God lads, what a month it’s been. I kept wanting to post and purge but alas it could not be. At the beginning of the month, I’d been having a lot of Feelings because it was the year anniversary of our embryo transfer (A) and even though we’re past the thick of the infertility, there’s still a lot of uncertainty and things being completely out of our control, so lots of Feelings. And then R’s uncle died and there was a lot of customary death related things that had to be done - I had to leave A with my mum three days in a row for full days which was so incredibly hard (not least because of the breast feeding aspect). Then I had my birthday and more dead uncle things, A’s reflux meds being out of stock for a week (hell!), my root canal and then the onlay falling out(!!!) and generally feeling a bit shit as a mum because I hadn’t been able to get her 16 week weight check done because of all the dead uncle stuff (I do have scales at home so I know she’s fine, but wanted an Official “fine” in the red book). I still haven’t managed to do my diabetes blood test (necessary after gestational diabetes because of the risk of type 2) or my sight test (been booking and rescheduling that since I was about 4 months pregnant).
Thennnnnn everything kept breaking. I had the Chicco magic evo next to me crib but it started making this horribly loud creaking sound every time A moved in it, sorted an exchange with John Lewis and chose the Maxi Cosi Iora Plus. Unpacked it when it arrived and then realised that version didn’t have the slide function I needed to get it close to our bed, phoned John Lewis and they said it’s not possible to return because it’s been unpacked so then I had to pay for another next to me. I was not happy….
A’s pram wheel was also playing up, emailed the retailer I got it from and they sent me to the manufacturers only for Mamas and Papas to say they don’t have a warranty agreement with the retailer and I need to take up the issue with them(!!). Went back to them and thankfully they got in touch with M&P who finally confirmed they do uphold warranty claims from that store. But honestly, it took about a week just to get that far and I was spiralling that I’d spent £700 on a buggy that I’d used for 3 months…
Thennnnn my Momcozy bottle warmer lid broke, got in touch with Boots who told me to go directly to Momcozy who tried to sell me another lid for £20…umm bro, I’ve literally had the thing for 2 months, you should be sending me out a free lid!!
I finally got around to sending off A’s nursery forms and paid the deposit today, so she’s all set to start at the end of October which suddenly feels like it’s just around the corner. I know everyone says the days are long but the weeks are short, but for me the days are super short too! I can’t believe I’ve been off work for almost 5 months now and I only have until October with A every day - it really is going far too quickly!!
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