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May 2005 babies - part 2

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logic · 28/08/2005 10:25

Hello! How is everyone? Dd is finally sleeping in her own bed - yay!

Don't worry, northstar, it happens to everyone. In fact, I don't know anybody who's baby hasn't wriggled off something or tripped down some stairs.
They are getting so strong now aren't they?

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myermay · 26/10/2005 20:08

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shhhh · 26/10/2005 21:41

I agree with the msm bit but have no idea how to do it..???? Will chat to dh as he's an IT consultant, maybe he can help.???

Maybe we should start a campaign to "get Logic Back"!!

Maddison · 27/10/2005 00:47

I'm up for chatting on msn, but obviously some of us are online more than others, therefore those who don't log on as much will miss out on a lot of what is being talked about. I can't think of a way around it other than to just stick to this thread.

uwila · 27/10/2005 06:41

Agree with Maddison. One of the good things about this thread is that each of us can come type whenever it suits us, and no one else has to be here at the same time.

Let's stick to mumsnet, and if anyone comes round the May thread to harrass Logic, the rest of us will tell them to bugger off.

Oh no, we're going to be accused of forming a clique, aren't we. Oh well. Too bad.

Come back Logic!!!

shhhh · 27/10/2005 10:02

yeah speaking to dh last night to set up our own chat place is quite a big thing to do and the option of msm is good but like uwila and maddison says it's a bit unfair as it will only work for those of us who log on a regular basis...Think we should keep this thread going and hopefully we won't have any problems.
It's just a shame that we could loose Logic..Hopefully after a break she will return.

Is anyones elses dd or ds still sleeping with them in their room.?? We have now moved dd's cot into our room so she has more room than her moses basket. Are we making a rod for our own back doing this..? How long did any of you keep previous ds or dd with you..?

Maddison · 27/10/2005 10:24

DS2 is still in with us aswell, tbh we never bothered even getting a moses basket as DS1 hated his and it also meant we didn't have the transition to the cot so we put him in his cot from day 1 and luckily he has been quite a good sleeper. I'm in 2 minds about wether to keep him in with us until he's big enough for a bed then put him in DS1's bottom bunk bed with a guard or give up our spare (computer) room. Decisions, decisions

uwila · 27/10/2005 18:31

DS got banished to sleeping in the office when he was a couple of months old. And just this week he has started sleepin in his cot in DD's room. So they now share a room. It's either that or give up my office. But we have way too many wires and cables and no where else to put then so they stay in the office and kiddies have to share a room.

So far they are both good sleepers. But I'm still worried about the possiblity of DS waking in the night and DD deciding to go tend to him. Like if he wakes up crying she could decide to put a dummy in and end up suffocating him... God forbid!

myermay · 27/10/2005 19:45

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logic · 27/10/2005 19:53

Hiya girls, thank you for the lovely words of support. I really do appreciate it. I've calmed down now. I know it was my PND that was making me really sensitive and I should have walked away but I've decided to forget about the whole thing and return to JUST the postnatal thread. The rest of MN can stuff off.

On a positive note, we've got an appointment for dd at the hospital in about 3 weeks to see a paediatrician about her lactose thing. The GP wants to know what's going on before she will prescibe her the special milk. We've also booked dd's Christening for just before Christmas which is going to be lovely so things are getting better for me!

We've got one bedroom turned into a computer room too - there's a lot of it about. I do wonder if when dd is a bit older whether she should share ds' room but at the moment he's a bit hot and cold with her. He either says 'Put it back in it's cot now mummy!' or 'Where's Francesca? Let's go and fetch her!' which is really sweet :-))

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Maddison · 27/10/2005 20:06

Yay! Thats great Logic, glad you've decided to stay with us

My niece is also (we think) lactose intolerant and has prescribed milk, but she still isn't too keen on that, so I can sort of imagine what you're going through. She has an appt with the dietician in 2 weeks so we'll see what comes of it.

Once again, it's good to see you back!

Maddison · 27/10/2005 20:09

Oh and we've booked DS2's christening just before Christmas too, I think it's a nice feeling at that time of year!

uwila · 27/10/2005 20:32

Yippee! Logic's back.

DD is being baptised just before Christmas too. She's 1 1/2. We're a bit slow.

uwila · 27/10/2005 20:32

oops... she's 2 1/2

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logic · 27/10/2005 22:45

Re: the sleeping in own rooms, you are not really awful to do that, myermay! The more sleep you get, the better! I found the same thing, ds was far too noisy at night and dd was in her own room months ago.

Uwila, my dh wasn't christened until he was 34. Now, that's tardy. 2+1/2 can't compete! We didn't get ds done until he was 8 months, I wanted to fit into a size 12 suit first.

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shhhh · 28/10/2005 15:04

logic, glad you are back .

Chrstenings ..god we haven't even thought of one yet! Seems like a nightmare to arrange..??? Our wedding was enough to arrange to last me a good couple of years...last me a coulpe of years before we arrange anything and not the length of time to be married . Came out wrong!!)

Suppose I will be shamed now into aranging one esp as some of you work full time as well .!!!

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logic · 30/10/2005 11:00

Oh Christenings are easy to arrange! I only know about C of E but you just find out which one is your parish church - they might even have a website - and go along to a service. Ours has a family service which is lovely. We just had to arrange a date via e-mail and fill in a form. We are actually supposed to be there right now. Oops. :-))

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Maddison · 30/10/2005 14:48

We don't even have to go to any of the services Logic Luckily for us, our christenings only last about 20 mins, unlike our nephews christening which was part of normal Sunday morning service and lasted 2.5 hours Not very nice in a freezing cold, damp church in the middle of January! Had we got our finger out he would have been christened in my family's gown, but we just never got round to it, come to think of it, the same thing happened with DS1, he wasn't christened until he was 10 months and he was smaller than Bailey is so we may have him christened in Dylans suit and start a family boys christening outfit [if that makes sense?!)

Been swimming this afternoon with DS's, DH was trying to teach DS1 how to swim while I held Bailey who was trying to 'catch' the water lol, he loves floating and bouncing in it aswell!

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logic · 30/10/2005 16:13

Our church is very modern. It looks like a conservatory. The Christenings are done during the Family Service but they only last an hour. I still have ds' silk sailor suit from his so I am hoping to keep that as a family heirloom too. I am going to get a gown for dd though...

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ABow · 30/10/2005 17:43

Hi everyone. Just got back from a month in Australia (and a couple of other places en route). Haven't yet had the chance to fully catch up though in my quick scan I saw that you'd had a bit of bother Logic. Don't let them get to you - I noticed before going away that things were turning a bit nasty at times on some of the other threads.

I hope everyone and all the babes are well.

Dd was absolutely brilliant on all the flights. And she was really good most of the time. We had 2 days toward the end when she was really grizzly and shes been like since getting back too. I was hoping it was just that her routine was upset but the quantity of drool has trebled (at least), she's getting spotty around the chin, and getting red cheeks so wonder if this is the start of teething. I go back to work a weeks tomorrow and dh will be left holding the baby. I'll feel a bit guilty if she carries on being grouchy.

myermay · 30/10/2005 19:39

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ABow · 31/10/2005 07:30

Hi myermay. Whereabouts in the states did you go?

Yep loads of people telling us we were mad before going away and since getting back. But I loved it. It puts a totally different spin on experiencing a new place. Its funny how the whole world seems to be really baby tolerent except for the UK. Everywhere we went (even in Bahrain in the middle of ramadan) people were ok with me breast feeding in public just as long as it was done discreetly - except London where I got frowns and people mumbled as they walked by. Singapore was awesome - from the moment we got off the plane people were coming up to us jabbering away in their own language and touching dd's head in blessing. It is fantastic when your own baby gets such wonderful attention but it was also exhausting and when it takes half an hour to walk down one street it can get frustrating .

Oz was excellent. We visited friends in Brisbane and then spent a few days in Sydney. The staff in the Sydney hotel were great - they were fighting over who got to hold dd whilst I sorted out baggage (dh is disabled so end up doing most of the baggage hauling). the main downer was our friends son. he's a spoilt git at the best of times. He's 10 and didn't like dd getting attention from his parents. He and I fell out when dd cried one day (for abt 5 minutes) and he made it worse by loudly shrieking complaints about how noisy she was . I thought a 10 year old should know better than to behave like that.

Travelling by plane was nowhere near as bad as folk make out. Just need to be organised for take off and landing. Boob, bottle and dummy were always on hand for landing and take off. Sick bags make fantastic toys because they sound good but don't dissolve when sucked . On an 8 hour + flight you have to expect them to cry a bit but dd never cried for more than a few minutes and slept really well. The worst flights were overnight when dd was needing long hours of unborken sleep. She'd fall asleep but theres so much noise she'd always get woken by something, and by the end of the flight would be grumpy. Infant seatbelts are stupid - they'd cut a baby in half in a crash and are really uncomfortable so muslin or blanket was useful for trying to make it more comfortable. The one flight I really hated was when I had a really interferring old bag sat across the aisle who constantly gave out parental advice ' she needs a cushion' ' mind her head' etc . I snapped after 6 hours but it made the last 2 hours quite unpleasant.

At each end it has taken about 3 days for dd to adjust her bodyclock which I think is really good going. It seems to be taking me longer than that!

shhhh · 31/10/2005 20:42

abow,it's nice to see you back. Thanks for all the travelling tips. We fly with dd in just over a weeks time..not a far as you, we are off to the canaries. All he advice and tips you have given are really helpful and dh & I will be sure to follow them! Its quite daunting flying with a baby but suppose we aren't the first and won't be the last. We just need to think of the nice holiday at the other end.

Hope everyone is doing ok. I'm not having a good day, in fact having quite a sad day. I seem to have no tollerance for anyone which is not like me at all and is making me feel worse. Think my pnd may be affecting me more today than I thought.
But have a holiday coming up so I am doing my best to think of that.....

How's everyone else.??

ABow · 01/11/2005 06:30

Shhh sorry you didn't have a good day yesterday. Fingers crossed - hope today is better. And have a great time in the Canaries.

uwila · 01/11/2005 13:39

Australia, Dubai, the Canaries.... Can I just say how jealous I am as I sit in sunny Brentford. Oh well, at least it's sunny.

I want a nice holiday in the sun... in my dreams. sniff sniff.

matthewsmummy · 01/11/2005 14:29

hi all

so glad ur back logic, well look after you here on the may thread.

sorry to hear your feeling abit down shhhh, hope you feel better and enjoy your holiday.

glad you had a good time on holiday abow and myermay, sounds like you had a great time.

i know what you mean uwila, i wish i was off some where hot and excotic, to brush all the stress under the carpet and forget about everything and just relax and have some fun for once. but never mind maybe it will happen someday. not likely but i may win the lottery one day.

ive been starting to think about getting ds christened, coz id like to have it done before he's a year, i know thats quite along time away but its already nearly christmas i can't believe it.
is everyone looking forward to christmas? i can't wait its going to be so good and it will be so cute with ds opening his presents or at least trying to.
i bet he'll enjoy all the wrapping paper more than the expensive presents . ha ha!
i'm so not organised ive got no prezzies yet apart from two for ds and thats it but im sure ill get there, probley on x-mas eve but ill get there. hows everyone else doing?

take care all xxx