May Babies... part 2!

[GeorginaA]

... just because we can't stop yammering on

Egypt, on the whole do you think mil is ok with your dd? I mean, ok she's a bit of a nippy sweetie and dd has a mysterious aversion to her, but does she treat dd calmly, speak to her, hold her confidently? Has she got lots of experience with babies - own and grandchildren?

yes she does talk and hold her calmly. wouldnt say she was confident with her, and i'm sure she gives those vibes out when she says 'don't you like your nana'. this is her first grandchild. dh was her only baby, and she had him when she was 17 and basically, the rest of the family looked after him, from what i can gather. i dont think she has had much experience of babies. maybe i should just bite the bullet and go out. she can't come to any harm and it could be ok. i may then be cured!

Egypt I think you should just go out and leave your mil your mobile number. If dd does cry so much im sure shell ring you to come home. DD may surprise you and be a angel, she may be picking up on how stressed you are around mil.

DD frightened the life out of me last night. She started coughing but was sucking in her breath so it sounded as if she was choking. I shot out of bed and ran into her room. God i was scared stiff. She kept on doing it throughout the night. I think she may have a cough starting and doesnt know how to cough and so it frightens her a bit. This morning while I was chaging her she did the same and brought up all her feed. She seems normal enough though and doesnt seem ill.

Think ill have to keep a eye on her.
At leat I know that if anything does happen like that again I soon wake up, no need to worry about sleeping through it.

its amazing how your brain is tuned into your baby without you knowing it isnt it. i'm sure she is fine. dd seems to be choking q regularly. never forget when she was just a week old. my mum had her and i was in the bath. then heard my mum panic and shout for me! oh god, it was awful. but dd was fine. she was just choking on her own saliva i think, but she couldnt breathe for a bit.

yes i will go out, even though mil has our mob no's i just know she would never ever ring, as wouldnt want us to know she couldnt cope, or that dd was unhappy with her!

sounds like they need a chance to get used to each other, in a way. If you haven't got actual concerns over dd's safety then maybe it's worth looking at it as a kind of investment?? After all you can't exacty avoid the woman and it might be easier for them to get to know each other if it was just the two of them. I do feel for you tho' - not trying to be brutal. Remember you can always phone HER - play the wimpish first time mother card. 'justchecking in...'

Poor old dd; it's tough being a baby. But it would only be harder if she was older!

yes you are totally right spots. but you'll never guess what?! dh has emailed me to say that the 'do' we were going to has been rained off!! he says, what shall we do? still ask mum to babysit and go elsewhere? stay at her's for the night or ask them to come up here for a night in? i think maybe the latter, or am i being chicken? it might be good for dh to see dd's reaction to his mum, as he hasn't yet and for them to get to know each other but in the company of us!

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oh Egypt, fate has dealt you a lucky card maybe!! now you can play the situation however you want...incremental developments rather than total immersion sounds good to me!

Twiglett . And I like how you recorded the 3pm bit!

Dd is trying to fall asleep on my lap.b ut I have other ideas; she can go without bath but must get night nappy on therefore pyjamas make sense. Please everyone join in a verse of 'Skip to my Lou' to keep her awake...

You know Egypt, I'm not sure if I'm bothered or not, I know that sounds silly.

On one hand the fact that she fed her doesn't really bother me as such, dd2 likes her granny and I know that she is ok with her. Seeing as she usually doesn't feed at that time I was worried she might not eat properly during the day but she did so that was ok. On the other hand I'm a bit miffed that she came into our room without us knowing about it. Kind of freaky to know that she was there and we didn't hear her.

I think DH was more worried than me he kept saying "she was in our room and we didn't know, hope the covers weren't all over the place", lol worried about his modesty .

Dd2 did wake up at 6am this morning and I was awake as well and she lay until about 6.50am just burbling away to herself then at ten to seven she decided that she wanted fed and got a bit more vocal. I really do think MIL must have heard her chattering away and thought that she needed fed and I didn't sleep through her screaming for food or anything.

Twiglett, it's so nice to hear that your dd rolled over by herself at 3pm on Friday
Dd2 tries to roll over but she only moves half her body at a time, it's either the top half or the bottom half, never both, but I know that she'll get there in the end.

I bought her some Anbesol today. She spent all day really chewing her hand as if there was no tomorrow, her whole hand was practically in her mouth and she was so dribbly. I bought some Anbesol in Boots when I was in town this afternoon and tried her with a little bit at dinner time as her hand was in danger of being swallowed again. It seemed to help a little although whether or not it was because she was in pain or because it was something new to taste I'm not sure. Planning on getting her some sort of teething ring tomorrow but I think she's too little at the moment to keep hold of it, still won't hurt to buy one seeing as she'll need it eventually anyway.

Egypt could you invite MIL along on Thursday night to your house and then maybe nip out to the local pub for half an hour just to leave them alone together and see how they get on? I'll bet they'll both be fine and if you're only gone half an hour you'll not be to stressed as you'll be back before you know it.

Well done to Twiglett's DD.

My DD is continuing to be gorgeous and I'm hoping we are settling into a routine with the daytime naps although she will insist on waking up at 45 mins and sometimes settles back or sometimes doesn't. Think I'm going to invest in some calgel tomorrow because DD is a dribbling, chewing monster.

Egypt know how you feel because DH and I are going out on Saturday to celebrate my sister's 3oth and so MIL is babysitting at her house. Not a problem because DD has been having naps in her travel cot so is used to that. But I am planning on getting her fed and settled before I go out. Just hoping that she settles quickly.

Still having trouble with my DS attention seeking whenever I'm feeding/settling DD. What are others amongst you finding? Are the older siblings settling down or are you still having trouble with them?

Kbaby I've been taking DD swimming weekly for the last month or so and she seems to enjoy it. Just hard to get her so that she's not tired or hungry for when the session is.

DS is still chewing his hands like a good'un. Twiglett, DS also rolled over at my sister's last weekend - was ace to see! . However, I think it was mere fluke as my sister made some revolting wind up plastic yellow/pink dog go mincing pass his line of vision and he was so fascinated he fell over himself. It hasn't happened since . . .

I bought a (somewhat irritating) roly poly thing also designed to move into his line of vision when on the floor but all he does cry. I guess the camp dog wins.

However, he has learnt to twist himself on his bouncer so when you turn your back for a moment his head and feet are hanging off the sides. He also had his second set of jabs on Thursday and the left leg still has a lump and redness - he seems okay in himself but will still if it worth considering the doctor in the morning if it doesn't improve.

will still if it? you know what I mean . . .

Hiya everyone! Very impressed by rolling babies - we don't seem that way inclined at the moment! Just content to lie back and watch what's going on...
Bozza - we do have a problem occasionally with DD attention seeking whilst I'm feeding DS. She was potty trained a couple of weeks ago so the most obvious way to get attention is to say she needs to wee. I try and pre-empt this by suggesting she goes about 10 mins before I start to feed, sometimes it works, sometimes not. She also does forward rolls on the sofa-which she's not meant to do- because she knows I can't get to her to do anything about it. I find that sometimes giving her a drink and snack occupies her for a while or a video can do the trick. However, the cosy times of feeding baby and reading book to attentive toddler by my side haven't materialised !
DS now weighs 22lb - same weight as DD at 14 months. I got a bit tearful at the baby clinic because I'm getting a little sensitive about people being constantly incredulous at his size. It's almost as if I've done something wrong and "made" him a big baby! The HV was lovely though and said she thought he was perfect - it really cheered me up!
Really really can't wait for August to sod off so that toddler groups and the suchlike can start again! We are having our summer holiday next week - 2 nights in Derby with PIls and then 2 nights in a hotel in Coventry (DH has some virgin vouchers from work) - Woo hoo! I await a row of green faces from you all shortly.......

whuhhoooo hols judd. lucky you. and congrats on rolling babies. dd hasnt sussed that one out yet either. she thrusts her legs about, is great at pushing off things, including my boobs when she's lying on my lap and if you hold her hands she pulls herself up, but no rolls.

well, my angels must have been watching over me this week, because told mil that the 'do' had been cancelled but she could still come and perhaps we may still go out, or we could just have a night in instead and her words were, "well if it's rained off, we'll stay at home, because fil has a lot of work on at the moment". WUHHHOOOOOO. i feel blessed - until the next time. also feel incredibly guilty now too, for my neurotic feelings. oh well

lol libb at mincing dog

no rolling for us either. dd seems perfectly happy on her back.

Why when I think soemthing works does dd surprise me.
Youll know that ive been waking dd up at 10.30 to feed before bed, the first few nights we did this she went until 4am, however since then she hasnt done it again and wakes at 2am instead. Then last night she was hungry so I fed her at 8.30 and though 'oh god im going to be up at 12 now doing another feed' and guess what she went until 2am.
Now what are the chances on that happening again!! very unlikely I think.

Ps practice nurse just left a message on our phone about infanrix... Im just building up courage before i ring her back

Well done twiglettette and baby libb. Ds is trying despertely to roll, but is such a porker (I'm allowed to say that but nobody else is) that he can't do it. He did happily sit up in his bumbo yesterday though - well, until dd tried to cuddle him and they both fell over.

Well ds2 sort of curled over onto his side while attacking his cuddly toy cat, does that count as a roll?

It was very cute anyway...

ds2 and cat although unfortunately not attacking or curling over in this photo...

That's lovely G. He looks so much more grownup than in your previous pic! (well yes suppose he would)

No proper rolling here either. She was getting good at going halfway but the whole sitting pull-up thing got to be such a preoccupation she stopped trying. She's just MAD for sitting up now. Sometimes pushes with her feet so she ends up standing, which is rather shocking. In her pram last night she was grunting and bending in the middle like a banana so that her dome-like head kept appearing above the pram side and glinting in the moonlight...It was 3am so I just felt cross but it was quite funny.

Ah bless! so so cute . . .

I think our roll over was a flukey one off. He hasn't done one since and even his head lifts don't interest him so much at the moment. He has finally gone off for a nap, quite a miracle for a such a no napping baby - pity we are having to go out soon. Hopefully the buggy will send him off again.

I want to post my pictures . . . . are these on-line albums any good?

He he, Spots. Like the glinting head! The banana can be entertaining but not when I am trying to feed him! where does that bolshy attitude come from?!

what a cutie georgina.
dd does the sitting/standing thing too. q freaky and my mum tells me it'll give her bandy legs! cheers mum. (hoping this isnt true!)