May Babies... part 6! (keep up you April Mums... pfft!)

[GeorginaA]

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Libb - first-schmirst.Your DS won't remember/know anything about being in the cinema. His real first time will be when you and DP take him together one Saturday afternoon when he is older and he has the most brilliant time. DS doesn't roll at all and is also at his most happy when standing (and dribbling). Could you hold his hands and encourage him to bounce? I bet he'll start doing it any day now. Or make a rattle peep out from behind the door and shake it at him - that always used to excite DD and make her jump. Failing that.....get a hairy doormat! (and I don't mean your dp!!)

Oh, you met DP then? I'm not panicking too much about DS right now (each to their own at this time I reckon). He is a smartass and I love him . I was trying to read a paper earlier and there were some distinct "me wanna have" rumblings from the other side - I ended up playing peekaboo . . .

good morning everybody! boy were you busy again - i don't manage to go to bed that late anymore!
had a bad night too. ds woke up every 2 hours!!! well, dummy and a little pat on the back did the trick; but still
100 brownie points for dp - he came home today morning and made the effort to take ds and make jokes (mostly about ds; but what does he care ) - might take 1 or 2 days till we are back to normal.
i think it was just too much all in all.
he got a new role at work a few months ago; we are having builders around; i don't work anymore - so he looks after the money more than usual (think men are diff with thinking "i am the provider..."); his best friend moved to australia (so nobody really to talk to); fatherhood - well, i think that is enough anyways! i can't really blame him...
but not to worry - i know he is a proud dad!

i put him to bed for couple of hours then i will have to wake him. we have to see our builder and after that we going to visit mil (lives about 1hour/car away)

may meet up sounds great!!! i am in berkshire.

utoh egypt!!! need any help?

ds loves his bouncer. but i learnt not to put him in there after a feed - can get messy
but he is all over the place and whirrls around and around and just laughs his head off

libb: i wouldn't worry too much. i can't see it that they enjoy their movie with your ds - he might pay attention for a while but then he will get bored - oh boy don't we all know that
so you just wait till he is a bit older and then you can have a proper cinema visit!!!

i think ds is changing his routine too. phewww tough on mummy. we had everything sorted so nicely and now i have to be flexible again

seems like ds is having another "milestone". when he drops a toy he turns around to look for it!!! - oh and he just loves peekaboo!
no progress on the sitting front though (a few seconds upright and then he lumps forward)
standing is still his favourite!! and flying about

Morning,
Id love a meet up. I live in cardiff though so it needs to be somewhere within 1.5 hrs drive away or I know dd will be going mental in her car seat for any longer.

Libb, dd has only recently found her feet and thats only because of the door bouncer. She will jump in there when shes excited but if I try to stand her on my legs she bends her knees and wont stand.

Susis dd's also started to look for toys if she drops them and she also tries to reach over and get the tv remote all the time. She doesnt get Peek A Boo though.

A ok night. I woke DD at 10.30 but she only had a small breastfeed. Decided to try that instead of formula to see if the formula was making a difference. She woke at 12 crying. I think she may have had a bad belly as she didnt want feeding and I couldnt really settle her so she just went back in the cot and grumbled for a bit. She then woke at 5am then 8.30am At least we seem to be back to one night feed and the occasional waking.
Why do I feel guilty giving her formula? When I ve given it to her at night I feel as if i'm undoing all the good ive done by breastfeeding. Am I being silly. Its as if ive done really well to breastfeed for so long but ive spolit it by giving formula. The problem is by having a bottle at bedtime she sleeps longer than a breastfeed and I cant express the milk needed for work, my mums and the night feed. Its as if im injecting her with allergens. I hope im able to express milk at work, otherwise I know I will feel guilty about putting her on formula during the day.

My last day off before work on monday I probably wont speak to you all that much, the evening's will probably be too busy and im such a goody two shoes that even though I have internet access in work, its the company policy not to use it for personnal use and therefore I wont. I'll try and pop in on the weekends or when I can.

Just encase its a while before I speak to you all again. Id just like to say that you have all been such a support to me during my pregnancy and the first 5 months of Amelia's life. Ive enjoyed reading all your stories and sharing ours. I have little images of what you all look like in my head which will probably all turn out incorrect if we do manage the meet up. I know that there at at least 6 people who are all going through the same things as us.
Hopefully speak to you again before monday.
xxx

Good luck for Monday kbaby - you will be fine

Spots - I think a meet-up is a wonderful idea, was thinking of sugesting it myself. And May would be very good - plenty of time to organise.
And whlst I don't want to be to presumptous, I think my house would be a great place to have it . No seriously - shall we start a new thread with who wants to come and our locations so we can work out where would be the best place?

Sounds a good idea, prufrock... and no... I think I'M nice and central

Chez moi would be best as I can guarantee a filthy hovel to build up the babies' immunities quick smart . And Stockport is famous for its year-round sunshine...I'm typing in my bikini, in fact!

DD spends all day blowing raspberries at me

Susi I think you are right, men do have a bit of a freak-out about 'being the provider'. My DH's job ends next December and he's already panicking.

Kbaby, that was rather touching reading that... good luck this week. We give you permission to log on at work if you get withdrawal symptoms.

We had a waking-every-two-hours night last night as well but DD was very sunny today with her granny. MIL said that she saw DD watching a fly at the baker's (!urk!) and she was completely fascinated, following it really closely with her eyes. These little things... I do find it amazing watching DD do that, wondering what is going through her brain as her little eyes flick around.

I can see what you mean you crazy Prufrock (tho' do you actually know where you'll be living in May next year? I thought you were moving?) ... I'm in Edinburgh near as dammit, but my aged nana in Essex doesn't have a house I can stay in any more; she's permanently hospitalised. I would be willing to brave my horror of flying for this adventure but not twice in one day...

I had wondered about somewhere accessible by train from lots of places, like York or Carlisle?
Also, I have to be in Northern Ireland for a show that opens the Saturady after the 23rd, so could we make it the very very end of may???

we are all good again

i don't mind driving to any meetup as long as it's less than 2hours - poor little mite - although he is generally quite good in his carseat!

been to mil; was quite nice! she just loves having ds around! must be a granny thing
we got home at 9.30 and was as usual awake (he always wakes up just before we arrive home!) - but no prob to put him to bed; he talked for a few minutes and was gone!

had to watch green wing - really weird but funny

nightnight

Kbaby, don't feel so wretched - your "last" weekend will feel odd but you won't have time to lament your usual routine after a few days at work, my colleagues made sure I felt like hadn't even left (is this a good thing?!) and now I am well into the swing of it and I am loving coming home to DS - I keep hoping he will be thrilled to see me every day but just appears to be having yet another windy moment . . . be sure to log on during the day for the odd peek - you need to with this lot because they can natter and then some!

My childminder has said she is happy to establish a routine for DS (and herself) as she has more commitments each day (school runs/toddler groups etc.) to follow than I did I when on mat leave so she will let me know what he settles into and we will follow the same at weekends . . . she has had 3 kiddies herself and so I tend to trust her instincts better than my own (within reason, if you see what I mean). She really is wonderful and ace and DS seems most content with her. Already planning a little Christmas pressie for her (am determined to be organised this year!)

Twiglett, we are varying between raspberries and screeching - both grate but the raspberries win in the end!

This Mumsnet meeting sounds contentious already . . .

I do like York . . .

morning everybody
night was not too bad. woke 2/5 - rolled on tummy

i somehow envy those of you who go back to work and on the other side i don't IYKWIM
but again: was my choice to stay home
dp is not from the old days "women in the kitchen"

we are off again soon to look for a kitchen and then i'd like to go to "tchibo" - do you know it? i love this shop ! originally a coffeeshop but they do sell other stuff besides that - weekle theme they have; and this week it's baby - and i've seen that grobag i'd like (www.tchibo.co.uk) and i good cup of coffee
and i also need to look for highchairs. it's getting time now!!!

and i also need to start thinking xmas presents! we don't do adults anymore but there are a few kids - well, dp is acting like a kid sometimes so he might get one or two pressies

SusiS - I know what you mean about the envy/don't envy thing. I am a SAHM (in fact I stayed at home from when I was 3 months pregnant with the first (was in a stressful job and wanted time to relax and enjoy the pregnancy... didn't really need the maternity pay at the time))

But in a way, I haven't "not worked" either. I did some documentation work from home when ds1 was little, I'm hoping to get something similar for a few hours a week now. I've started this photography course and I'm going to get really serious about writing fiction - if it takes me 10 years to get published then it will take 10 years but I'm going to keep at it and get better and better. I feel more mentally stretched now than I ever did at work! I know I'm tremendously lucky that I can (just about) afford to stay at home.

I do miss all the colleagues/chatter/companionship side of things though... oh and the money to call my own! There's just no easy answer.

Thank you spots for your lovely offer to help. i think we will be okay, just me making 'heavy weather' of it!
Dsis lives in Lucas which I understand is not far from Edinburgh. We honeymooned in Scotland and loved it, loved it

lucas

Why the shocked face?

ds name is lucas

Hello everyone,

How are things? we're all cool here - DS slept from about 8-9 through to 7.30am!! He yelled out at about 4.30am so I lay listening to see if it were time to shake a leg but fell asleep - he was happy to suck his fingers and go back to sleep too. He would've slept longer but I decided to feed him so he doesn't get too cosy with late mornings! Hasn't stopped him doing that odd shriek every now and again today though!

I know what you mean about the work/don't work thing - I like being back but spend most the day wondering what he is doing, luckily I have posted piccies of him all over the place and I have very patient friends who let me bend an ear or five. I think following my childminder's routine will be better for all as she has commitments during the week whereas I can feed DS at whatever time suits at the weekend - if he used to doing a certain thing at a certain time then I don't want to ruin it by confusing him. That said, the CM was going to write his routine down yesterday and he decided to turn it upside down. Typical DS.

We are currently watching Green Card (DP is at a friend's) so having a nice girly moment - at least I am, DS is just content to chill/squawk/blow raspberries next to me. I want her apartment with the greenhouse! So lovely.

Ramble-rama!

Ooo Oooo... have to tell someone.

Has everyone picked up their Bounty Progress Pack?? Got some really good loot this time around with ours - one of those avent pots and a weaning spoon, and lots of jars of pudding (but not many main meals for some reason?!)!!

I'm going to be making most of my own food, but last time around seemed to spend every evening cooking meals - going to do a blitz each saturday/sunday then if I run out use jars I think...

Getting excited now. 2 and a bit weeks to go! (It is 26 weeks that's the turning point, yes? Not 6 calendar months?)

went to get my progress pack yesterday
i always have a few jars at home - just in case ...

been out today with dp and ds; dp took me for lunch (nandoos!! yummy) and we did a bit of shopping
i think that was the first time every ds fell asleep in his pushchair!!! he never does

watched xfactor - ever so funny
and now snuggling up on the sofa with dp and watching ant&dec
ds in bed since 6

How do you get a Bounty pack? I had one in the hospital but nothing else. Do you have to pick them up from somewhere?
Starting to shove DS's routine forward a bit so that we don't have any nasty crack o' dawn wakings next Sunday when the clocks go back.

Yep ... there should be a card in your old Bounty pack booklet for the next pack?

I cracked and fed DD baby rice today

well she's 24 weeks and 5 days .. so only a week early

she loved it and we got it on video too

Aw Twiglett!

Hmm... does that mean it's only me left holding out for the magical 26 weeks number?