to be most aggrieved that I did not get married off in the last IPOAT thread? Won't someone think of Nigel?

[BeribbonedGibbon]

Well, am I?

Anyone hear the use of C word on R4 this morning covered up by much spluttering and coughing. Caused much merriment in the Mammoth household.

lol at cunting christmas confusion

My head is all over at the mo, so I may confuse many a more thing yet

A friend has got me fretting over DD2, I even did something I have never done and spoke to a HV shock

DD2 is 24 weeks and still not reaching for any objects and does not seem interested in toys etc. Friend mentioned how oodd this was a nearly 6 months (I had noticed it too but put my niggles down to my usual nature to worry) HV wants to observe her next week. Wish it was now now now, I hate waiting.

Sorry for the offload but it does help to type it out

Thanks Riven

She does not roll, nor did DD1 and DD1 was late in crawling and walking but early talker so I have not been so concerned about the not rolling and sitting but the not reaching for anything worries me. She is very smiley, everyone comments on it, very happy and easy going in general.

If you lay a toy in her lap she will half heartedly feel it but if you hold up something she just looks at it and her hands/arms do not move at all. Nor does she reach for anything in front of her if she is sitting.

I weaned DD1 at six months and she was able to sit and pick up the food, DD2 is no where near that and is 6 months in a couple of weeks.

Apart from the not reaching for objects at all I would not notice anything unusal with her arms/hands. She sucks her thumb and scratches herself when tired, has a firm grasp (seeing a handful of my hair in her hand is quite common ) and she will pick up a teething toy from her lap and chew on it when having a major teething day.

It's just so weird the way you can offer her a toy/object, it's as if she does not know what to do. As soon as you place it in her lap she will touch it. She has never reached out her hand to get something IYKWIM?

DD1 did not walk till 19 months and I was not worried a jot, she talked lots and I just knew she would get there. This though, worries me a lot and I'm not quite sure why

Oh Riven

Can't thank you enough for being lovely and wise, I needed it today

I need to stop fretting and she how she is over the coming weeks, roll on the visit with the HV next week. Am hoping that will put my mind at rest.

Thanks Riven x

Hey Gibb,

Maybe she's going to sit under a tree and eschew material goods. Maybe she's just practising early.

Worrying is the eternal parental condition. In fact, I keep meaning to start a thread asking whether anyone else is ludricrously obsessed with their dc. How do you stop worrying /thinking All The Time...??

Hugs and love.

So true Hully - the perpetually worrying is horrid.

I am swinging between slapping myself for my tendency to fret and thinking but at nearly 6 months she should be getting interested in things (things is a bit vague but you know what I mean)

Thank you both for letting me talk about it. I bottle my fears up in RL.

Was he as handsome in RL Riven? I do hope he wasn't a disappointment.

@ What I should of done was ram him with dd's wheelchair and render him helpless. Then licked him.

Yes it's a horrible feeling. I need to shake it off. Picking DD2 up shortly, that'll lift my spirits

DD1 I mean

DD2 just woken up and when I went to get her she was grabbing her little feet grinning and giggling up at me as if to say 'no matter what, we're blessed to have each other'

[melt]

Aw Gibbs sending hugs. I am at the senior end of parenting ( am now Grandparenting) and a mum never stops worrying, whatever age, IMO. I know there will always be some opposites but..

Thank you mini

I love that this thread goes from the sublime (the fabulousness and general loveliness of you all) to the ridiculous (our insane story lines)

The best kind of ridiculous you understand.

I am wondering that maybe we could have some entertainment at our ball, has anyone booked a turn?

I am planning on having a turn, I am far too lofty and ladylike to book one.

Lovely Missy Riven ya could do with lessons from this <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/27/2758/OI6TD00Z/posters/dean-loomis-french-cancan-dancers-perform-on-stage-at-the-moulin-rouge-nightclub.jpg&imgrefurl=www.allposters.com/-sp/French-Cancan-Dancers-Perform-on-Stage-at-the-Moulin-Rouge-Nightclub-Posters_i3778524_.htm&usg=__Gu19WMGLg4L0tiukaOaCHDjQYv8=&h=300&w=400&sz=44&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=z0Y0l_ylfHd6AM:&tbnh=137&tbnw=172&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcancan%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DG%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1272%26bih%3D602%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=138&vpy=281&dur=530&hovh=183&hovw=244&tx=149&ty=93&ei=JTn9TM3GCImu8QOH7dTUCw&oei=WDj9TITaN6qqhAeXjL2mBw&esq=25&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lot

When is the ball going to be? Ah do declare I am fixing to burst if I don't get a reel or two with Captain Darcy soon!

I am feeling vair Christmassy today. Who'll join me in a gingerbread julep and some turkey gumbo?