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[VJay]

Ok, here we are, a new thread to see us into the next decade, and to celebrate more BFP's, growing bumps and new arrivals, and to enjoys those already here

oooh look!!!

Ooooh monkey all good signs

iggy lol , that sums it up for me for my studies lol

monkey i've added you on FB. Hope I have the right person! I'll suggest the other ladies as friends if/once you accept me

Hello to everyone else. Saara and I got back from a play session. We went for the first time, but the toys werent really geared towards her age. Nice to get out, even if I did forget my umbrella and got all wet

Btw I've started a post in the feeding area. Will post a link to it later if anyone can help. Thanks!

Like the new smiley (did that just for the hell of it!)

Here's the link

jools im ....sorry but i just couldnt help myself!

monkey you see.... i knew somebody was my hospital buddie tomorrow, im holding your hand nice and tightly, while trying to add you on fb with the other! Glad to hear you feel sick

Hi sabs feels like i havent spoke to you in like forever.....ill get on fb chat with you soon ...just looking at your link now

Waves to vjay

Hello Sabs how often are you giving her milk? I started weaning dd at 4 months with a little baby rice.

sabs sorry no idea love! i hope somebody comes along and helps you soon

I have text jools to ask her to come back and put us out of our misery.....i we need to know!

Ok have dug out the routine I used at 4 months:

Milk feed at 7am
Milk feed at 11am followed by rice
Milk feed at 2pm
Cool boiled water just after 4pm
If baby is hungry offer small milk feed at 5pm
Proper milk feed at 6pm

Right better go before any of you who are anti-routine start throwing things at me!

mls are you g ford in disguise?? ha ha

Well... that did actually come from her book but I wasn't going to tell anybody as I know lots of people hate her! I think as long as you don't follow her routines too rigidly then it's ok. Some people go a bit ott & their whole lives are ruled by their babies.

mls i kid.... i have no idea what to do with a baby at all...im sure i will take bit from her book too, which i have hidden as lots of people do dislike her...however most of the things i shall learn from you lovely ladies....now...can anyone tell me how to put on a nappy

sabs I started weaning Ajay at 17 weeks with some rice like mls, don't know if that helps

hi all . hopw wvwryone is well

im doing well apart from heartburn and sore ribs lol nearly 32 weeks

i meet up with gracie today for my birthday eve hot chocolate she is fine . ready to pop as they say .. im soooooo excited for her .

im on nights again tonight but having a birthday party at midnight with cake and everything lol

monkey i added you on fb

ooh perfect i love the new smiley, i have often needed one of those

sorry for not being around much, am having another a tough week because its my birthday on friday, and all i can think about is my first mc, as it was the on 4th the day before that we officially found out the baby was gone i just cant stop thinking about what a terrible time we were going through, how unhelpful the doctors were, how many thousands of blood samples i had to keep giving, how the stupid nurse told me i was still pregnant but made a mistake with the hcg levels, how id never discovered the epu and how naive i was to expect that it was a one off and i never thought for a second it would happen again. it was my worst birthday ever. and i can poignantly remember that on the day, the eastenders storyline was about danielle getting an abortion, and somehow i managed to hold it together through most of the episode, until the doctor said something (now i cant even rememeber what it was) and i just ran out of the room crying with my poor sister and dp (now df ) not sure what to do with me. sorry just had to have a little outburst to get it off my chest. feel bad cuz i always seem to be the one being all miserable. its worse cuz df is working away this week and am on my own, but he will back on friday

on the plus side, just finishing af, so can start practising again once df is home

jools whats going on, is this a cryptic yes you are?!

Hi girls.
Hi kate happy birthday for tomorrow! Can't believe you're still working nights you poor girl. Thanks for the gracie update, glad to hear she hasn't popped yet!

Eeee, monkey you're prob in the air now or something but thinking of you lots for the appointment and scan tomorrow.

Barbie I laughed so much at your dh getting over enthusiastic with the (.)(.) I'll be needing so much advice too though... I realised the other day I have NO idea what a baby is meant to wear in terms of layers etc.. so much to learn! Neeko and MLS you're like the supermums who know everything! I'm in awe of the forward thinking, sleeping with baby's toys etc, what a great idea!

Neeko we have 3 more houses to see this week...I'm excited about picking one too just want it to happen soooon.

MLS yay for acupuncture! You sound so zen I love it and I laughed so much at 'up your hole with a ten foot pole' haha!

Joolsthetease hope those symptoms are shaping up nicely!

4ever grr grr and GRR! I'm glad your bil is having a boy though, at least the comparing won't be too bad then.

Hi sabs I did read your thread but also have no clue sorry you're finding it a bit stressful though

Back is much much better and I can walk normally now, YAY!

Aw moon sorry, x-post. I really hope your birthday this year will more than make up for a horrible one last year. It's coming up to the time we got our bfp last year and it's so weird to see the 'November ttc bus' popping up on the conception boards...anniversaries are really hard especially with horrible memories attached so massive hugs and hairstrokes to you. And you are not always being miserable..you know you can say whatever you want here.

Moon - you WILL have happy memories soon to replace last year's ones. Hope your doing something really lovely and maybe wedding orientated for your birthday to help you move forward x

4ever - I would be just as as you re: your MIL. Have you thought of being open and telling her how you feel? Agree with Neeko that she is probably overcompensating as she is worried about how its all going to pan out for your BIL and Maxine

barbie - would also be flaming mad if anyone told people our names. I never told a soul other than the baby threads on here and DH of course.

Monkey - yay! to feeling sick. Good luck tomorrow and hope to 'see' you soon on FB. not been on there for ages...

Jools

Warning - motherhood reality check coming up...

MLSsnazzynewcar - I not only 'did' Gina Ford/Baby Whisperer with DS1 but typed out charts/wrote feed times in my diary etc. etc. Think her milk/weaning routines are ace and her avoidance of bad habits (not rocking baby to sleep etc)good too. DS1 was a total routine baby; 3 naps a day dropping the late afternoon one first etc. and is still a little anal retentive if his day to awry . I am that DS2 is co-sleeping a big no-no with the books but I'm so bloody tired I can't face the hassle of trying to settle him in his carrycot just now BUT

Had a bit of a problem solving day today after terrible night when Ben fed every 2 hours (classic 6 week growth spurt), I woke up freezing full of cold, beyond tired with return of eye infection. My amazing Mum came to my rescue - again - and took DS1 to mini gyms as I was crying with tiredness and wiped out from all the feeding. Took DS2 up to rocking chair and fell asleep in a nodding head on train way.

Anyway, decided enough is enough and am going to buy a bottle tomorrow so I can express and DH can give Benjamin one bottle at night so I can sleep for more than one hour at a time. It will also help him bond with him as he is such a Mummys boy just now.

So there you go. I have a PLAN.

Forgot to say Sabs - will read your thread x

Ah blue poor tired mummy! Glad ur mum came to the rescue & u made the decision re bottle.. Im def one for routines but we shall see when the time comes! .....Cupcake so with u on not havin a clue! In true Neeko style i wrote a hosp bag list today! I got stuck at babys stuff tho! 3 babygros, 3 vests, hat & mitts, then realised didnt kno what i was doin! ..... Moon hon, u let it out, anniversarys are so hard, on DH 30th birthday 2yrs ago (18th feb) we found out we lost our 2nd, my poor DH on his big 30th birthday it is indeed crap.. We try & make his birthdays extra nice since so hope u manage to do the same, poor Jools had same horrid experience.. Btw Jools ?!?! ....Happy birthday to Mrskate as well! .....Monkey squeezin ur hand tightly, sure ur weeblin massively & will be praying for ur scan tomorrow hon.. Barbie hope all good at hosp re dates worry for u too.. Mls lovin ur zen like calm & gina f tips..! Hi to Vjay & Sabs ..... Gotta rush, dH home, thanks for all the supportive words re mil & all that, feel a bit at self! DH goin round tomorrow & gonna gently explain how we feel.. In the great scheme of things it matters very little but hormones added in caused a bit of ear steam! Thanks again for understanding tho u lovely ladies! X x x x x

Ah blue poor tired mummy! Glad ur mum came to the rescue & u made the decision re bottle.. Im def one for routines but we shall see when the time comes! .....Cupcake so with u on not havin a clue! In true Neeko style i wrote a hosp bag list today! I got stuck at babys stuff tho! 3 babygros, 3 vests, hat & mitts, then realised didnt kno what i was doin! ..... Moon hon, u let it out, anniversarys are so hard, on DH 30th birthday 2yrs ago (18th feb) we found out we lost our 2nd, my poor DH on his big 30th birthday it is indeed crap.. We try & make his birthdays extra nice since so hope u manage to do the same, poor Jools had same horrid experience.. Btw Jools ?!?! ....Happy birthday to Mrskate as well! .....Monkey squeezin ur hand tightly, sure ur weeblin massively & will be praying for ur scan tomorrow hon.. Barbie hope all good at hosp re dates worry for u too.. Mls lovin ur zen like calm & gina f tips..! Hi to Vjay & Sabs ..... Gotta rush, dH home, thanks for all the supportive words re mil & all that, feel a bit at self! DH goin round tomorrow & gonna gently explain how we feel.. In the great scheme of things it matters very little but hormones added in caused a bit of ear steam! Thanks again for understanding tho u lovely ladies! X x x x x

Evening all. Just home from after school parent's meeting and I'm knackered BUT it's my last one for aaaages!

4ever Think you hit the nail on the head when you said "In the great scheme of things it matters very little". I know it's annoying but it won't really make a difference. Don't forget napppies and cotton wool in your hospital bag. New baby's skin too sensitive for baby wipes.

Blue/MLS Loving the routine talk. I thought I was pretty strict with DD but you make me feel like a new age mum! Seriously I was pretty routined and think it helped keep DD pretty chilled. The keeping night night and day day thing really worked for us. My DH gave DD a bottle of expressed milk in the evening and it made a huge difference (although sometimes I was so tired that I only sat on the couch and watched them ) Sounds like you're doing a fab job Blue and that Ben is a hungry boy. Would you consider some formula to bag him up a little. DD took a formula bottle at 16 weeks in the evening and started sleeping all night from then on. I remember part of me wanted her to refuse it so only I could feed her

Cupcake/Barbie I'm really looking forward to the baby questions as some feel too silly to ask in real life but no question too silly here! Cupcake I'm strangely very excited by your home hunting Love that smiley!

Moon Hope you have a fab birthday. You can never moan too much on here.

MLS You do sound chilled. Are you really?

MrsKate Happy birthday to you too.

Monkey/Barbie Best of luck to you both for tomorrow.

Sabs Hope your thread (and my reply) has helped. I stressed so much about how much DD was drining once she went onto formula.

Evening all, Finally got my internet working again after my nightmare week last week. I think Sabs might have updated you on my week. Basically it went along the lines of -
Tuesday my Grandma had a stroke, Wednesday my cousin went into labour at 32 weeks and the baby is still in intensive care due to an infection. Friday the police broke into my Grandma's 2nd husbands house (they are separated)and found him unconscious on the floor after having a stroke and a broken hip. Sunday I went to church and my 90 year old "Granny" (not related but she's been in my life since birth and I'm extremely close to her, we lived next door for years) collapsed unconscious in the middle of the service. I can still manage pretty good first aid even at 9 months pregnant! Despite half the congregation giving me grief for kneeling on the floor in my condition, I think she was possibly safer in mine and my doctor DH's hands!

Hoping for a quieter and calmer week this week - my baby due on saturday.

(computer keeps crashing so going to send this post in bits)

You certainly don't live quietly Gracie Sorry you've had such a horrid time. Hope the baby is punctual and gives you and your family some happy news

• loving the new smiley!!!

Barbie I sympathise with your problem with having your names broadcasted. My cousin has nicked my name for a boy, though I can't really be angry as we hadn't told a soul so she couldn't have known, I suppose I wasn't really expecting her to queue-jump by 8 weeks! Though I imagine she's wasn't expecting it either! The George will just have to be a girl! or perhaps I'll just carry on calling it The George.

MLS and Monkey I see you've had good news whilst I've been away!

Moon big hug for your anniversary. One year ago today I went for my private scan at 9.5 weeks, poor DH had to drive 2 hours in deep snow cos I was insisting I needed a scan and couldn't wait for my 12 week one. I wish I'd known then that a year later I'd be 39+3 weeks pregnant. Though I know that now and it still hasn't stopped me spending half the day looking through my box of memories of that pregnancy in floods of tears and panicking all day about feeling kicks. The worry of miscarriage never leaves us does it. And only you lot on here would understand my irratic behaviour today, anyone else would tell me to stop being hormonal and look forward to this baby arriving.

Vjay can I still come to your virtual christening if I'm in labour?? I'll try not to make too much noise or mess!

They've closed the road between my house and the hospital for a few weeks for road works - how convenient!!

Evening Neeko!