feb 2011 - waving those pom poms

[slowangels1]

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

Rastamouse hadn't started when we left the UK but I watched it on Youtube the other week and nearly wet myself laughing!

Sam likes to suck on his whole fist which is the first indication he is hungry!

thanks for missing me DEBKA and nobody else!
Jane,im pretty sure with my limited nursing knowledge that Zoe wouldnt have felt pain or discomfort,after the pm i would get an app with the bereavment mw or consultant and discuss the results as you need to know for sure,Zoe will never be forgotten by us cos she was one of "our babies" and so everytime we see our lo;s we are reminded of her and she will occupy a space in our minds at every birthday and xmas,poor little girl,but it is true that she was at least in the place that we have all felt safest in so would not have felt fear or distress.I so wish things were different xx

Bensmum cant say i like mine crying,largely cos it annoys me. I have a proper pram so she goes in there and i push her to sleep and she has a few good naps now,im not bothered at all tbh as long as i get a break.
The long feeds i found didnt help matters although with her cleft are inevitable but i changed to bigger teats and she has her squeezy bottles and i push her to finish a whole feed meaning when she has had a play i can put down to sleep without worrying it maybe hunger.

This may backfire on me but i will tell you anyway,she has slept 5 nights now from 8-8,this morning i had o wake her at 8,30 to take Ella to school. I know it wont last but ill enjoy it in the meantime.

Have my 2nd period since she was born,v heavy and painfull,hope this settles. at you broody ones already,then again im a fine one to talk with my huge brood,but i seriously couldnt do that newboen thing again,am loving the smiles and giggles and looking forward to her being so much fun for Ella,she already goes cranky when she sees her after school,she does this fast breathing and wonky smiles when she sees her its such a special thing to see and Els is glowing.

Ponyo its just us then,i have no interest at all,i dont know them!Will be hitting the shops to but somthing in a 16 to wear out Saturday,evans here i come.and some massive gok wan pants that go from neck to toes,good job im not on the pull

Ledkr I missed you too, but I didn't want to make a show of myself

Yes we're up early, A is beside herself waiting on the big day!! Actually she slept really well last night, she has just discovered her toes, ooh its funny especially as she has just realised she can't pull them off

Dd1 and 2 and I are off to see "We're going on a bear hunt" on stage this morning so no wedding watching for me, although Mr W is strangely excited .

Have a nice morning everyone, Ledkr, try and enjoy your shopping xx

Wow that is early wiggles! I haven't gone to bed yet. Might as well though as dh is working 16 hours a day at the moment. Have fun at the bear hunt! I love that book.

Enjoy your shopping and your Saturday night out ledkr. I hadn't noticed you were missing as I'm so many hours behind!

Morning all- S is also up early all excited to see her first wedding .

Actually she nearly went back off today but I think I stuck her back in her cot a bit fast, too eager to get back in bed myself!

Morning all, well I'll probably be on the M1 when the happy couple are saying their vows, shopping would be much more fun!

ledkr what you wrote for jane was lovely, just wanted to say I share those feelings that you put so nicely.

dd's been a bit random with her waking times at the mo, 8am yesterday, result! But then 5.45 today I'm just very grateful she's (pretty much) sleeping through, if she starts waking at night it would knacker me! Am hoping the change of scene being at my mums won't affect her too much.

deb dd seems to have just recently discovered her fist and seems to like having a chew on it, it confuses me as I don't know if shes hungry or just having a chew

bensmum thanks for the warning about accidental parenting I will keep an eye out for that when I start reading (and then ignore it )

Hope everyone has a nice long weekend xx

Thank you ledkr I have an appointment with my consultant and a huge list of questions!
Little D sounds so cute, i bet E is such a proud big sister!

No Royal wedding for me either, cant be assed with the whole royal thing! Instead i am taking the minded kids out to the farm park.

Hope you all have a fab day!

hi all, no internet at home but had to come on here to say to kates princess catherines dress. Very classy and timeless I thought. I put alice in special outfit for the occassion (an england rugby baby sized tshirt we'd been given - well, it was the closest to a british themed outfit we had for her) and made themed cupcakes with white, blue or red icing (only the red icing was pink not red ). Had a tear in my eye during the whole thing . Alice just fell asleep . Not reallysure why I'm so excited by it as I'm not a big royal type. DH was looking a bit at me

DH working again (never has bank hols off) and PIL over for lunch on sun

to ledkr for the good sleeps

Hi ladies, hope the royalists amongst us have enjoyed the wedding, and hope others who (like me) couldn't give a flying have survived the whole hoopla!
jane hope appointment gives you the answers you need and that the consultant can reassure you that what happened was a one off tragedy not anything 'wrong' if that makes sense? You know you have all of us rooting for you and here to listen if you need - lord knows this thread is heaven when you need to vent!
Cassia has finally discovered her hands and will happily gaze at her fist for ages at a time, its v sweet! Just hoping she goes to bed nicely tonight as I have some lovely bubbles chilling in the fridge and the gypsy wedding on sky plus to watch later - yes am aware how sad I am! Have fab evenings all x

Hey all
Had a fab tine watching the wedding on tv today, managed to convince Ben to watch it too, now just got back from street party, it was fab!
Jane, I'm sure everything will go well with your appointment, Zoe knows you love her and would have felt that from you.
Ledkr, well done on the good sleeps!

Afternoon, well had a fab time at "We're going on a bear hunt" this morning, have to say dd1&2 can be little monsters sometimes but they are soooo good when we go to something like that. Sat on their seats, didn't move a muscle and watched it all open mouth only pausing to fire in some Maltesers

Had a nosy at wedding when we came back - thought everyone looked very happy!

Ledkr meant to say well done on D's sleeping (said through gritted teeth) . Hope shopping went well.

WanderingSheep meant to say ages ago well done on primary school place, dd1 is finishing P2 in June (which is her second year of primary school, she is the youngest in her year) and in the two years since I enrolled her, the school has gone from looking for pupils to being hugely oversubscribed!!! Her already being in the school will get dd2, but I know what a relief it is when you're happy with a school place.

you can relax your jaw wiggles,she must have been taking advice from baby ponyo and debka as she decided to wake at 6.30 today,not helped by dh getting dressed noisily and peering into her basket,he went to work with a flea in his ear will see how she is tmw,hasnt slept much today tho.
I glanced at the wedding and tried to get dd interested,she went to a st party while i watched tv and tried to get Delilah to sleep.There is a right fuckin noisy street party at the back of me,i may go and tell them the wedding is over in a bit.
Sounds like we all manged to enjoy the day somehow.
I think im looking more forward to Janes wedding now,i may even have a small street party myself.

Ohh a street party for my wedding! Do you think i could make it a public bank holiday too?
Hope all the babies had a good night!

Morning all! Noah slept better last night, dh dreamfed him at 10.30 then I heard him stirring a few times from 2.30 onwards but he didn't cry out until 6.30 when dh brought him into bed with us. Am really pleased as hopefully he's a bit more settled now after his poorly tum.
Dh is trying him in his cot for a nap as we speak! Fingers crossed, although not overly upset if he ends up sleeping with one of us!
It's another sunny day here, so got loads of washing going, how sad is it that to me good weather equals clothes washing opportunity, not sunbathing or going to the beach!
Dh is away the week after next and I'm already getting tense and anxious about it. I can barely manage when he's here!

Bensmim-Noah is so like delilah,she seems to stir for hours before actually waking up. I cant wait until she goes in her own room. She went 8 til 7am so i cant complain,its a shame i cant enjoy it for all her snuffles and grunts.
You will be fine without dh,i was worried t first but its kind of easier cos know i have to do it all.I find myslf packing her lunch for school as i cook dinner!I am super organised when hes not here.Having said that D didnt sleep in the day for the last 2 days and my house was the worst its ever been,all messy and nothing out away
Have me night out tonight,must not get too drunk cos dh is working a late Sun and also i have to drive o pick up kids at 10.30.I remember back in the day id still be out when dh finished his night shift and hed come and pick me and my friends up and we would all abuse him on the way home-pc plums,how ya helmet etc etc haha

Have a fab time to tonight Ledkr! I remember the days of getting my dh to pick me up from a night out and moaning all the way home that I felt sick, making him pull over several times!
We've got friends coming over for a Chinese takeaway tonight, yummy yum. Had pizza last night with sil and friend! At this rate I'm gonna put all my baby weight back on!

Is that a baton in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me

Have a relaxy day planned today, have already been at the park with girls, while Mr W sleeps - worked 13 hours yesterday so he's a bit knackered. A's baptism is tomorrow but having food etc at my mums so thankfully I have nothing to do. Just pray it doesn't rain - 22 people and six kids - and my mum got new suite and carpet a few weeks ago - so the kids are being put outside no matter what the weather .

I didnt know it was tmw,hope it goes well,well done for getting it organised too.I am planning D's for the summer,i have told dh i will go out of my way so that ils can attend ie try to do the sunday before a bh,but thats wher it ends,i will be doing it all myself,food etc,and getting ready to go plus get the kids ready and i will not be putting anyone up so they either dont come or have to get a hotel.They have been phoning since yesterday but we keep missing them,dh hasnt cslled back yet,i bet they were hankering after a weekend here,they can piss off,dh is at work all weekend and ive already got 2 kids to look after.

The first time dh picked me up from a club-and i knew he was slyly hoping for some "hospitality" when he took me home i came out of the club with 3 pissed mates who were staying with me,he literally burnt rubber getting away once hed dropped us off.

bensmum I'm just the same, sun comes out and I'm hunting around for washing to do, I even washed the sofa covers the other day (v v sad!). Actually what's perhaps even sadder is that when I do S's clothes I have to hang all the babygrows together, vests together and then sleeping bag and blanket in a separate section. Did that today, it just gives me such a warm happy feeling inside!:)

S fed ALL AFTERNOON yesterday then at 4am but went through till 8, it was lovely. :) Weird though, I never actually hear her cry, I wake up and realise she's awake then go in and feed her. Anyone else have Mummydar?

jane we'll have a street party, bank holiday and Special Bunting for you

LOL debka, ha ha im so like you with washing!

wiggles Hope 2mrw goes well and you all have a fantastic day, bigs to Anna!

my friend has organised a charity football match/funday for us to raise money for SANDS, im looking forward to it should be a good day. We have managed to raise over £1000 already!

Just back from having a nosy at my mums!! Get the feeling she's trying to outdo yesterdays receptions!! Enough drink to sink a ship - she's cooking turkey, hams, beef joints - cold buffet dontcha know :-) Trying to outdo the Middletons

Had some lovely news about a girl I know, her baby died a few hours after being born last year (undiagnosed heart problems) and she gave birth to a healthy baby boy last night. No name yet, has really put a shine on today.

yes, special jane style bunting - great idea . What's your wedding colour scheme jane? (gets sewing machine out the loft)

great news wiggles and hope the baptism goes well and your mums house doesn't get destroyed. We've got ours in august and will have tea at my mums after and she's just moved house and had all new carpets etc.

have a quick MIL dilema/stress - she's pestering DH that she looks after alice for 'just an hour' at some point (ie we make ourselves scarce and she takes control of her). I know it's very sweet of her to offer, but it's becoming a bit of a demand as opposed to offer and DH started saying we need to organise a time when she can look after alice as she wants some time alone to look after her. I feel really as I don't want her to but have no good reason other than I don't feel comforatble with it and that she drives me mad. But that's really not a reason I can say to DH. My mum looks after alice occasionally if I need to do something, but she lives a couple of doors down the road and I am always home for alice to be popped back if needed. I just don't want her to be with MIL on her own - why can't her holding her with me there be enough? It's a bit odd. She's only 9 weeks. anyone else had this or have any advice? am I being odd/ungrateful?

sorry for quick post - still no internet so am borrowing mums comp to check up

slowangels it is completely up to you who you leave Alice with but my mum can't wait for me to leave when she minds any of mine. Its not that they will always do something different to you but I think my mum feels under pressure with Anna when I'm there. She takes it personally if Anna cries .

When she has A on her own, she usually lies her down, takes her socks off etc, lets her kick about, sings silly songs to her, kisses her eyes, ears, fingers etc, stuff she used to do with us, my cousins etc. I just think she feels self conscious doing it when I'm there, like she's scared of doing the wrong thing.

My mil used to mind dd1 for me when I went back to work (I had to go back when she was 4.5 months ) She did lots of things with dd1 that I just didn't have the time/inclination to do, she would do jigsaws for hours (I feckin' hate jigsaws), bring her with her to the post office, drs, shops etc. I honestly feel that dd1 got a lot out of it, she's much more confident etc than I would be.

But Alice is you and dh's baby and if you don't feel comfortable with it don't feel pressurised but my tuppence worth is to grab whatever help you are offered with both hands

thanks wiggles - thing is, MIL isn't shy about doing those things when we're around and DH told me we can always have a walk around the village where we live so MIL can have some alone time - that's the last thing I want to spend my alone time with DH doing (and if we did then it's the perfect thing for alice to come along with) - it's sort of feeling like I'm being chucked out of my house for MIL. It's quite hard getting MIL helping for something that is actually useful due to bfing and not being able to be away from her for more than a couple of hours anyway. I don't mind the concept of MIL having alone time, I just don't think it should be imposed on me against my choice and I don't really want to leave her yet (protective mother emoticon).

slow angels you know what id say to that,fuck the fuckity fuck off!
I am hearing you wiggles but i am a grandma-I know i know i look fab and i have never felt any great desire to be alone with dgs,on the contrary i like to see how ds and dil are with him,what is it with these mils that want them away from us? Tell her you dont feel happy doing that as you are bf or say yes but you and dh dont wish to walk around the village you would rather spend the time having a shag,and then go and do it audibly upstairs
Seriously tho you can only leave her between feeds as she is bf so how long could she have anyway,i find it all rather odd,sorry wiggles,we normally aggree dont we but then you have nice pils and not psychotic ones like me