May Babies.......part3!!

[Egypt]

boo!

Hmm.. I am tempted to get the travel cot down now though to see how much smaller it is...

Georgina sorry to hear your feeling so low. Im not surprised though, I am amazed how you cope with 2 little uns. I think I wouldve had a nervous breakdown by now with 2. Hope DD doesnt mind being a only child All you need to do is take care of the three of you and bugger everything else. Would a nice night out cheer you up?
DD is much more active now and has started sleeping on her side what do I do? I turn her back over but I have visions of her rolling onto her face and sufforcating, shes also screaching all the time. Shes definetly found her voice now.
Im thinking of buying one of those swings that go on the doorways and also a bumbo seat. Our house is all cream and coffee colour, and was very minimilist. Now we have swings, baby gym, bouncy chair and a selection of toys everywhere. Poor DP gets all my frustration taken out on him about the mess the house is in. Im one of those people who like things in their place. I wont even shop in the sales because I dont like the messy rails of clothes.
Been shopping for a wedding dres again today. Still cant find anything I like. Well tell a lie I did last week but its too expensive. Im now thinking that I could buy it sell it after and try and get some money back off it, which would then mean it cost the same as a normal dress. Thinking of taking dps mum to see the 2 ive narrowed down to see which she preferes. All I get when I go to a shop is' oh youve left it a bit late to be shopping for a dress they take 7 months' On a plus the wedding is booked for 3rd April at 4pm although I could be getting married in black trousers and a top the way its going.
Also must be catching but my dp has long hair. I think hes going for the jarvis cocker look. It looks blinking awful but no amount of telling him will make him get it cut. I was thinking of accidently slipping with the shaver while hes sleeping

DD's still unsettled. Shes grizzly in the evenings and wants cwching all the time. Hope its just a phase

Couldnt wait until tomorrow to tell you.

DD's rolled over at 6pm tonight she learnt how to roll onto her side and then almost on to her belly. She can then go back as long as she hasnt gone onto her belly too much. Shes now worked out that this also gets her around the room. Shes been doing this all evening, just rolling around. Maybe this will explain the frequent feeding!

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Just got back from spending weekend at mum's sort of by mistake... DH at a seminar in Wales and I wimped out of taking on sole baby duties. My sister was up from Newcastle and it was my brother's birthday. So a very jolly time. Total wraparound adoration for DD from everyone... she being first of new generation... everyone was so lovely with her. Hope she doesn't suffer withdrawal symptoms after all the stimulation.

I am loving the Bumbo theme. Haven't looked at all the photos yet but looking forward to seeing all your living room carpets just as much as your babies! I don't know what's going on with m,y pics, sorry they've not been working so well. I'll try again tomorrow. They should just come to the email addresses you supplied. garn.

DD slept atrociously away from home so I have droopy eyelids. Hope everyone had a good weekend... Bozza, hope DS is recovering. You must be glad that's out the way anyway.

Georgina ... an extension! how exciting. I want one of those. No chance tho'.

Well, we'll wait until we see what the quote is like... we're expecting absolute maximum to be £20k, but after a few things I've read/heard recently we could be very overly optimistic (and I'm not sure our bank will be quite so optimistic with the mortgage) ... so ... wait and see, wait and see.

morning all.

i think your dd will be safe enough sleeping on her side kbaby, if thats what she likes. dd can lay on her side too, mostly on her playmat - not managed to in bed though.

went to dh's mum's yesterday for the afternoon. we made the mistake of travelling home at 6.30, which is usually dd's bathtime. so instead she slept and totally messed the bedtime routine. hence when she got home and woke at 7 she was not going to go to bed.......for ages. bathed her and did the usually routine, but nope. she screamed until 9pm, totally overtired but unable to switch off. god, isn't it SO important to stick to it for a good bedtime? i never realised and would moan about my friends who wouldn't alter from the timetable...but can understand it now for an easy life. anyway........she slept til 5am .....which is great because must admit i went to bed with the room spinning. (too many red wines with the neighbours). but she did wake and stay awake at 7.15 so actually hasn't had her obligatory 12-13 hours, which is why she is growling angrily on her playmat right now. must put her and myself back to bed

need to go shopping today though. dh's bday on thurs and need to get wrapping paper and card, etc. also his grandad's bday and dh thought it would be nice if we got him a photo frame with room for 3 pics in.....some of us and dd. but didn't make any plans to buy the blinking thing, get photos copied, send it in time.....so guess who's doing it?

my mum is coming tomorrow, all being well. nanny has to have a blood transfusion. she is so anaemic. bless. i have a bad feeling about it. my poor mum is torn between the 2 of us, but if anything happens whilst she's away she'll never forgive herself. despite that, she's sure things will be fine and wants to come tomorrow. bless

have to admit, not sure bumbo is going to be a success. dd gets frustrated in it after a few minutes as she can't move an inch. hopefully will get over it so i can get my money's worth!

Well at this end I'm often amazed by how DD will seem to need same bedtime despite sleeping daft six o'clock naps! Think your DD seems like she's got a more thorough understanding of what sleep is FOR and what it DOES!

She is also a bit miffed at the bumbo - has sussed that it's an easy way out for me because I don't have to carry her around if she's safely wedged in. I have to find new and exciting places to put it, like on the kitchen worktop or on the garden path.

That stuff it's made of ... reminds me of those squashy faces that you fitted your fingers in holes in the back and made them 'talk' or grimace.

Did anyone actually choose that green or did it just come to you uninvited? same as mine and I think it's foul.

Libb and Twiglett, your lovely dark babies! DD is blonde and I got used to that. But Twiglett, what a wiglett! she's gorgeous. And Libb your lovely DS looks so philosophical and dignified...Also they really do suit their names! Funny how that happens.

What is dh getting for his birthday Egypt?

by the way Libb, I want a piccie of your living room before and after to become available online! sounds like everyone's going decor dippy! What's it like?

My living room? I will consult the National Trust first and get back to you later! It is the heavenly seventies here! there is Artex everywhere too . Although DP's dad did come round and apologise for doing it - bless him . . . we thought about stripping it off but decided painting it with matt paint will take the sheen away instead .

This is what happens when you let two incapable grown brothers share a house - let a woman move in and sort it all out!

DS is taking a nap - in the morning! and he has been cheery too the last day or so, life can be good! if only he would take the bottle - panicking mildly about the childminder not being able to feed him ...

anyone have any good put downs for me. We have friends who dont have children. Ever since we had DD they have made frequent comments as to the fact that we should be more laid back. For instance, their sister used to throw their dd about when she was 3 months old into the air and catch her etc. They also say that the reason the dd was such a good baby is because her mum and dad are so laid back with her and let her do anything. They are refering to the fact that when my d was born she cried a lot for the first 8 weeks, this aprently is because im not relexed enough and that i spoil dd. I should be leavng her to cry and not holding her all the time. On saturday they said that their neighbour has just had a baby and took the thank you note round to them and left the baby in the house on its own. They stayed for coffee etc. Now I dont think thats relaxed but iresponsible. The thing is its starting to annoy me now because everytime we see them they mention how relaxed other people are are thats how we should be. What can I say to them? im afraid of conflict and so far have just bit my tounge, ive checked with other friends who have said that what me and dp are doing is fine and that were normal. I know its a horrible thing to think but as they are trying for a baby im starting to hope it turns out to be a knightmare baby just so that I can prove their relaxed theory wrong.

kbaby, it's really not worth saying anything, tbh. Use my patented method of dealing with unsolicited advice: smile and nod, say "I'll take that on board" or "I'll think about that, thanks!" then carry on as you were before.

If they're that laid back you'd think they'd let other people get on with their own lives without running commentary. Doesn't sound very relaxed to me!

Have tried again with photos to kbaby and twiglett.

spots, dh is getting a dvd rewriter for the pc. more so i can play an put dd's video tapes on dvd and he can stop buying so many cds and download music instead!

our bumbo came green, uninvited as well. i agree, it is foul!

and you are dead right - the material is EXACTLY that of those squashy faces!!! it was buried in my brain somewhere, but i just could not retrieve it!

oo libb, good luck with the bottle feeding. when does the cm take over? (child minder, not clear mucus - brings back ttc days!)

kbaby, tell them they'll know what it's like one day. and also that you can't spoil a baby by loving it so much. even if you could, don't they think she is worth it!? people shouldn't judge or pass advice if they haven't had the experience themselves. on seconds thought, ignore them!

been shopping today and dd slept for 4 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! making up for those 2 hours she spent crying last night before bed! she'd better blinking sleep tonight.

good news is my nan is coming home today! (guess they really need the bed). She is fine and mum is coming to stay afterall, so thats nice.

glad your nan is ok egypt, i suppose your all right and i should ignore them but is really annoying.

ive added some new photos if anyones interested
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Hi everyone, Had an exciting day today. dh's friend and his partner came to visit with their 5 day old baby girl. 5 days I couldn't believe she drove all the way from Fife 5 days after giving birth. Not just to see us of course all of his familiy are here. Anyway baby was so cute, her name is Jasmine and she's adorable, slept in her car seat while they were here which wasn't very long as they had others to visit and we were on our way out for a jag. But she was so cute and so tiny, I couldn't get over how small she was, dd2 looked a huge galumphing giant next to her. They asked advice and were happy to take any tips that we had but they seem to be doing so well, of course we knew that they would be. Baby sleeps most of the night so they are quite happy. And is a very chilled baby they said. I'm so happy for them just wish they hadn't moved away as then I'd have a baby friend, still I'm sure we'll see more of them in the future.

Dd2 got her MenC jag today. I made Dh come with me so that he could hold her. We got to the Dr's and dd2 had fallen asleep lifted her out of the pram and she woke up then I handed her to dh to hold. HV advanced with the needle and I waited for the huge scream and lots of tears that usually accompany the jags and she just sort of whimpered then started grinning and giggling! Little madam always screams when I hold her, Dh is definitely coming to the next lot of jags.

Need to book our flights to London very soon, didn't realise that October was so soon and have therefore missed the really cheap flights and will need to go for the next price bracket, still cheap but could have been cheaper, gggrrr. Just waiting on Dh to contact his dad to see if the flat will be available for us to stay in, really hoping that it will be as otherwise we can't go. Can't afford London Hotel prices.

I've got my first driving lesson in over 10 years tomorrow, eeekkk. I'm feeling quite nervous about it now I'm sure it'll go well though. Would really love to be able to drive, will be able to do so much more if I could drive. I love walking everywhere but there are days, like today, when it's freezing cold and windy and rainy when I wish I could sit in a nice cosy car and drive to wherever I need to go instead of arriving cold and windswept and little damp around the edges.

Still have to post my photo's to photobox, will do it soon. going to have a look at Kbaby's new piccies now.

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Thanks everyone for your good wishes. DS is like nothing has ever happened, except "whats that noise?" has replaced "why" as his favourite question. But DD is now full of cold so am a bit sure about her appt for injections tomorrow. And so much for keeping DS off nursery to avoid infections!

Egypt glad to hear about your Nan.

Can't post more because DD just woken up. But quick question. I've actually finally loaded one photo of DD onto photobox. How do I go about sharing it?

hi bozza. you have to go to your homepage, then you can see your album. click on 'share this album' which is written in tiny letters to the right of it. then give us the link to the page with the photo on - i think!

dd woke in the night with terrible snotty nose and cough. so sad, she has her first cold. what do i do? she's really grumpy. no temp though, despite that have given her 2.5ml of calpol. do we just have to wait it out? have out heating on and warm clothes thank goodness mum is coming today, but will have to forgoe baby massage

ds2 has woken this morning with a horrible cold too - can't feed properly because his nose is too bunged up poor mite

Think we're in for a few rough days...

Linnet we are supposed to be going to London next week...I still have a granny who ought to see dd while both generations are up and running (might not be the case much longer... she may not even realise who she's looking at). I am absolutely DREADING going to London! How stupid is that? I used to really love London and dream of living there, had a real pin-up 'oooh. LONDON' attitude towards it. But that's all gone! I am like a twitchy paranoid social-phobe; keep thinking of the crowds and the DANGERS in the big city and the idea of taking my wee babby on the evil TUBE...

Twiglett and Prufrock, you're in London aren't you? tell me what an ars I'm being...

anyway hope driving lesson goes well, how exciting...