post some more details of the delivery when I get a chance but for now here is a picture for you all to see and enjoy.