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

[MyLifeIsFeelingFestive]

New thread.

As you were

[kkfairybrains]

oh tsc thats awful . i heard that yesterday as its not far from me where it happened. oh its just so tragic and by the looks and sounds of it the other 2 cars looked like 2 assholes racing. really sorry to hear you know her.

[kkfairybrains]

haven't seen any news today but it was a big story yesterday as there were three people killed. its just so sad to hear of someone dying like that but then a little unborn baby too. the other 2 were 2 men in their 20's and driving 2 separate cars and dp was sayin its a road that a lot of people ave been killed on. i lost a friend in this way 4 years ago and it still doesn't seem real. just not fair

[memphis83]

kk after he has eaten ive given him it but im going to try to give it him a bit throughout the day, not lots just a few sips, looked online and read babys get thirsty too, milk is classed as food so wont quench their thirst, i dont know, im new to it and desperate to get him pooping normally again!
mlic glad W has eaten again, even if it was from Ellas Kitchen and not mlics
tsc how awful for your friend poor girl
L got a ball pit for xmas, not my most favorite gift, one i will be saving for the garden, ive just put it up so we can say we used it without lying and im afraid to say L loves it, dh thinks we should keep it up...i dont!!....I will win!

[Woodlands]

oh memphis that's rotten about the tooth, poor you.

tsc so sorry to hear about your friend, you must feel very shaken.

well I decided to give J a bit of banana this afternoon. he LOVED it! I mashed a bit and gave him some on the spoon, and he was pulling my hand towards him each time. I also gave him sticks as finger food and he was able to pick them up, put them in his mouth and chew them - so I guess he's definitely ready for weaning. it was a bit slippery for him but he absolutely loved it. can't wait to get started with other stuff now! i have bought some plum baby porridge and might try him on that tomorrow, though i bet he won't be very impressed compared to the banana.

[memphis83]

woodlands L loves the Plum Fruity Porridge, with mango and banana! smacks his lips and opens up for more!

[WinterChillita]

tsc that's so awful for your friend and her family and everyone who knew them.
trudyla I fell off the wagon after 5 days of the Shred but then hopped back on again so I'm currently 6 days into the 2nd attempt. (did it on christmas day and all [overly proud of herself emoticon] I'm not feeling anything other than sore arm muscles and an achey back but DH has lost a pound in the last 6 days so he's pleased about that.
mlic how's your eye today?
woodlands I love that face when they realise the food's not coming their way
memphis you poor thing, that sounds awful :( hope you get something sorted that's not massively expensive. I'm terrified of dentists so I do not envy you at all. I have read that formula fed babies should be given water too because milk isn't a thirst quenching drink. Maybe if you get some down him he won't be so constipated.
cakes forgot to say that S isn't sitting up at all. He'll try but just topples over within about 10 seconds.
kkfairy you can start giving your LO a doidy cup if you want, S has tipped one all over himself twice now. Not that he needs water but he just seemed to want to join in with the meal. DD got the hang of hers around 7 months.

[DylthanThroughTheSnow]

Yeah I've found the new thread thank god that's Christmas over for another year although this is the first year I've been able to enjoy Christmas without having somthing wrong with me.

2006- gave birth to Dylan
2007- had flu
2008- had d&v
2009- hyperemesis with bethan

So I enjoyed this Christmas but I spent the weeks leading up to it convinced somthing would go wrong.

tsc I'm so sorry to hear about your friend

cakes I've not weaned yet either but I think we may need to think about it soon b's 21 weeks. we also gave a tumble dryer I couldn't live without it and feel no guilt or shame

[MyLifeIsTooTiredToFeelFestive]

tsc that's awful, don't know what to say. Terrible. So sorry.

Yes, my eye is loads better thanks chulita :)

kk you're supposed to offer water from 4 to 6 months but there's no hard and fast rule over when you have to. memphis is right in what she says, if your lo suffers from constipation then water is a really good idea. Also, as sometimes they're thirsty rather than hungry water can help if you need or want to space out feeds a bit. I clearly don't have the latter problem. I have battled to get him to drink milk, battled to get him to eat. Can't wait for the water-battle to begin

[kkfairybrains]

i'll try and offer a little between feeds then. bought the sippy cup this eve and gave it to her with nothing in it just to see what she'd do and she took the both handles and tipped it straight into her mouth and then had big smile on her face as if to say 'did you just see that?!' when her bottle only has an ounce or 2 left she's able to lift it and feed herself too. going back to the avent bottles in the next couple of days and you can get handles for them so going to get some.
her second tooth is up too! which ones come next? also bought some porridge today so will start giving her breakfast now too

[CrimboCakeandRoses]

Oh tsc that's awful. Makes you realise how fragile and precious life is

trudyla as mlic said - really no need to worry or rush into weaning, just wait til you're back.

mlic really pleased to hear w going back in the right direction!

Getting packed ready for our devon trip tomo. It looks as tho we might be getting a temporary car as our new car is late. I'm packing as if for our current car tho so a bigger car will be a bonus.

[MelissaM]

Tsc sorry to hear about your friend. Hope you're ok

[NewYearStac]

just nipping on quickly tsc so sorry about your freind my thoughts are with you must be a horrible shock to you all

wow R seems quite lazy compared to all your lo's she can roll back to front and occaissionally front to back. She can sit up herself and is reaching for things which at times makes her fall over. She is gibbering but no obvious works unless you count diss as a word (sounds like ten in french so she may be a genuis lol) She is trying to sleep on her side but thats more so been since the bronchiolitis so think it may have been easier to breath that way. Got her back to the docs today and we are just keeping an eye on her, as its viral there is nothing they can give. Calpol has become my new best freind as her chest has been sore. Also one of the nurses told me to avoid ibruprofen due to Rileighs reflux as it can cause stomach problems.

memphis sorry to hear about tooth, hopefully your dentist has a better idea

well done chulita on the shred mine is still in the wrapper

good to hear W likes ellas kitchen mlic I dont see anything wrong with using jars etc for them, the only reason my hv said making your own was best was because it is cheaper (dont know if thats right)

kk have your pipes defrosted yet?

Hi to everyone else, I am off to bed hopefully get a sleep R has been so bad recently poor wee soul xx

[WhatSheSaid]

Sorry to hear about your friend tsc. It's an awful, devastating way to lose someone.

I never knew about offering babies this age water either! Maybe will start. G still fed in bouncy chair at moment, going to get the high chair out of the garage soon, so I'll start then.

[CrimboCakeandRoses]

Just watched 'the last airbender' (I think it was). Quite good but had no expectations as didn't realise til afterwards that it was an m night shayamalan (god knows spelling!) Or that it was going to have sequel/s. I managed to keep off the bloody addictive ipad game til afterwards too < cursing dh for buying the game >

A is still full of coughs and sniffs and wakes up every two hours to be desnotted. Not sure if I should take her to docs or just wait it out as she's otherwise happy and feeding fine.

I was just thinking about the fact I'll prob bf til she's a year+ and thought that it's speeding by. I can't actually remember what 1yo are like. Is it just me or can you all only think of your baby at the age they are now?

F is taking after me by being so bossy lately. If we go out it's guaranteed he'll see someone doing something minding their own business and demand: 'No!' And he puts his hand out like a little roman emperor. V embarrassing.

I can see plenty of battle of wills ahead.

A on the other hand seems all sweetness and light. I think she takes after dh minus my inlaws stubborness and food issues :-)

Scuse my pondering and wondering of late - think its the time of year.

Whilst I'm being all emotional, I also want to say how happy I am to have 'met' all of you. I really feel like I'm amongst friends all sharing their joy and pain. Long may it continue.

Do you think we'll all be 'here' next christmas?

[NewYearStac]

think your stuck with us cakes

[SpiraelingSnowflakes]

[stirs from the corner] I've almost recovered now, though my voice seems to be missing. If anyone sees it, let me know!

So sorry to hear about your friend tsc. :(

I saw The Last Airbender at the Mum and Baby cinema earlier in the year, Cake. :) I thought it was pretty good too. There's an (even better) animated TV series if you liked it enough to hunt that out, and some graphical novels. I was watching the TV series earlier in the year while spending my entire days BFing!

And I'm intending to stick around, Cake. :) I rely on you all for knowledge and advice, as well as enjoying the friendship and conversation.

No teeth here yet for M, but my family tend to be a bit slow on the tooth front so I'm not too worried. Grateful, in fact, as M occasionally likes to chomp on my poor nipple and I can imagine it is even worse with teeth involved!

Maybe 7/7 produces lazy babies, Stac. M still hasn't rolled from back to front, she stops (deliberately?) on her side. She's done front to back once. She can't sit up without toppling yet, but mostly because she keeps twisting to look at everything around her and overbalances. Nothing really discernible as a word either, though I'm sure I hear 'Meow!' sometimes...

However she still sleeps well and has mastered the whole eating thing. Yesterday she ate (deep breath) a pot of yoghurt, pear porridge, full pouch of ella's kitchen strawberry/apple (I was out), two large strawberries (self fed, after being quartered for her!), puréed carrot, plum porridge and... A chunk of stolen Naan bread.

(She's virtually 6 months now, so the latter isn't going to do any harm...right? I figured it was probably ok so didn't pounce to fish it out.)

We're also making breakthroughs on the BFing. She only fed about 7-8 times yesterday, for no longer than 20 mins each. I think maybe the reason she's been feeding so much and for so long is simply because she's so darn hungry? Though I am a bit worried, is it possible to over-feed a baby at this age..?

Santa brought M some sippy cups for Christmas, I might try her on one today with some water. Though she does blow bubbles in drink out of the Doidy cup at dinner time. :)

Meanwhile Santa brought me my very own adult sized sleepsuit. Did anyone else get any amusing presents?

[DesperateHousewifeIsXmasCrazy]

tsc really sorry to hear about your friend, I cant imagine how you must be feeling.

DP and I had a massive spring clean of the flat yesterday, it looks alot better and feels nicer to sit in now its not totally cluttered.

Dylan woke twice last night then wanted to get up at 7, so DP took him and I slept for another 2 hours!

[memphis83]

spirael my brother got a sleepsuit, he is 35, he bought me a fart kit, including sample pot to catch them in, a whoopy cussion and other bits, but to befait he only got it as my real present didnt turn up in time!!
i may try L on a rusk to chew on later as he is around 6 months
cakes sorry your not getting rid of me either, need to point out with you cursing dh for buying a game for ipad that you bought the actual ipad itself so surely you should be cursing yourself??

[MyLifeIsTooTiredToFeelFestive]

memphis, I only say this as I remember you saying you wanted to be strict with what L has, but rusks are notorious for being high in salt and / or sugar. There are better 'treats' to give babies, such as rice cakes which are free from anything like that.

- memphis is right cake. It is indeed your fault.

And nope, not getting rid of me either. I'm here for the duration

[memphis83]

mlic oh well looks like i will have to eat the ruskd then do i just give him normal ricecakes or get baby ones?

[NewYearStac]

spireal our girls sound very alike lol. R is so nosey inquisitive she seems bored easily and usually loves her food lol

That sounds a good night dh makes all the difference when you get a sleep doesnt it

Well R had a much better night she slept well albeit in our bed. She's still chesty and choked up but gabbing away lol

Anyone doing anything for new years? X

[MyLifeIsTooTiredToFeelFestive]

I'd be walking if I were you tsc. I'm like you, get out so infrequently I'd begrudge driving. I'm also with you on the 'don't know how much more of this I can take' front. Sick of it, completely fed up of it.

We were nextdoor on Christmas Eve. She's just text me to say they think her youngest has chicken pox. Bloody marvellous. Ah well, there's nothing we can do about it, if we get it we get it. Shit happens.