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curiositykilledhaskittens · 10/12/2009 22:48

LOTS!

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shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 18:15

Nah - she calls him 'little Tom' and says he is sweet. She is already 13 dont ya know!! She is about 6 inches taller than Tom, looks about 18, has long blonde hair and an evil temper A while back she was put into foster care because of her weird interesting mums behaviour and we used to talk to her on MSN every night and try and help her.

curiositykilledhaskittens · 14/01/2010 18:18

Aww, poor love. So she's a bit like family then. She sounds like something off shameless

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shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 18:18

Be back later - tomster is on his way home with my Mum and Dad (Dotster and Harryster) Laters me lovlies xx

shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 18:19

ROFL yes she is but with the right people around her she will be amazing xxx

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curiositykilledhaskittens · 14/01/2010 18:21

love shameless! Think most of the characters are the rough diamond type... the gallagher kids anyway...

see you later x

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curiositykilledhaskittens · 14/01/2010 18:23

Oi! That's my cider white lightening!

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bagpuss · 14/01/2010 18:41

Curio, sorry had to go and feed dcs! I was going to say that I don't think it is necessarily a bad thing if they are not climbing the centiles. I have just looked at the charts for my two and they were both born above the 25th and are now just below it. dt2 is 11lbs but still should be heavier! dt1 is 9lbs 9oz and is slightly higher on the scale than dt2 because she is a girl. Tis all a load of bolleaux really . I am that yours are hitting their milestones early - its a long waiting game with mine owing to the age correction. Why on earth would you feel bfing was harming them? Mine are ffed and it doesn't seem to me that they are much different to your two - I don't understand this idea that twins need some formula regardless. You know that if I had a choice I would be bfing so I can't understand that people would want to discourage you from doing such a great thing. Neenz is right, you need to look at the babies and not the charts .

Shabs, sorry to hear that Tom is having a hard time of it at school - hope he manages to sort it (with or without help ).

curiositykilledhaskittens · 14/01/2010 18:54

Lily smiled at 3weeks 5 days and Dylan at 3weeks 6 days - earlier than either of my other two. Dylan does a little laugh occasionally and they both coo. Lily can roll from side to side, they both have brilliant head control. My mum said she wondered if Dylan wan't smiling as much as Lily because he wasn't thriving as they said. I can see what she means and that is what is playing on my mind. But then if that was true he wouldn't have learned to laugh and coo would he? I think he is just a more serious person. He always has been, when he was born he sat quietly looking around while Lily was born... Gah... I think they can piss off.

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oooggs · 14/01/2010 20:04

curio - stuff the hv and all the weighing - down 'ere they won't weigh weekly - too much

shabs - lovely girl - Toms needs to kick ass - in the nicest possible way

HM - meet up between Plymouth & Exeter - how about that pixi & momma

neenz - language!!

play - I managed to work with 3 but can't with 4. Have just taken a career break. When there were just 3 of them I worked 2.5 days a week and they went to the onsite subsidised nursery - which is truely fantastic (they are leaving soon but that is a different story ) it was a juggle but we all benefitted.

largeginandtonic · 14/01/2010 21:21

Curio stand firm and don't let them in. Or just be out when you know they are coming.

Have confidence in oyurself. I have a friend with 5 boy's and all of them have fallen off centile charts till they are weaned.

Mine (not the twins they were very early) are HUGE babies when born (too mny donuts) but fall off the centile lines till they find the one they should be on. Maybe they are just doing that

Play i am no help i'm afraid, have not worked since having the twins 12 years ago!

Shabs are you thinking evil thoughts about the nast children? When my dd was beong bullied my anger shocked me! I had to stay well away. This girl sounds useful

HM a meeeeet [griin]

Rubs! Hullo. I too have done terrible parenting things. Mine are all ok

I am fecking miserable. Court tomorrow as the twins Dad is a twat and won't leave them alone Hey ho. Another £££ down the drain.

Ds5 has been up since 4 dd2 is twitching and coughing already. I might go to bed. It's just i like the peace and quiet when they have all gone up. It seems wasted it i go to bed. Am mad aren't i?!

HarrogateMum · 14/01/2010 21:35

LG&T - bums about court, how come? Why is he being a twat or should we not ask.

PS yes you are mad. But hey, arent we all...

estar · 14/01/2010 22:10

Hi all

Not been posting much but have been lurking

It's all for your benefit, so that I don't drone on about pathetic I am at being pregnant and how I want this baby out NOW except I don't, because it's not ready yet, but another eight weeks??

Hi LG&T soooo pleased to have you back. She's MNs Mum of the Year 2009, dontchya know, and she's in our posse!

Anyway, my ridiculous SPD has banished me to the bed and sofa for weeks now so I am, while trying to keep a 2 year-old alive and sometimes entertained, fluctuating between reading Harry Potter novels, lurking on MN, and knitting. Move over Shabs!!

Although I am in great pain and frustration at being able to do nothing, I also think it's an experience every woman should put their DH through once in his lifetime - he's been amazing and has learnt so much about what I do everyday because now he has to do it, as well as his full time job!! I have a newfound awe for his tenacity and perseverance, and he has a newfound respect for how hard it is to look after the house and four children.... Ten years of marriage and it's better than ever

shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 22:14

G&T Tom wasn't bullied before he went to High School. He was very lucky that his teacher at Primary (in year 6) was very strict and adored intelligence. She wouldn't go over the top with praise but she had high expectations of the children and Tom always lived up to them.

We talk about this a lot - myself and the mighty Tomster. He said last night 'I will always have people wanting to bully me because I am very different. I love learning, I dont want to fight, I dont go to school for the social life, I know what job I want to do and I want to go to college and hopefully Uni.' (How did I have this sensible child?) He loves laughing (he has a Sid James laugh ) and appreciates comedy, at the moment his favourite lessons are drama, music and dance. He is a complex, loving, wonderful child who was born when I was almost at the point of wanting to give up on life.

The sun started to shine again, for us, the day he was born (20 days overdue!) OMG I cant have rabbit on when it comes to my family xxxxx

shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 22:17

Oh estar the end of your message made me have a small cry. Well done Mr. Estar....right girls, form an orderly queue for a bloke like Mr. Estar....and no pushing at the back please xxxx

HarrogateMum · 14/01/2010 22:24

Estar - how can you only have 8 weeks to go...you only just told us you were pregnant...!

Shabs, small tears are running down my face, your Tom sounds so ace, I would love to meet him, I hope my twins turn out as honest and defiant about life as he is (I hope that makes sense)

shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 22:32

Oh thank you love. I have been so very lucky to have four sons. OK life, at times, without Matt and Gareth has been unbearable BUT I was so lucky to have them even though it was for a short while. xxxx

HarrogateMum · 14/01/2010 22:35

bless you Shabs x off to bed, sleep tight xxx see who gets the first "morning girls" in tomorrow (ps bet its you!) xxx

shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 22:37

Maybe? Night sweetheart, sleep tight xxx

piximonkeyingaround · 14/01/2010 22:38

estar I have a size large SPD support band rotting away looking for a home if that might be any use I'd be happy to send it.

Devon meet up would be wonderful.

triplets · 14/01/2010 23:04

I`ve got a headache
I went to my friends funeral today
The hearse stopped right next to Matthews headstone
My best friend has just phoned very upset
I need to go to bed
Enough for one day
Kale Nits xx

triplets · 14/01/2010 23:05
shabbapinkfrog · 14/01/2010 23:09

Come here chucklebutty and let me donkey scrub you xxxxx

Kale Nits me duck xx

kathryn2804 · 14/01/2010 23:33

Curio, breastfed babies shouldn't be weighed more than once a fortnight to account for the up and down growth of breastfeeding. You are doing great, keep going!! If they're happy, lots of wees, and a soft, mustard coloured poo every few days, that's what they should be looking for!! Much more accurate than weighing every week!

Babies aren't supposed to jump up through the centiles!! You take from what they weighed 2 weeks in, (after the initial weight-loss after birth) and then hope they stick to roughly that centile throughout the growth. Jumping up the centiles means you're over feeding them (unless they are small babies to very tall parents etc IYKWIM!!)

Have you downloaded the breastfed babies charts from WHO website? They're supposed to have updated the red books with these, but it seems to be a bit slow getting through! The older red books are based on American bottle-fed babies, and we all know the obesity problems over there!! Anyway, follow this link and then plot the weights and hopefully they'll look more favourable! Take them to your next weigh-in! www.who.int/childgrowth/standards/height_for_age/en/index.html

Also, breastfeeding definitely doesn't inhibit speech!

As for not letting them weigh them, my friend exclusively breastfed triplets and resorted to hiding behind the sofa as the HV wanted to weigh them so often and was trying to force her to top-up. She just didn't believe it was possible to breastfeed triplets! They are now perfectly healthy sized 4 yr olds, and were breastfed until they were well past 2 yrs old!! They're taller than my 2 despite being younger! It's a sad state of affairs!

shabbapinkfrog · 15/01/2010 07:00

Kale Mera girls! we have had no snow overnight!!

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