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April 2004 Babies.....the 3rd installment!

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Yorkiegirl · 25/09/2004 14:01

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Lowryn · 25/09/2004 14:02

Wahey!
Hasn't the weather turned cold! How are your little ones coping at night? Have you got the heating on?

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Yorkiegirl · 25/09/2004 14:05

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Yorkiegirl · 25/09/2004 21:55

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peachypie · 25/09/2004 22:19

yorkiegirl how old is your dd2?

LucyJones · 25/09/2004 22:21

Blimey Yorkie Girl! Are you sure you are an April mum?! My ds still hasn't learnt how to turn back over from his tummy!

peachypie · 25/09/2004 22:24

hey lucyjones my dd hasnt even managed to go on to her tummy from back yet!!!!

do you think she is just lazy?

MrsDoolittle · 25/09/2004 23:55

Well I can beat that! My dd is soooo laid back she hasn't even got herself onto her tummy yet!!
However, the last couple of nights she has slept on her side, head arched right back as if she might be thinking about it.
Is she really so far behind everyone else?

MrsDoolittle · 25/09/2004 23:57

Sorry peachypie, I didn't read your post properly. I thought you said yours hadn't got herself back from being on her tummy but your dd and mine are the same, neither has rolled over yet! Is that right?

peachypie · 26/09/2004 00:17

yes she just lies on her back quite contented occasionally rolls slightly to one side when trying to reach something?
how many weeks is your dd mrs doolittle?

MrsDoolittle · 26/09/2004 00:23

What are we doing here at this time on a Saturday night I ask myself?

MrsDoolittle · 26/09/2004 00:24

Actually, peachypie, I have lost count of the weeks now. She was born April 10. Very laid back baby!

peachypie · 26/09/2004 00:34

my dd was born on 15th so quite close, i really should go to bed but am emailing someone at the mo and between emailing i am posting on mn!

have you started weaning yet and is she your first?

MrsDoolittle · 26/09/2004 00:39

Yes she is definately weaned now. She is my first and the best thing I have ever done

MrsDoolittle · 26/09/2004 00:41

By weaned, I mean she is eating 3 meals a day with bottles in between. Although I am still bf first thing in the morning and before her bedtime.

Fennel · 26/09/2004 09:58

do you lot need no sleep at night, you posters at midnight? I crawl exhausted into bed about 10pm every evening and that's with a baby that sleeps through 7 til 7.
am I getting old?

Mrs D - glad to hear my pearls of wisdom are appreciated . today I am feeling a failure. wishing dd2 was in full time childcare and dd3 full time at home! Dd2 can be a very lovely child when she's not being awful but she's SOOO much harder than the other two put together. even when she's not being naughty she's just exhausting.

yorkiegirl - impressive about the crawling. I am still boring everyone by showing off about dd3's sitting skills. she doesn't roll properly either.

peachypie · 26/09/2004 10:14

fennel - how old is your dd2 sounds like shes exhausting you.
really wished hadnt stayed up till that time am soooooo tired now it seemed such a good idea at the time went to bed at 1.00am thinking dd would sleep through like she does every other night but she woke at 2.00am and wanted feeding she hasnt done that for a long time then again at 6.00am must be a growth spurt.

she is sitting a bit better not quite unaided yet but wont be long.

Fennel · 26/09/2004 10:28

hi peachypie. dd2 is just 3, a well known age for being difficult (lots of threads on this) but actually she's always been tiring. my dd1 and dd3 are chilled out types and dd2 is the sort who will be a future prime minister or cheerleader or life-and-soul-of-party-animal.

would probably be tired anyway with 3 under 5's and still fully feeding dd3, plus working quite a bit. DP is out windsurfing lots at weekends lately so I have them on my own. am considering an au pair.

peachypie · 26/09/2004 10:36

i knew you were going to say 3 ive a threenager too. ill talk later got to go for a bit. duty calls.

Lowryn · 26/09/2004 10:43

Wahey yorkiegirl, crawling!
DS is trying to crawl, but looks more like he is being a caterpillar. DD didn't crawl until she was about 10 months! She didn't roll until she was 6 months.

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Yorkiegirl · 26/09/2004 14:26

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KristinaM · 26/09/2004 15:41

Hi all April mums. Sorry haven?t posted much lately. This is mostly because Dh has been away on business and Ds is still waking 3 times a night so I am COMPLETELY shattered. Add in two stroppy teenagers and DD who has just started school ??

Apart from not sleeping DS is doing well and is now 21 weeks. Cannot do any of the things that your babies can do on the mobility front.
I even sent his photo to Yorkeigirl so you could admire his little baldy head and toothless grin but he?s not appeared yet . I guess I need to think about weaning him in the next few weeks, so here is my question ? if I?m going to buy ONE book on this subject, which one should I go for? Criteria are that it needs to be available on Amazon - I?m not trekking into town with baby and 4yo in tow - and not too preachy. I tend to avoid all childcare books as they make me feel inadequate and guilty (and I have teenagers and a mother and MIL who do that for nothing..)

hewlettsdaughter · 26/09/2004 16:14

Kristina, first time round I used Annabel Karmel's Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner (or whatever it's called). I found it good for weaning - although I went off AK once ds was a toddler and the meals started getting more complicated (I can't be bothered with all the making faces with food etc).
Fennel, sorry you're exhausted . You're doing great, though - esp. if dp is away at the weekends a lot lately (does he go with your blessing?)
Well done Yorkigirl's dd2!

KristinaM · 26/09/2004 16:51

HD - that might be OK as i really only want the weaning bit IYSWIM. With such a busy household Ds needs to move on pretty quickly from baby food to human food - i don't really do "toddler" meals. Once I'm past the first stages he will mostly have what we are having, only mushed up (I don't add salt during cooking).

Oh dear do I get a bad mummy award for saying this in public ???!!!

Fennel · 26/09/2004 19:28

hi KristinaM. dd2 had "normal" food mashed up from 6 months (but unsalted and not hot curries or chillies). Very easy! both of mine got used to lumpy (rather than pureed) food quickly.
but this dd3 gets nothing, even easier!

I also found that Annabel Karmel book useful first time around. it says everything really (unless your baby will be veggie in which case there's a very similar one by Carol Timperley). both books are on Amazon.

HD no, DP does not go with my blessing when it's all day most Saturdays. He coaches a teen team tho and is very into it so he can't just go when convenient. I complain, loud and bitterly (never one to suffer in silence ) but as DP reminds me I was the one who wanted a 3rd child. and he does do half the childcare most of the time, but windsurfing is a huge thing with him.

dd3 has a cute new communication method - she coughs. lots of deliberate coughing to get attention, as if she thinks it's like talking. anyone else's do this?

MrsDoolittle · 26/09/2004 20:03

Hi Ladies, anyone out there right now?