April 2011 - Babies turning one, shopping to be done, toddling, tantrums and talking to come

[Fraktal]

New stage, new thread!

whatever takes your fancy

[UnderwaterBasketWeaving]

for me, up early today taking kids to a TedX event. I'm excited and nervous! (first trip I've organised!)

Nice shiny thread!

[Starshaped]

for me too please. Am hoping DH will get his backside out of bed and
make me one while I feed P.

Good luck with the trip UBW

[Alibabaandthe40nappies]

Morning ladies

Better sleep here, thank goodness!

[Cyclebump]

[JKSLtd]

New thread

for me at least I'm hoping DH brings me one soon as he was on early duty today after 4 mornings of my turn.

Happy Birthday to Mary today

(and possibly others Frak? But on phone will check list later)

[Kittycatcat]

Happy birthday April babies.

Thanks for the lovely new thread frak

Enjoy your days ladies.

[Kittycatcat]

Ps thanks ali

[MrsWajs]

Morning all and happy birthday to Mary! :)

Nice new thread, thanks Frak

[GlaikitFizzog]

MrsWajs you're back! Lovely whiney thread that doesn't take an age to load on my phone!

Happy birthday Mary! I bought B a wooden activity cube not an ELC one but similar, some clothes and books. I fear for what my parents have bought as mum seems to be out every day picking something else up! My sister is getting him some cars as that's what his favs thing is at the cm.

I have a feeling we mat need an extension to house everything!!

[GlaikitFizzog]

Shiney not whiney

[GsyPotatoPieEyed]

Nice Thread title Frak, I'll have a thanks.

What's TedX UBW

Happy birthday to M.

Right better go and get the pasta cooking before P wakes up and A starts climbing the kitchen counter to get to the



(sorry the above was at DS request to "Put all the funny faces on mummy")

[ILikeToMoveItMoveIt]

Happy Birthday Mary and any other babies that I haven't mentioned. Baby I's is a week today. I still haven't sorted anything .......

Hello Cycle and MrsW, nice to see you

I like the smilies GSY!

The sun is shining and ds2 is off to the IL's soon. What a good day

[JKSLtd]

As far as presents go, we've given M £40 :)
She had a ride-on (pink) truck to open that we won in a Christmas raffle.
And a doll that I bought for her from ELC with some Christmas vouchers she had left. So not really any 'real' presents from us.

She loves cars too, especially holding 2 in one hand as she sees DS2 doing that all the time - he gets a bit clingy with some toys and clutches them to his chest whilst doing other stuff. So she thinks that's how you carry them :)

Had a nice playgroup this morning - they sing happy birthday with a candle & give out a toy so M was happy. Then went out for lunch with DH (who's working a short day from home today).
She's having a well-earned birthday nap, i've got baking in the oven :)

[JKSLtd]

Oh and an updated list:


1 Already:
Gormers; 31, DD1, Eva Rose, 16/01 (27+4), 1lb13
JoEW; 36, DS1, Conor, 22/02 (31+2), 3lbs8
stuffedmk; 31, DC2, Thomas, 23/03 (38+2), 6lbs7
Poodle82; 28, DC1, Joshua, 24/03 (39+0), 7lbs8
LJB; DD2, Baby Girl, 26/03 (37+6), 6lbs15
Aprilmeadow; 29, DC4(DS5, DD3, DD1), Finn William Philip, 27/03 (39+3), 8lbs
Chillikat; Megan, 27/03, 7lbs1
Lowra; DC1, Amber, 27/03 (39+1), 5lbs7
Petalouda; 30, DC1, Felix, 28/03 (40+3), 8lbs8
Meg89; 21, ds2, Teddy Jack, 29/03 (39+2) 8lbs
Alibabaandthe40nappies; DC2(DS2), Thomas, 28/03 (40+2), 9lbs9
Ulysses; Anna, 30/03
PussinJimmyChoos; DS2, Yaseen, 7lbs13
Liv77; 33, DC2, Phoebe Lily Poppy, 31/03 (39+4), 6lbs1
Thaney; 33, DC1, Amelia Charlotte, 05/04 (40), 6lb2
Cyclebump; 28, DS1, Henry, 05/04 (40+1), 8lbs4
NotAnotherNewNappy; 33, DD2, Rosina Elsie, 06/04 (39+5), 7lbs5
BeetleBaby; 24, DS1, Samuel, 07/04 (40), weight?
rubybambini; 39, DD1, Kitty, 08/04 (40), 7lbs4 (3.3kg)
Jaylar; 36, DC2(DD2), Archer Ethan, 10/04 (39+1), 10lbs2.5
Kitstwins; 37, DC3, TwinDDs (4), 11/04 (40+5), weight?
Sassy20; 35, DD1, Lucy Isabel, 13/04 (40+7), 7lbs12.5
Daisy17; Seth, 13/04, 7lbs3
JenAT; 34, DD3 George David 16/04 (40+12) 8lbs11
Sats1977; 33, DC1, Oliver, 20/04 (39) 3 kg 800 g, 52 cms
Zafnoodles; 41, DS1, Jacob, 18/04, (40+16), 8lbs3
lucieloo; 29, DC1, George, 18/04 (41+1), 7lbs13
JKS; 36, DC3 (DS5 & DS4), Mary Jennifer, 20/04 (40+3), 9lbs8.5
Caramellokoalalover; 32, DC2 (DS2), Scarlett, 20/04 (40+3), weight?

Nearly 1:
Frak; 24, DC1, Marc, 21/04 (40+1), 8lbs4
AussieMum2Be; 33, DD1, Dylan-Indianna 21/04 (41+2), 3kg
JollySergeantJackrum; 25, DC1, Harris James, 21/04 (40+6), 8lbs3
Chipsahoynicki; 27, DC2, Isaac, 21/04 (39+5), weight?
beckie90; 20, DC2, Oliver Jack, 22/04 (40+5), 8lbs14.5
SaltedPretzels; 35, DC3 Amelia, 23/04 (41+4), weight?
MrsWajs; 28, DC1, Robyn Elizabeth Rose, 25/04 (40+1), 7lbs2
Natzer; April, 25/04, 7lb5
Tinwe; Hazel
Karoleann; 35, DS2 & DS4, Emily Catherine, 26/04 (40+5), 7lbs8
ecuse, 30, DD1, Joanna, 27/04 (40+8), Hackney, Homerton, 7lbs3
ILikeToMoveItMoveIt; 34, DC3, Ike, 28/04 (39+6), 11lbs2
LisMcA; 29, DC1 Blair Thomas, 30/04 (42), 8lbs1
Architien; 31, DC2 (DS1), Rose, 1/05 (41+1), weight?
CountScoutula; 33, DC1 Freda, 29/04 (41+ 2), 8lbs9
Trucha10; 37, DC1 Evan Robertson, 10/05 (40+17) 9ib2
Kittycatcat; 36, DC1 Samuel James, 11/05 81b6

[UnderwaterBasketWeaving]

TedX is the local version of TED.com, it was fantastic!

Happy birthday to more babies!

[AussieMum2Be]

My beautiful daughter Dylan-Indianna is 1 today !!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooo excited !!! This time last year my Epidural was finally kicking in !!!

[Kittycatcat]

Happy birthday Dylan-indianna

[JKSLtd]

Happy Birthday to:

Marc (Frak)
Dylan-Indianna (AussieMum2Be)
Harris James (JollySergeantJackrum)
Isaac (Chipsahoynicki)

[Kittycatcat]

Measured for the cot ali and it is too big , but thanks for the sheets offer. Going to view the bassinette tomorrow

[JKSLtd]

Happy Birthday to Oliver today :)

beckie90; 20, DC2, Oliver Jack, 22/04 (40+5), 8lbs14.5

Still waiting for their 1st birthday:
SaltedPretzels; 35, DC3 Amelia, 23/04
MrsWajs; 28, DC1, Robyn Elizabeth Rose, 25/04
Natzer; April, 25/04
Tinwe; Hazel, ?
Karoleann; 35, DS2 & DS4, Emily Catherine, 26/04
ecuse, 30, DD1, Joanna, 27/04
ILikeToMoveItMoveIt; 34, DC3, Ike, 28/04
LisMcA; 29, DC1 Blair Thomas, 30/04
CountScoutula; 33, DC1 Freda, 29/04
Architien; 31, DC2 (DS1), Rose, 1/05
Trucha10; 37, DC1 Evan Robertson, 10/05
Kittycatcat; 36, DC1 Samuel James, 11/05

[Spoutlet]

Hello to all Aprilites . Happy Birthdays' to all April babies that have turned one - Freda will be one next Sunday. I was CountScoutula and not a very prolific poster, I'm afraid - I can never keep up with you all .

Freda's not yet walking and only just beginning to pull up, so I think it'll be a while before we need to think about buying shoes! I'm still BFing 3 - 4 times a day - I'm thinking about stopping soon as I'm 9 weeks pregnant and would quite like a break before the relentless newborn feeding begins sometime in November... Do any of you have any experience of BFing during pregnancy and best ways to wean? I'm not sure exactly when I'll start this, although my boobs are starting to feel quite sore when she feeds now.

I had a pretty horrific labour (seizures and aphasia) and very slow recovery (breakdown of episiotomy) with Freda, so my lovely cmw (who I also had last time) is very supportive of my request for a elcs -phew! Any lovely elcs tales would be appreciated!

Anyway, I hope you are all well. I'll try to check occasionally - promise .

[JKSLtd]

Spoutlet - hello & congratulations on pg 2 :)
I have read lots of threads on here about good ELCS experiences. I had a c-s with DS2 (undiagnosed breech so was in labour so sort of emergency but baby wasn't in distress) and although i'm all for natural birth wit a bit of g&a at home, it was fine :)
I healed absolutely fine, in fact i looked for my scar the other day and it's hardly visible :)
it's frustrating not being able to pick up DC1, but you get used to getting down to their level instead - and at the end of pg you aren't up to lifting them much anyway - and it doesn't last long, those few weeks recovery, i was driving at 4 weeks and felt fine.

I only BF DS1 for about a week after I knew I was pg with DS2 - i intended to stop anyway about then - so no real advice but whatever you do, wean slowly!
Even down to 1 feed a day i still got engorged when i stopped both times.

I'm still BF about 3 or 4 times a day too, kind of looking forward to DD stopping but no rush to make her :)

[Fraktal]

spoutlet we're going for round 2 and I plan to BF all the way through and tandem BF so no advice! I may change my mind though

We had a lovely birthday yesterday, although it rained on his picnic. Today I feel sort of down because I feel so very far from home

[Kittycatcat]

Hello spoutlet

Congrats!! I'm pg with dc2 too, due in sept and also having an elcs. No advice on feeding as I stopped at 5 months. I had emergency cs with s and recovered and healed quickly

[Spoutlet]

Thanks, JKS, and it's good to know that your cs experience wasn't too bad. BF-wise, I thought I'd maybe drop a feed per week and see how it goes. I shall be so sad when Freda has her last feed though - I'll really miss the closeness of BFing her. When she's finished feeding at bedtime, she waves and says bye bye before sticking her fingers in her mouth and closing her eyes .

Fraktal, I seriously thought about tandem feeding, but I think feeding one's enough for me! Good luck with round 2, also . Sorry that you're feeling down - .