July 2010: Better child-proof the home, it won't be long now 'til our babes start to roam!

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New thread.

As you were

Trudyla don't worry about travelling with a baby, it's the easiest time to do it! I flew NZ- UK with dd1 when she was 7 months old and had a much easier time than the people on the plane with toddlers! Feeding on take off and landing can help with any pressure in her ears.

Honestly, it's quite easy at this age as you don't have to entertain them during the journey, she should just sleep and feed hopefully. And look very cute.

Thanks for all the suggestions re clothes websites everyone, I'm going to have fun browsing them.

Anyone else's baby started sleeping on their stomach now? G has started rolling over onto her tummy while going to sleep. I think once they can get themselves in that position it's OK to leave them on their tummy, is that right? I should know all this stuff, it's my second, but you kind of forget...

wss L still hasnt rolled over, he got half way and thats it!
chulita sounds like you had a lovely time!
dh i went to an out of town park today and got loads from next for L! i got a top for 15 down to 6.50 then as it should have had a white t shirt under she gave it me for £3 didnt want the tshirt anyway got a couple of pairs of dungarees, some soft shoes, a hat and a tank top im glad i asked for Next vouchers for him now!
also got some vests with tshirts over the top from Gap that were 9.50 down to 5.99 and when i got to till they were 2.99!!
we are going to my dads for lunch tomorrow, L is really unsettled at the mo his teeth just wont push through! think my mood isnt helping!
we have taken our decorations down (i know, im a scrooge!!)

I was actually thinking the same about the decorations memphis! when i'm giving the house a good clean i'd prefer to just get it out of the way!

I think you're right wss - the risk before they're agile enough is that they'll suffocate, but when they're on the move they would get themselves into a more comfortable position if they needed to. W has never rolled back to front, only front to back, but I had a similar discussion with the hv about sleeping with a comforter. I told her I knew I shouldn't leave him with it to sleep, but that it was his comfort blanket so I didn't care, he needed it. She said that as he is a very active boy, so had no worries that he would not get himself stuck underneath it, he'd just move. So she said it was fine not that I was asking her permission.

You lot are mad brave going to the sales. I will be going shopping tomorrow because we have a microwave to collect, but I know people who've been stuck for an hour/hour and a half just trying to get out of our local retail park. No thanks :)

Thanks for the tip chulita, but I think I favour the antibiotics in terms of treatment

Yes I think the risk of SIDS reduces massively after 6 months doesn't it? Once most babies are big enough to wriggle themselves out of an uncomfortable position. G is 6 months in 2 weeks time.

It's occured to me that her better sleeping may be due to being on her stomach too, reflux babies apparently are more comfortable on their stomachs.

Yes, pretty sure chulita's S sleeps on his tummy for that reason.

Just done a search of the archives and the general advice seems to be that you can still put them down on their backs but once they are able to roll over onto their fronts it's OK to leave them like that. Phew.

just stopping by quickly, have been busy with family for the last couple of days and then met friends for a curry this evening.

poor little R, stac, hope she's feeling much better soon

love your new wellies mlic. i'd wear wellies every day if i could - luvverly things! i have some bright red ones (from Joules funnily enough) which i've be able to wear every day for weeks

will try to get back on to chat properly later

oh and f is chucking back food like he's making up for lost time - ate half my bloody curry tonight

cakes you really are mad on joules once a year here they have a huge sell off of the years stuff really cheap at a local place big enough to house it, ive not been in years but my friend who has horses got loads of wellies really cheap people queue for ages to get stuff! good news for F on his appitite sadly not for you if you were enjoying your curry!
L is not interested in finger foods but wants everything off my plate that isnt healthy! what else can i feed him other that pureed veg? but have made a breakthrough until today he was refusing any fluid other than milk, i added a spoon of mango to his water now he loves it!!

when do you give him the water memphis? i never offer ellie anything other than milk. should i be? whoops! gonna go research that now. E isn't interested in finger foods either. i gave her flores of brocolli twice and both times she sits and mushes it up with the most disgusted look on her face! same with carrot yesterday! but literally everything that is not food goes in her mouth!
E has started doing that really cute head to the side thing the last couple of days! if someone even looks at her she does a big smile and drops the head down! she has everybody just wrapped!

arrghh - lost an hour playing a silly game on the ipad. the battery ran out i put it down to come upstairs to bed, thinking it was 11pm but it was actually midnight - so A is now having a late df.

she's been a crap sleeper this week anyway. thankfully dh is around to give me lie-ins. hopefully she'll be back to normal before he goes back to work. F is sleeping better again now so i'm looking forward to proper sleep soon!

can't believe she's 5 months now - it's whizzed by. she seems to be growing up every time i look away. its so different this time round, with F, being my pfb, i would analyse everything he did and when he did it, but with her: she's just is left to get on with it so it keeps surprising me as in my mind she's still a newborn.

has everyone moved on from having their baby flat in a pram into a buggy/buggy position, iykwim? i guess i'd better convert ours into the buggy position altho that really will feel like she's not a newborn anymore!

i know she's one of the last on the thread to be weaned but it still feels like she's far from being ready - she'll change lots in this next month tho.

whose baby is now sitting up unaided? A is almost there but will still topple in a few secs if not propped up.

i'm also so so sad that she'll be moving into her own room soon I know i'll enjoy dh and i having our room to ourselves again but it'll be like the end of an era i can never go back to.. (no tiny baby in the crib)

it will also be a pain to lose her room as a dumping ground for washing that's drying or needs to be put away.

trying to decide whether to swallow my green guilt and get a tumble dryer - who has one?

wss i'm STILL half-swaddling A, so she can't roll in her sleep yet. F started rolling all over the place quite early and often slept on his front.

trudyla of your hols. wss is right, this is the easiest time to go away as she's not moving around. we're thinking about a long haul somewhere soon for that reason and because we won;t need to pay for any extra plane seat for her.

cake we have a tumble dryer but I assuage my guilt by using cloth nappies And S isn't ready for solids either, I don't think - although yesterday he was going mental while I was eating. Milk still satisfies him though so I'm not rushing!

wss mlic is right, S has slept on his front since about a month old. He'll roll front to back but not back to front yet, but then he doesn't like being on his back so he's not usually left like that.

mlic hope your eye's getting better!

Have got both dc's down so DH can have a lie-in, I'll have to remind him that tomorrow it'll be my turn. Off to the sales today cos I need to get L some new shoes. I'm hoping we'll be off about 9 and be quick (I hate shopping with the children!)

Morning

Dreadful night here. Bad enough with the lo but E was on the landing crying at 4.30 too, think he may have had a nightmare.

W is sitting up cake. I can leave him but he will, on a rare occassion topple so if I need to walk away I make sure there's something arond him. He's been sitting a while though so he's quite sturdy.

I have a tumble dryer too. I wouldn't be able to get the towels and bedding dry in this house in the winter if I didn't. I don't use it for normal loads though. W is currently sleeping in the spare room, next to the ironing pile. He assures me he doesn't mind

My eyes hurt Im so tired :(

D woke ALOT, dont even know what times I was too tired to open my eyes.

I forgot to say yesterday though, hes started making sounds that sound like mum mum. He says it more like um um um though!

We also gave him tomato and bean soup yesterday, he loved it!

cakes Dylan has been sitting up in his pram (on the most reclined level though) since 3 months, hes so into everything that he hated lying down.

Also I can see D being in our bed for months to come yet. Hes 6 months next Sun (or next fri he'll be 26 weeks) but cant see him magically going into his own room.

I haven't given W solids for days. I'm struggling enough to get milk into him. We're back to the good ol' days of every-feed-is-a-battle and I'm averaging about 17oz in 24hrs at the moment - approx half what he 'should' be having. I went to bed at 10.45, he was up 11.30 - 11.50 then 2.30 to 3.40 then E was up 4.30 then W up for the day 6.50. Almost 6 months of this - it's pure hell.

dh if you don't even open your eyes when he wakes, chances are he's stirring more than actually waking and you won't hear it / will hear less of it when you move him out of your room. I used to be woken up every hour when he was in my room. Now he still has awful nights but I don't hear all the groaning and whinging in between the real wake-ups iyswim.

I wrote a big whinge then but I deleted it. Positive Mental Attitude instead. Come on William, we can get through this [hopeful emoticon]

Hi MLIC I'm so sorry about your awful nights. I really feel for you. I hate the feeling of the night never ending and it's dark everywhere and you and baby are the only ones up. I really, really hope things will get better for you soon.

Thanks for the advice re travelling. I'm not so nervous about flying. We flew to England before and she was a star. Feeding and sleeping the whole time. But I'm worried about what I would do if she became sick (my Spanish is very, very basic) or what if she doesn't like it in the house, or what if it's too warm, what if we're missing equipment. I'm sure we'll be fine but I'm a super worrier.

Where are you planning on going to, Cake? We love travelling through India but thought she is too small for that. Next winter we want to go to Australia. Oh dear, my carbon footprint is going to be massive, but to make myself feel better, we don't own a car or a tumble dryer

I don't think M is ready for weaning yet. Then again, she must be one of the youngest on this thread (born 28th July). She can't sit unaided at all, she is not interested in our food, she is a little chubster on the milk and when I give her vitamin D most of it comes out, so I assume her tongue is not ready yet? I don't know. Maybe I'm subconsciously making it all up cos I don't want to start weaning on holiday since we won't have a steriliser or baby cutlery there. Oh god, what if she's showing all the signs there, and I am not prepared at all? Arrrgh. My midwife here told me that she would come and help me with it, so I was completely relying on her. Oh my, I will stop going on about it now. Sorry about my little outburst.

Chulita and KK How is the Shred DVD going? I bought one and am planning on starting on holiday. I used to do the Davina DVDs before. Have you done those? How do they compare?

I can't seem to write short posts. I still have lots more to say, but will stop now or noone will read it

See ya.

trudyla calm down

Thanks very much, I really hope things get better soon too. How old will M be when you go? I know she's only just 5 months now but I can't remember when you said you were travelling. fwiw I think she'll be absolutely fine and think you're right about not sounding ready at the moment! Just wait until you get back to wean and then you have the support you'll need. And also, if all she's having is breastmilk, I think it's very unlikely she'll get poorly. And worst case scenario, you will manage. I promise.

I also got the Shred dvd for Christmas. Going to start in the new year. If I feel a bit better about myself I might cope with the nights a bit better. As it is, I'm losing my temper again [bad mummy emoticon] but I know it's sheer exhaustion. Oh how I miss the days of being able to nap through the day when I just had the one. Completely impossible with a 2yo running about :(

Thank God for tinned fruit. E was going mnad for strawberries but I didn't have any fresh. He's now poished off an entire tin of strawberries, half a mango and a weetabix! Bet he comes asking for more...

i gave into all the family pressure and started offering j bits of finger food over christmas, and a dab of mashed potato. he can sit well in his high chair, pick up bits of food and get them to his mouth,so i reckon he's ready. he's also grabbed handfuls of food from my plate. he's 23.5 weeks. i'm being strict about only offering fruit and veg, no bread or meat or dairy yet. my mum thinks i'm being very pfb about it, but i didn't want to wean till 6 months anyway, so i'm not going to give him stuff he shouldn't have till then. i might try carrot today, though he's a bit coldy and not quite himself. it was funny the other day, he was sitting on my lap at the table, and i loaded up a piece of bread with pate and chutney. i brought it up to my mouth and as i did so apparently j opened his mouth expectantly and was very put out when it went on up to mine!

Hi all. Finally joined 21st century & now have smartphone so.can get on mn without the pc. Been ages.
Sorry to hear some of you and Lo's have been ill. We've all had flu over xmas :-(

L is 5 mths and still bf only. Hoping not to wean until mid-late jan when he's 6mths. We also have a tumble drier, but I couldn't cope using washables without it.
Better go and stop dd wrecking the house. Will have a proper catch up soon cc

its so funny when they do that woodlands! and they watch the piece of food going back and forth waiting in anticipation for it!
trudyla i done it a few times and then stopped doing it for some reason or other but 2nd of january i'm back to it. i'm throwing away all takeaway menu's in the house and starting back to slimming world and shredding!
E has started pulling herself along the floor a bit! she got one of them crawl and learn balls for christmas and she rolls over and lifts her leg and her bum and puts the head down and drags herself a little bit! she looks so determined! so it's looking like it might not be too long until she starts to crawl! then the fun will start! it'll probably take her ages though i'm probably being very optimistic!
Both me and dp have the lurgy. Still no bloody water today even though most other houses have theirs back.

oh and cakes we have a tumblr drier and being honest i use it for everything. just cant get clothes dried otherwise

Yay, W has just eaten (and more importantly, appeared to actually enjoy) some Ella's kitchen broccoli, pear and peas just now! FIrst time he's eaten happily and not been sick in days.

kk i thought as when weaned they drink less milk you needed to get water into them too, i know my doc pushes it on L as he gets so constipated even with the huge amounts of fruit i give him and even if i lace it with lactulose, so hopefully now he is taking a bit of water he will be a bit looser!
cakes L sits unaided until he gets excited and tumbles backwards or forwards! but he just wants to be on his feet all the time, thank goodness i got him the walker for xmas it has a jumparoo setting so he loves it!!
been to my dads for lunch it was lovely, but my step mum said oh your dads given you way too much...way too much? are you kidding it was probably a normal portion but i poished it off then pudding and im expecting dh to say hes hungry in an hour!! also went emergency dentist waited 2 hours as dentist was stuck in traffic, he says cyst is so bad now anti b's wont work and doubts the op will work so i need tooth out but its visable at the front so im getting a second opinion from my normal dentist as i cant have a bridge so it will be a denture or an implant at £1500 but either way ive got 2 weeks untill app with this pain and now my lips have swollen like a duck beak, poor L has to live with this grumpy witch for a mummy

so do you offer it to him between feeds memphis or when? never even realised i was supposed to be doing that . i might actually put the water in a sippy cup.
mlic i gave that to E yesterday as i was stuck and she loved it! that's brill he's back to being happy again today. poor little W and poor you. it's been a rough ride.