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

[Egypt]

boo!

I haven't even contemplated leaving DS yet - I ought to give a go sometime I suppose but it would seem strange without him. It feels odd when he just goes upstairs for the night!

Can you text your DH Egypt? I am sure he will want to sort it all out too xx

DS is about to break his baby gym as he won't let the bobbing parrot do his bobbing - it is making a horrible grinding noise . . .

Am I getting a glimpse of the future here? will he be a thug? or am I being unreasonable?!

lol libb. guess he likes people to do things 'his' way!

can text dh yes, but it's impossible to get him to talk if he's in a strop. always have to let him be the one to calm down and start. may email him...not sure what to say without making some sarcastic remark. its not really about the leaving her for the night thing anyway. he had arranged for her to come. he was just asking me why i wanted to know what the arrangements were (he is planning a surprise bday w/e in jan) and when i said 'i need to know in advance because i just worry about her' he went off on one. then started saying he didn't know why he bothered to arrange things in the first place! then there's the money issue too.........oh bum

despite that, dd went from 7pm to 3.40!!!!!! that's 8 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES

DS has started to not like his baby gym, just lies under it and whinges. Just wants to be standing up and gazing round.
We had teething pain in the night, well assume it was that, so had to administer Bonjela whilst keeping room dark and calm! Does anybody else worry that blackout blinds will make children grow up with huge heads like in Flowers In The Attic?

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No, that's it! I read the first two and then they just got too freakish for words....
Didn't all the 4 children have massive heads though and were really stunted and pale because they lived in the attic?
Help anyone???!!
I think DS is OK at the moment - the size of him, his head is more like a pea on a drum (as my mum would say)

I can't remember but wasn't it a true story? I did an English essay about that book and I chose to write an alternative ending - have conveniently forgotten that too. I do remember a dire TV movie "based" on the book though.

Am trying to let you see some photos of the children ...
they take after their father!
The photo with Big Sister was some time early June, and the pram photo is from today (DH admits he "posed" him a little!)

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mum says she's read it and yes it was true - but she doesnt remember anything about big heads!
aw what cute pics, love the girly bedroom too!

I think I rmember something about big heads... but it wasn't because of the attic because the main two were totally glam weren't they? it was the doomed twins that had big heads.....?

everybody must've read that book!

Egypt, without wanting to inflame your dh I don't think many people I know would be able to leave their babies casually for one night let alone two. Don't think the programming allows for it at this stage... where in evolution do childminders and babysitters feature? a breastfed baby is a totally dependant animal and its mum holds all that dependancy. It's not your mum's gene's, it's the whole human race! (but prob. more specifically the female half of it).

anyway your mum sounds lovely.

Yes shes been chewing on her hands for ages but when I mentioned to my hv that I thought she may be teething she said she was chewing on her hands as she had discovered them. Although mum thinks she can see a tooth under the gum. I give calgel a go.
Whats a molluscum?

Were supposed to be going away for 1 night for a friends wedding in October, Really dont want to go as it wil be the longest that DD's been away. It means leaving her for a whole day. But I think me and dp could do with a day on our own. Weve both been neglecting each other lately. Also have the problem of expressing while im away. I will have to ask the b&b if I can store milk in their fridge.

Had a lovely night last night. Fed DD at 10.30,3.00,7.00 and she only woke once inbetween that and just played and then went back to sleep. I did however give 3ozs of formula and breast at 10.30. I wanted to see if it would make a difference. She still woke normal times but was far more settled inbetween the feeds. Shes alos found her thumb so maybe that helped.

Sorry to interupt the Flowers in the Attic discussion but to answer twiglett's question. DS's subsequent molluscum took a while (several weeks) to appear and at first were tiny pricks. Thats why I was a bit surprised by how quickly things seemed to happen with your "friend". I think the spread was caused by DS always fiddling with the original one which is still the biggest and near the back of the knee where the leg folds together. He messes with it like a nervous twitch despite us constantly telling him not to. Hoping long trousers will now help to prevent this.

DD has given me her cold and DH is listening to the Ryder Cup on the radio and bemoaning the fact that we haven't got Sky. DD has never been as much into her baby gym as DS. And both my children have never been happier than when held in a standing position.

Bozza, let him bemoan - I should be so lucky! we have sky and some, I hate it. DP is obsessed.

DS has a cold and I am tweezering his nose like a good un (thanks Twiglett!), still makes his sleeping pattern all wonky.

He also isn't happy unless standing so feeding, nappy changes and cuddles are becoming hard work! am tempted to contemplate a supportive walker as we seem to get Reuben does Lord of the Riverdance a lot at the moment - I think his days on the table top changing mat are numbered.

The rule is that if he wants to get Sky he has to cancel his golf club membership. He spends enough time playing it without watching it all the time too.

What do you mean by a supportive walker. A baby walker thing? I've got a door bouncer and one of those things like a baby walker that stays in one place (on loan) and put DD in each of them but she will only stay there briefly. But she seems to be getting fed up with her chair and I spend most mealtimes with her in one arm, trying to eat one-handed.

DD gets fed up with her gym aswell. She much preferes just lying on the floor on her own. I think the fact that she has these dangly things above her head which wont go into her mouth make her frustrated. Shes the same with the bouncy chair as well. Keeps leaning forward to get out. Shes quite happy if I sit her on the floor and place my feet either side of her bum to hold her steady

I can just picture that kbaby. Its the sort of thing my DD likes. She's got the strength to sit up but is a bit lacking on the balance. Plus she has this habit of throwing herself around.

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dh and i are ok. didnt sort anything out just started talking again. not that there is anything to sort, dd is coming with us, so that's that. not sure what my friend will think. (her bday is the same day and we're going away as a 4-some +dd). she assumes dd isn't coming! anyway, i have more fuel for my argument about being a 'worrier' now, thanks spots...shall store it for future use!

not such a good night last night. we have only ever had 2 consequetive (sP) nights the same. she woke at 10 (eh?!) then 2.30, 5.30, 6.30 - grrr, her mornings are getting earlier. she always goes to bed like a dream at 7pm, so why does she sleep a different pattern every night? i no understandy

dd still doesnt mind her gym, as she can reach some things....just spends her time growling at them and biting them. doesnt much like her bumbo - oh dear, and won't spend long in her chair unless she is watching tv or it's on vibrate! (i don't sit my child in front of the tv much, honest but we do like our baby mozart dvd)

have caught dd's cold also

must admit, i caught the tweezer bug too when she was tiny, but dont think i'd dare now, she moves around too much. she hasnt got any crusties at the mo anyway. will have to get one of those bulb things. squirt some milk up his nose. makes it go soft and they sneeze it out.

I forget when you mentioned the tweezering, it was a while ago. I have to admit that I only did it the once when he was asleep because his nose was whistling and it sounded horrible! Like Egypt I wouldn't dare when he's awake because of his love of suddenly doing the "banana". Besides, like most things in my house I have lost the tweezers now - probably in that carpet somewhere!

Egypt, glad you and DH are sorted.

Twiglett, sorry for misunderstanding your post about tweezers. It was a while ago, my head is very fuzzy and I feel like I have lived a lifetime since then!

Bozza, I mentioned the supportive walker but I am loathe to spend money until I am certain he will be happy with it - the Bumbo is not the raging success I had hoped it would be as he gets very frustrated in it! I assume your door bouncer etc. are on loan from a friend?