September 2010 - meet-ups, pram addicts and the cutest babies in the world!

[Chelle1986]

Am taking the innitiative and doing the new thread! Bombs away...!

newmum - Olly is currently having his rice/porridge at lunchtime - he always wants a full bottle straight after and usually finishes the full 7oz.

I haven't given DP a choice about when I do it....oops thats really selfish of me isn't it! Ah well - he feed him it on Monday while he was off and he hasn't said anything. Better check he isn't feeling left out....!

I'm sure he'd have said if he minded! To be honest DP hasn't actually said he wants to be involved but i assume he does although tonight he was on the phone while i fed her so i suppose i could do it during the day!

Grace is being a fussy bugger with her bottle atm anyway, we've started giving her hungry baby milk at night and she's just drained 8oz of that, it's the first bottle she's finished all day!

I'm going to attempt to go to a mums and babies group tomorrow, i'll see what kind of mood Grace is in in the morning i'm not going if she's in a foul mood again! But i really do need to get out and meet some other mums, all my friends kids are 5ish and i literally don't know anyone with a baby. I'm starting to feel very isolated during the week. Grace is very entertaining but i do need some adult company! I'm really nervous about going on my own though, i'm not exactly the most outgoing person but i suppose im not exactly on my own, Grace will obviously be there.

newmum - I feel exactly the same. Am starting to get really lonely to be honest. But am quite shy and going to all these groups etc frightens me a bit. Not that there are actually any bloody groups round here of course!!

I'm so glad i'm not the only one. It's a bit like groundhog day at the minute! Every day is the same and i seem to wish the hours away till DP gets home so i've got some company. I'm gonna bite the bullet tomorrow if Grace is in an ok mood. If i don't like it i can always come home! It's such a shame we don't all live in the same area, we could all just spend our days together drinking tea and having a gossip!

newmum are you not somewhere Manchester way?? Not sure why I think that but chelle and I keep musing over a meet up and that's our half way point.
I go to SureStart with Jack. You can register at 3 I think so can take your pic of the best if there are a few around you.
To tell the truth I have to bite my tongue with a lot of what I see and hear from some of the other mums there but really, everyone is in the same position and therefore really open and friendly...... I also think that however different, we can all learn something from each other
Really hope you start feeling a bit better soon. You need some spring sunshine! Sendiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.................... xx

newmum, chelle don't worry, just go to the baby groups (are you sure there aren't any near you chelle - have you looked at the surestart website for your area?). I'm not usually a group-type person, but I've been going to a couple near me and the people are really nice. It's been really good to see other people with babies of the same age, and espically some a little bit older. Even when Louis isn't in the best mood at home, he usually cheers up when we go as there is so much going on to entertain him.

cinnamon I went out and bought the Times as well, and I agree with comix, you come across as pretty sensible. In fact, I'm now regretting not taking part (we just never quite got around to thinking about it, and then 3 months came and went...) I showed the article to DP and he said Luke was very cute too , and we both agreed your nursing bra looks fine

Yeah i'm just outside Manchester! I shall google SureStart now. I'm ashamed to admit that i have walked passed this particular mums and babies group at kicking out time and they all seem to be in 2's! Ah well if i don't go i'll never know will i.

Hi all. I go to several sure start things. They are really good, some specially for little uns, but even when they're more for bigger babies Arlo seems to love just watching what goes on. He goes into a bit of a blissful daze! I wasxquite scared at first too, but just remember everyone feels like that at first.

Vaccinations today. Hate it!

Arlo - 15+2

I used to go to a lot of surestart things but there are other groups I prefer and I like to spend a few days at home as life is pretty hectic!! These groups are hard for everyone! Although I am a mum I think most people also see I'm a Childminder and run in the other direction, not really sure why though!! I know what you mean beaditAli but you will eventually make friends with those you mostly agree with!

I watched one born every minute on 4od last night as our crappy tv didn't have signal on Monday. Was so so jealous of the lady in the pool, was just what I wanted- bloody inductions!!! Her sister was hilarious though!

Thanks for your support over the article, I was pretty pleased. The only thing that slightly annoyed me amongst all my misquotes was that she made it sound like I desperately wanted to wean ds1 because he was hungry when I told her although he was huge je was very content with just milk.

cinnamon, me too re the lady in the pool! My visions of breathing my way through it were dashed by bloody early rupture resulting in induction, plus cord round neck resulting in me having to lie still in the same position for, oh a mere 20 hours or so!

Chelle I have a black cotton ring sling which I can't get on with at all. Not sure of the make but will find out sometime today.
Am a bit tired today Lucy settles until 1.30 then spent about an hour fussing. Then at 3.30 dd2 woke up and we spent the next 3 hours with her screaming for me then falling asleep for 20 mins or so until I took her downstairs at 6. Lucy then woke up again so I really do need my bed.

I go to surestart with Lucy and Dd2.
I admit walking into toddler groups can be nervewracking. My friend made me go to the one she ran and I ended up taking it over for 3 years. It was a lot of fun and I always made sure new mums were welcome

Grrrr its gonna be one of those days I can tell!!! Crappy night - went down at 7 then he woke at 10:30 and I had to feed him again (which we NEVER have to do) then he had to have his dummy back in or be shushed every hour til 05:30 when he woke up.

Had awful dream that my mum had died... , dont know if I was crying in my sleep and disturbed him maybe.

DP called to say there is something wrong with his stupid car - which is great - more costs eating in to my redundancy money which means ever decreasing time off with Olly.

Am not amused, nor am I happy today. Lets see what else happens to ruin the day - there must be more!

debs75 - thanks for that - let me know.

OMG Olly just done the biggest fart! Made the dog jump!

Need to have another look on the surestart website. Need to be braver I guess.

Sorry for the early morning rant. Am going away to cut off my ears now so I cant hear the crying any longer!

Olly - 16+3

Oh no Chelle1986 that's rubbish :( Luke has been waking at 10.30 for a feed the last few nights and still at his usual times so doesn't go longer than 4 hrs at night again. I also had an awful dream that someone was trying to steal my boys and no-one believed me so I was running around like a mad thing trying to keep them safe while my friends and family were trying to catch me to get me sectioned, was really horrible and had to go down and check them both. Sorry about the car, I know what it's like not having the time you want with your baby.

It's cold and misearble today! On the plus side I will now have 9-3 off on Friday, which is great because ds1 has a hearing test (related to his speech) and dh has the day off to take him with me. Saves dragging any of the other kids with us and means we can go and have a nice cuppa and a bun in the bakers oven afterwards (ds1 might just have to miss nursery Friday )

18w+2

Morning everyone, we aldo had a shit night. Grace went to bed at about 10ish then kept waking up chatting to herself and i can't sleep through it! She woke up properly at 3.30 and i had to feed her and was downstairs till 4.30 trying to settle her and then she got up at 5.30. Also had a weird dream, can't remember what it was about but i know i woke up feeling pretty freaked out! Surprisingly i don't feel too bad atm but the day is still young!

Needless to say that i haven't gone to the mums and babies group today i really had geared myself up for it today as well!

Her sleep is so screwed uo atm and i really am at my wits end with it. I really really don't know what to do. Her daytime sleep is near enough non existant at the minute and it's really messing her up at night!

She's awake again now ARGH!!!!!!!!

Other night I was convinced that DH in bed beside me was Arlo. Went to check he was okay, still breathing, as I couldn't work out why he was in the bed rather than the cot. He had cover over his face which panicked me. DH woke up to me prodding his face, thought I was trying to smother him!!! Arlo was fine, fast asleep in cot. Have done this several times now, v weird! I also get dreams about leaving Arlo somewhere and not being able to find him :(

I've never had ds1 in bed with me but I used to wake dh up all the time convinced that he had rolled onto ds1 and pushing him off him!

Does anyone else's LO wake up literally as soon as you put them down anywhere in the day but go off fine at night?

Yep!!!

Yes, it's very frustrating! Grace is asleep atm though, she woke up after about 20 minutes this morning and out of sheer desperation i put her hat and coat on and put her in the pram and went for a walk. She fell asleep as soon as we left the house and she's still asleep now 3 hours later!! She obviously really needed it! I've been out to buy batteries for the swing as thats sometimes a good way of getting her to sleep. Don't get me wrong i'm not a sleep Nazi or anything but she's so cranky when she doesn't get proper naps!

God its soooo annoying! He can be absolutely spark out on my lap and then I put him down and he's like "hellew!!"

I just feel like I am spoiling him if I let him sleep on me all the time in the day - one of my reasons for wanting a sling really - at least I can get stuff done while he's asleep then!

Plus he just seems to cry everytime I'm not in the room or he's not being amused at the minute! Argh! Am very stressed out! Sorry am taking over today aren't I!

Once they get to 3 months they do understand more where they are and will prefer to sleep on you than anywhere else. I used to wrap ds1 in a blanket to put him down so he didn't feel the temperature change which helped sometimes. I think it was Comixminx talking about hanging her boob over the cot to feed her lo to sleep in the cot so she didn't have to put her down! I think you have to leave them and they learn that you will come back if you do it lots. I also found a door bouncer great for ds1, depends on the lay out of your house though. Mine says 20 weeks but I'm pretty sure Luke's head control is good enough now so we are going to try him at the weekend. Sorry you're both having a horrible day :(

Yep chelle, Arlo is good as gold at night, but I find it impossible to put him down for a nap during the day. He will drop off in his pram, in the car and in his bouncy chair, but not the cot!!

chelle bless ya my lovely for you ad everyone else who had a crap night!
Jack was also up at 9pm, 2am ad 6am for feeds when he usually only wakes at 4am......
Babies!!!!!
My Dad woke Jack up from his nap this morning, phoning to rant about taps!!!
I am declaring today 'chocolate day' as I think we all need it! xxxxx

I am always waking punching dp in his sleep. He is always stealing the covers so it is fair.

I am still shattered and I have loads of driving still to do today. At least ds is out tonight so I should be able to get an early night, if Lucy agrees that is

Chelle have found the sling and it is a liberty sling it is like the black one on the right. Let me know if you would like it as it is just taking up hanging space.