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

[Egypt]

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Libb, why don't you try out a walker at a toddler group to see how well it goes down? You could also look out for stuff like walkers or bouncers at a good as new sale - NCT website might tell you when your next local NCT one is. I think I am getting to the conclusion that nothing is going to interest DS for very long (well not long enough for me to do anything productive !) at the moment - I think he's got big ideas but can't physically carry them out and gets very cross! And reading the other posts, I think we're all in the same boat....

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Door bouncer I already had from DS. Other thingy (sorry don't know its name is on loan from a neighbour.

DD often has conspicuously large snots which lurk in her nostrils like little animals. I'm afraid I drag them out manually and pitch them across the room... you can hear the thump when they hit the wastepaper basket

She is in such a furious temper today. DH's mother has been round to help with the garden and she has been misrepresenting herself... and I am trying to decorate this friends' wedding cake...

Weve got a huge snob problem. Their like wallpaper paste and glued firmly to the inside of her nose. Im addicted to trying to get them out much to DD's dismay. Its like the satisfaction I get from trying to pluck out a stray short eyebrow hair and then finally getting it out

tee hee - snob problem!

LOL at Spots and kbaby. I have the same thing about babies and their snot. Why is it so much stickier than children/adult's?

Today has gone downhill a bit at bathtime. Not only are DD and I full of cold but we have discovered that DS has chicken pox, or at least we think so. So thats another £84 down the drain this week paying for nursery when he's not going. He was at home last week to avoid picking up infection after his op. Well that went well didn't it.

Does anyone know how long I need to keep him off nursery and what we can actually do this week. Obviously will cancel DD's jabs (again) and DS and my dental appt but other than that can we go anywhere? Suspect Georgina would know all the answers but she's off on sunny hols.

oh dear bozza, your poor ds. i know they are contagious until they go dry and scan over, but not sure about whether you can go anywhere. most people are immune having had it in life, but can't adults catch as shingles??? i dont know. dont know much am afraid.

dh's dad is here as well as my mum and dad. the men just came home from picking up an indian and mum and i are cringing as fil slams the front door (right opposite dd's bedroom). we also want to tell him to use the ensuite loo or the other one (or niagra as we call it) often makes dd jump as it's soooooooooooo loud. how do you tell people these things without sounding like a neurotic, obsessive, ott mother? or am i . yes i think i am!

aren't i up late tonight! tummy rather full and waiting for food to go down b4 going to bed - hence on here. sleeping in dd's room tonight as fil is in ours - with the ENSUITE LOO ! . nice one. (and he thinks we are just being generous! )
guess won't sleep much tonight with all her snuffling and coughing -blesss

hoorah! wedding cake is finished. Today we have to pack for our london/ manchester trip which starts tomorrow... wedding on return leg... mumsnet time limited. Have a good week if I don't get on again before we go! xxx

hae a great time spots x

m I being unreasonable? mil phoned to say they are coming over as she hasnt seen dd.
Shes seen her Tuesday night for 2 hrs, wednesday for 4 hrs and saturday for 20 mins. Now what makes her think they havent seen dd. It really annoys me as they come over on the weekends and then we cant go out as theyre here all the time. DP just says they want to see dd and if we told them we are going out they wont mind but how can I tell them once they are here that we want to go out and to bugger off. Am I being selfish???

not at all kbaby, although my mum has stayed since tues and just left today, and i dont know how my dh puts up with it - i wouldnt and couldnt if it was his mum, but then i spose thats different. i know exactly how you feel. she obviously is totally and utterly besotted with your dd and that is lovely, but you do need time for yourself. luckily my mil doesnt see dd much (doesnt that sound awful) but i just find it so difficult when she IS with her. can your dh get in there first and tell her you are intending on going out, before she even asks! ? does he know how you feel?
dont know if i am making much sense - have had 2 glasses of red wine( yes my quota for bfding) but am q tipsy!@?!

maybe when you see her in the week, you could drop into the conversation what you are doing at the w/e.......like, 'i can't wait for the w.e, we are taking dd to....?.... it'll be so nice to go out as a family....' etc. that way she might not even think about coming over at the w/e as you are already doing something

kbaby I think a lot of people have trouble with their MIL when they first have a baby. I felt like you about certain things when I had DS - its not been as bad with DD, partly because I'm more chilled, partly because she knows where I stand about things more now as does DH, and also partly because my SIL (DH's sister) is pregnant so its less concentrated on us IYKWIM. Try Egypt's subtle approach and see if things get better. Is this the first grandchild?

I've been on netdoctor and got all the info on chicken pox. DS doesn't know he's got it. Last night when DH was getting him ready for the bath he said "DS has got chicken pox" and DS said "I haven't got chicken pox" so we left it at that. Although he's got lots more spots come and noticed some of them in the bath tonight. But we thought if we play it low key then he will be less bothered by it, although some of them look like they might start getting sore.

Supposed to be going to SIL's tomorrow - she's 36 weeks pregnant but has had cp so should be OK but I can tell she's not happy about it so am going to cancel - think the point that DD and I have colds would be more of an issue for her.

Hope you enjoyed the Indian and wine Egypt.

Do I remember correctly that someone has a Samsonite travel cot? the one that folds away and pops up when you need to use it?

I've seen one on Kiddicare and I'm seriously thinking of buying one for our trip to London. The only option we have is putting Dd2 in the bed with us and I'm not to keen on doing this seeing as Dh can thrash around a lot in his sleep.

So come on May mums tell me how good it is and how I should buy one.

morning all. gawd, what a hectic time. mum and dad left last night and my friend is arriving this morning for 4 days. wish we lived in norwich where all my family are. but then i spose i'd have dh's family coming to stay all the time! we do here anyway, but mil is only 45 minutes away so they usually go home again. not that i mind my friend staying...............must go and get dd, put her in her cot too early for a nap, she's obviously not ready yet....despite being tired...JUST GO TO SLEEP!!!!!

shame you have to cancel your trip bozza, or do u not mind?

Linnet my friend just bought the samsonite for her hols in spain and said it was really good.
I know MIL means well but its just overbearing and DP wont say anything us he thinks I should be glad that she wants to see dd all the time. Hopefully when she has dd during the week we wont see her at the weekends. With my mum she would think of coming down on the weekend or evening uninvited as she knows what a pain it could be.

last night was lush. DD went to bed at 7.30 fed at 10.30,5.30 and woke at 8.30. Thats 7hrs between her feed, the longest time ever only hope tonights the same. I did give ashton and parsons though as she was grouchy and restless in the evening. Dont know if that had a effect on her. Knowing my luck its probably a sedative which means I am never likely to get a 7hr strech again

im friends with 2 other girls we all ahve babies born within 2 weeks of each other. They comment that they think DD is advanced for her age but I dont think she is, I think its their's that are a bit slower to develop.
Heres what she does. Can you all let me know if your d's do the same.
Babble e.g gaga, hiya, eee, ouuuu,ahh
Reach out for objects
Hold objects and grasp them
Holds her head up when on tummy
Rolls from back to side and back again
Rolls from side to tummy.
Sit supported
They dont have any toys for their D's as they say they arent interested in them and when I gave a toy to one of them it just looked at it whereas dd will reach out and take it off you and shove it in her mouth. Im starting to worry that dd is abnormal. Hoping your d's are doing the same things

kbaby, dd is doing just what your's is. she does seem very alert and interested in anything that is going on. even when bf, if she hears someone talk or a noise in the house, she'll unlatch and crane her neck to get a good nose around! your dd sounds perfect and a very clever little girl. bless. some just develop later than others.

what is ashton and parsons?

have no exp of the travelcot as we dont have one, and it's just dawned on me that we are off to paris in 2 weeks.....ooops

Twiglett do you recommend the Techno XT then?

We went into town this morning to look at buggies and try them out and then order them off the internet where it's cheaper, cheeky I know.

I really liked the McLaren Quest and was all set to order it from Kiddicare until I noticed that the Techno XT was also cheap and looks sturdier. Would you recommend it for trailing round London going up and down stairs etc? I liked the fact that it has adjustable handles as well I'm quite short so that could be a good thing.

Kbaby your dd sounds fine to me. Babies all develop at different rates. Dd2 was given a cuddly snoopy from my friend when she was born and today she started playing with him for the first time. Giving him big cuddles and biting on his nose, so sweet

I see that it was Spots who got the Samsonite travel cot and Prufrock has one too. did a search on mumsnet, don't know why I didn't think to do that last night, doh. anyway I've decided that I'll get one that way I won't have to worry about where she's going to sleep. It'll probably only be used for this one holiday as in a few months she'll be to big but I can always sell it.

ashton and parsons is a herbal powder that you can give babies for teething, fretfulness, restlessness, stomach disorders and bowl problems. when i did a search on the internet it said its made of camomile and helps with the above andhelpful for insomnia in adults. its only 3.00 for 10 sachets and was recommended by another mum its available and most chemists.
probably explains why dd slept so well

weighed dd today and again only gained 1 1/2ozs total weight now is 13lb3. shes dropping down the centiles.

dd also seems to be growing a mohican. her hairs getting logger on top but nothing at the sides.looks very sweet

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Twiglett, yes I only gave half.
Felt like a drug dealer trying to divide the powder into half with my credit card. I have given it to her before but its never really done much. I have got camomile salts that my gp recommended but ive lost the salt spoon so had to use the ashtons instead. Im worried now encase they arent safe to use. I supose they wouldnt be sold if they werent. Sometimes I prefer using medication to herbal as you know where you are.

Feel quite sad tonight. DP came home from work to say that someone in works 4 week old baby died from cot death yesterday, they were due to take her into work today to show her off. I feel quite upset by it as I cant imagine how it must feel. I dont want to let DD out of my sight tonight. Im so worried about cot death and meningitis that any stories frighten the life out of me.