March 2010 - Six months in - will they ever sleep?

[Arcadie]

Welcome to the latest thread for mums of babies born in March ( and a few in Feb and one in April!).

Come on in. Find out who'll be pg next and who's weaning onto what.

Quick wave from Cornwall - been out to dinner with DH on our own, v exciting. Will catch up properly when back home but thinking of all those who are having traumas.

off to Oxford & Kent for 2 weeks. Poss posting from there but prob not. see you soon!!!

RKD-have fan time!

Pixie- glad dd is ok now, must be worrying, I have asthma, awful.

Melk - welcome back! Great holiday pics, your daughters are beautiful!

Pacific- hope your dad isn't as bad as it seems and he gets better quickly.

Just watching the boys whilst dh decorates the kitchen, I'm gonna do some painting later too, we're just staying out of the way whilst he does the celing.

Have read the last few pages of the old thread :(

Much love going out to PD, evitas and rebecca. Certainly put my whinges into perspective, so am not going to complain one jot about a week with my inlaws!

Pacific - glad to hear DD is improving

IWCAS - love the video of Ramsay

Melk - loving the holiday pics...what amazing legs DD has! I just HAD to show DH that one!

Arcadie - have a fab time :)

Pixie - know you must be disapointed. Think of the positives- one less month at the other end with 3(or 4!) in nappies x

Just dropping in on the request of Pixie and MummyElk....

Greetings to you all and your babies :)

BabyC is soooo cute, such a wee man already with a great personality. He was born a week early in Feb, but I'll stick with you lot on this thread as I was with you all during the ante-natal period.

As I write this he's on my lap trying to throw himself at the keys as I type

Solids going well, still bfing but trying to reduce that to during the night and early morning, great boy overall. He's on 91st% for length and weight, so he's a heavy boy! I have arms like Madonna

Hi everyone,

just a quick hi. I'm back at work! It feels so strange... I'm missing my baby so much!!

x

Evitas- hope it goes ok x

Evening every one. As I type am slightly stinking of a brie/chicken/pepper/garlic/yoghurt/plum residue built up through todays BLW efforts!

Evitas hope your first day at work went ok. Is it nice to be back in some ways?

TLC glad baby is working the cute factor- lovely to see you!

Pixie have my fallopian tubes crossed for you enxt month. Enjoy the SWI - maybe DH and i should start SWOI?

I love that your DH posted a thank you - sweeeeeeet

Sarah I am busy drinking white wine now - it is possible to MN and drink simultaneously!

For the first time ever I've got in to a bit of a scrap on another thread. I've promised myself never to do so, but I got a bit riled at the comments people were making on someone's childbirth thread - people need support on there not to be squashed. Anyway, really need to STOP CHECKING THE THREAD but feel compelled. Gah! more wine needed.

ooo and sling fans - I bought a didymos the other day on the recommendation of a new doula friend who used one till her DS was 3. I will let you know when it arrives...

(dashes over to Childbirth thread to find out who and what riled The Gentle One>
xx

Chink
Love the title The Gentle One! I feel like The Slightly Arsey One most of the time so delighted if that's how I come across

Pixie someone wants you on chat for asthma advice...

Hi all, was surprised for a while how many of you were taking off on holidays at the moment but then I remembered it's still the middle of the English summer hols! All us Scots are back to work/school/nursery etc. But that's the way I like it - I'm not complaining! Have a good time, those of you who are heading off to foreign, or not so foreign, climes.

evitas I hope you get used to being back to work soon. And thinking of you as you support your mum too.

rebecca I'm so in awe of you being a doula, bringing up your own baby and looking after those expecting theirs. You seem to be taking it all in your stride, even the tough times you've already dealt with and I'm so glad you've found something you love. Good on ya.

melk you're a legend. Welcome back.

pixie glad your DD is doing better, I'm sorry to hear she suffers so badly. And sorry about the bfn, better luck next month!

TLC great to see you back on the thread! Good to hear you're getting on so well and enjoying your DS

Well, we've officially started weaning. At last. DD2 had a couple of fingers of toast and a bit of banana to squish at teatime. She looked bemused by the toast and was v excited about the banana but couldn't really get hold of it, bless her. I now need a trip to tesco to stock up on finger foods, bibs, cleaning materials and other weaning bits and bobs.

Not sure if it's linked to the weaning or just due to general tiredness (early start this morning) but I'm feeling a bit anxious...just a general feeling of worry about the two DDs. Or maybe I'm a bit sad that DD2 is already leaving a bit of her babyhood behind, now that she'll be taking food as well as milk. And I'm just feeling defeated by all the tidying and cleaning that's needed around the house. Gah. I think I'm just knackered. What little routine we do have was knocked out today, simply because I didn't do a dream feed last night. So DD2 woke earlier, needed 2 feeds in the night, woke at 6am, had a later breakfast, earlier nap, which meant she didn't sleep when I walked to nursery and was then refusing to nap at home for any decent length of time...blah blah blah, anyway today's been a bit of an uphill struggle since I (reluctantly) opened my eyes!

I will cease moaning now and drown my troubles in a tub of Ben and Jerrys...

Hi all. We are back from Belgium. It's so good to be home.

Pixie I'm glad your DD is ok and your DH is lovely. I also hope this months gives more positive results and if not, enjoy the trying

Pacific/Evitas I hope your dads are ok.

Melk Melk is the Dutch word for Milk so maybe a breastfeeding dutch woman tool the name. Ruuuuud nonetheless.

All is well in dizziland. We have started weaning and though I like the idea of BLW, I am too impatient and was also worried about dealing with the mess. So we have been giving purees for the past week. OMG the mess is awful! Is my DS the only one to manage smearing it all over his face? He got some in his eyes the other day...

We had quite a sober weekend as we had some horrible news on Saturday. A colleague of DH and a friend of ours passed away suddenly. They have a 9 month old baby. We're still in shock and just can't imagine what it will be like for his DW and their DS.
I have met up with her for coffee a few times in the last months. I want to call her tomorrow to see if I can do anything to help like look after her DS, cook, wash, anything really. Any good suggestions?

On a more positive note, my friends premature DS was allowed to go home last week. She is obviously ecstatic.

Highs and lows. Such is life.

Have to dash as DS is screaming and poor DH is too tired to deal with him right now.

Just re-read ... I meant to say that DH's colleague is also a friend of ours ... not that two people passed away.

Evening ladies

Just back from our marathon car drive back from Cork and have managed to read (most) of the old thread and this one.

Firstly, Rebecca I am so sorry to hear of the couple's loss. I can't begin to imagine how much they are suffering - having been through IVF myself it just breaks my heart that their precious baby didn't survive . I'm sorry that you've been exposed to such a tragic loss so early in your doula career. But it sounds like it's made you even more committed...

Also big hugs to Pacific and Evitas - I hope both of your parents recover quickly. Evitas I also hope the return to work isn't too shocking!

Pixie glad to hear your DD is back home again and your husband is just lovely . Sorry to hear of the evil period arriving but here's to a June baby! I'll join Rebecca in crossing my fallopian tubes for you

Glad to hear of all the other lovely holidays people have had/are having. Sorry for the lack of more shout outs but am exhausted (the day started at 4.45am).

We had an utterly great time in Ireland. The weather was fabulous - sunny sunny sunny. So we ended up camping for nearly a week (had expected to go for 1-2 days). And yes, my little man did get a dunking in the Atlantic...which he didn't like! But it was a proper dunk in fairly deep water so I can see why he was squawking (I squawked myself when I went swimming at the same spot!)...so we switched to paddling and he was loving it. He's a beach lover - literally laughing at just being on the beach - so it bodes well for our trip to Portugal in a few weeks. We also had a lovely naming ceremony for him on Saturday - a great family party in my mother's back garden with gorgeous sunny weather and the kids all playing. My mum loved having her 10 grandchildren in one spot (not to mention the grand nieces and nephews who added to the mayhem fun).

V interested to hear of weaning adventures. DS is 24 weeks tomorrow and I had planned to wait until 26 weeks...but he sits well unaided (and has been sitting happily in the highchair for weeks) and his hand/eye coordination has been good since about 20 weeks and he just seems ready so we'll start this weekend. Am ready for the BLW mess and am hoping it's going to be fun for us all. It does feel quite momentous that he's moving from being reliant on me for food to moving to grown up food. Time is just flying by!

OK, off to be lurky mclurkster on other parts of MN (oh, how I've missed MN!). Interested to see who's been riling up the gentle one...

Cross posted with heckle and dizzi.

dizzi terrible news about your friend . His poor wife and son . In my own experience grieving people can often not know a specific thing that may help, so offers of "is there anything I can do?" can be too vague. Whereas something practical like dropping over with food that can be frozen and reheated easily is often helpful...

Briefly hijacking thread to announce change of MMMM plans.

Finding accommodation for the weekend we'd originally planned (18th/19th Sep) is proving very difficult, so we are now aiming to postpone till November (provisionally Fri 12th/Sat 13th). Come on over to the MMMM thread if you want to join in. We need to get it booked quickly this time!

Hi everyone.

I've now caught up as much as I can.

Big sympathy to evitas andpd re your folks. dizzi and rebecca - those poor families...

Besides evitas who is back in work and how is it going?

pixie glad your DD is getting better. Am slightly cross-eyed at the thought that you are TTC I must admit! Best of luck with that (and to you too manda)

Flip Ireland sounds fab.

And hellllooooo to everyone else!

I have still not got this small baby stage cracked. Small baby,who am I kidding? She moves around at the speed of light already, although not pulling herself up yet like Flips very impressive DS!

Like ICWAS I am also really daunted by the thought of weaning and the fact they'll be crawling soon. Like, if they have solids in between milk feeds, aren't they basically either feeding or weeing/pooing all the time???! I have just finally got a feeding routine going but presume it will all change with solids.

Ahhhh, why can't I just be excited. What a misery

Going to give the BLW a go anyway but not until she is 6 months (another few weeks)

Just noticed I made a boob in my last post - PD - hope your Dad is on the mend
Pixie - glad your DD is feeling better.

Evitas hope the return to work was ok.

Flip Naming ceremony sounds utterly delightful. DH is in the process of organising DD's christening, as a non-believer it's something that I feel very uncomfortable about, but he believes and therefore it's important to him that DD is christened.

Dizzi How very sad about your DH's colleague :( And yet so for your friend being able to take her baby home at last.

If purees are messy, why not just go for the BLW? It can't be that much messier, we've got an old curtain we throw down under DDs chair (so it catches all the food she kindly posts down the side of the table) and just give her a quick flannel over after she's eaten. She's a tidier eater than her mother anyway...think I need a bib rather than her!

Good morning everyone,

coming back to work it wasn't as bad as I thought. It's not easy, but I'll just be here 3 days a week and work (try to work) the other time from home. I cried like a silly mum when I arrived home and saw DS! But he seemed so well, not bothered at all with my absence. If my mother's health permits she will stay 5 months with us. She rented a flat next to us and she will look after DS while I'm at work.

Pixie loved you DH's thread! How sweet! Good luck for the new cycle :)

Pacific hope your father is better

Flip Glad you had a great time. Well done dunking your DS in the Atlantic (the water must had been freezing - I grew up by the Atlantic ocean. I know the feeling)! If you are going to the Algarve the water is much warmer, your DS will love it even more :)

Dizzi sorry about your friend

Hecklephone I hope your routine is back to normal.

Very exciting to hear about all the BLW. We can't do it... DS's motor skills are. terrible!

Well, back to work!
Hi to everyone else
Have a great day
x

Morning all
grabbing a quick moment, hope all well

dizzi how very sad, am so sorry. his poor wife. I agree with flip sometimes they don't know what they want. take over a nice dish of food, fresh so that she can freeze if she can't eat it now, and don't take flowers. not yet. she'll be inundated. take flowers in three or four weeks when the glut have all wilted. These are in most supermarkets and what i use when i take food to new mums/ill people etc etc, saves them washing up too! A cake that keeps is also a good idea - sugar and tea is what keeps most grieving people going for those first few days/weeks, even a boring fruit cake can save the blood sugar levels...
Gosh i didn't realise it could be such a long topic! sorry.

Weaning: ime BLW is the MOST MESSY THING everrrrrrr but it is VERY fun and my only advice is Get A Dog . And put some oilcloth down under the table. DD2 is doing pretty badly at it at the moment but I think I forget how little DD1 ate at this point too, so it's a variety of spooning in random purees and giving her chunks of food to play with. her motor skills will improve this month anyway I reckon.
donttry i felt exactly the same, but honestly, it's quite fun really, their faces are complete pictures! eventually it does make life a LOT easier.

rebecca found THE thread in question love it. haven't checked it today mind...any response?

and finally, to heckle aw shucks, lady, that was very nice to you to welcome me back so ego-boostingly..

got to go the noises from the next room indicate small children sitting on even smaller children