feb 2011 - waving those pom poms

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just to start a new (and possibly last) ante natal thread - come on knitta

ledkr I'm crying my eyes out to Mamma Mia, Slipping Through My Fingers, O God I can't stop the tears!!

S is ready for bed after her sister at 7.30 but I'm so lucky, she sleeps through still till 6.

Ledkr, I put Noah down for a nap at 5.30 and only let him have an hour, then he made it until 8ish. I also find that if Noah goes to bed later he feeds later in the early morning and wakes later in the morning, not always possible though!
Best go, got Dsil round with a friend and their eating all the chocolate!

freya sleeps in her carrycot downstairs until dream feed at 12 when she's put into her cot she will then sleep till half 5 feed then sleep till 8. Don't really have a bedtime routine yet as with ds it started with a bath and naked time but with the harness i can't do it every night

It was so sweet earlier, i had put freya in bouncy chair to nap and left the room, heard some grizzling and went back to check on her to find tom (ds) who is 2.4 had found her dummy and given it to her, and was rocking her while singing twinkle twinkle. She actually fell asleep to this and he spent 20 mins next to her chair. It really made my heart melt.

Ahh hubbard thats so sweet :)

I'm tired and feel let down by dp - he went out last night so I went to bed early with dd, about 10.15 and we both went straight to sleep. Dp got back at 1am and lets just say an hour later there was vomit. A lot of it. I felt sorry for him to be honest, he was being all pathetic and said he only had 4 pints, I believe him so don't know what the hell happened there

He's still asleep (in the spare room) but I was awake for at least an hour then up at 6 with dd. Feel well pissed off my plans to catch up on my sleep were ruined - dd slept through the whole thing though thank god.

Btw dd drank 5oz for her first bottle, good girl! :) That cheered me up a bit

Noah did fabulously last night. We fed him at 7.30pm then put him to bed. Dh alarm went off at 11pm to feed Noah his dream feed but we both thought sod it, let's see how far he goes. He woke on and off for a while then woke for a feed at 4.45am! We were really pleased. I then had to wake him at 8am and he's just had 170ml! Fingers crossed this is the start of something good.
Dh is away all week this week so my mum is coming to stay. I will def not be getting up at 11 every evening to dream feed Noah!
Hope your all continuing to enjoy this fab weather!

BM Thats about like d,but she seems to be settling after now so not a problem,im not arsed about the dream feed tbh,she took it the night before but stil woke a 5.30 which i dont mind and she went back to sleep after and i cqught up with hollyoaks whilst i held her upright.
ponyo thats very sweet of little Tom,mine were all like that,no jealousy and lots of help,comes fromk being one of 5
deb ah,slipping thru my fingers,i was looking at Ella with tears in my eyes and she must have got it cos she looked teary and moved over for a cuddle.I was quite glad when my boys left home but will be different with my girls.Ella said she was staying at home for ever .......with her baby
oh yeah bensmumD has been stirring for about an hr before feeding,i am just leaving her at the mo i hope she will grow out of it as she gets bigger but its bloody annoying isnt it?

S does that stirring before a feed thing too- she's in the next room but the wall's really thin so I heard her this morning (probably because DH's snores weren't drowning her out!). She fell asleep after her feed at 5.45, I just dumped her in her cot and ran but then she woke up and that was the start of the day. :( Tomorrow I'll hold her for a bit longer. Had a proper unsettled morning with her, cried on and off through her second nap. Just went down for her third (!!) after only 1/2 hr of awake time but she seems to have gone off. Poor DD1 obviously isn't v well today though- slept till 8.30am (an hour more than normal AND she had over 2 hours nap in the day yesterday), and seems tired and just 'off' this morning. Maybe whatever's troubling her is troubling S too. Ah well, quiet morning for us, watching Beebies, made a cake for my aunt's birthday.

Having a lovely time without DH :)

flippin cheek,waking us up before the ungodly hr they already do.
im finding it wierd with all this sunshine id normally fry sunbathe all day but my fair skinned gingerish dd1 would burn so am periodically in the shade,not a familiar concept
deb i bet it lovely without dh i lived with Els for yrs before met him and do miss it a bit,and my slightly bohemien lifestyle,which i couldnt persue with mr square pants haha.All my mates have taken kids camping and i cant go

Hope we are having a lovely sunny day Had great night last night, Mr W home for the first night in a week, so we got girls to bed, had something to eat, and got a decent nights sleep (bet all your dirty minds were going somewhere else there!!) Anna got up once, I fed her and Mr W got up with her at 7am so I had lovely hour in bed, dd1 jumped in but she just wanted to lie quietly

Still suffering with the throat and ears but my best friends little girl is having her first birthday this afternoon so really looking forward to it, its Anna's first party and my bf has made a big fuss with a special party bag etc.

We all went out for a walk about 2 hours ago and A hasn't stirred since, so peace and quiet here, dd1 and dd2 are also knackered, ah the joy of fresh air.

Ooh what a gorgeous sunny day its been! Am currently lying next to Cass waiting for her to fall asleep fully- am jealous as can hear my sisters laughing with DP and DCs in the garden while I am in a darkened room with only my blackberry for company. B*stards better not drink all the Pimms!
Hope you have all had good weekends. Debka can't believe how long your baby sleeps for, that's amazing! We had our best ever night last night, 730 til 3am, a feed then back down til 6 whooooop!
My thoughts are turning to hols. My two older DCs are away for a fortnight in august so DP Cass and I need a break, somewhere not too hot, maybe a city? Anyone been anywhere that's baby friendly but still good for culture, atmosphere etc that's not going to be 40 degrees in August? Suggestions gratefully received!!!

Well after a morning spent cleaning sick off the mattress and doing loads of washing, dp, dd and I went out and bought her a few toys from toys r us and then went to nandos for lunch, dp paying as he feels well guilty. Good!

No idea about hols at the moment but we are thinking August too - staying in this country obviously! PIL's have offered us to go and stay with them but think we'll decline MizK are you thinking of going abroad?

Glad everyone has enjoyed the sun :) Heres hoping for more of the same in the week!

Gosh im burnt! First time ever,went for abike ride with Els,had a chinese.Delilah has hardly slept all day just led on blanket in the nude kicking. I dont think it makes much difference to the night tho,last time she didnt nap all day she was vile at night
We are postponing our holiday until D has had her op then will prob go to Ibiza or Mexico,in the meantime i have been booking to take Ella to Disneyland paris for a few days in June and we are off to a Haven next week in a caravan.Its ridiculous as we have to keep it quiwt from Pils or they will invite themselves,what a crazy situation that is.
wiggles its nice when our dh's are aound isnt it? Dh is on 3 lates after tonight but not too bothered as Ela is off school so we can just doss about.atahe pub over the rd does bogof obn the meals so i will take her over there for tea one night.
Off to see Calender Girls on thursday,it was my Mums birthday treat,anyone seen it?
Am just getting settled for the new series "the walking dead" on channel 5,ive been looking forward to it for weeks,a late night so i hope D is good.

morning,

well, we've bought a new car . Go to collect it on Saturday. Opted for a honda jazz as we want a car that's as small as we can get away with and at last it'll have back doors so easier to get Alice in and out.

Have to go to nurse today as Alices tummy button still not healed properly from umbilical cord and now she's got stuff coming out of it . Is everyones LOs tummy buttons all properly healed now or is it normal to be still moist and seeping?

Well done ledkr on the bike ride I'm v

No holidays booked here :( but hoping to go away from mid/late september. I have said I MUST go on hol outside school hols while I'm on mat leave and not stuck to holiday time of working in a school

Congrats on the new car, slowangels, Anna's tummy button has been healed for a good few weeks but I remember dd2's took ages to heal, was moist and seepy.

Ledkr my parents were due to take dd1 and dd2 to Disneyland Paris this year before Anna was old enough to know she was being excluded but darling sister pushed the wedding up and not enough money, you must let me know where you stayed etc, think they might head there at the end of this year. My parents would love us all to go on holiday together, we all hired a villa a few times when dd1 and dd2 were babies, but now dds prefer to stay somewhere with other kids, mini-discos, attractive waiters, actually the last bits my preference. Much as I love my parents and they're great with the girls one week with each other is a test of my patience besides there's no way we can keep up with their wine consumption

Ooh ledkr the Walking Dead is fantastic, did you like it?! I watched it when it was on fx channel last year, got all excited thinking it was a new series starting last night but its not :( It just gets better and better (and scarier/gorier) at your PIL's just inviting themselves on your hols.

angels A's tummy button took at while to heal and got infected, yuk. Think its fine now but am going to ask them to check it at 8wk check on wed. When hers was infected the doc prescribed some cream which healed it up straight away so hopefully the nurse should be able to help?

Can anyone tell me what to expect at 8 wk check for me? I know dd has her jabs etc but what do they "do" for mums?

Congrats on the new car Angels! Noahs belly button took a while to heal but didn't need any help
Ponyo, here we have a six week check for mum, I had mine last week. She just asked if I was all healed, talked about contraception etc.
Noah is booked for his eight week check and jabs when he's nine weeks old, luckily dh is off work that week so can come with me as I'm sure to get emotional when they give Noah his jabs!

Morning all.well done on the car angels,should save your back.D's belly button was abit slow,it had a black bit on it until last week when i washed it vigorously
I had 6 wks check too and baby,i am gong to have to change her next jabs for the following week cos im away.
Wiggles,i have no idea about disney,was going to try and book flights and a hotel separately but so far not looking any cheaper than a package but means travelling under water
W2anted to push the boat out and do the dream castle hotel but its about double the price of the cheaper ones and we can have more nights that way.

Hello! Pablo is having his first nap ON HIS OWN!!! well, until a moment ago...

Hello, sorry I haven't had time to catch up on all the posts, but congratulations on the new car angels. Hope everyone is well and the babies are being good sleepers.

So... Bad Mother Of The Week Award goes to..... debka!!!

Discovered tonight I haven't been drying S's armpit properly after her bath- it's all red and raw under there, poor mite. Dried it really well (cue much screaming) and sudocrem-ed it, lets hope it's better tomorrow.

Had a great day, stayed at home trying to keep out of DH's way (not easy when he works from our living room and all our rooms come off the LR), but DD1 was much happier and S slept super super well in her cot for all her sleeps.

She has her jabs and 8 week check on the same day, poor mite, Thursday this week. She'll be 9 weeks too.

bensmum thanks for the support on the other thread- I knew I shouldn't have posted! I was just trying to be nice. Story of my life.

Debka who's been picking on you? Got knuckledusters at ready Never worry about the armpit drying, dd1 used to get this quite a lot, would suffer from heat rash - sudocrem will have it cleared up in no time, Anna has very dry, quite raw looking skin behind one of her ears but it doesn't seem to bother her and she's hardly ever bathed .

Anna has her jabs and 8 week check tomorrow!!

Ponyo I had my check last week, just asked how I was feeling both physically and "within myself" , then asked me about 100 times was I absolutely sure I didn't want to go on the pill!!

Was on the sleep board, thread I started called Why Have I Not Done This Before, if you're interested. I think I was too cheerful...

wiggles I gave S heatrash on Sat when it was REALLY hot and I put her to bed at my mum's in a hot room wearing a vest, babygrow and cardi then a blanket over her legs for good measure!

Haha wiggles, well I'm already on the pill so guess it'll just be asking how I am "within myself" eh Will you let me know how you get on with A's jabs, I am bloody dreading dd's on wed, think I might cry myself tbh!

deb Can I share the bad mother award with you? - dd's neck is looking pink and sore b'cos its really hard to get in there and clean it - she hates it. Also I only realised her armpits were grubby and needed a good clean last week. AND she only gets 2 baths a week!

Seems lots of us have check ups and jabs this week so heres hoping it all goes well :)

Hi ladies,

Not been on for bit, but only cos I can't seem to find the time in the day, or when I have a spare minute, I want to get my head down for a snooze, but I think about your ladies and your babies often. It's lovely to read everybody's news and updates. Sorry for those of you having a bad time and yay for those little magic moments or bits of progress that most are getting at some point.

We're doing better. C has had a grizzly week, and I was just desparate to have a 'happy' baby, but she was lovely yesterday and today so perhaps it was just an 'off' few days.

We are kind of in a routine at night, feed, bath, bedtime feed, then she is down in her basket at 7pm, where she fusses for a bit but is starting to settle herself (tonight was best ever), then late feed at 10.30, then providing she has had enough in the day, she is usually going through to 7am, although I am not, as I spend half the night expecting her to wake, then not believing my luck then she hasn't, but still, not actually sleeping myself!

Days are still a bit unpredictable, I have set feeding times, but her nap times are extremely random still, she normally has half an hour at about 9am, but then sometimes she has a long sleep (say an hour) in the middle of the day, but often she just dozes on and off, so no routine as such yet, but still early days.

She will be 8 weeks on Wednesday. Everybody says 'I bet it's gone really fast hasn't it', but I feel like it's going glacially slowly. I think I am just impatient to skip to the next bit, and for various reasons am not really 'enjoying' newborn stage particularly (am not really built for being at home with tiny baby who doesn't do much yet), but I am better than I was and at least have a better sense of perspective on where we're at and what I'm doing.

I'm still freaking out when unexpected things happen (e.g. last night asking at 'bathtime' if we wanted to go and have tea at his Mum's and put C to bed there), but I'm getting better.

Lots of happy baby thoughts to you all and thinking of you lots.
Dx