April 2004 babies part the fourth!

[Yorkiegirl]

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The thing is you can have a perfect baby but then the minute they start crawling/toddlering/tantruming they can also stop sleeping through the night. Personnally I like the idea of having 2 close together but I read somewhere that you should definitely wait until your baby is at least one. Sorry, don't mean to be the 'voice of doom' but have you just gone back to work F-T chuffed? It's not a knee-jerk reaction to that is it? Hope you dont think my question is over stepping the mark

I have gone back to work f-t and it is getting harder and harder. Dh and I talked about another quite quickly and were going to start when dd was about 9 months old so we are just a bit earlier really. As no period yet it is unlikely anything is going to happen, just given up on birth control and hoping for the best really.
I'm not easily offended don't worry LucyJones.

MrsD - have emailed you back.
Fennel - gap between my two is 4 years 8 months and ds seems to have accepted dd pretty well. I tend to think small gaps work for some people, big gaps work for others. Good luck those of you seriously thinking of ttc again, anyway!
Tickle - at ds' 5th birthday party we just did pass the parcel. There was a small prize (eg a glittery pencil or a stretchy lizard) every layer, then a bigger prize at the end. Do they do party bags in Denmark? I don't like them much, but we did give out a balloon, a piece of cake, and one small present wrapped in tissue paper to each of our guests.

Well we've joined the sick brigade. dd is really snuffly and we just had the worst night EVER - awake at 3ish and then not back asleep until close to 5.30. I've taken the day off work as I didn't want dd to go to nursery today if she isn't that well. I'm not feeling 100% either and have had a constant headache since I couldn't console dd and got 2 1/2 hrs of crying in my ear.

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Yorkiegirl, you could be right. DD is quite vocal at times. Chuffed - hope you both feel better soon!
MrsD and I are having lunch together today

Yorkiegirl - ds2 is tons noisier than ds1. Mind you, I'd put that down to the fact that he's definitely more musical than ds1, and just appreciates listening to and making lots of noise! It's lovely having such a chatty baby - ds1 was virtually silent until he started talking - and he was late doing that!

Chuffed - I know what you mean re: me having our 2 ds's - you're right, and I think a bit of me is a bit jealous that a few of you are already starting to ttc again - if I could just pop them out and circumstances were different I think I'd want to be doing the same! If it wasn't for the whole pregnancy/labour/no money thing I think I'd be a complete earth mother and have about 5 (with vast amounts of childcare help, of course!! )

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ah , hope you feel better soon - its rough man !
thankyou for the website help my mum is v excited cos they specialise in allergy induced autistic stuff for my bro - don't ask the rest of my famuily are all falling apart. did'nt drink and smoke enuff like me obviously
another plea for help ds has dry skin all aroun his 'bits' , and above a bit its red and slighly raised , does not seem to be bothered by it , but keep slapping on the old sudo to no improvement to do want to be over re-active is this just a normal nappy related skin complaint - we do not have any kind of xma in the family
answers on a postcard please

picture the scene...............
concerned mum takes off ds nappy due to aforementioned skin complaint.
then leaves happy and quiet ds to go onto MN to ask 4 help and advice 4 said problem .
goes next door to check on little darling........
and finds him , his clothes , the towels all covered and I mean covered , includeding the Bottom of his feet ! in, well what can not be mentioned in public

eugh!! Ds2 has an endearing habit of delving for his willy every time I take his nappy off - no problem except for when he's done his usual enormous poos and I can't get to his hands in time to stop him!!!

dd delves for her bits as well when changing a nappy.
Was it shower time dolbear?

Picturing a very ucky scene dolbear!

About the dry skin - you could try just a moisturiser for a while, like diprobase. I don't use sudocreme, but isn't it a barrier type cream, and the skin may not be breathing enough to heal?

dd2 is snuffling and snorting, but no sleepless nights - yet (fingers firmly crossed).

Thanks all for the good ideas for the party - not sure if they have party bags here, but we have done it before for dd1 in England so I will just introduce them to it!

ah , ggod thinking tickle u c had not even thought of that !
will give it a go ta
yes , big clean up and shower indeed , hardest part was stopping him thrashing his legs aroung speading the icky stuff even further mmmm

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How about trying camomile tea and honey? It may be worth a try. It worked for me but I think I wmay have to try it a few times to make sure it's not just coincidence.

Hd, hewlettsgrand-daughter, Little Miss Doolittle and myself all went swimming and had lunch today. It was a lovely day.
I really feel we should try and get together for a big meet-up. Does anyone think that is'nt possible? We thought maybe Birmingham?

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I could do Birmingham. or anywhere really but prefer not London. It's hard to think of anywhere nice there. Warwick Castle costs a lot to get into (but you can use tesco coupons apparently to get in free).

Dot, at you feeling you could have lots if it weren't for pregnancy, birth etc! those minor things. I nearly didn't have a 3rd cos it meant another pregnancy and birth. everything after is better than that.

HD - I am sure there are advantages to any size of gap, ditto any number of children. I heard that the worst age for jealousy of no 2 is if there's a 2.5-4.5 year gap - which is the most common gap.

Chuffed - would you give up work if you had a second? or take another maternity leave and carry on?

no snotty noses or snuffles yet, but dd3 has been howling with teething pain this evening, poor little thing.

I meant hard to think of anywhere nice in Birmingham, not London. and didn't mean to imply Birmingham horrible (digging my pit deeper here). I just meant none came to mind as I only know the studenty bits of birmingham from visiting friends, not the child-friendly bits.

oh dear, probably offending all the residents now.

Tee hee Fennel - is there anyone from Brum on this thread? I studied there (sometime ago now). I would quite like to go back and see how it's changed.
Of course, if the worst age gap for jealousy is 2.5-4.5 then we got our gap exactly right .
Dolbear, if you do a search on dry skin, you'll probably find lots of advice from other mumsnetters. I've read that metanium cream (mentioned by Yorkiegirl) is very good but I've never used it myself.

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A recent thread that might be useful dolbear

Hi everyone!

I am having such joys at the moment. DS is such a noisy eater. He has started humming while breastfeeding, he sort of goes...hmmmmmmm, suck,hmmmmm, suck, numnumnumnum, suck, hmmmmm!
Then, when the flow tails off he blows raspberrys and sings to himself whilst slapping my chest - all without removing his mouth!

I am a bit miffed with his weaning though. He turns his nose up at most of my purees but will wolf down the nasty cow and gate vegetable casserole packet mix.

lowryn - at your convenience food junkie.

dd3 also sometimes hums happily while feeding. Apart from that she's quiet though, with a sweet trick of coughing politely to get attention.

Hi! Glad i didn't offend you Chuffed. I'm broody too but just nt brave enough, and unlike you my dh has decided an only child is the way to go. How do I convince him otherwise?!