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

[Yorkiegirl]

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it's so nasty to think of the poor kids at nursery being out of their parents' minds.
dolbear, i may be a bit relaxed here, but isn't ringworm just one of those things that kids catch & it doesn't bother them too much? a bit of anti-fungal cream on it? maybe i'm thinking of the wrong thing....

it's very different if it's a baby or an older child at nursery though. I know people who make sure they have turned their mobile off if they know the child is a bit off form. a bit naughty but children get sick an awful lot in the first few years. Personally I would happily leave dd2 (my 3 year old) there however ill, preferably for several months (am bad unnatural mother with devil-child ) But I fuss like mad over dd3.

we have no mucus in this house! and certainly no baby standing - that's impressive! are you sure these are all April 2004 babies?

Chuffed, wasn't your baby a March baby in the end? Or have I got that wrong?
MrsD, in the same situation I would much rather the nursery/childminder had rung me too. Though I did think ds's nursery used to be over-zealous in excluding him whenever he had a sticky eye.

I ended up giving him antibiotic drops more than I would have done if I had been at home looking after him - just so they would allow him back at nursery

Well dd is a just snuck into March but seeing as how we all went through the pregnancy together I feel quite at home here.
It is exciting but in a funny way it would be nice to have a 'baby' again. God I think I'm clucky already.

Chuffed! (at the cluckiness)
Of course you should be here - hope you didn't think I implied otherwise!

Well my ds was born 1st April so should technically be the oldest and all he does is roll on to his front and get stuck! No where near crawling let alone standing

Chuffed - I had a bit of a scare with a missed pill this month and was really freaked out. No way am I ready for another just yet but do keep smiling at small wee babies {smile]

Hark at all these ladies wanting more babies!! And I am one of them!! Scaring poor dh off sex though
HD - did you know that you can treat sticky eye with breast milk? Save those antibiotics, bm works a treat!!

Fennel, you may have misread my last post (more accurately, I mistyped!) but dd is not mucusy and she is not standing. Or sitting, or rolling or any of those exciting things. She is more wriggly! Does that count for anything?

feeling a bit guilty about my last post . am not really uncaring mother. it just gets hard. eg the first winter dd1 and dd2 were in nursery together we went round in this cycle. dd1 ill for a week, dd2 ill for a week, me and DP ill for a week, all well for a week, and this went on all winter. you get a bit desperate. also you do know that they are cared for at nursery even if a bit sick, they're quite at home there.

HD my nursery also used to try and exclude dd2 for a sticky eye, which she'd had from birth! they kept saying it was conjunctivitis. breast milk didn't really seem to help. think we used anitibiotic drops but not just for nursery, just to clear it up.

Tickle - good to hear that the sunsail childcare was good, we are looking at them. I think "restrictive" windsurfing would be better than our current restrictions of 3 small children with us.

also I do keep begging the nursery to phone me if dd3 is even remotely sick. I keep wanting to keep her off nursery. I am getting very clingy to her.

mrs d - saw you being broody on the "who has 4 children" thread!

I've been all over the place lately Fennel (forum, I mean). Have you been lurking?

Fennel, you seem a bit miserable??

Mrs D - have indeed been lurking on the "who has 4 children" thread . don't feel quailified to post on it though, only having 3. and will never be qualified either, but I love to hear about big families.

I started trying for no 2 at about this stage, dd1 was 6 or 7 months. got pregnant when dd1 was nearly 8 months I guess. so am not surprised some of you are thinking about it. actually I found it quite an ok gap - go for it

mrs d - yes am feeling a bit down. just not happy with dd3 going to childcare yet. really surprised as I am so used to it, so not sure why it's hard this time.

I wouldn't know of course, but maybe it's the fact you know she is growing out of the baby stage. I think we have all loved it so much that's why we are thinking about number 2.
The other thing is, it's a full moon. This always makes me feel crap. Dh says I have bipolar disorder!!! Teeee heee

are you really moon-dependent? how wacky.

I wonder if it's cos I'm still fully feeding dd3 and was only half bf the others at this age. maybe it keeps me too bonded? that's a bit of a strange reason for stopping though isn't it?

dd3 still seems quite babyish, not doing these clever activities at all apart from her amazing sitting.

We are all moon dependant Fennel. Although, I am not quite a lunatic

Bet you think I am really wierd now.
Well, I think alot of health professionals (I think there are a few on here) know what the moon does to many people.
I think it does to all of us, to a small degree.

I don't know much about this. am weather and season dependent though so shouldn't be surprised. why would people be affected by the moon though?

probably another thing best not to tell the health visitor

Where do you think the word 'Lunacy' comes from?
It's an idea for an MA dissertation. Already been done, apparently.....

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Aren't we all affected by the moon? Isn't it related to periods or something?
I had heard the breastmilk thing, MrsD, and will use it on dd if she gets sticky eye these first few months.
I am surprising myself by being as anxious about leaving dd with someone else as I was with ds.

What are you going to do while dd is at the childminder's next week Yorkiegirl?

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