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[imtommygunn]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

A lifesaver.

The sleep will be rough for a while but you'll get through it. Congratulations.

[tbrick18]

Congrats to the new Daddies!
I couldn't do it again myself, I'll make the 6 do 
My eldest is now 18 and my youngest is 7.
As you get older you definitely become less tolerant and less enamoured with the "cuteness" factor. Or maybe that's just me getting crabbit it my auld age.

But at the same time I do envy those starting out with newborns for the first time....great times. That's what it's all about.

[tbrick18]

Congrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.

Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.

Twins?
My sister was in the same boat. Was tough for her to be fair.
But they're flying now.

[johnnycool]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

[imtommygunn]

Congrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.

Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.

The library classes(Belfast) they had were a godsend for the wife. She has met and made a couple of good friends out of it and now the kids would be good friends. (Well there's 3 and now it turns out 2 of the 3 are good friends and the other one doesn't like them lol). Does the mother good to have a kind of wee support network of ones in a similar boat at that time when on maternity.

[trueblue1234]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap    till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

Our first was pre Tommy tippee machine. But we got wise and got a wee flask and had it up at the bed side. Got real good at it. Used to put boiling water in the flask, let it cool a bit with top off, then top on and bring it up to bedroom with the wee pot of formula. The bloody bedside table looked like we were flat out on coke every night with the amount of formula spilt everywhere.

Ahh good times!

[laceer]

Number 4 is now 18 months old. Eldest is 8 with a 7 year old and 3 year old in between. House is madness and definitely a few more grey hairs than before but sure its the time of life to be at it. My Granda used to say when you've young kids the days are long but the years are short - true words.

[LC]

We have 4 as well and were in two minds when we had 3 bearing in mind creche costs etc however best thing we ever did. 

[Milltown Row2]

Night shift was my saviour, went on nightshift to 'earn' more money, not to get away from the duties and also she was breast feeding so I never got up, and with her being a teacher the timing is important to get the full value of time off!

Having kids was easy lol! Also helps if the kids didn't have any colic and other issues which would be draining

[clonian]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap    till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

Our first was pre Tommy tippee machine. But we got wise and got a wee flask and had it up at the bed side. Got real good at it. Used to put boiling water in the flask, let it cool a bit with top off, then top on and bring it up to bedroom with the wee pot of formula. The bloody bedside table looked like we were flat out on coke every night with the amount of formula spilt everywhere.

Ahh good times!

Ours was all before these machines. 1st one is 15 and was on draft so no hassle at nights there but twins were next so the bottles were introduced early on. We had a kettle in the bedroom and everything was a military operation, timings etc. No breaking routine for anything, left family gatherings etc to make sure they were in bed at the right time. One fella would wake up like clockwork on the 4 hour mark, she lift the 2 of them out and change nappies while I got the 2 bottles sorted. Fed, winded and back down.

Mad times and I was working long hours back then too. You wonder how you got through it but you always work it out, never compare yourself to what others are saying they're doing.

[tbrick18]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

So true!

[LC]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

I'll never forget our first electric bill in the weeks after our eldest was born.  Was convinced NIE had made a mistake and rang them to give off, the lady on the other end of the phone start reading down a list of 'change of circumstances' which would merit such an uplift, surprise surprise new born baby was one of them.  Between sterilisers and boiling kettles it fair eats up the electric.

[johnnycool]

The unopened Tommy Tippee machine is lying up in the attic winking at us in an inviting way

No no no. That means you get dragged into the equation for night feeds!

Whilst true blue is correct if push does come to shove and the bottle feeds are a thing then the Tommy Tippee yolk is a great job, only takes a minute or so to make a bottle.

When I started on this journey 17 years ago now it didn't exist and the midwife warned against pre made bottles for night feeds so it was jump up, boil the kettle, make the feed with the formula and then run the bloody thing under a cold tap    till it cooled enough for the wee bollox to take.
The first you always follow the rules as best you can then after a few others you realise a lot of if is bollox.
The auld dummy used to have to be sterilised if it touched anything, at the end it got a bit of a lick and back in the grateful gob of the ba..

Enjoy it, the time will fly in.

Our first was pre Tommy tippee machine. But we got wise and got a wee flask and had it up at the bed side. Got real good at it. Used to put boiling water in the flask, let it cool a bit with top off, then top on and bring it up to bedroom with the wee pot of formula. The bloody bedside table looked like we were flat out on coke every night with the amount of formula spilt everywhere.

Ahh good times!

Ours was all before these machines. 1st one is 15 and was on draft so no hassle at nights there but twins were next so the bottles were introduced early on. We had a kettle in the bedroom and everything was a military operation, timings etc. No breaking routine for anything, left family gatherings etc to make sure they were in bed at the right time. One fella would wake up like clockwork on the 4 hour mark, she lift the 2 of them out and change nappies while I got the 2 bottles sorted. Fed, winded and back down.

Mad times and I was working long hours back then too. You wonder how you got through it but you always work it out, never compare yourself to what others are saying they're doing.

You'd never believe the joy of hearing a good burp at 4 in the morning, bliss....

Don't get them winded properly and you'd be cleaning up the boke 10 minutes later

[andoireabu]

Congrats BB, it's tough but brilliant at the same time.

Forgot about this thread when our two were born. Pandemic babies so there wasn't much social interaction with other new mammies for the Mrs. after they were born which I think was very tough on her, even to just get outside the house for a while. Just turned 3 and there is serious craic in them now their personalities are coming through. And to watch their development is unreal.

Twins?
My sister was in the same boat. Was tough for her to be fair.
But they're flying now.

Twins aye, our first two so we didn't know any different but a lot of our friends who have one have said they don't know how we did it.  It's the same as everyone in the newborn boat, you just do it and manage as best you can.  I was working at home the first 8 months after they were born which was a godsend.  Only in the next room if the sh1t hit the fan.  Used to be some operation doing the bottles every day when they got to 4 or 5oz ones.  16 bottles with 5 scoops of aptimil each.  Some bottles got more than others!

[gallsman]

Can beat bogball by a few days. Wee man born last Sunday afternoon. Got home yesterday and first night at home pretty good. His sister is coming three and a half and is absolutely flying. Seems very keen on him but last night was her worst in a long, long time...

To be honest, I've little time for fathers who talk about parenting being hard when it comes to babies. We do the easy bit(s). Are you tired? Could do with a few more hours sleep? Have just been pissed on for the third time today? So f**k. Man up and do your job.