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.

sariska EXACTLY right on the I may crap at x but i can do this etc. Sorry to hear about your BiL, how scary for them both! i think i've talked myself round now, so will get some formula in the week.
On the sleep front we've just had a hideous night. DD2 was in her own room for the first time (and therefore, big cot etc) and i don't know if it was that or her poorly mouth or teething or a cold....the list goes on! Anyway the sun is up now so all is right with the world.
i think i might have got thrush too - but in my mouth....it's completely my fault, i kept licking my finger after putting the gel in her mouth. yesterday i did think "ooh i suppose i shouldn't do that" but anyway. it's very uncomfortable. so i get her point!

at arcadie...Can't wait for the AIBU....do give us notice so we can all sit there upwind and plenty of wine to ease your pain

DD2 is completely rolling around all over the shop now!! Not quite the standing prowess of (oh gosh, i'm better at fbk names than mn ones) - valium (??) but she's loving having a bit of control over where she is.

Speaking of Valium - were you pureeandpearls once upon a time? I think you were. I was thinking this morning, gosh where IS puree we haven't heard from her in ages, and then remembered that actually you namechanged

anyway. time to do something proactive. hope all well

Morning everyone, quick post from me while my sister "babysits" downstairs. I'm in Edinburgh for a few days, visiting my parents and catching up with some friends up here. It's lovely to have the family all together (although DH isn't here); it's been a long time since we had the opportunity as my sister's been in Canada for the past year.

I had a lovely visit to soft play on Friday with PacificDogwood and gorgeous wee Joe. So we can oficially cross her name off the potential hairy trucker list now . Soft play is a whole new world for me, but Isobel seemed to enjoy it. It was possibly less busy and cleaner than a lot of the ones in London mind you.

Dizzi I'm so sorry about your friend, that's incredibly sad.

rebeccad I hope you're doing OK. ((hugs))

evitas how are you finding being back at work? Hope it's all going ok.

Fliss please don't feel bad about DD rolling off the sofa. I did exactly the same thing a few weeks back. She was inconsolable at first and I was panicking, but there was no harm done whatsoever.

MummyElk I can see where you're coming from with the BFing. I suppose it's like a lot of things, in that there are so many aspects that you can't necessarily control so when you find something that does work well for you it's hard to psychologically let go, if that makes sense. Hope the (trendy ) thrush clears up soon.

iwcas good news about R settling himself to sleep better. And I'm loving all your FB videos, he's such a cutie.

Flip glad you had a nice time back home, lovely photos on FB. You're looking fab too :)

Sariska glad to hear your BIL wasn't too badly hurt, that must've been scary though. Hope your DS is feeling better and you had a better night last night.

Pixie lovely to hear (on another thread) that your DD2 is doing so much better. And how cute that the twins only go down for naps together!

Afri good to see you around. Always nice to hear from the lurkers :)

I was wondering about BookWormDad the other day too. I know it's difficult to join a group that's been on the go for a bit, please don't be scared though, we're all very happy to have you here!

Arcadie is your niece really 2 months already? Hope you have a nice time.

As for weaning, Isobel's been trying lots of things recently; carrot and sweet potato soup and avocado have gone down well, as have rice cakes and mashed potato. And she loves to suck on a bit of cucumber. I offered her a lemon wedge yesterday, which my parents thought was cruel, but she quite enjoyed it! She seems to prefer purees though; anything in bits or with too much texture, she gags and brings it back up.

I can hear Isobel getting louder downstairs, I'd better go and help. Apologies to anyone I've missed/forgotten.

Just swinging by to say I haven't disappeared just running round like crazy. Thanks for all your kind thoughts over the past week or so. dizzi so sorry to hear that - thoughts iwth you all.

Off on hols now till 16th so will check in properly when we're back.

Hi ladies I haven't disappeared either just not had much to say [difficult to believe really!]
DD2 no longer has a sticky eye. Doc called to say that swab results had come back showing nasty bacteria but the cream she had prescribed had worked so all okay.
We are now using cloth full time for DD2 including cloth wipes (and chamomile tea) as she had shocking nappy rash. The timodene cleared it up but I put her in a disp overnight (which is what I normally do) and it came back straight away. Her skin seems to be much more sensitive than DD1
Weaning isn't going very well. I was so enthusiastic about it with DD1 and this time round I am severely lacking in enthusiasm. DD2 isn't much more enthusiastic although DD1 loves 'helping' . I've tried some BLW and I've done spooning in of some weetabix 3 times. There have been some flecks in the poo so a little bit has been digested but not much. She really is a booby girl
The biggest news chez Smac is that DD1 has started to poo in the potty we visited our friends on Thursday and her wee buddy sat on the potty and did a poo and since then it's clicked and she has realised that is what is supposed to happen. I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Pooey pants are just so much worse than pooey nappies I can tell you!
Enjoy your holidays rebecca and siamese
arcadie was is the turkey bit about ? I'm
[waves hello to BMI and is that you are in the 'burgh]

Oh, gosh, this thread and the previous one fell off my active convos - again!

I will have to forget any aspirations of doing fancy-pancy several-windows-open-at-a-time and won't do individual shoutouts, excepts to rebecca and Dizzy , evitas (hope your mum is doing ok) and Pixie (so sorry to find your DD had been unwell again).

It was lovely to meet BMI (she is no hairy trucker either, btw ) and Isobel who is just gorgeous and stuck me as much, much more grown up than Joe although there are only 3 days between them, agewise. 'Tis funny, how they are all so different from the v start .

Joe now has 2 teeth and is still drooling ferociously with some swollen gums top and bottom . Overall his nights have been better, well, feeds at 7, 9, 11pm, 1am then 6.30am (my standards are LOW). My BIL and wife have been visiting this weekend and we had good chat/food/wine - very very little wine for me as I just cannot stand having to get up in the middle of the night even slightly intoxicated/hungover. And I am such a cheap date now; 1 glass of wine and I come over all giggly and blushing .

Went into work on Friday, big mistake, lots of unpleasant news and I am soooo aware of the groundrush: 4 weeks to my return to work, yikes! I am really not looking forward to the stress involved and will have to play serious amounts of catch-up re new computer system/software and massively increased listsize
You think I could win the lottery between now and the beginning of October??

Well done to all you potty trainers - I really MUST get DS3 used to the idea of a life in big boy pants; he is so ready and the size of his poos is just ridiculous, yuck! I am just not quite ready yet.

Same goes for weaning Joe: I just can't really be bothered . BFing is going ok, he is doing fine and I am lacking all enthusiasm for doing something new. All you puree makers, what have you started weaning with: baby rice, vegetable or fruit puree? I was thinking of giving him carrot first, or sweet potato. Baby rice always struck me as akin to wallpaper paste...

BTW, did any of you read the thing in the Sunday Times about 'BFing too long'?? I realy do not like the title, but understand fully what the authoress means by the fog she was under while still feeding - I really feel like a slightly drugged dairy cow. Which I am prepared to be until darling son is 1. Not beyond, sorry, sod the WHO Please call me Daisy.

DH will be away for 3 days (and nights) from tomorrow. Wish me luck with getting them up/dressed/fed/washed/to school etc etc on my own

We are currently enjoying a lovely late summer

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday and hello to all lurkers!

Oh, and I totally forgot, thank you for all the kind wishes and thoughts for my dad. He is doing ok, but still struggling to accept something fairly significant has happened to him. He is a very stubborn unreasonable strong-willed man and is driving my mum potty...

And I came back home just in time to deal with croupy DS2 who is better now as well.

hey everyone its been busy in here! i have missed such alot!

all good here, nothing really toi say tbh! love seeing everyones status' and pics on FBK! lovely to see everyone x

glas ur dad is on the mend pacific

i am going back to work on the 27th! eeekk its coming round far too quick!

right off to sort lunchboxes ready for school and work ....

Evening ladies

Would you believe today I had my first hangover since April 2009? Bit of an impromptu session with one of my best friends last night left me suffering a bit today (we met up at 3.45 to buy a birthday present for another friend and my husband walked her home at 1am - in between the three of us managed to polish off many bottles of wine and even crack open some random drink we had in the cupboard for months - twas great fun!).

V interesting to hear of weaning adventures. We started yesterday - he's had banana, carrot, avocado, plum and apple. Sucking on the sticks of apple seemed to be the favourite (he reminded me of a pipe smoker sucking away on the apple and babbling and waving his arms about ). I'm planning on offering a porridge pancake thing tomorrow morning (it's in the fridge overnight so should hopefully set). It looked to me like nothing was going in but today's nappies did display evidence of swallowing and digestion - stringy bits of banana and whole (tiny) chunks of carrot. Myself and my DH are unbelievably proud of him already and are enjoying the BLW enormously already.

V jealous of BMI and PD's meetup! Isn't Isobel just delicious?

Gotta run now as my brother's just in from a work dinner he had to go to. Will be back soon for proper shout outs

Is mine the only baby who Will Not Sleep? Have been trying since 7. Now standing under kitchen extractor fan. Baby staring at phone screen. Dinner wasukewarm soup, glass of wine (medicinal and much needed) and Green and Blacks. Am getting v fed up. It's been a long day. DH out at sports training event all day and now at his parents for dinner. Am trying not to be cross. But I would so love just a little time to myself.

Thanks for the kind words, Pixie. Will remember the hoovering tip. For now, though, she seems to be asleep. Was obviously my posting that did it. Will now have to lie down in bed with her. I know she'll wake up if I leave her - as she's done 2 or 3 times already tonight. More's the pity. I'm starving and I really fancy watching some TV.

Heckle - the only name I can think of the rhymes is.... Federline.
Pixie are you Kevin Federline and have two children with Britney Spears??
I had loads I want to post but Internet is down and I'm on my iPhone, fiddley thing. So until next week... Off to Corfu:)

OMG, Pixies DH is Kevin Federline? Does that mean that Pixie is, in fact.. Britney Spears??

I too was racking my brains for Rhyming Surnames!
Good luck at GOSH pixie

I either have a horrid bug...or I'm on day three of a hangover . The only way to describe it is that horrible early stage of pg, you know where you feel shite the whole time and have that awful taste in your mouth? That's me. Not helped by DD2 not, er, really taking to her big cot with any longevity....think i saw every hour last night.
Anyway I'm NOT whingeing, I promise. Am quite upbeat really. just physically rubbish. Off to gym later to see if that shifts it.

Waving at all!! sariska hope you got some sleep in the end, poor you

Lol at pixie being Kev/Britney!!

melk unless you want everyone on this thread to work themselves into a vicarious-pregnancy frenzy of excitement you CANNOT describe the symptoms of any illness as 'like being pg'. I refer you to pixie's post, above. That being said - are you??? In any case, I hope you feel better soon, and can I suggest bed might be a better option than gym if you're really feeling rubbish?

pixie hope things go well at GOSH and yes, Ulitimate BB is very addictive! And last night's wasn't even a classic - wait til the Tree of Temptation shows up.

Got a busy day ahead, am feeling itchy for tidying/organising/shopping so am goinhg to attempt to

a)tidy DD1's bedroom which looks like the aftermath of an avalanche in Toys R Us
b)plan the week's meals and what's needed from Tesco (oh oh I've just realised I could possibly do an online order for the first time...) and
c)take DD1 shopping for new shoes and possibly clothes

Yikes, this is an ambitious list. Must stop MNing and get on with it . Will try and check in later to let you know how I get on...

Pixie it's no use trying to distract us with Melk pregnancy rumours, your secret identity is out! Hope the GOSH appt goes well.

I'm busy trying to pack for heading back to London. How is it that the things that fit neatly in your case always manage to expand during the trip and won't fit on the way back?

Good luck with your busy day Heckle

Will catch up with the thread properly when I'm back home. In the meantime, are we still moving forward with the MMMM planning? If you can make it in November and haven't checked out the thread yet, do so immediately!

Morning all :)

Hope you're all well on this lovely Monday morning.

Melk I mistook my early pregnancy symptoms with DD for a hangover. It was only when it was prolonged that I twigged that it probably wasn't!

Heckle I should be taking a leaf out of your book, only I can't be bothered...so much to do, no point in doing it then

PixieKevinBritney If you can't bring yourself to type my full name, feel free to call me something else, Simon Cowell style. Good luck at GOSH.

BMI Isn't it always the same with packing for the return journey? My only thought is that the extra sweat/skin combined with with the unironed-ness of the clothes is what takes up the extra room

Listen britneyonaleaf Bugger OFF with your stirring, young lady!!! I am NOT pg!! And I am NOT NOT NOT wasting the overly priced remaining clearblue I have upstairs on a whimsical fancy of yours! I promise if I still feel like this at the end of the week I'll do a test. But i am equally certain I won't be!!

Glad everyone enjoyed Ultimate BB and also Xfactor - god I love September for so many reasons - new terms (oooh new pencilcase/shoes/crisp new uniform), a tinge of autumn in the air, the chance to hack back everything in the garden that i spent all summer waiting to grow and......oh okkaaaayyy I LOVE the start of the winter reality shows!!! X factor....This week Strictly starts....oh it's BLISS....
Plus I can't WAIT to see PixieWeek on the X Factor!! Will she appear with both babies in matching slings?!!

BMI am SOOOOOOO jealous you got to meet PD. Will be quizzing you on fbk tonight then.
right better get on. Have to buy fabric before i get to gym. urgh that is NOT a good thought